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Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Dynamical Regulation Of Blood Pressure And Cognitive Function, Joshua Sweigert, Tara Gruenewald, Margie Lachman, Teresa Seeman, Maxine Weinstein, Tse-Hwei Choo, Martina Pavlicova, Ramakrishna Mukkamala, Richard P. Sloan

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

BACKGROUND

Blood pressure (BP) is not steady. It varies over intervals from months to consecutive cardiac cycles, and this variation contains meaningful information beyond mean BP. Variability over multiple clinic visits (VVV-BP) and during 24-h ambulatory monitoring (ABPV) is positively related to risk of stroke and coronary artery disease and negatively associated with cognitive performance. Beat-to-beat BP variation, often quantified as low frequency variability (0.04–0.15 Hz, LF-BPV), is less well-studied. Here, we examine the relationship between LF-BPV and cognitive outcomes in 1953 participants from the Midlife in the US study.

METHODS

Participants completed the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by …

The Impact Of Social Support On Camouflaging Behaviors Among Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Exploring Protective And Risk Factors, Mofoluwakemi Omololu Johnson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The Impact of Social Support on Camouflaging Behaviors Among Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Exploring Protective and Risk Factors by Mofoluwakemi Omololu Johnson MSW, University of Ibadan, 2007 BSc, University of Ilorin, 2003 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Clinical Psychology Walden University August 2025   Camouflaging strategies used by individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to mask or compensate for autistic traits are often linked to adverse mental health out-comes. This quantitative correlational study investigated the relationship between perceived social support and camouflaging behaviors in young adults with autism. Grounded …

Access Barriers To Early Childhood Development Surveillance And Screenings: Insights From Pediatric Office Providers, Pamela Russell Ledesma

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Scholarly literature review found a gap in the identification of barriers experienced by pediatric office providers (POPs) for the provision of early childhood development (ECD) surveillance among culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children under the age of three years. The barriers may inhibit access to recommended screenings at defined milestones during the state of neurogenesis, whereby a child’s life trajectory may be negatively impacted and further handicap society at large. This qualitative study aimed to explore the access barriers and remedial strategies identified in the reconstructed narratives of southeast Florida POPs. The research design was premised on the behavioral model …

Singular-Perturbation Control Of A Tendon-Driven Soft Robot: Theory And Experiments, Lucas Novaki Ribeiro, Pablo Borja, Cosimo Della Santina, Bastian Deutschmann

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The existing model-based control strategies for tendon-driven continuum soft robots neglect the dynamics of the actuation system. Nevertheless, such dynamics have an important impact on the closed-loop performance. This work analyzes the influence of the actuation dynamics in tendon-driven continuum soft robots performing trajectory-tracking tasks. To this end, we use singular perturbation (SP) theory to design controllers that account for such dynamics. We provide the analytical formulation of the SP controllers and their in-depth experimental validation. Additionally, we use high-and low-stiffness tendons to experimentally compare the performance of the proposed SP controllers against traditional feedback control schemes that disregard the …

Early Theories On Fluid Resistance And Translation Of Euler’S “Dilucidationes De Resistentia Fluidorum”, Sylvio R. Bistafa

Euleriana

In 1763, Euler published Dilucidationes de resistentia fluidorum (Explanations on the resistance of fluids), a memoir that challenges the fluid resistance theories proposed by Isaac Newton and d’Alembert. Euler's work explores the resistance experienced by solid bodies moving through fluids, critiquing both Newton's "common rule" and d’Alembert's paradox, which predicted zero resistance for non-viscous fluids. Euler's treatise is divided into two parts: the first focuses on the mathematical modeling of fluid flow patterns, while the second addresses the calculation of fluid resistance on surfaces. Despite significant advancements, Euler's work remains constrained by the limitations of non-viscous fluid assumptions, ultimately grappling …

The Meaning Of “Other Minerals” And Other Incidents Of Mineral Ownership, Monika U. Ehrman, Colton Franks

Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal

No abstract provided.

