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Multi-Cycle Dynamic Ir-Drop Prediction For Power Delivery Networks Using A Shared-Weight Encoder-Decoder With Convolutional Recurrence, Prateek Pendyala

Defensive Publications Series

Dynamic IR-drop, a voltage drop reflecting current (I) through resistance (R), has become a significant operational constraint in the power delivery network (PDN) of an integrated circuit.  A transient matrix solver can take upwards of 6-12 hours to verify one engineering change order (ECO).  Separately, a frame-based neural network may miss voltage deficits that build across consecutive clock cycles.  To address these limitations, this a prediction method feeds per-cycle power tensors through a shared spatial encoder.  From there, a convolutional long short-term memory (ConvLSTM) temporal core carries voltage history from cycle to cycle.  A shared spatial decoder then reconstructs a …

Adaptive Knowledge Utility-Driven Rag Ingestion Optimization For Minimizing Time-To-First-Useful-Answer Through Progressive Knowledge Availability, Anupam Mukherjee, Prasad N Kamath

Defensive Publications Series

A system is proposed herein for reducing the time between upload of enterprise knowledge and a first useful answer in a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) environment. The system makes a newly uploaded document rapidly searchable through lightweight text extraction, chunking, metadata extraction, and lexical indexing while semantic enrichment continues in the background. Pending ingestion work is decomposed into document-type-aware tasks and prioritized using document characteristics, live query demand, retrieval-quality signals, expected knowledge utility, processing cost, service-level objectives, and tenant fairness. A global multi-tenant scheduler can continuously reprioritize embedding, optical character recognition (OCR), table extraction, entity extraction, summarization, image understanding, and related …

Gci-Vabc-R+ Continuous Acoustic-Inertial Bio-Purification Engine, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

Elevated levels of Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] represent an independent, genetically determined causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease and aortic stenosis, affecting approximately 20% of the global human population. Current therapeutic interventions face severe trade-offs: pharmacological antisense oligonucleotides (e.g., Pelacarsen) have demonstrated sub-threshold event reduction in large-scale outcomes trials (Lp(a)HORIZON) due to depth-of-lowering limits (~72–80%), whereas existing apheresis platforms non-selectively deplete all Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) particles via non-specific adsorption. This disclosure details the full bench-scale prototype specifications, fluid dynamics models, electrical schematics, and testing protocols for the GCI-VABC-R+ Research Engine.

The GCI-VABC-R+ integrates Dean-flow secondary inertial focusing, high-frequency Bulk Acoustic Waves (BAW), …

Architectural Specification Of A Local Multi-Scale Contour For Stable Recursive Self-Improvement, Volodymyr Kotegov

Defensive Publications Series

This document describes a practical architecture for stable recursive self-improvement limited to programming, algorithms, and mathematics. The system runs as a bare core and does not require broad world knowledge or data-center resources. It is designed for 1 to 5 high-end local workstations (Mac Studio class or equivalent with 128–192 GB unified memory). The design combines aggressive evolutionary search with strong conservative safeguards: multiple time scales, a shadow reference copy, orthogonality based on execution traces, an immutable control core, and specification changes that depend on measured success density.

A Health Card Is Not Healthcare Why Coverage Does Not Always Become Care And How Institutions Can Close The Gap, Deepak Aggarwal

Defensive Publications Series

Universal healthcare is usually measured through two questions: can people obtain the care they need, and can they afford it without financial hardship? Both matter. Neither tells us whether care actually reached the patient.

A person may hold a health card. The treatment may be covered. The ambulance, hospital, specialist and payer may each follow their own rules correctly. Yet the patient may still wait too long, arrive at a hospital that cannot treat them, or be lost between institutions.

This paper examines that gap through Decision Engineering™. It follows a person suffering a heart attack along the Decision Integrity …

Cumorp‑1.0 — Caldwell Unified Multi‑Organ Research Platform, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

CUMORP‑1.0 is a multi‑physics benchtop research reactor designed to study:

• Autoimmune cascade collapse

• Neuro‑toxic aggregate clearance

• Oncological micro‑environment clearance

• Systemic multi‑organ inflammatory collapse

• Metabolic failure

• ROS overload

• Multi‑organ hydrology failure

• Multi‑organ pressure collapse

• Multi‑organ resonance misalignment

It integrates:

