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Cable Coiling Detection Using Coupling-Based Sensing, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

A smart cable monitoring system detects cable coiling conditions before cable degradation occurs. The system utilizes dedicated sensing conductors integrated within the cable to monitor changes in coupling characteristics caused by cable geometry variations. By comparing the measured sensing signature against a baseline condition, the system can identify prolonged coiled states and provide user feedback or preventive actions. Thermal sensing may also be incorporated to improve detection robustness and support cable health assessment.

Orientation-Based Eye Safety Control For Floor-Facing Optical Sensors In Mobile Robots, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

An orientation-dependent control system for floor-facing optical modules in a mobile ground vehicle is described. An orientation sensor supplies pitch and roll, or equivalent gravity-vector information, to a controller. If the vehicle remains outside a permitted orientation for a validation period, the controller disables, disconnects, or reduces optical emission. Normal operation is restored after the vehicle returns to a permitted orientation for a recovery period. The arrangement reduces unintended direct exposure during lifting, carrying, servicing, or transport and can reduce power use while the modules are not needed.

Hybrid Reaction Bridge, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

Hybrid meeting platforms give remote attendees structured side-channel mechanisms—virtual hand raises, emoji reactions, poll responses—that are entirely absent for in-room participants, whose non-verbal behaviour remains visible only inside the physical room. This paper describes a bridging system that observes in-room participants through a shared room camera, detects a defined vocabulary of natural non-verbal signals (nodding, head-shaking, raised hands, and postural cues), and translates each qualified signal into a corresponding structured reaction event within the conferencing platform’s existing reaction model. The result is a unified reaction channel in which in-room and remote participants are represented with equivalent expressive bandwidth, without requiring …

Intent-Aware Human Motion Interpretation, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

The central challenge of camera-based gesture input in video meetings is distinguishing deliberate interaction gestures from the natural hand motion that accompanies speech. This paper describes a system that meets that challenge through an intent classification engine evaluating kinematic, temporal, postural, spatial, and speech-aligned features over sliding temporal windows. Qualified gestures pass to a gesture-to-structure transformation pipeline that produces clean, labelled diagram elements—not freeform ink—and renders them as first-class shared content within the conferencing platform, visible to all participants in real time, without requiring specialised hardware.

Server Tray Guide Tool With Anti-Tilt And Winged-Edge Features For Rack Installation, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

Abstract

A guide tool assists with the installation of server trays into data center racks. Constructed from, for example, stainless steel, peek polymer, alumina, and ceramic, the tool is inserted into a rack slot before the server tray to spread the rack’s internal separators. This action creates an unobstructed path, enabling the tray to be seated smoothly and with reduced force. The tool’s design includes winged edges that function as both an insertion stop and a handle for removal. A stepped feature on one end of the tool prevents it from tilting during installation in slim shelf racks. The design …

Intent-Driven Orchestration For Enterprise Cyber-Physical Systems: Bridging Probabilistic Planning And Deterministic Actuation, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes an intent-driven orchestration architecture for enterprise cyber-physical systems that bridges generative, probabilistic, or agentic planning and deterministic device actuation. A non-executing, domain-aware planner converts high-level intent into a candidate graph of typed, idempotent Atomic Tool calls, but does not invoke tools or control devices. A deterministic orchestrator executes only graphs that pass four deterministic validation gates covering schema, governance, semantic correctness, and Device Twin-based simulation. Device Twins provide cached state for deterministic simulation, guard evaluation, binding resolution, and observability, but are not consumed by the Planner and are not authoritative for write-path success. Atomic Tools perform semantic …

Domain N Plus X Redundancy And Dynamic Thermal Management For High-Density Compute Domains, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

This paper describes a system architecture for managing high-density compute domains to address thermal and power constraints while facilitating continuous maintenance operations. The system utilizes an N plus x redundancy model for compute units and network switches, where supplemental units are managed as spares in varying low-power states. A central management controller orchestrates power steering and workload migration, aiming to adhere to designated power budgets while avoiding thermal hardware damage. This approach allows for ongoing service availability during hardware repairs and software updates without performance degradation.

