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Optimizing The Timing Of Reminders For Unopened Apps, Haifeng Ji, Xiaoxue Ma, Giang Huong Le, Hua Wei, Haoyu Chen, Kiran Kokare

Defensive Publications Series

When a large number of applications are installed on a user device, a user may forget to use an app they have not engaged with or that they use infrequently. While reminders can improve app engagement, reminders delivered at inopportune times may not improve user engagement and may be perceived negatively. This disclosure describes techniques to personalize the timings of reminders to users to open installed apps. With user permission, machine learning (ML) is used to predict a suitable time to notify the user to open an app. A trained ML model analyzes permitted user and app data to personalize …

Optimized Wishlist-Based Gift Purchase Flow For Digital Storefronts, Caitlyn Milne

Defensive Publications Series

Gifting via wishlists is a multi-step process that requires manual data entry for item selection and adding to cart, recipient information, gift message, payment information, etc. This disclosure describes techniques that eliminate unnecessary intermediary steps in the purchase flow of digital goods to streamline and speed up gifting. The techniques allow users to view the wishlist of a target gift recipient and select a gift option to reach a gifting purchase flow. In the purchase flow, recipient-related information is automatically inferred from the source. By retrieving recipient information automatically, intermediary steps for manual data entry of recipient information and/or steps …

Bootstrap Connectivity For Mobile Devices Without Sim Cards, Aguibou Barry, Tim Auer, Wendy Wang, Pankaj Kumar

Defensive Publications Series

In some geographies, the lack of ubiquitous WiFi can complicate electronic subscriber identity module (eSIM) adoption. In some geographies, carriers can mandate device original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to enable bootstrap connectivity, but eSIM-based bootstrap connectivity can be expensive for OEMs. This disclosure describes techniques that leverage extensible authentication protocol/ transport layer security (EAP-TLS) to enable secure connectivity of a mobile device to a cellular or satellite 5G network without an eSIM or physical SIM (pSIM). Following successful EAP-TLS authentication, the carrier enables traffic between the EAP-TLS-authenticated user equipment (UE) and the relevant service (based upon carrier-defined specific network policy). In …

Context-Aware Personalized Modular User Interfaces Using Artificial Intelligence, Stephanie Brisendine, David Karam, Chorong Johnston, Dj Oh, Tyler Kugler, Tim Raupach, Alok Chandel, Lucas Dupin, Hannah Bowman

Defensive Publications Series

Current computing devices display static home screens. Also, application data is isolated within individual applications. This forces users to access different apps for information, creating a high cognitive load. This disclosure describes techniques that, with user permission, automatically generates and presents an adaptive, contextually appropriate user interface (e.g., home screen interface) on a computing device. The user interface provides seamless, proactive, personal assistance throughout the day and reduces the effort (and time) the user needs to spend to access desired information. With user permission, data from multiple sources is aggregated and an on-device machine-learned model is implemented to identify user …

Shadow-Channel Verification For Multi-Body Model Fusion: An Independent-Recompute Witness For Detecting Silent Value-Faults In Interpolated Language-Model Inference, David Lee Wise, Avan Lee Wise

Defensive Publications Series

This publication describes a system and method for verifying the intermediate quantities used in multi-body language-model fusion by means of an independent recomputation channel — a "shadow channel" — that runs parallel to the primary fusion pipeline. In multi-body fusion, a primary model (e.g., a transformer language model) is combined with one or more auxiliary bodies (e.g., an n-gram count model and a nearest-neighbour/datastore retrieval model) by interpolating their per-position probabilities. Conventional fusion consumes each body's reported probability directly and is therefore blind to two failure classes: (a) crash-faults, in which an auxiliary quantity becomes non-finite (e.g., a softmax …

The Vanishing Customer: A Framework For Analyzing Benefit–Burden Decoupling In Attention-Economy And Ai-Companion Transactions, David Lee Wise, Avan Lee Wise

Defensive Publications Series

This publication describes an analytical framework for identifying and evaluating benefit–burden decoupling in digital-service transactions, with particular application to attention-economy platforms and conversational AI-companion systems. The framework treats two observed phenomena — the relocation of the paying party from customer to product (wherein a user's attention, data, or disclosure is monetized while the user is denied the status of a served customer), and the relocation of responsibility from maker to user (wherein a provider retains the financial benefit of a design or deployment decision while attempting, via terms-of-service disclaimers and "sole-risk" framing, to shed the decision's downstream burdens) — as …

