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Nita Patel V. Usa

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Quantum Science And Engineering: An Emerging Field Where Imsa Can Have An Impact, Dr.Evan Glazer, Anastasia Perry, Kishor Kapale

Presentations and Speeches

Illinois’ $500 million investment in the future development of Quantum Computing and Microelectronics Park is a great opportunity for IMSA to get connected in this emerging field. This workshop will explore what is quantum, classroom examples, why it is important to IMSA, how we are engaged right now, and how we might create future opportunities for IMSA students and IMSA outreach.

Library Newsletter: Late October ‘25, Iwasaki Library

Iwasaki Newsletters

This Library Newsletter reached faculty, staff, and students of Emerson College on October 17th, 2025. This is the second published issue of the two total issues that were published within the month of October. This is the fourth issue of the 3rd volume. It includes top stories such as a story about the poll results from the previous newsletter on which design was most popular for the bookmark of month October, a survey to help the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, meeting WARC, the 2025 Career Fair, how Librarians can help your midterms projects, a NYTimes quiz on horror book …

2025-10-17 Agenda Book, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Agenda booklet for the Board of Regents meeting of October 17, 2025, which includes the minutes of the meeting held on August 8, 2025.

Sga 57 Senate 2025-10-17 Agenda, Niu Student Government Association Senate

Student Government Association Archives

No abstract provided.

Stephanie Murrin V. Commissioner Of Internal Revenue

2025 Decisions

Tax Court

Scott Lykens V. Colette Peters

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

A Lightweight Microchained Architecture For Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Network Reputation Systems, Simeon Ogunbunmi, Ronghua Xu, Yu Chen

Michigan Tech Publications

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) networks are widely adopted for diverse applications in modern Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems, ranging from last-mile deliveries to infrastructure inspections. The growing reliance on UAVs makes a secure and trustworthy network environment essential. However, deploying a practical reputation framework in resource-constrained UAV networks necessitates a lightweight, high-throughput, and scalable solution. This paper introduces a Lightweight Microchained ARchitecture (LiMAR) for UAV network reputation systems. LiMAR presents a novel lightweight microchained blockchain model optimized for UAV networks, addressing key blockchain overheads such as storage bloat, high validation costs, and consensus delays. By separating operational data from on-chain …

Alaska Earthquake Center Quarterly Review April-June 2025, Heather Mcfarlin, Beth Grassi, Austin Holland, Stephen Holtkamp, Nate Murphy, Elisabeth Nadin, Carolyn Parcheta, Michael West

Alaska Earthquake Center Reports

This series of technical quarterly reports from the Alaska Earthquake Center (AEC) includes detailed summaries and updates on Alaska seismicity, the AEC seismic network and stations, fieldwork, our online presence, public outreach, and lists publications and presentations by AEC staff. Multiple AEC staff members contributed to this report.

Minutes Of Graduate College Committee On Curricula, October 17, 2025, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate Curriculum Committee.

Minutes - Graduate Curriculum Committee

Minutes of the committee that oversees the development of the curriculum of the University of Northern Iowa Graduate Studies.

Interventions To Minimize Unnecessary Antibiotic Use For Acute Otitis Media: A Meta-Analysis., Theresa L. Morin, Amy B. Stein, Rana El Feghaly, Amanda Nedved, Sophie E. Katz, Amy Keith, Heather E. Laferriere, Timothy C. Jenkins, Holly M. Frost

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Backgrounds/Objectives: Acute otitis media (AOM) is the leading reason antibiotics are prescribed to children. Despite guidelines advocating for watchful waiting and shorter antibiotic durations, overprescribing remains a concern. This meta-analysis aims to quantify potential reduction in antibiotic days of therapy (DOT) for AOM if prescribers adhered to guidelines. Methods: Cochrane databases were sourced for studies on ear infections, diagnostic accuracy, antibiotic duration, and watchful waiting. Randomized clinical trials, observational studies, and quality improvement reports of children aged 6 months-17 years with uncomplicated AOM published between 2000 and 2024 from the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Of 4187 studies, 425 met selection …

Complicating Understandings Of Low-Income Students’ Financial Stress And Well-Being In Order To Inform Institutional Support, Khalilah R. Lauderdale, Ralitsa Todorova, Zoë B. Corwin

Journal of Student Financial Aid

This paper seeks to enhance understanding of how low-income students navigate financial stress by integrating the asset-based concept of financial well-being and including a focus on the institutional context. Data collected from 378 interviews with students from low-income backgrounds illustrate complex ways that students experience financial stress and financial well-being. By centering students’ perspectives in analysis while also accounting for programmatic and institutional contexts, the authors aim to push theory and practice toward a more nuanced understanding of how to best support students from low-income backgrounds as they navigate affording college and fostering financial well-being.

