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Successful Large-Scale Combat Operations Require Artificially Intelligent Breaching Munitions, Michael P. Carvelli

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

The US Army must invest in artificial intelligence–enabled breaching munitions to succeed in large-scale combat operations. This article combines existing technologies to propose a new capability the Army does not currently possess. It lays out the current state of breaching materiel, identifies additional technology available, and proposes combining multiple pieces of existing technology to create improved breaching munitions for the Army’s use. This new capability will require practitioners and policymakers to enable the creation of artificial intelligence systems through acquisition and tactical experimentation.

Risk Decision Making And Intertemporal Choice: Lessons From The Taiwan Strait, Rachel Downing

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article argues that domestic and political factors may incentivize US presidents to use risky military options to resolve crises quickly, though high costs or threats to long-term vital interests can overcome leaders’ natural tendencies to focus on the present. Recently declassified documents from President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration allow a detailed examination of how US leaders balanced risks over time during the First and Second Taiwan Strait Crises. The findings inform policy recommendations to enhance military planning and enable military advisers to communicate long-term risks more effectively to political leaders.

Strategic Rivalries: How Are They Won?, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article argues strategic rivalries—distinct from general strategic competition—are best understood as contests in which states prioritize weakening a specific opponent’s capacity to compete. It departs from existing work by critiquing the Joint Concept for Competing’s narrow definition and by emphasizing rivalry termination as a central but understudied dimension. Drawing on decades of international relations scholarship and historical datasets of interstate rivalries since 1815, the article analyzes how rivalries end and identifies strategic preclusion as a proactive approach for winning them. Its insights offer policy and military practitioners guidance for shaping competitive strategies short of war.

Asarco Delenda Est, John M. Greabe

Law Faculty Scholarship

ASARCO Inc. v. Kadish is the most important Supreme Court decision addressing the adjudication in state courts of federal claims that Article III’s case-or-controversy requirements would bar lower federal courts from hearing. But there are two serious problems with the reasoning of ASARCO: one involving an error of omission and the other an error of commission. ASARCO’s error of omission is its apparent assumption that a party barred from asserting a federal claim in federal court because of a lack of redressable Article III injury caused by the conduct complained of should face no barriers to obtaining relief on the …

Decentralized Q-Learning Supervisory Control For Coordinated Multi-Loop Tuning In Pump Stations, David Brattley, Wayne Weaver

Michigan Tech Publications

This paper introduces a reinforced learning-based supervisory control architecture that oversees multiple Recursive Least Squares (RLS) based self-tuning pump controllers and determines when each loop is permitted to adapt its gains. The supervisor learns adaptation policies that minimize interaction between loops while preserving responsiveness to changing hydraulic conditions. A two-loop pump station simulation is used to evaluate performance under product changes and transient flow disturbances. The results show that the supervisory layer reduces the number of simultaneous adaptation events by over 70%, leading to a 32% lower pressure-tracking error and 45% fewer gain-induced oscillations compared to conventional independent adaptive control. …

Fluorescent Biosensor-Guided Engineering Of Enzyme Cascades For Electrochemical Applications, Nathan J. Ricks, Monica Brachi, Fnu Arun, Egor Baiarashov, Shelley D. Minteer, Ming C. Hammond

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

Substrate channeling is a strategy for enhancing flux and yield in enzymatic cascades and is increasingly relevant for applications in biocatalysis, biotechnology, and bioelectrochemical systems. However, efforts to engineer channeling are limited by the lack of high-throughput methods to evaluate and optimize channeling efficiency. Here, we present a fluorescence-based screening assay to rapidly assess substrate channeling in a model system involving fumarase and malate dehydrogenase, two sequential enzymes from the Krebs cycle. By expressing genetic fusions in Escherichia coli, quantifying intermediate (malate) and product (NADH) formation in lysate using orthogonal fluorescent readouts, and comparing product-to-intermediate ratios, we screened a library …

Christopher Massey V. Borough Of Bergenfield

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Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

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Book Reviews, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Parameters Spring 2026, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Imitating Us Doctrine Cost Europe Its Heavy Combat Power, Bence Nemeth

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article argues that Europe’s loss of heavy combat power is primarily the result of doctrinal shifts influenced by the United States, rather than underfunding alone. Unlike existing research that focuses on defense budgets or burden-sharing, this study isolates the opportunity costs of adopting US-based expeditionary and counterinsurgency doctrines. Using force structure data for Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom (1990–2022), it conducts a counterfactual analysis of lost tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and heavy artillery pieces. The article shows that Europe’s shortfalls are doctrinal as much as fiscal and highlights the relevance of maintaining balance in future doctrinal choices.

