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The Captain Goes To Church, James R. Nix

Ellen White and Current Issues Symposium

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The Early Translation Of Ellen G. White Books Into Spanish, Gluder Quispe

Ellen White and Current Issues Symposium

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The Phenomenon Of Prophecy And Role Of Prophets In The Old Testament Compared With The Ministry Of Ellen G. White, Jiří Moskala

Ellen White and Current Issues Symposium

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Gift Of Prophecy And The Church: A Biblical Perspective, Ranko Stefanovic

Ellen White and Current Issues Symposium

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The Relationship Between Ellen White, Authority And The Authority Of The Bible In Adventism, George Knight

Ellen White and Current Issues Symposium

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The Consequences Of Fear: How Media Literacy Teachers Adapt To Teaching In An Autocratic Regime, Sait Tuzel

Journal of Media Literacy Education Pre-Prints

While media literacy education experienced significant growth in Turkey during the early part of the decade, since the attempted coup on July 15, 2016, Turkish educators have struggled with uncertainty and social mistrust generated by the disappearance of independent journalism and the arrests of many thousands of educators, judges, and researchers. This longitudinal study of media literacy teachers in Turkey examines the professional challenges that media literacy teachers experienced between 2015 and 2020 as they adapted to increased fear and the risks associated with teaching about media. Unable to use media materials beyond the state-sanctioned textbook, teachers now evaluate the …

Deep Learning-Based Fog-Cloud Approach Intrusion Detection System In Iomt, Yahya Rbah, Mohammed Mahfoudi, Mohammed Fattah, Younes Balboul, Said Mazer, Moulhime Elbekkali

Iraqi Journal for Computer Science and Mathematics

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) creates an interconnected environment linking humans, devices, sensors, and systems, enhancing healthcare services through advanced technologies. Nonetheless, these IoMT devices are susceptible to cyberattacks, which can endanger patient safety and healthcare services. To identify and mitigate cyberattacks in IoMT, techniques such as threat intelligence, log monitoring, and intrusion detection systems are employed. As attackers evolve their strategies, there is a growing trend towards leveraging artificial intelligence to achieve more predictive and accurate attack detection. Since IoMT devices are inherently low-power, they require minimal computing resources. Existing intrusion detection systems are generally trained in the …

Multitaskvenationnet: A Multi-Task Deep Neural Network With Strip Pooling And Hybrid Upsampling For Leaf Vein Segmentation, Ishak Ariawan, Ahmad Ashari, Moh. Edi Wibowo

Iraqi Journal for Computer Science and Mathematics

Leaf vein segmentation is a critical task in plant phenotyping and species classification, yet it remains challenging due to the hierarchical, curvilinear nature of veins and interference from complex backgrounds. Existing methods face three key limitations. First, they lack directional context modeling, leading to blurred vein boundaries and the omission of fine venation. Second, they fail to effectively capture global dependencies, limiting semantic coherence across spatial regions. Third, they do not incorporate explicit mechanisms for detecting vein discontinuities, which is essential for complete topological understanding. To address these challenges, we propose MultiTaskVenationNet (MTV-Net), a multi-task deep segmentation framework that integrates …

Optical Dynamic Hybrid Disaggregation System Using Micro-Led, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure is directed to a flexible and resilient architecture for computer systems, focusing on optical hybrid disaggregation to manage heterogeneous computing resources. An approach utilizes overprovisioned optical connectivity, specifically leveraging high-density micro-LED technology, to establish a high-bandwidth, peer-to-peer communication fabric between modular units. By integrating silicon switching intelligence directly into the modular units, the approach can bypass the latency and contention issues associated with centralized fabrics. A dynamic software control plane may be utilized to manage a distributed network, enabling rapid reconfiguration to optimize the compute-to-memory ratio for specific workloads, thereby enhancing fungibility, improving power efficiency, and reducing …

Ai & Chemistry, Evelina Jaleniauskiene

Teaching Repository of AI-Infused Learning

"AI & Chemistry" is a four-week language-learning project based on the action-oriented approach. The project asks students to complete two main tasks: prepare an individual Ignite talk and a partnered podcast on any subtopic related to the use of AI in chemistry. Beyond language skills, the project additionally aims to encourage students’ collaboration with AI-powered tools and enhance their AI literacy. All project steps are detailed in an additional PDF file. The integration of the project is not restricted to a language course; it can be adapted for any university-level communicative course.

