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Caring, 1982 Fall/Winter, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL: Quarterly community education publication for IMMC. This issue includes news and updates, events, professional activites, and an article on heand and neck cancers.

Caring, 1983 Fall, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL: Quarterly community education publication for IMMC. This issue includes news and updates, events, professional activites, and an article on the new plans for the Ruth M. Seay Center for Women and Infants.

Caring, 1982 Summer, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL: Quarterly community education publication for IMMC. This issue includes news and updates, events, professional activites, and an article on interventional radiology.

Caring, 1982 Winter, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL: Quarterly community education publication for IMMC. This issue includes news and updates, events, professional activites, and an article on a new family medicine clinic.

Caring, 1981 Summer/Fall, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL: Quarterly community education publication for IMMC. This issue includes news and updates, events, professional activites, and an article on a pediatric pre-op education program.

Caring Annual Report, 1991, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL: Annual report published as an issue of Caring, the quarterly community publication for Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Included are a financial report, statistical report, and updates from the past year.

Caring Annual Report, 1992, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL: Annual report published as an issue of Caring, the quarterly community publication for Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Included are a financial report, statistical report, and updates from the past year. This year IMMC became the primary teaching affiliate with Rush University. The Philanthropy Report is included as an insert.

Caring Annual Report, 1990, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL: Annual report published as an issue of Caring, the quarterly community publication for Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Included are a financial report, statistical report, and updates from the past year.

Caring Annual Report, 1989, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL: Annual report published as an issue of Caring, the quarterly community publication for Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Included are a financial report, statistical report, and updates from the past year.

Caring Annual Report, 1987, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL: Annual report published as an issue of Caring, the quarterly community publication for Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Included are a financial report, statistical report, and updates from the past year. This year IMMC opened its first MRI center and completed a large parking garage. The Philanthropy Report is included as an insert.

Caring Annual Report, 1988, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL: Annual report published as an issue of Caring, the quarterly community publication for Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Included are a financial report, statistical report, and updates from the past year.

Caring Annual Report, 1986, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL: Annual report published as an issue of Caring, the quarterly community publication for Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Included are a financial report, statistical report, and updates from the past year. This year IMMC was designated a Level 1 Trauma Center and a new Labor, Delivery, Recovery floor was opened. The Philanthropy Report is included as an insert.

Deaconess Hospital Employee Handbook, 1979, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Deaconess Hospital, Milwaukee, WI: Employee handbook for Deaconess Hospital from 1979. Includes salary information, job roles, map of hospital, and more.

[2026 Honorable Mention] Impact Of Chicana Rewritings Of La Virgen De Guadalupe And La Malinche, Destiny Villarreal Quintero

Ethnic Studies Research Paper Award

This piece elaborates on the cultural significance of La Virgen de Guadalupe and La Malinche in Mexican/ Chicanx communities and how they impact women's gender roles.

Operationally Ready Vs Gym Ready: Training For The Real Demands Of Tactical Work, Ben Jacobs

Tactical & Occupational Performance Conference

Tactical organizations are increasingly recognizing that readiness extends beyond fitness alone. Structured performance systems that integrate training, recovery, nutrition, and fatigue management can help departments improve resilience, reduce injuries, and sustain operational capability over an entire career.

Session's revolve around the concept of Tactical Readiness Architecture, a systems-based framework designed to help departments build structured, sustainable performance support for their personnel. Rather than focusing solely on workouts or individual habits, Tactical Readiness Architecture integrates training, recovery, nutrition, fatigue management, and data-informed monitoring into a cohesive readiness model.

Utilizing Waste Paper Ash As Partial Cement Replacement In Concrete, Karim Hassan

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

The concrete industry has a considerable environmental impact. The manufacture of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) emits a large amount of carbon dioxide, while the extensive extraction of virgin natural aggregates further burdens the environment during concrete production. This thesis is concerned with the development of low-carbon concrete through the combined utilization of waste paper ash (WPA), recycled aggregates, and accelerated carbonation curing. The main objective is to reduce the environmental footprint of concrete products, including masonry units, by enhancing their carbon sequestration potential, decreasing the use of cement, and alleviating reliance on virgin aggregates, while also maintaining adequate mechanical and …

Independent Living Skills For The Aging Population Of Adults With Disabilities, Sara K. Fetter Otd, Otr, Jennifer L. Martin Otd, Otr, Cht, Clt, Michele L. Mccarroll Phd, Faacvpr, Acsm-Ccep, Ccrp, Lssbb

