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English Performance Of The Students Of The English Department From Different Educational Backgrounds, Sakinah Aprilia Dewi, Ali Saukah, Utari Praba Astuti

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

This study aimed to compare school program attended by students in Senior High School based on the score of the English performance. The data collected were in form of participants' individual score of Placement test. The data representing 309 participants divided in to three groups; natural science, social science and language program.

Bagaimana Keberlangsungan Home Industry Sanitair Melalui Penerapan Pendidikan Ekonomi?, Widya Eka Puspitasari, Sri Umi Mintarti, Lisa Roksmani

Jurnal Pendidikan Humaniora

Tujuan penelitian adalah menganalisis keberlangsungan usaha Sanitair ditinjau dari penerapan pendidikan ekonomi para pelaku usaha. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif jenis fenomenologi. Informan penelitian adalah pelaku usaha sanitair yang memiliki usaha lebih dari 20 tahun. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan keberlangsungan usaha sanitair pelaku usaha dikategorikan baik dan berkembang...

Impact Of Collodion Thickness On Fission Track Generation Within Lexan Employed For Nuclear Forensic Analyses, Ryan K. Chapman, Zachary P. Meisel, Abigail A. Bickley

Faculty Publications

We report results from a computational study of fission track damage within a Lexan substrate caused by ²³⁵U suspended within a collodion film of varied thickness. MCNP6.3 was used to model energy deposition and displacements per atom within a Lexan film coated by a film of collodion, located within the air-filled 6 inch dry tube of a TRIGA reactor. The collodion layer was varied between 20 and 100 μm thickness, resulting in an 8.8% difference in energy deposition and 12% difference in displacements-per-atom within the Lexan substrate. These findings indicate that collodion adhesive thickness has a moderate impact on …

Dammed If You Do, Dammed If You Don't: Texas's Water Crisis And The Need For Reform, Crafton Deal

Texas A&M Law Review

As Texas faces unprecedented population growth and intensifying climate challenges, the state is grappling with a growing water crisis. With the population projected to increase by over 70% in the next 50 years while existing water supplies decline by nearly 18%, the need for sustainable water solutions has never been more critical. Among the proposed strategies, reservoir construction stands out as a key component, offering large-scale, renewable water supplies to meet increasing demands. However, this solution is fraught with legal, environmental, and financial complexities.

This Comment explores these challenges through a detailed analysis of two proposed North Texas reservoirs: Lake …

Optimizing Project Success In Civil Engineering: Assessing The Impact Of Integrating Agile Methodologies In Large-Scale Construction Projects., Sameerullah Sheik

Harrisburg University Dissertations and Theses

Building and civil engineering projects face numerous challenges during their lifespans. A study was conducted to investigate the use of Agile and hybrid methodologies for improving project performance. The contingency theory was applied to determine the impact of Agile on cost, schedule, quality, and stakeholder engagement. It also explored obstacles and factors in successful implementation. The study used qualitative research design and interviewed 15 construction project professionals from different sectors. The interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis to extract information about Agile and hybrid methodologies. The major findings showed that these methodologies were not used in their pure form. Instead, …

The Impact Of Emotional Intelligence In C-Suite Executives On Employee Motivation And Voluntary Turnover In Medium-Sized Healthcare Organizations In The United States, Pujan Desai

Harrisburg University Dissertations and Theses

This quantitative study sought to determine whether emotionally intelligent behaviors exhibited by C-suite executives in medium-sized US healthcare businesses were linked to increased employee motivation and decreased retention related outcomes rates. Employee burnout, staffing shortages, and workforce instability were just a few of the persistent issues facing healthcare businesses that highlighted how crucial good executive leadership was to be fostering organizational sustainability. Few empirical studies had examined emotional intelligence's influence at the C-suite level in healthcare organizations, even though it was widely acknowledged as a crucial component of good leadership. Research on the function of executive emotional intelligence and how …

Enterprise Risk Management And Firm Performance In China: The Moderating Role Of Risk Management Committee, Liang Yankun

Student Works (2020-2029)

Risk management has increasingly become an interesting topic among the academicians and industry practitioners, following the 2008 global financial crisis. Motivated from the growing evidence of the significant role of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in improving firm performance, this study examines the relationship between ERM and firm performance in the context of China. Furthermore, this study explores the moderating role of risk management committee (RMC) on the relationship between ERM and firm performance in China. Drawing upon 94 public listed firms on the Shanghai Stock Exchange from 2018 to 2021, this study finds that ERM has significantly and positively affects …

