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The Shorthorn: October 10, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

No abstract provided.

The Shorthorn: October 4, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

No abstract provided.

The Shorthorn: October 5, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

No abstract provided.

The Shorthorn: October 2, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

No abstract provided.

The Shorthorn: September 28, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

No abstract provided.

The Shorthorn: September 25, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

No abstract provided.

The Shorthorn: September 26, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

No abstract provided.

The Shorthorn: September 21, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

No abstract provided.

The Shorthorn: September 20, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

No abstract provided.

The Shorthorn: September 19, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

No abstract provided.

The Shorthorn: September 14, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

No abstract provided.

The Shorthorn: September 13, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: September 12, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: September 7, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

No abstract provided.

The Shorthorn: September 5, 1984

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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Exploring The Interactions Between Student–Teacher Relationships, Teacher Passion, And Student Intrinsic Motivation: A Critical Examination Of The Hierarchical Model Of Inspirational Teaching, Stephen W. Rowcliffe

Plymouth Interdisciplinary Education Open Journal

This study critically examines the Hierarchical Model of Inspirational Teaching (Rowcliffe, 2022), a conceptual framework proposing that pedagogical competence, student-teacher relationships, and teacher passion are associated with student intrinsic motivation. Although the model has previously been presented conceptually, it has not been subjected to quantitative scrutiny.

Data were collected from 369 students and 33 teachers across two international post-16 schools. Student questionnaires assessed perceptions of student-teacher relationships, teacher passion, and intrinsic motivation, while teacher questionnaires examined burnout. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to examine construct structure, followed by correlation, regression, and mediation analyses to explore relationships among variables. …

Expanding The Cognitive Attentional Standards Platform Through Artificial Influence Assessment (Aia): Rationale, Development, And Measurement Design, Delante Clark

Graduate Scholarship and Creative Works

Artificial intelligence is increasingly shaping how individuals access information, make decisions, and interact with digital environments. The Cognitive Attentional Standards Platform (C.A.S.) was developed to assess attention related harms, cognitive safety, digital autonomy, and platform influence across digital systems (Clark, 2026). However, the growth of generative AI, conversational agents, and algorithmic decision support technologies has introduced new forms of influence that may not be fully captured by existing assessment domains. This paper proposes the Artificial Influence Assessment (AIA) as an expansion of the C.A.S. framework designed to measure AI mediated influence on cognition, behavior, autonomy, and information processing. Drawing on …

Governing Algorithmic Attention: Attention Safeguard Models And The Cognitive Attentional Standard As System Level Interventions In Human Computer Interaction, Behavioral Economics, And Artificial Intelligence, Delante Clark

Graduate Scholarship and Creative Works

Algorithmic recommendation systems and interface designs shape attention by combining visually salient cues with uncertain reward timing and low friction interaction. These conditions can sustain anticipatory checking, extend time on task, and reduce natural disengagement points through patterns such as infinite scrolling and autoplay. This paper synthesizes research across neuroscience, human computer interaction, behavioral economics, and artificial intelligence to argue that attention capture is a predictable outcome of incentive driven design rather than an individual failure of self regulation. It advances the Attention Safeguard Models and the Cognitive Attentional Standard as system level interventions that regulate exposure conditions, pacing, and …

Light-Driven Zonation And Community Structure Of Aerophytic Microalgae In A Tropical Limestone Cave (Gua Tempurung, Malaysia), Wan Maznah Wan Omar, Mohammad Basri Eshak, Luthfiana Aprilianita Sari, Zulaihat Hamza Abdullahi, Yusuf Abdullahi

International Journal of Speleology

Cave ecosystems host specialized phototrophic biofilms structured primarily by light availability, yet quantitative assessments of aerophytic microalgal community organization in tropical limestone caves remain limited. This study investigated spatial variation in the structure of aerophytic microalgal communities across four ecologically distinct zones (entrance, transition, penetration, and low light) of Gua Tempurung, Malaysia. Stratified sampling was conducted during three seasonal periods. Dominant phototrophic morphospecies were identified using microscopy, and community composition was analyzed in relation to key environmental variables. Twenty-three dominant microalgal morphospecies were recorded across the cave gradient. Cyanobacteria constituted the major component of both richness and abundance, followed by …

Texas Bluebonnet Chapter, Daughters Of The American Revolution Scrapbook, 2016-2018

Lucretia Council Cochran and Texas Bluebonnet Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution Scrapbooks

Scrapbook created by the Texas Bluebonnet Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution containing materials from 2016-2018

Texas Bluebonnet Chapter, Daughters Of The American Revolution Scrapbook, 2005

Lucretia Council Cochran and Texas Bluebonnet Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution Scrapbooks

Scrapbook created by the Texas Bluebonnet Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution containing materials from 2005