Evaluating The Impact Of Interactive Virtual Modules On Mental Health Content Mastery Assessment, Kunwal Molwani Scott

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Introduction: In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, education must adapt to effectively engage students and enhance learning outcomes. As technology becomes increasingly integrated into daily life, it is essential to reevaluate teaching strategies to align with students’ preferences and improve academic performance. Utilizing virtual active learning pre-lecture assignments have shown to increase student engagement for learning. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of pre-lecture virtual assignments and their impact on student achievement, as measured by content mastery assessment levels, in an undergraduate mental health nursing course.

Methods: This study retrospectively analyzes content mastery assessment data from four cohorts of …

A Pilot Study Of Integrating Vr Into Innovative Nursing Education By Interprofessional Collaboration, Luna Chang, Shu-Chuan Chen, Hsiao Hua Kao, Pei Jung Hsieh, Yi-Ying Tsao

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Due to global threats from infectious diseases, aging populations, and rising community health care needs such as chronic illnesses and dementia, nursing students face significant pressure when dealing with complex patient scenarios and health behavior challenges. There is an urgent need to develop innovative nursing curriculum designs through interdisciplinary collaboration, teaching students to integrate information technology into health care [1,5,6]. This approach will help cultivate their self-directed learning, innovation, and problem-solving skills, better preparing them for the evolving health care environment [2,3,4].

This study employs a comparative research design, with data collection conducted from May 2023 to September 2023. The …

Exploring Ai In Hospice And Palliative Care: An Integrative Review, Tuzhen Xu, Gloria M. Rose, Caiyi Liu, Lin Li, Sen Zhu

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly transforming the healthcare industry by integrating various algorithmic models into electronic health records and wearable health technologies. These advancements support healthcare providers in making evidence-based decisions and predicting patient outcomes, ultimately enhancing the quality of care. This integrative literature review synthesizes peer-reviewed research on the application of AI in palliative and hospice care, aiming to identify both the implications and barriers to practice and research in this vital area.

Methods: We conducted a comprehensive search across nine databases—Academic Search Complete, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Cochrane, PubMed, Medline, Web …

Signs And Symptoms Of Cyber Victimization And Risky Online Behaviors: An Integrative Review, J'Andra L. Antisdel

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this integrative review is to describe latent or covert signals of cyber victimization and risky online behaviors in teens, given the increasing prevalence and severity of these issues. With the rapid growth of internet and social media use among teens, exposure to cyber victimization has become a significant concern, with estimates indicating that up to 61% of teens have experienced some form of cyber victimization.1 The reciprocal relationship between risky online behaviors and cyber victimization further complicates this issue, as these behaviors can both result from and contribute to victimization.2–6 This review was guided by Whittemore and …

Creating The Thomas Mcrae Sanitorium For Negros: Race, Contagion, And Space In Jim Crow Arkansas, Shauna Gibbons

The Ozark Historical Review

The Thomas McRae Memorial Sanatorium for Negroes, located in Alexander, Arkansas, opened its doors in 1931 as the only resource for the entire state’s population of consumptive African Americans. It was touted as one of the best of its kind under the supervision of Dr Hugh A. Browne. But its “kind” was a facility intended for individuals whom whites in the medical and political establishment viewed not only as second class citizens but as biologically and medically different.

Can Play Support Language Development In The Education Of Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder?: An Hlm Meta-Analytic Investigation, Gregory V. Boerio Edd, Karen H. Larwin

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

The purpose of the current investigation is to analyze existing research examining the impact of play therapy on the development of language skills in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). As rates of ASD diagnoses continue to increase, families and educators are faced with making critical decisions regarding the selection and implementation of evidence-based practices or therapies, including play-based interventions, to support the developing child as early as 18 months of age. The following study investigates whether play-based interventions should be considered as effective means of increasing language development in young children with ASD. The study examines specific moderators …

A System, Method, And Computer Program Product For Dynamically Adjusting Currencies Using Machine-Learning Models, Libby A. Kurien, Joshua Quiroz

