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Letter To Bob From Paul, Paul J. Corkery Jr.

Bob Schieffer Vietnam War Collection

Letter to Bob Schieffer from Paul J. Corkery Jr. asking him to speak at club meeting, April 14, 1966.

Bcai – Project-First Ai Business Creation Platform: Defensive Publication (3 December 2025), Clinton Orah

Defensive Publications Series

This document publicly discloses a novel artificial intelligence-powered business

development platform that implements a Project-First Architecture for guiding

entrepreneurs through the complete startup lifecycle — from ideation to market

launch. The system integrates sequential phase-locked workflows, AI

orchestration agents, gamified progress tracking, and hybrid monetization

models to create a comprehensive digital co-founder experience. This publication

establishes prior art for the described innovations.

Fast-Failover Ipv4 And Ipv6, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure is directed to a protocol-agnostic fast-failover mechanism for IPv4 and IPv6 networks designed to address the inherent lack of rapid reconvergence. The present disclosure may enhance network resilience by pre-calculating and pre-installing a backup, or backup route, into a router's forwarding information base (FIB) alongside a primary route. In the event of a primary route failure, a router can be configured to switch traffic to the backup route almost instantaneously, thereby bypassing the conventional, time-consuming process of route recalculation and installation. This approach can significantly minimize packet loss and service disruption.

System And Method For Dynamic Memory Optimization And Secure Auxiliary Partitioning On Emv Chip Cards”, Ananya Verma, Raouf Khan

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure provides a method and a system for dynamic memory optimization and secure auxiliary partitioning on the EMV chip cards. The method includes detecting EMV card memory conditions and identifying low-entropy EMV data regions eligible for compression. The method includes performing memory compression and defragmentation to free space for auxiliary data storage while preserving EMV application integrity. The method includes allocating a Secure Auxiliary Partition (SAP) using recovered memory and enforcing access-restricted memory mapping. The method includes generating a context-bound cryptographic key for encrypting auxiliary records based on transaction metadata or service identifiers. The method includes writing encrypted …

Generating Interactive, Llm-Driven Annotations For Inclusion In Digital Image Files, Ilia Labzovsky, Danny Karmon

Defensive Publications Series

While photographs capture visual information, they lack depth and interactivity. Contextual information, memories, stories, and related data associated with a photograph are external to the image file itself, and are scattered across applications, cloud services, or within the user’s mind. This disclosure describes techniques to enhance a digital image by automatically generating interactive annotations using a large language model (LLM) and incorporating the annotations into the image. Entities within a photo are identified and an LLM is instructed to generate an annotation object for the recognized entities. The annotation object is a self-contained package of data and instructions that specifies …

Integrating Generative Animations Of Photographs Into A Coherent Video Journey, Ilia Labzovsky, Danny Karmon

Defensive Publications Series

Users enjoy creating slideshows, animated videos, etc. that capture their trips. Current techniques to prepare such creations are limited by the content of the captured photographs and user knowledge of such features. This disclosure describes the use of artificial intelligence to automatically generate a dynamic video journey from a collection of user photographs. With user permission, an artificial intelligence model performs semantic analysis of user photos to infer the user’s geographic path during the photo capture journey. A generative video model accesses street-level images along the path and synthesizes a base video that simulates first-person movement along the path. The …

How Sports Culture Affects Mental Health: United States And Latin America, Isabelle Westling

Saint John’s Preparatory School Student Work

This paper examines how sports culture in the United States of America and in Latin America shapes the mental health and emotional well-being of student-athletes. To answer this question, I read and examined papers and articles originating from both regions. These articles helped me understand cultural implications and shortcomings from both sides. A number of these articles are in Spanish and translated by me throughout my research. My results show that in United States there are a variety of sources of stress. Pressures from school and academics are prevalent as scholarships and future careers are dependent on it. With that, …

Ink And Ignorance: How Limitations In Research, Captivity And Recognition Obscure Cephalopod Science, Jacob Weniger

Saint John’s Preparatory School Student Work

This paper analyzes what the limitations are in modern ocean research and how they relate to the study of cephalopods. To understand this, the paper reviews many known cephalopod species to understand what is unknown about their biology. Research was then conducted to assess why certain aspects of species are unknown. Then each gap the specifications of the limitation and the solutions or strategies to overcome them was examined. This led to examinations of research tools, analysis bias, and public views. Understanding these issues is of great importance because it gives a comprehensive lay out of what needs to be …

