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Font Size Adjustment Based On Ambient Light And User Profile, Sahil Gupta

Defensive Publications Series

Reading text on electronic device displays can be difficult in varying ambient light conditions, particularly for users with age-related vision changes. Current solutions require manual font size adjustments, which are static, cumbersome, and separate from automatic brightness controls. This disclosure describes a method for adjusting the font size on a display in response to changing conditions, without requiring explicit user interaction. For example, an ambient light sensor may measure surrounding light levels, and user-specific data, such as age and/or a vision quality rating, can be optionally provided. An algorithm uses these inputs to determine an appropriate font size in real …

Long-Life Index Protocol — Open Specification Of Incentive Smart Contracts For Durability And Predictive Maintenance Of Physical Assets, Xavier Pillet

Defensive Publications Series

This document, produced with the assistance of ChatGPT o3 and ChatGPT 5 Thinking, is released under the Apache 2.0 licence. It is a voluntary defensive publication (prior art) and therefore enters the prior art upon release under the applicable patent statutes : EPC Art. 54(2) (European Patent Convention), French IPC Art. L 611-11 (CPI), 35 U.S.C. §102(a) (United States Patent Act), Chinese Patent Law Art. 22(5) (中华人民共和国专利法), and Japanese Patent Act Art. 29(1) (特許法). It discloses 100 enabling inventions across devices & sensors, assays & QA, algorithms (TinyML/FL), closed-loop controllers, materials & packaging, NDT/imaging, privacy/standards, UX/workflows, and supply-chain. Proposals cover …

Interplanetary Rail Launcher: Open-Source White Paper (Hardware & Software) – 20 Km Electromagnetic Catapult, Lif Cryogenic Shoes And Retractable Mhd Shield (Trl, Bottlenecks, Roadmap 2025–2040), Xavier Pillet

Defensive Publications Series

This document, produced with the assistance of ChatGPT o3 and ChatGPT 5 Thinking, is released under the Apache 2.0 licence. It is a voluntary defensive publication (prior art) and therefore enters the prior art upon release under the applicable patent statutes: EPC Art. 54(2) (European Patent Convention), French IPC Art. L 611-11 (CPI), 35 U.S.C. §102(a) (United States Patent Act), Chinese Patent Law Art. 22(5) (中华人民共和国专利法), and Japanese Patent Act Art. 29(1) (特許法). We disclose enabling designs, controls, materials, tests, and data/operations workflows for a 20 km semi-vacuum electromagnetic launcher, LiF-based cryogenic shoes/maglev carriages, and a retractable REBCO 3 T …

Cloud Audits: A Technical Framework For Financial Institutions In A Multi-Cloud Era, Ramkumar Bharathan

Defensive Publications Series

This paper provides a comprehensive, forward-looking analysis of technology auditing within the financial services sector, specifically for multi-cloud infrastructures encompassing AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It presents a detailed technical framework for modern audit practices, moving from traditional, reactive methodologies to a proactive, continuous assurance model. The framework details technical audit procedures for core cloud domains including Identity and Access Management (IAM), data protection, and network security, with a focus on provider-specific tooling and logging. It also provides a strategic roadmap for auditing emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). …

Social-Impact Technologies For Fair Wealth Distribution — 1990–2025, Xavier Pillet

Defensive Publications Series

This document, produced with the assistance of ChatGPT o3 and ChatGPT 5 Thinking, is released under the Apache 2.0 licence. It is a voluntary defensive publication (prior art) that enters the public domain of prior art upon release under the applicable patent statutes: EPC Art. 54(2) (European Patent Convention), French IPC Art. L 611-11 (French Intellectual Property Code), 35 U.S.C. §102(a) (United States Patent Act), Chinese Patent Law Art. 22(5) (中华人民共和国专利法), and Japanese Patent Act Art. 29(1) (特許法). The compendium enumerates 114 system-level, enabling inventions across inclusive fintech, digital identity, energy microgrids/DC, health/edtech, agriculture, logistics, and civic tech. Each proposal …