Defensive Publications Series

This paper proposes a novel approach of using real time sentiment analysis based on retrieval augmented generation (RAG) for foreign exchange (forex) pricing. It argues that large language models (LLMs) can capture the semantic and emotional aspects of news articles and social media posts that affect the forex market dynamics. Traditional forex trading relies heavily on technical and fundamental analysis. However, the advent of big data and sophisticated text analysis techniques using LLMs have opened up new avenues for analyzing market sentiments in real time that can be extended to Forex. LLMs when used in combination with RAG, an architectural …

Using Off-The-Shelf Llm Prompting For Query And Subquery Intent Quality Evaluation, Pulkit Jain, Josh Ain, Vy Thuy Nguyen, Lin Dong, John Cockrell, Aditya Mone, Tushar Chugh

Defensive Publications Series

Evaluation of search query and subquery quality can be beneficial for information retrieval systems, as some evaluation methods that use human raters may be time-consuming, costly, and difficult to scale. This disclosure describes a method and system for automating query quality evaluation that may use a prompted, off-the-shelf large language model (LLM). A process can begin by creating a small, curated "golden dataset" of positive and negative examples, for instance, from historical human ratings. This dataset can then be used to engineer a detailed prompt to guide an LLM to perform classification tasks on new query-subquery pairs, such as identifying …

Self-Learning, Iterative Agent For Root Cause Analysis Of Service Failures, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

A learning agent designed to automate the root cause analysis (RCA) of failures within complex distributed systems. The agent can be configured to perform iterative generation and investigation of hypotheses. When a service failure alert is triggered, the agent may ingest data from various sources, including live monitoring data and historical incident records. Based on this information, the agent may be configured to formulate a ranked list of potential hypotheses for the cause of the failure. The agent then may be configured to systematically investigate each hypothesis by gathering and analyzing evidence from relevant data sources until a root cause …

Tariff Forecasting To Inform Dynamic Pricing And Advertising Bidding For Online Retail, Kshitij Gaikar, Pushkar Mittal

Defensive Publications Series

A system is described for addressing challenges related to international trade tariffs in e-commerce. The system is configured to ingest global tariff schedules, including published future changes, and can use an artificial intelligence (AI) model to map retailer product stock-keeping units (SKUs) to Harmonized System (HS) codes to assist in determining applicable tariffs. The system may then calculate current and anticipated landed costs. This analysis can be used to generate pricing and advertising bid recommendations for retailers and to provide proactive alerts to consumers about potential upcoming tariff-driven price adjustments. Such features may support price and advertising efficiency for retailers …

A System For Disambiguating Code-Switched Speech Using Visual Context, Mithun Kumar S R

Defensive Publications Series

Natural Language Understanding systems can encounter challenges when resolving lexical ambiguity in code-switched speech, particularly with inter-language homonyms that may be phonetically similar or identical but have different meanings. These challenges can be compounded by a reliance on audio-only input, which may not capture environmental context that can be beneficial for disambiguation. The disclosed method addresses this by concurrently processing an audio stream containing a user's utterance and a video stream capturing the user's visual context. The system can be configured to identify potential homonyms in the transcribed speech and to extract semantic tags, such as for objects or scenes, …

Managing Device States Based On Notification And User Context, Harshad Dhabu, Abhijit Adsule

Defensive Publications Series

Computing devices, such as wearable devices, may experience increased power consumption due to device wake-ups associated with high-priority notifications, and some notification management systems can offer limited granular control, for example, by muting notifications on a per-application basis. This disclosure describes a system for context-aware notification handling where alerts may be processed as silent by default. A decision-making engine can analyze a user's context, such as current activity and location, and a notification's context, including its content, sender, and origin application. By combining these factors, the system can determine whether to trigger a device wake-up for a notification that meets …

Container-Based Management Of Ephemeral Applications, Harshad Dhabu, Abhijit Adsule

