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Virtual Sensing And Ai Method For In-Cabin Airflow (Q) Estimation And Closed-Loop Hvac Control, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

Vehicle HVAC blower control is typically open-loop, using commanded voltage or PWM duty cycle and assuming a fixed relationship to delivered airflow. In reality, airflow reaching the occupant depends on duct losses, filter loading, blower/compressor efficiency, altitude, air density, and vehicle variation. Since comfort depends on actual vent airflow (i.e., not blower voltage),this method estimates delivered airflow (Q = A·v, m³/s) through physics-based and AI sensor fusion using existing vehicle signals, then closes the control loop on estimated Q rather than commanded voltage.

Artificial Intelligence Driven Insights And Predictions For A Television Application, Neetesh Mittal, Vivek Kushwaha, Vivek Yadav, Saravanan Santhamoorthy Theckyam

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Traditional data analytics for television applications rely on manual, dashboard-centric models that track historical user activity. These traditional data analytics for television applications fail to explain underlying user behaviors or to correlate multiple simultaneously launched features with core business objectives. To address these limitations, the disclosed technology describes an autonomous analytical system that utilizes a distributed client-server architecture that hosts a hierarchical multi-agent backend built on an orchestration framework. A supervisor agent coordinates specialized domain engines to execute targeted statistical, performance, and viewership analysis algorithms over read-only television application databases. Communication under strict End-User Credential (EUC) zero-trust security and under …

Visual Representation Of Ai Agents Replacing Inactive Users In Chat Interfaces, Ramprasad Sedou, Punit Pandia

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Chat-based communication platforms use visual identity markers such as profile pictures and avatars to identify message sources. When users become temporarily or permanently unavailable, AI (artificial intelligence) agents may generate responses on their behalf. However, displaying the original user's avatar for AI-generated messages may mislead recipients into believing they are communicating with the human user, while replacing avatars with generic AI icons may obscure user identification in group settings. Disclosed are systems and methods for visually representing AI agent activity within chat interfaces through modified avatar presentations that combine elements of the original user's visual identity with indicators of AI …

Caldwell Cmhre-Ω1.2 Open-Hardware Modular Thermal Stabilization, Direct-Liquid-Cooling, And Waste-Heat Utilization Research Platform, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

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The Caldwell CMHRE-Ω1.2 is a modular open-hardware research platform for evaluating direct liquid cooling, thermal stabilization, phase-change buffering, low-grade thermoelectric energy recovery, gyroid-inspired flow distribution, localized vortex/impingement heat-transfer enhancement, and adaptive thermal control.

CMHRE-Ω1.2 uses a controlled 100–500 W electrically metered copper heater block as a chip analog. A primary, conventional liquid-cooling loop is always available to remove the full thermal load safely. Optional research modules operate in bypassable side streams so no experimental energy-recovery module becomes a mandatory thermal bottleneck.

The platform incorporates selected practical elements from the posted CIERS-TEG v3.0 disclosure: detailed metering and control architecture, copper-foam-enhanced PCM, …

Systemic Progress Regeneration Protocol (Sprp), Volodymyr Kotegov

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This protocol defines the mandatory rules for the creation, evaluation, acceptance, and long-term stewardship of engineering work by parties that voluntarily adopt it.

The protocol exists to counteract a fundamental process: the spontaneous decay of civilizationally critical engineering knowledge. Its objective is not the production of superior individual artifacts. Its objective is the sustained growth of the survivable mass of engineering knowledge — the quantity of knowledge that remains comprehensible, reproducible, and extensible after complete institutional rupture, generational turnover, and loss of external infrastructure.

