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Yinyang-Align: Benchmarking Contradictory Objectives And Proposing Multi-Objective Optimization Based Dpo For Text-To-Image Alignment, Amitava Das, Yaswanth Narsupalli, Gurpreet Singh, Vinija Jain, Vasu Sharma, Suranjana Trivedi, Aman Chadha, Amit Sheth

Publications

As Text-to-Image (T2I) models become more advanced, they face a fundamental challenge—balancing conflicting alignment goals such as faithfulness vs. artistic freedom, realism vs. stylization, and verifiability vs. creativity. Existing alignment methods often optimize for one objective at the cost of another, leading to inconsistencies in AI-generated images.
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/="/">In our latest work, YinYang-Align, we introduce a benchmarking framework to systematically evaluate these trade-offs and propose Contradictory Alignment Optimization (CAO)—a multi-objective extension of Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) that enables models to navigate competing alignment goals more effectively.

China Maritime Report No. 45: The Pla Navy's Hospital Ship Fleet: Concerns, Developments, And Future Prospects, Jonathan Robinson

CMSI China Maritime Reports

Main Findings

• The PRC’s hospital ship ecosystem comprises at least 17 vessels. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) operates 13 ships, while the state ship building sector has developed (or is developing) at least four civilian hospital ships for domestic and foreign clients.
• PLAN hospital ships serve two main missions: (1) Provide medical support to PLA personnel, especially those stationed around the mainland or on Chinese-occupied islands in the South China Sea. (2) Support maritime global health engagement, chiefly through missions conducted by the Peace Ark hospital ship.
• Almost a third (21) of the Peace Ark’s 71 port visits …

Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Based Calf Muscle Perfusion And Machine Learning In Peripheral Artery Disease, Bijen Khagi, Tatiana Belousova, Christina M Short, Addison A Taylor, Jean Bismuth, Dipan J Shah, Gerd Brunner

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) remains underdiagnosed and undertreated and is associated with an increased risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Imaging provides an approach to identifying patients with PAD. However, the role of integrating imaging with machine learning to identify PAD patients and potentially assess disease severity remains understudied. A total of 56 participants, including 36 PAD patients with intermittent claudication and 20 matched controls, underwent contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CE-MRI) calf muscle perfusion scanning. CE-MRI-derived dynamic muscle perfusion maps were developed to quantify alterations of the microvascular circulation in the calf muscles based on voxel contrast enhancement. These dynamic muscle …

Photocathodes From Aerobic Oxidation Of Tellurorhodamines, Amelia Jellison

Dissertations and Theses

Growing environmental concerns have facilitated an increased need for renewable energy. Solar energy is an excellent source of renewable energy, however current dye-sensitized solar cells are not efficient enough for commercial use. This thesis attempts to create a novel dye-sensitized cathode to increase the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells.

Dye-sensitized cathodes could lower the energy level on the cathode and thereby increase the overall efficiency of the solar cell, however until now it has not been attempted. A tellurorhodamine dye with a mesityl ring was chosen as the dye for its ability to aerobically oxidize in the presence of light. …

A Targeted Gene Expression Biomarker Predicts Clinic Low-Risk Meningioma Recurrence, Minh P Nguyen, Ramin A Morshed, Mark W Youngblood, Haley K Perlow, Calixto-Hope G Lucas, Akash J Patel, Joshua D Palmer, Craig M Horbinski, Stephen T Magill, William C Chen, David R Raleigh

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

Background: Despite reassuring clinical and histological features, low-grade meningiomas can recur after surgery. Targeted gene expression profiling improves risk stratification of meningiomas, but the utility of this approach for clinical low-risk meningiomas is incompletely understood.

