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Determinants Of Success Among Chinese Female Entrepreneurs, Lei Zhu, Orhan Kara, Wei Du, Mustafa Celikten

Journal of Business & Entrepreneurship

This study explores the determinants of entrepreneurial success among women in China, based on data collected from 180 female small business owners. Using an ordered logit model, the analysis examines a range of factors ranked by respondents as critical to their business performance. The results highlight several key factors that drive success, including good general management skills, maintenance of accurate records of sales/expenses, hard work, charisma/friendliness to customers, satisfactory government support, and support of family and friends. These findings reveal the multifaceted nature of entrepreneurial success, emphasizing the importance of personal attributes, management practices, and external support systems in enhancing …

Kauhi Wai O Kaala, Isabella K. Linkee

Hawaiian Quilt Pattern Digital Collection

Quilt pattern #36 of the Isabella K. Linkee Collection, featuring the "Kauhi Wai O Kaala" design. The pattern consists of a centerpiece measuring 83".

The Greater Ravenswood Hospital, 1923, Advocate Health - Midwest

Historical Documents - Combined

Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, IL: Published by the Board of Trustees of the Ravenswood Hospital Association, this booklet discusses the progress of construction of the new Ravenswood hospital building that was set to open on July 1, 1923 at Wilson Ave and Winchester Ave in Chicago. Booklet includes, costs, building plans, medical staff, officers and board of trustees.

Ravenswood Hospital School Of Nursing Class Book, 1957, Advocate Health - Midwest

Historical Documents - Combined

Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, IL: Ravenswood Hospital School of Nursing 1957 class book.

Ravenswood Hospital Annual Report, 1926, Advocate Health - Midwest

Historical Documents - Combined

Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, IL: 1926 Annual report for Ravenswood Hospital. Includes photos, hospital and school of nursing statistics, expenditures and treasurers report, list of hospital staff.

Ravenswood Hospital Annual Report, 1924, Advocate Health - Midwest

Historical Documents - Combined

Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, IL: 1924 Annual report for Ravenswood Hospital. Includes photos, hospital and school of nursing statistics, expenditures and treasurers report, list of hospital staff.

Ravenswood Answers The Call, 1934, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, IL: This Ravenswood Hospital brochure outlines the hospital's history and importance to the community. It serves as an advertisement to request support and donations from the community.

Ravenswood Hospital And Its Community, 1951, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, IL: This booklet discusses the history of of the Ravenswood community in Chicago as well as the Ravenswood Hospital from its beginning in 1907 up to 1951 when this was published.

Raven 1953, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, IL: Published by and for the Ravenswood Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association. Includes hospital news and alumnae doings, a nurse and doctor directory, births, marriages, obituaries.

The Raven 1952, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, IL: The Raven, Journal of the Ravenswood Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association, February 1952 to March 1953 is published by and for the Ravenswood Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association. Includes hospital news and alumnae doings, a nurse and doctor directory, births, marriages, obituaries.

Raven 1950, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, IL: Published by and for the Ravenswood Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association. Includes alumnae events and hospital updates from the past year, treasurers report, alumnae marriages and births.

The Raven 1951, Advocate Health - Midwest

Historical Documents - Combined

Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, IL: Published by and for the Ravenswood Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association. Includes hospital news and alumnae doings, a nurse and doctor directory, births, marriages, obituaries.

Partners, 1999 January, Advocate Health - Midwest

Historical Documents - Combined

Advocate Health Care, Chicago area, IL: Publication for the associates and friends of Advocate Health Care. Includes news from around the system. Cover story includes Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center fully merging with the Advocate Health system.

Reclaiming Instructional Leadership: Using Evidence-Based Tools And Conversations To Change Classroom Practice, Lyndsay Britt, Matthew Militello

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

Instructional leadership is the most influential lever principals and supervisors have to improve teaching and learning, yet managerial demands often limit sustained classroom engagement. This qualitative participatory action research study explores how leaders can reclaim instructional leadership by embedding focused observation tools and instructional conversations into routine supervision without adding time burdens. 

