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The Political And Ideological Function Of Public Service, Mohamed Ghomari

Revue Marocaine de Droit, d'Economie et de Gestion (Moroccan Journal of Law, Economics and Management)

The role of administration within society is shaped by the ideology and policies of the state, ranging from interventionist to laissez-faire approaches. However, no state can entirely forgo socio-economic action without losing credibility. In Morocco, public services have existed since the Idrissid dynasty, rooted in Islamic ideology. Under the Protectorate, the French concept of public service reinforced administrative action across all sectors, serving the colonial power's strategy. The author examines how public service functions as both a political instrument and an ideological vehicle, reflecting the evolving relationship between state, society, and national development objectives.

Less State, Better State, Rachid Belkahia

Revue Marocaine de Droit, d'Economie et de Gestion (Moroccan Journal of Law, Economics and Management)

The debate between public and private sectors has intensified, as many liberal countries since the late 1970s have sought to reduce state intervention. The author draws on a 1988 Royal Moroccan speech advocating a shift from the state as a provider to a facilitator and guarantor of a well-functioning liberal economy. This movement, rooted in libertarian values, rehabilitates private enterprise as the primary source of wealth creation. The article questions whether the state should remain in sectors where it underperforms, arguing for a redefinition of its role towards greater efficiency and a focus on its core functions.

The Legal Aspects Of The Permanent Link Project Between Africa And Europe Via The Strait Of Gibraltar, Souni El Jilali

Revue Marocaine de Droit, d'Economie et de Gestion (Moroccan Journal of Law, Economics and Management)

This master's thesis examines the legal dimensions of the proposed permanent fixed link between Africa and Europe across the Strait of Gibraltar. The project was initiated following the 1979 visit of Spanish King Juan Carlos I to Morocco, driven by the shared vision of King Hassan II and King Juan Carlos to strengthen Moroccan-Spanish relations. A general agreement on scientific and technical cooperation was signed between the two countries in November 1979. The study explores the legal frameworks, bilateral treaties, and international law implications surrounding this ambitious infrastructure project. The thesis was defended on November 2, 1987, at the Faculty …

The Seals Of Notaries And Their Evidentiary Value In Moroccan Law, Mohamed El Kachbour

Revue Marocaine de Droit, d'Economie et de Gestion (Moroccan Journal of Law, Economics and Management)

This master's thesis, defended in July 1988 at the Faculty of Law in Casablanca, examines the legal evidentiary value of notarial seals in Moroccan legislation. The research addresses a topic that had received little attention in Moroccan legal scholarship, beyond a few scattered articles. The study explores the probative force of notarial instruments, their authenticity, and their role in civil procedure and evidence law. The thesis was awarded a grade of 16/20 and recommended for publication by the examining committee. The work remains a significant contribution to Moroccan legal doctrine on notarial evidence and judicial proof.

Method And System For Independent Supervision Of Critical Actions, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

A system for an industrial plant, such as a drilling rig, in which an independent safety controller and safety relay, governed by a manually actuated, network-isolated operating device, isolate a critical valve from the connected control system. This prevents unauthorised or remote change of essential functions such as heave compensation and riser tensioning, including via cyber-attack.

Unified Cognitive Architecture For Distributed Manifold Reasoning Systems, Donevin Frownfelter

Defensive Publications Series

Donevin Frownfelter ([email protected])

This disclosure describes a unified cognitive architecture that integrates three complementary systems—VESPER, NEPHILIM, and the Unified Agent Reasoning Model (UARM)—into a single operational framework for distributed reasoning, semantic computation, and multi‑device intelligence. The architecture introduces a manifold‑based cognitive substrate, enabling agents to perform reasoning as transformations across a non‑Euclidean semantic space rather than through traditional symbolic or statistical pipelines.