A Decolonial Reading Of The Dystopian Narratives About Feticide And Infanticide In Hindi Films, Argha Basu, Priyanka Tripathi

Kritika Kultura

The guiding principle concerning the question of bodily agency and the feminist discourse of

Innocence Stolen, Echo K. Yerke

Master of Arts in Human Services

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a negative societal problem. It isn’t an easy problem to solve; there is a lot of secrecy involved. The literature review will look at early interventions and prevention. The paper tries to show how it would benefit society if there were more money dedicated to programs to prevent childhood sexual abuse. The paper shows the negative outcomes that happen to the victims and possibly their future generations. The paper will look at the relationship between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and suicide. It also looks at the mental health struggles that victims go through. It also …

Unmasking The Shadows: A Comprehensive Exploration Of Serial Killers, Erica D. Lewis

Master of Arts in Human Services

Using a mixed-methods approach that combines quantitative literature review and qualitative case study analysis, this capstone investigates the developmental pathways of serial killers. The study investigates a variety of biological, psychological, and sociological elements—such as genetic predispositions, neurological disorders, childhood traumas, and environmental stressors—interact to shape serial killers. The study offers a multidisciplinary perspective, grounded in criminological models such as routine activity and labeling theories, sociological frameworks such as social disorganization and strain theory, and psychological theories such as psychopathy and attachment theory. Theoretical findings are contextualized through case studies of notorious serial killers like Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and …

2025 August 19 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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Towards Scalable Schema Mapping Using Large Language Models, Christopher Buss, Mahdis Safari, Arash Termehchy, David Maier, Stefan Lee

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

The growing need to integrate information from many diverse sources poses significant scalability challenges for data integration systems. These systems often rely on manually written schema mappings, which are complex and costly to maintain. While recent advances suggest that large language models (LLMs) can assist in automating schema mapping, key challenges remain. We motivate future research in schema mapping generation by highlighting key challenges, presenting a competitive bidirectional schema matching pipeline, and exploring the limitations of current methods for generating more complex mappings.

Usa V. Lukner Rene

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Michael Rivera V. New Castle County Police Department

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

Usa V. Raphael Ross

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Rafiq Sabir V. Warden Loretto Fci

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

An Educational Intervention Focused On Identifying Adverse Childhood Experiences, Laconia Bacon

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) refer to traumatic childhood experiences that individuals may have been exposed to during their youth, such as child maltreatment, domestic violence, or interparental violence. Research has demonstrated that experiencing ACEs in childhood may result in physical and mental illnesses that led to dangerous lifestyle patterns in adulthood. In the local organization, several patients with ACEs presented in the emergency department (ED). The nurses, unaware of ACEs, were unable to detect and respond to the consequences of ACEs. Thus, the purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was to determine whether an educational intervention focused …

Strategies For Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment And Retention, Teddy Gene Abbey

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Volunteer fire departments (VFDs) provide essential services in rural areas that cannot afford full-time staff, and they are negatively impacted by declining recruitment and retention. VFD administrators who lack strategies to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters risk reduced emergency services and increased costs for hiring paid firefighters. Grounded in Herzberg’s two-factor theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry project was to identify and explore strategies some VFD administrators use to recruit and retain members and maintain necessary emergency services. Participants were six administrators from VFDs in Oklahoma and Arkansas with community populations of 1,500 citizens or fewer residents who …

Evaluating Adjustment And Proficiency Disparities In Virtual Reality, Mohammad Jahed Murad Sunny

Theses and Dissertations

The rapid integration of VR in various application domains necessitates a deeper understanding of how levels of user experience impact user performance and task efficiency. This study investigates the relationship between experience with VR, expertise in 3d computer gaming, and physiological skills across multiple performance metrics, such as task-completion time, task load, accuracy, manipulation speed, and related spatial requirements. In a comprehensive analysis of multiple levels of VR experience and 3d computer-game expertise, we identified key trends that indicate increased experience in both domains significantly enhances task efficiency while at the same time reduces perceived workload and improves task accuracy. …

