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Evaluating Behavioral Intervention Strategies For Reducing Hyperactivity In Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder And Comorbid Adhd, Murtadha M. Abd Noor, Dunya Habeeb Shnain

Maaen Journal for Medical Sciences

One of the most difficult and complex symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is hyperactivity. This has a substantial negative impact on daily functioning, learning, and responsiveness to therapy interventions, as well as on intervention programs that aim to manage behavior in schools and clinical settings, thereby restricting children's engagement in these programs as management behaviors become more emphasized. Given marked heterogeneity in clinical presentations and a lack of consensus on the most effective behavioral strategies, there remains an imperative to systematically evaluate targeted, specific strategies for reducing hyperactivity in this …

Robust And Efficient Trajectory Tracking For Robotic Manipulators Via An Optimally Tuned Adaptive Integral Sliding Mode Controller, Tareq A. Sultan, Abbas H. Issa, Layla H. Abood

Engineering and Technology Journal

A robust Optimized Adaptive Integral Sliding Mode Controller (OAISMC) is proposed for high-precision trajectory tracking and chattering suppression of a 3-DOF where high decoupling rigid multi-body dynamics robotic manipulator in the presence of nonlinearities, parametric uncertainties, and external disturbances. The controller is designed to overcome strong joint coupling around an integral sliding surface, which eliminates the reaching phase and ensures robustness throughout the entire operation. Adaptive laws are incorporated to update the switching gains online without requiring a priori knowledge of disturbance bounds. The free design parameters of the controller are optimally tuned using the Osprey Optimization Algorithm (OOA) and …

Reassessing The Spillover Hierarchy: Evidence Of A Dual-Channel Mechanism Across India's Market Capitalization Spectrum, Aditya Joshi

Management Dynamics

Background: The transmission of financial shocks across market segments is a critical determinant of systemic risk and contagion. While volatility spillovers between large and mid-cap stocks are well-documented, the role of the micro-cap segment in the broader market ecosystem remains underexplored.

Objective: This study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of shock transmission across the entire market capitalization spectrum of the Indian equity market, encompassing large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap segments.

Materials and Methods: Employing a Vector Autoregression (VAR) framework, the dynamics have been investigated through Granger causality tests, impulse response functions, and forecast error variance decomposition. To ensure the …

Hr Analytics: A Bibliometric Analysis Using Web Of Science (Wos) Database And Exploring New Horizons, Akanksha Srivastava, Ram Singh

Management Dynamics

Purpose: Recent years have seen a rise in popularity for the study of human resource analytics, which is a relatively young field of study. The research that has been done in this area is advancing and will open new avenues for future investigation. The paper discusses the theoretical foundations upon which the operation of HR analytics is based.

Methodology: The paper gives insight into the publications, authors, keywords, nations, references, and journals of the studies by employing Bibliometric analysis. Overall, 210 publications that were published between 2012 and 2022 were considered all were research articles for the present study. For …

Front Matter

ACTEC Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Time Lapse: Deducting Claims And Expenses Under Section 2053, Grayson M.P. Mccouch

ACTEC Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Provost’S Scholarly Dissemination Report: Une Authored Publications February 1, 2026, Through May 1, 2026, Une Office Of The Provost

UNE Provost's Reports

Scholarly dissemination report of UNE-authored publications during the period of February 1, 2026, through May 1, 2026. Prepared for the Academic, Student, and Research Affairs Committee Provost’s Report, June 2026.

Intellectual Humility By Design: How Courts Earn Legitimacy And Improve Decisions, Steve Leben

Faculty Works

Courts decide disputes as one branch of our government. Their authority depends not only on getting the outcome right but also on public acceptance of their authority. In a time when confidence in institutions is under pressure, courts cannot assume that legitimacy will take care of itself. They must earn it—case by case—through both the substance of what they decide and the way they exercise authority in public view.

A large body of procedural-justice research explains one side of that equation. People are more willing to accept court decisions, even unfavorable ones, when the process communicates voice, neutrality, respect, and …

Provost’S Media Report February 16 – May 12, 2026, Une Office Of The Provost

UNE Provost's Reports

Report of UNE media appearances during the period of February 16, 2026 through May 12, 2026. Prepared for the Academic, Student, and Research Affairs Committee Provost’s Report, June 2026.