Keywords: high-density compute domains, dynamic thermal management, workload migration, power steering, system redundancy, …

Dynamic Exponent-Mantissa Repurposing For Adaptive Microscaling (Demr-Am) Architecture, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

This publication details a hardware architecture and data processing methodology for dynamic exponent and mantissa repurposing, tailored to facilitate adaptive microscaling within machine learning accelerators. The described methodology addresses the quantization errors and memory bandwidth constraints that frequently emerge during the deployment of large-scale artificial intelligence models. By dynamically repurposing redundant exponent bits into additional mantissa bits specifically for outlier values within a given tensor block, the system dramatically enhances numerical precision without expanding the core memory footprint of the data block. A dedicated hardware decoder can be positioned immediately prior to a dot-product engine to re-route electrical signals and …

System And Method For Structured Queue Folder Management Of Print Jobs, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure presents a system and method for managing print queues as a persistent, hierarchical structure of folders, subfolders, and job records within production printing environments. Unlike conventional flat-list queue models, the disclosed approach preserves semantic relationships among related print jobs throughout the entire execution lifecycle, enabling group-level operations—such as print, pause, resume, cancel, and prioritize—to be applied coherently to collections of jobs without requiring individual job manipulation.

A central queue manager maintains a hierarchical model composed of folder nodes, subfolder nodes, and job nodes, each carrying metadata such as priority, state, sequencing policy, media requirements, and device constraints. A …

Hardware-Level Protocol Proxying For Dynamic-Capacity Memory Systems, Vadlamudi Venkata Girish

Defensive Publications Series

Hardware-level protocol proxying (HLPP) resolves latency conflicts between a host’s transaction timers and the analog wake-up of power-gated, dynamic-capacity memory in compute express link (CXL) systems. The architecture decouples the host’s error-containment domain from the memory’s physical wake-up domain using one of three distinct hardware mechanisms. One approach involves a CXL switch performing dynamic topological hot-swapping, which routes initial memory requests through an isolated, high-latency virtual path and atomically swaps to a low-latency production path after the memory awakens. In another method, a CXL memory controller performs protocol spoofing by sending synthetic shadow completion packets to the host to repeatedly …

Cultivating Civility: A Multicomponent Approach To Reducing Workplace Incivility In An Assisted Living Facility, Sanam Bral, Kaylyn Chang, Catherine Dinh, Sanjil Kumar, Truc Mai Moon

Master's Projects and Capstones

Workplace incivility remains a common challenge in healthcare, negatively affecting communication, staff well-being, and the quality and safety of resident care. Baseline survey findings from a faith-based assisted living facility in Southern California identified concerns related to workplace incivility, psychological safety, and gaps in staff knowledge of available reporting resources. This project aimed to reduce workplace incivility by improving staff knowledge and recognition of uncivil behaviors, with a target of at least 90% staff training attendance among nursing, assistive nursing, and medical technicians, and 80% attendee-reported high confidence level (agree or strongly agree) in recognizing incivility and understanding reporting options. …

Fireready Oc: Developing A Public Health Protocol For Wildland-Urban Interface (Wui) Fire Events In Orange County, Christian Andre O. Gequillo, Allyson Hayakawa, Selin Erdogan, Natalie Albarran

Master's Projects and Capstones

Objective/Problem: Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires expose communities to a greater number of hazardous pollutants than traditional wildfires and can pose significant health risks; however, Orange County does not have a standardized public health protocol to address WUI fires. A review of the literature identified the need for standardized WUI fire guidance that is focused on improved preparedness and response. Aim: The FireReady OC quality improvement project aimed to develop an evidence-based public health protocol to improve Orange County’s public health preparedness and response for WUI fire events from 0% to 10% during the 12-week period from May 27, 2026, to …

