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Joint Force Quarterly, Issue 120, 3rd Quarter 2026, National Defense University Press

Joint Force Quarterly

Joint Force Quarterly 120, 3rd Quarter 2026, focuses on contemporary defense strategy, joint warfighting, professional military education, operational innovation, and military sustainment. The issue opens with Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge A. Colby’s discussion of the logic underlying the 2026 National Defense Strategy and an executive summary reflecting on the 40th anniversary of the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the future of jointness. Forum articles address analytic superiority in warfare, the development of operational objectives, and new evidence concerning the Lavelle Affair. Contributions on joint professional military education explore defensive cognitive warfare, strategist development, and cyberspace collaboration for homeland defense. …

Bitseat: Reimagining The Financing For Airliners Using Nonfungible Tokens (Blockchain Technology), Edwin S. Ongola

Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering

This essay describes how blockchain technology, particularly nonfungible tokens, can be used to raise funding for airliners. The essay begins with a brief overview on the costs, categories, and acquisition methods of airliners. After that, the essay introduces concepts on blockchain technology, tokens, and smart contracts. The essay then touches on how nonfungible tokens can be used to facilitate fractional ownership of airliners. From there, the essay discusses Bitseat, a conceptual nonfungible token for fractional ownership of airliners, covering its overall design, appeal, marketplace alternatives, and challenges. Finally, in the discussion, the essay summarizes the overall concept and outlines its …

Comparative Experimental Study Of Pcm And Zeolite-Based Passive Cooling For Enhancing Second Generation Solar Panel Performance In Hot-Arid Climates, Mohammed Dakhil Abbas, Tawfeeq K. Al-Hamdi, Mohammed Ali Abdulrehman, Shah Rizal Kasim, Ahmed Subhi Abbas, Ali M. Flayyih, Tawfeeq W. Mohammed

Al-Bahir

Operating at high temperatures is one of the key factors affecting the performance of photovoltaic systems. In hot-arid climates, the temperature is typically extremely high. In this study, the experimental performance of two passive cooling systems, phase change materials (PCMs) and zeolite X13-CaCl₂, was comparatively assessed to improve the performance of cadmium telluride photovoltaic panels under the same real operating conditions in Baghdad, Iraq. An improvement of approximately 8.5% in electrical conversion efficiency (i.e., the percentage increase compared to the reference system and not the actual value) was achieved, with a decrease in temperature of approximately 12 °C being recorded …

Comparative Analytical Study Of Titanium Alloys By Libs, Xrd, And Eds, Hyder A. Salih, Sabah N. Mizhir, Khaleel I. Hassoon, Nisreen Kh. Abdalameer, Mona Niroozad

Journal of Applied Sciences and Nanotechnology

Titanium alloys (TiAs) have significant applications in engineering and technological purposes but often demand inclusive characterization due to their different components and properties. While previous LIBS investigations on Ti alloys have demonstrated its capability for elemental identification, they have not systematically explored its application for rapid sorting and recycling of industrially relevant titanium alloys with complex compositions. Our work specifically addresses this gap by applying LIBS to differentiate and classify Ti alloys with varying alloying elements. Pure (T0) and two commercial titanium alloys (T1 and T2) have been investigated using LIBS, XRD, and EDS techniques for fast and exact identification, …

Ai Slop In The Generative Ai Era: Uncovering Hidden Costs For Information Quality, Trust, And Human-Centered Systems, Blenda G. Mutuma

Communications of the IIMA

The rapid proliferation of generative AI tools has fundamentally altered the volume, velocity, and perceived quality of information produced across academic and professional settings (Bommasani et al., 2021; Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence [HAI], 2025). Yet this expansion has introduced a critical and underexamined threat to sustainable information ecosystems: what this paper formally terms AI slop ; defined as AI-generated content that achieves surface-level plausibility while offering limited substantive value, accuracy, or contextual depth. At scale, AI slop degrades information quality and erodes institutional trust (Bender et al., 2021; Weidinger et al., 2021). More critically, it generates what this …

System And Method For Local Venue User-Generated Content Registration, Affinity-Sensed Curation, And Revenue-Shared Broadcast Pickup, Eric Zavesky