Public Preferences For Critical Mineral Mining In The U.S.: Evidence From A Discrete Choice Experiment, Bamidele Ajiga, Kwame Awuah-Offei, Mahelet G. Fikru

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Even though there is widespread recognition that we need to mine more critical minerals for national security and energy needs, concerns about environmental impacts often lead to public opposition to proposed new mining projects. The literature lacks sufficient data from communities with proposed mineral projects to assess drivers of differences in support. This study investigates public preferences for mining projects in three states in the United States with proposed critical minerals projects, using a discrete choice experiment. Respondents evaluated projects that vary in job creation, state tax revenue, tailings reprocessing content, groundwater impacts, and surface water impacts. We also randomly …

After Advisory Votes: Exploring Alternatives For Voter Engagement In Washington Tax Policy, Emma Morse

Washington Law Review

In 2023, the Washington State legislature repealed the state’s advisory vote system, which allowed taxpayers to express their opinions on enacted tax measures. This system was the first of its kind in the United States, a novel concept that no other state had implemented. Although the advisory votes were non-binding, they provided a platform for public input on tax policy decisions. The repeal of this system raises important questions about voter participation in tax policy, particularly in a state already known for its regressive tax structure. This presents an opportunity to consider whether Washington voters should have input on tax …

Enhancing Postsecondary Outcomes For Students With Emotional And Behavioral Disorders: A Design-Based Mixed Methods Approach To Transition Planning, Kate M. Schrum

Dissertations

Students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) experienced significantly lower postsecondary outcomes when compared to same-aged peers. These outcomes included lower graduation rates, higher unemployment rates, and difficulty establishing independent living arrangements (Wagner & Newman, 2015). Following a human-centered, design-based approach, the scholar-practitioner found a lack of consistent and meaningful transition support specifically designed for students with EBD. Working with a stakeholder team of educational professionals directly involved in supporting transition for students with EBD at an alternative special education program, the scholar-practitioner developed a "Transition Toolkit". The toolkit contained scaffolded grade-level checklists (for grades 6–12) with self-advocacy and goal-setting …

Real Promise For False Claims: A Whistleblower Litigation Strategy To Reward Investigative Journalism, Frank D. Lomonte

Washington Law Review

Every year, investigative reporters uncover stories of waste, fraud, and corruption, alerting the government to taxpayer ripoffs that had previously gone undiscovered or ignored. For decades, non-journalists have been reaping windfall rewards—sometimes in the millions—by using false-claims statutes to bring whistleblower actions on the government’s behalf. With news organizations struggling for their economic survival, and efforts to secure alternative financial support through government bailouts faltering, is it time for journalists to seek a share of the money they recoup for taxpayers by becoming plaintiffs?

This Article explores the possibilities, and downside risks, of using the federal False Claims Act, and …

Prompted Props, Human Pipelines: Evaluating Ai-Generated 3d Assets For Game-Ready Environments, Andrew Begemann, James Hutson

Faculty Scholarship

Generative AI systems increasingly promise rapid 3D asset production for game development, yet their practical viability depends on whether generated models can move beyond visual preview into editable, optimized, engine-ready workflows. This article presents a practice-led comparative case study of a stylized fantasy tavern environment produced through two workflows: a human-authored Blender pipeline and an AI-assisted pipeline using Meshy 6 and Hunyuan 3D. Using a fixed asset list, shared visual theme, documented prompts, production-time tracking, visual comparison, topology inspection, UV-map analysis, and post-generation labor accounting, the study evaluates whether text-to-3D tools function as production substitutes, ideation accelerators, or conditional asset …

Exploring Information Literacy Skills, Attitudes, And Barriers Among Medical And Nursing Students In Bahrain: A Mixed-Methods Perspective, Asif Altaf, Suchita N. Dsilva, Simple Sibi Joseph, Fida Mukhtar, Muhammad Zeeshan, Bindhu Nair

Communications in Information Literacy

Information literacy is essential for evidence-based medical education, yet Gulf-region studies rarely examine student competencies and barriers. This study examines the information literacy skills, attitudes, and challenges faced by medical and nursing students at RCSI Bahrain. A mixed-methods design was employed, combining a quantitative survey (n = 343) with qualitative focus groups (n = 10). Students reported high self-perceived information literacy across domains. Time constraints and information overload were identified as the primary barriers to effective communication. Focus group findings highlighted the late introduction of curricula, technical access challenges, and inequities between medical and nursing programs. Library training attendance, academic …

Using Design Thinking To Support Teacher Confidence In Delivering Culturally Relevant Literacy Instruction To Address Literacy Achievement Gaps, Amy Winters

