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The Shorthorn: September 30, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: September 24, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: September 25, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: September 19, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: September 17, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: September 16, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: September 12, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: September 10, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: September 5, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: September 4, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: September 3, 1986

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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Mitigating Multi-Scale Variability In Datacenters: In-Situ Physical Sensing, Proactive Thermal-Cooling Co-Management, And Symbiotic Virtualization, Gopi K. Tummala

Defensive Publications Series

As semiconductor manufacturing scales past the 32 nm threshold toward atomic-scale devices, physical variability has emerged as a paramount challenge threatening computing efficiency, system predictability, and hardware longevity in warehouse-scale datacenters. Nanoscale device scaling introduces severe process variations—such as Random Dopant Fluctuations (RDF) and Line Edge Roughness (LER)—which manifest at the architectural level as a 30% dispersion in core operating frequencies and up to a 10× disparity in sub-threshold leakage power. Compounding these static manufacturing anomalies, datacenters encounter profound dynamic environmental variability, driven by localized heat fluxes exceeding 100W/cm2 , ambient temperature fluctuations (35◦C to 45◦C in containerized and economizer-cooled …

Galois-Q: High-Throughput Finite-Field Microarchitectures For Non-Binary Qudit Qec, Qldpc Syndrome Decoding, And Fault-Tolerant Cryptanalysis, Gopi K. Tummala, Ashwin Alapati, Ram Awatar

Defensive Publications Series

Fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC) is undergoing a paradigm shift from conventional 2-level qubits toward higher-dimensional d-level qudits (d = q = p m) and asymptotically efficient quantum Low-Density ParityCheck (qLDPC) codes. Non-binary qudits dramatically increase physical quantum information density and reduce cross-talk, while qLDPC codes achieve macroscopic code rates and distance with orders-of-magnitude fewer physical qubits than surface codes. Concurrently, faulttolerant quantum cryptanalysis (such as Shor’s algorithm for discrete logarithms over binary elliptic curves) demands massive reversible modular arithmetic over Galois fields F2m. However, both quantum error correction (QEC) decoding and reversible arithmetic face a severe classical computational bottleneck: processing …

Q-Razor: A Variation-Tolerant, Speculative Classical Control Microarchitecture For Cryogenic Fault-Tolerant Quantum Error Correction, Gopi K. Tummala

Defensive Publications Series

Fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC) requires classical control processors to execute quantum error correction (QEC) syndrome decoding, Pauli frame updates, and pulse orchestration within microsecond-scale physical qubit coherence windows. To resolve the catastrophic thermal and wiring bottlenecks of routing tens of thousands of microwave coaxial lines from room temperature to a dilution refrigerator, modern architectures place classical control and decoding processors at the 4 Kelvin cryogenic stage. However, 4 K cryogenic CMOS introduces an acute architectural tension: severe carrier freeze-out, amplified random discrete dopant fluctuations (RDF), and localized dynamic thermal hot spots induce up to 3× timing delay variability, while the …

Chesscore: A Reconfigurable Domain-Specific Architecture For Accelerating Adversarial Game-Tree Search And Heuristic Learning, Gopi K. Tummala

Defensive Publications Series

Adversarial game-tree search—exemplified by classical zerosum games of perfect information such as Tic-Tac-Toe and Chess—represents a foundational benchmark for artificial intelligence and combinatorial optimization. However, executing recursive minimax algorithms with α-β pruning on generalpurpose von Neumann microprocessors suffers from crippling architectural bottlenecks: branch misprediction rates exceeding 30% during search cutoffs, serialized legal move generation, deep recursion stack thrashing, and high-latency memory stalls during transposition table lookups. This paper presents ChessCore, a reconfigurable domainspecific hardware architecture designed for high-throughput adversarial tree search and heuristic learning. Grounded in an architectural lineage originally prototyped on a resourceconstrained Xilinx Spartan-II FPGA (XC2S50 TQ144) using …

Ai-Based Displacement Forecasting For Real-Time Landslide Risk Assessment In The Danube Region, Amina Čehaja, Asja Muharemović, Jasmin Kevrić, Dejan Jokić, Mirza Ponjavić

Communications of the IIMA

This paper presents a dual-layered AI framework for real-time landslide risk assessment developed under the GeoNetSee project within the Interreg Danube Region Programme. The first layer employs a fuzzy logic model, inspired by the Slovenian MASPREM system, which integrates Landslide Susceptibility Maps (LSS) with high-resolution precipitation forecasts from the Open-Meteo API to generate a Predicted Landslide Hazard (PLSH) score on a 0–5 scale, updated every 6–12 hours. The second layer focuses on real-time ground displacement detection by fusing low-cost dual-frequency GNSS receivers with MEMS accelerometers and applying machine learning regression algorithms, including Support Vector Regression (SVR), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), …

Efficacy Of A Mouthwash Containing Standardized Centella Asiatica Extract (Eca 233) In Patients With Gingivitis: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial, Alisa Awapark, Wanchai Chongcharoen, Mayuree H. Tantisira, Nattapon Rotpenpian