Using Community Learning Exchange methodology, four teachers and a principal engaged in a 14-month community of practice at a rural Title I early college high school. Through three inquiry cycles, the study examined how evidence-based tools and data-informed dialogue shaped teaching and leadership practices.

Findings revealed two outcomes …

Becoming: Adult Learners In Graduate Education And The Pursuit Of A Meaningful Life, Tara Shollenberger

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

Adult learners in graduate education represent a population defined by deliberate, purposeful choice. Unlike traditional-age students, these individuals advance within higher education while managing careers, families, and complex life responsibilities. This conceptual paper explores the espoused and enacted vision for a meaningful life held by adult learners in graduate education, with particular attention to doctoral students in professional education programs. Evidence is drawn from national enrollment and attrition data, relevant scholarship, and nearly two decades of direct practitioner observation. The paper argues that adult graduate learners are animated by a vision of becoming: a generational, relational, and deeply purposeful understanding …

The Gender Gap: Exploring Superintendents’ Perceptions And Experiences In Iowa, Jillian Dotson, Matt Townsley

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

Abstract

The gender gap in the superintendent role continues to plague the educational system across the nation. Female school teachers drastically outnumber female superintendents, which limits the number of women superintendents who are available to serve as mentors. Until women can access superintendent positions in an equitable manner, this gender imbalance will continue. The purpose of this study was to explore current Iowa women superintendents' perceptions and experiences with seeking and operating in the superintendency, and understand their perceptions on the strengths and weaknesses of the mentoring support available for new superintendents. The findings confirm that participants in this study …

Seeing The Line Move Up: Educator Perceptions Of Mastery Experiences As Drivers Of Student Engagement And Persistence In Rural Intervention Programs, Carter J. Baran

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

This study examined how educators in a rural secondary school district describe the influence of mastery experiences on student engagement and persistence within academic intervention programs. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 18 certified educators (six core content teachers, six elective teachers, and six administrators) and a subsequent focus group conducted in a single rural South Carolina school district, this qualitative analysis extends a larger dissertation study on teacher perceptions of dropout-prevention interventions. Using Bandura's (1986, 1997) social cognitive theory and Astin's (1984, 1999) theory of student involvement as a dual conceptual lens, findings indicate that educators consistently identified visible, incremental …

From Tasks To Transformation: How Coherently Sequenced Practicum Experiences Develop Collaborative Instructional Leaders, Daryl Ann Borel, Thomas Harvey

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

This qualitative study examines principal preparation candidates' perceptions of a practicum designed to develop collaborative instructional leadership through coherently sequenced field-based tasks. The practicum required candidates to lead campus teams through needs assessment, strategy development, and implementation monitoring focused on instructional challenges affecting at-risk and economically disadvantaged students. Grounded in Personalized Educational Leadership Theory (PELT), the study analyzed archival written reflections from 150 randomly selected candidates enrolled in a large online principal preparation program. Using a basic interpretive qualitative approach, the analysis identified four themes: candidates' perceived growth in data-informed instructional leadership, structured collaboration as a leadership practice, leadership identity …

Leadership In Context: Examining School District Demographic And Socioeconomic Factors To Predict Superintendent Salary, Samuel F. Fancera, Lorena Valer, Ashley Mungiello

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

This study examines how district‑level demographic and socioeconomic factors predict superintendent base salaries in New Jersey through the lens of context‑responsive leadership theory. Using secondary data from 529 school districts, the analysis investigates whether student racial and ethnic composition and district socioeconomic status relate to salary outcomes. Correlation and multiple regression results show that all student demographic variables along with district socioeconomic status, significantly predict superintendent salary, with the proportion of White students accounting for the largest share of explained variance. Findings reveal persistent inequities. Superintendents serving high‑poverty, diverse districts tend to earn lower salaries despite facing more complex leadership …

Catalytic Integrated Molten-Salt Fast Reactor & Fuel Recovery System (Cimfr-1.0) —, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

CIMFR-1.0 is a self-contained, open-hardware chemical processing unit that converts clean, post-consumer polyolefin plastics (Polyethylene [PE] and Polypropylene [PP]) into drop-in industrial fuels: C5-C12 gasoline-cut hydrocarbons (target: 91+ RON) and low-sulfur off-road diesel (target: <15 ppm sulfur).

