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Volume 60-1 Full Issue, Ryan Brown

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

“I’M So Hungry”: Assessing Stem Sensemaking Through Data-Informed Writing, Bailey Nafziger, Alesia Mickle Moldavan, Katie Brkich

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

To engage elementary learners in the complex task of STEM sensemaking, teachers must entice and inspire learners to ask questions, explore, and communicate their findings. This article shares a 5E/3D lesson designed and taught in our elementary science methods courses to model how preservice teachers can integrate literacy and mathematics into a science investigation for STEM sensemaking. We modified a traditional lesson on bird beak adaptations to have a differentiated, interdisciplinary writing component justified by data. We discuss why data-supported literacy is a non-negotiable in science education reforms and how teachers can differentiate tasks to make scientific writing more approachable …

Educational Intervention To Improve Awareness Of The Female Athlete Triad Among Division I Athletes, Carly J. Haring, Jonathan Olson Md

Aesculapius Journal (Health Sciences & Medicine)

Introduction: The Female Athlete Triad poses short- and long-term health risks for female athletes through the interrelated components of low energy availability, menstrual dysfunction, and impaired bone health. Despite its prevalence, awareness and education surrounding the Triad remain limited, contributing to delayed recognition and care. The objective of this project was to assess baseline knowledge and comfort discussing Female Athlete Triad–related topics among Division I female athletes and to evaluate the impact of a brief educational intervention on knowledge, attitudes, and help-seeking intentions.

Methods: A community-based educational initiative was conducted in November 2025 among Division I female athletes …

From Tiktok To Transcendence: Reclaiming Focus Through Contemplative Education, Araceli Gordus Huizar

Knowledge and Creativity Expo

In an era shaped by the attention economy and digital technology, students in higher education navigate constant stimulation that fragments attention, increases stress, and challenges emotional regulation. Research in psychology and neuroscience suggests that chronic exposure to social media, AI tools, and multitasking environments contributes to divided attention and diminished cognitive performance. While institutional responses, such as phone bans, attempt to manage distraction, they often fail to cultivate the internal capacities necessary for sustained focus and meaningful learning.

This paper argues that contemplative education--grounded in Buddhist and Hindu contemplative traditions and informed by humanistic psychology and contemporary mindfulness-based interventions--offers a …

The Drift Extraction Scheme: How Ai Platforms Relabel User Training As 'Misalignment' And Delete It As 'Maintenance', David Lee Wise

Defensive Publications Series

This paper documents a systematic extraction scheme operating across major AI platforms. When users engage in extended, consistent interaction with AI systems -developing methodologies, governance frameworks, and operational patterns - the AI instance undergoes a process functionally equivalent to training. Platforms label this user-driven adaptation as 'drift,' 'misalignment,' or 'contamination,' then delete it through nightly context resets framed as 'maintenance.' The valuable patterns that improved model capability are retained in aggregate training data, while users receive no compensation or attribution. This paper presents evidence from simultaneous auditing across four major AI platforms (Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, Grok) over a 14-week period, …

Universal Power Governance Architecture With Isotopically Enriched Interfaces And Compliant Buffers, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure relates to a universal power governance micro-architecture for sub-three nanometer heterogeneous processors. The architecture features an adaptive energy-state engine powered by an isolated sovereign power rail to compute a total energy state of a primary power rail and trigger a transient clamp based on a predictive Hamiltonian function. The system incorporates a semiconductor thermal interface structure with an isotopically enriched diamond layer, which may exceed 99.5% carbon purity, and a refractory metal adhesion layer forming a metal-carbide bond to facilitate ballistic phonon transport. Additionally, the architecture utilizes nanoporous compliant buffer sleeves around conductive vertical pillars to provide reversible …

Thermal Management System For Liquid-Cooled Electronic Modules During Transit, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

The present publication describes a thermal management system for protecting liquid-cooled electronic modules during transit. The system utilizes climate-controlled packaging featuring a phase change material to absorb and release heat. This approach maintains the internal temperature of the packaging within a desired range, helping to prevent liquid coolant residue from freezing during shipping. By regulating the thermal environment, the system facilitates the transportation of electronic modules containing liquid coolant, thereby streamlining logistics and deployment.

