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Verifying Ownership Of Online Profiles And Web Sites For Creators And Publishers, Nick Krasney, Yi Li, Govind Kaushal

Defensive Publications Series

Verifying that a single creator or publisher controls multiple disparate online properties, such as websites and social media profiles, can be a challenge. Existing methods may rely on bilateral agreements between platforms, which may not be scalable and can create friction. This disclosure describes a decentralized cryptographic method for verifying ownership. A creator may generate a unique public-private key pair and can use the private key to sign the canonical URL of each online property, creating a digital signature. The creator can then provide the public key and the corresponding digital signature to each platform, which may embed this information …

Dynamic Asset Allocation For Spending, Quinn Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Jr.

Defensive Publications Series

Spending appreciating assets, such as digital assets or securities, may create an opportunity cost, as their future value could exceed their present value. This can present a challenge for users who wish to spend from their investment portfolios for daily needs. This disclosure describes a method for dynamic asset allocation within a digital wallet. A system can analyze a user's portfolio of diverse assets (e.g., digital assets, stocks, cash) using an algorithm that can combine machine learning, technical analysis, and sentiment analysis to project future returns. To reduce opportunity cost, the system can automatically select assets with a lower projected …

System For Modeling Local Inventory From Multimodal, Unstructured Data Signals, Cathal D'Arcy, Nicolas Garnier, Yiqing Zhao, Alisa Khatipova, Anton Minashkin, Jack Collins, Kathrin Schuler, Pawan Kumar, Richard Ledley

Defensive Publications Series

The disclosed technology describes a method for programmatically predicting conceptual-level product availability, such as for brands, categories, and product lines, for stores that can lack detailed inventory feeds. A machine learning model can ingest and analyze multimodal signals, including unstructured data from user-generated content like in-store photos, crawled website, and text/images. The model processes this evidence to predict the level of confidence that a given product concept is available at a specific local store. This method can increase local product data coverage without requiring formal inventory feeds from merchants, enabling a system to surface more relevant in-store product information to …

Artwork From Animation (Ani216 Animation Studio), Adrian Bruch

Staff Scholarship - Australia & Dubai

A series of pen and ink and photograph collages inspired by my teaching and the scene I created as part of the ANI216 Animation Studio group project. These were made as a response to the invitation to exhibit 3 artworks in a group exhibition. They were all subsequently sold.

Parenting Behaviors During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Examining Covid-19 Pandemic Related Stress On Parenting Behaviors With Implications For Family Systems Theory, Ilana Bergman

ETD Collection

No abstract provided.

Parental Perceptions Of Informal Learning From Digital Devices And Physical Toys, Julie Calderon

ETD Collection

No abstract provided.

Ghost Highway: De-Touring Albuquerque's Route 66, Madison A. Garay

Art & Art History ETDs

Route 66 was a U.S. Numbered Highway stretching from Chicago, IL to Santa Monica, CA, rising to fame through music and popular culture. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Route 66 has a troublesome twin life as Central Avenue, a highly politicized space where bodies are contested. In this thesis, the function of public arts and architecture of Albuquerque’s main street thoroughfare, Central Avenue, will be analyzed as visual devices of U.S. Highway 66, or known in popular culture as “Route 66.” I employ a critical Derridean framework through Mark Fisher’s theorization of hauntology and Gerald Vizenor (White Earth Ojibwe)’s theory of …

Truth, Resilience, And Healing: Deepen Understanding Of Native American Federal Boarding School Histories, Toya D. Holiday

Dissertations

Indigenous communities have endured the long-standing impacts of U.S. Federal Indian boarding school policy. The history of Indigenous boarding school policies and the underlying intent to enact cultural genocide is unknown and unacknowledged. The perspectives of Indigenous Peoples have been excluded from dominant narratives, and until recently, from heritage site programming, leading to intergenerational trauma, fragmented identities, and the misrepresentation of Indigenous cultures and experiences. This basic qualitative study asked the question: When the four-truth framework, developed by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is applied to U.S. Federal Indian boarding school policy, Native American boarding school history, and …

The Clock Is Ticking: A Systemic Review Of The Literature Informing High School Student Self-Agency In Managing Mental Health Issues For The Purpose Of Staying In Class And Learning, Chantal Ritter-Meserve

Educational Studies Dissertations

This dissertation grounded in a dual-theoretical framework of Bandura's Self-Efficacy Theory and the Black Panther Party’s Revolutionary Theory of CommunityEmpowerment presents a systematic review of the literature exploring how high school students impacted by trauma, poverty, and systemic inequities utilize self-efficacy to remain engaged in learning, especially when immediate access to school-based mental health support is limited. 150 research articles across educational, psychological and sociopolitical domains were screened and 28 articles were analyzed to answer the three guided research questions:

1. How do mental health challenges affect high school students’ academic engagement?

2. How do high school students with self-efficacy …

Impact Of Self-Stigma And Covid-19 On Mental Health Attitudes, Distress, And Service Use Among Young Adults, Mariel Boyle

ETD Collection

No abstract provided.