The protocol claims no universal authority. It applies only to nodes and Inheritance Lines that have …

System And Method For Swarm-Directed Autonomous Fleet Training And Assessment Across Vehicle Domains, Eric Zavesky

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A system and method for coordinated autonomous vehicle fleet training and assessment across vehicle domains is disclosed. The system comprises a networked fleet of autonomous vehicles operating as self-directed agents with built-in self-preservation, each vehicle configured to receive semantic scenario constraints, interpret and fill gaps using autonomous driving intelligence, independently detect collision risk, and coordinate evasive maneuvers with other vehicles without blindly trusting central commands. A training orchestration engine transmits semantic constraints at multiple specificity levels without specifying complete trajectories. A distributed safety protocol layer implements a three-level detection hierarchy enabling any vehicle or system level to trigger coordinated safety …

Ciers‑Teg V3.0 Thermal Cascade Waste‑Heat Recovery System, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

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CIERS‑TEG v3.0 is an open‑hardware, research‑grade thermal‑energy recovery architecture designed for high‑density compute environments such as AI GPU clusters, power‑electronics arrays, and industrial process lines. The system captures waste heat at the chip level, routes it through a controlled thermal cascade, and converts portions of that heat into electrical power, stored thermal energy, and useful low‑grade utilities. Unlike single‑stage thermoelectric approaches, CIERS‑TEG v3.0 maintains exergy across multiple descending temperature stages using microfluidic extraction, gyroid thermal spreading, phase‑change buffering, condensation‑based utility recovery, and parasitic pump‑energy harvesting.

The architecture integrates several previously independent open‑hardware subsystems: Arachne‑Chip ULTRA‑REAL for direct‑die microfluidic heat capture; …

Autonomous Flameless Thermochemical Heating Boiler With Gravity Feed Of Encapsulated Composite Metal Fuel Briquettes, Passive Bimetallic Ash Removal And In-Situ Catalytic Hydrogen Recombination, Volodymyr Kotegov

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The invention relates to autonomous heating systems for residential and small commercial buildings, specifically to flameless thermochemical boilers utilizing controlled exothermic reactions between a solid composite metal-based fuel, water vapour and atmospheric oxygen. The boiler is classified under IPC classes F24H 1/00, F24V 30/00, C01B 3/08, F23C 13/00 and C10L 5/40. It represents a combined system for heat generation and a specialised solid composite fuel manufactured from processed industrial waste. Once initiated, the boiler operates passively in a self-sustained mode and requires only minimal electricity during a brief start-up phase.

Deterministic Predictive State (Dps) Architecture For High-Latency Interplanetary Command And Control, Volodymyr Kotegov

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Round-trip light-time delays between Earth and Mars routinely reach 20–40 minutes. Under these conditions conventional transactional databases and consensus protocols either lock up or time out.

This paper describes a practical architecture that avoids the problem by running identical, bit-for-bit deterministic simulators on the ground and on the spacecraft. All calculations use software fixed-point arithmetic. Both sides share the same atomic-clock timeline (corrected for relativity) and the same sequence of pseudorandom seeds. When delayed telemetry arrives via DTN, the ground side rewinds its state to the timestamp of the data, merges the real measurements with CRDTs, and fast-forwards the simulation …

Path-Diverse Optical Mesh With Erasure Coding (Pdomec): A Non-Line-Of-Sight Tolerant Architecture For Free-Space Optical Inter-Satellite Links, Volodymyr Kotegov

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Free-space optical links in satellite constellations deliver high bandwidth but are vulnerable to short-duration blockages caused by orbital debris, atmospheric turbulence, cloud cells and pointing jitter. Conventional link-level retransmission (ARQ) fails on long inter-satellite baselines because the propagation delay exhausts buffers and collapses throughput.

This paper describes a framing-layer architecture that tolerates such blockages without retransmissions or mechanical re-pointing. Incoming data are collected into fixed-length frames, expanded by erasure coding (Reed-Solomon or rateless fountain codes) with a configurable over-provisioning ratio, and the resulting shards are injected simultaneously across multiple spatially separated optical terminals on the same node. The receiving node …

Association Between The Number Of Remaining Teeth And Oral Frailty In Older Adults, Wei-Chun Lin

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Resins And Three-Dimensional Printers In Manufacturing Direct-Printed Dental Aligners, Wei-Chun Lin

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Influence Of Facial Marker Position On The Accuracy Of Dental Facial Scanning, Wei-Chun Lin

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Identification Of Two Rare Variants In Slc2a1 And Smc1a In A Child With Epilepsy And Behavioral Disorders: A Case Report From Côte D’Ivoire, Kouakou Kouame Cyprien, Doumbia Mariam, Dainguy Marie Evelyne, Folquet Amorissani, Augustine Djivohessoun