The system employs a tensor‑manifold representation for knowledge, a Majorana‑parity logic layer for reversible inference, and a distributed execution mesh that allows heterogeneous devices to participate in a shared cognitive topology. VESPER provides the laminar reasoning core, NEPHILIM …

Novel Processes For The Preparation Of (6r)-6-(2-(N-(4-(2- (Ethylamino) Ethyl)Benzyl)- N-Ethylamino)-4-Methoxyphenyl) -5,6,7,8-Tetrahydronaphthalen-2-Ol Or Its Pharmaceutically Acceptable Salts And Intermediates Thereof, Srinivasan Thirumalai Rajan , Revu Saryanarayana, Bakthavachalam Ananthan, Yara Yakaiah, Msn Laboratories Private Limited, R&D Center, Hyderabad, India.

Defensive Publications Series

Abstract: Novel processes for the preparation of (6R)-6-(2-(N-(4-(2-(ethylamino) ethyl)benzyl)- N-ethylamino)-4-methoxyphenyl)-5,6,7,8 tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol of formula-1 or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and intermediates thereof 10 Formula-1.

Novel Process For The Preparation Of Elacestrant Or Its Pharmaceutically Acceptable Salts And Intermediates Thereof, Srinivasan Thirumalai Rajan , Revu Saryanarayana, Bakthavachalam Ananthan, Yara Yakaiah, Msn Laboratories Private Limited, R&D Center, Hyderabad, India.

Defensive Publications Series

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Novel process for the preparation of Elacestrant of formula-1 or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and intermediates thereof

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Minimal-Disclosure Presence Notification Of At-Risk Road Users On Local Streets, Kota Imayama

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes a method for warning vehicles that an at-risk road user (such as a child, an older adult, or a person who is deaf or blind) is likely present on a low-speed local street, without revealing the individual's identity or even their vulnerability category. An opt-in device or function emits no identifier and no vulnerability fact; presence is spatially and temporally rounded, aggregated under a k-anonymity threshold, and delivered to vehicles as a coarse area-level caution flag over existing navigation or roadside infrastructure. The document enumerates device form factors, anonymization techniques, delivery paths, false-positive suppression, and a bidirectional …

Winter Gold Dairy Forage, Natalie M. Durdle Miss

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure establishes the public domain agricultural parameters for synthesizing a specialized ruminant milk fat base during winter dormant cycles when active grazing is physically impossible. This invention defines the precise thermodynamic freezing-season conservation requirements, soil chemistry thresholds, and botanical poly-culture ratios required to yield a milk lipid profile characterized by a naturally deep yellow, beta-carotene-rich coloration and a savory, mineral-dense flavor profile, independent of a restricted geographic location or specific animal species.

Laurentian Dairy Matrix, Natalie M. Durdle Miss

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure establishes the public domain agricultural parameters for synthesizing a specialized ruminant milk fat base optimized structurally and biochemically for long-duration lactic acid fermentation and traditional Beurre de Baratte churning. This invention defines the precise thermodynamic climate requirements, soil chemistry thresholds, and botanical poly-culture ratios required to yield a milk lipid profile characterized by robust fat-globule membranes and elevated precursor volatile compounds (yielding distinct diacetyl and hazelnut notes upon culturing), independent of a restricted geographic location or specific animal species. ALSO  This specification establishes the public domain manufacturing protocol to transform raw ruminant milk harvested from the climate-conditioned pasture …

Cake And Cookie Dairy Fat Base, Natalie M. Durdle Miss

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure establishes the public domain agricultural parameters for synthesizing a specialized ruminant milk fat base optimized structurally for cake emulsification, cookie dough spread, and rapid aeration (creaming). This invention defines the precise thermodynamic climate requirements, soil chemistry thresholds, and botanical poly-culture ratios required to yield a milk lipid profile characterized by an elevated concentration of short-chain and unsaturated fatty acids (specifically oleic acid), independent of a restricted geographic location or a specific animal species.

Pastry Butter, Natalie M. Durdle Miss

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure establishes the public domain agricultural parameters for synthesizing a specialized ruminant milk fat base optimized structurally for high-end baking, laminating, and pastry production. This invention defines the precise thermodynamic climate requirements, soil chemistry thresholds, and botanical poly-culture ratios required to yield a milk lipid profile characterized by an elevated melting point and high structural elasticity, independent of a restricted geographic location or a specific animal species.