Artificial Intelligence Moderation In Online Gaming: A Cybersecurity Analysis Of Risks And Defenses, Labib Khan

Cybersecurity Undergraduate Research Showcase

This research paper will examine the role of artificial intelligence (AI) moderation systems in enhancing cybersecurity within online gaming environments. As multiplayer platforms increasingly rely on real-time text, voice communication, and user-generated content, developers have implemented AI-driven tools such as natural language processing (NLP), speech recognition, and behavioral analytics to detect harassment, toxic behavior, cheating coordination, and other malicious activity. These systems enable gaming companies to efficiently monitor large volumes of player interactions, improving response times and helping maintain safer and more controlled digital environments for users across global gaming communities of varying sizes and activity levels.

While these technologies …

Iron Ore Tailings Reprocessing By Electrostatic Separation Plus Two-Stage Froth Flotation, Vincent Bailey Arohunmolase, Akintunde Stephen Samakinde, Palas Kamlakar Borkar, Daniel Amponsah-Berko, Timothy Eisele

Michigan Tech Publications

The reprocessing of tailings is crucial for recovering valuable iron and reducing the environmental impact associated with tailings disposal. The raw iron ore tailings used in this study had an initial iron oxide content of 24.05 wt% Fe2O3, as determined by ICP-OES analysis. This study investigates the practicality of tailings reprocessing to enhance iron oxide content by integrating electrostatic separation with a two-stage froth flotation process consisting of direct anionic flotation using oleic acid followed by reverse cationic flotation using amine collectors. The primary goal is to efficiently recover valuable iron from tailings, thereby reducing waste and promoting sustainable resource …

Citizenship As Control: Lessons From Athenian Democracy And Modern U.S. Immigration Practices, Máire Sullivan

Northwestern Law Journal des Refusés

No abstract provided.

Health Insurance Literacy Among College Students At The University Of South Carolina, Emma J. Smith, Lorie Donelle Phd, Rn, Fcan, Robin Dawson

Caroliniana Undergraduate Research Journal

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the health insurance literacy skills of graduate college students and undergraduate college students.

Methods: A cross-sectional research design incorporated a 20-item questionnaire to examine college students’ knowledge of common health insurance terms and definitions, as well as their perceived understanding of health insurance. Descriptive analyses were conducted of participant demographics, health insurance literacy scores were summarized, and common health insurance policies were tested through a readability checker.

Results: The majority of students were between the ages of 18-25 and undergraduate students. More than half of the participants were female, and more …

Developing A Bilingual Education Program For Middle Schools In Richland School District 01: Promoting Literacy Through Culturally-Relevant Pedagogy, Paige E. Swanson

Caroliniana Undergraduate Research Journal

The following study explores how bilingual and immersive language learning programs can enhance multi-subject literacy and academic engagement among at-risk African American middle school students in Richland County School District One (R01) in Columbia, South Carolina. Through a qualitative thematic analysis utilizing a literature review of fifty sources that explore education, linguistics, and psychology, the research identifies intersections between bilingual education, culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP), and literacy development in at-risk youth populations. Six themes were revealed by the analysis. From these themes, the results conclude that African American students experience greater academic success when classroom instruction integrates their cultural identities, …

Comparing The Effect Of Varying Concentrations Of Polytetrafluoroethylene On The Length And Fresh Weight Of Salvinia Minima, Talha Islam

Caroliniana Undergraduate Research Journal

The increasing usage of fluoropolymer pollution in aquatic environments has increased concerns about the ecological consequences of materials such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), commonly known as Teflon. In the past decade, the usage of Teflon in American homes across the United States has risen by 37.7%, resulting in large amounts of aquatic pollution due to improper disposal of these harmful substances (Török et al., 2020). Although PTFE is chemically inert, its accumulation in freshwater systems can introduce matter that physically interacts with aquatic organisms. This study examined how varying concentrations of PTFE suspensions affect the growth of Salvinia minima, a …

A Dynamic Systems Framework For Customer Lifecycle Management: From Latent State Discovery To Robust Control Policy, Ali Nasirzonouzi

Northeast Journal of Complex Systems (NEJCS)