Mock Battles: A Time And Place For Conflict, Benjamin Crawford

Florida Atlantic Undergraduate Research Journal

Mock battles are a category of ritual widely recognized by cultural anthropologists, and yet the term as used stands as a wide umbrella covering an incredibly disparate range of human behaviors. Ethnographers have applied the label of “mock battle” both to events incorporating actual bodily harm—most famously, the Andean Tinku—and to non-violent theatrical performances such as the Moros dances popular throughout Spain and Mexico. To better understand the particular social functions of these rituals, I distinguish between two separate but interrelated “genres” of mock battle: the Civil War type, in which communities schedule limited outbursts of cathartic physical violence; and …

Strategies To Recommend Compliance For Cna Staffing Ratios In New Jersey Nursing Homes, Mira Gaba

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in New Jersey, which provide both short-term rehabilitation and long-term residential care, are faced with mounting pressure due to mandated staffing ratios for certified nursing assistants (CNAs). The purpose and review question for this integrative review centered on best practices and strategies for nursing home leaders to meet the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and New Jersey standards for CNA staffing ratios in nursing homes. This review used the systems theory to look at SNFs as connected networks where staffing, leadership, finances, and care delivery all work together. An examination of the literature published …

Diagnosing And Testing Gi Motility, Michael Smith, Sofia Colon Guzman

Pediatrics in Practice: A CME Podcast

We dive into the most common pediatric GI motility disorders, when to refer for testing, and how to navigate diagnostics like manometry and gastric emptying studies. Learn how to approach testing in non-verbal children, distinguish functional from structural issues, and stay updated on emerging tools in the field.

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Analyzing The Impact Of Passive Techniques On Aircraft Wing Hysteresis: An Experimental And Numerical Study, Brendan Worton

Masters Theses

This study investigates the effects of passive flow control techniques on aerodynamic hysteresis primarily in NACA 2412 (cambered) and 0012 (symmetric) wings. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was used to design and evaluate three passive techniques, including outward-facing dimples, leading-edge tubercles, and rectangular vortex generators, prior to experimental validation. These techniques demonstrated improvements in aerodynamic performance in CFD simulations and were therefore selected for wind tunnel testing to analyze their aerodynamic performance and influence on hysteresis behavior. A custom, cost-effective experimental setup was designed and developed to facilitate efficient angle-of-attack control and data acquisition. It incorporates a three-axis force sensor, stepper …

Evaluation Of Fano Resonance In Silver Nanotriangles And Complementary Triangular Apertures For Enhanced Refractive Index Sensing, Nabila Islam

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis presents a detailed investigation of plasmonic sensors based on silver (Ag) nanotriangles, focusing on the interaction of plasmonic mode with waveguide modes to achieve Fano resonance for enhanced refractive index sensitivity. For this purpose, Ag nanotriangles were chemically synthesized and were on indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass. The samples were illuminated with laser light of various wavelengths and polarization to excite surface plasmon in the nanotriangle. Observation and characterization of their plasmonic behavior was done experimentally using Photoemission Electron Microscopy (PEEM). Numerical simulations using the Finite Element Method (FEM) were performed that agreed with these experimental results and …

Plant-Microbe Interactions Across Scales: Diversity, Disease, And Stress In Herbaceous Plant Communities, Philippa Tanford

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Plants interact consequentially with microbes spanning mutualism to pathogenicity, with broader effects on large-scale plant community structure. These plant communties, in turn, shape below and aboveground microbial communities through a variety of mechanisms. However, plant diversity-microbial diversity relationships remain broadly inconsistent across environments and among different plant and microbial assemblages. In my dissertation, I work to bridge some of these gaps in plant-microbial ecology in three experimental chapters assessing relationships between plant diversity and microbial diversity, including the influence of belowground-aboveground microbiome interactions, the influence of drought stress, and incorporating different spatial and experimental scales. First, I explore the microbial …

Tradition, Critque, And The Modern Moral Lingua Franca: A Lutheran Articulation Of Human Rights Language, Christian B. Dollar