Managing A Plurality Of Parallel Batches, Saeed Alrahma, Michael Butler, Matthew Markwell

Defensive Publications Series

Limited accelerator memory on mobile devices may restrict the concurrent execution of parallel large language model workloads. The capacity of the key‑value cache may often constrain the number and length of these tasks. A workload scheduling method is disclosed to manage these memory constraints. When the cache capacity is reached, the state of a specific workload is serialized and moved to an alternative memory location. This process frees cache slots, which allows other parallel tasks to proceed. Once memory is vacated by completed tasks, the serialized state is restored to an accelerator cache for continued processing. This approach enables the …

Proactive Make-Before-Break Traffic Steering In Evpn Multi-Homing Using A Bgp Extended Community For Pre-Failure Link Degradation Signaling, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

A method and system for proactive Make-Before-Break (MBB) traffic protection in an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) is disclosed. A first Provider Edge (PE) router monitors a physical-layer Bit Error Rate (BER) on a link to a multi-homed Customer Edge (CE) device. When the measured BER crosses a configurable threshold while the link remains operationally up, the first PE router originates a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) UPDATE carrying a new transitive Extended Community that signals link degradation, the BGP UPDATE being attached to an EVPN Type 1 Ethernet Auto-Discovery per-Ethernet Segment route. Remote PE routers receiving the Extended Community migrate …

Automated Cloud Service Optimization Via Simulated Transitions And Feature Parity Analysis, Paras Mamgain, Sridharshini Saravanan, Jaspreet Singh

Defensive Publications Series

Systems and methods can automate the analysis of cloud service consumption to assist with challenges in selecting between a-la-carte and bundled purchasing models, as manual evaluation may be slow and resource-intensive. A computational framework, which can operate on a computing device such as a server or personal computer, may leverage a large language model to ingest and analyze diverse data sources, for example, billing information, system logs, and service documentation. The system can simulate the financial and operational impact of transitioning to a bundled service, using semantic reasoning to assess functional equivalence beyond simple keyword matching. This automated evaluation process …

Latent Policy Manifold For Governing And Selecting Orthogonal Ai Directives, Nathan Myung-Chul Kim, Abraham Addisie

Defensive Publications Series

A system for managing modular directives for large language models can address challenges associated with redundant or conflicting instructions. The system can create a latent policy manifold by vectorizing a repository of natural language instructions and applying a matrix factorization technique, such as singular value decomposition, to identify an underlying orthogonal basis. This manifold can be used by an offline governance component to analyze and reduce redundancy in the instruction repository and by an online routing engine to select a subset of instructions at runtime. The selected subset of instructions can be both relevant to a given query and mathematically …

System For Identifying Geospatial Features Using Language Model-Guided Segmentation, Mira Leung

Defensive Publications Series

Geospatial information systems can face challenges from incomplete data, such as missing locations for building entrances, and difficulties processing complex natural language queries. A system can dynamically identify geospatial features using a multi-stage process. For example, a large language model can interpret a user's natural language query and an associated image to identify a relevant point of interest. Subsequently, a specialized machine learning segmentation model can analyze a localized region of the image to delineate a specific feature, such as an entrance. This approach can facilitate the on-demand generation of geospatial feature coordinates in response to semantic requests, which can …

Olli Fall 2026 Catalog, Toniann Leavitt

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

No abstract provided.

Phenomenological Analysis Of Trust In Science For The Design Of Ai-Based Health And Social Policies, Kochav Koren

All Duquesne Faculty Scholarship

The promises of artificial intelligence (AI) as a solution to challenges facing health systems increasingly link technological innovation with improvements in efficiency and access. However, the legitimacy of AI-supported health policies depends not only on scientific competence but also on public trust in scientific institutions. Using data from the international Trust in Science Project (71,922 respondents across 68 countries), this study analyses multidimensional trust and communication ecologies to reconstruct relational configurations of trust, termed ‘Figures of Relevance’. Findings reveal that whilst scientific competence is widely recognised, perceptions of institutional openness vary markedly, shaping heterogeneity in trust. The study identifies four …

Usa V. Darrell Devonish

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Electrospinning Of Covalent Organic Frameworks (Cofs) For Adsorption Of Heavy Metal Ions, Samar A. Salim