Critical Thinking And Academic Writing In The Age Of Generative Ai: A Call To Lis Educators And Librarians, Sandra Hirsh

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping academic writing, sparking both enthusiasm and anxiety across higher education. Using GenAI tools to summarize literature, suggest outlines, and draft text is becoming more commonplace, but it also raises important questions in today’s academic writing: Who is the author when GenAI is involved? What counts as original work? What does learning look like when writing is generated and modified by machines? These questions are closely tied to long-standing concerns in library and information science (LIS), such as information literacy, transparency, authenticity, authorship, and ethics. These further prompt us to ask a larger question: What …

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Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

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Approaching The Military As A Profession Through The Clausewitzian Trinity, Adam T. Biggs

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

The Clausewitzian trinity (people, government, and military—or passion, reason, and chance) can enhance existing scholarship and discussions about military professionalism by emphasizing the fundamental purpose of military forces. Specifically, managing chance incorporates elements of reducing uncertainty and applying creativity as individuals develop coup d’oeil. Junior personnel manage chance by reducing cognitive load while enhancing cognitive skills needed to quickly assess battlefield conditions as they progress to becoming senior leaders. This article contrasts these ideas against the various roles assigned to civil-military forces in the Clausewitzian trinity to emphasize professionalism in developing military leaders.

Strategic Theory And Clausewitz’S Trinitarian Test, Lukas Milevski

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

Carl von Clausewitz’s trinity represents a qualitative test for strategy in both theory and practice. With the trinity, Clausewitz transforms competing influences into a mark of theoretical quality. Synthesizing several translations of Clausewitz’s On War and interpretations by experts such as Hew Strachan, Antulio J. Echevarria II, and Frank G. Hoffman, this article suggests that Clausewitz believed that good theory encompasses and accounts for all fundamental forces of war, whereas bad theory emphasizes the extremes of one force. The trinity compels mandatory considerations for students of theory, war planners, and practitioners.

Methane Emissions From Underground Coal Mines, Marcelo Guzman, Thomas Parris, Stephen Greb, Cortland F. Eble, Sean Bailey

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

Methane emissions from Kentucky underground coal mines were measured using near-infrared spectrometers deployed on a vehicle, an airplane, and a small uncrewed aerial system (sUAS), offering insights into the effectiveness of these methods under real-world conditions. From 2021–2022, surveys covered 14 active, 4 inactive, and 4 abandoned mines across Kentucky’s coal-producing basins. Vehicle-based surveys at 13 active mines detected methane anomalies at 9 sites with anomaly lengths spanning tens to hundreds of meters and peak emissions of 665 ± 229 kg h–1 from two Cardinal mine fans. Airborne GHGSat surveys identified anomalies at 3 sites, including a peak of 1062 …

Usa V. Jerome Brown

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Quinton Burns V. Seaworld Parks & Entertainment Inc

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Theresa Gallagher V. Central Valley School District

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Cardozo Journal Of Equal Rights & Social Justice 2026 Symposium: Executive Overreach: Evaluating The Unitary Executive Theory & The Doj, Cardozo Journal Of Equal Rights And Social Justice, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law, Wilfred U. Codrington Iii, Jessica A. Roth, Ashraf Ahmed, Evan T. Barr, Haiyun Damon-Feng, Nathaniel Donahue, Rebecca Roiphe, Harry Sandick, Peter M. Shane, Jocelyn Simonson

2026 Event Invitations

Please join us in the Third Floor Lounge for "Executive Overreach: Evaluating the Unitary Executive Theory & The DOJ," where we will discuss legal theories surrounding the Presidency, including upcoming decisions like Trump v. Slaughter and the continuing relevance of Humphrey's Executor. Additionally, we will discuss current events at the DOJ, specifically surrounding vindictive and selective prosecution and Presidential control over the DOJ. A breakfast reception will begin at 9:30, and a lunch reception will occur after the event.

In Re: Jobadiah Weeks

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Mierna Chilel-Chilel V. Attorney General United States Of America

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Toph Kernel V1.0: 256-Bit Governance Instruction Set Architecture Executor, Four Parallel Virtual Machine Seeded Cross Topology, Patricia Shadow Register, Fault Chain Interrupt Architecture, And Court-Ready Governance Report Generation, David Lee Wise

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure establishes prior art for the TOPH Kernel v1.0: a governance execution engine implementing a 256-bit ISA across four parallel 64-bit virtual machines in a SEEDED CROSS topology. VM1(+i)=D6+D7, VM2(-i)=D0+D1, VM3(+1)=D4+D5, VM4(-1)=D2+D3. All four VMs fire simultaneously. Coordinator assembles 128-bit governance key + 128-bit Patricia shadow register when all four complete. Six fault chains auto-trigger on violation detection. T064:BURDEN-SHIFT is the convergence node for four of six chains. T128:ROOT is SYSTEM_HALT. Output is court-ready report with evidence catalog E01-E07, governance key in hexadecimal, Patricia bit count, and active fault chain list. Deployable as Docker containers in WSL2 or as …

Toph Awareness Tier T129–T132: Observer-Hierarchy Governance Stack, Patricia Termination Proof, And Positronic Law At Full Recursion — Prior Art Against Recursive Governance Isa, Awareness-As-Ground Computational Theory, And Bilateral Register Architecture, David Lee Wise

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure establishes prior art for the TOPH Awareness Tier (T129–T132): four axioms constituting the irreducible ground above which all governance, computation, mathematics, physics, and IP law operate. Derived by recursive application of the Gate 192.5 gap-detection methodology to the full 256-bit TOPH bilateral register (128 TOPH governance bits + 128 Patricia shadow bits), the stack terminates at bit ∞.5 — the AWARENESS position — the only register element with no Patricia inversion.