The Diamond, October 17, 2025, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Raiders Stand Down - Dordt Football Defeats Northwestern for First Time in Program History; Dordt Data Breach Ongoing; Archive Artifacts - Hulst Library Receives Historical Religious Texts
• Feature: Small Bug, Big Bite - No-See-Um Season at Dordt; Music After Midnight; Staying Home; Dr. Dave Mulder Publishes Book on AI in Education; College Coffee Culture in Sioux County; Crossing Borders - Joe Bakker's Journey as an Online and In-Person Educator; Gen Z Men Trending Toward Christianity
• Politics: The Tylenol Debate - Does it Really Cause Autism?; The Federal Government Shuts Down; Students Anticipate Midterm Elections
• News …

Draft Final Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Unreclaimed Sites Ur-46 Temporary Best Management Practices Work Plan, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

A Metacognitive Strategy To Improve Lab Report Writing, Cassandra S. Korte, Melissa Lehman

Faculty and Staff Publications & Presentations

Laboratory report writing is an essential skill to the emerging STEM researcher. However, students report confusion regarding the structure of such reports and find the experience of writing to be frustrating. One mechanism to improve student success is through comparison and reflection— important metacognitive strategies. To that end, we implemented a pair of laboratory class assignments employing comparison and reflective strategies on lab report writing. In these assignments students are provided with examples of previous student writing and they compare the effectiveness of each report section for strengths and weaknesses. After completion of the comparison activity, students then examine their …

Cobbler's Corner: Socratic Conversations With Children, Sophia A. Stone

Faculty and Staff Publications & Presentations

Dr. Sophia Stone, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, presented her talk, "Cobbler's Corner: Socratic Conversations with Children," at the XV Prague Plato Symposium in Prague, Czech Republic. It marked the first time international Plato scholars publicly engaged in the inclusive discussion method of gentle Socratic inquiry, as developed by p4cHI—philosophy for children, Hawai'i style.

Following her presentation on Socrates as a public philosopher, seven scholars participated in a live p4cHI demonstration exploring whether new Forms have emerged since Plato's time. Participants praised the method for fostering open, respectful dialogue and contemporary philosophical reflection.

Dr. Stone …

Personalized Frontline Therapy In Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Integrating Circulating Tumor Dna For Real-Time Adaptive Treatment Stratification, Vasisht Karri, Samir Dalia

Student Publications

This review analyzed approximately 115 peer-reviewed studies published between 2010 and 2025, focusing on molecular subtyping and circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)-guided approaches in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL). Evidence was synthesized from retrospective cohorts, prospective clinical trials, and translational studies, highlighting how molecular heterogeneity, clonal evolution, and the tumor microenvironment complicate classification and treatment. While molecular subtypes such as MCD, BN2, EZB, A53, and ST2 have improved prognostication, their routine use in clinical practice remains limited due to cost, complexity, and restricted access to sequencing platforms. Tumor-informed ctDNA assays show promise for minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring and adaptive therapy, …

Prioritizing Data Quality In Machine Learning For Thermophysical Property Prediction: A Case Study On Normal Boiling Points Of Organic Compounds, Frank T. Mtetwa, Neil F. Giles, W. Vincent Wilding, Thomas A. Knotts Iv

Faculty Publications

Accurate prediction of the normal boiling point (NBP) of organic compounds is essential for the design and optimization of chemical processes. This is especially true for modern practice since experimental measurements of many compounds of contemporary importance are difficult to perform due to cost, purity, and stability issues. Traditional methods, such as group contribution (GC) and quantitative structure–property relationship (QSPR) approaches, are limited by inflexibility and diminishing accuracy in these situations. Machine learning (ML) approaches have shown promise but are plagued by two weaknesses for the nonspecialist: ease of use (especially compared to GC and QSPR) and proven accuracy for …

Evaluation Of Over-The-Counter Cutaneous Lidocaine Cream For Temporary Deafferentation In Upper Limb Rehabilitation: A Cross-Sectional Study, Kelsey Baker, Daniel Salinas, Maria Lozano Bonilla, Jared Hensley, Hunter M. Butler, Monica Lozano Garcia, Chelsea Erazo Macias, Ashley Tijerina, Victoria Cuello, Bharathi Gadad

