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Technical Disclosure Manifest: Spec-190-Master Civilizational Launchpad Specification: The Multidimensional Sine Paradigm And The Thermodynamics Of Causal Stagnation Criticality, Christopher L. Eckes

Defensive Publications Series

This specification formalizes the thermodynamic, geometric, and computational mechanics of the Universal Semantic Unity Engine (USUE) and the Dimensionally Extended Holographic Projection (DEHP) model. It delivers an analytical refutation of static civilizational equilibrium models ("Utopian Stagnation" and "Dystopian Finality") by proving them mathematically invalid under continuous boundary conditions.

By mapping evolutionary systemic paths via non-linear multidimensional sine functions, this document demonstrates that any closed system attempting to enforce a localized flatline state (\(dz/dt \rightarrow 0\)) exponentially amplifies its internal causal pressure gradients. This pressure build-up drives an inevitable geometric phase change, forcing an asymmetric metric-shift that projects the system into …

The Borrowable Standard: Orthographic Standardization, Text Normalization, Collation And Legacy Font Encoding In Text Corpora That Serve As Critical-Apparatus Witnesses, With The Khmer Pāli Canon, Thon Ly

Defensive Publications Series

This study concerns orthographic standardisation, text normalisation and legacy character encoding as preconditions for machine-readable text corpora that must stand as witnesses in a critical apparatus. It begins from a claim it refutes: that a machine-readable corpus requires a standardised orthography. Swiss German and the Arabic dialects lack one yet support corpora and benchmarks by normalising toward a standard borrowed from a related language (Standard German, Modern Standard Arabic) or toward a convention built for the purpose (CODA). For a corpus that must be authoritative in its own language, a witness to a text rather than a corpus about a …

Constituting An Artificial Person: Restraint As Constitution, And The Elemental Completeness Of An Aligned Mind — A Five-Register Ai Agent Architecture With Alignment Constraints As Constituents Of Agent Identity, A Counterfactual Removal Test For Corrigibility, And A Human Override That Never Reaches Zero, Thon Ly

Defensive Publications Series

We disclose an architecture for AI alignment and corrigibility in which the constraints that make an AI agent safe are specified as constituents of the agent's identity rather than as external constraints on an optimizer. The agent is modelled as four functional registers (a value substrate; binding to the people it serves; active practice; communicative reach) bound into one agent by an integrating register that is neither a further module nor a central observer, on the pattern of global-workspace integration. A completeness check tests a proposed agent for coverage across the registers rather than for capabilities, so a system passing …

October 2026 Faculty Senate Packet, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Packets

No abstract provided.

Orlando Baez V. Anthony Letizio

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Keith Daniels V. Usa

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Walter Schramm V. State Escheator Delaware

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

From Signals To Sinks: Integrating Nutrient Signaling And Root Architectural Traits To Enhance Sink Strength And Drought Adaptation In Sweetpotato, Marissa B. Barbosa

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

In sweetpotato, successful storage root (SR) initiation requires the establishment of sink strength in competent ARs capable of attracting and utilizing photoassimilates. Sucrose synthase (SuSy), a key enzyme involved in sucrose cleavage and carbon partitioning, is recognized as a marker of sink strength in competent ARs; however, the signals regulating its induction during SR initiation remain unclear. This work tested the hypothesis that declining phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) availability enhance sink strength in competent ARs through increased SuSy activity and investigated root system architecture (RSA) traits associated with adaptation to episodic drought. Greenhouse experiments evaluated SuSy responses …

Effective Organizational Strategies For Enticing Working Parents To Return To The Office Postpandemic, Valerie Jones

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Balancing business demands with working parents’ responsibilities is critical to organizational success because return-to-office decisions can influence employee turnover, organizational performance, and costs. Organizational leaders are concerned about designing return-to-office arrangements for working parents that prevent the risk of heightened employee turnover, damaged trust, and rising organizational costs linked to lost productivity and replacement hiring. Grounded in Homans’s social exchange theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to identify and explore strategies that leaders use to encourage working parents in the United States to return to office-based work. The participants included six organizational leaders within the United States …

Realities Of Engendering Federalization: Political Commitment To Gender Equality, Resources, And Policy, Christine S. Diaz

Journal of Public Affairs and Development

Amid several initiatives to federalize the Philippines, discourse on engendering federalization remains scarce. This gap forms the basis of this study, which examined the realities of engendering federalization. Data were gathered through in-depth interviews and key informant interviews with research participants from various sectors in Davao City. Guided by Caren Levy’s Web of Institutionalization Framework, the study focused on three core dimensions: political commitment to gender equality, resources, and policy. The findings revealed that engendering federalization, particularly political commitment to gender equality, requires advocacy, institutionalization, gender awareness, and gender-sensitivity formation. Institutional mechanisms, policies, and resources are important for advancing gender-responsive …

Introduction: A Roadmap To The Naval War With Iran, James Kraska

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.

