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Zenbrain: A Neuroscience-Inspired 7-Layer Memory Architecture For Autonomous Ai Systems (V7), Alexander Bering

Defensive Publications Series

ZenBrain is an open-source memory architecture for autonomous AI systems implementing seven distinct memory layers inspired by cognitive neuroscience: working, short-term, episodic, long-term, procedural, core, and predictive memory. A unified MemoryCoordinator integrates fifteen validated neuroscience mechanisms — nine foundational algorithms (vmPFC-coupled FSRS spaced repetition with prediction-error gating, two-factor synaptic Hebbian dynamics for knowledge graphs, simulation-selection sleep consolidation modeling hippocampal replay, Bayesian confidence propagation, compositional context embeddings, spectral knowledge-graph health monitoring, context-adaptive information-bottleneck budgeting, dual-process chain-of-thought consolidation, and iMAD selective debate) and six Predictive Memory Architecture (PMA) components: NeuromodulatorEngine (dopamine/norepinephrine/serotonin/acetylcholine tonic levels with phasic prediction-error bursts and opponent-process dynamics), ReconsolidationEngine (memory …

Recursive Constraint Topology Engines: A Non-Canonical Architecture For Scalable General Intelligence Beyond Agentic Paradigms, Johny Manuel-Devadoss, Deepthi Prasad

Defensive Publications Series

We propose Recursive Constraint Topology Engines (RCTE), a class of intelligence systems in which cognition emerges not from agents, policies, or explicit reward optimization, but from continuously deforming constraint manifolds in a high-dimensional semantic phase space. Unlike agent-based systems, RCTE replaces "actors" with constraint fields that self-interact, self-negate, and self-stabilize through topological recursion.

The key hypothesis is that general intelligence arises when a system ceases to represent knowledge as symbolic objects or policies, and instead operates entirely on evolving inconsistency surfaces whose geometry encodes reasoning itself.

This architecture is designed to:

• eliminate discrete agent decomposition

• remove centralized planners and shared …

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Technical Disclosure: An Ai-Assisted Construction Document Authoring System Comprising A Process-Resident Tool Server, A Two-Tier Correction Propagation Mechanism, And An Autonomous Visual Quality Control Method, Eric Michael Chrabot, Charles Barrett Eastwood

Defensive Publications Series

Disclosed is an AI-assisted construction document authoring system in which a large language model (LLM) agent operates in conjunction with a computer-aided design (CAD) application to author drawings autonomously. The system addresses three problems that prior approaches do not adequately resolve: insufficient tool-surface depth for production-grade CAD authoring, lack of transactional integrity in multi-step authoring operations, and the inability to adapt model behavior to firm-specific drawing conventions without retraining.

The system comprises four interoperating components. First, a process-resident tool server is loaded into the CAD application's address space and exposes a plurality of named authoring endpoints to the LLM agent …

Hardware Implementation Of An Adaptive Acknowledgment Request Mechanism With Rate Limiting In A Reliable Transport Protocol Offload Engine, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

This publication describes a hardware-based approach for an adaptive acknowledgment request mechanism with rate limiting within a reliable transport protocol offload engine. The approach aims to balance low upper layer protocol operation latency and timely congestion feedback against the overhead of excessive acknowledgment packets.

Keywords include acknowledgment request, rate limiting, reliable transport protocol, offload engine, upper layer protocol, congestion control, and packet sequence number.

Framework For Autonomous Agent Resilience Via Self-Correcting Execution Loops, Michael Kochera

Defensive Publications Series

Autonomous agents in complex workflows can be unreliable, potentially failing due to semantic errors, for example, incorrect tool usage, model hallucinations, or malformed outputs, which may not be addressed by some system-level fault tolerance methods. A resilient agent framework can introduce self-correction loops at the individual agent-execution level. The framework may operate by intercepting and validating an agent's actions; if a failure is detected, it can provide structured, context-aware feedback, enabling the agent to use in-context learning to self-correct and retry its immediate task. This approach improves the reliability of autonomous agents by helping to resolve semantic errors, reducing a …

Signaling Router Maintenance To Bgp Peers Using A Novel Bgp Message, N/A, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure is directed to signaling a planned maintenance event between peering network devices, utilizing a specialized routing protocol message. A first network device may generate a maintenance notification message that includes a unique message-type code, a maintenance-type field, and an anticipated-duration field. The maintenance type field may specify a category of maintenance, such as a “Software upgrade” or a “User-initiated”, while the duration field may indicate an estimated time for session re-establishment. This message may also include a textual description field for additional context like reboot for maintenance type field “User-initiated”. The first network device may transmit the …

Asynchronous Execution Of Large Language Model Tool Calls Via Partial Argument Decoding, Florian Hartmann, Victor Carbune

