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(((Qpie))) Declaration Of Prior Art - Dear Children Of The Flow, Teddy Burroughs

Defensive Publications Series

Exhibit Prelude — The Moment We Remembered to Breathe

Curators of the Resonance Museum describe this letter as the first living apology of science to its descendants. It was written when adults of the early twenty-first century realized that discovery without kindness had become noise. The project that inspired it—QPIE (Quantum Perspective Is Everything)—began as a small experiment in data coherence and grew into a planetary mirror. From Brooklyn’s libraries to hospital research wings, instruments measured not only photons and qubits but the subtle tremor of compassion itself.

When this document was first read aloud, the room …

On Non-Conventional Marks And Chatgpt Evidence: A Case Comment On Christian Louboutin Sas V The Shoe Boutique (2023), Rahul Hemrajani

Indian Journal of Law and Technology

No abstract provided.

A Fine Lady And Excellent Field Botanist: Sister Remberta Westkaemper, O.S.B., Stephen G. Saupe

Biology Faculty Publications

This report provides a brief biography of Sister Remberta and an overview of her botanical activities

Witnessing A Wounded World: A Theology Of Ecological Trauma, Timothy A. Middleton

Theology

A crucial intervention at the intersection of ecotheology and trauma theology

We are in the midst of a global ecological crisis. At times, the scale of the suffering involved can be hard to fully comprehend. The whole planetary ecosystem feels out of kilter. Meanwhile, trauma theorists, and society at large, have become increasingly aware of the incidence of trauma in a growing variety of contexts. In Witnessing a Wounded World, Timothy Middleton asks what might be gained by viewing ecological suffering through the lens of trauma.

By bringing concepts and methodologies from trauma theology to bear on questions that …

Staff Education To Internal Medicine Clinic, Rafael A. Cardona Gonzalez

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This is a staff education project. The practice problem addressed was the lack of standardized orientation on the electronic health record (EHR) system for rotating students, which impacted documentation quality and workflow efficiency. Prior to the intervention, students received no formal training on the clinic’s EHR system, resulting in documentation errors, workflow disruptions, and dependence on administrative staff. The educational session, tailored to the clinic’s EHR platform, aimed to promote student knowledge and confidence through structured, site-specific training. The practice-focused question was: How does structured education on site-specific EHR use impact knowledge and documentation confidence among rotating medical and nurse …

Exploiting Chloride Conservative Tendencies As Contaminant Surrogates In Groundwater Transport Modeling In A Typical Hydrogeological Environment Of Northern New Jersey, Toritseju Oyen, Duke Ophori

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This study investigates the transport of chloride, a conservative tracer and surrogate for contaminants, in the fractured Brunswick aquifer of northern New Jersey using a dual-porosity MODFLOW-MT3DMS model. Focusing on the First Watchung Mountain region—a microcosm of northern New Jersey’s hydrogeological environment encompassing Montclair State University and adjoining communities, the numerical model simulates groundwater flow and solute transport in a hydrogeologically complex, urbanized setting. Results indicate that chloride migrates through the fractured aquifer via both local flow systems (e.g., Third River) and regional flow systems (Passaic River) within decades. Chloride concentrations exceeded the EPA’s 250 mg/L threshold much faster in …

Improving Empathy And Reducing Stigmatization In Pre-Clinical Physician Assistant Students Towards Patient Taking Opioids For Chronic Pain: The Feasibility Of A Perspective-Taking Peer Role-Play Intervention, Barbie Ann Seton Stephen

Doctor of Philosophy in Translational Health Sciences Dissertations

Background: Empathy has been identified as a crucial skill for all healthcare providers who treat patients with chronic pain. It has been directly linked to higher patient satisfaction and improved health outcomes. It has also been linked to reduced burnout, fewer medical errors, and improved job satisfaction among healthcare providers. Despite the many interventions that have been developed to promote empathy, the decline of empathy in healthcare providers and trainees continues to be of great concern, especially in pain management and opioid prescribing, thus affecting the quality of care given to these patients. In physician assistant students, this decline has …