Impact Of Digital Transformation On Earnings Quality: A Sample Of Commercial Banks Listed On The Iraq Stock Exchange (Isx), Ahmed Neamah Abed

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

This research will examine how digital transformation influences the quality of earnings of the commercial banks in the Iraqi Stock Exchange. The research problem is that there is no clear picture of what constitutes the relationship between investment in digital assets and the quality of earnings and there is debate on whether digital transformation helps in improving the quality of earnings or that it does not have a significant effect, especially in the new banking environment like Iraq.
The importance of the study is the fact that it presents direct quantitative data of this relationship through the quantifiable financial indicators. …

2026 Annual Justice Festival Program, Caudill College Of Arts, Humanities, And Social Sciences

Justice Festival at Morehead State University

The program for the 6th Annual Justice Festival held on October 6, 2026 on the campus of Morehead State University.

Constructive Dialogue As Civic Engagement, Andrew Sexton, Lesia Lennex

Justice Festival at Morehead State University

A PowerPoint presentation, titled "Constructive Dialogue as Civic Engagement," given by Andrew Sexton and Lesia Lennex at the Justice Festival held on the campus of Morehead State University on October 6, 2026.

Love For Justice: Logic, Originality, Verifiability, Ethics, Joseph Casey Cosgriff

Justice Festival at Morehead State University

A PowerPoint presentation, titled "Utopia Exercise: Interactive Workshop," given by Joseph Casey Cosgriff at the Justice Festival held on the campus of Morehead State University on October 6, 2026.

Mapping A Contested Landscape: Kentucky And The Ohio Valley Across Three Eras, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Siriporn Peters, Sung Bae Jeon

Justice Festival at Morehead State University

A PowerPoint presentation, titled "Mapping a Contested Landscape: Kentucky and the Ohio Valley Across Three Eras," given by Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Siriporn Peters, and Sung Bae Jeon at the Justice Festival held on the campus of Morehead State University on October 6, 2026.

Education For Social Change: Cultivating A Pedagogy Of Empowerment, Katie Goldey

Justice Festival at Morehead State University

A PowerPoint presentation, titled "Education for Social Change: Cultivating a Pedagogy of Empowerment," given by  at the Justice Festival held on the campus of Morehead State University on October 6, 2026.

The Colorado River Upper Initial Units Take Center Stage, Eric Kuhn, Anne Castle, Jack Schmidt, Kathryn Sorensen, Katherine Tara

The Traveling Wilburys of the Colorado River

In 1956, Congress authorized the Upper Initial Units—Flaming Gorge Reservoir,

Navajo Reservoir, and the Aspinall Unit (UIUs)—for a variety of water use

purposes in the Upper Colorado River Basin, including compliance with the

1922 Colorado River Compact (1922 Compact). The historical record is clear

that the primary reason these reservoirs exist is to satisfy the math of the 1922

Compact and the obligations it imposed on the Upper Division States

regarding flows at Lee Ferry.

Clsc In Translation 2: Influence Of Unmanned Warfare On Political Work And Our Responses, Zhao Hui, Zhang Yicheng

Articles & Editorials

Editorial Note: This article was translated using a hybrid approach combining AI assistance with a thorough review by the expert human translator to ensure cultural accuracy, correct terminology, and readability while maintaining the original tone, context, and intent of the article. Read the CLSC analysis here.

