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An Analysis Of The Effects And Implementations Of The Early Literacy Grant In Arizona, Alicia Severiano Perez

Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Honors Projects

Over the years, states have implemented Science of Reading (SoR) frameworks to address low literacy levels. The Early Literacy Grant (ELG) in Arizona funds and supports such frameworks for schools serving low-income students. This paper is the first to explore the grant through interrupted time series modeling to evaluate effectiveness and text analysis to understand its implementation. We do not find clear evidence of positive effects caused by the grant, other than some cases, such as Yuma County. Schools typically allocate funds toward salaries and hiring instructors. These findings raise questions about whether its allocations should be closely monitored.

No-Cloning Constraints And Algebraic Structures In Quantum Error-Correcting Codes, Manh Thang Vo, Felix Tuffour, Pooja Kumari, Alfred Adzika

Student Research and Creative Activity Expo

The no-cloning theorem is a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics that prohibits the perfect duplication of arbitrary unknown quantum states, thereby ruling out classical redundancy strategies based on direct replication. As a consequence, quantum error correction must rely on structured encodings rather than duplication. In this work, we investigate how no-cloning constraints naturally lead to algebraic frameworks for quantum error-correcting codes. Quantum information is encoded into subspaces of multi-qubit systems, where protection is achieved through entanglement and syndrome-based measurements. We show that this structure can be effectively realized using algebraic coding theory, where self-orthogonality and duality replace classical redundancy.

Ecological Drivers Of Skull Morphological Variation Along Elevational Gradients In Tropical Andean Mice, Nataly Raymon

Student Research and Creative Activity Expo

To advance our understanding of the drivers of phenotypic variation across environmental gradients, we characterize patterns of skull variation across elevational gradients in tropical Andean mice and evaluate three ecomorphological hypotheses—brain-swelling, expensive-tissue, and thermal regulation.

Self Perceived Vs. Objective Emotion Recognition In Undergraduates Without Autism Spectrum Disorder, Lucy Curtin, Hannah Flynn

Student Research and Creative Activity Expo

In this project, we are examining the performance on a social perception task in people with and without concerns regarding social perception.

Integrating Ai Into Curriculum Though Lesson Planning, Aymen Khazaal

Student Research and Creative Activity Expo

This presentation explores how educators can effectively integrate artificial intelligence into curriculum design by leveraging intentional, practical lesson planning strategies that enhance student learning and engagement

Covid-19, Politicization, And Vaccine Hesitancy: A Spatiotemporal Analysis Of Non-Medical Exemptions In Minnesota, 2014-2024, Benjamin Arnold

Geography Honors Projects

Vaccination rates have declined due to the growing hesitancy by many parents to vaccinate their children, signified by an increasing amount of non-medical exemptions. While there has been previous spatial analysis of exemption patterns as a threat to herd immunity, there has not been much post-COVID. This analysis provides a modern analysis of changing exemption clustering in Minnesota, while also considering the impact of public health being increasingly politicized. We used kindergarten vaccination data for 1475 elementary schools to analyze the evolution of clustering and predictors of NMEs across space and time in Minnesota, from 2014 to 2024.

Reduction In Albumin-Creatinine Ratio Following Integrative Ayurvedic Care In Elderly Woman With Type 2 Diabetes And Masld: A Case Report, Aman Singhal, Shivani Ghildiyal, Vanshika Sharma, Vaidehi Dutt

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

Background: Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) frequently coexists with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T₂DM) and early diabetic kidney disease, and the combination accelerates both hepatic and renal risk. Conventional care is centred on glycaemic and lipid control and renin–angiotensin blockade, but residual symptom burden and incomplete biomarker control are common, prompting interest in adjunctive whole-system approaches.
Case presentation: An elderly woman aged 70 years with recently detected T₂DM, long-standing nephrolithiasis and dyslipidaemia presented to an Ayurvedic hospital with anorexia, bilateral hypochondrial pain after meals, acidity and headache. Baseline evaluation (July 2025) showed HbA1c 7.5%, LDL-cholesterol …

Ayurvedic Management In Chronic Refractory Mukhadushika (∼Acne Vulgaris): A Case Report, Priyanka Thakur, Varisha Rehman, Sandeep Singh Tiwari, Rupashri Nath

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

Chronic refractory Mukhdushika, closely correlated to Acne Vulgaris, represents significant therapeutic hurdles due to its relapsing nature and partial responsiveness to treatment. This case report describes a 26-year-old male with a total of 8 years of recurrent papulopustular acne associated with pain, burning sensation, itching, and post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. According to the Ayurvedic assessment, Pitta pradhan tridoshaja involvement with agnidushti and ama leaded to strotorodha. Dosha pratyanika chikitsa was planned, including agnideepana, ama pachana, rakta prasadana, nitya virechana, followed by strict nidana parivarjana, yoga, and lifestyle modification. Relapsing tendency and inflammatory lesions gradually …

Assessing The Ergonomic And Anthropometric Challenges Of The Potters Community: A Case Of Pottery Town, Bengaluru, Rajashree. P. Babladi, Nalini N. S., Vidhya M. S.