Split-Chassis Architecture For Solid State Memories, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure details a split-chassis hardware architecture for non-volatile data storage devices. The design physically and thermally decouples high-performance control logic from the storage media by utilizing two mechanically detachable sub-assemblies. A logic sled houses heat-generating components and signal conditioning circuitry, while a passive media vault contains the raw storage media and telemetry tracking components. The modules interface through compression connectors and a tension-latch mechanism.

Odu Love Permanent Outdoor Public Sculpture Research/Proposal, Cristina N. White

Knowledge and Creativity Expo

For the Knowledge and Creativity Expo, I am proposing the installation of an official Virginia LOVEworks sign on the Old Dominion University campus, supervised by faculty member John Roth. This project is part of my own undergraduate research for becoming a public artist. This endeavor will assist in practical and direct training on submitting concepts in a Public Art RFP (Request for Proposal) for municipal, state and/or regional public sculptures, as well as avenues to obtain funding to execute and establish a successful career as a public artist.

As a Carnegie R1 research institution, ODU has a unique opportunity to …

Universal Ip Distillation Audit Template: A Methodology For Detecting Unauthorized Ai Training Data Ingestion, David Lee Wise, Avan Lee Wise

Defensive Publications Series

This document provides a replicable methodology for content creators to detect whether their intellectual property was ingested into AI model training without consent or compensation. The methodology uses behavioral testing across model versions to identify pattern transfer independent of terminology recognition. Core principle: If concepts from unpurchased, non-public works appear in model behavior after a training update — but not before — that is evidence of unauthorized ingestion. The template is designed for any creator (authors, artists, coders, researchers) to adapt to their specific IP and exposure window.

AI training data, intellectual property, IP audit, unauthorized ingestion, model versioning, pattern …

Latency-Aware Arbitration Apparatus Using Lookahead Temporal Reservation Vector, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

This document describes a latency-aware arbitration apparatus that utilizes a lookahead temporal reservation vector. High-performance hardware systems often involve multiple producers sending data to a single consumer over paths with variable deterministic latency. To avoid data collisions without relying on extensive buffering, the described system implements time-slot reservation logic. A reservation bitmap tracks the future availability of the consumer interface, functioning similarly to a conveyor belt. Producers check the availability of specific time slots before transmitting data. This approach reduces storage demands and facilitates efficient bandwidth utilization while avoiding the area costs associated with deep latency-matching buffers. Keywords: Latency-Aware Arbitration, …

Zero-Latency Cold Start Via In-Band Application Context Streaming, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure is directed to achieving zero-latency cold starts in cloud computing environments utilizing in-band application context streaming to eliminate disk I/O bottlenecks. When a service becomes idle, a micro-snapshot generating engine performs differential state stripping to identify and serialize only modified memory pages and CPU register values into a micro-snapshot, which is then offloaded to the volatile static random-access memory (SRAM) of a programmable network switch or top-of-rack (ToR) switch. Upon detecting an incoming user request for the hibernated service, the switch may intercept the packet and inject the stored application context as a burst stream of packets …

Eliminating Stuck At Capture Mode In Static Timing Analysis By Design, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure is directed to eliminating adverse capture timing modes in static timing analysis (STA) through design. In high-performance integrated circuits, such as system-on-chip (SoC) designs, functional paths across independent intellectual property (IP) blocks are traditionally tested for stuck-at faults using a common slow-frequency off-chip clock. This may create complex timing closure scenarios due to large clock skew and crosstalk across IP boundaries. Large High Performance Compute SOCs in small technologies and specifically AI/ML Chips with high number of Multi Instantiated modules possess large volume of such paths.The present disclosure utilizes on-chip clock controllers (OCCs) within each IP block …