Developmental Disabilities Network Journal

Adults with intellectual disability (ID) are living longer and increasingly outlive family caregivers. Strengthening independent living and vocational skills has therefore become a critical public-health priority. Occupational therapy (OT) can address this need through person-centered, community-based programming. This paper describes the co-design, delivery, and preliminary outcomes of a short occupation-based curriculum intended to enhance autonomy and work readiness in aging adults with ID. In partnership with a Dallas, Texas nonprofit, the authors conducted a needs assessment and created an 8-session course rooted in the Independent Living Model and the Occupational Competence Model. The curriculum addressed four domains (physical health, financial …

Hypovitaminosis A - Associated Neurologic Syndrome With Concurrent Babesiosis In A Captive African Lion Cub (Panthera Leo), Kano, Nigeria, Shaarani Habibu Musa, Aminu Bello Hanga, Auwal Usman Nagoma, Caleb Ayuba Kudi, Paul Ayuba Abdu, Musa Ibrahim Waziri, Haruna Baba Galadima, Yusuf Aminu Yusuf, Muhammed Mikail

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Neurological disorders in captive wild felids presents diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, particularly in juveniles animals maintained under suboptimal nutritional transitions. This case report describes the synergistic effects of dietary deficiencies and a concurrent hemoparasitic infection in a seven-month-old male African lion cub (Panthera leo) weighing 30 kg, housed at Audu Bako Zoological Garden in Kano, Nigeria. Following premature weaning onto an unsupplemented muscle-meat diet, the cub exhibited progressive neurological symptoms, including ataxia, hindlimb paresis, star-gazing, and opisthotonos. Hematological analysis revealed a mild normocytic, normochromic anemia (packed cell volume; 23%) and the presence of erythrocytes rouleaux formation, while Giemsa-stained …

Optimizing Graphene Oxide In Self-Compacting Concrete: A Sustainable Nano-Material Strategy For Enhanced Durability And Structural Performance, Mohammed Shakeebulla Khan, Vijaya G. S

Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies

In order to reduce the environmental impact of the constructed world, advanced and sustainable construction materials are needed. This work is a summary of the comprehensive study on a novel self-compacting concrete with nano-engineered material (graphene oxide) modified self-compacting concrete (GO-SCC). The optimum dosage of GO was determined using Taguchi method, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) multi-objective statistical optimization method, and was found to be 0.10% by weight of cement (bwoc). This dosage of 0.10% GO led to the overall desirability score of 0.87, which confirmed that this was the optimum dosage for six response variables …

Dual Companion Open Standards Architecture — Independent Hardware And Network Standards Governed By Independent Foundations Under One Neutral Parent, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: Open standards architecture; technology governance; robot ecosystem design

Problem Solved: No prior technology ecosystem defines two independent, complementary open standards — one governing physical hardware compatibility and one governing network cooperation protocol — as a deliberately paired architecture governed by independent foundations under a common neutral parent, with a normatively defined bridge layer linking the two standards at the hardware level.

Disclosure Summary: The AI Robot Compatible™ ecosystem defines RPnP™ and RP2P™ as independent companion standards governed by independent foundations — RPnP™ Foundation and RP2P™ Foundation — under the neutral parent AI Robot Foundation. RPnP™ is to robot hardware …

Rp2p Bridge — Hardware-Level Network Protocol Capability Handshake Separating Physical Compatibility From Network Cooperation, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: Robot hardware compatibility standards; network protocol architecture; robot interoperability

Problem Solved: Prior robot connectivity standards conflate physical interface compatibility with network cooperation capability. A robot that is physically compatible with a peer cannot determine at the hardware layer whether that peer is capable of network cooperation protocols without initiating a full software handshake. This creates unnecessary latency and complexity in multi-robot environments.

Disclosure Summary: RPnP™ Layer 6 — the RP2P Bridge — defines a minimal hardware-level capability handshake that declares network protocol capability at the physical connector level, cleanly separating the hardware compatibility stack (RPnP™) from the network cooperation …

Robot Identity Framework — Self-Certifying Decentralized Robot Identity With Hardware Binding To Physical Port Serial Number, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: Robot identity systems; decentralized identifiers; hardware-bound network identity

Problem Solved: No prior robot network standard defines a decentralized, self-certifying identity system for robots that binds network identity to physical hardware, eliminates central identity gatekeepers, supports key rotation and compromise recovery, and provides cryptographically verifiable identity documents resolvable across a federated registry infrastructure.