Providing Instructional Literacy Videos Increases Literacy And Parent Engagement, Maryjoann Wilks

Theses and Dissertations

Abstract MaryJoAnn Wilks Providing Instructional Literacy Videos Increases Literacy and Parent Engagement 2023-2025 Thesis chair Susan Browne, Ed.D., Professor, Department Critical Literacy, Technology & Multilingual Education Master of Arts in Reading Education This qualitative research project explored the impact of a family literacy program designed to enhance third-grade students’ reading skills through the use of instructional videos and at-home literacy activities. Conducted in the town of Bridgeton, New Jersey, the study focused on themes of preparation, motivation, and participation to examine how families engaged with the program and supported their children's learning. Data were collected through observations, parent feedback, and …

Comunidades Y Vacunas: Findings On Vaccine Hesitancy In Latine Families With Autistic Children, Danica Leticia Limon-Mialkowski

Theses and Dissertations

Parent vaccine hesitancy (VH) and subsequent vaccine refusal for children has escalated in the U.S. over the past several years and is more common among parents with an autistic child compared to the general population (Zerbo et al., 2018). This is an important issue to address given that VH has led to a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases (DeStefano & Shimabukuro, 2019; Geoghegan, et al., 2020). Research shows that VH is affected by parent cultural background (Fombonne et al., 2020) and that minoritized groups are more likely to experience VH (48.1% in parents of color [POC] groups versus 22.9% in White …

A Machine Learning Approach To Quantitative X-Ray Diffraction Analysis, Spencer Snow Chandler

Theses and Dissertations

X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRPD) is a powerful method in material sciences that gives insights into the atomical and crystallographic structure of a material, revealing information into the material's properties and suitability for industrial and scientific application. In geology, XRPD analysis is frequently leveraged to identify and quantify the present mineral phases in an unknown mixture. Despite it's widespread use, interpreting XRPD patterns requires highly-specialized knowledge, making the analysis largely dependent upon the background experience of the analyst. To assist experts, computational methods have been developed over the years. Some of these techniques involve fitting diffraction patterns using pseudo-Voigt functions, which …

Picture This: An Event Designed To Increase Awareness Of And Empathy For Individuals Who Experience Scrupulosity, Savannah M. Travis

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Scrupulosity, also known as religious OCD, is often misunderstood and under-recognized by those who have experienced it. This research adopts an interdisciplinary approach, integrating experience design theories and frameworks with research on scrupulosity, to develop an event that aims to increase awareness and empathy among attendees for individuals who experience scrupulosity. The experience design frameworks applied include the design thinking process, the self-determination theory, and the experience-type framework. Current research suggests that there is a need for further research on the case studies and qualitative phenotypes of individuals who have experienced scrupulosity, which this study aims to address.

As part …

Exploring K-12 Teachers’ Definitions And Perspectives Of Cybersecurity, Gina Childers, Weverton Ataide Pinheiro, Oluwatosin Daramola, C Lindsay Linsky, Bryson Payne, Jack Byers, Daniel Baker

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

Because K-12 teachers have access to private educational data, they are increasingly at risk of being affected by cybersecurity threats. Examining how teachers conceptualize cybersecurity is vital so that cybersecurity training can be tailored to teachers’ understanding of cybersecurity. This study examined K-12 teachers’ (n = 255) personalized definitions of cybersecurity as these perceptions may influence online behaviors. These definitions were also reviewed by teacher type (cybersecurity teacher or non-cybersecurity teacher), teacher self-identified gender, and teacher age. The cybersecurity definitions were aligned and contextualized within a modified NICE Framework Core with a specific focus on three areas: protection and monitoring, …

Approximating Transport Maps Using Minibatch Optimal Transport Plans, Dawson Collins

Theses and Dissertations

Optimal Transport theory (OT) has gained much attention in the past decades due to its rich mathematical content and striking connections to other areas of math. It has also naturally found a place in data science as a way to compare and transform probability measures. Unfortunately, there remain significant computational burdens that restrict its effectiveness in large-scale data regimes. In this thesis, we consider Minibatch Optimal Transport (MiniOT), which breaks up the task of computing the optimal transport plan between datasets into several smaller tasks of computing the optimal transport plan between minibatches of the datasets. After obtaining the minibatch …