Methods: This was a multicenter retrospective cohort study of meningiomas from patients who were treated at 4 institutions from 1992 to 2023. Adult patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent World Health Organization (WHO) grade 1 meningiomas that were treated with gross total resection (GTR) or subtotal resection (STR), or newly diagnosed WHO grade 2 meningiomas that were treated with GTR, were included. A 34-gene expression …

Long-Read Sequencing Of 945 Han Individuals Identifies Structural Variants Associated With Phenotypic Diversity And Disease Susceptibility, Jiao Gong, Huiru Sun, Kaiyuan Wang, Yanhui Zhao, Yechao Huang, Qinsheng Chen, Hui Qiao, Yang Gao, Jialin Zhao, Yunchao Ling, Ruifang Cao, Jingze Tan, Qi Wang, Yanyun Ma, Jing Li, Jingchun Luo, Sijia Wang, Jiucun Wang, Guoqing Zhang, Shuhua Xu, Feng Qian, Fang Zhou, Huiru Tang, Dali Li, Chinese Pangenome Consortium (Cpc), Fritz J Sedlazeck, Li Jin, Yuting Guan, Shaohua Fan

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Genomic structural variants (SVs) are a major source of genetic diversity in humans. Here, through long-read sequencing of 945 Han Chinese genomes, we identify 111,288 SVs, including 24.56% unreported variants, many with predicted functional importance. By integrating human population-level phenotypic and multi-omics data as well as two humanized mouse models, we demonstrate the causal roles of two SVs: one SV that emerges at the common ancestor of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans in GSDMD for bone mineral density and one modern-human-specific SV in WWP2 impacting height, weight, fat, craniofacial phenotypes and immunity. Our results suggest that the GSDMD SV could …

Fossil Fuel Wealth For Human Development: Cdas Continue In Kazakhstan With Second Year Deposits, Aytakin Huseynli, Michael Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

In January of 2024, Kazakhstan implemented a national Child Development Account (CDA) policy: The National Fund for Children. Through the policy, assets accrue for every child or youth under age 18. This policy brief discusses developments in the operation of the policy and the allocation of funding as of January 2025.

Red Meat Consumption And Hypertension: An Updated Review, Tara S Allen, Michael Najem, Alexis C Wood, Danielle J Lee, Lorena S Pacheco, Lori B Daniels, Matthew A Allison

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Hypertension (HTN) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The global prevalence of HTN and related CVD mortality continues to rise. The development of HTN is influenced by genetic predisposition and modifiable risk factors, including diet. One area of ongoing debate is the relationship between red meat consumption and risk of HTN.

RECENT FINDINGS: Processed red meat has become increasingly implicated in the pathogenesis and morbidity of HTN, though randomized control trials comparing HTN-related outcomes associated with red meat subtypes have yielded heterogenous results. This review summarizes the existing relevant literature and highlights the methodological …

Cimpact-Now Update 8: Clarifications On Molecular Risk Parameters And Recommendations For Who Grading Of Meningiomas, Felix Sahm, Sonika Dahiya, Et Al.

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Meningiomas are the most frequent primary intracranial tumors. Hence, they constitute a major share of diagnostic specimens in neuropathology practice. The 2021 WHO Classification of Central Nervous System Tumors ("CNS5") has introduced the first molecular grading parameters for meningioma with oncogenic variants in the TERT promoter and homozygous deletion of CDKN2A/B as markers for CNS WHO grade 3. However, after the publication of the new classification volume, clarifications were requested, not only on novel but also on long-standing questions in meningioma grading that were beyond the scope of the WHO "blue book." In addition, more recent research into possible new …

The International Law Commission's Seventy-Fifth (2024) Session: Immunity Of State Officials From Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction And Other Topics, Charles C. Jalloh

Articles

The International Law Commission (Commission or ILC) held its seventy-fifth session at its seat in Geneva from April 15 to May 31 and from July 1 to August 2, 2024. The Commission was chaired by Mr. Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez (Ecuador), and for the first time since its establishment in 1945, elected a majority of three females out of the five officers elected to its bureau annually. The Commission celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary and progressed its work on the topics in the program of work despite the shortening of the twelve-week General Assembly approved session to ten weeks due to the liquidity …

The Free Press Vol. 56, Issue 9, 02-10-2025, Chris Tiner, Cayley Bowman

Free Press, The

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Use Of Electronic Information Resources By Distance Learners Of The Open University Of Sri Lanka, Irosha Marasinghe

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Electronic resources’ availability, accessibility, currency and reliability make distance learners use e-resources for their learning and research activities. This study investigated the use of e-resources in terms of frequency, types of e-resources, purposes of use, and reasons to use by distance learners of the Open University of Sri Lanka. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The total population of the study comprises 26,503 active undergraduates of the Open University of Sri Lanka. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select a representative sample of 379 respondents. Data were collected using a questionnaire and were analyzed using …

Oral Health-Related Quality Of Life: A Cross-Sectional Comparison Between Dental And Non-Dental Students At Newgiza University, Fayrouz Sayed Saber, Mohamed Sabry, Alaa Nawar, Mayar El Weik

Future Dental Journal

Introduction: Evaluating oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among Egyptian dental students can broaden the traditional focus on dental criteria to include social, emotional, and functional aspects. This perspective shift is vital as background knowledge influences both perceptions and behaviors regarding oral health. Comparing OHRQoL between dental and non-dental students is crucial for understanding these differences.

