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กลุ่มผู้สูงอายุที่เปราะบางในประเทศไทย, นภาพร ชโยวรรณ
กลุ่มผู้สูงอายุที่เปราะบางในประเทศไทย, นภาพร ชโยวรรณ
Journal of Demography
No abstract provided.
Organizational Planning Practices Under Uncertainty: The Case Of Ngos In Hadhramaut, Yemen, Khulood Taleb Alamodi
Organizational Planning Practices Under Uncertainty: The Case Of Ngos In Hadhramaut, Yemen, Khulood Taleb Alamodi
Theses and Dissertations
This study examines how local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Hadhramaut, Yemen plan and operate under conditions of fragility and uncertainty. Although strategic planning is often presented as a formal and structured process, NGOs in fragile settings face ongoing disruption, unstable funding, and weak institutions. This study asks how planning takes place in practice under these conditions. The study uses qualitative data from 22 semi-structured interviews with NGO leaders, staff, and external actors. A conceptual framework combining contextual fragility, resource dependence, organizational capacity and resilience, and legitimacy and networks was used to examine how these factors shape organizational planning. The findings …
Egypt’S Accession To Brics: Hedging And Strategic Positioning In A Multipolar Order, Daria Konstantinova
Egypt’S Accession To Brics: Hedging And Strategic Positioning In A Multipolar Order, Daria Konstantinova
Theses and Dissertations
Amid Egypt’s longstanding, multifaceted cooperation with the U.S. and Western institutions, spanning political support, economic partnerships, and IMF/World Bank programs, 2024 BRICS expansion included Egypt as one of the new group’s members. This move might be explained by leadership strategic vision, domestic constraints, and geopolitical global and regional dynamics. This research explains the drivers behind Egypt’s accession to BRICS and the way this decision reflects Egypt’s strategic positioning in a changing global order, using agency-centered approach and the theoretical framework of strategic hedging.
While existing literature on BRICS expansion partially explains the reasons behind the new members’ accession and its …
From Frontier Ai Models To Ai-Native 6g: A Present And Future Product Roadmap For Hardware-Enforced Execution Finality In Critical Infrastructure, Sangam Kumar Das
From Frontier Ai Models To Ai-Native 6g: A Present And Future Product Roadmap For Hardware-Enforced Execution Finality In Critical Infrastructure, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
Technical Subtitle: Proof-Gated Execution Finality, Hardware-Enforced Authorization and Low-Latency Protected AI Actions — A Potential Security Architecture for Frontier AI Models, NVIDIA Accelerated Computing, Qualcomm AI-RAN, Huawei Autonomous Networks, Sovereign Cloud and AI-Native 6G Infrastructure.
Indian Patent Application No.: 202631051652 /
Original Filing Date: 23 April 2026
Original Technical Title: Systems and Methods for Execution-Time Governance of Machine-Generated Outputs and Actions Using Proof-Gated Semantic Finality and Hardware-Enforced Release Boundaries.
Related Indian Patent Application: 202631049021 — Filed 17 April 2026 — Cryptographic Behavioral-Jurisdiction Binding, Multi-Authority Co-Signing, Algorithmic Logic Fingerprint Integration and Cascading Finality-Gated Output Control.