• CUTDE‑1.0 — telemetry spine

• S‑MORPH v1.0 — systemic multi‑organ physics

• C‑AIRE v1.0 — autoimmune physics

• CNCS‑1.0 — neuro‑clearance physics

• UBPRCE‑Onco — oncological clearance physics

• GCI‑VABC‑R+ — continuous purification physics

C‑Aire V1.0 — Caldwell Universal Auto‑Immune Reset Engine, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

C‑AIRE v1.0 is an open‑hardware multi‑physics benchtop reactor engineered to study autoimmune cascade collapse in synthetic immune‑tissue phantom models. It unifies:

• Acoustic standing waves

• Monodisperse microbubble cavitation

• Non‑thermal RF destabilization

• Electrokinetic DC alignment

• Gyroid microfluidic vortex flow

• Magnetophoretic debris extraction

• High‑speed telemetry (10 kHz)

• Deterministic thermal safety interlocks

inside a temperature‑locked PEEK‑1000 chamber.

All mechanical, electrical, fluidic, and operational parameters are fully specified so any lab can fabricate, assemble, and test a working prototype directly from this document.

Caldwell Neuro-Clearance Super-Engine (Cncs-1.0) A Unified Multi-Physics Research Reactor For Non-Thermal Clearance Of Neuro-Toxic Aggregates In Synthetic Tissue Phantoms, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

Current neurodegenerative research lacks an integrated benchtop engine capable of simulating the mechanical, electrokinetic, and acoustic parameters required to clear proteinaceous aggregates (Tau tangles, Amyloid-$\beta$ oligomers, and $\alpha$-Synuclein fibrils) from dense extracellular matrices.

CNCS-1.0 fills this gap by coupling acoustic streaming, resonant microbubble shear, amplitude-modulated radiofrequency destabilization, and electrokinetic transport into a single, temperature-locked PEEK-1000 micro-vortex chamber. The system reduces simulated Interstitial Fluid Pressure (IFP) from $25\text{ mmHg}$ down to $\le 6\text{ mmHg}$ in tissue phantoms while driving unidirectional magnetophoretic and acoustic aggregate clearance—all without exceeding a $\Delta T$ of $+0.4^\circ\text{C}$ in the biological matrix.

Gci-Ubprce-1.0 / Ubprce-Onco V1.0 — Universal Bio-Physical Resonance & Microfluidic Clearance Engine (Multi-Physics Reactor Core & Telemetry Architecture), Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

This technical disclosure presents the complete design, mechanical specifications, material selection, and telemetry architecture for the GCI-UBPRCE-1.0 (UBPRCE-Onco v1.0), an open-hardware, non-clinical benchtop multi-physics microfluidic reactor engine. The platform addresses two critical operational bottlenecks in in-vitro solid tumor microenvironment (TME) phantom research: reversible Interstitial Fluid Pressure (IFP) reduction to enable deep nanocarrier transport without hyperthermic tissue damage, and continuous real-time biomarker/protein aggregate extraction without experiment interruption.

The physical chassis (ANNEX-B) consists of a monolithic Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK-1000) chamber ($100 \times 50 \times 30\text{ mm}$) featuring an internal $12.5\text{ mL}$ Gyroid minimal surface micro-vortex flow cavity ($Ra \le 0.4\ \mu\text{m}$) …

Privacy-Preserving Web3 Recovery, Panagiotis Chatzigiannis, Adithya Bhat, Duc Le, Mohammad Mohsen Minaei Bidgoli

Defensive Publications Series

A computer generates a hash value based on a commitment data. The computer signs the hash value using a private key to form a signature. The computer posts the hash value and the signature to a blockchain. The computer provides the commitment data to a receiver device. After a predetermined amount of time the commitment data is posted to the blockchain. A smart contract verifies the hash value using the commitment data.

9/11 And The Task Of History, Donald Roth

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

"The ultimate task is actually more about our embodiment, about taking into ourselves a sense of the weight of history that lets us feel the lessons it has to teach us, rather than just recite them."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­remembering 9/11 from In All Things, an online hub that offers insight into maintaining and faithful and orthodox Reformed Christian worldview while fearlessly engaging in every aspect of contemporary life – until all is made new.

9/11 and the Task of History

Child Care Deserts In Mountain West Congressional Districts, 2024, Cason Noll, Yash Kalla, Yiselle Olivas Ruiz, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.

Economic Development & Workforce

This fact sheet presents data on child care deserts across 28 congressional districts in the five Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah as of 2024. The percentage of young children residing in a child care desert and the urban, suburban, or rural designation of each congressional district are included. The Center for American Progress (CAP) report, ‘America’s Child Care Crisis Leaves Many Families Without Access to Licensed Care,’ includes data on all 435 U.S. congressional districts.

