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High Density Ethernet Ports In A Switch / Onu, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

A high-density Ethernet access device is housed in a 19-inch rack-mountable chassis occupying a single rack unit. In place of discrete RJ45 connectors, the faceplate of the device is populated with Mini-SAS High Density (Mini-SAS HD) connectors, each compliant with SAS 3.0 and the SFF-8644 mechanical specification and presenting a 100 Ohm characteristic impedance that matches twisted-pair Ethernet. A breakout cable has a Mini-SAS HD plug connector at a first end that mates with a faceplate receptacle and three RJ45 connectors at a second end. Within each connector, the pins are allocated among the differential pairs and ground returns of …

Near-Critical Supercritical-Co₂ Desiccation Of Triple-Knockout Porcine Red Blood Cells: A Proposed Protocol With Haemolysis-Reduction Pathway Analysis, Chaiyapat Chuenglertsiri, Pattrick Chen

Defensive Publications Series

This conceptual framework discloses, as defensive prior art (CC BY 4.0), a near-critical supercritical-CO2 (scCO2) desiccation protocol for ambient-temperature preservation of genetically engineered triple-knockout (TKO) porcine red blood cells (pRBCs), in which the GGTA1, beta4GalNT2, and CMAH carbohydrate-antigen genes are inactivated and human complement-regulatory transgenes (e.g. CD47, CD55) are expressed. No experimental haemolysis, recovery, or potency data are generated; all values are cited literature anchors. TKO pRBCs are described accurately as genetically advanced but preclinical (Yamamoto 2021; Ko 2022; Chornenkyy 2023), with no clinically deployed pig-red-cell product and current handling assuming a cold chain. The protocol operates at 74-80 bar …

Three Pathogen-Reduction Strategies For Ambient-Temperature Dried Red Blood Cells: An Efficacy–Cost Decision Framework For Resource-Limited Settings, Chaiyapat Chuenglertsiri, Pattrick Chen

Defensive Publications Series

This conceptual analysis discloses, as defensive prior art (CC BY 4.0), an efficacy-cost decision framework for ensuring pathogen safety of ambient-temperature dried red blood cells (RBCs) produced where laboratory donor screening is incomplete and transfusion-transmitted-infection burden is high. No experimental potency, recovery, or inactivation data are generated; every value is a cited literature anchor or labelled estimate. An earlier version over-stated riboflavin-UV efficacy by quoting plasma/platelet log-reductions for red cells; this is corrected, as haemoglobin attenuates UV and lowers whole-blood efficacy (SARS-CoV-2 about 3.3 log in whole blood vs about 4.8 in plasma; Ragan et al. 2020). The problem is …

Enteral, Intravenous, And Haemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers: A Capacity–Safety Decision Framework For Settings Without Compatible Blood, Chaiyapat Chuenglertsiri, Pattrick Chen

Defensive Publications Series

This conceptual analysis discloses, as defensive prior art (CC BY 4.0), a capacity-safety-cost decision framework for delivering oxygen-carrying support where compatible allogeneic blood is unavailable (trauma, remote/military, mass-casualty, rare blood phenotypes). No experimental data are generated; all scores are relative, literature-informed estimates. An earlier version proposed oral perfluorocarbon (PFC) as a systemic oxygen supplement; that claim is quantitatively implausible and is withdrawn here. The framework instead compares three oxygen-carrier modalities: (A) enteral PFC oxygenation, for which oxygenated perfluorochemical delivered to the gut lumen has been shown to ameliorate respiratory failure in mammals (Okabe et al., Med 2021); (B) intravenous PFC …

Seven-Layer Rpnp™ Architecture — Unified Discovery-To-P2p Hardware Compatibility Stack For Ai Robots, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: Robot hardware compatibility standards; layered architecture; AI robot interoperability

Problem Solved: No prior hardware compatibility standard for robotics defines a complete layered architecture from physical discovery through safety, AI compatibility, and peer-to-peer network capability in a unified, certifiable stack. Existing standards address individual layers in isolation without defining their interrelationship as a coherent compatibility architecture.