How Did Creative Expression Impact Advocacy And Accessibility For Female Reproductive Freedom During Second Wave Feminism In America?, Vivian Fitch

Saint John’s Preparatory School Student Work

This paper analyzes how poetry, visual art, and rhetoric have impacted accessibility for female reproductive freedom. The time period is 1960s through the 1990s; referred to as second wave feminism. The feminist art pieces examined are mediums such as poetry, visual art, and rhetoric. To find the implication of these art forms, I inspected each form of art and focused on literary devices, artistic technique, and Aristotle’s method for persuasive language. I conclude that art has a deep emotional, social, and legal effect on society. This art is accessible, conveys a clear point, and is rhetorically complex, which inspired change …

Tracing The Truth: The Case For The United States To Adopt Eu-Style Supply Chain Transparency In Global High-Risk Industries, Daniel Assor

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

Have you ever looked in your closet and wondered where your clothing came from? Or stared into the black mirror of your phone and questioned how it was made? Certainly, you know where you bought it, but are you sure of where it was before then? Unless you sew your own clothes or communicate by carrier pigeon, these questions may not have crossed your mind. However, I urge everyone to look around their home—you will find objects with questionable origins. This shift has brought increased focus to supply chains, elevating transparency as a critical element of corporate environmental, social, and …

Ai And A Possible Renaissance For Christian Higher Education, Derek Schuurman

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

The early Greeks saw the essence of education as Paideia: the process of forming a whole person into an ideal citizen. They emphasized the formation of virtues like prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance in preparation for active citizenship. In Plato’s Republic, we read that “The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful,” which involves the shaping of desire.¹ For the Greeks, the purpose of education was training in virtue.

Experiences And Perceptions Of Patients, Caregivers, And Healthcare Professionals With Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics For The Treatment Of Schizophrenia: Qualitative Results From The Multinational Advance Study, Martha Sajatovic

Faculty Scholarship

Introduction: Schizophrenia imposes a substantial burden on individuals and society. Long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) improve adherence and reduce relapse and hospitalization rates compared with oral treatments for schizophrenia, yet LAI use varies globally. The qualitative interview portion of the global Attitudes DriVing regional differences in long-acting injectable ANtipsychotic utilization for schizophrenia among healthcare professionals (HCPs), patients, and CaregivErs (ADVANCE) study explored the patient journey from schizophrenia diagnosis to treatment, treatment goals, and experiences and perspectives on LAIs that may influence their use. Methods: ADVANCE included HCPs, patients, and caregivers from Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Israel, Spain, South Korea, and the …

The Rider (2025-12-08), Daniela Martinez Salazar

The Rider Archives

Vol. 11, No. 14

2025 December 8 - Staff Senate Agenda And Minutes, Staff Senate, East Tennessee State University

Staff Senate Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Heroes By The Score, Owen J. Eastman

Honors Projects

Historians have increasingly examined how media other than yellow journalism helped manufacture consent for American imperialism during the Spanish-American War, yet commercial sheet music—despite its ubiquity at the time—remains overlooked. This study addresses that gap by analyzing fifty pieces of sheet music published around the period, employing a mixed-methods approach that combines quantitative, qualitative, and comparative media analysis. The corpus reveals four dominant themes: memorializing the sinking of the Maine; Cuban “liberation” rhetoric that often referenced American ownership or influence over the island; military hero worship that personalized and justified expansion; and messages of national unity that permitted overseas territorial …

Expanding Epilepsy Representation: On Education And Awareness, Aliyah Wise

Honors Projects

The present-day American public education system has evolved to try to teach young students about more cultures and people of different lifestyles. However, despite these reforms to push for an inclusive education system, there is still minimal effort to teach students about disabilities and the people who live with them. As a student living with epilepsy, I have observed a lack of education or conversation about this disability. The purpose of this research project is to ask: How does miseducation on epilepsy contribute to harmful stereotypes and lead to real issues for people living with this disability? How should neurotypical …