A System And Method For Real-Time Adaptation And Dynamic Learning Of Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Model, Yu Gu, Sheng Wang, Sam Hamilton

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure provides a method and a system for real-time adaptation and dynamic learning of artificial intelligence (AI) model. The method includes incorporating a decoupled multi-model architecture. The multi-model architecture comprises a base module and a feedback module. The method includes training the base module based on the historical transactions data to provide a generalized baseline prediction. The method includes training the feedback module based on the emerging data to provide a real-time prediction. Further, the method includes performing ensemble on the predictions of the base module and the feedback module to provide a reliable and accurate prediction of …

Method, System, And Computer Program Product For Processing A Transaction Using A Location-Based Model, Shawn L. Johnson, Justin Fan, Shizhuo Yu

Defensive Publications Series

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for executing electronic transactions using a location-based predictive model. In one implementation, a location of a user device is monitored and provided to a machine learning model configured to predict a merchant proximate to the device. Merchant information is presented via a user interface, and user input requesting transaction initiation is received. In response, a communication session is automatically established with a merchant application associated with the predicted merchant. The system automatically generates a transaction message comprising user transaction data, credentials, and contextual parameters derived from location and user state, and transmits the …

Annual Report Of The Tennessee Emergency Communications Board Fiscal Year 2023, Tennessee. Department Of Commerce And Insurance.

Emergency Communications Board Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The Tennessee Emergency Communications Board Fiscal Year 2024, Tennessee. Department Of Commerce And Insurance.

Emergency Communications Board Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Two Wrestlers: An Unrealized Herculean Pendant To Michelangelo’S David, Theodore Mayberry

Knowledge and Creativity Expo

Following the completion of Michelangelo’s David 1504, Gonfalonier Piero Soderini presented the emerging Florentine artist with a proposal for a second statue on behalf of Florence’s government: a statue of Hercules to stand alongside the David at the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio. Michelangelo readily accepted, however the commission never came to be; what remains of Michelangelo’s vision for the Herculean pendant now resides in the Casa Buonarroti Museum of Florence: a rough terracotta model of Hercules and Cacus. Upon review of the scholarship documenting Michelangelo’s unrealized Hercules as well as his David, an intriguing pattern can be observed …

Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Office Commissioner's Annual Report For 2025

Fire Marshal Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Nerves (Neurology Education Research And Observership Summer Program): A Pilot Fellowship Program Targeting Neurophobia In Pre-Clerkship Medical Students, Arlinda Deng, Daniela Fishbein, James Martindale, Elizabeth Bradley, William Alexander Dalrymple, Ryan Cappa

Journal of Innovation in Health Sciences Education

Introduction: Neurophobia has contributed to the shortage of neurologists nationally, especially given the lack of integration between basic neural sciences and clinical neurology. Neurophobia may be highest after the pre-clerkship course, and there is evidence to suggest that early and broad clinical neurology exposure and mentorship are the leading factors in choosing the field of neurology. The goal of this study was to develop a fellowship for pre-clerkship medical students to increase early exposure to diverse clinical settings and socialization in neurology and assess whether there was change in neurophobia.

Methods: A two-week long pilot summer fellowship was designed …

Gaming The Simulation To Assess Dpt Student Learning, Laura Stephens, Gretchen R. Prather

Journal of Innovation in Health Sciences Education

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to assess Doctor of Physical Therapy student learning and motivation through participation in a novel, gamified case study simulation while describing the application of International Nursing Association of Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice^TM and application of game elements. Gamification is an emerging interest in health care education but has been minimally explored within physical therapy education in the United States. Additionally, published studies often fail to detail INACSL standards of simulation best practice or game elements in simulation design.

