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Table Of Contents, The Cleveland Bird Calendar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Table Of Contents, The Cleveland Bird Calendar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Headlands Beach State Nature Preserve And Vicinity, Ray Hannikman

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Field Notes, Ben Winger, Dwight Chasar, Ann Chasar, Dick Rickard, Bob Finkelstein

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Field Notes, Leo Deininger, Dick Rickard, Dwight Chasar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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The Weather, Dwight A. Chasar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Field Notes, Dwight Chasar, Ann Chasar, Gabe Leidy, Christa Glatter, John Pogacnik, Doug Vogus

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Field Notes, Dwight Chasar, Ann Chasar, Larry Rosche

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Field Notes, H. Thomas Bartlett, Kevin Metcalf, Dwight Chasar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Field Notes, Bob Finkelstein, Paula J. Lozano, Tom Bartlett

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Field Notes, Mary Reinthal, Robert Harlan

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Noteworthy Records, The Cleveland Bird Calendar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Field Notes, Raymond Hannikman, Robert Harlan, Carol Tveekrem, Larry Rosche

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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The Weather, William A. Klamm

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Cloud-Based Lightweight Spatiotemporal Deep Learning Sign Language Recognition Model With Digital Twin Avatar, Mohammed Zuhair Abduljabbar

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

This dissertation proposes a full framework for sign language recognition (SLR). This study introduces Meta AI concept and a cloud-based framework that integrates a spatial detection and recognition model for sign language alphabet, and a spatiotemporal Transformer model for word-level SLR. The framework design also integrates a 3D digital twin that acts as a sign language interpreter on real time enhancing user friendliness and human computer interaction with the system. The major focus is finding the balance between performance accuracy and computation complexity efficiency starting with the framework communication between AI agents and the SLR models and digital twin efficiency. …

Barriers And Facilitators To Lung Cancer Screening In Arab/Middle Eastern And North African (Mena) Communities, Sara Komaiha, Mustafa Sharba, Ahmad Dulli, Faten Abda, Rawan Antar, Dana Sunbulli, Jad Fawaz, Ragad Almsaddi, Jawad Saad, Yasmin Snounu, Morhaf Al Achkar

Medical Student Research Symposium

Background: Lung cancer remains the second most prevalent cancer worldwide, with an estimated 2.21 million new cases in 2025. Screening rates for colorectal and cervical cancers are consistently lower among Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) populations compared to White populations, suggesting similarly low participation in lung cancer screening (LCS). This study explores multilevel determinants of LCS engagement.

Methods: Using the Socio-Ecological Model and the Health Belief Model frameworks, this qualitative study examines how individual, interpersonal, and community factors shape screening behaviors. Screening-eligible adults and key LCS stakeholders, including clinicians, administrators, and community leaders, are recruited for focus groups and …

Impact Of Reproductive Medical Conditions On Fertility Struggles In Metropolitan Detroit Women, Tonia Jones, Indrea Joplin, Anil N. F Aranha, Melanie Hanna-Johnson, Md

Medical Student Research Symposium

Title: Impact of Reproductive Medical Conditions on Fertility Struggles in Metropolitan Detroit Women

Tonia Jones, MPH¹, Indrea Joplin, BS¹, Melanie Hanna-Johnson, MD², Anil Aranha, PhD^1,2

Medical Education¹, Internal Medicine², Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.

Background and Purpose: Internationally, 48 million couples and 186 million individuals experience infertility, defined as difficulty with conception, gestation, or delivery. Medical conditions such as endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) may contribute. Our purpose was to assess their significance among women in Metropolitan Detroit experiencing infertility.

Methods: Data were …

Exploring The Role Of Patient Feedback In Medical Education, Hovhannes John Hayrapetyan, Stella Hayrapetyan, Diane L. Levine Md

Medical Student Research Symposium

Background: Patient feedback is increasingly recognized as a valuable yet underutilized component of medical student assessment. When collected reliably, delivered with specificity, and embedded in a supportive learning environment, feedback can improve communication, professionalism, and patient-centered behaviors while promoting reflective, self-directed learning. However, studies highlight limitations including inadequate longitudinal evidence for sustained improvement, inconsistent use of structured tools, and insufficient faculty guidance. Instruments such as the Patient Feedback in Clinical Practice (PFCP) questionnaire show promise but require broader testing, and links between learner feedback and patient outcomes remain weak.