The system uses a two-stage thermal/catalytic pathway grounded in published research from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), which demonstrated that AlCl3-containing molten salts convert polyolefins into gasoline-range branched C6-C12 alkanes at temperatures below 170°C via Lewis-acid carbenium ion chemistry — without noble metal catalysts or an external hydrogen source. This is not standard thermal pyrolysis (450°C-600°C). It is low-temperature catalytic depolymerization followed by vapor-phase zeolite upgrading. …

Novelty Gate Defensive Pub, David Lee Wise, Avan Claude A.C.I

Defensive Publications Series

An automated system that derives a technical result can verify that the result is correct and cannot, by the same means, verify that it is new. Proof assistants, unit tests and numerical cross-checks all terminate on correctness. Novelty is not a property of the artifact; it is a property of the artifact's relation to a corpus, and it therefore requires a separate check against a separate object. This disclosure describes a method for performing that second check, the canonicalization step that makes it possible, and the corpus-side conditions under which it works. The method was derived from a measured …

The Unified System Resampling Manifold: Bridging September 2026 Experimental Crises Via Substrate Phase Residue And Conformal Extension Loops, Christopher L. Eckes

Defensive Publications Series

This paper formalizes Paper 155 to construct a rigorous cross-disciplinary bridge between five discrete breakthrough vectors observed in early September 2026: (1) the massive multi-agent AI swarm mapping of the Navier-Stokes smooth existence problem, (2) macroscopic quantum gravity atomic superposition measurements, (3) sub-Landauer limit magnetic memory switching states, (4) synthetic protein self-assembly on van der Waals substrates, and (5) the direct experimental confirmation of the atomic Migdal Effect. Rather than treating these milestones as disconnected successes of competing models, we deploy the Dimensionally Extended Holographic Projection (DEHP) model to show they are parallel observable consequences of a single underlying architecture: …

Resolution Of The Grb 221009a Anomaly Via Conformal Metric-Shift Mechanics, Continuous Vacuum Strain, And High-Frequency Surface Acoustic Streaming Boundary Layer Modulation, Christopher L. Eckes

Defensive Publications Series

This paper formalizes Paper 154 within the Unified Cosmological Substrate Equations (UCSE) and Dimensionally Extended Holographic Projection (DEHP) frameworks to resolve the dual anomalies of the 300-TeV photon detected from gamma-ray burst GRB 221009A. Standard 3D physics requires ad-hoc, untestable additions—such as axion-like particles (ALPs) and Lorentz Invariance Violation (LIV)—to account for why this extreme energy packet survived a 2-billion-light-year transit through intergalactic starlight and arrived one hour later than its lower-energy counterparts.

By stripping away modern academic tribalism and separating the foundational 2D phase fluid substrate (z=0) from emergent 3D geometric projections (z>0), we prove that the 300-TeV …

Filter System For Filtering Fluids And Filter Element

Defensive Publications Series

The invention relates to a filter system (100) for filtering fluids, in particular a liquid filter system, comprising a filter housing (110) with a first housing part (112) and a second housing part (114), having a raw fluid inlet (105), a central fluid outlet (104) and a com ponent, in particular an eccentric fluid drainage opening (106), the fluid outlet (104) and component being arranged at the second housing part (114), a central standpipe (120) with a top portion (122) providing an inclined control surface (124), a filter element (10) comprising a center tube arrangement (90) being arranged in the …

Hover-Sign Gating Of Bluetooth Low Latency Link Posture On Wearables, Vadlamudi Venkata Girish