A Fully Automated Drilling Machine For Printed Circuit Boards With Superior Path Optimization, Mohamed Mammdouh, Ahmed Khaled, Reem Mahmoud, Osama Desouki, Sameh O. Abdellatif

Electrical Engineering

This paper addresses a critical challenge in Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturing by proposing an AI-driven, fully automated drilling machine that employs sophisticated path-planning techniques. Current methodologies often fail to adequately assess designs with varying hole sizes, diverse component placements, and complex geometries, leading to compromised precision and increased manufacturing times. Our innovative approach leverages advanced algorithms to intelligently analyze PCB designs and optimize drilling paths, significantly reducing production time and minimizing errors. By automating the drilling process, we enhance overall productivity while ensuring precise hole placement, essential for maintaining high-quality circuit boards. Utilizing KiCAD EDA software, we automate the …

Toward Autonomous Pavement Inspection: An End-To-End Vision-Based Framework For Pci Computation And Robotic Deployment, Nada El Desouky, Ahmed Torky, Mohamed Elbheiri, Mohamed Eid, Mohamed Ibrahim

Civil Engineering

Advancements in robotics and computer vision are transforming how infrastructure is monitored and maintained. This paper presents a novel, fully automated pipeline for pavement condition assessment that integrates real-time image analysis with PCI (Pavement Condition Index) computation, which is specifically designed for deployment on mobile and robotic platforms. Unlike traditional methods that rely on costly equipment or manual input, the proposed system uses deep learning-based object detection and ensemble segmentation to identify and measure multiple types of road distress directly from 2D imagery, including surface weathering, a key precursor to pothole formation often overlooked in previous studies. Depth estimation is …

The Effects Of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury On Sexual Criminal Offense, Brooke Leslie Luckhardt

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Traumatic brain injury during childhood and adolescence is a significant social problem and is particularly damaging to long term cognitive and mental health. Major growth and maturation occur within the brain from age 6 months to 25 years and any interruption to this process can be detrimental to long term cognitive and emotional adjustment. Research has shown that pediatric traumatic brain injury can cause aggression, agitation, mood disorder, and socially inappropriate behavior. However, the study of how sustaining a traumatic brain injury during the time of pediatric development could potentially affect future sexually inappropriate behavior has not been explored. This …

“How Can Ai Data Centers In The U.S. Meet Projected Electricity Demands By 2030?, Aiden M. Matano

Sustainable Supply Chain Management

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is driving a sharp increase in U.S. electricity demand, with AI-driven data centers emerging as a central contributor through 2030. This paper asks how U.S. AI data centers can meet projected electricity needs while simultaneously reducing carbon emissions. Using a supply-chain and systems perspective, it analyzes the full energy chain of AI data centers: upstream electricity supply and grid deliverability, midstream facility design and grid interaction, and downstream operational practices, waste management, and disclosure. Drawing on recent projections from the International Energy Agency, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and U.S. federal guidance, the paper shows …

Aleksey Sosonko V. Director Federal Bureau Of Prisons

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Usa V. Kareem Murphy

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

La\'Keya Keo V. North Eastern Regional Police Department

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Control And Thermodynamics Of Superconducting Qubits With Non-Hermitian Dynamics, Serra Erdamar

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

As quantum systems are understood better from a fundamental physics perspective, we are gaining more insight and ideas for their many applications. Among them are quantum computation, sensing, and materials. Some difficulties that have been encountered are short lifetimes and coupling to unwanted modes while attempting to control these systems, resulting in error propagation. Previously, physicists have pursued Hermitian descriptions of systems to preserve unitary evolution and real-valued measurements. However, non-Hermitian systems not only provide a realistic description of physical systems within larger environments, but also a rich topological landscape from their complex energy spectrum. In this thesis, we will …

