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The Grad Duck Observes The Worldwide Commencement On The U.S.S. Midway In San Diego, Ca, Alexander Siedschlag

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

The Embry-Riddle Worldwide | College of Arts & Sciences Grad Duck is seen observing the Embry-Riddle Worldwide Commencement this past August 2025 on the deck of the U.S.S. Midway in San Diego, CA.

University Of Alabama At Birmingham's Research Data Catalog, Amy Reese

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

A dataset catalog can be a quickly implemented solution when hosting an institutional dataset repository simply isn’t possible. These resources can make institutional research data more locally discoverable, accessible, and reuseable. A dataset catalog (composed of metadata records) connects users with the institution’s research datasets and can be hosted on any repository platform. At the University of Alabama at Birmingham, our Research Data Catalog does not directly include or store datasets but is a functional directory that assists with discovery of datasets that researchers have deposited in external data repositories (such as Zenodo, Dryad, ICPSR, and Figshare), self-hosted, or a …

Working With Local Government Planning Staff: The Need-To-Know Basics, Kimberly K. Gerhart-Fritz

Civil Engineering Professional Development Seminar

Many civil engineers will need to interact with local government during their careers. Understanding WHAT local government planners do and WHY they do it can make that process much easier to navigate, for all involved.

Re-Membering Self, Rewriting Histories, Reclaiming Futures: Chicanafuturist Agency In V. Castro's The Haunting Of Alejandra, Julia Reade

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Re-membering Self, Rewriting Histories, Reclaiming Futures: Chicanafuturist Agency in V. Castro's The Haunting of Alejandra by Julia Reade.

A Research Note On The Impact Of Chicana Femtoring In Chicana And Chicano Studies, Elizabeth González Cárdenas

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

A Research Note on the Impact of Chicana Femtoring by Elizabeth González Cárdenas.

El Corazón Del Movimiento Continúa: Chicana/O Prison Art, Artivism, And A Call To Creation, Trisha Martinez, Gerald Lovato, Eric Christo Martinez

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

El Corazón del Movimiento Continúa: Chicana/o Prison Art, Artivism, and a Call to Creation by Trisha Martinez, Gerald Lovato, and Eric Christo Martinez.

Go The Distance: Student Workers And Repository Impact, Jessea Young

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

Have you often dreamed of a fully staffed scholarly communications team? If you're like me—the only full-time employee managing the institutional repository (IR) and research information management system (RIMS)—this great, warm place is just a dream. This lightning talk shares how strategic hiring and training of undergraduate student workers can help bridge the gap. At Loyola Marymount University, students support scholarly communications services by assisting in the management of our RIMS, Scholars @ LMU, and IR, Digital Commons @ LMU. During the hiring process, students complete an attention-to-detail assessment, helping both the librarian and the student understand the expectations and …

Journal V.2: Full Issue

Regeneración: A Xicanacimiento Studies Journal

Complete volume 2 journal.

Welcome And Introduction, Steven Moore

Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium

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Journal Of Early Hearing Detection And Intervention: Volume 10 Issue 1, Pages 1-58

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

No abstract provided.

Third Grade Reading Proficiency In Deaf/Hard Of Hearing Children Who Received Early Intervention, Jareen Meinzen-Derr, Cassandra Conrad, Mekibib Altaye, Elodie Betances, Jayna Schumacher, Susan Wiley

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

Background

Early enrollment in Part C Early Intervention (EI) by age 6 months is linked to improved language and kindergarten readiness in deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) children, but its effect on later academic outcomes is unclear. This study examines whether earlier (<6 months) or later (>6 months) enrollment influences third-grade reading proficiency.

Method

This study used data linked from three Ohio state agencies for infants identified with permanent hearing loss born 2008-2014 who received EI; 412 had third grade standardized reading tests. Reading levels were categorized from limited to advanced. Logistic regression assessed the association between enrollment timing and reading proficiency, …

The Radical Middle: Caregiver Beliefs About Language Access For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Children, Monica Zmudzinski, Krystal L. Werfel

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

The purpose of this study was to explore the communication choices of caregivers of deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) children. Specifically, we explored what communication options caregivers were presented with, identify what factors impacted a caregiver’s decision to pursue spoken language, and identify what barriers exist to learning sign language. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 caregivers of DHH children who had decision making power at the time of their child’s diagnosis. Transcripts were coded using an inductive approach with triangulation between authors. Many families reported that minimal to no information was provided about communication options at the time …

Deaf Parents’ Infant-Directed Touch With Their Hearing And Deaf Babies: Intuitive, Cultural, Or In Need Of Instruction?, Brenda C. Seal Ph.D.

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

No abstract provided.