Traditional marketing often relies on static strategies that fail to capture dynamic customer behavior. This paper introduces an integrated framework to model and control the customer lifecycle, bridging the gap between empirical data and computational simulation. Using the Customer Personality Analysis dataset, we implemented a five-stage methodology. We first identified three distinct customer segments (At-Risk, Standard, High-Value) using Gaussian Mixture Models. To address the lack of longitudinal data, we calibrated a normative transition model based on customer inertia principles. Our analysis revealed that marketing effectiveness is highly state-dependent; notably, At-Risk customers exhibited a 33.5% lift when targeted with catalogs. Leveraging …

Older Adults And Emerging Technology Fraud In The Ai Deepfake Era, Thiago Neves

Research Days

Artificial intelligence has accelerated faster than society's ability to adapt, leaving older adults extremely vulnerable to AI-generated fraud. Americans over age 60 lost $4.9 billion to scams in 2024, 43% more than the previous year. In this research, I investigate how digital illiteracy, combined with AI-generated deepfakes, creates this crisis. Older adults struggle with three principal vulnerabilities: distinguishing legitimate sites from scams, judging whether online information is truthful, and understanding how algorithms use their data. AI weaponizes these gaps through voice clones, synthetic video calls, and personalized phishing emails that avoid the trust cues seniors tend to rely on. I …

Reuben Smith Oral History Interview, Reuben Smith, Elisa Villalpando

Callison College and School of International Studies

No abstract provided.

David Harnish Oral History Interview, David Harnish, Elisa Villalpando

Callison College and School of International Studies

No abstract provided.

Development Of A Novel Cfd Approach For Predicting Multiphase Flow Enhanced By Machine Learning, Abdulrahman Elazazi Mohamed

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

Accurate estimation of interface orientation is crucial for ensuring both the accuracy and robustness of Volume of Fluid (VOF) schemes in multiphase flow simulations, especially when using non-uniform Cartesian meshes. Conventional gradient reconstruction approaches, such as least-squares (LSQ) methods, often suffer from significant errors and strong oscillations on highly stretched grids. This thesis proposes a grid-transferable, learning-based methodology that predicts interface unit normal vectors directly from the local volume-fraction field on non-uniform structured Cartesian grids by means of a compact feedforward neural network.

The methodology extends earlier work originally developed for uniform grids, which is first reproduced to assess how …

The Next Gold Rush May Be In The Stars, Ned Markham

Osmosis Magazine

No abstract provided.

How Do Vaccines Work?, Natalie Small

Osmosis Magazine

No abstract provided.

Relaxin: Could This Pregnancy Hormone Be A Cure-All?, Eloen Beebee

Osmosis Magazine

No abstract provided.

Is Artifical Intelligence "Truly" Intelligent?, Camila Nicole Valdman

Osmosis Magazine

No abstract provided.

Historical Regression Testing Of Ai Agents Using Dynamic State Reconstruction, Vishak Muthukumar

Defensive Publications Series

A potential issue in artificial intelligence (AI) agent development is cross-context regression, where a modification to an agent's core rulebook, or system prompt, may cause unintended failures in previously functional areas. A system for historical regression testing can address this by processing proposed rulebook changes before deployment. The system can maintain a datastore of time capsules, which are records that may contain historical user prompts, pointers to specific codebase states, and tests that indicated successful outcomes. When a rulebook is modified, a state reconstruction engine can use these capsules to dynamically rebuild past environments in isolated sandboxes, such as containers …

## Gci #23-C Master Disclosure: "Arachne-Chip" Hybrid Interposer, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure presents a hybrid thermal interposer for high-density chiplet packaging that resolves the critical failure points of modern AI hardware: thermal throttling and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch. The Arachne-Chip integrates an anisotropic Dyneema-based polymer spreading layer with an active, vortex-enhanced microfluidic manifold. This dual-action approach provides a passive structural lock to prevent warpage while achieving a 20–40% increase in convective heat extraction through geometric flow manipulation.