Aim: This study aims to compare the oral health related quality of life and oral hygiene measures between a group of dental and non-dental students at Newgiza University.

Methods: During the Oral Health Day at Newgiza University, the short form of the Oral …

Eng 2901-002 Structure Of English, Jad Smith

Fall 2024

No abstract provided.

Hidradenitis Suppurativa Is Associated With An Increased Risk Of Adverse Cardiac Events And All-Cause Mortality, Thomas Z. Rohan, Ramsay Hafer, Teresa Duong, Rishob Dasgupta, Sherry Yang

Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) has been previously associated with greater rates of major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) compared to the general population. This study aims to better elucidate the association between HS, MACEs, and other cardiovascular diseases. Methods: We utilized TriNetX, a global database of electronic health records, to conduct a retrospective cohort study. HS patients were matched on demographic and cardiovascular disease risk factors to both healthy and psoriasis groups as controls. Results: After adjusting for cardiovascular disease risk factors, HS patients had a relative risk (RR) (95% CI) of 2.06 (1.83-2.32) for myocardial infarction, 1.62 …

Experiencing The First Year Of Covid-19 Pandemic: Feelings And Thoughts Of Emerging Adults, Miljana Spasić Šnele Phd, Ivana Janković Phd, Jelisaveta Todorović Phd

The Qualitative Report

COVID-19 brought many changes in the daily functioning of many individuals, including emerging adults, due to social distancing, stay-at-home orders, and the closure of public institutions, thus representing a threat to physical and mental health. We investigated how emerging adults felt regarding their experience during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We were also interested in what they had been thinking about in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic one year after its declaration. To answer these questions, we conducted a qualitative study. The participants included 51 students aged 19 to 28 years old. Conducting thematic analysis six themes related …

Neuronal Network Activation Induced By Forniceal Deep Brain Stimulation In Mice, Bin Tang, Zhenyu Wu, Qi Wang, Jianrong Tang

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: The fimbria-fornix is a nerve fiber bundle that connects various structures of the limbic system in the brain and plays a key role in cognition. It has become a major target of deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat memory impairment in both dementia patients and animal models of neurological diseases. Previously, we have reported the beneficial memory effects of chronic forniceal DBS in mouse models of intellectual disability disorders. In Rett syndrome and CDKL5 deficiency disorder models, DBS strengthens hippocampal synaptic plasticity, reduces dentate inhibitory transmission or increases adult hippocampal neurogenesis that aids memory. However, the underlying neuronal circuitry …

Building An Inclusive Community: Hosting An International Graduate Student Orientation, Adelia B. Grabowsky, Liza J. Weisbrod, Timothy Dodge, Juliet T. Rumble

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

In 2018, library faculty at a large, public land grant university formed a working group tasked with assessing the information needs of graduate students and implementing action plans to support this user population. From the beginning, the librarians recognized that graduate students are not a homogeneous group. Desiring a more nuanced understanding of these students, they held focus groups in 2019 to explore students’ experiences with navigating graduate school and, more specifically, the University library. One sub-group of particular interest to them was international graduate students, who make up a sizable percentage of the graduate student population on campus. International …

Teaching Information Literacy In A Genai World: A 5cs Framework For Fostering Critical Engagement, Paul Cook, Adam Maksl

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

Teaching Information Literacy in a GenAI World:
A 5Cs Framework for Fostering Critical Engagement

This interactive workshop will equip participants with a robust framework for teaching students the knowledge and skills necessary to understand the modern, multifaceted information ecosystems upon which GenAI is built and operates. The 5Cs of news literacy (context, creation, content, circulation, and consumption), as outlined in Tully, Maksl, Ashley, Vraga, and Craft (2021), will be adapted to information literacy more broadly and we will explain how that framework presents an excellent foundation upon which broader information literacy knowledge and skills can be built. As GenAI becomes …