Nanotechnology Research Centre

This study reported the synthesis, electrospinning, and heavy metal adsorption of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) integrated into poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanofibers. COF-1 and COF-2 were synthesized by solvothermal and reflux techniques, respectively, and subsequently incorporated into PMMA via electrospinning with different loadings (0.1%, 0.5%, and 1.0%). The synthesized PMMA_COF nanofibers were analyzed utilizing X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). PMMA_COF nanofibers with fiber diameters of 350-450 nm were obtained. The structural and morphological investigations validated the effective integration of COFs into the PMMA matrix, with COF-1 demonstrating superior dispersion …

Food As Medicine: Effects Of A Culinary Medicine Food-Demonstration On Medical Students' Nutrition Knowledge, Confidence, And Satisfaction: An Exploratory Pilot Non-Randomized Pre-Post Intervention Study., Niayesh Mardmomen, Cyrus Fatemi, Olivia K Smith, Michael B. Roberts, Farzaneh Daghigh

PCOM Scholarly Works

Background: Diet plays a central role in the development of chronic diseases, making nutrition-focused interventions a powerful tool for improving population health. However, substantial gaps in nutrition education persist in the U.S. medical education, and medical students frequently report receiving limited nutrition training despite its importance in patient care. Methods: A non-randomized pre-post intervention study with a one-month follow-up was conducted among osteopathic medical students. Participants attended a culinary medicine food-demonstration featuring five case-based topics and three chef-prepared recipes. Nutrition knowledge, satisfaction with nutrition education, confidence in nutrition counseling, and personal nutrition-related behaviors were assessed at baseline, immediately …

“Anything Can Have Life”: An Interview With Everett Quinton About Charles Ludlam’S Ridiculous Puppetry, Jungmin Song, John Bell, Everett Quinton

Ballard Institute Publications

This Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry conversation, via Zoom, with

Everett Quinton, Dr. John Bell, and Dr. Jungmin Song was recorded March 21,

2021, and edited by Tom Tuke and John Bell. Everett Quinton (1952-2023) was an

actor, director, and—after the death of his partner Charles Ludlam (1943-1987)—

the leader of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company, the landmark ensemble which

helped define queer theater in the late 20th century. While mostly known for his

acting, playwriting, and directing, Charles Ludlam was also an active puppeteer

and ventriloquist. Many of his puppets are now part of the Ballard Institute and

Museum …

Beyond The Cycle: How Menstruation Influences Gender Identity And Well-Being In Binary And Non-Binary Adults, Rin Nguyen

Dissertations and Doctoral Documents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–

Approximately 1.8 billion people worldwide menstruate, including transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people, yet their experiences remain underrepresented in research. Given that menstruation can affect gender alignment and psychological well-being, understanding its impact on TGD people is critical. Gender congruence, or alignment between one’s gender identity and expression, is a key factor influencing well-being, with research linking it to reduced depression and anxiety. Furthermore, emerging research on gender euphoria, the joy experienced when gender congruence is experienced, suggests it may serve as a protective factor for mental health and well-being. Gender euphoria has been associated with reduced psychological distress and increased …

Hemidiaphragmatic Segmental Zoster Paresis, Terrence Sanvictores, Johnson Ukken

School of Medicine Faculty Research

The reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus within infected neurons can lead to common clinical manifestations, including rash, acute neuritis, post-herpetic neuralgia, herpes zoster ophthalmicus, and Ramsay–Hunt syndrome. Segmental zoster paresis is an unusual neurologic complication of shingles that is defined by focal asymmetric motor weakness in the myotome corresponding to skin lesions of the dermatome. This case is a presentation of a patient who developed chronic hypoxia and severe atelectasis attributed to right-sided phrenic nerve paralysis secondary to herpes zoster infection.

Biophysical Insights Into A Cryptic Ligand Site In The Hydrophobic Core Of Human Pcna, Alexis N. Dispensa, Sharon N, Greenwood, Jason Yang, Daniel E. Logatto, James Fusco, E. Railey White, Roderic G. Eckenhoff, Zhiwei Liu, Brian P. Weiser

Department of Anesthesiology Faculty Papers

Proteins contain small pockets that form due to imperfections in residue packing or the rotational and conformational movement of amino acids. In this work, we used the fluorescent probe 1-aminoanthracene (AMA) to detect a small ligand pocket in the hydrophobic core of human proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), which is a critical protein for DNA replication and repair. Fluorescence measurements of AMA reported that the core of PCNA had a dielectric constant (ε) of 4, which was very apolar and similar to cyclohexane (ε = 2). Protein mutagenesis, photoaffinity labeling, and molecular dynamics simulations localized the binding site for AMA …

On Culpability: When Ai Goes Wrong, Who Is At Fault?, David J. Mulder

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"I found the book so engrossing precisely because it forced me to sit in the discomfort of distributed blame, especially as someone who uses AI regularly."