Foundational International Application: THE DAS PROTOCOLS …
Evaluation Of The Potential Use Of Biogenic Zno Nanoparticles Synthesized Via Salvia Fruticosa Mill. As A Nanopriming Agent On Seedling Growth In Einkorn, Emmer, And Bread Wheat Seedlings, Yüksel Durakli, Eli̇f Yüzbaşioğlu, Eda Dalyan, Namik Akçay, Gökhan Algün
Evaluation Of The Potential Use Of Biogenic Zno Nanoparticles Synthesized Via Salvia Fruticosa Mill. As A Nanopriming Agent On Seedling Growth In Einkorn, Emmer, And Bread Wheat Seedlings, Yüksel Durakli, Eli̇f Yüzbaşioğlu, Eda Dalyan, Namik Akçay, Gökhan Algün
Turkish Journal of Botany
In this study, the potential use of biogenic zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) as nanopriming agents in different wheat species was investigated. ZnO NPs were synthesized using aqueous extracts of Salvia fruticosa Mill. and applied as nanopriming agents to evaluate seedling growth in diploid einkorn, tetraploid emmer, and hexaploid bread wheat. The structural, morphological, and elemental characteristics of ZnO NPs were determined using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The biogenic ZnO NPs synthesized were homogeneously distributed on the surface, with a mean particle size of 27 nm. ZnO NP-based nanopriming positively affected the growth of einkorn, …
Nato's Next National Security Blind Spot: Ai Can Expose Sensitive Military Facilities Without Hacking A Single System, Sangam Kumar Das
Nato's Next National Security Blind Spot: Ai Can Expose Sensitive Military Facilities Without Hacking A Single System, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
Why NATO, Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Thales, Airbus Defence and Space, Leonardo and Other Defence Technology Leaders Should Evaluate Hardware-Enforced Protection Against AI-Driven Location Intelligence
Technical Focus: Military Operational Security (OPSEC) · AI Geolocation Inference · Sensitive-Facility Protection · GPS and Wireless Metadata Security · Cross-Application Intelligence Aggregation · Hardware-Rooted Data Release · National Security Infrastructure
Potential Defence Industry Relevance:
United States: Lockheed Martin · RTX · Northrop Grumman · General Dynamics · L3Harris Technologies · Boeing Defense
Europe and NATO Allied Industries: BAE Systems · Airbus Defence and Space · Thales · Leonardo · Rheinmetall · …
The Global Ai Distillation Challenge: How Openai, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Meta And Nvidia Could Protect Frontier Ai Models Against Industrial-Scale Extraction, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
Technical Subtitle: A Patent-Disclosed Architecture for Disrupting Unauthorized AI Model Distillation Through Extraction-Budget Finality, Cross-Account Behavioral Correlation, Information-Density Accounting, Cryptographic Output Authorization, Hardware-Rooted Enforcement and Accelerator-Level Information-Release Controls
International Patent Application: PCT/IB2026/055615 Filing Date: 4 June 2026 International Publication: WO 2026/150382 A2 Publication Date: 16 July 2026 WIPO Publication Link: https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2026150382
ABSTRACT
The accelerating competition in frontier artificial intelligence has elevated unauthorized model extraction and industrial-scale AI distillation into significant technological, economic and national competitiveness concerns. Leading AI developers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, Meta and NVIDIA, invest substantial resources in developing advanced foundation models, reasoning systems, multimodal capabilities …
The Trillion-Dollar Ai Extraction Threat: How Openai, Claude, Gemini, Deepseek And Qwen Can Protect Frontier Models Against Unauthorized Distillation, Sangam Kumar Das
The Trillion-Dollar Ai Extraction Threat: How Openai, Claude, Gemini, Deepseek And Qwen Can Protect Frontier Models Against Unauthorized Distillation, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
Securing the Frontier AI Economy: Why Model Distillation Will Continue, but Unauthorized Hyperscale Capability Extraction Must Be Controlled
Technical Subtitle: From OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini to xAI Grok, DeepSeek, Alibaba Qwen, Moonshot Kimi, Zhipu GLM and ByteDance Doubao — A New Security Architecture for Limiting Industrial-Scale AI Model Harvesting Through Behavioral Fingerprinting, Protected Information Budgets, Cryptographic Release Authorization and Hardware-Enforced Output Finality.
Industry Relevance: OpenAI · Anthropic · Google DeepMind · Microsoft · NVIDIA · Meta · xAI · Alibaba · DeepSeek · Moonshot AI · Zhipu AI · ByteDance · Tencent
Foundational Technical Reference: THE DAS …
China’S 6g Satellite Expansion Raises The Stakes For Starlink And Amazon Leo: Who Verifies The Final Orbital Action?, Sangam Kumar Das
China’S 6g Satellite Expansion Raises The Stakes For Starlink And Amazon Leo: Who Verifies The Final Orbital Action?, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
Technical Subtitle: Hardware-Rooted Orbital Execution Finality, Sovereign Satellite Networks, Optical Inter-Satellite Meshes, AI-Native 6G/NTN, and Protected Space Infrastructure for China's SpaceSail, Guowang, and the Global Satellite Industry
Industry Relevance: China IMT-2030 (6G) Promotion Group; SpaceSail/Qianfan; China SatNet/Guowang; Huawei; ZTE; SpaceX Starlink; Amazon Leo; AST SpaceMobile; Iridium; Eutelsat OneWeb; Telesat Lightspeed; and Next-Generation Space Networks.