Dissertations

Despite comprehensive efforts over the years, literacy rates in the United States continued to decline, particularly among students from disadvantaged populations. The literacy achievement gap was driven by socioeconomic disparities, inadequate teacher preparation, and a lack of access to evidence-based, culturally relevant materials. In the Main School District (MSD), the scholar practitioner identified while interventions existed, inconsistencies in literacy instruction and a lack of teacher confidence in delivering culturally responsive instruction hindered student progress. The dissertation in practice focused on addressing issues in literacy instruction and achievement while highlighting ways to meet teachers’ needs and provide means to engage all …

The Dual Dilemma Of Language Barriers Faced By International Students In Higher Education: A Literature Review, Song Wang

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

This literature review summarizes and analyzes existing research on the language barriers faced by Chinese and Indian international students in American higher education. Drawing on previous research in second language acquisition and academic English, this paper summarizes the differences in language education between China and India and how limited academic English preparation impacts students' participation and learning experiences in American higher education classrooms. The paper also explores how higher education institutions can address these challenges through language support and learning environments. Overall, this literature review emphasizes the role of institutional practices in influencing the academic language development of international students.

Full Pdf Issue 18(3) 2026, Rosalind L. Raby

Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education

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“I Didn’T Know Architects Do This”: Interventions In The Social Reproduction Of The Architect Figure In Ireland., Miriam Delaney

Doctoral

The architect is widely understood as the producer of architectural artefacts: buildings, feasibility studies, drawings, and specifications. However, architects (as a professional collective identity) are themselves produced by the complex matrix of social relations and structural forces in which they act; the architect is as much a product as the architectural artefacts.

This thesis provides a retrospective critical examination of aspects of my work in expanded forms of architectural practice from 2011 to 2021. My Critical Appraisal of this work focuses less on the content or successes of the Outputs, the products of production, and more on their collective contribution …

De Astronomiā: A Comparison Of Kepler’S Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae And Ancient Astronomical Literature, Jillian Lees Darcy

Classics Undergraduate Senior Theses

My thesis is part translation and part analysis. I chose to translate an early modern astronomical text written in Neo-Latin and analyze this text through ancient writing on astronomy and cosmology. I chose to translate Kepler’s Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae because of the many ancient allusions he makes in the introduction. While this text is valued for its scientific content and contributions, but I was interested in Kepler’s literary strategies, specifically how he engages in authorial self-fashioning, and how classical strategies of knowledge construction are distorted or mirrored in their style and content.  After my translation, I will analyze Kepler’s literary …

Simulation Of Silicon Neurons With Memristive Synapses For Ai Accelerators, Marcus Ivey, Kelvin Shi

Electrical Engineering

This project seeks to design and simulate a neuromorphic spiking neural network (SNN) that implements the logical AND and logical OR operation through the interaction of a Leaky Integrate-and-Fire (LIF) output neuron and memristive synapses modeled using the Biolek formulation. Two pulsed inputs are transmitted through memristive devices whose conductance serves as the synaptic weights. A supervised Hebbian training strategy, implemented in MATLAB, is employed to adjust the synaptic conductance according to the Hebbian delta rule. The proposed framework demonstrates how elementary logical computation may arise from biologically motivated learning processes embedded in hardware-realistic neuromorphic circuits. The study provides a …

Uav Trio Formations For Aerial Pest Deterrence With Vision-Based Bird Monitoring, Benjamin Andrew Ly, Chris Kwon, Christian Joseph Macaranas

Electrical Engineering

No abstract provided.

Portable Food Pasteurization Using Pulsed Electric Fields (Pef), Thomas E. Mcmillan Iii

Electrical Engineering

Foodborne illnesses remain a significant public health concern, motivating continued development of alternative food pasteurization technologies. Pulsed electric field (PEF) treatment is a non-thermal pasteurization method that inactivates microorganisms through electroporation while minimizing thermal degradation of food products. The long-term objective of this project was development of a portable PEF food pasteurization system.

An iterative design approach was used to investigate generation of the high-voltage pulses required for PEF treatment. Multiple pulse forming network topologies were evaluated through simulation, leading to selection of a solid-state Marx generator architecture. A low-voltage five-stage prototype was designed, constructed, and tested to validate the …

Wireless Communication In Autonomous Vehicles, Kaylie Bao, Nicholas Andrews, Mark Negus

Electrical Engineering

This project focuses on developing and testing a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication system using Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) based on the IEEE 802.11p standard. The system uses the NXP i.MX 8XLite V2X Evaluation Kit, which includes the SAF5400 modem for wireless communication in the 5.9 GHz band.