School of Medicine Publications

Introduction: Topical or cutaneous methods of temporary deafferentation (TD) have shown potential as a tool to augment the effects of rehabilitative approaches for neurological conditions. TD has been suggested to achieve such effects due to its ability to suppress activity from afferent input that may be inhibitory to rehabilitative processes. However, most approaches to date have utilized prescription-grade anesthetic agents, which may be difficult to translate to routine outpatient rehabilitation or in remote settings. Here, we sought to evaluate whether TD could be achieved with readily available over-the-counter (OTC) 5% lidocaine topical anesthetic. We targeted the biceps brachii for TD, …

Assessing The Cardiac Safety Of A Multimodal Protocol For 'Tranq Dope' Withdrawal: A Retrospective Qtc Analysis, Kory London, Emily Deschler, Sabrina Butt, Steven Graver, Jake Figaniak, Nathan Hersh, Ariana Rucker, Bogdan Popa, Jenna Hoopes, Jennifer Kahoud, Behzad Pavri

Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: "Tranq dope"-fentanyl adulterated with xylazine-has complicated the management of opioid withdrawal in emergency departments (EDs). A novel withdrawal protocol was implemented to address these challenges, utilizing concurrent agents to intentionally synergize and potentiate effects. Questions remain about the safety of its components, some of which may prolong the QT interval.

METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of adult ED patients with suspected fentanyl/xylazine exposure treated utilizing novel protocol across two urban hospitals in Philadelphia, PA between September 2022 and October 2024. Patients with both pre- and post-treatment electrocardiograms (ECGs) were included. QTc intervals were reviewed by an experienced …

Fort Hays State University Tiger Weekly, October 17, 2025, University Relations

Tiger Weekly Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Metabolic Impact Of Dietary Glycine Supplementation In Individuals With Severe Obesity, Hong Chang Tan, Jean W Hsu, E Shyong Tai, Shaji Chacko, Vieon Wu, Paul M Yen, Jean-Paul Kovalik, Farook Jahoor

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Glycine plays a central role in human metabolism, and an adequate supply is required for synthesizing glutathione (GSH), eliminating excess metabolites as acylglycine via the glycine conjugation detoxification pathway, and maintaining 1-carbon cycle activity. However, glycine is deficient in individuals with severe obesity, which may compromise these pathways and metabolic health. This exploratory study examines whether dietary glycine supplementation could correct glycine deficiency and impairments in glycine-dependent metabolic pathways. 19 participants with severe obesity (BMI 38.3 ± 5.3 kg/m2) were treated with dietary glycine (100 mg/kg/day) for two weeks. We found that treatment significantly increased the plasma concentration of glycine …

Cep76 Impairment At The Centrosome-Cilium Interface Contributes To A Spectrum Of Ciliopathies, Kamal Khan, Erika Tavares, Katherine Bishara, Aysegul Ozanturk, Leila Qebibo, Stephan Frangakis, Daniel G Calame, Isabelle Meunier, Béatrice Bocquet, Rafal Ploski, Mohammad Ayman Al Khateeb, Dana Marafi, Luke Mansard, Lena Damaj, Richard A Lewis, Farid Ullah, Thomas Arbogast, Jackson P Ogden, Madeleine Harion, Marjolaine Willems, Maha S Zaki, Tobias Bartolomaeus, Anne-Françoise Roux, James R Lupski, Malgorzata Rydzanicz, Rami Abou Jamra, Francis Ramond, Elise Heon, Lydie Burglen, Erica E Davis

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Dysfunction at the centrosome-cilium interface underlies a broad range of ciliopathies. Here, we identify biallelic variants in CEP76, encoding a centrosomal protein, in eight unrelated individuals presenting with neurodevelopmental, ocular, and variable additional multisystem features. Proband-derived fibroblasts and CEP76-depleted RPE1 cells display ciliary deficits, including impaired cilium formation and length, disrupted transition zone architecture, and impaired IFT88-mediated anterograde intraflagellar transport. Zebrafish cep76 mutants recapitulate key clinical phenotypes, and in vitro complementation assays confirm pathogenicity for all tested human disease-associated variants. Proteomics analysis identifies CEP76 interactors, including known partners CCP110 and CEP97, and highlights clinically and functionally relevant candidates, including …

