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Tunable Phase-Change Metasurfaces Coupled With Mid-Infrared Molecular Vibrations, Haotian Tang, Liliana Stan, David A. Czaplewski, Xiaodong Yang, Jie Gao

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Chiral optical meta surfaces have emerged as a promising platform in coupling with molecular vibrational fingerprints through the enhanced light-matter interaction under different circularly polarized light illumination. This work reports the mode coupling between the mid-infrared phonon vibrations of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) molecules, and the thermally tunable chiral meta surfaces based on the phase-change material Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ (GST-225). Phase-change chiral meta surfaces with high circular dichroism (CD) in absorption and tunable plasmonic resonance in the frequency range of 48-56 THz are demonstrated, which covers the phonon vibrational frequency of PMMA molecules at 52 THz. The mode splitting features are observed in …

Combining Home Exercise, Fitbit Tracking, And Virtual Reality Mindfulness To Reduce Stress And Improve Cardiometabolic Health: A Physical Therapy Student Research Experience, Sharon A. Martino, Kelly Warren, John Calisi, Anthony Dicrescento, Mehran Mohamad, Gabrielle Lewin, Stefanie Gera, Ashley Youseffi, Steven Gengo

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

GNYACSM Original Research Abstract

Combining Home Exercise, Fitbit Tracking, and Virtual Reality Mindfulness to

Reduce Stress and Improve Cardiometabolic Health: A Physical Therapy Student

Research Experience

SHARON A MARTINO, KELLY A WARREN, ANTHONY DICRESCENTO, JOHN CALISI, MEHRAN

MOHAMMAD, STEFANIE GERA, ASHLEY YOUSEFFI, GABRIELLE LEWIN, STEVEN GENGO

Rehabilitation Research and Movement Performance Laboratory; Stony Brook University; Stony

Brook, NEW YORK

Category: Graduate

Advisor / Mentor: Martino, Sharon ([email protected])

ABSTRACT

Student engagement in research is critical to developing evidence-based practice and critical thinking skills in PT education.

Student-driven research fosters independence, collaboration, and a deeper understanding of the scientific process,

preparing future …

Is Hockey Still Canada’S Game? How Usa Teams Have Won Every Stanley Cup Since 1994, Aaron Montgomery, Long Doan, Joe Demaio, Michael Frankel

Symposium of Student Scholars

The last Canadian team to win Lord Stanley’s cup in the National Hockey League was the Montreal Canadiens in 1993. Since then, each championship has been claimed by a team geographically located in the United States. Is this streak unusual? Perhaps it is particularly unusual in light of the fact that Hockey is known as Canada’s game. Is Hockey in its modern incarnation still Canada’s game? Given the long history of the NHL should we expect such a streak to occur at some point in time? Are we too fixated on the geographic location of the teams in question? Perhaps …

Structure As Civic Space: The Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge In Dialogue With Frei Otto And Shigeru Ban, Allison L. Ware, Ehsan Sheikholharam Ma

Symposium of Student Scholars

What if a bridge could be more than just a means of crossing from one point to another? What if it could become a place of gathering, reflection, and connection between people and their city? The Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge in Tehran, Iran, challenges conventional ideas of infrastructure by transforming a simple crossing into a dynamic public space that celebrates structure, culture, and community. Completed by Leila Araghian and Alireza Behzadi of Diba Tensile Architecture, the Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2016. The bridge represents a shift in how infrastructure can serve urban life, not …

Reinforcement Learning Driven Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Dental Caries Prevention Policies Under Uncertainty, Pritam Deb, Christina Scherrer Phd, Lin Li Phd

Symposium of Student Scholars

Dental caries remains one of the most common chronic diseases in American children and young adults. Dental sealants can prevent up to 80% of cavities, yet there is little guidance on when to apply or reseal them. Existing economic evaluations typically compare static strategies or sweep through fixed predictive-model thresholds using finite-horizon markov models or discrete-event simulation, but they do not adapt large-scale data-driven decisions for finding high-risk individuals from a large population. We propose a two-stage framework that integrates machine-learning (ML) risk prediction, microsimulation, and model-based reinforcement learning (RL) to identify cost-effective, state-dependent sealant policies. In stage one, we …