Evaluating Preschoolers Who Are Deaf/Hard Of Hearing Using Listening And Spoken Language To Determine Special Education Eligibility, Kameron C. Carden, R. A. Mcwilliam

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

The aim of this study was to increase understanding of evaluation practices used when determining special education eligibility for preschoolers who are deaf/hard of hearing (DHH) using listening and spoken language (LSL), particularly during the early intervention to preschool transition. Specifically, we explored alignment of school-based practices with recommended practices from the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE, 2018). An online survey was distributed to school-based special educators, including speech-language pathologists (SLPs), special education teachers, and teachers of the deaf within the United States that included a) evaluation practices, b) eligibility requirements, and c) practice demographics. Participant …

Developing A Research Agenda In Partnership With Parents Of Deaf/Hard-Of-Hearing Children, Carrie A. Davenport, Ursula M. Findlen, Ann Schenk Mcalearney, Lisa Vaughn

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

Background: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an excellent fit for understanding and addressing the unique and diverse needs of deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) children and their families.

Objectives: We describe lessons learned from a capacity building project initiating an academic-community partnership between a multidisciplinary research team and a small group of parents of DHH children. Trainings and focus group style discussions created a research agenda reflective of families’ priorities.

Methods: Processes are described related to the development and composition of a Family Advisory Council, training topics and methods, the process for generating and prioritizing topics, and evaluation procedures.

Lessons learned: …

The Follow-Up Gap: Racial Disproportionality And Social Determinants Of Health In New Jersey’S Hearing Detection And Intervention Program, Maryrose Mcinerney, Wendy Zeitlin

Journal of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

Objectives. To assess how race/ethnicity and social determinants of health are related to loss to follow-up (LTF) from NJ’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program.

Methods. All infants born in NJ between June 2015 and June 2017 referring for additional hearing healthcare after hospital discharge were considered for inclusion in this study. The sample consisted of 4,141 babies, 10.7% of which received no follow-up care. Step-wise multi-level logistic regression was used to determine how race/ethnicity, family-level, and community-level social determinants of health (SDOH) were predictive of LTF.

Results. In each model, the odds of being LTF were significantly higher …

Lessons From Tiktok: Using Popular Social Media Platforms To Engage Gen Z, Debra Bernstein

Urban Library Journal

This study looks at how academic libraries in the New York City metropolitan area are using TikTok to engage with their communities, particularly students. It analyzes the most popular videos from five active library accounts, categorizing content types and measuring engagement through TikTok’s built-in metrics. Results indicate that humorous and lighthearted content consistently receives the highest engagement, while instructional or “how-to” videos tend to underperform. These findings suggest that while TikTok may not be the most effective platform for instructional outreach, it holds potential as a tool for visibility, community engagement, and humanizing the library’s presence. As students increasingly turn …

Development Of Pack-Based Learning Outcome Tests For The Mechanical Engineering Education Study Program Of Teacher Professional Education, Dwi Agus Sudjimat, Darmawan Satyananda

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This study aims to develop a learning outcome test instrument based on Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (PACK) for students of the Teacher Professional Education Program (PPG) in the Mechanical Engineering Education Study Program (Pendidikan Teknik Mesin, PTM) at Universitas Negeri Malang. The background of this study is based on the need for an assessment that can measure the integration of content knowledge, pedagogy, and technology in accordance with the demands of the Industry 4.0 era. The test development method follows psychometric procedures, including planning, writing, and validating test items, field testing, analyzing test items, and finalizing the instrument. …

Client-Side Logic Forcing Use Of Reliable Voice Codec For Satellite Voice Communications, Dang Tu Nguyen, Sooraj Sasindran, Youngtae Cha, Hwangoo Park, Bodam Nam, Karthick Musuvathi Janakan, Soumyadeep Paul

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes a network-aware codec negotiation technique for satellite voice communications. Devices connected to satellite networks face issues such as high latency and low bandwidth that can cause modern High-Definition (HD) voice codecs to fail. This leads to call dropouts and/or unintelligible audio. The techniques described herein utilize client-side logic on the user equipment (UE) that forces the use of the Adaptive Multi-Rate Narrowband (AMR-NB) codec via the session description protocol (SDP) offer that is sent by the UE when a satellite connection is detected. This ensures a stable and reliable call, with priority given to intelligibility and reliability. …

Hybrid Satellite Network Management, Karthick Musuvathi Janakan, Sooraj Sasindran, Dang Tu Nguyen, Soumyadeep Paul

Defensive Publications Series

Satellite-based communication from a smartphone and other devices is useful for emergency communication and also provides connectivity in areas where traditional terrestrial networks are unavailable. However, when a single carrier uses multiple satellite providers, a mobile device may not be equipped to seamlessly manage satellite connections. This can lead to a fragmented user experience which can be detrimental, especially for critical services such as emergency messaging. This disclosure describes techniques to intelligently manage a hybrid satellite environment on a mobile device when a single carrier offers services from different satellite providers. The techniques incorporate per-provider configuration, dynamic feature caching, hybrid …

Automatically Displaying Contextually Relevant Information In Response To Gesture Input On Displayed Content, Cliff Kuang

Defensive Publications Series

Obtaining information related to content viewed from a device currently requires users to engage in burdensome actions such as asking questions to an AI assistant or specifying a search query, both of which require the user to provide the context for their query. This disclosure describes a simple gesture-based user interface that helps users satisfy information needs from content they view. When the user performs a gesture, a prompt is automatically provided to a large language model (LLM) to generate relevant answers. With user permission, the LLM uses the user's current content and profile information to create personalized answers and/or …

