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System, Method, And Computer Program Product For Allocating Computing Resources, Santosh Kumar Kvs

Defensive Publications Series

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for allocating computing resources.  An example system includes a processor configured to publish a list including a plurality of computing resources associated with a server node and receive, from a plurality of service agent models, a plurality of requests for at least one computing resource, each request associated with a service and including a bid value.  The processor is also configured to determine a capacity value of the server node based on the plurality of computing resources associated with the server node.  The processor is further configured to determine an optimal distribution …

Computerized Method For Reverse Logistics Of Medical Devices With Non-Overrideable Safety Blocking, Actual-Cost Valuation, And Atomic Transactions, Alessandro Caccia

Defensive Publications Series

A computer-implemented method is disclosed for managing reverse logistics of medical devices and injectable products with limited remaining shelf life. Each movement is subject to a mandatory safety check per individual unit, designed to operate also in the absence of network connectivity, using a local copy of safety notices. Notices are collected from heterogeneous regulatory sources, with qualified-operator validation for sources lacking a programmable interface, and a two-level block with distinct revocation authorities is applied. In the presence of an active safety notice the product value is zero; otherwise value is calculated from the actual lot purchase price, applying nonlinear …

Multimodal Generative Biosignal Synthesis Using Continuous-Time Diffusion, Dongeek Shin

Defensive Publications Series

Everyday wearable devices, such as smartwatches, smart rings, and fitness trackers, track valuable health metrics, but analyzing this data becomes tricky when sensors record at different speeds, miss measurements, or get bumped during exercise. Traditional processing methods attempt to fix this by dropping or padding data, which visibly destroys important physiological details. This publication describes a generative artificial intelligence (AI) system that uses machine learning to seamlessly combine health signals recorded at different speeds, automatically reconstruct corrupted data gaps (data imputation), and dynamically generate a biometric profile or digital twin of the user’s physiology to run interactive “what-if” simulations and …

Autonomous Net-Snare Device For Dismounted Soldiers (Ansd), Adam Kwas

Defensive Publications Series

A soldier-portable counter-UAS system (targeting FPV-class drones) that integrates passive acoustic detection, automatic net-launcher deployment, and networked squad alerts via a mesh network.

Sense-Level Vocabulary State And In-Reading Inference For Assisted Reading: Methods And System, Xiang Wu

Defensive Publications Series

This technical disclosure describes methods and a system for assisted reading of foreign-language text in which a reader's vocabulary knowledge is recorded per word sense rather than per word form. During offline preprocessing, every content-word occurrence in a book is mapped to an ID in a global, incrementally built sense inventory (dictionary defaults for unambiguous words; a language model for the rest, which also reviews the defaults). While reading, the reader clicks the words they do not know in a paragraph and confirms the paragraph; the senses of clicked tokens are recorded as unknown and the senses of all other …

Dynamic User Interface Calibration Of An External Display Using A Head-Mounted Device, Vivek Kushwaha

Defensive Publications Series

User interfaces on external displays can be static, which may lead to suboptimal viewing experiences at varying distances, while some dynamic solutions can have limitations. Systems and methods are described that use a camera on a head-mounted device (HMD) to determine a user's spatial relationship to an external display. The HMD may capture video of the display, calculate the user's distance and viewing angle based on the display's appearance in the camera's view, and transmit this data wirelessly to the display. In response, the external display can dynamically adjust its user interface, for example, by modifying element sizes and information …

Personalizing A Shared Display Using Context From Egocentric Vision, Vivek Kushwaha

Defensive Publications Series

Content recommendation systems for shared displays may lack awareness of a user's real-time physical context, potentially affecting the relevance of suggestions. The described techniques detail a system that can use a wearable computing device (e.g., smart glasses with an egocentric camera, a smart watch, etc.) to identify an object a user is interacting with. This object context can be validated and wirelessly communicated (e.g., via a local or personal area network) to a nearby shared display, such as a smart television or public kiosk.

Volume Cxlvi, Number 3, October 9, 2026, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Effects Of A Health Belief Model-Based Educational Programme On Medication Adherence Among Older Adults With Coronary Artery Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial, Mengai Xu

Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a newly designed health belief model-based educational programme on medication adherence among older adults with coronary artery disease.

Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring In South Florida Using Water And Aerosol Payloads On Uncrewed Aircraft, Kayla D. Taylor, Justin Fratto, Avinash Muthu Krishnan, David Zink, Blake Neal, Jose Cabrera, Emel Sen-Kilic, Marc Compere, Kevin Adkins

Student Works

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) threaten aquatic ecosystems, public health, and tourism and fishing industries throughout the United States, including Florida. Because HABs can develop and spread rapidly, geographically representative sampling efforts can be very difficult and labor-intensive, and traditional monitoring methods, such as satellite-based remote sensing, often lack the spatiotemporal resolution needed to characterize bloom dynamics. This project, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (Grant No. 05D36825), aims to develop an uncrewed aircraft (UA)-based water and aerosol sampling approach to improve HAB monitoring and support prediction and mitigation efforts. One year into our funding period, we have integrated a multi-depth, …