Foundational Patent Disclosure: PCT/IB2026/055615 — THE DAS PROTOCOLS
International Publication: WO2026150382A2
Filed: 4 June 2026 | Published: 16 July 2026
ABSTRACT
As China accelerates its low-Earth-orbit satellite constellations and integrates satellite communications into its AI-native 6G ambitions, a strategic engineering question is emerging for the global …
Ai Safety For Neural And Frontierai — Sovereign Execution Control For Critical Infrastructure - Technical Relevance With Anthropic , Open Ai Frontier Ai Models, Sangam Kumar Das
Ai Safety For Neural And Frontierai — Sovereign Execution Control For Critical Infrastructure - Technical Relevance With Anthropic , Open Ai Frontier Ai Models, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
Protecting AI Tool Calls, Persistent Memory, Multimodal Inputs, GPU Inference, and Critical Infrastructure Against Unauthorized Neural-AI Consequences
What happens when a powerful AI model generates an action that its safety guardrails fail to prevent? As frontier neural models evolve from generating text toward autonomous reasoning, coding, tool execution, persistent memory, multimodal understanding, and real-world control, the critical safety challenge increasingly extends beyond what an AI model generates to whether its output is technically permitted to become an irreversible consequence.
This technical disclosure presents a proposed hardware-rooted neural-AI execution-finality architecture, disclosed in International Patent Publication WO/2026/172334 A2 (PCT/IB2026/056809), …
Your Weather App Does Not Need Your Doorstep — Access Is Not Egress: Precision-Bounded Location Release For Apps, Sdks And Ai Agents, Enforced At The Point Where Data Leaves The Device, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
Abstract
Ask an app for the weather or the nearest pharmacy, and your phone already knows where you stand to within a few metres. The service needs only your city. Yet once an app is allowed to read precise location, that exact coordinate can leave the device through several routes: the app itself, an embedded analytics or advertising SDK, a background cloud sync, or an AI agent’s tool call. These often reach destinations the user never saw as separate disclosures. Repeated, individually harmless coordinates can reveal a home, a workplace, a clinic visit, a daily routine or activity around sensitive …
Shu World Review- November 9th 2026, Diplolab, Seton Hall University
Shu World Review- November 9th 2026, Diplolab, Seton Hall University
SHU World Review
No abstract provided.
Einzelheiten, I. Bewusstseins-Industrie, Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Einzelheiten, I. Bewusstseins-Industrie, Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All
Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp, 1964, ©1962.
Call # : PT2609.N9 E5 1964
Contains underlining and marginal lining PDF Information : 21 Pages, 6.5 MB
54 Days Earlier: A Prior-Art Timeline For Sandbox Egress, Credential Isolation And Host-Side Authority In Ai Agents, Sangam Kumar Das
54 Days Earlier: A Prior-Art Timeline For Sandbox Egress, Credential Isolation And Host-Side Authority In Ai Agents, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
The 85.B2 Challenge: Was Meta Muse/Sentinel's AI-Agent Security Architecture Already Disclosed in Earlier WIPO Patent Filings?
Two international patent publications by Sangam Kumar Das appeared before Meta's public announcement of Muse/Sentinel on 8 September 2026:
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WO 2026/115520 – Published 4 June 2026.
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WO 2026/150382 – Published 16 July 2026.
The earlier disclosures address AI execution security, sandbox isolation, credential governance, host-side authorization, egress enforcement and separation of AI computation from execution authority.
This open technical evaluation examines potential architectural similarities, functional correspondence and implementation differences, inviting independent verification by AI security researchers, patent examiners and industry experts.