Disclosure Summary: RPnP™ defines a seven-layer hardware compatibility architecture — Layer 0 through Layer 6 — as a unified stack governing AI robot interoperability from physical discovery to peer-to-peer network coordination. Each layer has a single responsibility, defined interfaces to adjacent layers, and a …

Decarbonization Of The Maritime Industry And Suggested Training Of Seafarer Officers, Malusa Alana De Assumpção, Ove Tobias Gudmestad, Freerk Meyer

Seatific Journal

The IMO set ambitious environmental requirements regarding greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. These requirements were accompanied by regulatory instruments and several proposals for technological solutions. While seafarers are not involved in selecting these technologies, they are responsible for their operation once they are installed onboard. Proper training is essential to ensure safe operations and compliance with emissions requirements. This study aims to understand the regulatory instruments regarding limiting GHG emissions from international shipping and the technological solutions that could help the maritime sector reach the IMO's ambition. These instruments and solutions are discussed, and the authors thereafter suggest the …

Deep Q Network For Adaptive Pelican Crossing Signal Optimization Balancing Pedestrian Safety And Vehicular Efficiency, Amalia Yasmin Chairunnisa, Andyka Kusuma, Jachrizal R. Sumabrata

Smart City

Static pelican crossing systems often fail to accommodate the stochastic arrival patterns prevalent in high-density transit-oriented development (TOD) zones, creating operational inefficiencies between pedestrian clearance and vehicular flow. At the Cikini Station transit hub in Jakarta, existing fixed signal cycles contribute to pedestrian delays and peak-hour congestion. This study evaluates an adaptive signal control model for mid-block pelican crossings using a Deep Q-Network (DQN) algorithm. To calibrate the simulation, empirical data were extracted from field CCTV footage using the YOLOv8 algorithm, accurately capturing 15-minute peak flow fluctuations and commuter surges. The system is formulated as a Markov Decision Process (MDP) …

Development Of An Adaptive Pelican Crossing Model Using Fuzzy Logic In Mixed Traffic Conditions, Manazil Adam, Andyka Kusuma, R. Jachrizal Sumabrata

Smart City

Traffic management at at-grade pedestrian crossing facilities (pelican crossings) in highly populated areas, such as the Universitas Indonesia Station, faces significant inefficiency challenges. During peak hours, the fixed-time system is frequently disabled and replaced with subjective manual control by security personnel, thereby triggering irregular stop-and-go cycles and a high accumulation of vehicle delays. This study aims to develop a hybrid adaptive control model integrating Computer Vision, Genetic Algorithm (GA), and Fuzzy Logic to optimize intersection performance under mixed traffic conditions. The research methodology begins with the extraction of traffic and pedestrian characteristic data, calculated manually through recorded field observations. This …

Spatial Tax Intelligence: Implementing Integrated Spatial Decision Support Systems For Smart Urban Governance, Wildan R. Irfana, Haldis A. Bahar, Muhammad H. Candra

Smart City

The transition toward smart governance requires local governments to adopt data-driven policy approaches, particularly in managing urban tax capacity. However, tax administration in many developing regions remains predominantly tabular and administrative, limiting the ability to capture the spatial dynamics of economic activities. This reveals a critical knowledge gap, as integrated frameworks combining spatial and tax data to identify geographic disparities in tax performance remain limited. Consequently, areas with high economic activity but low tax compliance, referred to as tax blind spots, often remain undetected. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of integrating spatial and tax data in identifying spatial-tax …

The Relational Perspective Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Older Adults In Long-Term Care Supports And Services, Jeffrey Lentz

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

Autonomy is a vital element of quality of life in long-term care, especially for older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender adults, who are at higher risk of requiring long-term care services and supports (LTCSS) in the future. Key risk factors include a lack of family of origin and a higher prevalence of chronic conditions and disabilities. Many older LGBT adults fear long-term care institutions for various reasons (i.e., fear of discrimination and mistreatment by administrators, staff, and other residents, and a need to be forced back into the closet). This paper applies Perkins et al.’s relational perspective to older LGBT …

Kernelizing Protein Interaction Languages: Spectral Approximations And Random Fourier Features, Aishik Ghosh

Master’s Dissertations

Protein-peptide interactions play an important role in many biological phenomena, spanning adaptive immunity to disease pathology. In the Sliding Window Interaction Grammar (SWING) framework, interactions are represented as sequences of biochemical tokens embedded using Doc2Vec, allowing robust generalisation to unobserved MHC alleles. However, classification remains limited to a single Euclidean feature space that is incapable of resolving binding landscapes. This dissertation develops SWING for four distinct kernel types: Gaussian, Laplacian, anisotropic (ARD), and the Spectral Mixture (SM) kernel, each approximated using scalable Random Fourier Features. The SM kernel incorporates prior knowledge about secondary structure into its spectral density as biological …