Nurture: A Heart–Head–Hands–Feet Curriculum Framework For Sustainable Food Systems And Planetary Health Education, Liza Barbour, Devinia Wainwright, Sarah Browne, Clare Pettinger, Jessica Wegener, Tracy Everitt, Liesel Carlsson

School of Health Professions

Introduction: Nutrition and dietetics professionals are vital to food systems transformation; however, the integration of sustainable food systems and planetary health curricula in tertiary education remains inadequate. This article presents the NURTURE framework, a curriculum tool designed in collaboration with an Indigenous artist to support educators in preparing future professionals to address global planetary crises.Methods: The framework organises 35 curriculum concepts previously identified by stakeholders across 27 countries as relevant for entry-level nutrition and dietetics professionals. Drawing on holistic educational models and Indigenous worldviews that emphasise the interconnected relationships between humans and nature, researchers mapped the concepts to four domains …

Cardozo Law News Brief: September 11, 2026, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Briefs

Highlights from the September 11, 2026 Cardozo Law News Brief include:

• Professor Matthew Wansley was quoted in The New York Times about Tesla’s Cybercab and the challenges of developing a reliable automated driving system.
• Professor Luis Calderón Gómez spoke to The Washington Post about the Trump administration’s proposal to remove tax exemptions from schools that consider race in admissions and the potential for legal challenges.
• Professor Zalman Rothschild spoke to Gothamist about New York’s vaccine requirements and renewed constitutional challenges to vaccination mandates.
• Adjunct Professor Gary Galperin was quoted in Newsweek about the Lindsay Clancy mistrial and the possibility of …

2026-2027 Performance Forum - September 11, 2026, Xiaoyu Li, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Cheng Wang

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Wikipedia In The Classroom: From Orientation To Application, Kristen L. Hodnett

Open Educational Resources

"Wikipedia in the Classroom: From Orientation to Application" is a flexible mini-unit designed to help early-career teachers rethink how open web tools can be used in the classroom. Built for graduate teacher preparation programs, the unit breaks learning into 15- to 45-minute micro-lessons spread across a semester. This structure gives future educators low-stakes, repeated opportunities to build digital literacy without taking time away from core course content.

The curriculum walks students through a clear, three-phase framework:

• Orientation & Exploration: Students unpack how Wikipedia actually works—from talk pages to sourcing standards—while examining missing voices, bias, and who gets to create knowledge …

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Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit, Draft Final Unreclaimed Sites: Ur-31 Site Evaluation Summary Report, Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Unreclaimed Sites: Ur-42 Site Evaluation Summary Report (Sesr) (Dated July 22, 2026), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Trustee's Motion To Compel Disclosure Re Internal Review Board Members

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

No abstract provided.

Cross-Study Validation Of Pfas Sampling Rates In Microporous Polyethylene Tube Samplers, Johanna Ganglbauer, Matthew Dunn, Jarod Snook, Jitka Becanova, Rainer Lohmann

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

This study presents a meta-analysis of sampling rates for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured with microporous polyethylene tube (MPT) passive samplers, integra- tive tools used for monitoring pollutants in aquatic environments. Data from five independent field campaigns spanning groundwater, freshwater, and saltwater environments were compiled to recalculate sampling rates and evaluate the statistical influence of temperature, ambient PFAS concentrations, and deployment duration on MPT performance. A theoretical model describing PFAS transport through MPTs was refined and predicts sampling rates based solely on molecular weight, carbon number, and molar volume. The model incorporates radial diffusion in cylindrical coordinates and shows …

Multimodal Solutions For The Detection Of Safety-Related Railroad Objects Under Adverse Weather: Architectures, Proof-Of-Concepts, And Performance Results, Hayder Radha

Mineta Transportation Institute

The emergence of high-resolution automotive grade lidar sensor technologies and the development of advanced deep- learning frameworks open the door for accurate and real-time perception of the surroundings of mobile trains for improved safety and operational efficiency. Under this project, we developed key components and proof-of-concepts of lidar-based multimodal solutions that rely on advanced deep- learning methods and utilize object detection approaches to demonstrate the feasibility of real-time detection of objects and events that could represent major safety issues for moving trains. The detected objects could be vehicles or people trespassing a railroad track, or they could be hazardous objects …

Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2026 Final Backfill And Cover Soil Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) Dated August 26, 2026, Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

High Tunnel Pollinators, Miranda L. Jones, Sheriden Hansen, Kelsey Graham, Robert Nelson Schaeffer, Brent Black

All Current Publications

High tunnels are used to extend the growing season. Unlike greenhouses, high tunnels are semi-permanent and not heated or cooled by a climate-control system. Instead, they use plastic sheeting to trap solar heat, allowing for season extension in temperate climates around spring and fall. Bee pollination can improve yields for several valuable crop species grown in high tunnels. Because high tunnels are largely enclosed, bees are typically released and managed within the structure. This fact sheet provides information on how to obtain and manage bee pollinators in high tunnels.