A Comprehensive Sox And Icfr Architecture For Digital Asset Custodians, Exchanges, And Tokenization Platforms, Ramkumar Bharathan

Defensive Publications Series

This work presents a comprehensive, technology-agnostic SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) and ICFR (Internal Controls over Financial Reporting) framework tailored for digital asset, blockchain, and Web3 enterprises. The rapid expansion of decentralized technologies and digital custody models introduces new risks that traditional financial control programs are not designed to address. This paper provides an end-to-end, multi-layer control architecture that integrates modern cybersecurity practices, blockchain-specific controls, and regulatory expectations across COSO, PCAOB, NIST, and evolving digital asset guidance.

The framework includes entity-level governance, digital asset custody controls, key-management procedures, multi-signature governance, smart-contract change management, stablecoin and token issuance safeguards, exchange integrity controls, and automated …

Mag-V: A Multi-Agent Framework For Synthetic Data Generation And Verification, Abhinav Mathur, Akshay Mallipeddi, Joseph Ross, Kristal Curtis, Liang Gou, Harsh Vashistha, Saptarshi Sengupta

Defensive Publications Series

Extending the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) with functions or tools for environmental interaction has led to the emergence of the agent paradigm. In industry, training an LLM is not always feasible because of the scarcity of domain data, legal holds on proprietary customer data, rapidly changing business requirements, and the need to prototype new assistants. Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents can address such issues by relying on the zero-shot reasoning abilities of the underlying LLM and utilizing tools to explore and reason over customer data and respond to user requests. However, there are two concerns here: (I) acquiring large …

Ai-Generated Personalized Information Digests From Diverse Information Sources, Ruochuan Zhang, Jacob Antony Arnold

Defensive Publications Series

Individual contributors in a large-scale project can find it challenging to maintain a comprehensive understanding of project status and trajectory because of information overload. from project-wide updates from multiple information sources. Current large language model (LLM) generated summaries are based only on a single information source and are not personalized. This disclosure describes an LLM-based artificial intelligence (AI) agent for automatically providing users with periodic personalized digests of relevant project-related updates based on information obtained with permission from multiple data sources. With specific user permission, data from various project-related information sources such as collaboration platform, project management platform, document repository, …

Rebuttal To Winn Et Al. (2024) ’S “Redefining Searching In Non-Medical Sciences Systematic Reviews”, Laura Lipke, Jenn Monnin, Catherine Marie Fonseca

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Letter to the Editor and Rebuttal to Winn et al. (2024)

To the Editor and Readership of the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science:

We are writing to express concerns regarding the article, Redefining searching in non-medical sciences systematic reviews: The ascendance of Google Scholar as the primary database (https://doi.org/10.1177/09610006241256393). Our concerns are numerous, and include issues involving the research questions, data availability and validity, representations of evidence synthesis methods, and the disregard for established scholarship which refutes the reliability, transparency and reproducibility of Google Scholar searches for evidence synthesis reviews.

Cv: Elizabeth Sartell (Theology, Islamic Studies), Elizabeth Sartell

Theology Department Faculty Curricula Vitae

No abstract provided.

The Indiana Statesman, November 20, 2025, Indiana State University

Student Newspaper

Headed to Jeopardy 'Night of Champions.' Who is Harrison Whitaker?; Indiana State Angel Tree donation drive; Campus welcomes Christmas-time Performing Arts Series

November 2025 Academic Affairs Minutes, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Academic Affairs Committee

Academic Affairs Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Integrating Strategies To Build Emotional Intelligence In Prelicensure Nursing Education Curriculum, Mitzi C. Pestaner, Susan W. Lally, Jeanette Avery, Candice Jenkins, Carlos R. Melendez

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The critical thinking (CT) ability of nurses directly impacts patient safety.¹ CT is enhanced by emotional intelligence (EI).¹ EI is the ability to manage, understand, and feel one’s emotions and the emotions of others.² Integral to developing EI is mindfulness (MF).³ Since new nurses are at high risk for patient care errors,⁴ it is important to embed strategies that enhance high-level CT skills, such as EI and MF in prelicensure nursing programs.⁵ Yet, nursing curricula often does not include such strategies.⁶ Strategies that develop EI and MF include reflective journaling and mindfulness training. …

The Psychology Of Telework, Emily K. Lane

Dissertations

The growth of telework has reshaped the modern workplace, changing how employees experience connection, fairness, and satisfaction. This dissertation examined the psychological dynamics of teleworking by exploring how the extent of remote work influences job satisfaction through feelings of professional isolation. It also investigated how perceptions of procedural, informational, and interpersonal justice, as well as employee choice and telework normativeness, shape these relationships. Grounded in organizational justice theory (Colquitt, 2001), the study used a two-wave, pseudo-cross-sectional survey of 506 teleworkers. Results indicated that professional isolation did not mediate the relationship between telework extent and job satisfaction when fairness perceptions were …