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Oral Health Services Research New Frontiers For Vcu School Of Dentistry, David C. Sarrett Dmd

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Vda Supports Annual Science And Engineering Fair, Brenda J. Young Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Message From The Editor, Richard F. Roadcap Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Va Dent J July, August And September 2016

Virginia Dental Journal

No abstract provided.

Trussworthy - A Lunar Module Truss System, Anthony Wehrli, Sebnem Kalayci, Tyler Williams, Sofia Lopez-Linares Perez, Connor Mcdonagh, Presley Robb

Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium

TrussWorthy is a modular truss-based construction platform designed to support the gradual development of sustainable infrastructure on the lunar surface. Aligned with NASA’s Moon to Mars objectives, the system emphasizes in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) by transforming lunar regolith into structural components through sintering and additive manufacturing. By reducing dependence on Earth-supplied materials, TrussWorthy aims to lower launch costs while enabling scalable, long-term construction capabilities. The design integrates autonomous excavation, 3D printing, and robotic assembly, building on technologies expected from upcoming Artemis and Commercial Lunar Payload Services missions. Engineered to withstand extreme thermal cycling, vacuum conditions, and reduced lunar gravity, the …

Spin Coating Thin Films Of Zinc Oxide, Micah Byre

2026 Symposium

Thin films are a part of semiconductor devices and electronics we use everyday. There are many methods of depositing thin films on substrates and one of the easiest and cost effective is spin coating. Compared to other conventional deposition methods such as plasma enhanced chemical vapor (PECVD),electroplating, pulsed laser deposition (PLD), and others, spin coating does not require expensive equipment or a vacuum system. In this study, thin films of zinc oxide were deposited on glass substrates via spin coating under varying processing conditions. These films were then imaged in a scanning electron microscope to investigate correlations between processing conditions …

Agentic Scientific Machine Learning For Autonomous Model Discovery In Systems Pharmacology, Nazanin Ahmadi, George Karniadakis

Biology and Medicine Through Mathematics Conference

No abstract provided.

The Effectiveness Of Using The Steam Approach In Teaching Science On Developing Divergent Thinking And Deep Understanding Among Middle School Students, Dr. Saad Atiah Qadlah Alzahrani

University of Bisha Journal for Educational Sciences

The current study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of using the STEAM approach in teaching science in developing divergent thinking and deep understanding among middle school students. The experimental method was used. The study sample consisted of (64) students from the third intermediate grade, with (32) students in the experimental group and (32) students in the control group. The study tools, specifically the divergent thinking test and the deep understanding test, were applied, and the necessary information and data were collected and statistically analyzed. The results of the current study indicate that there are statistically significant differences at the (0.05) …

The Level Of Awareness Among Arabic Language Teachers In Secondary School Regarding Digital Green Education Strategies And Their Attitudes Towards Using Them In Teaching, Dr. Hanan Wanis Omair Al-Rabi

University of Bisha Journal for Educational Sciences

The current study aimed to identify the level of awareness among secondary school Arabic language teachers regarding digital green learning strategies and their attitudes towards using these strategies in teaching. The study adopted a descriptive approach. To achieve the study’s objectives, a list of digital green learning strategies, a questionnaire to assess awareness levels, and a scale measuring attitudes towards using digital green learning strategies in teaching were developed. The study was conducted on a sample of 72 teachers. The results showed that the overall level of awareness among Arabic language teachers regarding digital green learning strategies was moderate, and …

Timing Periodic Memory Maintenance Operations Using Dram Refresh Signals, Anirban Majumder, Akshay Sharma, Pandithurai Sangaiyah

Defensive Publications Series

Memory controllers perform periodic maintenance and training operations to preserve data integrity and link reliability.  Operations (e.g., temperature sensor polling, bus training, calibration, drift compensation) occur at intervals ranging from 1 to 100 milliseconds.  Implementing these timings with counters may increase area and leakage power.  To address this, a disclosed method leverages periodic DRAM refresh events as a clock source for timing maintenance tasks. A down counter decrements each time a refresh signal is detected; upon reaching zero, the controller triggers the target maintenance operation and reloads the counter from a register. By utilizing the inherent periodicity of refresh cycles, …

Method Of Manufacturing Devices With Surface Patterns

Defensive Publications Series

The subject disclosure is directed to a method of manufacturing eyewear devices with surface patterns, which are cost effective and suitable for smart devices such as smart eyewear including electronic circuitry

Project Sentinel‑Andes Dual‑Platform Concept: A Study‑Only Open‑Hardware Architecture For Rapid Andv Research Diagnostics And Extracorporeal Host‑Response Modulation Concepts, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

This document presents a study‑only, conceptual, open‑hardware systems design created for professional evaluation during the 2026 Andes hantavirus outbreak. It describes two independent research concepts:

1. A multiplex nucleic‑acid detection research cartridge using chemical lysis, magnetic silica bead cleanup, isothermal amplification, and CRISPR‑Cas detection with triplex logic (ANDV S‑segment, pan‑hantavirus L‑segment, synthetic RNA internal control).