Digital Sovereignty Must Drive Canada’S U.S. Trade Strategy, Barry Appleton

Other Publications

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Investigating Molecular Mechanisms Of Meiosis And Mitosis In Cryptosporidium Parvum, Abigail Kimball

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

The apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum (Cp) is a major global contributor to infectious diarrhea in children and poses a serious threat to immunocompromised adults. This dissertation investigates Cp's unique life cycle, which alternates between sexual and asexual reproduction to achieve three critical objectives: producing oocysts capable of transmission, enhancing genetic variation through recombination, and generating sufficient progeny for survival. Sexual reproduction is essential for forming infectious oocysts that facilitate disease transmission. Yet, the process of meiosis in Cp has been historically understudied due to limitations of traditional in vitro culture methods. The newly developed air-liquid interface (ALI) culture system supports …

Boricua En La Luna: An Ethnographic Case Study On The Spatializations Of Puerto Ricans In New Mexico, Neritza Díaz Cruz

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

This ethnographic case study investigates the spatializations of Puerto Ricans in New Mexico, a state where the community is small, dispersed, and often invisible. The purpose of this study is to examine how Puerto Rican identity is shaped, expressed, and contested across New Mexican spaces. Drawing from critical spatial theory, this study investigates how broader structures such as language ideologies become spatialized in the everyday lives of five Puerto Rican adults living in the Albuquerque area. Data was gathered through interviews, observations, and participatory mapping. Thematic analysis was used to interpret the data with a focus on how lived, perceived, …

A Stakeholder Approach To The Regulation Of On-Premise Signs, Christopher Auffrey, Mathew S. Isaac, Steven W. Kopp, Hannah Marriott, Aparna Sundar, Charles R. Taylor, Franklin Velasco Vizcaino

Marketing Faculty Publications and Presentations

Using stakeholder theory, this article introduces a framework to inform decision making with respect to the regulation of on-premise signs. Because signage resides in a broader, shared environment and its regulation largely takes place at the local level of government, it can be considered unique among most other marketing-related communications. On-premise signs are important to individual businesses and the communities in which they are used, but at the same time, they are “out in the world,” cannot be avoided, and may not be relevant to or welcomed by many consumers who are exposed to them. A transformative consumer research lens …

Leadership Experiences Of African American Women Vice Principals, Shakisha Mccray

Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative dissertation explores the lived experiences of African American women vice principals, an underrepresented group in educational leadership. There is a need to address the gap in scholarly research that disproportionately focuses on principals and European ethnicity. This study includes the voices and counter-stories of five African American women vice principals. Using critical race theory and Black feminist thought as theoretical frameworks, the study examines how race and gender influence their leadership experiences. Data was collected through interviews and analyzed to identify key themes. The research questions focus on how these vice principals describe their roles and responsibilities and …

High- Speed Wireless Interference Separation Based On Photonic Deep Learning Accelerators And Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction For Medical Applications, Taichu Shi

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation is centered on fast wideband interference management through advanced photonic signal processing and hybrid communication architectures. The core of this work is based on an optical pulse sampling technique proposed for photonic blind source separation (BSS) to recover wideband signals from their sub-Nyquist samples. With the use of ultra-short optical pulses to obtain statistically representative samples, this method retains important statistical properties of the signals while significantly reducing constraints imposed by analog to digital conversion and digital signal processing. Building on this foundation, we further apply the photonic BSS system within a hybrid free space optical (FSO) and …

Exploring The Effect Of Led-To-Photodetector Spacing On Subcutaneous Photoplethysmography For Continuous Blood Pressure Measurement, Dario Cabal, Brian Nguyen, David B. Green, Kevin Kilgore, Varun Thakkar, Michael J. Fu, Steve J. Majerus

Student Scholarship

Photoplethysmography (PPG) is widely used to measure heart rate, blood oxygenation, and more recently, blood pressure. Implanted PPG systems offer the possibility to measure similar real-time measures of cardiovascular health, however, the detection method may vary due to a lack of capillary vessels for PPG sensors to observe in muscle tissue. To improve volumetric blood detection in large muscles, without relying on the capillary density of skin, a flexible PPG sensor was developed. The sensor included multiple spacing of illuminating infrared (IR) light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a single IR photodetector. This arrangement was expected to enable detection of blood …

The Role Of The Cytosolic Chaperonin Cct In The Folding And Assembly Of G Protein Complexes, Mikaila I. Sass