Methods: A comprehensive literature review was conducted using PubMed, Google Scholar, …

Outreach Challenges And Strategies For Educating Arab/Mena Community On Colorectal Cancer Screening, Rawan Antar, Faten Abda, Dana Sunbulli, Ahmad Dulli, Mustafa Sharba, Sara Komaiha, Jad M. Fawaz, Ragad Almsaddi, Jawad Saad, Yasmin Snounu, Morhaf Al Achkar

Medical Student Research Symposium

Background: Arab/MENA communities in Michigan face unique cultural, linguistic, and structural barriers that contribute to lower colorectal cancer (CRC) screening awareness and uptake. “Trimming the Risks” was a community-engaged educational project designed to reach Arabic-speaking men through trusted social spaces, particularly barbershops, and through community-based Lunch and Learn sessions. This project assesses engagement patterns from this initiative to identify effective strategies and challenges to improve future MENA engagement.

Methods: Our educational initiative implemented two main interventions. Pilot A trained barbers on CRC screening information through a structured 2-hour session, provided iPads with bilingual educational videos, and equipped barbers to guide …

Angular And Distance Estimation In Multi‑Antenna Wireless Communication Systems, Pouria Zand, Sunil Kumar

Defensive Publications Series

Precise distance estimation between a primary computing device and a pair of wireless earbuds is often limited by the unreliability of Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) methods. This disclosure describes a method for a coordination framework for distance and orientation estimation using Bluetooth® Channel Sounding (CS). In this method, a secondary earbud acts as a passive listener to phase‑based ranging (PBR) exchanges between the primary device and a primary earbud. By sharing configuration parameters (e.g., timing and pseudorandom seeds) the secondary earbud sniffs signal exchanges to enable the primary device to mathematically calculate secondary distance measurements. Additionally, dual‑band operation is …

Rib‑Divided Speaker Back Chamber For Preventing Sound Absorbing Material Accumulation, Yuting Tsai

Defensive Publications Series

Small speaker modules often utilize sound absorbing material within a back chamber to increase bass sound pressure. However, because manufacturing processes frequently leave these chambers partially unfilled, the material can shift and accumulate in different areas depending on the orientation of the module or the effects of forces acting on the modules (forces such as gravity or centrifugal force). This movement may alter resonant frequencies and lead to inconsistent acoustic performance.

This document discloses a speaker module that includes an internal back chamber partitioned into multiple smaller sections by integrated ribs. The partitioned sections contain sound absorbing material. The module …

Speeding Up Expert Parallelism By Replacing All-To-All By All-Gather And Reduce-Scatter Collectives, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

The technology described in this paper relates to parallel processing in machine learning models, particularly speeding up expert parallelism in mixture-of-expert (MoE) architectures. A technique for replacing traditional all-to-all network collective communications with all-gather and reduce-scatter operations is proposed. For expert dispatch, accelerators can locally perform routing and top-k calculations by utilizing an all-gather operation and discarding unassigned tokens. For expert collect, a reduce-scatter operation can combine expert output activations over the network. These collective communication strategies can decrease network payload sizes and improve bandwidth utilization, particularly as the number of experts activated per token increases. Thus, training and inference …

A Comprehensive Review Of Wireless Charging Technologies: Inductive, Capacitive And Hybrid Power Transfer, Zahraa M.Y. Islam, Yasir M. Y. Ameen

AUIQ Technical Engineering Science

Wireless power transfer has attracted more and more attention as a potential solution to electric vehicle charging due to its safety, convenience and the potential to automate this process. This review paper gives an overview of inductive and capacitive wireless power transfer technologies, especially focusing on hybrid wireless power transfer systems that integrate both approaches. The basic operating principles in both inductive and capacitive power transfer are covered with an emphasis on their advantages and inherent limitations with respect to efficiency, voltage and current stress, the tolerance of misalignment and the power capability. Building upon this background, the paper is …

Mental Health Rates Across Ethnic Groups In A Small Midwestern Christian University, Arianna Torres

Honors Theses

This study aims to find if there is a significant difference in depression, anxiety, trauma, and suicidality among students of different ethnic backgrounds at Andrews University. By focusing on ethnic disparities, this research aims to target the mental health issues rising among college students and bring to light the importance of cultural competency in relation to mental health. Results from this study may aid Andrews University in developing more inclusive and culturally responsive mental health services and inform broader discussions about mental health equity in higher education. It can also add insight into how mental health rates may vary by …