Climate Conditioned Pasture Fat, Natalie M. Durdle Miss

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure establishes the public domain agricultural parameters for synthesizing a specialized ruminant milk fat base optimized structurally and sensorially for compounding with crustacean and seafood extracts. This invention defines the precise thermodynamic climate requirements, soil chemistry thresholds, and botanical poly-culture ratios required to yield a milk lipid profile characterized by high fiber-derived butterfat and elevated water-soluble carbohydrates, regardless of geographic location.

Authentic Nova Scotia (Maritime) Lobster Butter, Natalie M. Durdle Miss

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure establishes the public domain agricultural methodology for creating a specialized, raw, or cultured dairy fat base optimized structurally and sensorially for compounding with crustacean and seafood extracts. This process defines the pasture ecology, soil mineralization, and animal management required across multiple mammalian species—including bovine, bison, caprine, and ovine—to yield a fat profile that resists breaking when exposed to seafood proteins and heat.

A Dedication To Father Michael Patella, Osb, Shawn Colberg

Obsculta

In memory of his life and in honor of his enduring impact on the community, particularly at Saint John’s and throughout the Church and the world, the OBSCVLTA editorial team dedicates this volume to Father Michael Patella.

Alumni Spotlight: Ezekiel Prophet Of Hope Address, Mark J. Seitz

Obsculta

This lecture was delivered by Bishop Mark J. Seitz upon receipt of the Ezekiel Prophet of Hope Award from Saint John’s University in August of 2025. The Ezekiel Prophet of Hope Award seeks to lift up alumni or alumnae of Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary who have dynamically lived out the principles of collaboration and ecumenism that are at the heart of the mission and the Benedictine heritage of Saint John’s. Just as Ezekiel saw a splendid vision of the new and everlasting temple, modern prophets off er us new and sustainable visions for the church.

"They Will Put You Out Of The Synagogues”: An Exegesis Of John 16:1-4a And Its Application To The Persecuted Christians In Northern Nigeria, Chiemeka Iwuagwu

Obsculta

This paper offers an exegesis of John 16:1-4a, a pivotal passage in Jesus' Farewell Discourse that warns the disciples of impending persecution, including expulsion from synagogues. Situating the text within the historical and literary context of the Johannine community, it explores how this forewarning reframes suffering as an integral aspect of faithful witness rather than divine abandonment. Drawing on key scholarly works, the analysis engages literary structure, historical reconstruction of community experiences, and theological motifs such as dualism and Christology. The paper then applies these insights to the plight of Christians in northern Nigeria, a region marked by violent persecution, …

Developing Robust Human Formation For Ministerial Training, Mary L. Parks

Obsculta

The Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis recognizes that effective ministerial formation is holistic, attending to all aspects of a minister’s being. The document therefore outlines four pillars of formation: human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral. In Co-Workers In the Vineyard of the Lord, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) extends the same four pillars of formation to the development of lay ecclesial ministers. The USCCB also applies these pillars to diaconal formation in The National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States of America.

Loose The Bonds Of Injustice: The True Fast Of Lent, Bella Brinkman

Obsculta

This reflection was written for and delivered to the community of the Saint John's School of Theology and Seminary on February 19, 2026. It reflects on Isaiah 58:6–8 and the theme of Lenten fasting, as part of the Midday Prayer Service during the first week of Lent. The reflection was composed and offered in the context of the ongoing immigration enforcement raids carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis. It invites the community into a deeper consideration of the Christian response to injustice during the Lenten season.

I Cry At Night Before You: Theologies Of Depression In The Psalms, Travis Spillum Osb

Obsculta

This work looks to the Psalms to discover theologies that resonate with experiences of depression. If one struggling with depression feels as if God is angry with them, that their condition is oppressing them, that loved ones have abandoned them, or that God's love for them is wavering, they can utilize the psalmist's words to voice their feelings and express their anguish in prayer to a God who is seemingly deaf to their groaning.