Theses and Dissertations

All organisms depend on cellular signaling pathways to dictate cell growth, responses to stimuli, and all other cellular functions necessary to maintain health and survival. Many of these signals rely on G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their associated heterotrimeric G proteins for signal detection and transduction. To perform this function, the three subunits of the G protein must be assembled after synthesis on the ribosome. This process requires additional proteins called molecular chaperones to assist in folding of the subunits and assembly into the G protein heterotrimer. Among these chaperones, the cytosolic chaperonin CCT plays an essential role in …

A New Approach To Stability Of Delay Differential Equations With Time-Varying Delays Via Isospectral Reduction, Quinlan Leishman

Theses and Dissertations

Understanding how time delays impact the stability of a delay differential equation is important for modeling many natural and technological systems that experience time delays. Here we introduce a new stability criterion for delay-independent stability of these equations, called intrinsic stability, showing global exponential stability for a large class of nonautonomous nonlinear systems. Our approach is able to incorporate bounded time-varying delays, including those with certain types of discontinuities. The approach we take to prove this result is novel, associating the delay differential equation with a sequence of finite-dimensional matrices of increasing size and using the graph-theoretic technique of isospectral …

Math 112 At Byu: Student Averages On Various Exam Questions, Makayla Mcleod

Theses and Dissertations

In Math 112 at BYU, exams play a crucial role in evaluating students' understanding of the course content. Traditionally, these exams are a combination of multiple-choice and free-response questions, with the latter serving as a means to assess a student's thought process while solving problems. Will students perform as well on a multiple-choice exam? Or will students' averages be higher on free-response exams? In this thesis, we test 7 hypotheses related to these questions to provide more insight into the answer. We examine other factors that may affect students' averages, including various Calculus 1 topics, modes of questioning, and difficulty …

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The Influence Of Reference Groups On Branded Apparel Purchases Among Sabah Youth.Pdf, Hajiji Mohammad Ghazali, Desmond Cherng En Lee

Jesselton Journal of Educators and Scholars

This study examines the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education, focusing on both its transformative potential and the challenges it introduces for teaching, learning, and institutional operations. As AI technologies such as machine learning, natural language processing, and data analytics become more prevalent, they offer opportunities to personalize learning, enhance administrative efficiency, and support student success. However, the adoption of AI also presents significant barriers, including technological limitations, faculty resistance, ethical concerns, and disparities in access among students and institutions. Using a qualitative research approach and thematic analysis, this research explores the perspectives of administrators, faculty, and students …

An Empirical Study On Lecturers’ Perceptions Of Digital Gender Equality In Malaysia.Pdf, Fung Lan Yong, Louis Yuk Su Chin

Jesselton Journal of Educators and Scholars

The purpose of this study was to examine lecturers’ perceptions of digital gender equality in Malaysia. A Likert-scale questionnaire was designed to measure perceptions of digital gender equality and was administered to 55 lecturers online. Data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0. First, Mann-Whitney U test revealed that there were no significant gender differences in lecturers’ perceptions of digital gender equality, while Kruskal-Wallis H test indicated no significant differences in relation to age and job experience. Wilcoxon signed rank test showed that four items were significant at p < 0.05, while another eight items were significant at p < 0.001. The overall group mean showed that lecturers’ perceptions of digital gender equality were low, indicating that the majority failed to notice the impediments that women face in the digital era. Overall percentages indicated that lecturers held unrealistic views of women’s participation in the digital economy probably because they lacked knowledge on the disproportionate numbers of women who are still living in the agrarian areas. In light of the findings, several recommendations were made to increase digital gender equality in Malaysia.

The Influence Of Coca-Cola Brands On Consumer Purchases In The Beverage Market_ Japan_S Perspective.Pdf, Ryo Nishizaki, Desmond Cherng En Lee, Ahmad Massu Ramli

Jesselton Journal of Educators and Scholars

This study examines the impact of Coca-Cola’s branding on consumer purchasing behavior in Japan’s beverage market. Employing a thematic qualitative approach, the research investigates brand recognition, cultural influences on marketing strategies, product differentiation, and consumer attitudes shaped by cultural values. Findings reveal that Coca-Cola’s global brand awareness combined with localized marketing efforts, including culturally relevant campaigns and health-oriented products, significantly influence Japanese consumer preferences. However, challenges remain due to increasing health consciousness and competitive market dynamics. The study contributes to understanding how multinational brands adapt to culturally distinct markets and offers practical recommendations for enhancing brand engagement in Japan. These …