2. A modular extracorporeal adsorption cartridge concept using TPMS gyroid geometry with a primary cytokine‑adsorption layer and an optional, highly speculative viral‑decoy layer.

This disclosure is not a medical device, not validated, and not intended for clinical use. No safety, efficacy, or performance is claimed. All biochemical, …

Adaptive Development, Security, And Operations And Machine Learning Operations Pipeline System For Intelligent Processing Of Ai-Generated Artifacts, Kirti Sachin Rasal

Defensive Publications Series

Proposed herein is an adaptive development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) and machine learning operations (MLOps) pipeline system that can transform how organizations deliver Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated software by embedding intelligence, security, and governance directly into the development lifecycle. Instead of treating AI-generated code and models as static artifacts, the system continuously analyzes their behavior, provenance, risk, and compliance posture. By combining ML–driven risk assessment, continuous security enforcement, and automated policy governance, the platform dynamically adapts testing, deployment, and approval workflows in real time. This ensures that only trustworthy, compliant, and high-quality AI artifacts reach production. The result is a unified …

Persona-Based Style Selection And Visual Feedback For Large Language Model Outputs, Gulmohar Khan

Defensive Publications Series

Large language models currently require extensive and nuanced textual prompting to achieve specific styles, tones, or narrative structures in generated content. Conveying these attributes through text alone is often difficult and requires iterative refinement by the user.

This disclosure describes a method for defining the style and narrative of generated content using non-textual inputs. A library of predefined personas, each associated with specific stylistic attributes and vocabulary, is provided for selection. Upon selection, the persona is represented by a visual color gradient and a summary of its core attributes. The generated output is further enhanced with color-coded visual feedback, where …

Generating Geospatial Visualizations Using Generative Artificial Intelligence, Carsten Isert, Manuel Bertrand Cabral, Simon Lynen, Matthew Strosnick, Michelina Mary Galligan Pallone

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes systems and methods for generating geometric details for digital maps. Some existing cartographic rendering systems may rely on interpolation from schematic data, which can result in visual inaccuracies when representing certain geographic features. The described technology can utilize generative artificial intelligence models to generate geometric primitives, such as polygons and polylines, that represent fine-grained map details. These models can be conditioned on both semantic map data and real-world geospatial data, for example, aerial or ground-level imagery. By generating vector graphics for map features and storing them in a discrete presentation layer, this approach can facilitate the creation …

Real-Time Bio-Adaptive Audio Modification Using Predictive Analysis And Generative Re-Synthesis, Nikhil Kumar

Defensive Publications Series

A described real-time, bio-adaptive audio modification system can operate on a consumer device, such as a smartphone, tablet, or wearable device. The system may use a multi-stage artificial intelligence pipeline to predict potentially startling events from concurrent video and audio streams. It can then use generative source decomposition to isolate a specific sound and apply neural re-synthesis to transform its acoustic characteristics into a form with a potentially reduced physiological impact. System intervention can be dynamically modulated by real-time biometric data from a user, such as heart rate variability, which can provide a proactive, personalized method to reduce physiological responses …

Edge-Computed Dynamic Licensing Using Generative Perception And Agentic Resource Settlement, Nikhil Kumar

Defensive Publications Series

Some digital rights management systems can employ static, user-based licenses that may not fully account for dynamic viewing environments, such as the number of viewers present. An edge computed system can operate locally on a client device, for example, a smartphone, a smart television, or a wearable device. The system may utilize a generative perception engine to analyze multi-modal sensor data, which can generate an anonymized textual description of the viewing scene and perform liveness detection. A dynamic smart contract engine can then synthesize a machine-readable session license based on this real-time contextual information. An autonomous agentic settlement system may …

Letters, Mark D. Martin

Lloyd Clark Papers

Letter to Lloyd C. Clark from Mark D. Martin, Vice President of Development at The University of Texas at Arlington, regarding the Century II Society Donor List, and a correction form. Response letter from Lloyd, listing his previous contributions to The University.

Letter To Tamela, Lloyd C. Clark

Lloyd Clark Papers

Letter to Tamela Herczeg, Executive Director of the UTA Alumni Association, from Lloyd C. Clark, with a nomination form to the Alumni Association Board of Directors, for John Eugene McKee, photograph, bio, and letter from him to Lloyd.

Letter And Form, Tamela Herczeg

Lloyd Clark Papers

Letter to Lloyd C. Clark from Tamela Herczeg, Executive Director of the UTA Alumni Association, regarding the new Alumni Directory. UTA Alumni Association Directory Questionnaire form completed by Lloyd C. Clark.

