The Science Journal - Volume VI - Number 1 - Fall 2012

The Science Journal - Volume VI - Number 1 - Fall 2012
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Executive Editor
Ralph Nussbaum
Griendy Indig-Weingarten

Associate editors
Pnina Dean
Shaina Drizin
Mordechai Fonfeder
Joseph Gerstel
Yisroel Gross
Jonathan Kahanovitch
Benjamin Kalimi
Esther Michelson
Shifra Sadowsky

Emeritus Editors
Rivka H. Borger
Michelle Gordon-Grunin

Faculty Advisor and Reviewer
Robert S. Bresssler, Ph.D.
Chairman of Department of Biology

Lander College of Arts and Sciences
A Division of Touro College
Flatbush Campus
1602 Ave J
Brooklyn, NY 11230
718.252.7800
tourosciencejournal@gmail.com

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Melatonin and Its Effect on Learning and Memory
By: Nechama Leah Bauman (Cahn)

Is Laughter the Best Medicine? An Evaluation of the Physiological Effects of Laughter
By: Annette Dalezman

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss as a Growing Threat to Society
By: Rachela Greenman

Delayed Versus Early Umbilical Cord Clamping
By: Bracha Yaffa Sachs

Biological Engineering: Advances and Methods
By: Joel Schwartz

CD4+CD25+Regulatory T Cells and Their Role in Systemic Lupus Erythematos
By: Sara Shilcrat

Do Photoperiodic Changes in Melatonin Secretion Detrimentally Affect the Female Reproductive Cycle?
By: Riki Szlafrok

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: How Can It Be Told Apart From Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Elderly?
By: Raphael C. Zohn

Artificial Devices as a Viable Alternative to the Conventional Heart Transplant
By: Hadassa Radzik

Current Theories on the Human Sex Ratio
By: Yisroel Cofsky

Targeted Reinnervation
By: Yonatan Levi Moshayev