Journal of Pediatric Genetics

Background: Epilepsy and behavioral disorders in children can result from various genetic etiologies. We report the case of a child with refractory epilepsy and behavioral disturbances in whom two rare variants were identified in the SLC2A1 and SMC1A genes. This case highlights the importance and challenges of early molecular diagnosis in resource-limited African settings. Case Presentation: A male child presented with early-onset epilepsy and significant behavioral disturbances. Neurological examination showed no malformations. Brain MRI was normal. Sleep EEG revealed no interictal epileptiform activity. Psychomotor assessment indicated hyperactivity, attentional deficits, fine and gross motor difficulties, and opposition to limits. Initial developmental …

Alopecia In Hereditary Epidermolysis Bullosa: A Series Of 52 Cases, Kmar Turki, Khadija Sellami, Rim Chaabouni, Fatma Hammami, Emna Mnif, Emna Bahloul, Hamida Turki

Journal of Pediatric Genetics

Background: Hereditary epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a genetic disorder affecting skin adhesion proteins, which can impact hair follicle integrity, leading to alopecia. Objectives: We aimed to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of alopecia in EB and its correlation with EB subtypes. Methods: Patients with EB were selected retrospectively and data on alopecia were collected. Results: Among 52 EB patients (M/F ratio = 1.08) with a mean age of 18.8 years (5 months to 65 years), subtypes included recessive dystrophic EB, severe (RDEB-sev) (57.7%), recessive dystrophic EB, intermediate (RDEB-int) (25%), dominant dystrophic EB (DDEB) (7.7%), autosomal dominant EB simplex, severe …

Succinyl-Coa:3-Ketoacid Coa Transferase (Scot) Deficiency: Case Series Of Eight Patients With Novel Oxct1 Mutations From A Consanguineous Population In India, Radharamadevi Akella

Journal of Pediatric Genetics

Background: Succinyl-CoA:3-ketoacid CoA transferase (SCOT) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism caused by biallelic mutations in the OXCT1 gene. It results in defective ketone body utilization and presents with recurrent or life-threatening episodes of high anion gap metabolic ketoacidosis. Methods: Analysis of eight patients from seven unrelated families diagnosed with SCOT deficiency based on clinical, biochemical, and molecular findings was performed. Molecular genetic analysis of the OXCT1 gene was carried out in the patients and their parents (trio) using whole-exome sequencing. Results: All eight patients had documented high anion gap ketoacidosis as the primary manifestation. Molecular …

Distributed Fault-Tolerant Ephemeris Synchronization (Dftes) For Autonomous Satellite Constellations, Volodymyr Kotegov

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Large satellite constellations need continuous, high-precision knowledge of every node’s position and velocity to keep cross-links aligned and to perform collision-avoidance manoeuvres. Dependence on ground-based space situational awareness or GNSS creates a single point of failure that can be jammed, denied or simply out of contact.

This paper describes a fully decentralized software architecture that lets a constellation maintain a consistent ephemeris map using only inter-satellite links. Each satellite runs a local orbital propagator and keeps a state matrix for the whole constellation. When two nodes establish a link they exchange compact state vectors together with an explicit Epistemic Confidence …

Eclipse-Phase Passive Preprocessing With Graphene Thermal Structures (Epp-Gts) For Low-Earth-Orbit Sensor Satellites, Volodymyr Kotegov

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High-resolution Earth-observation satellites in low Earth orbit generate large raw data volumes that require substantial onboard computing for feature extraction, compression and filtering. Performing this work during the sunlit portion of the orbit adds heat and power load at the same time that solar arrays, sensors and transmitters are already active.

