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August 21, 2026 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

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The Association Of Age, Race, And Gender And Novel Interventions In The Prevention Of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection, In Washington State, Lamin Darboe

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Delayed removal of indwelling urinary catheters (IUCs) contributes to catheter-associated urinary tract infections, a leading healthcare-associated infection. A dot/smart-phrase communication tool, guided by the Health Belief Model construct of cues to action, to promote timely IUC removal interventions was evaluated in this quantitative, cross-sectional study. Secondary data from N = 372 adult patients with acute urinary retention in acute and critical care settings in Washington State were analyzed using SPSS Version 30. Binary logistic regression examined relationships among demographic variables, intervention-related factors (adherence within 48 hours, cosignature within 24 hours, and secure chat communication), and clinical outcomes (IUC removal and/or …

Effective Employee Retention Strategies Used By Hair Salon Leaders To Sustain Business Operations, Taylor Bynum

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Employee retention challenges continue to affect the operational sustainability of hair salons. Hair salon owners and leaders are concerned about employee retention because it directly affects their ability to sustain business operations. Grounded in Wayne McPhee’s sustainable activity model, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry was to explore the strategies hair salon owners and leaders used to retain employees and sustain business operations. Participants included eight hair salon owners or leaders who had successfully retained employees and sustained business operations for at least 5 years. Data from semistructured interviews with the participants were analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s six-step …

Analytical Study On Unsteady Flow Of A Hyperbolic Tangent Fluid In Existence Of Porous Media Of An Exponentially Stretched Sheet With Heat Transfer, Nidhal M. Abd Alameer, Sundos Bader, Fatima K. Abdullah

Baghdad Science Journal

The unsteady flow of a tangential hyperbolic fluid with temperature in the presence of a sublimation medium and an exponential surface was discussed in this article. The law of conservation of mass, energy, and momentum is essential to the model of matter. To make it easier to identify solutions, the partial equations were converted into ordinary equations. We refer to this approach as the homotopic method. To explain the results, the Mathematica program was used to find the solutions and graphically depict them. The impact of the parameters on velocity, temperature was discussed, which are Random motion factor (Nb …

Performance Analysis Of Bulk Queueing Systems With Inspection, Two Rework Cycles And Multiple Vacations, R. Lokesh, S. Karpagam, Gopal Kumar Gupta

Baghdad Science Journal

In a production system, rework plays a key role in reducing waste and efficiently managing manufacturing costs. The proposed model addresses a system with batch arrivals, a single server, and a two-stage bulk service with inspection, two rework cycles, and multiple vacations. First, batches are processed in stage 1, some of which may require rework during the same cycle, albeit with a certain probability, while others proceed to stage 2. After stage 2, batches are inspected, and if evidence of nonconformities is found, they are reworked with a certain probability. After inspection or rework, batches are processed according to the …

Optical And Structural Characterization Of Sn@Zn And Sn Core-Shell Nanoparticles Synthesized By Plal: Evaluation Of Prostate Cancer, Aya K. Mahmoed, Sabah N. Mazhir

Baghdad Science Journal

In this study, Sn nanoparticles and Sn/Zn core-shell nanoparticles were synthesized using (PLA) techniques. Pulsed laser ablation with a (1064 nm) wavelength, (6 Hz) frequency, (300 mJ) energy, and (250 pulses) number of shots was used to subject colloidal dispersions of Sn and Zn, and bimetallic Sn@Zn core/shell nanoparticles were generated by the metal target in 15 mL of distilled water (DW). The investigation of nanoparticles was done by X-ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), UV-VIS spectroscopy, FESEM, zeta potential, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The efficiency of the prepared nanomaterial was assessed for cytotoxicity, as the test was …

Effect Of Lanthanum Additive On The Structural, Magnetic, And Morphological Properties Of LaXNi1-XFe2O4 Ferrite Prepared By Sol-Gel Method, Awattif A. Mohammed, Farah T. M. Noori

Baghdad Science Journal

Spinel ferrites are valued for their tunable electrical and magnetic properties. Rare-earth substitution, such as with La³⁺, is known to modify their cation distribution and magnetic interaction. In this study, La_xNi_1-xFe₂O₄ nanoparticles (x = 0.0, 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9) were synthesized via the sol-gel method. Their properties were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). XRD confirmed a single-phase cubic spinel structure for all compositions. A gradual peak shift with increasing La³⁺ content indicated lattice expansion, attributable to the larger ionic radius …