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

The language of subjective, individual rights has become the primary way of speaking about the rights and wrongs of human life together. Since the end of World War II, one subset of this language—that of human rights—has achieved a global influence. The various Christian traditions of the west have, in large part, adopted this language of human rights to articulate and supplement their assorted social teachings. Yet, the adoption of human rights language has been contested by a dedicated cadre of Roman Catholic and Protestant theologians concerned about the potentially anti-Christian implications inherent in the grammar of rights. Christian rights …

Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Diagnosis And Screening, Bob Underwood, Winston Manimtim

Pediatrics in Practice: A CME Podcast

Winston Manimtim, MD, discusses bronchopulmonary dysplasia including affects and complications, provides guidance to pediatricians working with patients with BDP and more in this episode.

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Great White Sharks In Film And Life, Andrew Rowan Dphil

WellBeing News

This article contrasts the cultural impact of Jaws with modern shark science. It shows how tagging and ecological research correct myths, highlight conservation needs, and redefine great whites as essential predators.

Bcg Vaccine-Induced Innate And Adaptive Pulmonary Immunity Correlating With Protective Efficacy Against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis In The Lungs, Mayank Khanna, Alistair J. Ramsay

School of Graduate Studies Faculty Publications

Background/Objectives: Effective prophylaxis for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) requires greater understanding of immune correlates of protection. With renewed interest in BCG as an Mtb vaccine, particularly via the intravenous (IV) route, our objective was to characterize both innate and adaptive immune correlates of vaccine-induced pulmonary immunity as potential biomarkers for protective efficacy in a murine model of Mtb infection. Methods: Mice were given BCG via different routes and some boosted with recombinant virus constructs encoding Mtb Ag85B. Responding innate lymphoid cell (ILC) populations, T cells and B cells were analyzed by fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) for surface markers and by …

Computer-Automated Systems And Methods For Using Language Models To Generate Text Based On Reading Errors, Scott Sosso, Siyu Chen, Ciara Figliuolo, Jack Mostow, Marlies Goes

AFIT Patents

A computer-implemented system and method generate personalized text based on statistics derived from input received from a user representing the user's attempts to decode graphemes into phonemes. Such statistics may be measured and recorded at the grapheme-phoneme level, and may include substitutions, insertions, deletions, and correct utterances of phonemes by the user when reading text. A language model may be trained based on characteristics of the user, such as the user's age and/or reading grade level, and the personalized text may be generated after such training of the language model. Generating the personalized text may include generating a text creation …

Improving The Timing To Antibiotic Administration In Patients That Present To The Emergency Department With Sepsis, Adriana Lott, Christina Vejnovich

Group: Nebraska Methodist College

Problem: Early identification and timely management of sepsis in the emergency department (ED) is critical to reducing morbidity and mortality. Delays in sepsis recognition and antibiotic administration can worsen outcomes. This project aimed to address these challenges. Intervention: A triage sepsis screening (TSS) tool was implemented over 30-days to improve sepsis identification at triage. Staff education related to knowledge and confidence of sepsis was also provided. Measures: The impact of a TSS tool was evaluated using pre- and post-intervention data on antibiotic timing. Staff knowledge was measured with a 4-item multiple-choice quiz, and confidence with a 5-item Likert scale, adapted …

Brief Of Amici Curiae Contract Law Scholars Mark Gergen, Gregory Klass, And Daniel Markovits In Support Of Plaintiffs-Appellants And Reversal, Vera Institute Of Justice V. Department Of Justice, No. 25-5248 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 19, 2025), Mark Gergen, Gregory Klass, Daniel Markovits

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In Vera Institute of Justice v. Department of Justice, as in a raft of other cases involving constitutional, statutory, and regulatory challenges to the rapid mass cancellation of federal grants or grant programs, the government has deployed jurisdictional arguments in an effort to restrict the judiciary’s ability to review the legality of executive actions. Specifically, the government has attempted to confine jurisdiction over the plaintiffs’ claims to the Federal Court of Claims, which is powerless to remedy the alleged violations. The arguments by which the government would deny judicial review of the plaintiffs’ claims conflate two distinct considerations: first, …