Book Of Abstracts, Seton Hall University

2025 Augustine Undergraduate Research Symposium

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The Under-Prosecution Of White-Collar Crime, Joseph Whalen

Honors Program

White-collar crime comprises nonviolent, financially motivated offenses by individuals and corporate entities. The social costs are immense, yet the prosecution of such crimes is comparatively small compared to other forms of non-violent crime, often resolving with opaque settlements rather than prosecution. This study examines why under-prosecution is so prevalent in white-collar crime, how it undermines democratic trust, and what reforms could be implemented to improve accountability. Under-prosecution will be operationalized through a mixed-methods design, accounting for the most observable proxies. First, the share of filings involving white-collar offenses; second, the prevalence of deferred or non-prosecution agreements (hereinafter referred to as …

Performance Of Adaptive Wingtips On A Tailless Supersonic Business Jet, Khushi Piparava

2025 Fall Honors Capstones Projects - Archive

The growing interest in supersonic business travel has renewed focus on efficient, low-drag configurations that can achieve high performance while maintaining stability and structural integrity. This research investigates the aerodynamic and structural implications of adaptive folding wingtips on a tailless supersonic business jet (SBJ) concept designed under the SkyBreaker senior design program. Using a conceptual aerodynamic model based on linearized supersonic theory, the Polhamus leading-edge suction analogy, and an empirical compression-lift correlation, the study evaluates how varying wingtip droop angles influence lift, drag, lift-to-drag ratio (L/D), and static stability. The analysis was performed parametrically in MATLAB, using geometry inputs derived …

Exploring The Potential Of Artificial Intelligence To Improve The Journal Peer Review Process, Eliza Fanny Bondah

Theses and Dissertations

Academic publishing depends on the peer review process to guarantee quality, scholarly rigor, and credibility, but the traditional peer review system receives mounting criticism because of its inefficient operations, biased judgments, and irregular standards. This study explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can improve journal peer review systems to solve a variety of issues, including reducing reviewer exhaustion, minimizing bias, improving consistency, and accelerating the review process. Current literature shows AI as a promising yet controversial solution, which may provide structured feedback with improved consistency and efficiency. Our study examined 52 human reviews together with 26 AI-generated reviews from EdTechnica--An Open …

Bayesian Alignment Prior To Connectionist Temporal Classification Loss, Lawry Sorenson

Theses and Dissertations

We propose revisions of Connectionist Temporal Classification (CTC) loss and forced alignment to support longer input sequences. CTC loss is normally used for training in speech and handwriting recognition tasks when the labels are not fully aligned with the data, while forced alignment is a downstream task that finds the optimal path for segmentation purposes. The current implementations consider all possible alignments between the input and label, which grows exponentially with the size of the input. We show that in cases when silence is removed and speaking rate is consistent, the true alignment is a mostly straight line across time …

Stacee Gilmore Wins Heart Of A Lion Award, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Interview With Orca Award Winner John J. Janovy, Jr., Unl Biological Sciences; Parasitologist And Author, Mark Griep, John J. Janovy Jr.

UNL ORCA Interview Series

Professor John Janovy, Jr., was awarded the ORCA in 1998. John was born in Louisiana, but his family moved to Oklahoma, where he grew up in Tulsa and then Oklahoma City. Something in his youth must have sparked an interest in science because he earned three degrees from the University of Oklahoma in Norman: a bachelor of science in math in 1959, a master of science in zoology in 1962, and doctoral degree in zoology in 1965. Next, he ventured 1400 miles east to Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he did post-doctoral work for about a year. …

Elevated Lactate In Aml Bone Marrow Contributes To Macrophage Polarization Via Gpr81 Signaling., Celia A Soto, Maggie L Lesch, Jennifer L Becker, Azmeer Sharipol, Amal Khan, Xenia L Schafer, Zhewen Li, Amanda R Streeter, Michael W Becker, Joshua C Munger, Benjamin J Frisch

Oncology Articles

Interactions between acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and the bone marrow microenvironment (BMME) are critical to leukemia progression and chemoresistance. In the solid tumor microenvironment, altered metabolite levels contribute to cancer progression. We performed a metabolomic analysis of AML patient bone marrow serum, revealing increased metabolites compared to age- and sex-matched controls. The most highly elevated metabolite in the AML BMME was lactate. Lactate signaling in solid tumors induces immunosuppressive tumor-associated macrophages and correlates with poor prognosis. This has not yet been studied in the leukemic BMME. Herein, we describe the role of lactate in the polarization of leukemia-associated macrophages (LAMs). …

Cracking The Shell: A Corpus-Based Analysis Of The Functions Of Shell Nouns In American Legal Contracts, Geoffrey T. Julian

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The forms and functions of shell nouns (SN), semantically abstract nouns that can package and characterize complex segments of discourse, have been documented in academic discourse and L2 English writing (e.g., Aktas & Cortes, 2008; Benitez-Castro & Thompson, 2015). The abstract nature of SNs lends itself to use where vague language might be favored to allow for a variety of contingencies (Benitez-Castro, 2015). Thus, SNs have also been found to be present in legal language where some of these functions are desirable (Ren et al., 2019). The present study examines the use of SNs in a corpus of 2,700 US …

Assessing Readiness For Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Implemenatation In A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Stacy Lynn Brunquist

