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Shifting the Eyes of History: Creating Alternative Perspectives

  • Daria Szepkouski

It all began with an in class writing exercise. “Today, I want you all to write an elegy for your favorite celebrity,” my professor challenged. Immediately, my mind went to big names like Eleanor...

  • Academic (Thesis, Dissertation, Etc.)
  • English
  • Point Loma Nazarene University

RSA Encryption Using Polynomial Rings

  • Michelle Freed

This paper examines some of the complexities of the public key encryption system RSA. RSA provides the necessary steps to encrypt messages using modular arithmetic. It doesn’t require separate parties...

  • Academic (Thesis, Dissertation, Etc.)
  • English
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • WHDL

Synthesis and Computational Analysis of Novel IspF Inhibitors

  • Daniel Harper

A potent inhibitor of 2C-methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphate synthase (IspF) has the potential to serve as a new class of antibiotic. In this project, we explored the development of such an...

  • Academic (Thesis, Dissertation, Etc.)
  • English
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • WHDL

A Novel Tool for the Identification of Plasmid Backbone Gene Labels

  • Zac Lindsey

Plasmids carry antibiotic resistance genes which have a devastating impact on health and medicine. The plasmid backbone genes are also critical in understanding the effect plasmids have on a genome...

  • Academic (Thesis, Dissertation, Etc.)
  • English
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • WHDL

Radiation Shielding Using Magnetic Fields

  • Matthew Sailer
  • H. M. Doss

Radiation shielding is essential to future missions of space exploration due to increased time of exposure to harmful radiation. One of the most damaging and dicult types of radiation to stop is High...

  • Academic (Thesis, Dissertation, Etc.)
  • English
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • WHDL

Teacher Preparedness to Teach Evolution

  • Rebecca Diane Christian

The idea for this study came from the shortage of research that has been done to understand the evolution instruction provided by new secondary education teachers. A lack of training in teachers can...

  • Academic (Thesis, Dissertation, Etc.)
  • English
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • WHDL

Sermon: Acts 1:5

  • Phineas F. Bresee

Available files include a scanned image of handwritten sermon notes by Phineas F. Bresee and a verbatim transcription of those notes. The sermon addresses Acts 1:5. The date of the sermon's delivery...

  • Media
  • English
  • Point Loma Nazarene University

Sermon: Acts 1:14, 2:1-4, 42

  • Phineas F. Bresee

Available files include a scanned image of handwritten sermon notes by Phineas F. Bresee and a verbatim transcription of those notes. The sermon addresses Acts 1:14 and Acts 2:1-4, 42. The date of the...

  • Media
  • English
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • WHDL

Homomorphic Encryption

  • Bryan Tapley

A homomorphic encryption scheme built on polynomial rings is studied. The construction of irreducible polynomials in a given field is considered and implemented. Isomorphisms between two fields are...

  • Academic (Thesis, Dissertation, Etc.)
  • English
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • WHDL

Factors Affecting the Quality of Life Postpartum: A Literature Update

  • Reena Torres

Unmet motherly expectations in the postpartum period may lead to psychological issues such as postpartum depression and anxiety. This current 2019 literature review adds to where Dr. Mary Adams’...

  • Academic (Thesis, Dissertation, Etc.)
  • English
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • WHDL

Torus Knots

  • Moyra Dyer

This is a self-contained paper assuming no background knowledge of knot theory. A knot is a closed curve in three-dimensional space that does not intersect itself anywhere. A (double) crossing is...

  • Academic (Thesis, Dissertation, Etc.)
  • English
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • WHDL

A Study of Genes Expressed in Immunoglobulin M B Cells

  • Christiana Crook

Bony fish are the most primitive vertebrates to possess an adaptive immune system. The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is one example of these bony fish, which means they have an immune system similar to that...

  • Academic (Thesis, Dissertation, Etc.)
  • English
  • Point Loma Nazarene University
  • WHDL