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Background: Gingivitis is the earliest and most reversible stage of periodontal disease, characterized by inflammation of the gingiva caused by the accumulation of plaque. In addition to removing plaque, mouthwash containing antiseptic or anti-inflammatory could be used as an adjunct therapy.
Objectives: The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a 0.10% standardized Centella asiatica extract (ECa 233) mouthwash compared to 0.12% chlorhexidine and placebo mouthwashes in individuals with gingivitis.
Materials and Methods: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted in 75 patients assigned equally to ECa 233, chlorhexidine, or placebo groups. Participants used the assigned …

Anti-Diabetic Activity Of Combination Of Aloe Vera, Allium Sativum, Selenium, And Chromium Picolinate In Alloxaninduced Diabetic Rats, Satyajit Mangate, Syed Ayaz Ali, Zainab Shabbir Shaikh, Mohd Mukhtar Khan, Subur Wadood Khan

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder characterized by deleterious effects on multiple organs. Existing remedial strategies highlight the advancement of herbal and mineral agents to target multiple mechanisms controlling the pathology of DM.
Objectives: This study aims to investigate the hypoglycemic and organ-protective effects of poly-herbal poly-mineral combinations for DM treatment.
Materials and Methods: Five groups of Wistar rats comprising 6 rats in each group were treated with vehicle (sterile water) to control group, alloxan (150 mg/kg, i.p.) to all the groups except the vehicle control group, sitagliptin (40 mg/kg, p.o.) as standard drug treatment, polyherbal polymineral combination …

Development Of Micellar Sprays Containing Rhinacanthus Nasutus Extract For Dandruff Management, Suwipa Ungphaiboon Associate Professor, Sutasinee Ardhanwanich, Ketsuda Wongsuwan, Salwa Yanya, Nattanit Aekwattanaphol

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Background: Dandruff is a common scalp disorder associated with altered sebum secretion and microbial imbalance, particularly between Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus, which correlates with disease severity.
Objectives: This study aimed to develop and optimize a multifunctional leave-on hair and scalp spray with anti-dandruff, nourishing, and protective properties.
Materials and Methods: Micelles containing Rhinacanthus nasutus extract were prepared using eco-friendly methods, including film hydration and direct solubilization. The formulations were optimized and evaluated for physicochemical properties, drug release, and antibacterial activity.
Results: The optimized micellar spray (BP), prepared through direct solubilization in citrate buffer, exhibited a mean particle size of 192.45 …

Sang M. Lee, Unl Business Management; Goal Programming, Mark Griep, Sang M. Lee

UNL ORCA Interview Series

Dr. Sang Lee was awarded the ORCA in 1980. Sang was born in 1939 in South Korea and grew up in Seoul. He earned his bachelor’s in 1961 at Seoul National University. Next, he traveled over 7000 miles to the US to earn a master’s from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and then a somewhat shorter move to the University of Georgia in Athens, where he earned a doctorate in Business Administration and Management. From 1968 to 1976, he rose through the ranks at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg while making a splash for his “goal programming” ideas. In 1976, …

Medetomidine As A Fentanyl Adulterant: Pharmacology, Detection, Clinical Presentation, And Management, Kory S. London, Phil Durney, Brendan Hart, Ashish Thakrar, Dennis Goodstein, Alex J. Krotulski, Daniel Teixeira Da Silva, Joseph D’Orazio, Lara Weinstein, Jeanmarie Perrone, Michael J. Lynch

Division of Internal Medicine Faculty Papers & Presentations

Purpose of Review Medetomidine is a veterinary α2-adrenergic agonist that has been an adulterant of illicitly manufactured opioids since 2022. We review its pharmacology, detection, intoxication, withdrawal, and management, and assess why severe withdrawal has emerged in some regions but not others. Recent Findings Medetomidine has spread through North American drug markets yet evades most toxicology testing. Roughly two hundred times more potent than xylazine, with greater α2 selectivity and imidazoline-1 activity, it causes intoxication resembling other α2 agonists: sedation and bradycardia. The dominant clinical problem is withdrawal: autonomic dysregulation, intractable vomiting, and encephalopathy frequently requiring intensive care. Treatment requires …

Natural Resources Defense Council Inc V. New Jersey Department Of Environmental Protection

2026 Decisions

Agency

A Hybrid Rule-Based And Large Language Model Framework For Extracting Acronym–Definition Pairs From Scientific Literature, Petro Skrypnyk

Theses and Dissertations

Authors of scientific papers rely heavily on acronyms and often use them without defining them, making the literature harder to read and index. This thesis develops and evaluates a hybrid rule-based and large language model (LLM) framework that extracts acronym–definition pairs from scientific PDF documents. It extends an earlier Rowan University system that combined a regular-expression parser with a single LLM on 200 papers. That system showed that neither the parser nor the LLM alone is sufficient for accurate extraction of the pairs. The framework is a fully automated pipeline from PDF input to scored results. It compares four LLM …