Mobility-Restricting Covenants In Business Contracts: The Case Of Franchising, Francine Lafontaine, Lorenzo G. Luisetto, J. J. Prescott

Law & Economics Working Papers

Several studies show that restrictive covenants in employment contracts, such as noncompete agreements, may affect employees in detrimental ways, including by reducing mobility and suppressing wages. While such concerns are real, these clauses also have the potential to serve legitimate business purposes by helping companies protect valuable information, which can encourage investment and training and enhance social welfare. This paper explores the use of several types of covenants, including noncompetes but also confidentiality and post-relationship non-recruitment clauses, in franchise contracts, an important and accessible category of business contracts. Many of these contracts impose restrictive covenants on franchisees but also on …

Ada News - 12/8/2025, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Week Of December 8, 2025, Student Life

College, School and Department Newsletters, Magazines, and Journals

Your weekly hub for events, resources and updates

Update To: New Butterfly Taxa And Findings From Genomic Analyses, Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V. Grishin

The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey

Due to the United States government shutdown, GenBank services were unavailable, and accession numbers could not be obtained for the sequences reported in the original publication. This update provides the GenBank accession numbers for these sequences, together with additional taxonomic findings accumulated since the initial study. One genus, 16 species and four subspecies are proposed as new (type species or localities in parentheses): Madaga Grishin, gen. n. (Artitropa alaotrana Oberthür, 1916), Udranomia eurianus Grishin, sp. n. (Ecuador: Napo), Entheus dalina Grishin, sp. n. (Brazil: Pará), Entheus ambo Grishin, sp. n. (Colombia: Cauca), Entheus pico Grishin, sp. n. (Colombia: Valle …

Evaluating Community Involvement Efficacy In The Adoption Of Airport Noise Mitigation Programs, Rhea Dutta, Oleksandr Sergey Crowell, Joao Pedro Biondo Peres, Caroline Kathure Marete

Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship

Introduction and Background: The management of noise stemming from airport operations has been at the center of regulatory efforts aimed at balancing airport expansion with both environmental and community impacts. This study evaluates the effectiveness of community involvement in creating and implementing noise mitigation programs. It explored the methods through which airports are adopting federal regulations, established by agencies such as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and implementing initiatives, such as Noise Compatibility Programs (NCPs) and Noise Exposure Maps (NEMs). Specific regulations reviewed include 14 CFR Part 150, 14 CFR Part 160, and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). …

Balancing Science And Society; Onkalo Paves The Way As The First Deep Geological Repository, Abigail Preston

Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship

Finland’s Onkalo facility, the world’s first operational deep geological repository (DGR) for spent nuclear fuel, represents a rare and instructive success in the global challenge of long-term nuclear waste management. In contrast to stalled initiatives like Yucca Mountain, a proposed DGR first proposed in the 1970’s in the United States, Onkalo offers critical insights into the conditions that enable progress in this technically and politically complex and intertwined domain. Through an analysis of archival documents, national policy frameworks, safety case materials, and interdisciplinary social science literature, four key contributors of success emerge: Finland’s historically stable and pragmatic approach to nuclear …

A Leap Of Good Faith: Intent Requirements In Trademark Applications Across Major Markets, Maximillian Scott Matiauda

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

This Article examines how four major trademark regimes—the United Kingdom, United States, China, and European Union—define and regulate bad-faith trademark applications. It traces the historical and legislative foundations of intent-to-use doctrines, compares contemporary statutory frameworks and judicial interpretations, and evaluates pivotal developments such as the U.K. Supreme Court’s SkyKick ruling and China’s ongoing trademark reforms. Although the jurisdictions employ distinct legal tools, the Article finds a converging emphasis on curbing opportunistic or abusive filings. The Article ultimately advocates for greater international alignment in articulating and enforcing good-faith standards within trademark law.