Field Guide To Common Plant Species Of Uinta Mountain Fens, Samantha Kurkowski, Blake Wellard, Karin M. Kettenring

All Current Publications

Fens are a unique class of wetland that host many specialized plant species globally and, in Utah, occur primarily in the Uinta Mountains. This guide provides an easy-to-use resource for amateurs and professionals who want to identify plants in fens. This guide includes key characteristics for identifying species, details on similar species and how to tell them apart, and information on habitat and frequency of occurrence. Species range from wetland obligates to upland plants that occasionally make their way into fens, with the purpose of including most species that may be encountered in a fen.

Visual Narratives Of Forced Displacement, Schooling, And Re-Settlement Among Refugee And Asylum-Seeking Students In Grand Forks, Nd, Pempho Chinkondenji, Giovanni Whyte

Education, Health & Behavior Studies Faculty Publications

This study examines how school-aged refugee and asylum-seeking students, most of them girls from the "Global South," experience schooling, resettlement, and belonging within the Grand Forks community and the broader U.S. education system. Using a two-phase visual/arts-based participatory design, the research team engaged 34 co-researchers from various countries including Somalia, Afghanistan, Liberia, Burundi, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico, and Guinea Conakry. In the first phase, 20 co-researchers aged 14 to 20 took part in a photovoice study, using photography, focus groups, and interviews to document their lived experiences. A subsequent arts-based Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) project extended this work through comics, …

Without A Map: A Lived Experience Study Of The Paths People Create Through Homelessness, Kathleen P. Conte, Susan Avila, Desiree' J. Duboise, Carlton Bone, Marisa A. Zapata, Transformational Research For Equity And Experience In Shelter (Trees) Committee

Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative Publications and Presentations

The Pathways to Housing Study examines how people experience and navigate homelessness and the systems intended to help them move toward stable housing. Conducted in Multnomah County, Oregon, the study used a participatory mixed-methods design co-led with the TREES lived experience committee. The first phase was reported in April 2026 included surveys with 541 people with current or recent experience of homelessness. The second phase, reported here, used in-depth interviews and journey mapping with 29 participants to explore how pathways through homelessness unfold over time and across service systems.

Findings demonstrate that homelessness pathways are rarely linear. Participants described entering …

The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Built Environment Of The Bronx, Mark Naison

Occasional Essays

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Use Of Community Advisory Boards In Autism Research: A Scoping Review, Margaret Janse Van Rensburg, Elisa Niunin, Alexia Ostrolenk, Sydney Arsenault, Anja Wilson, Courtney Weaver, Valérie Courchesne, Robert M. Hock

Faculty and Staff Publications

Community engagement is increasingly promoted as a good practice in autism research, yet little is known about how Community Advisory Boards are used. This scoping review mapped the extent and nature of empirical literature on Community Advisory Boards in autism research. Five databases were searched, supplemented by reference list searching. Twenty-two studies met inclusion criteria. Most were published recently, conducted in the United States, and used mixed methods. Community Advisory Boards were rarely formally defined and were typically described functionally rather than conceptually. Most operated in consultative roles, with inconsistent reporting of recruitment, compensation, onboarding, communication, and influence on decision-making. …

Child Welfare History Of Prison Inmates Would Provide Meaningful Data For Foster Care Policy Research And Planning, Maggie Zehring

Student Scholarship

Child welfare intervention in the United States continues to operate distinctly different in each states and community without a full picture of the overall system’s efficacy. While federal and state agencies collect extensive information on children’s movement in and out of the foster care system and related adjudication, there lacks a nationwide understanding of how kids fare after exiting the system. This note argues that Departments of Correction (DOC) nationwide should collect child‑welfare history from incarcerated individuals as part of existing intake procedures and regularly communicate the data for the federal Children’s Bureau to aggregate for longitudinal analysis of foster …