The Science Journal - Volume IX - Number 1 - Fall 2015
The Cover Illustrations are Original Paintings by Karen Bleich
They are representitive of the article “Noise Induced Hearing Loss: The Impact of Acoustic Trauma on the Ear”
Editors-in-Chief
Tzvi H. Adams
Alexander Malek
Associate editors
Dini Ezagui
Moshe Fenster
Daniel Fuchs
Hinda Klass
Ruchie Rubenstein
Isaac Traube
Art Editor
Karen Bleich
Art Advisor
Atara Grenadir, MFA ATR-BC
Layout Advisor and Editor
Antony O’Hara MFA
Charter Editors
Rivka Borger
Michell Gorden-Grunin
Faculty Reviewers
Alan B. Levine D.C.
Robert S. Bressler Ph.D.
Faculty Advisor
Robert S. Bresssler Ph.D.
Chairman of Undergraduate Biology Programs
Lander College of Arts and Sciences
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Table of Contents
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Mechanical Plasticity: Skeletal Muscle Adaptations
By: Naomi Broker
Noise Induced Hearing Loss: The Impact of Acoustic Trauma on the Ear
By: Aviva Levihaiem
The Mechanisms of Weight Gain in Sleep-Deprived Individuals
By: Chaya Rosen
Biological Reasons for the Neurotoxic Effects of MDMA (‘Ecstasy’) on the Developing Fetus
By: Leah Schneeweiss
Human Animal Chimeras For Therapeutic Protocols
By: Bracha Sklar
Human Stem Cells: Is it Possible to Limit Pluripotent Human Stem Cells to Differentiate into Specific Tissue or Organ?
By: Chaya Korf
Active Immunotherapy and Adoptive Cell Transfer as an Effective Cancer Treatment
By: Philip Jay Cynamon
Assessment of Three Acute Responses to Traumatic Brain Injury
By: Shoshana Fireworker
The Rehabilitative Potential of Auditory to Visual Sensory Substitution Devices for the Blind
By: Naomi Perl
Is the Neuraminidase Inhibitor Tamiflu Effective in the Treatment of Influenza?
By: Eliyakim Hershkop
Which Methods of Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Are Most Effect
By: Yehudit Erlbaum
Do probiotics effectively promote well being?
By: Tzvi h. Adams
Biological Therapy in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis
By: Tzipora Glanzman
What are the possible causes for Autism Spectrum Disorder?
By: Rochel Preiserowicz
The Neurological Underpinnings of Hypnosis and its Clinical Applications
By: Raizy Leizerowski
Epigenetics as a Cure for Cancer
By: Sara Rivka Margolis
Why Are People With Laron Syndrome Immune to Cancer?
By: Raquel Margolis