Defensive Publications Series

A system and method for local venue user-generated content registration, affinity-sensed curation, and revenue-shared broadcast pickup is disclosed. Patrons of local establishments capture video clips and upload them through verified paths establishing authorship and venue proximity. A registration service verifies authorship, assigns persistent content identifiers, and embeds venue provenance directly into clip files. An edge-processed, aggregate, non-biometric affinity sensor array measures audience engagement during display, generating affinity scores that inform curation and distribution decisions. A hierarchical governance engine applies positive and negative content filters with strict negative-override priority across per-clip, per-patron, and per-keyword vectors, supporting genre-aligned filter relaxation for special …

Adaptive Media Content Recommendation Based On Temporal Physiological States, Karl Joseph Weinmeister

Defensive Publications Series

This publication describes a media recommendation system that conditions content selection on a listener’s temporal physiological state rather than on external context alone. A biometric-sensing wearable device streams heart rate (HR), heart-rate variability (HRV), and inertial (e.g., accelerometer or gyroscope) data to a host media device, which buffers the multi-stream time series over a rolling look-back window. The buffered series is decomposed into a personalized seasonal component (circadian rhythms, baseline metabolic variation, historical resting-heart-rate zones, etc.) and a trend component that outputs the velocity and acceleration of the physiological state. A context classifier fuses biometric and motion signals to classify …

Gci-Ubprce-1.0 / Ubprce-Onco V1.0 — Universal Bio-Physical Resonance & Microfluidic Clearance Engine (Multi-Physics Reactor Core & Telemetry Architecture), Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

This technical disclosure presents the complete design, mechanical specifications, material selection, and telemetry architecture for the GCI-UBPRCE-1.0 (UBPRCE-Onco v1.0), an open-hardware, non-clinical benchtop multi-physics microfluidic reactor engine. The platform addresses two critical operational bottlenecks in in-vitro solid tumor microenvironment (TME) phantom research: reversible Interstitial Fluid Pressure (IFP) reduction to enable deep nanocarrier transport without hyperthermic tissue damage, and continuous real-time biomarker/protein aggregate extraction without experiment interruption.

The physical chassis (ANNEX-B) consists of a monolithic Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK-1000) chamber ($100 \times 50 \times 30\text{ mm}$) featuring an internal $12.5\text{ mL}$ Gyroid minimal surface micro-vortex flow cavity ($Ra \le 0.4\ \mu\text{m}$) …

Privacy-Preserving Web3 Recovery, Panagiotis Chatzigiannis, Adithya Bhat, Duc Le, Mohammad Mohsen Minaei Bidgoli

Defensive Publications Series

A computer generates a hash value based on a commitment data. The computer signs the hash value using a private key to form a signature. The computer posts the hash value and the signature to a blockchain. The computer provides the commitment data to a receiver device. After a predetermined amount of time the commitment data is posted to the blockchain. A smart contract verifies the hash value using the commitment data.

Child Care Deserts In Mountain West Congressional Districts, 2024, Cason Noll, Yash Kalla, Yiselle Olivas Ruiz, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.

Economic Development & Workforce

This fact sheet presents data on child care deserts across 28 congressional districts in the five Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah as of 2024. The percentage of young children residing in a child care desert and the urban, suburban, or rural designation of each congressional district are included. The Center for American Progress (CAP) report, ‘America’s Child Care Crisis Leaves Many Families Without Access to Licensed Care,’ includes data on all 435 U.S. congressional districts.

The Diamond, September 11, 2026, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Boodlebox Brought in: Dordt Purchases Pilot Program for AI Platform; 25 Years of Remembrance; Flood Devastates Nepal and Tibet
• News: Dordt, You've Got Mail; Week of Welcome Separates from CORE 100; Monarchs Make Pitstop in Dordt Prairie on Their Way to Mexico; Are You Coming to Dwell?
• Feature: Impacting All Generations: Dordt's Children's Worship Initiative; Opinion: The Church Dilemma, Guidance on Choosing a Place of Worship; "While We Were Out" Showcases Art from Dordt Students, Alumni, Faculty, and Community Members
• Opinion: How the Iowa Tuition Grant Can Save Higher Education in Iowa; Really? Open Spaces?; Taeda's Takes: What's …