This paper describes a practical architecture that moves the heavy preprocessing entirely into the eclipse phase. Raw sensor data are buffered in non-volatile memory while the satellite is in sunlight. Once the spacecraft enters Earth’s shadow the compute cluster is powered from a dedicated lithium-iron-phosphate battery bank sized for …

Chip-Based Physical Gift Card Redemption, Ravi Lakkaraju, Erik Duymelinck, Teruhisa Haruguchi

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This disclosure describes a new approach to redeeming physical gift cards—also known as physical gift vouchers or gift certificates—using chip-based redemption technology to prevent common scams. Traditional gift cards rely on scratch-off private PINs, making them highly vulnerable to physical tampering and victim-assisted scams. To solve this, the proposed chip-based redemption system embeds a radio frequency identification (RFID) or near field communication (NFC) chip directly into the physical gift card. Instead of manually typing a code, a user simply taps the card against a tap-enabled computing device for a quick, touchless transaction. The embedded chip securely stores the card’s private …

Context Aware Wlan To Cellular Handover Via Sensor Fusion And Local Footprint Database, Xuqiang Zhang, Yingqun Yu, Saket Patkar, Roy Lin

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Data stalls and dropped communication sessions can occur when a mobile device transitions from a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) to a cellular network in environments with abrupt signal degradation, such as elevators. The disclosed system resolves this limitation by configuring network handover parameters prior to signal loss. Based on environmental detection using hardware sensors or historical network stability metrics retrieved from a local footprint database, an Application Processor (AP) framework sets a shorter hysteresis timer and a lower WLAN signal strength threshold. When a rapid WLAN signal drop is subsequently detected, the user equipment quickly switches the data connection …

Enhanced Code Reviews Through Intelligent Code Diff Ordering And Tagging, Florent Garit, Sindhuja Manickam, Rohan Pandey, Adrian Henle, Ahrenn Sivananthan, Akila Rajesh, Gaurav Tungatkar, Laurentino Sbors Neto, Lulu Bai, Michael Tran, Prakhar Tiwari

Defensive Publications Series

As more code is generated, much of it using artificial intelligence (AI), human code reviews are increasingly critical. Traditional code-review tools provide a description, comments, and a flat code diff but little guidance about review order or attention. This proposal introduces a system that guides a code reviewer by organizing a pull request (PR) as a "story," making it easier to build mental context while keeping the reviewer in control.

Privacy-Preserving Standard Communication With Network Elements (Scone) Hint Tokens For Traffic Classification, Authorization, And Central Processing Unit (Cpu) Reduction, Dennis Lanov

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A technique is proposed herein for privacy-preserving Standard Communication with Network Elements (SCONE) hint tokens that allow trusted policy systems to pre-authorize and classify encrypted Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC) traffic without exposing user identity or raw policy details. A token carries only coarse, non-identifying attributes such as traffic class, entitlement level, validity, and flow binding, allowing downstream SCONE-capable network elements to verify the token quickly and generate appropriate throughput advice. By replacing repeated deep classification and policy lookups with lightweight token verification, the technique reduces central processing unit (CPU) load and improves operational scalability across enterprise, wireless-access, mobile, and …

A System And Method For Outcome-Consequence Weighted Scoring In Packet-Switched Communication Networks, Shubham Shivhare

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The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for per-packet Outcome-Consequence Weight Scoring (OCWS) in packet-switched communication networks. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to: for each packet received at the system, compute a per-packet significance score as a weighted combination of five semantic factor values, the five semantic factor values including a meaning density value, a downstream consequence probability value, a synchronization criticality value, a time sensitivity value, and an irreplaceability value. The processor is configured to classify each packet into one of a plurality …

Jane Parkin V. Avis Rent A Car System Llc

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USDC for the District of New Jersey

Roger Salvatora V. Xto Energy Inc

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USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Kudzai Shonhai V. Attorney General United States Of America

2026 Decisions

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Ayman Mohamady-Abdelghaffar V. Attorney General United States Of America

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Andre Boyer V. City Of Philadelphia

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

"Unsung Americans Sung" List Of Songs, W. C. Handy

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List of songs in Unsung Americans Sung, a volume of African American music edited by W.C. Handy. The volume's thirty-eight songs range from ballads about specific historical figures, such as Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, to arrangement of poems like Langston Hughes' "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."

"Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled", Russell Smith, Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc.

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Sheet music for the sacred solo "Let Not Your Heart Be Trouble" with lyrics derived from the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of St. John. The sheet music was published by Handy Brothers Music Co. Inc. and signed by W.C. Handy on December 30, 1946