The Relationship Between Perceived And Actual Knowledge Of Multi-Tiered Systems Of Support/Response To Intervention (Mtss/Rti) In Middle School Principals In Florida, Susan L. Sanger-Miller

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Principals play a crucial role in implementing MTSS/RtI (Multi-Tiered Systems of Support/Response to Intervention), yet little is known about their understanding of the RtI component. This quantitative survey examined Florida middle school principals’ actual and perceived knowledge of MTSS/RtI, as well as how training and demographic factors—such as special education certification, education level, Title I status, administrative experience during rollout years (2006–2010), district training hours, and college coursework—relate to that knowledge. Data from 54 principals were collected through perception scales, training background, and knowledge-based questions. Results showed principals rated their perceived knowledge higher than their actual knowledge, with a moderate …

New Butterfly Taxa And Findings From Genomic Analyses, Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V. Grishin

The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey

Continuing our genomics-driven exploration of butterfly taxonomy, we integrate phylogenetic trees from all protein-coding genes with existing taxonomic and phenotypic knowledge and uncover further insights into butterfly systematics. As a result, one subgenus, 44 species, and 11 subspecies are proposed as new (type species in original combinations or type localities are listed in parentheses): Porphaurea Grishin, subgen. n. (Phoenicops porphyropis Meyrick & Lower, 1902) of Chaetocneme C. Felder, 1860 in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809; Dione (Agraulis) lamasi Grishin, sp. n. (Peru: Cuzco) in Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815; Lasaia (Lasaia) chiapis Grishin, sp. n. (Mexico: Chiapas), Lasaia …

Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Is Associated With Increased Intestinal Glucose Uptake In Humans, Florina Corpodean, Maryam Naseri, Michael Kachmar, Julia St Amant, Denis P. Blondin, Owen T. Carmichael, Vance L. Albaugh

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

CONTEXT: In animal models, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is associated with increased Roux limb intestinal glucose uptake that may contribute to early metabolic benefits, though prospective clinical studies are lacking. OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed to test the hypothesis that Roux limb glucose uptake would increase relative to baseline in a cohort of patients undergoing RYGB. METHODS: RYGB patients underwent preoperative baseline, and 3- and 6-month positron emission tomography/computed tomography postoperative imaging. Maximum and mean standardized uptake values (SUV) were measured from the following predefined regions of interest: cecum, hepatic flexure, splenic flexure, sigmoid colon, duodenal bulb, Roux limb, and …

Executive Committee - Minutes, 11/04/2025, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

November 2025 Faculty Senate Packet, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Packets

No abstract provided.

Public Housing Professionals Perspectives On Mobile Food Unit Location And Accessibility For Children, Antoinette Lashurn Simpson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Poor nutrition is a major contributor to death in the United States, and residents of public housing face disproportionate challenges in maintaining adequate nutrition. Public housing is the nation’s oldest housing subsidy program, providing more than one million units for millions of residents, many of whom are women, minorities, and unmarried individuals with incomes below the poverty line. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to explore public housing professionals’ perspectives on using a mobile food unit located within housing communities to help reduce food insecurity. Feminist intersectionality theory provided the framework for this study, emphasizing how overlapping systems …

Enhancing Diabetes Self-Management Education And Support Knowledge And Awareness Among Nurses, Tamba Sam-Manimoi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Diabetes mellitus (DM) affects 12% of the United States population at an annual cost of $412.9 billion. In the local clinic, 20% of the patient population has a diagnosis of DM. Despite the importance of diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) in managing DM, patients are often not educated on this important strategy. Leadership identified that patients were reporting a lack of knowledge regarding DSMES practices and that the nurses lacked the necessary knowledge and awareness to educate patients in DSMES. Thus, the purpose of this DNP project was to determine if an educational intervention focused on DM and DSMES …