Defensive Publications Series

The persistent installation of infrequently used applications on a computing device, such as a smartphone or wearable device, may consume storage and processing resources, and some management techniques may not fully address related issues like visual clutter in an application launcher. A method is described for managing applications through a container system that can facilitate on-demand, ephemeral execution. When a user launches an application, a system may dynamically provision an available version from a source, such as a remote application repository, and execute it within an isolated container. Upon session completion or following a period of inactivity, the system can …

Coordinated Data Collection For Event Correlation Analysis, Theodore Obbard, David Phillips

Defensive Publications Series

Independent random sampling of different data types in large-scale applications can make it difficult to analyze correlations between separate events because the data points are often collected independently. The disclosed method provides a system for coordinated data sampling that can be managed by a client-side library. Designated 'data provider' events, such as a page load, may trigger a temporary 'coordinated mode' based on a configurable sample rate. When this mode is active, multiple, distinct 'data consumer' points across the application lifecycle can be instructed to log their granular data for a given session. When not in coordinated mode, these data …

Systems And Methods For Translating Mixed-Language Audio, Mithun Kumar S R

Defensive Publications Series

Some real-time speech translation systems are architected for monolingual input and can encounter challenges, such as transcription errors or increased latency, when processing code-switched speech. The disclosed method describes a system for real-time interpretation that can ingest a raw audio stream and utilize a dual-axis model to concurrently identify both a spoken word and its language of origin. This process can produce a token stream with associated language identifiers. A subsequent syntactic bridge module can analyze this mixed-language stream to generate a language-independent grammatical representation of the utterance's semantic content. This abstract structure may then be used to synthesize a …

Ada-Application Of Decision Analysis For Developing A Healthcare System To Predict Fetal Health, Melfi Alrasheedi, Theyazn.H.H Aldhyani

Iraqi Journal for Computer Science and Mathematics

A fatal health condition involves an unborn baby that persists throughout the embryonic stage until delivery. The fetus grows and develops during each trimester of pregnancy. Obstetricians may detect fetal anomalies and select medical interventions based on cardiotocogram (CTG) data. However, the obstetrician's visual assessment of CTG data can sometimes be subjective or inaccurate. Therefore, automated analysis using machine learning approaches for CTG data is essential. This research employs decision analysis techniques, including decision trees (DT), gradient boosting (GB), and type-2 fuzzy neural networks (FNN), for prenatal analysis and prediction. The system was tested using a standard dataset consisting of …

Retracted: Hotspot Issue Handling And Reliable Data Forwarding Technique For Ocean Underwater Sensor Networks, Omar Adil Mahdi, Yusor Rafid Bahar Al-Mayouf, Sameer Sami Hassan Al-Obaidi, Bourair Al-Attar, Hamed Balogun, Suleman Khan

Iraqi Journal for Computer Science and Mathematics

Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSNs) have emerged as a promising technology for a wide range of ocean monitoring applications. The UWSNs suffer from unique challenges of the underwater environment, such as dynamic and sparse network topology, which can easily lead to a partitioned network. This results in hotspot formation and the absence of the routing path from the source to the destination. Therefore, to optimize the network lifetime and limit the possibility of hotspot formation along the data transmission path, the need to plan a traffic-aware protocol is raised. In this research, we propose a traffic-aware routing protocol called PG-RES, …

Student Newsletter Fall 2025, University Of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries

Library Publications

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda September 4, 2025, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes - April 3, 2025
• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews
• Other Business
• Adjourn: 3:00 pm

Dairy And Food Science Student Newsletter, September 4, 2025, Department Of Dairy And Food Science

Dairy and Food Science Student Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Educational Policies Committee Minutes September 4, 2025, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes - April 3, 2025
• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee
• Other Business
• Strategic Curriculum Meetings
• Office of the Registrar
• Adjourn: 4:30 pm

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes September 4, 2025, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of Minutes - March 6, 2025
• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews
• Other
• Other Business
• Other Potential Business
• Adjourn: 2:36 pm

Empowering Engineering Students In The Ud Honors Program, University Of Dayton

Blog: The Dayton Engineer

The University of Dayton’s academic programs promote an interdisciplinary approach to education, encouraging students to think critically and develop well-rounded, holistic perspectives.