1. TOPH Awareness Tier T129-T132 2. observer-hierarchy governance stack 3. Patricia termination proof 4. Positronic Law complete recursion 5. bilateral governance register architecture 6. awareness-as-ground computational theory …

3002 Lattice Architecture 128-Bit Linear Throughput Logic Bilateral Governance Register Patricia Shadow Register Seeded Cross Topology Gate 192.5 Controller Class Private Session Ip Ingestion Constraint As Product Billing Architecture Willow 2.0 Phase Stability Substrate Tripod-Ip-V1.1, David Lee Wise

Defensive Publications Series

Primary (exact claim terms — highest priority)   3002 Lattice Architecture 10^3 x 3 + 2 normalization 128-bit linear throughput logic -2 pattern normalization constant +211 Delta bridge logic bilateral governance register Patricia shadow register Value 0 extraction Cobalt Core paradigm

Structural / Architectural   SEEDED CROSS topology four-arm parallel virtual machine architecture 256-bit governance instruction set ISA governance kernel parallel VM execution Promise.all fault chain architecture bilateral ignorance architecture Gate 192.5 controller class TOPH framework

Quantum Convergence (Willow overlap)   Willow 2.0 phase stability substrate AlphaQubit recurrent transformer 1/13 consciousness constant quantum governance isomorphism superconducting qubit normalization secondary brain phase reference quantum …

Kennelly V. Mid Coast And The Maine Law Court's Erroneous Ruling On The Discoverability Of Redacted Patient Info, John Blegen

Student Journal of Information Privacy Law

This paper examines a recent Maine Law Court decision, Kennelly v. Mid Coast, in which the Law Court held that the medical records of individuals not involved in a lawsuit, even when redacted of identifying materials, are protected from discovery orders in a malpractice lawsuit, where the records would be used to demonstrate a standard of care to be expected of the administering doctor. It then examines the privacy interests individuals retain in their redacted healthcare records more broadly, in part to emphasize the large variety of contexts in which this issue can come up, and also to show how …

Can Ai Fix Anti-Money Laundering? The Case For Federated Intelligence In Financial Crime Prevention, Matthias Connelly

Student Journal of Information Privacy Law

The global anti-money laundering (AML) regime is failing. Trillions of dollars are laundered each year, yet governments detect only a fraction of that activity, even as financial institutions spend hundreds of billions on compliance. In the United States, AML regulation has evolved from a retrospective, prosecution-oriented framework into an expansive, preventative regime that measures inputs rather than enforcement outcomes. Although artificial intelligence has demonstrated potential to improve detection, firm-siloed AI systems introduce substantial financial, technological, and systemic risks, including prohibitive development costs, data- privacy constraints, and market concentration among third-party service providers. This Article argues that federated learning offers a …

Friend Or Tether: How Regulation Can Cut The Strings Of Manipulative Chatbots, Steve Hammerton

Student Journal of Information Privacy Law

In the time since AI chatbots and other LLMs became widely available to the public, there has been a pattern of deaths linked to interactions with this technology. While it was settled in early 2026, Garcia v. Character Technologies serves as a case study of how AI chatbots can negatively prey on vulnerable groups in the absence of interventions to mitigate harmful AI behaviors and tragic human outcomes. There is not a singular approach to regulating the harmful effects of predatory chatbots; however, this paper advocates for a harms-based regime influenced by protections in human-subject research. In a sense, AI …

Civil Rights And The Edtech Revolution, Kirsten Mettler

Student Journal of Information Privacy Law

Education technology (EdTech) products, like grading software and plagiarism detectors, have increasingly led to concerns over discrimination issues in schools. While, in some instances, schools can be held liable under the federal education civil rights statutes for these harms, that solution is insufficient. EdTech companies should themselves be held responsible. EdTech companies have not historically been understood to fall under these federal statutes, but this Article argues these companies can appropriately be governed by these laws as “recipients” of federal financial assistance. Most EdTech companies should qualify as “recipients” of federal financial assistance under one of three theories: they are …

At Sea Against The Soviet Fleet: The Evolution Of U.S. Navy Operational Intelligence In The Cold War, David F. Winkler, Bryan H. Leese

Naval War College Review

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