Articles, Lloyd C. Clark

Lloyd Clark Papers

Newspaper articles and excerpts, from 1947, written by Lloyd C. Clark.

Form And Check, Lloyd C. Clark

Lloyd Clark Papers

Century II Society Donor List form completed by Lloyd C. Clark, with attached check for $150 as a contribution to the annual fund.

Volume 31

Articulāte

No abstract provided.

The Streamlined Illusion: Addressing Progress And Superficiality In U.S. Industrial Design, Misha Maryan

Articulāte

No abstract provided.

A Self-Improving Ai System For Phonetic Name Resolution Via A Closed-Loop, Multi-Modal, Automated Learning Architecture, Puneet Shrivastava, Rajarshee Dhar, Ram Mohan R, Gergely Lukacsy

Defensive Publications Series

Proposed herein are techniques that can facilitate transforming today's "tone-deaf" and static artificial intelligence (AI) receptionists into a self-improving, intelligent system purpose-built for seamless and accurate caller routing in the enterprise. The proposed system introduces a dynamic conversational engine that uses just-in-time (JIT) vocabulary injection for real-time accuracy, an automated learning pipeline that learns from every human-led correction, and a multi-modal fusion engine that intelligently weighs phonetic, acoustic, and contextual signals. This approach empowers enterprises to eliminate caller frustration, drastically improve name recognition accuracy, and bridge the dangerous gap between a caller's intent and an automated system's ability to understand …

Gci-302 — Vascular Leak Stabilization Envelope (Vlse-1), Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

The VLSE-1 (Vascular Leak Stabilization Envelope) is a conceptual laboratory-only extracorporeal flow-conditioning and staged adsorption cartridge architecture intended for benchtop investigation within ECMO-style circulation loops.

The proposed system is designed to explore whether ultra-low-shear blood-flow conditioning combined with progressive inflammatory adsorption zones can produce more stable fluidic behavior than conventional abrupt high-resistance adsorption cartridges.

The architecture integrates:

• low-shear inertial flow conditioning,

• staged adsorption regions,

• clot-localization geometry,

• passive thermal stabilization,

• microbubble separation,

• passive zero-energy bypass logic,

• ECMO-compatible flow-path concepts,

• progressive saturation behavior.

Unlike aggressive purification systems, the VLSE-1 concept prioritizes:

• flow continuity,

• hemocompatibility,

• pressure stability,

• predictable degradation behavior,

• preservation of formed …

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Control Software Lifecycle Management, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

Control software goes through multiple changes by different people at various phases during its lifetime from design to commissioning to operation to end of life. These frequent software changes make it difficult to track, validate, and maintain consistency. There is no Versioning system to track all the changes contextually. Failures due to software quality issues are often addressed reactively. A Sophisticated versioning system will be of interest to cater Software Quality. Commercial systems like GIT are not designed for Control Software.

Self-Calibrating Product Adoption Measurement System, Chady Saad, David Wolder, Bruce Mcmurdo, Ravi Garg, Tim Barnes

Defensive Publications Series

Proposed herein is a self-calibrating system for measuring product adoption that continuously adapts how adoption is interpreted as customer behavior, peer usage patterns, and product capabilities evolve. Rather than relying on static thresholds or manually defined success criteria, the system dynamically evaluates feature enablement and engagement relative to cohort behavior and customer-selected outcomes. The resulting adoption measurements provide an objective, context-aware view of true adoption progress that remains accurate as products and customer usage mature over time by dynamically recalibrating milestone thresholds and cohort baselines from live peer telemetry distributions.

When The Second Amendment Meets The Third Dimension: Bruen In The Age Of 3d-Printed Firearms, Andrew Touma

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

3D-printed firearms pose a serious threat to the public by allowing individuals to circumvent traditional regulatory safeguards. Although the first shot from a 3D-printed firearm was over a decade ago, these weapons continue to exploit gaps in the federal regulatory scheme. In the meantime, state governments have adopted a variety of approaches to regulating 3D-printed firearms. As 3D printing pushes firearms technology into the future, the Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Bruen directs Second Amendment doctrine to look to history, leaving questions over whether a decidedly historical methodology could effectively adapt to technological …

Automatic Sorting System For Citrus Fruits Based On Machine Vision Algorithms And Intelligent Camera, Li Lei, Gao Yanling, Hou Yakun, Liu Zihui

Food and Machinery

[Objective] To achieve the automatic sorting of citrus fruits. A smart sorting system combining machine vision algorithms and an intelligent camera is designed. [Methods] The system is composed of a detection room, an intelligent camera, a mirror, a lighting system and rollers (including conveyor belts). The intelligent camera is equipped with a microprocessor, which can capture and process images without a dedicated computer. The lighting system consists of LED light strips positioned above the fruits, operating in stroboscopic mode synchronized with the camera to ensure uniform and stable illumination. For the captured fruit images, machine vision algorithms are applied to …