Integrating Dietitians Into Primary Dental Care For Paediatric Populations: Developing A Conceptual Service Pathway Through A Professional Stakeholder Workshop, Lauren Hallewell, Raul Bescos, Zoe Brookes, Robert Witton, Patricia Casas-Agustench

School of Health Professions

BACKGROUND: Diet is a common risk factor influencing both oral and systemic health, yet dietary support within dental care is often limited to brief advice focused on sugar intake. Integrating dietitians into primary dental care for the paediatric population may support earlier identification of dietary concerns and provide the opportunity for dietetic care. However, no established integrated dietetic-dental service pathway for paediatric populations has been identified within primary dental care settings in the United Kingdom.

OBJECTIVE: To explore how selected full-consensus agreement statements could be configured into a conceptual dietetic-dental service pathway for paediatric populations attending primary dental care services …

Creation Of Air Quality Escape Room, Victoria Gillet, Matt Zabel, Delaney Cairns

Aurora GME

Introduction:

Social and structural drivers of health, including environmental exposures such as air pollution, are increasingly recognized as essential components of equitable health care delivery. Despite this, internal medicine residents often face barriers to meaningfully incorporating environmental health considerations into clinical decision-making. Increasing learner interaction with “gamification” of these subjects has shown promise in improving learner engagement, autonomy, and competence in nontraditional biomedical topics. This project describes the development of an immersive escape room–style educational intervention focused on the health impacts of air quality for internal medicine residents.

Methods:

In December of 2025, two internal medicine faculty participated in a …

Time-Normalized Evapotranspiration Reveals Substantial Nighttime Water Loss In A Controlled-Environment System, Claudia Garrido-Ruiz, Bruce Bugbee, Juan D. González-Teruel, Sarah Schreck, Scott B. Jones

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

Efficient water management in closed-loop plant production systems requires accurate characterization of evapotranspiration (ET), because crop water loss influences atmospheric moisture conditions within the controlled environment. Day–night ET dynamics were quantified in the Engineering Development Unit of the Utah Reusable Root Module, a zero-discharge system for controlled-environment crop production.

Volumetric water content was monitored at high temporal resolution using two electromagnetic sensors installed at different depths within five independent root modules with different surface-containment configurations. Hourly ET was derived from water-content depletion and cross-checked against irrigation inputs. Following seedling emergence, system ET increased from < 1 L d⁻¹ to approximately 3 L d⁻¹ by day 12. During rapid growth, defined as the four consecutive days when system ET exceeded this threshold, hourly ET differed significantly among four light-period categories, with daytime ET highest, followed by night-transition, day-transition, and nighttime ET.

Although the cumulative daily nighttime-to-daytime ET …

Beyond Fragmentation: A Multidimensional Framework For Green Product Innovation, David Mayorga, Jorge Tello-Gamarra, Martín Hernani-Merino, Sonia Oré

Journal of Management for Global Sustainability

Green product innovation (GPI) has become an essential strategy for companies to address environmental challenges while strengthening their competitiveness in a sustainable manner. However, important gaps remain in understanding how internal organizational factors interact with external pressures that shape their implementation. Existing conceptual frameworks have advanced the identification of these factors, but they often focus only on direct relationships and overlook the mechanisms that connect them. They also tend to adopt narrow perspectives that fail to capture the hybrid complexity observed in empirical evidence. This study aims to develop an integrative conceptual framework that synthesizes the antecedents, processes, and outcomes …

Letter From John Coffee, Brig. General To Major General Andrew Jackson (Oct. 4th, 1814), John Coffee

Letters and Manuscripts

Transcript and correspondence from Brigadier General John Coffee to Major General Andrew Jackson that addresses a line of march that crossed the Tennessee River at the Muscle Shoals.

Letter From John Coffee, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry & Mounted Riflemen To "Sir" (Major Genl. Andrew Jackson) & Note From Andrew Jackson, John Coffee, Andrew Jackson

Letters and Manuscripts

Transcription, correspondence, and note from Brigadier General John Coffee and Major General Andrew Jackson pertaining to the arrest of Colonel Nicholas J. Perkins commander of the West Tennessee Mounted Volunteer Cavalry.