Food For Thought: Building Confidence In Healthy Food Choices Among Seniors In A Residential Facility Through Nutrition Education, Amy Rodríguez

Master's Projects and Capstones

This quality improvement project evaluated the effectiveness of a 10-week nutrition education program designed to improve nutrition knowledge and confidence among independently living older adults residing in a low-income senior housing community. Aim By August 10, 2026, this project aimed to increase average nutrition knowledge and confidence scores related to selecting nutritious foods and preparing healthy meals by 20% among senior housing facility residents. Methods A microsystem assessment, literature review, SWOT analysis, fishbone diagram, and GANTT chart were completed to guide project development and implementation. Weekly nutrition education workshops were conducted over a 10-week period and included presentations, group discussions, …

In The Loop: Delivering Consistent, Compassionate Communication At Every Step Of The Ed Journey, Karina Basilio

Master's Projects and Capstones

Objective: Nearly 70% of patients in the emergency department (ED) at Hospital X are never roomed and instead wait in the main waiting area for evaluation, results, or disposition. Frequently, without structured updates on their plan of care, expected wait time, or next steps. This communication gap leaves patients feeling forgotten and disengaged from their own care. It is associated nationally with lower satisfaction, increased anxiety, and higher rates of patients leaving without being seen. Context: Hospital X is a mid-sized, community-based acute-care hospital in the Bay Area, California, serving a diverse patient population, with an ED that …

Breaking The Silence: Standardizing Routine Intimate Partner Violence Screening At A Community Clinic Serving The Latinx Community, Victoria M. Hall

Master's Projects and Capstones

Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects the Latinx population disproportionately due to socioeconomic status, cultural stigma, and language barriers. However, routine screening remains inconsistent and unstandardized at a local community clinic in San Francisco’s Mission District, despite evidence-based practices recommending it. The gap in IPV screenings across the Adult, Teens, and Women’s clinics resulted in only 1.6% of patients being screened in July 2025 and 4.1% in June 2026. This quality improvement project aimed to address low screening rates by standardizing IPV screening through a printed bilingual screener, a 60-minute staff in-service on IPV and the new screening protocol, and by …

Beyond The Tremor: Building Interdisciplinary Confidence In Parkinson's Disease Management Through Structured Education, Roya Oreo

Master's Projects and Capstones

Abstract

Objective: Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that is commonly seen in skilled nursing facilities (SNF). Gaps in knowledge among clinical staff regarding PD-specific care have resulted in negative outcomes such as delayed medication administration, unmet activities of daily living (ADL) needs, restricted mobility, and dissatisfaction with care from residents and family members. At a 55-bed SNF in Northern California, clinical staff self-reported 60% confidence in their ability to care for and manage residents with PD. This reflects a need for structured, evidence-based education, specific to Parkinson’s Disease. Aim: This quality improvement (QI) project aimed to increase the …

Nourishing Confidence: Empowering Seniors To Make Healthy Food Choices, Ina Patricia Bangawan

Master's Projects and Capstones

Objective This quality improvement (QI) project evaluated the effectiveness of a 10-week nutrition education program designed to improve nutrition knowledge and confidence in making healthy nutritional choices among independent older adults living in a low-income senior housing community. Aim By August 10, 2026 the goal of this project was to increase average nutrition knowledge and confidence scores related to selecting nutritious foods and preparing healthier meals by 20% among senior housing facility residents. Methods A microsystem assessment and gap analysis, literature review, SWOT analysis, fishbone diagram, and GANTT chart were completed to guide the project development and implementation. Weekly nutrition …