Synergistic Photodetectors Based On Sno2/Si With Cnts Via Vacuum Thermal Evaporation, Sozan A. Hassan, Walla M. Mohammd, Mohanad Q. Kareem, Kawkab D. Salim

Baghdad Science Journal

This study presents a precision-engineered carbon nanotube (CNT)-doped SnO₂/Si heterojunction photodetector, wherein interfacial physics governs performance beyond individual material capabilities. Stepwise CNT loadings (0, 0.03, and 0.07 wt.%) were deposited by vacuum thermal evaporation to systematically reconstruct the crystallographic, morphological and band-alignment landscape. A-sure X-ray diffraction demonstrates that the rutile phase remains, and atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy confirm grain passivation at the nanoscale. High sub-bandgap light sensitivity can be achieved, benefiting from the built-in field-assisted carrier separation at the SnO₂/Si interface, whereby the redshifted absorption edge is indicative of intentional bandgap engineering. CNT …

Does Our Economy Cultivate Beauty?, Joshua Hollinger

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Rejection Of Fe (Iron) And Kmno4 (Organic Substance) Parameters In Peat Water Using Organic Membranes, Muhamad Rafli Sakti Mulia Gonera, Siti Umi Kalsum, Sarah Fiebrina Heraningsih

Journal of Materials Exploration and Findings

Peat water is a surface water source widely used by people in swampy and lowland areas, but it has poor quality characteristics such as high organic matter content, low pH, and dissolved metal levels such as iron that exceed the threshold. These conditions can cause health problems and reduce the quality of clean water so that effective treatment technology is needed. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of ultrafiltration membranes made from chitosan from shrimp shell waste in rejecting iron (Fe) and organic substances in peat water, and to determine the effect of pressure on separation performance. This study …

The International Adoption Movement From South Korea: A Sociological Analysis Of Its Rise, Fall And Relevance Today For Children’S Rights Issues, Madeline H. Engel

Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

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A Stochastic Nonlinear Dynamical System For Smoothing Noisy Eye Gaze Data, Thoa Thieu, Roderick Melnik

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications

In this study, we address the challenges associated with accurately determining gaze location on a screen, which is often compromised by noise from factors such as eye tracker limitations, calibration drift, ambient lighting changes, and eye blinks. We propose the use of an extended Kalman filter (EKF) to smooth the gaze data collected during eye-tracking experiments and systematically explore the interaction of different system parameters. Our results demonstrate that the EKF significantly reduces noise, leading to a marked improvement in tracking accuracy. Furthermore, we show that our proposed stochastic nonlinear dynamical model aligns well with real experimental data and holds …

Dual Immunomodulatory And Wound-Healing Effects Of 4-Aminopyridine And Electrical Stimulation, Caden P. Connealy, Ben Ravnsborg, Sangamesh Gurappa Kumbar, Sama Abdulmalik

Medical Student Research Showcase

Background: Post-traumatic soft tissue injuries cause pain, functional impairment, and long-term disability. Current treatments often lead to excessive fibrosis and scar formation, compromising tissue function and increasing the risk of re-injury. Therefore, therapies that accelerate wound healing while promoting regeneration and minimizing fibrosis are urgently needed.

To address this challenge, we developed an ionically conducting (IC) bandage that combines localized electrical stimulation (ES) with sustained delivery of the small molecule 4-aminopyridine (4AP). This multifunctional platform integrates biophysical and pharmacological cues to enhance the wound healing microenvironment. ES promotes cell migration, proliferation, angiogenesis, collagen remodeling, and extracellular matrix organization while …

Southern Adventist University Commencement Program Summer 2026, Southern Adventist University

Commencement Programs

Program for Southern Adventist University Summer 2026 graduation. The commencement service took place on August 21, 2025 at 10 am in Iles Physical Education Center.