Effects Of Social Comparison Instructions On Affect, Motivation For Healthy Behavior, And Health Behavior Selections: Guidance To Identify Or Contrast, Raj Harsora

Theses and Dissertations

Engaging in healthy behaviors early in life is crucial for preventing noncommunicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. College is an optimal period to establish these habits, yet students often engage in poor dietary and physical activity practices; thus, identifying effective health behavior change techniques for this population is essential. Social comparisons are known to influence health behaviors, yet no research has tested comparison instructions as a behavior change technique, particularly identification versus contrast with upward and downward targets. Using a preregistered protocol (https://osf.io/z29en), we tested whether guiding college students (N=664) to identify with or contrast …

Polymer Nanocomposite Dielectrics For High-Temperature Superconducting Cables: Cryogenic Characterization And Testing Environment Development, Jared R. Ericksen

Theses and Dissertations

High-temperature superconducting (HTS) cables require dielectric insulation materials that can withstand cryogenic operating environments while maintaining electrical reliability, mechanical stability, and manufacturing compatibility. This thesis investigates polyamide-based polymer nanocomposites as candidate HTS cable insulation materials and develops cryogenic testing platforms for evaluating thin-film dielectrics at reduced temperatures. Two silicon-based filler systems are studied: sol-gel-derived silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) nanoparticles and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS). Dielectric breakdown behavior is evaluated under DC and AC high-potential testing, while mechanical behavior is assessed through tensile testing. The results show that PA/SiO 2 nanocomposites provide the strongest overall balance of mechanical reinforcement and …

Ai-Based Community Pharmacy Antibiotic Use Misuse Analysis: A Community-Based Study, Yasameen Riyadh Saeed Al-Azzawi

Muthanna Medical Journal

Background: The misuse of antibiotics in the community is a significant health issue of concern since it directly leads to antimicrobial resistance, treatment failure, and health care burden. Aim: determine the trend of antibiotic misuse in community pharmacies and to use analytical models based on artificial intelligence. Methods: The current research was carried out in a sample of the community pharmacies in the city of Hilla, Babylon, Iraq, between November 2025 and February 2026. There were 200 encounters of antibiotics dispensing. The structured recording form was used as the data collection instrument to record the sociodemographic data, presenting …

From Disaster To Resilience: Developing Smart Settlements In The Himalayas, Keshav Bhattarai, Ambika P. Adhikari

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

Nepal’s catastrophic 26 August 2026 Bhote Koshi–Trishuli flood should be understood not only as a humanitarian tragedy but also as a potentially major turning point in updating national settlement and reconstruction policy. Engineers and scientists have described the floods as a glacier–bedrock collapse that triggered an ice-rock avalanche and debris flow. As per the live updates on September 7, 2026, the total death toll was 1,355, and 4,996 people were missing (The Hindu, 2026). Indian and Nepali rescuers worked urgently to locate and rescue people buried under hydropower tunnels, buildings, mud, and landslide debris.

UN News reported on September 3, …

Leadership To Strengthen Research Culture And Foster Responsible Conduct Of Research: A Case Study, Seán Lacey, Jean Ricken, Stephen Cassidy

Publications

Objective Research performing organizations (RPOs) are increasingly expected to strengthen research culture and support the responsible conduct of research (RCR). Institutional supports are central to advancing research culture across RPOs. To inform development and evaluation of these supports, surveys were conducted within an RPO.

Method Perceptions of research culture and RCR were examined using surveys conducted in 2022 and 2024. Between surveys, accessible training and supports on good research practices were developed and deployed.

Results Awareness of research impact, authorship, and collegial support remained high (p > 0.05), with significant improvements in access to resources and reporting pathways for inappropriate research …

Educating For Advantage: Reimagining The National Security S&T Workforce As A Strategic Imperative, Elise Annett, James Giordano

Strategic Insights

This Strategic Insights post focuses on the workforce provisions of the National Security Science and Technology Strategy (NSSTS). It argues that U.S. technological leadership depends not only on advances in critical technologies but also on the nation’s ability to cultivate, retain, and mobilize skilled talent. Dr. Annett and Dr. Giordano describe education, research, industry, and national security as interconnected parts of a talent-development system that must translate scientific knowledge into operational and strategic advantage. They emphasize the need to strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; expand artificial intelligence literacy across disciplines; connect students with national security careers; and align …

Good Grief: Finding Hope & Achieving Growth In The Face Of Loss, Daniel D. Cowell M.D.

Open Access Books

Grief has profoundly shaped Dr. Dan Cowell's life both professionally and personally. A board-certified psychiatrist, he spent 26 years in the U.S. Public Health Service, including leadership roles across federal health systems, before serving for 15 years as professor and chairman of psychiatry at the Marshall University School of Medicine, and was the Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education when he retired in 2009.  Throughout his career, he has accompanied individuals and families through some of life's most difficult losses. In his personal life, he has been touched by these losses himself, including the tragic deaths of an infant …