Steady Steps: Building Confidence In Parkinson’S Disease Care, Jerlyn T. Nicdao

Master's Projects and Capstones

Parkinson’s disease is a movement disorder that greatly impacts one’s quality of life due to its worsening progression and impact on cognitive and physical functions. Objective: The purpose of this quality improvement project is to strengthen staff confidence and competence in caring for residents with Parkinson’s disease (PD) living in a skilled nursing facility. Aim: Clinical nurse leader (CNL) students aim to increase staff confidence and competence in PD care from 60% to 75% over a six-week period, from June 18, 2026, to July 30, 2026. Method: A total of thirteen interdisciplinary staff members (e.g. registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, …

Standardizing Gestational Diabetes Group Education In An Outpatient Maternal-Fetal Medicine Clinic: A Quality Improvement Project, Nina Prieto

Master's Projects and Capstones

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) requires timely and consistent education to support effective self-management and reduce maternal and fetal complications. Baseline assessment of an outpatient maternal-fetal medicine clinic identified variation in educational materials, teaching approaches, referral processes, scheduling, and workflows across English- and Spanish-language GDM group visits. This quality improvement project aimed to standardize the group visit process and increase staff compliance with standardized materials and workflows from 0% to 50% over a 12-week period. Data were collected through direct observation of group and individual education sessions, stakeholder feedback, review of existing materials, referral and attendance patterns, and workflow analysis. These …

“Now Serving… Not Quite Yet”: Improving Waiting Room Experience Through Consistent Communication In The Emergency Department, Juan Carlos Serrato

Master's Projects and Capstones

Context: The quality improvement project was implemented in the front-end microsystem of a 36-bed emergency department (ED) in a non-profit, Magnet-designated California hospital. Problem: Communication with non-roomed patients at Hospital X was inconsistent, contributing to dissatisfaction. In June 2026, Press Ganey reported that 61.4% of patients felt they were informed about delays. Baseline observation identified gaps in staff explanations of estimated wait times, next steps in care, and opportunities to ask questions. Intervention: A 30-day pilot provided staff education on the AIDET communication framework through formal in-service education and daily huddles. Patient-facing materials explained the ED process …

Cultural Tailoring Of Digital Nutrition Interventions: A Scoping Review Of Adaptation Strategies, Evaluation Methods, And Evidence Gaps, Wendy Liang

Master's Projects and Capstones

Background: Nutrition-related chronic diseases disproportionately affect culturally diverse populations, highlighting the need for effective and equitable interventions. Digital nutrition interventions have expanded rapidly due to their accessibility; however, the extent to which they incorporate and evaluate cultural tailoring remains unclear.

Research aim: This scoping review maps the existing evidence on culturally tailored digital nutrition interventions, describes cultural adaptation strategies used, examines methods used to evaluate cultural appropriateness, and identifies gaps for future research and public health practice.

Methods: A scoping review was conducted following the PRISMA-ScR guidelines.

Findings: Culturally tailored digital nutrition interventions generally improved participant engagement, acceptability, and dietary …

Imsa Summer Symposium 2026, Student Inquiry And Research (Sir)

Summer Symposium

For nearly four decades, IMSA has worked to advance the human condition through educational innovation. The Summer Symposium is our annual showcase for the research projects that were conducted in IMSA’s experiential learning programs between May and August. These programs include Student Inquiry and Research (SIR), IN2 Business Internships, and the Student Research and Experiential Learning Opportunity (SRELO) program. For the first time, we are also excited to welcome IMSA Research, Inquiry Skills, and Experimentation (RISE) students to present at the Summer Symposium.