Beyond Commemoration To Reparations: A Media Representation Analysis Of The Elaine Massacre Of 1919, Oyeronke Oyindamola Afolabi

Student Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines the evolving public memory of the Elaine Massacre of 1919 through a critical analysis of media representation, commemorative practices, and descendant-led advocacy. Situating the massacre within the broader history of racial violence in the United States, the study argues that its significance extends beyond the events of 1919 to include the long-term processes of historical silencing, narrative distortion, and contested remembrance that have shaped its afterlife. Drawing on interdisciplinary frameworks from memory studies, critical heritage studies, and media discourse analysis, the research employs a qualitative thematic analysis of contemporary media publications from 2018 to 2024. Guided by …

The Prevalence Of Dysphonia: A Comparison Of Indoor And Outdoor Athletic Coaches, Keelyn Peacock

Student Theses and Dissertations

This investigation was conducted to assess the Prevalence of Dysphonia, while comparing indoor and outdoor athletic coaches. This investigation also looked at the prevalence of self-perceived vocal dysphonia symptoms within collegiate athletic coaches. This study was conducted by distributing a survey to the Division I athletic coaches in the state of Arkansas. The survey consisted of demographic questions, a questionnaire that explored the self-perceived vocal symptoms, clinician perspective vocal ratings, and acoustic parameters of voice recordings. The data collected revealed that there were vocal symptoms that were identified as an effect of occupational voice demand during the current season of …

Examining The Influence Of Students’ Socioeconomic Background And Teachers’ Perceived Stress On Their Burnout In A Rural Arkansas Delta School District, Tessa C. Cripe

Student Theses and Dissertations

Teacher burnout presents ongoing challenges in high-poverty rural schools, affecting teacher retention and instructional quality. In the Arkansas Delta, educators frequently navigate complex professional and emotional demands. The purpose of this convergent parallel mixed-methods study was to examine the influence of students’ socioeconomic background and teachers’ perceived stress on overall teacher burnout and each of its dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. Perceived stress was measured using the PSS-10, a unidimensional instrument that assesses the appraisal of stress, or how unpredictable life feels. The study was guided by the Maslach Burnout Theory and the Job Demands-Resources framework. Quantitative …

The Hunt For Eden: Humanity’S Journey Home Through The Epics Of Milton And Homer, Hannah Pryor

Masters Theses

This thesis argues that the recurrent theme of loss and home in the Western Literature tradition reflects humanity’s innate and theological memory of losing Eden. An examination of Homer’s The Odyssey and John Milton’s Paradise Lost in comparison with the Biblical text serve both as literary companions and ethical dichotomies. Some of the greatest pieces of Western Literature highlight the greatest tragedy and triumph the world has ever and will ever know – the loss of Paradise and the hunt for Eden. Nothing is perhaps more heartbreaking and inspiring than reading and living the story of humanity’s journey home.

Post-Machine | You Vs. The Algorithm: A Creative Act Of Rebellion, Matthew Schultz

Masters Theses

Algorithms have become intertwined with everyday life, infiltrating both personal and social environments. They have transformed from influenceable tools useful for customizing information to machines of influence that are now dictating standards. These machines have begun morphing individuals idea of the self. This has become an epidemic of lost identity and fragmented self in order to conform to algorithmic acceptance. Emerging professionals in creative fields in the last decade have become particularly susceptible to this influence. If not addressed, young creatives will soon lose any autonomy of self and have a homogenized identity that matches the demands of the algorithm …

Satellite Of Mu'lysa, Ryan Christopher Miller

Masters Theses

My thesis proposal details the ways in which my early ideas for my novella, Satellite of Mu’lysa, came about amidst a time of personal despair. The early 2012 draft was darker, and emotionally draining, lacking a positive ending. In the course of over a decade of reworks and personal growth, both as a writer and as a person, the story is becoming a metaphorical diary of hope and forgiveness. Many movies, authors, as well as religious and philosophical texts have helped inspire and shape my story over the years, as I’ve revised my plotline and characterizations. Although I have always …

Celtic Catharsis: A Look Into The Emotional Appeal Of Irish Music In The United States, Coralyn M. Kutzner

Masters Theses

This research study investigates the emotional connection and interest in Irish music within the Irish musician community in America. The background for this study includes an in-depth look at the history of Irish and Irish music culture in America, as well as a brief overview of the connection between music and emotions. The study itself was conducted in various locations where there was live Irish music playing. Through the use of personal interviews and an emotional evaluation scale, participants were asked to recount their first encounters with Irish music and the emotional connection they feel because of and while playing …