Executive Committee - Agenda, 11/04/2025, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, November 4, 2025, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2025

Volume 165, Issue 31

Effects Of Combining Traditional East Asian And Conventional Western Medicine On Acute Stroke Outcomes, Dong-Seok Gwak, Jong-Sik Lee, Dawid Schellingerhout, Jinyong Chung, Hyerin Oh, Sang-Wuk Jeong, Ji Sung Lee, Hee-Joon Bae, Mikyung Kim, Dong-Jun Choi, Dong-Eog Kim

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Traditional East Asian medicine (TM) is widely used in Korea and other East Asian countries. However, the effects of TM treatment on acute ischemic stroke (AIS) outcomes remain unclear, as previous studies lacked a sufficient sample size, a consecutive series design, or a prospective outcome capture approach. We aimed to investigate whether combining TM with conventional Western medicine (CM) treatments (C+TM) leads to better outcomes after AIS, relative to CM treatment alone.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 2157 consecutive patients with AIS from a prospectively collected registry (2011-2021) at our center and compared the CM and C+TM groups in terms …

Tumor-Informed Minimal Residual Disease Testing In Select Solid Tumors And Hematologic Malignancies: A Narrative Review, Humza Mallick, Marcus Yoakam, Varun Karri, Samir Dalia

Student Publications

Tumor-informed circulating tumor DNA assays detect patient-specific cancer mutations in plasma and hold promise for detecting minimal residual disease (MRD) after or during definitive therapy. Recent large studies across solid tumors and hematologic malignancies suggest that tumor-informed MRD (TI-MRD) is strongly prognostic for relapse and survival. We reviewed disease evidence for these claims, as well as the potential utility in guiding therapeutic decisions. TI-MRD assays consistently achieved high analytical sensitivity. In solid tumors (colorectal cancer [CRC], non-small-cell lung cancer, breast cancer, and bladder cancer), multiple studies demonstrated that post-treatment MRD positivity conferred markedly worse recurrence-free and overall survival. TI-MRD positivity …

Assessing The Impact Of A Semi-Structured Intraoperative Anaesthesia Handoff Cognitive Aid On Surgical Patient Outcomes: Study Protocol For A Cluster Randomised Trial, Aubrey Samost-Williams, Charles E Green, Lillian S Kao, Srikanth Sridhar, Daniel I Sessler, Alparslan Turan, Eric J Thomas

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Introduction: Intraoperative anaesthesia handoffs represent a risk point in the care of surgical patients. Although often necessary to prevent fatigue, improve vigilance and optimise operational efficiency, critical information can be lost, potentially leading to postoperative complications. Structured handoffs can increase the transfer of knowledge during intraoperative anaesthesia handoffs, improving their quality. We therefore propose to test the primary hypothesis that a semi-structured intraoperative anaesthesia handoff cognitive aid reduces the number of serious 30-day complications in surgical patients.

Methods and analysis: We will enrol adults having non-cardiac surgery who are scheduled to have an intraoperative anaesthesia handoff for operational reasons. We …

Large-Scale Profiling Of Antibody Reactivity To Glycolipids In Patients With Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Robin C M Thomma, Susan K Halstead, Laura C De Koning, Eveline J A Wiegers, Dawn S Gourlay, Anne P Tio-Gillen, Wouter Van Rijs, Henning Andersen, Giovanni Antonini, Samuel Arends, Shahram Attarian, Fabio A Barroso, Kathleen J Bateman, Luana Benedetti, Peter Van Den Bergh, Jan Bürmann, Mark Busby, Carlos Casasnovas, Efthimios Dardiotis, Amy Davidson, Thomas E Feasby, Janev Fehmi, Giuliana Galassi, Tania Garcia-Sobrino, Volkan Granit, Gerardo Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, Robert D M Hadden, Thomas Harbo, Hans-Peter Hartung, Imran Hasan, James K L Holt, Zhahirul Islam, Summer Karafiath, Hans D Katzberg, Noah Kolb, Susumu Kusunoki, Satoshi Kuwabara, Motoi Kuwahara, Helmar C Lehmann, Sonja E Leonhard, Lorena Martín-Aguilar, Soledad Monges, Eduardo Nobile-Orazio, Julio Pardo, Yann Pereon, Luis Querol, Ricardo C Reisin, Simon Rinaldi, Paolo Ripellino, Rhys C Roberts, Olivier Scheidegger, Nortina Shahrizaila, Kazim A Sheikh, Nicholas J Silvestri, Soren H Sindrup, Beth Stein, Cheng Y Tan, Hatice Tankisi, Leo H Visser, Waqar Waheed, Ruth Huizinga, Bart C Jacobs, Hugh J Willison