Student Projects for Graduate Degrees

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an emerging diagnostic tool in neonatal care, yet widespread use in NICUs remains limited by provider training, confidence and organizational readiness. The purpose of this evidence-based practice project was to evaluate whether a brief POCUS educational intervention improved NICU provider readiness for adoption. Using a pre/post design, NICU providers at a regional tertiary NICU in Alaska completed the POCUS Readiness and Adoption Survey (PRAS) immediately before and after a structured 45-minute POCUS orientation presentation. The PRAS measured six domains: knowledge, attitudes, change efficacy, organizational support, intent to adopt, and perceived barriers. Twelve providers completed both surveys. …

Writing The Community: How Christian Texts Construct Belief, Belonging, And Identity, Emma Rodgers

Student Work

This project investigates how the Christian church community functions as a discourse community through its writing practices— its liturgies, sermons, governance documents, and everyday texts such as newsletters.

Artificial Intelligence's Role In Displaying Ethnic Stereotypes, Stephanie A. Longo

Teaching Repository of AI-Infused Learning

This lesson was used in my Intercultural Communication class as a way to introduce students to artificial intelligence’s nuances when it comes to treating and discussing other nationalities. Students were given the opportunity to ask Copilot to generate an image of a typical person from a country they are familiar with. These images were then discussed in class.

Empowering Digital Fluency: A Course-Based Strategy For Practical Ai Tool Integration In Higher Education, Melissa J. Brooks

Teaching Repository of AI-Infused Learning

This course was designed to introduce students to a range of AI tools while enabling hands-on experience in their practical application. Students were required to explore multiple AI tools across domains such as content generation, data visualization, video production, note-taking, and accessibility. The course culminated in a final project where students selected and applied an AI tool (or set of tools) to create a resume, a cover letter, and a presentation about themselves and how they anticipate the use of AI in their chosen Industry. Tools recommended were Jenni.AI, ChatGPT, Slide bean, Canva, Grammarly, Gamma, Synthesia.AI, and Perplexity, Otter.AI. One …

Helping Students Build Artificial Intelligence Literacy Skills By Applying Leadership Theories To Their Career Development, Anthony Edwards

Teaching Repository of AI-Infused Learning

In this article, the author describes an assignment where master’s level higher education leadership students use AI to determine how leadership theories and concepts can help them in their careers and evaluate the response.

Practicing Disciplinary Role-Play With Ai: Bioinspired Innovation Meets Business Strategy, Christine R. Rodriguez

Teaching Repository of AI-Infused Learning

Students use Blackboard’s AI Conversation tool to rehearse their team’s innovation pitch with a simulated investor. This role-play activity prepares students to confidently communicate scientific ideas in business contexts and strengthens final group presentations.

From Myths To Mastery: A Progressive Ai Literacy Course Using The Clear Framework And Authentic Problem-Solving, Laura J. Mcneill, Sierra Cantrell

Teaching Repository of AI-Infused Learning

"Digital Minds: Your AI Adventure Begins" employs a 14-week progressive scaffolding approach that transforms freshman students from passive AI consumers into critical collaborators through weekly hands-on experiments with tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Adobe Firefly. Each week features structured "AI Questions" that connect course concepts to students' lived experiences, combined with practical activities like creating Gemini GEMS projects that encourage students to investigate AI myths and cross-reference external sources in real-time. The course culminates in collaborative AI-human projects addressing real community problems, with ongoing peer evaluation and reflection that emphasizes critical thinking and ethical reasoning over technical outputs.

Impact Of Novel Rheumatic Heart Disease Education On Rwandan Nurses' Knowledge And Skills, Julie Carragher

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Untreated group A streptococcus pharyngitis, along with the resulting post-infection sequelae of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) of young susceptible individuals occurs in lower income countries, including Rwanda. This is largely due to limited access health care and inadequate knowledge about the detection and treatment of the infection. Approximately 33 million people worldwide live with RHD. In Rwanda, the prevalence of RHD is estimated at 6.8 per 1000 school children. With only nine cardiologists serving a population of nearly fourteen million, there is a significant gap in accessible RHD care across the country. In Rwanda, nurses, …

Implementing Dataops: A Scalable Framework For Modern Data Warehousing, Dmytro Valiaiev

Theses and Dissertations

DataOps has been coined as a novel term that emerged as a synthesis of data management practices with software engineering concepts, such as DevOps and Agile, with the goal of improving data quality and governance in enterprises. The proliferation of scratch table use and transformation tools, such as dbt, has led to an exponential increase in the number of data models, which complicates standardization efforts and increases maintenance overhead. Although the market is saturated with various flavors of text-to-SQL engines that promote increased productivity and self-service use in organizations, there are limited tools available to optimize individual queries, enforce consistency, …

December 9, 2025 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

2025-11-11 Leadership Team Minutes, Susie Salazar

Executive Council Minutes

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