Cardozo Law News Brief: September 11, 2026, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Briefs

Highlights from the September 11, 2026 Cardozo Law News Brief include:

• Professor Matthew Wansley was quoted in The New York Times about Tesla’s Cybercab and the challenges of developing a reliable automated driving system.
• Professor Luis Calderón Gómez spoke to The Washington Post about the Trump administration’s proposal to remove tax exemptions from schools that consider race in admissions and the potential for legal challenges.
• Professor Zalman Rothschild spoke to Gothamist about New York’s vaccine requirements and renewed constitutional challenges to vaccination mandates.
• Adjunct Professor Gary Galperin was quoted in Newsweek about the Lindsay Clancy mistrial and the possibility of …

Trustee's Motion To Compel Disclosure Re Internal Review Board Members

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

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Cross-Study Validation Of Pfas Sampling Rates In Microporous Polyethylene Tube Samplers, Johanna Ganglbauer, Matthew Dunn, Jarod Snook, Jitka Becanova, Rainer Lohmann

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

This study presents a meta-analysis of sampling rates for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured with microporous polyethylene tube (MPT) passive samplers, integra- tive tools used for monitoring pollutants in aquatic environments. Data from five independent field campaigns spanning groundwater, freshwater, and saltwater environments were compiled to recalculate sampling rates and evaluate the statistical influence of temperature, ambient PFAS concentrations, and deployment duration on MPT performance. A theoretical model describing PFAS transport through MPTs was refined and predicts sampling rates based solely on molecular weight, carbon number, and molar volume. The model incorporates radial diffusion in cylindrical coordinates and shows …

Wikipedia In The Classroom: From Orientation To Application, Kristen L. Hodnett

Open Educational Resources

"Wikipedia in the Classroom: From Orientation to Application" is a flexible mini-unit designed to help early-career teachers rethink how open web tools can be used in the classroom. Built for graduate teacher preparation programs, the unit breaks learning into 15- to 45-minute micro-lessons spread across a semester. This structure gives future educators low-stakes, repeated opportunities to build digital literacy without taking time away from core course content.

The curriculum walks students through a clear, three-phase framework:

• Orientation & Exploration: Students unpack how Wikipedia actually works—from talk pages to sourcing standards—while examining missing voices, bias, and who gets to create knowledge …

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Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit, Draft Final Unreclaimed Sites: Ur-31 Site Evaluation Summary Report, Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

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Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Unreclaimed Sites: Ur-42 Site Evaluation Summary Report (Sesr) (Dated July 22, 2026), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

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Multimodal Solutions For The Detection Of Safety-Related Railroad Objects Under Adverse Weather: Architectures, Proof-Of-Concepts, And Performance Results, Hayder Radha

Mineta Transportation Institute

The emergence of high-resolution automotive grade lidar sensor technologies and the development of advanced deep- learning frameworks open the door for accurate and real-time perception of the surroundings of mobile trains for improved safety and operational efficiency. Under this project, we developed key components and proof-of-concepts of lidar-based multimodal solutions that rely on advanced deep- learning methods and utilize object detection approaches to demonstrate the feasibility of real-time detection of objects and events that could represent major safety issues for moving trains. The detected objects could be vehicles or people trespassing a railroad track, or they could be hazardous objects …

The Poisoning Of Flint’S People, Vanessa Lamoureux

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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The Death Of Marilyn Monroe, Kaylee Earnshaw

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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Solitary Confinement In The U.S. Prison System, Fiona Gleeson

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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Undocumented And Unafraid, Claudia

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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Eyes For The Dark, Stephanie Mullen

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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Blinded By The Bubble, Jaxon Silva

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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Giving Thumbs Down To ‘Thumbs Up’, Carlo Fuss

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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The King Of Rhetoric, Jose Mendez

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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Ethos, Pathos And Logos In ‘We Need To Talk About An Injustice', Fiona Cullen

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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Race And The Evaluation Of Nfl-Ready Quarterbacks, Thomas Mctygue

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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Blue Brides, Meha Sharma

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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Blaming The Victim Is A Crime, Stephanie Botto

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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