Dynamic K-Anonymity, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques are disclosed for privacy enforcement in streaming data aggregation. Contextual signals for an aggregation breakdown are obtained, including signals such as breakdown cardinality, traffic volume, targeting specificity, data age, regulatory tier, and cross-breakdown overlap. A risk score in a bounded range is computed and mapped to a dynamic k-anonymity threshold between configured minimum and maximum values, optionally adjusted for composition risk based on how many breakdowns a user contributes to. An existing k-anonymity check uses the dynamic threshold to gate release. Separately or in a closed loop, probabilistic cardinality sketches are monitored over time to forecast whether cohorts will …

Multi-Modal Social Context Detection And Automated Environment Behavior Adaptation, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

A smart environment controller receives multi-modal occupancy signals including combinations of Wi-Fi sensing, Bluetooth proximity, acoustic analysis, and entry/lock events. Sensor fusion produces occupant hypotheses indicating identities, classes, and/or counts of occupants. A social context classifier determines a current social context reflecting social composition, such as solo, with-partner, hosting, kids-home, or user-defined contexts. A behavior policy engine maps the social context to coordinated actions across environment dimensions including notification routing, shared-surface content visibility, ambient settings, device routing, and security. Privacy routing rules prevent sensitive information from appearing on shared surfaces when non-primary household members are detected and instead route such …

Distributed Reconfigurable Logic Cells For Zero-Respin Post-Tapeout Silicon Defect Recovery, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

Distributed reconfigurable logic cells are integrated across a system-on-chip and/or multi-chiplet package to enable post-tapeout remediation of defects in hardened circuitry without redesign. Small micro-FPGA cells are placed proximate to selected hardened IP blocks and coupled via local interfaces and steering circuitry. After fabrication, a configuration controller programs one or more proximate cells at boot time and/or runtime with remedial logic that replaces, augments, or bypasses defective behavior, and activates routing/steering to apply the fix. Unused cells may be power-gated or clock-gated to reduce static and dynamic power. The cells may also be repurposed for debug, test, monitoring, security patches, …

Gci Seismic Resilience Suite V1.0 A Full, Open‑Hardware, Builder‑Ready Seismic Protection Architecture, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

The GCI Seismic Resilience Suite v1.0 is a unified, multi‑layer seismic protection architecture that integrates early warning, passive isolation, semi‑active damping, structural health monitoring, and off‑grid power resilience into a single, buildable open‑hardware system. This suite combines proven physics with modular, fabrication‑ready components drawn from the Caldwell ecosystem, enabling any qualified engineering team to construct, test, and deploy a next‑generation seismic protection platform.

At its core, the system merges three primary layers:

1. Early Warning: The GCI Arachne‑Vortex Detection Web uses distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) on existing fiber‑optic lines to detect P‑waves seconds to tens of seconds before destructive shaking. Local …

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Tiered-Boot Capability Kernel For An Ai-Agent Platform, Gustavo Matthew Assuncao

Defensive Publications Series

Large AI-agent platforms aggregate dozens to hundreds of interdependent modules spanning operating-system services, an AI-inference runtime, and business domains. A conventional monolith or undifferentiated plugin host gives no guarantee that such a platform boots deterministically, fails fast on an unmet dependency, or remains operable and manageable when AI or business logic is absent or broken. Critically, when the heavy, fast-iterating AI runtime crashes during startup, it frequently takes the entire process down with it — including the very health endpoint operators need to diagnose the failure. This publication describes a boot architecture that resolves the problem through three combined mechanisms. …

Tiered-Boot Capability Kernel For An Ai-Agent Platform, Gustavo Matthew Assuncao

Defensive Publications Series

Large AI-agent platforms aggregate dozens to hundreds of interdependent modules spanning operating-system services, an AI-inference runtime, and business domains. A conventional monolith or undifferentiated plugin host gives no guarantee that such a platform boots deterministically, fails fast on an unmet dependency, or remains operable and manageable when AI or business logic is absent or broken. Critically, when the heavy, fast-iterating AI runtime crashes during startup, it frequently takes the entire process down with it — including the very health endpoint operators need to diagnose the failure. This publication describes a boot architecture that resolves the problem through three combined mechanisms. …

Physical Activity Mediation In Perceived Emotional Support And Type 2 Diabetes Among African American Older Adults, Don Scott Mendes

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

African Americans’ Perceptions And Experiences Of Aesthetic Environments As A Determinant Of Stress, Clarence Gardener

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Interview With Orca Award Winner Ross Thompson, Unl Psychology; Childhood Emotional Development, Mark Griep, Ross Thompson

UNL ORCA Interview Series

Ross Thompson was awarded the ORCA in 2000. He was born in 1954 in Madison, Wisconsin. He traveled nearly 2000 miles west to earn a bachelor’s in psychology magna cum laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles. Then, he traveled east over 2200 miles to earn a master’s and doctorate in psychology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In 1981, he joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as an assistant professor of psychology and rose quickly through the ranks while studying childhood emotional development. In 2003, three years after earning the ORCA, Ross left UNL to join the psychology …