Gertrude, A Woman Set Apart: Chosen Beyond Expectation In Polarized Womanhood, Jessica Lorriane Weatherford Mattison

Masters Theses

This thesis introduces the artistic vision and research that guide Forever Skies. The text examines the political and personal landscapes that shape Gertrude, the historical realities of the WASP program, and the feminist frameworks that illuminate how women navigated gender, war, and expectation. In weaving these elements together, the goal is not merely to resurrect one woman’s incredible story, but to honor the nearly forgotten history of a generation of pilots. Through creative interpretation and scholarly inquiry, this project seeks to reclaim a legacy still suspended in the wide, forever sky that once held her, the WASP, and her forever …

Exploring Low Birth Weight In The Metro Atlanta Area Using The Urban Institute’S Social Mobility Dashboard, Jason Davis, David Pena, Lisa Holland-Davis

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

Infant birth weight is the foundation for childhood and adult health outcomes, and health, according to the Urban Institute, is an important predictor of upward social mobility. Prior studies have found that infants with low birth weight are susceptible to a host of physical, cognitive, and social deficiencies that can adversely impact the ability to achieve upward mobility. The current study utilizes the Urban Institute's Mobility Metrics to explore low infant birth rates among the 11 counties that comprise the Metro Atlanta area. We focus on the average rate of low birth weight from 2021-2023 overall and disaggregated by mothers’ …

Breaking Bread And Barriers: Interprofessional Strategies To Improve Mental And Nutritional Health In Family Caregivers, Candy Ratliff

The Journal of the Research Association of Minority Professors

Family caregivers provide essential unpaid support to individuals with chronic illness, disability, dementia, and age-related decline; however, caregiving responsibilities often place caregivers at increased risk for psychological, physical, nutritional, and social challenges. This literature review examines the mental health and nutritional implications of family caregiving and explores barriers that contribute to declining caregiver wellness. Findings reveal elevated rates of depression, anxiety, emotional exhaustion, social isolation, food insecurity, sleep disturbances, financial strain, and chronic stress among caregivers. The literature further highlights the interconnected relationship between mental health, nutrition, and overall quality of life. Given the multidimensional nature of caregiver burden, interprofessional …

An Inseverable Link To The Outside: Describing Shifting Food Consumption Patterns And Predicting Food Dysregulation During Covid Lockdown, Andrew F. Baird, Andria D. Timmer, Morgan E. Miller

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

This study examines how COVID-19 lockdown shaped household food practices and contributed to food dysregulation, defined as anxiety, stress, indecisiveness or impulsivity surrounding diet. We conducted a mixed-methods community survey of Newport News, Virginia (n ≈ 400), administered shortly after the March–May 2020 lockdown. Open-ended responses revealed widespread disruption of food routines, with participants describing heightened anxiety about shopping, increased meal planning, stress-related snacking, and difficulties maintaining healthy diets. These qualitative themes were systematically mapped to survey items, yielding a composite Food Dysregulation Index and predictors spanning life circumstances, income strain, and food-related behaviors. Regression analyses showed that meal planning …

Mitigating Negative Emotions: The Role Of Adaptive Coping Mechanisms During The Pandemic, Yeokil Cho, John Marks, Ryulah Lim

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

The role of coping strategies on negative emotions has been extensively researched; however, there is limited literature specifically examining this link within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea. This study fills this gap by examining the impact of physical activity and parental discussion on depression among 2,265 Korean adolescents in 2021. Multiple analyses, including Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), advocate the relevance of General Strain Theory (GST) in carving out the true effect of adaptive coping mechanisms on strain-induced distress. These results indicate significant theoretical and practical implications for comprehending adolescent negative emotions and informing policy recommendations to mitigate …

Viral Voices: Examining Nurse-Led Maternal Mistreatment In The United States Via Tiktok, Celeste N. Lee

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of all industrialized nations. Yet, most pregnancy-related deaths are considered preventable. As a result, ensuring birthing people’s access to respectful and equitable maternity care is an essential component of addressing the U.S. maternal health crisis. Maternal mistreatment is a common experience in the United States: one in five birthing people report experiencing mistreatment while receiving maternity care, and among birthing people of color, the prevalence of mistreatment is even greater. While maternal mistreatment is a well-documented phenomenon, existing scholarship has largely focused on physicians’ roles in these dynamics, leaving the influence …