Understanding Lyme Iaci: Implications For Camp Nurses, Mary Tobin

CompassPoint

Lyme Infection-Associated Chronic Illness (Lyme IACI) is a term adopted by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to describe persistent, often debilitating symptoms that follow Lyme disease infection. Affecting an estimated 10–20% of individuals treated for Lyme disease, Lyme IACI includes fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, cognitive dysfunction, and sleep disturbances that can last months or even years despite standard antibiotic therapy (NASEM, 2025). Unlike acute Lyme disease, Lyme IACI is not well understood and lacks validated diagnostic tools or biomarkers, making it a challenge to diagnose or treat for clinicians and caregivers—especially those working with children in …

Prism (Proxy Recognition And Inclusion Scoring Method), Destiny Raburnel, Crystal Tubbs, Md Abdullah Al Hafiz Khan

Symposium of Student Scholars

AI-driven automated hiring tools are reshaping how companies find talent, but they often reproduce the hidden biases embedded in their training data. Our project, PRISM (Proxy Recognition and Inclusion Scoring Method), investigates how subtle demographic signals, specifically first names associated with gender and race, influence AI resume screening even when candidates have identical qualifications. We built a controlled dataset of resumes that are identical in every way except for the applicant's first name, with each resume using a racially neutral surname to isolate how first names alone affect scoring. We tested these resumes against job postings in technology, healthcare, and …

Advancing Radiation Shielding For Human Space Exploration, Bryan Trejo, Lea Scott, Eduardo Farfan

Symposium of Student Scholars

Beyond the safety of the Earth's magnetic field, out into the treacherous reaches of space, lies a harsh environment of radiation. This study examines radiation shielding strategies for crewed spacecraft operating in various environments, including Mars transit and deep space. Within these environments, ionizing radiation remains a critical challenge to long-duration, crewed space travel. Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR), high-energy protons and heavy nuclei originating outside our solar system, as well as Solar Particle Events (SPE), highly energetic protons ejected continuously during the 11-year solar cycle, are all analyzed in their unique interactions with spacecraft material and biological tissues. Shielding to …

Rights Of Nature, Wrongs For The Commons: Risks Of Assigning Legal Personhood To The Rivers Of Washington State, Srinandan Ramachandran

Washington Journal of Social & Environmental Justice

The Rights of Nature (“RoN”) movement, which seeks to grant legal personhood to natural entities, has recently gained traction in Washington State and globally. While intended to enhance environmental protection and Indigenous sovereignty, RoN burdens commons governance by expanding the right to exclude. This paper advances a critique of proposals to grant legal personhood to rivers in Washington State, highlighting conflicts with standing, liability, and the jurisprudential tenets of legal personhood. RoN undermines equitable usufructuary access to the commons, or lands and waters without exclusionary rights, thereby impeding marginalized peoples’ ability to utilize shared resources. Instead of assigning legal personhood …

The Secret, Kristen Hamelin Tracey

Valparaiso Fiction Review

No abstract provided.

Washington Report: Action Expected On: • Excise Tax Extension • Clean Air Tax Act • Estate And Gift Tax Payments, Gilbert Simonetti Jr.

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

The Tax Adviser, Volume 1, Number 8, August 1970, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

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.

Interactive Photo Exploration Agent With Chained Language Model Calls, D Shin

Defensive Publications Series

Some photo library applications provide a conversational interface that enables users to retrieve photos that match their query. However, current interfaces are not multi-turn and are limited to retrieval and cannot automatically perform generation tasks. This disclosure describes an interactive, conversational interface for a digital photo library that allows users to explore their photos using natural language and receive generative, insightful answers. The exploration is multi-turn and multimodal, and is powered by a multimodal large language model (LLM). With user permission, the LLM is employed to interpret both the user's query (e.g., entered as free-form text) and the content of …

Gc Minutes 2025-12-08, Northern Illinois University

Graduate Council Archives

No abstract provided.

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.

