Table Of Contents
Section I: Eastern Colleges Science Conference (Papers and posters presented at the 76th Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference held in New Rochelle, NY on April 2, 2022) -- 1 Abstracts -- 3 A Comparison of the Effects of Nitrate Concentration on Population Growth Dynamics of the Duckweed Lemna minor Grown in Distilled and Spring Water / Raven K. Pitt -- 3 Characterization of Novel Seed Endophytes in M. Sativa / Sarah Lott -- 4 Novel Mounting of Biological Tissue Samples for 3D Model Reconstruction using Tandem Scanning Electron Microscopy and Photogrammetry Software / Ian T. Massaro, Alice Mashensky, Ricardo L. Peguer, Andras Bimbo-Szuhai -- 4 GABAA Receptor Activation Reduces Social Behavior in Planarians / Kendal Lascar and Michael Pepe -- Section II: The Natural Sciences & Quantitative Analysis - Full Length Papers -- 9 A Comparison of the Effects of Phosphate Concentrations on Population Growth Dynamics of the Duckweed Lemna minor Grown in Distilled and Spring Water / Heather McLean -- Section III: The Social Sciences -Full Length Papers -- 49 The Barriers Impeding Women’s Existence in the Financial Industry / Mackenzie Vogler -- 67 Influence of Gender Stereotypes on Gender Inequality & Discrimination in the Workplace / Morgan Matrone -- Section IV: Critical Essays - Full Length Papers -- 87 Increasing Vaccination Rates in the Jerusalem Ultra-Orthodox Community / Kayla Hay, Reilly Patterson, and Allyssa Turner -- 97 The Creation of a Monster: An Analysis of Emotional Perception in Pre- Modern Literature / Kevin Roach -- 105 The ‘Classy’ Way to a Man’s Heart / Maïa Vitoratos -- 121 The Renaissance, the Vatican, and the Music of Palestrina / Bridget Quinn