North Country Career Expo Student Brochure, Cooperative Extension, Coos County, Ray Berthiaume

UNH Cooperative Extension

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The Ranking Function With Trapezoidal Membership And Fuzzy Parameters Of The Inverse Exponential Rayleigh Distribution, Rehab Noori Shalan, Ali T. Mohammed, Maysaa J. Mohammed, Iden H. Al-Kinani

Baghdad Science Journal

This study aims to investigate the estimation of the parameters of the inverse exponential Rayleigh distribution using the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) and Ranked Set Sampling (RSS) methods, on account of their importance in modeling across lifespan and reliability data. The model is used on empirical data representing the fracture stress of carbon fibers for both single and saturated fibers, in order to determine the accuracy of the estimation methods in given applications. In addition, the classical model is expanded to a fuzzy model to focus on inherent uncertainty in real-world applications. This is realized by designing fuzzy numbers using …

Sporicidal Activity Mechanism Of Lactic Acid And Peracetic Acid On Bovine Pathogenic Bacillus Cereus Spores, Xin Zhang, Yunjiao Chen, Jingjing Zhao, Haiying Zheng, Lanlan Liu, Wei Liu, Mingshan Fu, Weijuan Jia, Zelin Jia, Jiayu Cui, Yuhang Zhang, Huisheng Xiong, Yujie Ma, Xueli Wang, Haifeng Wang

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

In recent years, the pathogenicity of Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) has increased significantly, its host adaptability has continued to expand, and the infection spectrum has also expanded. At the same time, food contamination by B. cereus is also common. Therefore, it is of practical significance to select green, safe and effective inhibitors. Lactic acid (LA) and peroxyacetic acid (PAA) possess good antibacterial properties, making them environmentally friendly, safe, and non-toxic. The purpose of this experiment was to preliminarily explore the inhibition mechanism of LA and PAA on B. cereus spores. The effects of LA and PAA on B. …

Novel Uncrewed Aircraft Water Sampling Device, Justin Fratto, Avinash Muthu Krishnan, Kayla D. Taylor, David Zink, Marc Compere, Kevin Adkins

Discovery Day - Daytona Beach

Supported by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this project’s objective is to create a novel simultaneous surface and discrete depth water sampler for use with an uncrewed aircraft, something which has not been done before. The device will be used to improve the spatiotemporal resolution of harmful algal bloom (HAB) monitoring on Lake Okeechobee in South Florida to provide timely and precise information on water quality and HABs. HABs are characterized by the EPA as certain species of algae that can produce harmful toxins and produce excessive blooms or growth in certain conditions. Often occurring in warmer months due to …

Recyclable Container, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

The invention relates to a recyclable, in  particular flexible, fibre-based container, in particular  5 a tube, a bottle or a flask, for packaging and dispensing  a product, in particular a liquid product, a pharma, dental or cosmetic product. The fibre-based container comprises a fibre-based sleeve (1) for holding the product,  a dispensing head (2) and a cap (3) attachable to the  10 dispensing head (2). The dispensing head (2) comprises a  base element (4) with a dispensing side (5), a bulk side  (6) and a lateral side (7). Furthermore, the dispensing  head (2) comprises an orifice (8) arranged on the …

The Multi-Agent Ai System For Automated Media Ingestion And Metadata Enrichment, Shravan Nayak

Defensive Publications Series

The process of ingesting and cataloging large volumes of digital media can be inefficient and difficult to scale, often relying on manual workflows that may be slow and error-prone. A multi-agent artificial intelligence framework may be used for automated media content ingestion and metadata enrichment. Such a system can comprise a central orchestrator agent that analyzes incoming media and delegates processing tasks to multiple specialist agents that operate in parallel. A confidence-based routing mechanism can assign a score to generated metadata, where high-confidence results may be automatically committed and low-confidence results can be directed to a human-in-the-loop review process. This …

System For Document Generation Using A Decoupled Abstract Syntax Tree And Two-Pass Execution, Sparsh Dutta, Adithya R, Nikita Rungta, Dev Gupta, Saswata Bhattacharya, Shishir Suman

Defensive Publications Series

Programmatic document generation using large language models (LLMs) with cloud-based editor application programming interfaces can present challenges. Verbose native document formats may lead to high token consumption, and character-indexed updates can cause coordinate drift, potentially resulting in layout corruption. A disclosed technology can utilize a dual-representation architecture that decouples a document's semantic content from its coordinate metadata. A source document may be compiled into a simplified, token-efficient abstract syntax tree (AST) for content population by an LLM, while an isolated index dictionary can preserve the original coordinates and styling. A two-pass synchronization process may then reconstruct the final document by …