The Samsung Succession And Art Donations: The Necessity Of Tax Incentives In Preserving And Expanding The Cultural Heritage Of South Korea, Sophia Do

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

Until recently, South Korea’s laws did not allow the donation of art as a form of inheritance tax payment. In fact, there has been a general lack of tax benefits on art donations in the country. Experts often attribute this deficiency to two reasons: the lack of a national and widespread art appraisal system and the traditional view that such tax laws benefit only the rich. The tide, however, turned in 2020. Two national events provided the impetus for tax law reform that allows the donation of art as a form of inheritance tax payment: the Samsung succession and the …

Pharmacoepidemiology Of Oxycodone In The Usa: An Observational Study Of Arcos, Medicaid, And Medicare Drug Databases, Jay P. Solgama, Apoorva Pradhan, Kenneth L. Mccall, Brian J. Piper

Pharmacy Faculty Scholarship

The US continues to battle an opioid crisis, substantially influenced by prescription opioids, with nearly 80 000 opioid-related deaths in 2023. This study aims to characterize oxycodone's distribution in the United States (US) from 2000 to 2023 using three data sources. Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME) of oxycodone were calculated from the Drug Enforcement Administration annual summary reports from the Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System (ARCOS); the number of units and prescriptions of oxycodone per enrollee were calculated using the Medicaid State Drug Utilization Data (M-SDUD); and the number of claims and 30-day fills per enrollee and per beneficiary …

These Boots Were Made For Copyrighting: A Comparative Analysis Of Copyright Protection For The Shoe Industry In The European Union And United States And How It Is Impacting The “Dupe” Market, Annalee Gunderson

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

Copyright protection for fashion designs has always been slim, especially when it comes to shoes. Times seem to be changing as calls for increased protection in the industry have generated a new focus on changing the nature of copyright laws to better protect designs and designers. Two of the world’s fashion meccas, the United States and European Union, have their own different approaches to this issue. In the last decade, each territory’s most influential court, the United States Supreme Court in Star Athletica v. Varsity Brands and the Court of Justice in the European Union in Cofemel v. G–Star Raw, …

Framing The Dialogue By Revisiting Fundamental Principles For Indirect Copyright Liability In China: History, Economics And Tort Law Analysis, Xiao Ma

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

The issue of indirect copyright liability has been debated for many years, particularly with the rise of technological advancements like cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). China has frequently revised its laws and regulations to address copyright–related cases, often drawing from the experience of the common law system. However, this has sparked stakeholder disagreement on implementing filtering obligations for online services, raising the duty of care for online intermediaries, and whether safe harbor rules are still relevant.

This Article argues that the current regime of digital copyright liability rests on three pillars: historical, economic, and tort law theories. The author …

Deep Learning For Underwater Manatee Counting And Tracking, Theodor Owchariw

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present

The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), a threatened marine mammal often found in coastal waters, require accurate monitoring to inform conservation strategies. However, traditional counting methods are hindered by observer bias and surface distortions. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) address these challenges using captured aerial footage of manatees, demonstrating the potential of artificial intelligence for automating manatee counting. Still, various challenges arise hindering accurate counts.

Building on these studies, this work advances artificial intelligence with underwater footage, instance segmentation, data augmentation, and pseudo-labeling to automate manatee counting in data-scarce environments. Three experiments were conducted using 10%, 60%, and 90% …

Exploring The Impact Of Negative Ewom On Hotel Booking Intention Through The Lens Of Attribution Theory And The Moderating Role Of Recovery Justice, Antonio Jose Ogaz-Muñoz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present

Negative electronic word-of-mouth (EWOM) has emerged as a critical factor influencing customer behavior, particularly in the hospitality industry. Despite extensive research grounded in failure attributions and service recovery theories, few studies examine the combined impact of failure attribution and recovery justice on hotel booking intentions. Using a 2x2x2x2 between-subjects experimental design with 373 responses, this research investigates how customers' perceptions of failure attribution influence their booking intention after exposure to negative EWOM, and if perceived recovery justice can mitigate the negative effects of these attributions. Results show that booking intention declined most when reviews framed the failure as hotel-caused and …

Increasing Colon Cancer Screening Completion Rates Utilizing Patient Navigation In Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Project, Anya C. Pennycooke

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2020 - Present

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. It is highly preventable through routine screening and early detection, yet national data indicate that one in three eligible adults remains unscreened. The purpose of this Quality Improvement (QI) project was to increase colon cancer screening completion rates by implementing a patient navigation program. Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring guided the intervention by promoting patient-centered communication. W. Edwards Deming’s Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model provided the framework for this approach. Patients aged 45-75 years due for colon cancer screening were identified using the electronic health record (EHR) in …