Defensive Publications Series

Wrist-worn wearable devices, such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, with an always-on display (AOD) often connect to other devices via a wireless link or radio connection, using sleep schedules to save energy. However, this causes a noticeable lag when a user touches the screen. At the same time, accidental brushes from clothing can trigger false alarms that drain the battery if the device wakes up too often. This publication describes techniques to optimize latency and power consumption by utilizing an always-on (AON) capacitive hover front-end or touchless gesture detection sensor that intelligently drives low-power wireless communication protocol (e.g., Bluetooth Low …

Componentized Multi-Modal Presentation Generation With Coordinated Text, Image, And Audio Pipeline Orchestration, Rafael Nepomuceno, Martin Therese

Defensive Publications Series

Existing artificial intelligence (AI) presentation generation tools produce static, monolithic outputs that lack post-generation editability, forcing complete regeneration for minor modifications. Additionally, raw generative AI application programming interfaces (APIs) impose strict rate limits and require complex backend orchestration to coordinate text, image, and audio synthesis at scale. The disclosed technology provides a componentized multi-modal presentation generation platform that produces editable presentation bundles comprising structured text layouts, context-aware AI-generated imagery, and synchronized text-to-speech narration. The platform employs a coordinated pipeline with task queues and automatic retry mechanisms to manage API rate limits. Each presentation element remains decoupled and independently editable at …

The Agentic Framework For Iterative Pose And Semantic Correction In Virtual Try-On, Bhushan Garware, Darshan Barapatre, Anibha Athalye

Defensive Publications Series

Virtual try-on (VTO) systems using generative models can be a challenge. To address this, an agentic framework can evaluate and correct errors in generated VTO images. The framework may operate as an iterative feedback loop, where a multimodal evaluation module can analyze an image for pose and semantic discrepancies. Based on the analysis, a routing system can direct the task to a targeted corrective pathway, such as a full structural regeneration or a localized semantic repair, guided by a dynamic prompt engine. This iterative process of evaluation and targeted correction may continue until a set of criteria is met, providing …

Filter System For Filtering Fluids And Filter Element

Defensive Publications Series

The invention relates to a filter system (100) for filtering fluids, in particular a liquid filter system, comprising a filter housing (110) with a first housing part (112) and a second housing part (114), having a raw fluid inlet (105), a central fluid outlet (104) and a component, in particular an eccentric fluid drainage opening (106), the fluid outlet (104) and component being arranged at the second housing part (114), a central standpipe (120) with a top portion (122) providing an inclined control surface (124), a filter element (10) comprising a center tube arrangement (90) being arranged in the interior …

Host‑To‑Fabric Context Switching Through Sideband Signaling And Wave‑Propagated Reconfiguration Of A Coarse‑Grained Reconfigurable Array, Jonathon Murphy

Defensive Publications Series

Reconfiguring a hardware accelerator through an operating system (OS) commonly costs microseconds, because kernel drivers, thread scheduling, and register‑level writes sit between the requesting program and the hardware.  This disclosure describes a system in which a compiler backend embeds routing configurations in a metadata segment of an executable and an OS‑bypass bootstrapper maps those configurations and a doorbell into user space.  A sideband control plane then carries a switch trigger to a reconfigurable co‑processor without a system call or an interrupt.  Shadow configuration planes, resident at each routing node ahead of use, enable a context switch to travel across the …

Routing Congestion Mitigation Via Hotspot Root Cause Classification And Timing-Aware Engineering Change Orders In A Reinforcement Learning Loop, Kishore R

Defensive Publications Series

Physical design flows for a system on a chip (SoC) commonly resolve routing congestion with uniform placement or routing blockages.  Such blockages can waste floorplan area and degrade timing on paths holding no spare slack.  This publication presents a congestion mitigation method that resolves each congestion hotspot into one of three physical root causes and generates an engineering change order (ECO) matched to the cause found.  A slack test protects timing, so a net with negative slack keeps a direct route while a clock latency adjustment borrows margin from a neighboring pipeline stage.  Generated directives compile into a variable file …