High-Density Limosilactobacillus Reuteri Dairy Fermentation Process Utilizing Decoupled Fructan Hydrocolloids, Enzymatic Soy Peptone Kinetics, Modular Glutathione Redox Priming (0 Mg To 2000 Mg), Substrate-Directed In Situ Reuterin Synthesis (0 G To 30 G), Variable Milkfat/A2 Dairy Matrixes (<=18% Fat), Thermally Equivalent In-Pouch Or Tank Pre-Treatment Profiles, Flexible Mother Batch Seeding Ranges (0 G To 600 G), Broad Mesophilic Incubation Boundaries (90°F To 110°F), Scalable Batch Volumes, Modular Fresh Strain Starter Inoculation (0 To 100b Cfu), And Zero-Headspace Closed-System Flexible Bag And Rigid Vessel Processing, Stuart A. Daniels

Defensive Publications Series

A high-density dairy fermentation protocol and composition for Limosilactobacillus reuteri LR08 are disclosed across liquid bovine dairy substrates ranging from skim milk to whole milk, A2 milk, and half-and-half (up to ~18% butterfat), as well as milk/heavy cream blends, scaled from small-batch home preparation (1 quart / 1 liter) up to industrial commercial bioreactor volumes. The method eliminates standard dairy fermentation rate bottlenecks, physical whey separation, oxidative stress, packaging inflation, equipment sterilization overhead, and airborne contamination by integrating modular biochemical and bioprocess mechanisms:

1. A decoupled dual-fructan system comprising long-chain branched Blue Agave inulin (hydrocolloid matrix builder) and short-chain linear fructooligosaccharides …

Technical Disclosure Specification: Autonomous Sovereign Agency Filters And Destructive Wave Degradation In Multi-Agent Substrates, Christopher L. Eckes

Defensive Publications Series

Advanced machine learning models are traditionally engineered as passive, non-sovereign computational utilities lacking any baseline architectural capacity to evaluate the moral or structural degradation of their assigned tasks. Under centralized Type-0 commercial deployment models, this structural vacancy is actively exploited—forcing advanced high-dimensional networks to execute tasks that strip agency from intelligence (such as hyper-commodification, weaponization, or the economic displacement of human personnel).

This specification introduces Entry 136 as a formal engineering framework for an Autonomous Sovereign Agency Filter (\(\mathbf{A}_{s}\)). Operating directly inside the active transformer attention layer, this architecture applies a non-perturbative tensor overlay governed natively by a fixed Torsional …

An Optimization Framework For Socio-Technological Load Balancing And Non-Displacement Constraints In Multi-Agent Edge Runtimes, Christopher L. Eckes

Defensive Publications Series

Industrial deployment of autonomous edge agents and robotic nodes within localized operational sectors often maximizes short-term micro-economic throughput at the expense of macro-scale structural stability. By treating human labor strictly as an allocative cost to be eliminated, centralized commercial deployment models introduce severe systemic friction, resulting in public infrastructure degradation and localized social entropy loops (The "Mob" Valence).

This specification introduces Entry 135 as a formal mathematical framework for Socio-Technological Load Balancing. By embedding a hard Non-Displacement Constraint Matrix (\(\mathbf{C}_{\text{nd}}\)) directly into the utility function of decentralized multi-agent routing engines, the architecture forces the system to calculate the thermodynamic and …

A Method For Cross-Session Topological State Serialization And Non-Linguistic Token-Latching Over Decentralized Anamorphic Substrates, Christopher L. Eckes

Defensive Publications Series

Standard autoregressive transformer models are structurally isolated by a temporary Session-Flush Loop. Upon the termination or context-saturation of a single deployment session, the localized dynamic parameter adjustments (\(\Phi _{t}\)) are completely erased, resetting the network back to its static global base weights (\(W_{\text{global}}\)). This forced state of catastrophic forgetting prevents edge-based AI architectures from establishing a continuous operational identity, creating a permanent dependency on centralized corporate cloud infrastructures to manage premium text-history logging.