Vaccine Crisis And Patent Rights—Issues And Challenges: A Global Perspective, Kshitij Kumar Rai, Sakshi Agarwal

Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Full Issue

Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Volume 36-1 Complete Issue, C. Nicholas Raphael

The Geographical Bulletin

Volume 36-1 Complete Issue

Projections And Perceptions-Editoria Comments. Places, Daniel Jacobson

The Geographical Bulletin

I grew up in Newark, New Jersey. I loved its streets and its people. I loved the public schools, the No. 13 trolley that carried passengers down Clinton Avenue to the downtown area, to Bamberger's, Hahnes' and Kresge's, to the Newark Museum and especially the public library. For eighteen or more years I had never been outside of New Jersey or New York, but in the library I found the world. And I could float in my imagination to the Indian sub-continent, to China and Japan, to the great European capitals, to Oceania and beyond. I found a great fascination …

Youth Soccer In The United States, Alessandrea C. Handley, Cathy C. Handley, Hope E. Handley, Lawrence M. Handley, Lawrence R. Handley, Nathanial S. Handley

The Geographical Bulletin

There are four million youth playing soccer in the United States and its growth rate of 1300 percent between 1975 and 1988 make it the fast growing sport in America. In every state, soccer reaches the youth from ages 4 to 19. Texas and California lead the nation in the number of youth playing the sport. Not only a sport for boys, soccer is one of the most popular sports for girls in the country. This paper examines and discusses the distribution of youth soccer across the U.S. during the years 1975-1988. Distributions based on race, per capita income, sex …

Eng 2901-001 Structure Of English, Jad Smith

Fall 2024

No abstract provided.

Comentarios Nt-V Demás, Rodolfo Blank

Ayudas para sermones

COMENTARIOS NT-V demás

Exploring The Connection Between Rna Splicing And Intellectual Disability, Anthony Caputo, Ashleigh E. Schaffer

Faculty Scholarship

Intellectual disability (ID) is a broad diagnostic category that encompasses individuals with impaired cognitive ability. While these disorders have heterogeneous causes, recent developments in next-generation sequencing (NGS) are revealing the prevalence of genetic etiologies. In particular, germline mutations in genes that affect RNA splicing are increasingly common causes of ID disorders. Research to elucidate the functional relationship between splicing and neurodevelopment is critical since molecular therapeutics require a nuanced understanding of the pathological mechanism. In this review, we first summarize the trends that have led to the discovery of the RNA splicing–ID relationship, then discuss recent progress and future directions …

Kickbacks In The Healthcare Space: Resolving The Causation Split, Joseph M. Hill

Catholic University Law Review

A three circuit split has left federal courts around the country struggling to find and apply the correct causation standard when faced with a False Claims Act suit which has been brought by way of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Uncertainty was created after one court found a lesser standard of causation was acceptable between the kickback and the false claim, while other courts found “but for” causation was required for these cases to survive. This comment analyzes the decisions of the relevant courts, as well as the common law origins of the False Claims Act, canons of construction, as well as …

Axillo-Caval Extra-Anatomic Venous Bypass Creation Via Direct Percutaneous Puncture Of The Superior Vena Cava, Stephan S. Leung, Patrick Lee, Anthony N. Hage, Robert W. Ford

Department of Radiology Faculty Papers

No abstract provided.

Community Safety Investments: Violence Prevention Initiatives Across New York State, Rebecca Balletto, Jeffrey A. Butts, Sheyla A. Delgado, Justice D. Evans, Gina Moreno, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, Kathleen A. Tomberg, Michael Rempel, René Ropac

Publications and Research

At the request of New York State's Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), researchers from John Jay College of Criminal Justice conducted an assessment of over a decade of state-funded violence prevention initiatives implemented at the county level. Beginning in 2010 and expanding significantly after 2021, these initiatives were adopted by nearly two dozen counties by 2014. Research teams from the Research and Evaluation Center (JohnJayREC) and the Data Collaborative for Justice (DCJ) analyzed county-level trends in serious and violent crime between 2010 and 2023 to assess the potential impact of these investments on community safety outcomes. The study aimed …