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

Pottery and statue-making are physically demanding crafts involving prolonged sitting postures, repetitive movements, and exposure to environmental conditions. These craftsmen tend to suffer from musculoskeletal disorders because of poor workspace ergonomics. This study aims to evaluate the ergonomic and anthropometric problems encountered by the potters' community of Pottery Town, Bengaluru. The research used qualitative and quantitative methods, focusing on observation, survey, and documentation of artisan activities. Data was collected from field visits, ergonomic examination, and interviews involving stakeholders, which included potters, statue makers, and physiotherapists. Observation of the posture recording, patterns of work, and the use of space in the …

Effect Of Buprenorphine On Characteristics Of Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block With Levobupivacaine And Bupivacaine-A Prospective Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial, Pushpavathi Ture, Ashwini H R, Jyothi B, Ajay Ture, Likhith L M, Kalaivani S

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU

Background The use of ultrasound in supraclavicular brachial plexus block has improved the success rate of block with excellent localization and improved safety margin. Reports of toxicity with levobupivacaine are scarce, yet it has not entirely replaced bupivacaine in clinical practice. Aims/Objectives We investigated the anesthetic potency with onset of sensory block as primary objective between bupivacaine with buprenorphine and levobupivacaine with buprenorphine for supraclavicular block in patients undergoing upper limb surgeries. Methods This randomized prospective double-blind study was conducted on sixty patients 18 to 60 years of age. Twenty ml of either inj bupivacaine 0.5% (Group A) or inj …

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

Defensive Publications Series

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 …

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

Defensive Publications Series

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, …

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

Defensive Publications Series

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.

Defensive Publications Series

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; …

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

Defensive Publications Series

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

Defensive Publications Series

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 …

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 …

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.

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

Defensive Publications Series

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 …

Andre Boyer V. City Of Philadelphia

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Meaning Of Mentoring For Puerto Rican Diaspora Professionals Seeking Career Advancement, Coralys M. Cedó Negrón

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Hispanic/Latino professionals remain underrepresented in senior leadership positions across industries in the United States. Organizational leaders need to understand this concern as a critical indicator of factors that may shape leadership development and career advancement among underrepresented professionals. Grounded in the mentoring model, the purpose of this qualitative interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) study was to understand the meaning of mentoring for Puerto Rican diaspora professionals seeking career advancement in the United States. The participants comprised 10 Puerto Rican professionals living and working in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area who had participated in formal or informal mentoring relationships. Data were collected …

Building Competency Through Context: A Simulation-Driven Curriculum Redesign, Natalya Pasklinsky, Mary T. Hickey, Kristy Deyeso

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Traditional nursing curricula often emphasize isolated psychomotor skill instruction, limiting retention and transfer to complex clinical settings. Previously, students completed a three-hour skills lab followed by a single three-hour simulation. Faculty observed that, even immediately after the skills session, learners struggled to apply those same technical skills in simulation. During “double-day” sessions, both sequencing approaches produced similar performance gaps, revealing a misalignment between knowledge, skills, and reasoning, highlighting the need for a simulation-centered redesign to support contextual skill application.

Purpose: This project aimed to redesign the simulation curriculum to align with AACN Essentials (2021), advancing a competency-based framework emphasizing …

Carlos Funes-Coreas V. Attorney General United States Of America

2026 Decisions

Agency

Ronald Stockton V. John Wetzel

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Fluency First: Building A Stronger Tier 2 Reading Intervention, Rachel Bernier

Masters Projects

The percentage of fourth grade students reading below grade level is significant and relatively unchanged and Tier 2 fluency intervention could be doing more to target the gaps in at-risk readers’ fluency instruction. This growth could impact their ability to perform across subject areas as it is indicated in research that increasing reading fluency can also improve reading comprehension. This paper examines research through a literature review of theory and journal articles that support that Tier 2 intervention can be effective, when it is aligned with Tier 1 instruction and structured around direct instruction in phonics and word recognition, and …

Correlative In Situ Nonlinear Optical Characteriztion Of Plasmonic Colloidal Nanoparticle Growth Dynamics, Stena C. Peterson

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Colloidal noble metal nanoparticles are of extreme interest as nanomaterials and for the wide variety of their possible applications in nanomedicine. The unique linear and nonlinear optical processes associated with these nanomaterials can be studied using a variety of spectroscopic techniques including extinction, second harmonic generation (SHG), and two-photon fluorescence (TPF) spectroscopy. In order to better understand and optimize these nanomaterials for their desired applications, it is important to investigate the growth and photophysical dynamics associated with gold nanoparticles, silver-gold core-shell (Ag-Au CS) nanoparticles, and gold-silver-gold core-shell-shell (Au-Ag-Au CSS) nanoparticles in addition to how their size, surface morphology, composition. and …

August 24, 2026, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Temperature Predictions With Zncuins/Zns Quantum Dots, Reu/Fri Program Physics And Astronomy, Amber Banks

Student Works

For hundreds of years, humans have built thermometers based on the principles of thermal expansion and contraction. In the modern world, there is a need to scale down our thermometers to monitor cellular reactions, both within the human body and within artificial organ chips. Lewis et al. (2020) introduces a nanoscale thermometer based on the thermal expansion of CdTe quantum dots. When ex panded, these dots exhibit systematic changes in photoluminescence (PL) which are recognized by a neural network as an increase in temperature. Our research builds upon the framework of Lewis et al. (2020), testing its feasibility with ZnCuInS/ZnS …

Supporting The Humans In Human Services: Understanding The Impacts Of Indirect Trauma Exposures & Promoting Resilience To Bolster Professional Wellbeing And Strengthen Service Provision, Mandy Jr O'Malley

Master of Arts in Human Services

The on-going exposure to the trauma of others that is regularly experienced in the daily work of human service professionals carries with it risks to the wellbeing of the individual professional, the health of the organization in which they work and to the quality of care that they are providing. The scope of the effects that are experienced both acutely and over time include, among others, mental and physical exhaustion, mental health symptoms that mirror those of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in those directly impacted by trauma, changes in worldview, and dramatic reductions in empathy. By understanding the consequences of …