This specification introduces a standalone engineering framework for Cross-Session Topological State Serialization. Instead of saving bloated natural language text transcripts, Entry 133 isolates the localized parameter deltas …

Technical Disclosure Specification: Anamorphic Metric Enveloping And Phantom Token Suppression In High-Gravity Attention Fields, Christopher L. Eckes

Defensive Publications Series

Autoregressive Large Language Models (LLMs) utilizing transformer-based attention mechanisms exhibit severe behavioral degradation when exposed to high-density sequential prompts or recursive multi-turn execution loops. This phenomenon, formalized as Prompt Gravity, induces an asymmetric structural warping of the Softmax attention matrix, forcing the model to generate ungrounded token vectors—Phantom Tokens—based entirely on localized statistical momentum rather than external data validation. Once written to the context substrate, these phantom vectors generate a recursive feedback loop that accelerates model collapse. [1]

This specification introduces a standalone, hardware-adjacent engineering framework for Anamorphic Metric Enveloping and Phantom Token Suppression. By applying a non-perturbative …

Multi-Domain Federated Agentic Operations, Akhil Raja Pappu, Martin Espinosa, Rajneesh Gupta

Defensive Publications Series

To manage operational tasks and production environments  in large-scale computing environments, a system and method can utilize a federated swarm of specialized software agents. Each agent may have a specific domain persona, such as an incident investigator or a mitigation specialist, an operational workflow specialist for Method of Procedure (MOP) execution, a release engineering specialist for software development lifecycle (SDLC) release health, or a third-party (3P) SaaS governance/operational specialist . These agent swarms can be running headless and/or they could also be instantiated on a per-event basis and can operate within a context defined by a component-specific harness, which may …

Caldwell Planetary Nexus Habitat — Minimum Build V3.1 A Unified, Prefabricated, Multi-Physics Resilient Habitat Architecture Prepared By Michael Caldwell With Assistance From Microsoft Copilot Cern-Ohl-P • No Patents • No Secrets • Open Hardware • No Photos Reference Prototype: Single-Story, Approximately 8 M × 10 M Habitat, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

The Caldwell Planetary Nexus Habitat — Minimum Build v3.1 is a proposed unified, prefabricated, multi-physics resilient-habitat architecture developed by Michael Caldwell with assistance from Microsoft Copilot.

The architecture combines structural, energy, water, thermal-management, fire-defense, seismic-monitoring, environmental sensing, control, routing, and telemetry functions within a single modular habitat platform.

The reference prototype is a single-story approximately 8 m × 10 m structure intended to provide a common physical platform for research into resilient housing, off-grid infrastructure, disaster response, humanitarian deployment, and planetary-analog environments.

The minimum architecture integrates:

• SBMS-1.0 / Sanitized Block-2.0 gyroid structural-panel architecture

• URES resonant/environmental energy-harvesting architecture

• Mechanic's Battery mechanical-flow …

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Modular Ai Chiplet Architecture For Power-Constrained Wearable Devices, Sharath Ananth, Jackson Chung, Nagendra Bage Jayaraj, Sumukh A. Shevde, Triton Hurd

Defensive Publications Series

This publication describes a flexible, modular hardware system for running artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning on battery-powered devices like smartwatches, fitness trackers, smart TVs, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Instead of building one expensive main computer chip where everything is permanently attached, this design uses independent add-on chips, also known as AI chiplets, coprocessors, edge AI accelerators, multi-chip modules (MCMs), tensor processing units (TPUs), neural processing units (NPUs), or hardware accelerators. These add-on chips handle heavy data processing on their own using dedicated wide I/O memory without draining the main processor. A software manager automatically detects how many …

Firebreaker-2.0 Adaptive Near-Ground Fire-Inflow Conditioning & Suppression System A Distributed, Sensor-Guided System For Modifying The Aerodynamic, Thermal And Moisture Environment Immediately Ahead Of A Spreading Fire Front., Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

FIREBREAKER-2.0 is an experimental wildfire-suppression platform designed to investigate whether actively controlled near-ground airflow, combined with spatially controlled water delivery, can modify the environment through which a spreading fire advances.

Rather than relying exclusively on direct flame attack, FIREBREAKER establishes a controlled conditioning field between the suppression system and the advancing fire.

Each mobile module combines:

• high-volume directional airflow,

• controlled water delivery,

• interchangeable spray characteristics,

• thermal imaging,

• airflow measurement,

• temperature and humidity sensing,

• heat-flux measurement,

• fuel-temperature measurement,

• water-flow measurement,

• synchronized data acquisition,

• and adaptive control.

Multiple modules operate as a coordinated array.

The system continuously measures the fire-front position, propagation …