Defensive Publications Series

Tool calls in large language models are traditionally issued only after all arguments are fully decoded. This sequential process results in increased latency, particularly for tools requiring multiple parameters where some arguments are not immediately necessary for initial execution steps. This disclosure describes a method for the asynchronous execution of tool calls through partial argument decoding. Tools are decomposed into sub-tasks to identify the specific order and timing for each argument requirement. The model is trained to generate arguments in this optimized sequence. During inference, tool execution is initiated as soon as the first required arguments are decoded. Parallel processing …

The Picture Exchange Communication System (Pecs) As A Functional Form Of Low-Technology Aided Augmentative And Alternative Communication (Aac): A Systematic Review, Faith K. Curran

Pacific Journal of Health

This systematic literature review was completed with the aim of investigating the functionality of the low-technology aided Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). In this review, functionality was defined by how successful AAC users used PECS. Fifteen peer reviewed primary sources which were published between 2020 and 2025 were selected to provide a current and relevant analysis. There was not enough current research to support the use of PECS across various functions of language. However, PECS is mainly used for one to two language functions, object requesting and commenting. Further research studying the success rates of …

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Modern Retail Experience Design For Gen Z And Millennials In India: The Roles Of Convenience, Personalization, And Sustainability, Pratibha Rai, Om Jee Gupta

Management Dynamics

India’s retail sector is undergoing dramatic change, increasingly defined as an omnichannel journey in which shoppers navigate marketplaces, social media, quick-commerce apps, and physical stores. Focusing on Gen Z and Millennial consumers, this study tests whether three retailer-controlled experience levers, consumer convenience, personalized shopping experience, and sustainability and social responsibility (SSR), are associated with Purchase Intention.

A cross-sectional survey was administered in Pune, Maharashtra, India. After data screening, 320 responses were retained and analyzed using multiple linear regression. All three predictors show positive, statistically significant relationships with purchase intention, and convenience has the largest standardized effect among the three factors …

The Use Of Video Laryngoscopy In Pregnant Women Undergoing Non-Obstetric Surgery, Samantha Gastaldo

Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Projects

This quality improvement project looks at the proposed implementation of endotracheal intubation guidelines regarding pregnant patients undergoing non-obstetric surgery and how the use of video laryngoscopy versus the traditional practice will affect the first pass rate of the endotracheal tube intraoperatively. Statistics show that 2% of women undergo non-obstetric related surgery during pregnancy. Physiological changes during pregnancy, including increased laryngeal mucosa swelling and higher metabolic oxygen consumption, result in a heightened risk of apnea and hypoxemia during intubation. Pregnant women experience an eightfold higher incidence of failed intubation compared to non-pregnant populations. The number of patients classified as Mallampati 4 …

Band-Aid Over A Bullet Hole: The Lack Of Mental Health Care In Women’S Prisons And The Culture That Perpetuates It., Deborah, Julie, Karli Tellis, Misty, Olivia Hatch, Sara Manian

Vanderbilt Social Justice Reporter

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Leading A School District During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Teresa M. Murphy Phd

Educational Studies Dissertations

The COVID-19 pandemic altered the conditions of district leadership and required superintendents to make high-stakes decisions amid uncertainty, public scrutiny, and sustained operational disruption. Although scholarship on educational crisis leadership has expanded, fewer studies center superintendents’ own accounts of the knowledge, skills, and conditions that shaped their leadership during COVID-19, and its professional impact. This phenomenological study examined district-level crisis leadership during the first two years of the pandemic, with attention to crisis problem solving, role isolation, crisis communication, and superintendent sustainability. Three research questions guided the study: (1) What knowledge and skills did superintendents perceive necessary for leading during …

Putting An End To Protective Privilege: Georgia Should Recognize The Psychotherapist's Duty To Warn, Jan M. Levine

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

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Supported Decision-Making In The United States: From Guardianship Alternative To Legal Personhood, Leslie P. Francis

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

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Nails In The Confederacy's Coffin: The Wilson Raid And The End Of The Civil War, Chad A. Bowen

History

Over the course of this thesis, I argue that the Wilson Raids of March-April 1865 played a decisive role in ending the Civil War and beyond it. With this raid, Wilson denied the Confederacy access to the last of its major industrial cities, forcing the Confederate government to concede defeat. The raid, however, faded into the background both due to the proximity of the events to the end of the war and the lack of reporting conducted on the operations. This led to the rise of two groups that sought to deliberately misinterpret events to garner support for Southern writers …

Staff Education Intervention To Improve Staff Knowledge And Competency In Supporting Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Self-Management, Dorothy Chudi-Agbaku

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Staff Education To Enhance Fall Prevention Knowledge And Competency Using The Steadi Program In A Long-Term Care Facility, Dorothy B. Bassey

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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House Managing Hand To God And Henry V, Ashley E. Cravaritis

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

Documents used to complete a senior project house managing Hand to God and Henry V at UMW Theatre during the Spring semester, February and April of 2026.