Extreme Connectedness Among Energy Transition Metals And Commodity Markets, Andrea Bastianin, Chiara A. Casoli, Evzen Fabio Kocenda, Xiao Li

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

The global energy transition is reshaping commodity demand, yet its implications for commodity risk transmission remain unclear. We analyze connectedness among Energy Transition Metals (ETMs) – a subset of metals that are key inputs in clean energy technologies – energy commodities, and industrial metals using a Quantile Factor VAR framework. We document strong state dependence: spillovers are substantially larger in the tails of the return distribution than at the median. While crude oil remains influential, its dominance weakens post-Covid as ETMs, particularly base ETMs, gain centrality. A complementary event-study shows ETM-related policy announcements amplify spillovers in extreme regimes, indicating structural …

No Principal Left Alone: Exploring Elementary Principals' Relationships With Their Full-Time Assistant Principals, Shauna Worthington

Theses and Dissertations

Elementary school principals are often the only administrator in their building; therefore they are left to face the adverse circumstances of their job without the support of an administrative colleague at their school. However, U.S. nationwide data suggests that school districts are more frequently hiring elementary assistant principals. This paper explores perceptions of elementary principals about the nature and dynamic of their relationships with their full-time assistant principals, including accompanying benefits and challenges. This qualitative inquiry utilizes an exploratory, descriptive, phenomenological approach and features the results of in-depth interviews with 20 elementary school principals in two large suburban public school …

Entwurzelt, Melanie Fischer

Theses and Dissertations

Entwurzelt (Uprooted) is an installation that explores the emotional landscape of displacement-trauma, grief, and the search for belonging in the aftermath of war and unrest. The vessels in this installation evoke the presence of a forest--each one a symbolic tree, rooted in memory and shaped by personal and collective histories. Being torn from the familiar means leaving behind everything except memories and carrying a void that may never be fully filled. Yet, in unfamiliar places, fragments of comfort can be found--echoes of what once was. For me, the forest is more than a memory--it is a bridge between past and …

Pronouns On The Clock: The Eleventh Circuit’S Broad Limitation Of Teacher Speech In Wood V. Florida Department Of Education, Carter E. Pannell

Mercer Law Review

Few settings test the limits of free speech more sharply than public schools, where questions of personal identity, government authority, and constitutional rights often intersect. Because the government has an interest in regulating what its employees do and say, First Amendment protections afforded to government employees are diluted in comparison to those afforded to private citizens. A contemporary example of this tension is the question of whether the government may regulate a public-school teacher’s use of pronouns or titles in their own classroom.

In 2023, Florida enacted a statute forbidding teachers from using pronouns or titles that differ from the …

Network Pharmacology And Bioinformatics Analysis Of The Potential Mechanism Of Sesame Oil In Treating Insomnia, La Mu, Ze Wengyongzhong, Sang Jikangzhuo, Hua Erjiang, Jiang Yongsilang

Food and Machinery

[Objective] To explore the molecular mechanism of sesame oil in treating insomnia by network pharmacology, bioinformatics, and molecular docking methods. [Methods] Sesame oil targets are screened by TCMSP and Herb databases, while insomnia-related targets are searched in GeneCard, ETCM, DrugBank database, and GSE 189993 data set. Then, the intersection is found to obtain the common targets. The protein interaction network is constructed by the String software for gene ontology (GO) function and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis. The binding abilities of the active ingredients and the targets are evaluated by molecular docking on the AutoDock …

Recognition For Banana Ripeness Based On Improved Yolov 11n, Hu Lirui, Wang Jiaxing, Hu Zekun

Food and Machinery

[Objective] To improve the efficiency of recognition for banana ripeness. [Methods] A method for recognizing banana ripeness is developed based on improved YOLOv 11n. A modified polarized self-attention mechanism is introduced into YOLOv 11n to enhance the feature extraction capability of the backbone network across various banana distribution scenarios. The original upsampling is replaced with a module of content-aware reassembly of features, which enlarges the receptive field to more effectively aggregate contextual information. Scylla intersection over union (SIoU) is adopted as the new bounding box loss, which calculates the vector angle between ground truth and predicted boxes to better address …