This is an …
Meta Muse/Sentinel Vs Published 54 Days Earlier: Credential-Free Ai Agent Sandboxing And Host-Side Egress Gating In Wo 2026/150382, Sangam Kumar Das
Meta Muse/Sentinel Vs Published 54 Days Earlier: Credential-Free Ai Agent Sandboxing And Host-Side Egress Gating In Wo 2026/150382, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
Record type: prior-art notice and function-level technical comparison for Industry Validation Exercise.
The Agent Asks, the Host Decides: Earlier Published Disclosure of Credential-Free Sandboxed AI Agents and Host-Side Egress Gating (WO 2026/150382, July 2026) Compared with Meta Muse/Sentinel
Full Report available at > https://zenodo.org/records/23040181
Summary :
The problem. AI agents that write code, call APIs and act on external systems must be able to request actions without being able to carry them out on their own authority. If the agent holds real credentials, API keys or OAuth tokens, a prompt injection or compromised tool can turn those credentials into real-world effects. …
Tls Protects The Channel, Not The Consequence: A Pre-Execution Authorization Layer For Ai Agents, Payments, Networks And Machines, Sangam Kumar Das
Tls Protects The Channel, Not The Consequence: A Pre-Execution Authorization Layer For Ai Agents, Payments, Networks And Machines, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
In one line: A request can be delivered perfectly, over an encrypted HTTPS connection, to a genuine server, carrying a valid OAuth token, and still represent an action that nobody ever authorized. This disclosure adds the missing layer: each specific action is held until it is approved for that exact effect, at that exact destination, at that moment.
Filing history. The parent application, PCT/IB2026/055615, was filed on 4 June 2026 and published by WIPO on 16 July 2026 as WO 2026/150382. Its specification runs to 8,598 pages and sets out more than 300 distinct embodiments. It builds on an earlier …
Beyond Https And Oauth: Execution-Time Authorization Of Ai-Agent Actions At Network, Api, Cloud, And Hardware Enforcement Boundaries, Sangam Kumar Das
Beyond Https And Oauth: Execution-Time Authorization Of Ai-Agent Actions At Network, Api, Cloud, And Hardware Enforcement Boundaries, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
Why Existing Security Is Not Enough
HTTPS and TLS protect communication channels, OAuth provides delegated access authorization, and identity-management systems authenticate users and workloads. These mechanisms do not, by themselves, guarantee that a particular AI-generated command, API request, transaction, or device operation remains consistent with the exact action authorized by the user or governing policy at the moment of execution.
These mechanisms do not, by themselves, guarantee that a particular AI-generated command, API request, transaction, or device operation remains consistent with the exact action authorized by the user or governing policy at the moment of execution.
This technical disclosure describes …
Bathrooms As A Patient Safety Blind Spot In Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review And Nursing Practice Framework, Carmelo Villani
Bathrooms As A Patient Safety Blind Spot In Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review And Nursing Practice Framework, Carmelo Villani
HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
Background
Emergency department (ED) bathrooms preserve privacy and dignity but interrupt direct observation. Risks described across clinical publications and professional guidance include falls, unrecognized deterioration, overdose, hazardous ingestion, infection, inaccessible environments, and unmet elimination needs. This review integrated those risks and translated them into a nursing practice framework.
Methods
For the structured narrative review, PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL Plus, and Scopus were searched on July 30, 2026, without date, language, age, or publication-type filters. Backward and forward citation chasing and a targeted search for professional documents supplemented database searching. Publications were categorized by ED relevance and synthesized thematically. Professional guidance was analyzed …
Conference Report Of Wmu Maritime Affairs Conference 2026 : Transforming Shipping In Practice : Decarbonization, Digitalization, And Arctic Navigation, Chong Ju Chae
Conference Papers
The maritime sector is currently undergoing an unprecedented period of change. Digitalization driven by the Fourth Industrial Revolution; decarbonization with the goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050; and maritime sustainability, which considers various technologies, regulations, and policies; are all reshaping the overall paradigm of the maritime industry. Companies developing these technologies, international organizations and governments drafting relevant regulations, and policymakers, focusing on maritime sustainability are all experiencing a transitional phase.