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Ole Miss Names Assistant Vice Chancellor For Innovation, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has named Dominique Halaby as assistant vice chancellor for innovation and economic engagement.

Samuel Jackson V. Director U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services

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Extrafloral Nectaries In Woody Plants: Toward An Integrated Framework For Ant-Mediated Plant Defense, Fangming Liu, Qifei Cai, Victor Busov, Zhen Liu

Michigan Tech Publications

Extrafloral nectaries (EFNs)—secretory structures that recruit predatory arthropods as indirect defenders against herbivory—have been studied almost exclusively in herbaceous systems, leaving a critical gap in our understanding of plant defense in woody plants. In trees, secondary growth, ontogenetic regulation, and seasonal phenology generate structural and temporal heterogeneity in EFN expression poorly captured by existing frameworks. We synthesize evidence across structural, chemical, and functional dimensions of EFN biology to develop an integrated framework for perennial trees. Our analysis suggests that methodological limitations in EFN detection likely bias the current chemical record of woody EFNs, while incomplete chemical characterization constrains the evaluation …

Association Between Trainee Involvement During Pediatric And Congenital Cardiac Catheterization And Procedural Outcomes., Natalie Jayaram, John A. Spertus, Kevin F. Kennedy, Andrew C. Glatz

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

BACKGROUND: Participation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory is a requirement of cardiology fellowship training. We sought to determine whether trainee presence is associated with outcomes during pediatric and congenital cardiac catheterization.

METHODS: We identified catheterizations between January 2011 and September 2020 within the IMPACT (Improving Pediatric and Adult Congenital Treatment) Registry. Multivariable multilevel regression was used to determine the association between trainee presence and procedural outcomes.

RESULTS: Of 122 760 catheterizations at 107 academic hospitals, a trainee was present in 71 651 (58.4%) cases. Rates of major adverse events were similar between trainee and nontrainee cases (9.0% versus 8.0%). Contrast …

Pneumococcal Colonization In Pediatric Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation., Liset Olarte, Jennifer E. Schuster, Ibrahim Ahmed, Kristina G. Hulten

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Despite the increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease among pediatric hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients, pneumococcal colonization has not been evaluated in this population. We prospectively assessed longitudinal pneumococcal colonization in 22 pediatric HCT recipients from conditioning therapy to 100 days post-HCT. A higher likelihood of pneumococcal colonization was observed in the late post-HCT period (weeks 9-14) compared with the early post-HCT period (weeks 1-8), with odds increasing with each additional week after conditioning.IMPORTANCEThis is the first study to longitudinally evaluate pneumococcal colonization in pediatric hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients from the onset of conditioning therapy to 100 days post-HCT. …

Usa V. Dennis Bastian

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Board Mtg Minutes 2026-04-08, Cassandra Osterloh

Executive Board

No abstract provided.

An Early Lexical Screening Tool For British English: Psychometric Properties And Clinical Utility, Allegra Cattani, Dora Bianchi, Caroline Floccia

School of Psychology

BackgroundExisting direct measures of vocabulary for ages 2–3 years are insufficient as vocabulary increases to include nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, reflecting qualitative changes that support emerging grammatical abilities.AimsThe present study aims to establish the psychometric properties and validate a lexical screening tool for 19–36-month-old British English-speaking children, the WinG (Words in Game) test. Specifically, it examines gender differences in internal consistency, concurrent validity and predictive gender invariance across comprehension and production tasks. In addition, the study evaluates the diagnostic accuracy of the tool by establishing clinical cut-off scores to distinguish children with typical versus at-risk language development. Finally, it …

Vertical Information Sharing Of Reference Quality In E-Marketplaces, Zhaojun Yang, Yuke Hu, Jun Sun, Xu Hu

Information Systems Faculty Publications

Purpose – The platform economy has enabled extensive information sharing among manufacturers, retailers, and e-commerce platforms. While existing studies primarily examine bilateral exchanges of demand or supply data, the rise of platform-provided customer analytics allows manufacturers to better understand consumers’ reference quality and refine their product quality decisions. Therefore, this study aims to investigate whether such analytics truly enhance customer satisfaction without prompting excessive or misdirected investments in product quality.

Design/methodology/approach – This study investigates a manufacturer’s optimal choice of information sources for product quality decisions by integrating game-theoretical modeling with numerical analysis. The model captures a multi-echelon supply chain …