Social Stratification Of Ace Biomarkers: A Story Of Perpetual Inequality, Sheena Martin, Ellis S. Logan

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are early-life deviations from expected environments that contribute to adverse health, social, and behavioral outcomes. Fundamental cause theory and Marxist theory link these outcomes to structural inequality, while life course theory and cumulative disadvantage theory highlight compounded long-term disparities. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory integrates these perspectives across multiple levels and their interactionary relationships. Using 2021-2023 NHANES data, we grouped ACE proxies into SES and health categories to measure influence on biology. To assess the biological impact, we examined 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, a key factor in DNA methylation, a process inhibited by early-life adversity. After exploring a binary variable, …

Coming To The Table: How Black Mamas Resist And Reorganize The Racialized Educational Terrain In Community, Moriah Lynn Johnson

Dissertations

Black homeschooling has grown significantly among African American families, yet existing scholarship has not fully theorized how race, gender, and institutional power operate within homeschooling communities. My dissertation examines how Black mothers resist and reorganize a racialized educational terrain that extends beyond conventional schooling into homeschooling spaces. Drawing on Diamond’s (2006) racialized educational terrain framework, I introduce the Racialized Homeschooling Terrain (RHT) — an original conceptual framework that demonstrates how homeschooling spaces are racialized in similar and distinct ways. This framework centers Black maternal agency, as moms interpret, resist, and reorganize homeschooling spaces to construct communal homeplace. Using a qualitative, …

Fear Appeal Advertising As A Tool For Preventative Medicine And Chronic Disease Mitigation, Samuel J. Moore

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Chronic disease refers broadly to a group of diseases that develop and progress as individuals age, that last 1 or more years, and that require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living, or both (“About chronic diseases,” 2026). Chronic disease is most often associated with years of compounding effects of poor nutrition and physical inactivity. Since negative emotion-based advertising, also known as “fear campaigns,” have been shown to be effective forms of communication for other health related topics (Huang et al, 2017), we sought to test a fear campaign’s potential to discourage unhealthy physical activity practices in young …

Surviving And Thriving: The Indigenous Migrant, Danna Guzman-Rodriguez

Honors Theses

This literature and cultural study highlights the generation of children of indigenous immigrants and the relationship with their indigenous identity and culture. This unique experience is complex and encapsulates issues such as indigenous cultural survival, homogeneity, globalization, and lack of cultural identity. Exploring the Totonac community in La Chaca, Veracruz in Mexico, allows for a deeper explanation of this experience. Speakers of Totonac and other indigenous languages often migrate to countries such as the United States and carry such cultural ties with them. What happens to these ties after moving to a Western-dominated country where globalization favors English and Western …

Rapid Determination And Uncertainty Evaluation Of Vitamins A , D 3, And E Content In Cereal-Based Complementary Foods For Infants And Young Children By Online Solid Phase Extraction-Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography, Long Qiang, Zhao Tao, Xiao Mei, Wu Haizhi, Zhou Fan, Dai Zhiyong

Food and Machinery

［Objective］ To establish a rapid determination method for vitamin A, D3, and E content in cereal-based complementary foods for infants and young children by online solid phase extraction -two-dimensional liquid chromatography simultaneously.［Methods］ Sample saponification solution is purified by online solid -phase extraction. Then, vitamin A and E are separated and detected by the first -dimension chromatography, while vitamin D3 is preliminarily separated in the first dimension and then transferred to the second -dimension chromatography for further separation and detection, with all quantification achieved by the external standard method.［Results］］ Vitamin A,D3,and E exhibit a good linearity in the concentration ranges, with …

Determination Of Eight Fungicide Residues In Eggs By Solid-Phase Extraction Coupled With Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Liang Jun, Chen Xiong, Wang Yu, Qu Zihao, Zhang Wei, Li Qing

Food and Machinery

［Objective］ To establish an analytical method for the determination of residues of eight fungicides ametoctradin, triadimefon,triadimenol, flutriafol, mandipropamid, penthiopyrad, isopyrazam, and prochloraz ) in eggs by solid -phase extraction (SPE) coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS ).［Methods］ The samples are ultrasonically extracted with acetonitrile. The extracts are purified using ProElut DPC solid -phase extraction cartridges. The purified eluate is concentrated under reduced pressure and reconstituted with acetonitrile.Chromatographic separation is performed on a Kinetex C18 column (2.6 μm,2.1 mm ×100 mm ) with gradient elution using 0.1% formic acid in water and acetonitrile as the mobile phase. Detection is carried …