Digital Commons Annual Summary 2025, Judy Drescher Edd

DigitalCommons@Molloy Annual Summary

The DigitalCommons@Molloy Annual summary typically includes: readership totals, usage metrics such as downloads and metadata hits, and top performing items and profiles. Other areas that can be included are any new series or features, refresh or updates to the site design, and any future project plans.

In 2025, the Digital Commons at Molloy saw a redesign of its landing page as well as several new series including student newspapers and two new conference events, Faculty Research Day and For Molloy by Molloy. It was also notable in referrers, that ChatGPT rose to number three and Perplexity appeared for the first …

Speaking Of Language: The Relationship Between Language As Capital And Minority Language Education, Alex J. Zelaya

Politics Honors Papers

The future of minority languages not only depends on intergenerational transmission but also on support for immersive instruction in minority languages within the educational system. This paper examines the factors that influence support for minority language education, arguing that language policy is shaped by societal attitudes, which in turn reflect dynamics of power. The paper draws upon Pierre Bourdieu’s conceptualization of different types of capital, including his theory on the relationship between economic, social, cultural and symbolic capital. Within this framework, language functions as a form of capital, reflecting and reinforcing social and economic stratification by conveying status or stigma. …

Celebrating The Class Of 2026, Glenn Boyce

University of Mississippi News

On May 5-9, some 6,000 members of the Class of 2026 will welcome their friends, families and loved ones to campus for the most celebratory moment of our academic year: our 173rd Commencement!

Taking Off The Mask: Development Of A Role Method For Late-Diagnosed Neurodivergent Women, Maria Moutzalias

Expressive Therapies Theses

Neurodivergent women are frequently underdiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or late diagnosed due to gender differences and the prevalence of masking. Masking is the unintentional or intentional suppression of neurodiverse traits to present more neurotypical. Consequences of long-term masking can include increased risk of anxiety, depression, and burnout. This study explores the potential of drama therapy as a modality to support unmasking and increasing self-esteem in neurodivergent adult women. Drawing on existing literature on neurodiversity, masking, and drama therapy, a two staged role-based intervention was developed and implemented within a six weeklong psychotherapy group for five late diagnosed neurodivergent women. All participants were …

Playing The Part Online: A Role-Based Telehealth Intervention Supporting Trauma Integration In Adults, Mary Schwabenland

Expressive Therapies Theses

This study explores a telehealth-adapted, role-based drama therapy intervention designed to support trauma integration in adults. Grounded in trauma theory, experiential approaches, and drama therapy frameworks, the intervention utilized interoceptive awareness, metaphor, and role embodiment to explore emotional material in dramatic reality, with aesthetic distance serving as an adjustable mechanism of activation and containment. A qualitative thematic analysis was conducted on clinical session notes from five adult clients. Five themes emerged from the analysis, including: aesthetic distance and modes of engagement; aesthetic quality and symbolic coherence; role narrative as integration pathway; intervention as catalyst within ongoing process; and therapist positioning …

Reclaiming Identity, Vu Do

Expressive Therapies Theses

This study explores how narrative-informed art therapy supports identity, emotional expression, and social connection among older adults living with early-stage dementia. Traditional talk-based therapies often rely on verbal communication and memory recall, which can limit their effectiveness for individuals experiencing cognitive decline. Art therapy offers a nonverbal, sensory, and visual modality that allows for expression beyond language, while narrative therapy emphasizes meaning-making, identity, and the reauthoring of personal stories. Using a qualitative, narrative-informed art therapy approach, this study followed one older adult diagnosed with early-stage dementia across five sessions involving art-based directives and reflective dialogue. Data was collected through session …

Co-Active Therapeutic Filmmaking: A Methodology Pilot Project, Blair Webber

Expressive Therapies Theses

This pilot project examined the intersection of drama therapy and filmmaking. Drawing on the Co-Active Therapeutic Theater model from drama therapy and digital storytelling and participatory video methods from social work research, this methodology designed and delivered a co-created filmmaking intervention at a residential treatment center for adult men with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder. Four participants made a seven-minute-long short fictional film based on their definition of active recovery and a theme of recovery they wished to share with an audience. It was screened at the treatment center for staff and their fellow residents. Data collection was …

How Can Art Therapy Intergenerational Groups Support Fostering Connections For Individuals With Memory Loss?, Clara Drew

Expressive Therapies Theses

This thesis explores the question: How can art therapy intergenerational groups support fostering connections for individuals with memory loss? In the study conducted, there were two separate groups, family-based and community volunteer-based. Both included residents of a memory care community. Through the process of this study, a total of seven groups were conducted. These groups explored art activities that focused on fostering connection through sensory and collaborative art processes. The study noted changes in the residents' moods, level of engagement, collaboration and socialization, and post-group affect throughout the day. While the focus was observing these factors for memory care residents, …