The main goal of this project was to establish reliable communication between two V2X evaluation boards and to verify that custom, user-defined data could be transmitted between them. Through iterative testing, we were able to successfully send and receive custom 802.11 frames using the provided command-line tools and achieve consistent communication between nodes. …

Vlsi Spike Encoder For Spiking Neural Networks With 4-Bit Sar Adc, Jack Marshall, Wyatt Tack, Cameron Young, Ryken Thompson

Electrical Engineering

A spike encoder forms the interface between sampled data, such as image data or a sensor signal, and a spiking neural network by converting numerical input samples into discrete spike events. Unlike conventional artificial neural networks, spiking neural networks use spare, even-driven computation instead of continuous-valued activations. This makes them attractive for low-power embedded systems, biomedical electronics, and other edge applications where energy consumption, physical area, and thermal limits are important design constraints.

This project develops a modular spike encoder architecture for spiking neural networks with selectable support for temporal, rate, multi-spike, and delta encoding. Prior work has shown that …

Cal Poly Mars Rover Battery Management System, Lawrence Nichols, Caleb Michael King, Thomas Anh Khoa To, Angel Soto

Electrical Engineering

The exploration of space has consistently been one of the most expensive endeavors humanities has undertaken in its journey to expand ever further. The PolyRover project aims to not only cheapen that expense through student-based research but also provide a better bang for buck as more unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) can be utilized on planets in concert. In order to do so, the rovers need a robust, yet compact battery management system that can fit within the wheel well. Our system will consist of six commercially-available 18650 batteries in series, organized in a hexagonal fashion around the motor. The BMS …

Articulator Volume 32, Issue 2

Metro Denver Dental Society Articulator Magazine

The 2nd Quarter 2026 issue of The Articulator explores the growing intersection between oral health and whole-body wellness, with a focus on oral-systemic health, interdisciplinary collaboration and the role of dentistry in preventive medicine. Articles include:

• A perspective from Dr. Brett Kessler examining what true medical-dental integration would require, including reimbursement reform, collaborative care models and expanded recognition of dentistry’s role in systemic health.
• An evidence-based article from Ms. Anne O. Rice exploring the connection between periodontal disease, inflammation and Alzheimer’s disease, including the role of dentistry in dementia risk reduction and preventive healthcare.
• Insights from Ms. Lani McBeth on …

Stafford Act's Requirement To Consider Climate Change In State Hazard Mitigation Plans, Olivia N. Guarna

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

Climate change is fueling an unprecedented number of extreme weather and climate disasters with dire costs on human life and property. States and local governments now face a responsibility to adapt to these increasing disaster risks to improve community resilience and avoid an ever-growing magnitude of loss. Congress passed the Stafford Act in 1988 to provide a means for sustained and coordinated federal aid in response to disasters. The Stafford Act includes a comprehensive non-emergency hazard mitigation program. Hazard mitigation assistance empowers states, tribes, and local governments to engage in planning and mitigation activities that improve disaster outcomes and minimize …

Characterizing Aging-Induced Rowhammer Vulnerability And Designing A Runtime-Adaptive Defense For Ddr4 Dram, Abdulaziz Alajmi

Electrical and Computer Engineering Master's Theses

Rowhammer is a hardware fault that began as a DRAM reliability concern and became a security vulnerability. Repeatedly activating one row corrupts data in its neighbors, so an attacker who can hammer rows next to sensitive memory can flip bits they could never directly access. The number of activations needed to do so is called the Rowhammer threshold. The Rowhammer threshold has fallen steadily with each generation. The defenses that ship in response, from in-DRAM target-row refresh to the counter-based mitigations now mandated by the DDR5 standard, all rest on a quiet assumption: that this threshold is a fixed property …

Oer Organic Chemistry I Lab Manual, Ji Kim

Open Educational Resources

This Organic Chemistry I Lab Manual presents ten inquiry-based modules that integrate green chemistry principles into every stage of the microscale laboratory experience. Students use Kontes microscale glassware to perform essential techniques, including distillation, recrystallization, extraction, chromatography, and nucleophilic substitution reactions. Each module features standardized learning objectives, pre-lab questions, microscale procedures, data tables, and post-lab analysis. Green Chemistry Connections explicitly links each experiment to the Twelve Principles, emphasizing waste prevention, safer solvents, renewable feedstocks, and accident reduction. From isolating caffeine from tea and lycopene from tomato paste to synthesizing cyclohexene via E1 elimination, students learn classical organic chemistry through an …