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Simulation And Delivery Of The Next Stage Of The Cebra Array, Hanna J. Ross

Physics and Astronomy Summer Fellows

The CeBrA detector array at Florida State University’s Fox Lab uses a collection of CeBr₃ scintillator detectors to collect gamma rays emitted by excited nuclear reaction products to gain information about nuclear energy levels of a nucleus of interest. When the array was commissioned, it contained five individual detectors. Expanding the array maximizes its efficiency and accuracy. In collaboration with FSU, Ursinus College has purchased nine additional detectors that will be added to the array at the end of the summer. While the detectors are still in our possession, we are working to create an accurate simulation model of …

Improving Pressure Injury Prevention Through Braden Scale Compliance And Education In The Emergency Department, Joycelyn Lee, Kira Simone Faerstain, Alyssa Kristine Ortiz, Ashley Briseida Cruz

Master's Projects and Capstones

Pressure injuries are a major burden in healthcare, particularly in the Emergency Department (ED). Patients can be sedentary for prolonged periods of time and don't always get their skin checked promptly. Patients visiting the ED often have comorbidities and patient-specific medical needs, such as seniors with fragile skin, malnourishment, immobility, etc. At a Southern Los Angeles Hospital, leadership found that there was a need for improvement in this area. Implementing standardized risk assessment methods can help to improve the consistent use of the Braden Scale as a predictive and preventive tool for identifying patients' risk for pressure injuries and promoting …

The Educational Experiences Of College Students Who Were Formerly Involved In The Juvenile Justice System, Nicole-Jasmin T. Clark

Doctoral Dissertations

In the United States, juvenile offending, reentry, and recidivism continue to be serious concerns for public and institutional policy making. Due to historical and current policies of both the education and juvenile justice system, youth of color (YOC) and youth with disabilities and diagnosed with mental health disorders have been overly disciplined by schools and disproportionately adjudicated by the juvenile justice system. In their annual Statistical Briefing Book, The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has consistently reported YOC, particularly Black youth, are arrested, adjudicated, and detained at much higher rates when compared to their white peers. Research …

Development Of Robust Ratio Linear Fitting Method Of Temperature And Emissivity Separation For High-Temperature Data, Mitchell Manzardo, Michael L. Dexter, Shannon R. Young, John Bowlan, Anthony L. Franz

Faculty Publications

Accurate temperature and emissivity separation from thermal infrared radiance is essential for characterizing materials under high-temperature laboratory conditions. Existing temperature and emissivity separation methods have largely been developed for multispectral remote sensing applications, where long atmospheric path lengths require extensive atmospheric compensation. In contrast, the current work considers hyperspectral laboratory measurements acquired over a short optical path, where atmospheric effects are comparatively small but increased measurement uncertainty remains within portions of the measured spectrum. The ABB MR304 FTIR spectrometer used in this study exhibits reduced optical transmission below approximately 2.5 μm, producing increased measurement uncertainty within the spectral region containing …

Zineth, Colin Wilcox

Theses

This thesis asks whether a brand can generate real engagement without surrendering to an algorithm, and whether web design can recover the color, mystery, and sense of discovery it traded away as the internet corporatized. Daily internet use has risen every year on record, yet the spaces users inhabit have flattened into grey buttons and endless feeds. This question is answered through Zineth, a hybrid brand universe told across three coordinated forms: a Risograph-printed zine, a dense and layered website, and limited clothing drops. The zine operates as a key. Codes printed in its pages unlock gated areas of the …

Fostering Future Difference-Makers: The Integration Of Leadership Training In Law Schools, Leah Teague

Journal of Legal Education

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Conviction, Character, Courage: The Case For Integrating Values Into The Professional Identity Formation Of Tomorrow's Lawyer-Leaders, Katya S. Cronin

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Electronic Structure Discretization And Compression Using Diagonal Basis Sets, Casey Lee Dowdle

Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations

Numerically solving the electronic structure problem is a fundamentally difficult problem due to the exponential growth in the dimension of the Hilbert space as the system size increases. In order to solve problems at a chemically relevant accuracy, both the choice of basis set and numerical method are important factors that are intrinsically connected.

In this thesis, we study the discretization and resulting compression of electronic Hamiltonians using diagonal basis sets. A diagonal basis set approximately diagonalizes the matrix and tensor representations of the one- and two-body potentials. This can reduce storage, simplify matrix-vector products, and lower the complexity of …