A Holistic Framework For Enhancing Machine Learning Reliability: From Model Architecture And Algorithm Design To Human Interpretability, Kyle Naddeo

Theses and Dissertations

Modern machine learning systems can perform well on benchmarks yet fail in ways that are difficult for users to anticipate, interpret, or manage. This dissertation treats reliability as more than accuracy: a reliable system performs when it can, signals when it should not be trusted, and supports abstention, fallback, escalation, or human review. Unlike robustness, which emphasizes performance under shift, corruption, adversarial perturbation, or drift, reliability also requires recognizing limited competence, preserving useful semantic structure when fine-grained certainty is unjustified, and exposing mechanisms that make failures understandable. The dissertation develops this view through four contributions. Uncertainty-aware decision heads provide portable …

Fulfilled In Your Hearing: What Has Been Fulfilled; What Remains To Be Heard, William Skudlarek Osb

Obsculta

This article reflects on the enduring legacy and contemporary relevance of Fulfilled in Your Hearing, the 1982 U.S. bishops’ official statement on the Sunday homily. Written by the document’s principal drafter, the piece explores the text’s revolutionary methodological shift: moving the starting point of preaching away from the preacher or the isolated text and toward the assembly gathered for Eucharist. The author argues that the homily is not an exegetical lecture or a discourse on morality but a sacramental interpretation of human existence through the lens of Scripture that calls the assembled worshippers to conversion, thanksgiving, and service. Central to …

Leveraging Spatial Statistics For Domain Adaptation Of Vision Language Models In Medical Vqa, Himanshu Raj

Master’s Dissertations

Recent advances in Vision–Language Models (VLMs) have demonstrated strong performance in Medical Visual Question Answering (Medical VQA) task. Although they perform very well within their domains, these models often experience issues with their generalization ability on unknown clinical distribution data because of different imaging technologies and patient groups used in various medical facilities. Generalization problems faced by these models make their practical application in the field of VLM-based medical VQA systems rather difficult. To overcome this limitation we proposed our method named Spatial Semantics Aware Domain Adaptation (SSADA), which is an integrated framework that combines both finetuning and prompt-based in-context …

Higher Education Administrators’ Perceptions Of The Influence On The Social Construction Of Disability And Institutional Antidiscrimination Policies, Pamela A. Kasyan-Howe

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Bridging Gaps In Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treated At An Outpatient Clinic, Allen M. Savedra

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

No abstract provided.

Experiences Of Black Francophone Students Entering The United States For Higher Education, Anu Nifemi Ferguson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Navigating Mental Health After Purity Culture: Women’S Voices From The Southern United States, Abby Frazee

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

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Can We Add A New Language Of Love? Freedom…, Essraa Nawar

Library Articles and Research

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More than thirty years later, the Five Love Languages remain part of our everyday vocabulary. We ask spouses, friends, and family members, 'What’s your love language?' We have learned that people experience love differently and that meaningful relationships require understanding how others feel seen, valued, and appreciated.

The framework has helped millions.

Yet I wonder whether the conversation is incomplete.

Can we add a new language of love?

I believe we can. I believe there is a sixth language.

Its name is Freedom."

Agrarian Livelihoods At Risk: Land Acquisition Conflicts And Local Resistance In The Trans Sulawesi Railway Project, Indonesia, Ahmad Ismail, Putri Nadiah M, Safriadi Safriadi, Yahya Yahya, Pawennari Hijjang, Munsi Lampe, Muhammad Basir, Semiarto Aji Purwanto

Forest and Society

This article explores the socio-political and ecological dimensions of land acquisition in the context of Indonesia's Trans Sulawesi Railway Project, focusing on Salenrang Village in Maros Regency, South Sulawesi. Grounded in a critical ethnographic method, the research examines how affected agrarian communities respond to dispossession through differentiated strategies, ranging from passive acceptance and conditional negotiation to symbolic and moral resistance. These responses are shaped by unequal access to land tenure recognition, fragmented compensation mechanisms, and exclusion from participatory decision-making processes. Drawing on political ecology, critical agrarian studies, and the theory of everyday resistance, the study situates infrastructure development as a …