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 …

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.

Investigating The Molecular Mechanism Of Pbcv-1 Virus-Induced Lipid Production Enhancement For Renewable Energy, Yoonjung Choi, Amanda Michelle Lopez, Zhi Zhou, Paul B. Brown

Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship

Algal lipid production is a promising third-generation biofuel platform offering high photosynthetic efficiency and reduced competition with food crops or arable land. Microalgae primarily synthesize and accumulate lipids as triacylglycerol (TAG) via the Kennedy pathway, which involves key enzymes such as glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH), lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAT), diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT), and phospholipid-diacylglycerol acyltransferase (PDAT). However, large-scale lipid production and recovery remain major bottlenecks in algal biofuel development. The Chlorella-specific lytic virus PBCV-1 has been proposed as a low-energy alternative for lipid recovery through viral-induced cell lysis and has been associated with enhanced lipid yields. Yet, the molecular mechanism driving …

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 …

Exploring Interactive Robotic Music Therapy Systems For Rehabilitation: A Survey Paper, Hector A. Salinas Gordillo

Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship

Interactive robotic music therapy introduces an innovative opportunity, where human guided musical interaction with robotic systems can create adaptive and engaging therapeutic experiences. This survey explores the current state of research at the intersection of robotics, music, and rehabilitation, focusing on emerging technologies such as human robot interaction methods and system designs that help enable real time, interactive music therapy.

Potential patient groups include individuals undergoing motor or cognitive rehabilitation, such as those recovering from stroke, living with Parkinson’s disease, cerebral palsy, or other motor impairments, as well as individuals with developmental disorders or limited mobility.

Traditional rehabilitation exercises may …

Researchers Break Cancer's 'Shield' In New Metastasis Study, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Aggressive cancers can use blood vessels like roadways, speeding through the body and finding new places to grow. But new research shows that a drug in clinical trials may help stop the spread of cancer before it reaches its destination.

Artificial Intelligence In Insurance Fraud Detection: Applications And Implications For Internal Audit, Maria Davis

Honors Projects

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used in accounting and the insurance industry to assist with auditing and fraud detection. The Big Four public accounting firms have invested heavily in AI implementation efforts. Across these firms, AI has been used to reallocate auditors’ time from mundane tasks to more complex tasks that require human judgement. Within the insurance industry, machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing, among other AI tools, have proven helpful in fraud detection efforts. While the positive impacts of AI usage are clear, concerns surrounding the replacement of human jobs, a lack of transparency in auditing, heavy …

Workstation Redesign, Mclean Dowell, Anna Seville, Luz Corral Parra, Farah Talib

Senior Design Project For Engineers

Tellerex is a leading ATM refurbishing and repair company operating from Atlanta, Georgia. Due to its rapid growth, the company is facing challenges pertaining to their parts repair and refurbishing lab. Tellerex aims to fulfill orders by 4:00 pm on the day they are placed, guaranteeing their clients same-day shipping. Orders often build up throughout the day, causing lab technicians to stress, rush through orders, and lose organization.

Tellerex has requested our help regarding one of their repair/refurbishment labs. Our goal is to redesign the lab workspace through human ergonomics and Lean Six-Sigma principles. The company wants us to create …

Mechanistic Modelling And Parameter Estimation Of Heterogeneous Catalytic Synthesis Of Green Fuel, Rasheed U. Owolabi, Obinna P. Anele, Mohammed A. Usman

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Investigation of the kinetics and mechanistic modelling of biodiesel synthesis through the reaction of castor oil with methanol under catalyzed conditions was carried out in this study. The reaction mechanisms of the Eley-Rideal, Langmuir-Hinshelwood-Hougen-Watson, and Hattori type were employed to identify the rate-determining or controlling step of the reaction. Thirteen rate expressions were developed for reactant adsorption, product desorption, and surface chemical reactions. The experimental data from Sanchez-Cantu et al. were used to validate the models, and the best-fitting model and parameter estimation were evaluated using SAS and MATLAB software. From the results, the Eley-Rideal mechanism with glycerol desorption as …