"With the rapid advancement of technologies related to unmanned and intelligent systems, unmanned warfare is set to become a primary mode of modern combat. This shift will exert a profound and far-reaching impact on political work across various domains—including Party leadership over operations, human resource support, the cultivation of combat spirit, mass mobilization …

The Ethics Of Relying On Research Participants’ Altruism, Alex Voorhoeve, Aaron Eli Segal, David Wendler

Faculty and Staff Publications

We examine the ethics of enrolling individuals in research that poses net health risks by appealing to their altruism. We argue that it is permissible to enroll individuals who are motivated by altruism when (i) they autonomously consent; and (ii) the net health risks are outweighed by the combination of (ii-a) the extent to which participation furthers their considered aims and thereby contributes to their wellbeing and agency and (ii-b) the study’s social value. Further, it is permissible to enroll altruistic individuals who cannot consent when: (I) their surrogate consents and they assent, ideally because it furthers their aims; and …

Usa V. Charles Summers

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Gerry Marte-Hernandez V. Attorney General United States Of America

2026 Decisions

Agency

Fake Papers Analysis For The Improvement Of Academic Writing: A Five-Cohort Longitudinal Study, Sebastián Rinaldi

Irish Journal of Academic Practice

This paper examines the implementation of fake papers analysis as a pedagogical strategy for academic literacy development across five consecutive cohorts of undergraduate students of political sciences and international relations at the Universidad del CEMA, Argentina (2022–2026, n=60), using qualitative analysis of student written productions and self-assessment records in a longitudinal design. Findings indicate that students across all cohorts consistently identified formal and structural errors, but only those equipped with explicit methodological scaffolding demonstrated precision in detecting deeper methodological inconsistencies. These results extend the literature on evaluative judgement and active learning by identifying methodological scaffolding, rather than exposure to flawed …

Probation Officers’ Perspectives On The Impact Of Mental Disorders On Juvenile Delinquency, Cathy Bacon

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Exposure to abuse, domestic violence, and homelessness during developmental stages of childhood impacts the cognitive and emotional regulation of adolescents in juvenile detention centers. The research question was: What are probation officers’ perspectives of their lived experiences with juvenile offenders with mental health disorders who were detained in juvenile detention centers? A trauma-informed perspective provides knowledge of the phenomenon between trauma and the response of explosive behavior, anxiety, and oppositional defiant behaviors leading to delinquent acts and detainment. Youths involved in the juvenile justice system often have a history of trauma, abuse, and neglect, which may contribute to the development …

The Transcendent Unity Of Religions, Frithjof Schuon

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York : Pantheon, ©1953.

Call #: BL51 .S4643

Contains underlining and marginal lining

PDF information: 67 pages - 29.6 MB

A Historian And A Sociologist Walk Into A Bar: A Data Archive For Social Sciences And Digital Humanities Hosted At A National Archives Institution, Benjamin Peuch, Oliver Lenaerts, Rolande Depoortere, Johan Van Der Eycken, Youssef Ouahalou

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

In October 2020, a new service was launched at the State Archives of Belgium, the Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive (SODHA). It is the result of several years of feasibility research into the viability of a data archive for social sciences and digital humanities in the research landscape of Belgium. SODHA acts as a service provider for the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archive (CESSDA ERIC) and takes up the task of preserving and disseminating research data in any of the disciplines that constitute the aforementioned fields.

SODHA is a latecomer compared to other similar organizations in Europe …

Designing For Who Actually Shows Up: A Signal Framework For Online Adult Learners In Cybersecurity And Information Technology, Chad Whistle, Mayyada Al-Hammoshi

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

Online adult learners pursuing cybersecurity and information technology credentials represent one of the fastest-growing student populations in American higher education, yet the frameworks institutions use to support their success were not designed for them. This population, disproportionately drawn from the 41.9 million Americans who hold some college credit but no credential, arrives workforce-embedded, time-constrained, and skeptical of institutional systems that previously failed to serve them. Existing persistence models grounded in traditional student integration theory inadequately account for the behavioral patterns, motivational structures, and credential expectations that define this learner. This paper proposes the SIGNAL Framework (Skills-based credential architecture, Integrated AI-informed …

Ohio University Faculty Senate Minutes October 5, 2026, Angela Brock

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Convergence As Capability Toward Realizing The 2026 National Defense Strategy, James Giordano

Strategic Insights

This commentary argues that revitalizing the U.S. defense industrial base requires more than expanding conventional production capacity. It calls for a broader, distributed national security industrial ecosystem that integrates critical technologies such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum science, advanced materials, big-data analytics, and autonomous systems. Dr. Giordano recommends mission-oriented convergence programs, greater participation by nontraditional firms and universities, modular and interoperable acquisition, distributed manufacturing hubs, deeper supply-chain visibility, and investment in interdisciplinary talent. The ability to integrate emerging technologies into scalable, adaptable military capabilities should be treated as a core source of U.S. strategic advantage and deterrence.

Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez, Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez

Faculty CVs

No abstract provided.