Recipient Of The 2026 Alumni Trailblazer Award, Jared Kaplan ’01

Alumni Trailblazer Award

Jared Kaplan is Chief Science Officer and Co-Founder of Anthropic, an AI lab dedicated to developing safe, beneficial AI. His research on scaling laws revolutionized the field by providing a framework for understanding and predicting advanced AI systems, guiding resource allocation and technological development. He also helped pioneer Constitutional AI, an approach designed to align AI systems with predetermined principles and values. A theoretical physicist for 15 years, Jared helped build GPT-3 and Codex at OpenAI before co-founding Anthropic. He is also an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches deep learning foundations. Jared holds a Ph.D. in …

Recipient Of The 2026 Alumni Titan Award, Courtney M Thompson ’03

Alumni Titan Award

Courtney M. Thompson is a visionary analytics leader whose professional excellence is matched by her sustained service to IMSA. As Executive Director of Marketing Science at PHD Media, she leads teams across analytics, data science, and technology, guiding strategy for Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 organizations and translating complex data into actionable insight. Throughout her career, Courtney has aligned data, innovation, and business strategy to drive measurable impact. Her expertise in AI-driven insights and enterprise analytics continues to shape informed decision-making. Since 2014, Courtney has served on IMSA’s Admissions Review Committee, helping shape incoming classes through a thoughtful, equity-minded approach. …

Recipient Of The 2026 Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award, Dr. Daniel Murariu ‘99

Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award

Dr. Daniel Murariu is an internationally recognized leader in reconstructive microsurgery whose career reflects distinguished achievement, innovation, and service. As a surgeon, researcher, and educator at the University of Hawaii, he has advanced robotic-assisted reconstructive surgery through extensive research, global lectures, and the landmark 2025 textbook Atlas of Robotic Reconstructive Procedures in Plastic Surgery. He has authored nearly 80 peer-reviewed publications and delivered almost 200 national and international presentations, advancing surgical techniques and patient care worldwide. A Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery and American Board of Surgery, Dr. Murariu is also a Fellow of the American College …

Recipient Of The 2026 Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award, Ms. Lavina Jadhwani ‘01 (Posthumous)

Alumni Distinguished Leadership Award

Ms. Lavina Jadhwani was a visionary theater artist and leader whose career reflected distinguished achievement, courageous advocacy, and a deep commitment to inclusion. As a playwright, director, and dramaturg, she reimagined classical works through contemporary, diverse lenses, becoming the first woman of color to direct Shakespeare at the Guthrie Theater. Her widely produced adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” and other works reached hundreds of thousands, expanding access to inclusive storytelling. Lavina served on the boards of the National New Play Network and Chicago Inclusion Project, advancing new works, inclusive hiring, and equitable theater practices. She championed underrepresented voices, created tools …

Wage Inequalities In Informal Work: Race, Sex, And Citizenship Among Latino Workers In New York State, Amalia Torrecillas Fernandez

Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies

This report examines wage variation within informal work in New York State from 2016 to 2022, with particular attention to Latino workers. Using American Community Survey data from three five-year periods (2016, 2019, and 2022). The analysis explores how median hourly wages differ by ethnicity, sex, citizenship status, race, age, and nativity.

Informal workers represented 4.6%-4.7% of New York's workforce, approximately 569,000 to 589,000 workers between the years of study. A substantial wage gap persisted throughout the study period. Formal workers earned $18/hour in 2016 versus $12 for informal workers; by 2022, this widened to $24 versus $14, underscoring the …

Pe2prompt: A Large Language Model-Native Framework For Interpretable Static Malware Analysis, Yilin Sun, Mohammad Masum

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Large Language Models (LLMs) possess strong general-purpose reasoning abilities, yet their integration into static malware analysis pipelines remains limited due to the representational gap between high-dimensional numerical features and the natural-language input format required for inference. This study introduces PE2Prompt, a Large Language Model-native framework for interpretable and industrially deployable static malware analysis. PE2Prompt formalizes a modular process that bridges numeric PE features and LLM reasoning through three key components: (1) LLM-guided feature curation directly from raw EMBER JSON fields to identify semantically relevant attributes; (2) numerical feature summarization, compressing byte-histogram and entropy distributions into interpretable descriptors; and (3) structured …

Bridging The Nicu-To-Home Gap: Development Of A Trauma-Informed Transitional Nursing Care Model Integrating Parental Mental Health Support, Joanna Scheunemann

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.

Advancing Age-Friendly Care For Older Adults At Henry Ford West Bloomfield: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Asheonna Bautista, Bushra Hasan, Cynthera Mcneill

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.

Enhancing Patient Safety In Rehabilitation Through Patient Centered Visual Fall Presentation Commination, Raed Fares

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.

Exploring Generational Attitudes For Greater Engagement:​ The Engage Study, Sarah Beldin, Cheryl Bellamy, Kristina Boudreau, Lisa Cohen

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.

Clearing The Smoke: Evaluating The Impact Of A Multidisciplinary Webinar On Cannabis In Pregnancy, Auttum Haseltine, Hilary Marusak, Biyyah Strickland, Leslie Lundahl

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Journaling On Nurse’S Well-Being, Jennifer Michalski, Jennifer Dejans, Xuan Ma

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.

The Mountain Model: For Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement, Program Evaluation, And Policy Analysis, Jayne Jennings Dunlap, Julee Briscoe Waldrop, Staci S. Reynolds

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.

Using Visual Management To Improve Compliance With Chg Bathing And Nasal Decolonization, Hannah Musgrove, Abigail Ruby, Eman Chami, Jennifer Mclenon

2026 Henry Ford Health Annual System Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

No abstract provided.