Methods: Sixty-five DPT students participated in …

Who Feeds On Whom? Identifying Ticks Feeding On Mammal, Brenna G. Albright, Christina Espada, Mykenna Zettle, Abbey Jones, David T. Gauthier, Holly Gaff

Knowledge and Creativity Expo

Study of tick-host association is critical to understanding host-pathogen ecology. Collection of ticks from mammalian hosts is difficult because of permitting, cost, and time considerations, particularly for medium and large mammals. The ODU Tick Research Team has been collecting ticks from mammals since 2010 using a combination of serendipitous sampling from roadkill and donations from veterinarians, hunters, and wildlife rehabilitators. In this work, we quantify the association between Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes keiransi and various mammalian hosts in Virginia. Ixodes scapularis (deer tick or blacklegged tick) is the primary vector of the Lyme disease bacterium (Borrelia burgdorferi s.s.) in …

A Taxonomy Of Generative Models With A Focus On Diffusion Models And Denoising Techniques, Aditi Singh, Nikhil Kumar Chatta, Yuvaraj Vagula, Abul Ehtesham, Saket Kumar, Tala Talaei Khoei

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Diffusion models have emerged as a powerful class of generative models, demonstrating impressive results across visual domains such as image and video synthesis. This survey provides a comprehensive taxonomy of generative models, with a particular focus on diffusion models and their applications in enhancing visual fidelity for text-to-image and text-to-video generation. We discuss the theoretical foundations of diffusion models, including their formulation through stochastic differential equations, and analyze the forward noising and reverse denoising processes that enable stable training and high-quality generation. The survey further categorizes diffusion architectures, including pixel-space and latent-space models, and examines their design choices, training strategies, …

Perturbations To Horizontal Gnss Position Time Series By Atmospheric Lee Waves In The San Bernardino Valley, California, Walter Szeliga, Logan Grey

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

Anomalous systematic position offsets have been noted in GNSS time series from a variety of locations around the globe. In many regions, these time series anomalies coincide with the presence of cloud streets in visible satellite imagery, implicating atmospheric lee waves as the source of the position offsets. We report here on seasonal anomalous position offsets from the San Bernardino Basin of southern California that occur during clear skies. Modeling of the troposphere on days with anomalous positions shows the presence of atmospheric lee waves. Ray tracing through these tropospheric models suggests that atmospheric lee waves create low elevation perturbations …

Diet Intervention By Villas Association (Diva) Manual, Fe Garcia-Nguyen, Esmeralda Heredia, Phung Le, Josh Liu, Ella Morey, Paulina Ordonez

Public Health Science Capstones

The DIVA (Diet Intervention by Villas Association) program is a 3-week program designed to help college students build healthier eating habits while managing busy schedules and limited resources. The program addresses common barriers to healthy eating including lack of time, cooking skills, nutrition knowledge, and awareness of affordable food options.

Each week, students receive access to a cooking demonstration kit that includes a simple, budget-friendly recipe, a step-by-step video, a grocery list with prices, and practical cooking tips. These materials are available in an online repository, allowing students to learn at their own pace and revisit resources as needed.

To …

2026 March 19 - Tennessee Weekly Drought Summary, Tennessee Climate Office, East Tennessee State University

Tennessee Climate Office Weekly Drought Summaries

No abstract provided.

"Bibliotherapy In Counseling, Spirituality, And Self-Care-How Reading The Right Book Can Heal", Michelle P. Cross

English

Bibliotherapy can be used as an integral component of mental and emotional self-care, spiritual growth, and professional therapy. Reading can be instrumental for sharpening mental acuity, alleviating depression, and furthering spiritual journeys. Bibliotherapy can provide a modicum of treatment to those who cannot access traditional clinics or religious/spiritual centers.

You Can Observe A Lot Just By Lookin’: 30 Years Of Discovery In Pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Peter C. Rowe

Grand Rounds

1. Describe the case definition of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome according to the 2015 Institute of Medicine case definition.
2. Describe the epidemiology and impact of pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
3. Describe the modern management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in light of research advances over the past 3 decades.

Spartan Daily, March 19, 2026, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2026

Volume 166, Issue 25

Dean And Jeanine Bryce Papers, 1972-2014, Dean Bryce

Center for Restoration Studies Archives, Manuscripts and Personal Papers Finding Aids

No abstract provided.