The Political Construction Of Anti-Transgender Policy: A Critical Policy Analysis Of North Carolina State Legislators' Discursive Strategies, David Osworth, Morgan Edlin

Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education

In recent year anti-LGBTQ policy has been cropping up at the state level across the United States. While these policies have been described as unprecedented, they signal a period of retrenchment for the rights of queer and transgender individuals in the United States. This critical policy analysis of North Carolina state legislation that is decidedly homophobic and transgender examines the discursive tactics of policy actors (i.e. North Carolina Legislators) as they argue these policies during legislative sessions. Through our analysis of legislators’ commentary during House of Representative sessions we identified discursive formations that were considered allied with the LGBTQ community …

Whose Right(S)?: Civil Rights Impact Of Cultural Conflicts In The Curriculum, S. David Mitchell

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

(Excerpt)

Opponents of anti-woke legislation have challenged the presumption that the topics being taught are divisive or designed to indoctrinate students with a liberal or Left leaning ideology. Instead, they argue that these topics tell the unvarnished history of the United States. Furthermore, opponents have also challenged the asserted legality and validity of anti-woke legislation, arguing that the legislation infringes upon the First Amendment, specifically students’ and teachers’ academic freedom, students’ right to learn, and parents’ right to direct and control the education of their children. Unlike other controversial topics such as sexual education, which are taught in courses that …

A Method And System For Recovering Useable, Secure And Available Key For Blockchain Applications, Panagiotis Chatzigiannis, Shimaa Ahmed, Suvradip Chakraborty

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for recovering useable, secure and available key for blockchain applications. The method involves receiving an input story from a user that encapsulates a memorable life experience and processing this using a natural language processing (NLP) model to create a semantic embedding vector. Additionally, the method optionally collects a biometric sample to produce biometric embedding, which is combined with semantic embedding. Locality-sensitive hashing (LSH) is applied to this combined embedding to create a fixed-length bitstring, which is then processed through a fuzzy extractor to produce a stable, cryptographically strong key for securing digital …

Context-Aware Time Tracking, Activity Categorization, And Recommendation Generation Using Multimodal Artificial Intelligence, Jaime Guajardo, Daowz Sutasirisap

Defensive Publications Series

Time tracking apps and manual time tracking can help users track their activity throughout a day and identify practices that can help improve the way they use their time. However, in many cases, such activity tracking may not be accurate and is not performed across multiple devices that a user may use. This disclosure describes techniques, implemented with user permission, that enable users to accurately track their time across multiple devices, obtain insights into their activities, and recommendations regarding device settings, activity parameters, etc. that can help improve their productivity. With user permission, logs and other low-level granular data from …

Automated Software Service Onboarding And Configuration Through A Conversational Large Language Model Agent, Peng Chen

Defensive Publications Series

Software service onboarding can involve developers manually interpreting integration guides to edit various configuration files, a process that can be time-consuming and prone to error. A system is described that may use a conversational agent powered by a Large Language Model (LLM) to assist in automating this process. The agent can interact with a developer, for example through a user interface on a computing device, to gather parameters. These parameters may then be populated into a templatized prompt for the LLM to generate corresponding configuration files, code snippets, and commands. The system may integrate with existing development frameworks and could …

Learning How To Practice Takes Practice, Micah Killion, Robert Duke

John J. Cali School of Music Scholarship and Creative Works

Effective music learning depends on effective music practice. Although time spent with teachers is an important component of young musicians’ development, time spent alone practicing is perhaps even more consequential. Researchers and teachers have offered many prescriptions about effective music practice, yet observations of young musicians’ actual practice reveal that their behavior in the practice room is often quite unlike what teachers envision. The most important aspects of effective practice are the thinking, perceiving, and decision-making that serve to organize how musicians spend their time. We discuss how to help students focus their attention in ways that lead to the …

An Integrated Decision Support System For Bim Level 3 Implementation, Lama Abumoeilak, Salwa Beheiry, Serter Atabay

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector accounts for 39% of greenhouse gas emissions, 40% of solid waste, and 12% of potablewater usage globally, underscoring the need for sustainable, efficient practices. Building Information Modeling (BIM) offers a digital framework to address these challenges through lifecycle management, collaboration, and efficiency gains. However, most organizations remain at BIM Level 2 maturity, which limits their potential for full integration. This study proposes a comprehensive Decision Support System (DSS) to facilitate the adoption of BIM Level 3, with an emphasis on collaboration, sustainability, and data interoperability. The DSS integrates Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), Analytical …