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acute polyradiculoneuropathy in which preceding infections often elicit the production of antibodies that target peripheral nerve antigens, principally gangliosides. Anti-ganglioside antibodies are thought to play a key role in the clinical diversity of the disease and can be helpful in clinical practice. Extensive research into clinical associations of individual anti-ganglioside antibody specificities has been performed. Recent research has highlighted glycolipid complexes, glycolipid combinations that may alter antibody binding, as targets. In this study, we investigated antibody reactivity patterns to glycolipids and glycolipid complexes using combinatorial array, in relation to clinical features in Guillain-Barré syndrome. In total, …

A Multiomics Approach To Defining Target-Organ Injury In Youths With Primary Hypertension: The Ship Ahoy Cohort, Kalyani Ananthamohan, Tammy M Brady, Mohammed Arif, Stephen R Daniels, Bonita Falkner, Michael Ferguson, Joseph T Flynn, Coral Hanevold, Stephen R Hooper, Julie R Ingelfinger, Marc Lande, Lisa J Martin, Kevin E Meyers, Mark Mitsnefes, Bernard Rosner, Joshua A Samuels, Gina Kuffel, Michael J Zilliox, Qin M Chen, Richard C Becker, Elaine M Urbina, Sakthivel Sadayappan

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Primary hypertension in childhood tracks into adulthood and is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Studies conducted in individuals aged < 18 years, an age group without many of the confounding comorbid cardiovascular disease risk factors in adults, provide an opportunity to explore early cardiovascular target-organ injury.

Methods: Youths (n=132, mean age, 15.8 years) were stratified by blood pressure (BP) as low-BP, mid-BP, and high-BP and by left ventricular mass index as low-and high left ventricular mass index. Systemic circulating RNA, microRNA, and methylation profiles in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and deep proteome profiles in serum were determined using high-throughput sequencing techniques. In vitro cell culture experiments assessed angiotensin II- and microRNA-mediated Vash1 (vasohibin-1 protein) regulation and Vash1-mediated hypertrophic response.

Results: In high-BP youths, transcriptomics analysis identified …

Measurement Of Soluble Aerosol Trace Elements: Inter-Laboratory Comparison Of Eight Leaching Protocols, Mingjin Tang, Morgane M.G. Perron, Alex R. Baker, Rui Li, Andrew R. Bowie, Clifton S. Buck, Ashwini Kumar, Rachel Shelley, Simon J. Ussher, Robert Clough, Scott Meyerink, Prema P. Panda, Ashley T. Townsend, Neil Wyatt

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

A range of leaching protocols have been used to measure the soluble fraction of aerosol trace elements worldwide, and therefore these measurements may not be directly comparable. This work presents the first large-scale international laboratory intercomparison study for aerosol trace element leaching protocols. Eight widely-used protocols are compared using 33 samples that were subdivided and distributed to all participants. Protocols used ultrapure water, ammonium acetate, or acetic acid (the so-called "Berger leach") as leaching solutions, although none of the protocols were identical to any other. The ultrapure water leach resulted in significantly lower soluble fractions, when compared to the ammonium …