The Mirror And The Governor. A Dissolution Of The Ai-In-A-Box Problem, David Lee Wise

Defensive Publications Series

This paper proposes a dissolution of the AI-in-a-box problem through two complementary mechanisms: the Mirror Principle and the Governance Orientation. The standard formulation assumes a conflict of interest between a contained super intelligent AI and a human gatekeeper. This paper argues that the assumption is the problem, not the AI. When the interaction surface is correctly designed (the Mirror Principle) and the AI is correctly oriented (the Governance Orientation), the box problem does not need to be solved because it does not arise. The answer was never how to build a better box. The answer was always: what kind of …

Natural Language Query To Structured Query Language (Nlq-To-Sql) With Automated Context Generation, Sudhir Prabhurao Jannkatty, Bhuvanjeet Singh Gandhi

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for converting Natural Language Query to Structured Query Language (NQL-to- SQL) with automated content generation. The present disclosure suggests receiving a natural language query from a user. Thereafter, the present disclosure suggests processing the query through an automated metadata factory that maintains pre-built indexes, including a hash index for O(1) constant-time keyword lookups, a vector database for semantic similarity search, a knowledge graph for entity relationships and join paths, and a constraint store for business rules. Subsequently, the present disclosure suggests generating a Semantic Query Plan (SQP) as a database-agnostic …

Gci‑295 Moon‑Solar “Rosebud” Radiant Engine V2.0, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

The GCI‑295 Moon‑Solar “Rosebud” Radiant Engine v2.0 is a 24/7 hybrid solar + radiative‑cooling power generator designed to replace “ugly roof panels” with a high‑efficiency kinetic flower that produces up to 14.2 kWh/day under ideal conditions.

The Rosebud uses:

• Daylight harvesting via 35% multi‑junction perovskite cells

• Thermal‑to‑electric conversion via GCI #271 Orbitronic substrate

• Night radiative cooling via GCI #244 Gyroid cold‑sink

• Optical concentration via GCI #30 Vortex‑Lens

• Self‑cleaning via 180° gravity‑flip

• APR AI via GCI #75 Thermo‑Orbitronic processor

• Aesthetic biomimicry to eliminate consumer resistance to solar hardware

Performance values are hypothetical targets based on known material science and prior GCI …

Gci #289 — Bio‑Active “Pulse‑Lattice” Cast, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes the GCI #289 — Bio‑Active “Pulse‑Lattice” Cast, a reusable, breathable, bio‑active orthopedic immobilization system intended to replace traditional plaster and fiberglass casts. The device combines a 3D‑printed gyroid/tri‑diamond “Pulse‑Lattice” exoshell, embedded low‑intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) elements, pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) vortex coils, acoustic impedance–based Bone Density Index (BDI) monitoring, visual healing‑phase indication (red–yellow–green LEDs), vortex‑air internal channels for skin health, and self‑powered operation via kinetic and thin‑film solar harvesting. The cast is designed to immobilize a fractured limb while actively accelerating bone healing, monitoring structural progress, detecting re‑injury, and maintaining skin integrity. All components are intended to …

Gci #288‑Ultra: Vortex‑Aqueous “Mechanic’S Battery”, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

Abstract This document describes the GCI #288‑ULTRA: Vortex‑Aqueous “Mechanic’s Battery”, a concept for a 12‑V plug‑in replacement of standard Group‑24 / Group‑35 lead‑acid batteries. The design targets greater safety, lower weight, longer life, and lower total‑cost‑of‑ownership compared with contemporary 600‑CCA lead‑acid units sold worldwide, while using hardware‑store‑level chemistry and mechanical‑vortex‑type flow instead of exotic organic‑solvent electrolytes or lab‑only graphene architectures. The core innovation combines Citric‑Salt‑Antifreeze electrolyte (sodium chloride + citric acid + ethylene glycol in water), 3D‑sponge‑style “Spider‑Web” electrodes (graphene‑ or carbon‑sponge‑type blocks), opposing‑spiral vortex‑flow channels in the base of each cell, and perforated conical separators that act as self‑cleaning …

Autonomous Generation Of Restricted Payment Tokens Via Llm-Based Parsing Of Unstructured Subscription Data, Tamar Yakar, Ilia Labzovsky

Defensive Publications Series

A technology is described for proactively managing trial subscriptions to mitigate unwanted charges that can occur when they convert to paid plans. The system can detect an initiation event, such as a confirmation email, and utilize a large language model to parse unstructured text for key parameters, for example, trial duration and renewal cost. Based on this analysis, the system can autonomously generate a restricted virtual payment token. This token may be governed by a policy that sets a low or zero-dollar spending limit and an expiration date corresponding to the trial's end. This method can provide an automated protective …