While decarbonization is being driven by regulations, setting targets and developing and applying the technologies required to achieve them, digitalization is evolving through technological advancements, with …
Agent Proposes, Boundary Decides: An Open Reviewer Question On Prior Disclosure Of Externalized Execution Authority In Ai Agent Security Architectures, Sangam Kumar Das
Agent Proposes, Boundary Decides: An Open Reviewer Question On Prior Disclosure Of Externalized Execution Authority In Ai Agent Security Architectures, Sangam Kumar Das
Defensive Publications Series
Abstract
This record concerns a security architecture for autonomous AI agents disclosed in two foundational international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. PCT/IB2026/053385, filed on 7 April 2026, was published by the World Intellectual Property Organization on 4 June 2026 as WO2026115520. PCT/IB2026/055615, the 8,598-page foundational specification, was filed on 4 June 2026 and published on 16 June 2026 as WO2026150382. Both claim priority from December 2025 through 32 Indian provisional patent applications and are followed by ten further PCT applications.
The invention separates what an AI agent can propose from what it can make happen. The agent, such …
The Shorthorn: July 26, 1988
The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s
No abstract provided.
The Shorthorn: February 18, 1988
The Shorthorn: February 18, 1988
The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s
No abstract provided.
The Shorthorn: February 3, 1988
The Shorthorn: February 3, 1988
The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s
No abstract provided.
The Shorthorn: January 27, 1988
The Shorthorn: January 27, 1988
The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s
No abstract provided.
The Shorthorn: November 11, 1987
The Shorthorn: November 11, 1987
The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s
No abstract provided.
The Shorthorn: November 5, 1987
The Shorthorn: November 5, 1987
The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s
No abstract provided.
Feasibility And Pilot Study Of Implementing Mindfulness-Based Attention Training In A Pediatric Health Care Setting, Thomas B. Ayres, Seth Sonnevile, Angela Myers
Feasibility And Pilot Study Of Implementing Mindfulness-Based Attention Training In A Pediatric Health Care Setting, Thomas B. Ayres, Seth Sonnevile, Angela Myers
Advances in Cancer Education and Quality Improvement
We present herein our preliminary evidence from a pilot study of the feasibility of implementing Mindfulness-Based Attention Training (MBAT) in a pediatric health care institution. MBAT has been implemented primarily in military settings, representing another high-stress work environment. Furthermore, MBAT has had favorable evaluations from being implemented with medical students. Mindfulness-based interventions have received increasing attention in health care environments. This interest from health care institutions and the focus on developing attention-based resources through MBAT created a use case for implementing MBAT. We had 5 health care workers with a variety of job roles in our institution complete a train-the-trainer …
Cmsi Translations, China Maritime Studies Institute
Cmsi Translations, China Maritime Studies Institute
CMSI Quarterly Review
No abstract provided.
Cmsi Quarterly (Fall 2026) Full Issue, China Maritime Studies Institute
Cmsi Quarterly (Fall 2026) Full Issue, China Maritime Studies Institute
CMSI Quarterly Review
Full issue of Issue 8 of the CMSI Quarterly Review.
The Quest For An Independent Scotland: The Impact Of Culture, Economics, And International Relations Theory On Votes Of Self-Determination, Sam Rohrer, James Gilley, Nathan Price
The Quest For An Independent Scotland: The Impact Of Culture, Economics, And International Relations Theory On Votes Of Self-Determination, Sam Rohrer, James Gilley, Nathan Price
The Journal of Economics and Politics
In the contemporary world, the true locus of sovereignty is up for debate. The drive for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom, within the larger context of the European Union illustrates trends within this relocation of sovereignty. Traditional research focused primarily on the cultural and identity issues at play, as well as economic issues. This work broadens the scope by placing the independence struggle within a complex international context. The shift from a purely realist state system interpretation to that of a refereed Pacific Union illustrates when nationalist and separatist movements can find conditions that allow for a viable secessionist …