Disclosure Summary: The Robot Identity Framework defines how every RP2P™ peer obtains a permanent, globally unique, cryptographically verifiable identity — the Robot Identifier — using the did:rp2p decentralized identifier method. The RID is derived from the genesis Ed25519 public key, making it self-certifying. An optional hardware binding …

Restoring A Communication Device To Normal Operation Using An Embedded Controller Watchdog To Mitigate Processor Hangs, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

Permanently deployed communication devices are susceptible to application processor hangs and crashes. Because these devices operate unattended in restricted locations, manual remediation is difficult and prolonged downtime is experienced. To address this limitation, auxiliary controller circuitry is utilized to provide independent self-remediation. A watchdog function is executed by an embedded controller to monitor heartbeat signals transmitted by the application processor at regular intervals. If a specified number of expected heartbeats fail to be received, a missing heartbeat condition is detected. Parts of the device, or the entire device, are subsequently power-cycled by the embedded controller. The primary purpose of this …

An Open Framework For An Interplanetary Energy And Resource Loom: Utilizing Non-Demolition Swarm-Drone Harvesting And High-Inclination Polar Trajectories, Christopher L. Eckes

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure presents a decentralized, high-efficiency system architecture designed to bypass the thermodynamic, material, and logistical bottlenecks blocking civilization's transition to Type I status. The Interplanetary Energy and Resource Loom introduces a decoupled, multi-tier space architecture that separates primary orbital infrastructure from high-friction planetary environments.

The system utilizes a heavy, low-maintenance master vehicle propelled by a Tethered Fusion-Driven Sail operating along a high-inclination solar Y-axis polar trajectory to achieve 100% unblocked solar and cosmic radiation exposure. Material ingestion (volatile gases and liquid composites) is delegated to a specialized swarm of high-velocity, aerodynamically optimized Collector Drones that execute transient atmospheric skimming …

High Density Ethernet Ports In A Switch / Onu, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

A high-density Ethernet access device is housed in a 19-inch rack-mountable chassis occupying a single rack unit. In place of discrete RJ45 connectors, the faceplate of the device is populated with Mini-SAS High Density (Mini-SAS HD) connectors, each compliant with SAS 3.0 and the SFF-8644 mechanical specification and presenting a 100 Ohm characteristic impedance that matches twisted-pair Ethernet. A breakout cable has a Mini-SAS HD plug connector at a first end that mates with a faceplate receptacle and three RJ45 connectors at a second end. Within each connector, the pins are allocated among the differential pairs and ground returns of …

Near-Critical Supercritical-Co₂ Desiccation Of Triple-Knockout Porcine Red Blood Cells: A Proposed Protocol With Haemolysis-Reduction Pathway Analysis, Chaiyapat Chuenglertsiri, Pattrick Chen

Defensive Publications Series

This conceptual framework discloses, as defensive prior art (CC BY 4.0), a near-critical supercritical-CO2 (scCO2) desiccation protocol for ambient-temperature preservation of genetically engineered triple-knockout (TKO) porcine red blood cells (pRBCs), in which the GGTA1, beta4GalNT2, and CMAH carbohydrate-antigen genes are inactivated and human complement-regulatory transgenes (e.g. CD47, CD55) are expressed. No experimental haemolysis, recovery, or potency data are generated; all values are cited literature anchors. TKO pRBCs are described accurately as genetically advanced but preclinical (Yamamoto 2021; Ko 2022; Chornenkyy 2023), with no clinically deployed pig-red-cell product and current handling assuming a cold chain. The protocol operates at 74-80 bar …

Three Pathogen-Reduction Strategies For Ambient-Temperature Dried Red Blood Cells: An Efficacy–Cost Decision Framework For Resource-Limited Settings, Chaiyapat Chuenglertsiri, Pattrick Chen

Defensive Publications Series

This conceptual analysis discloses, as defensive prior art (CC BY 4.0), an efficacy-cost decision framework for ensuring pathogen safety of ambient-temperature dried red blood cells (RBCs) produced where laboratory donor screening is incomplete and transfusion-transmitted-infection burden is high. No experimental potency, recovery, or inactivation data are generated; every value is a cited literature anchor or labelled estimate. An earlier version over-stated riboflavin-UV efficacy by quoting plasma/platelet log-reductions for red cells; this is corrected, as haemoglobin attenuates UV and lowers whole-blood efficacy (SARS-CoV-2 about 3.3 log in whole blood vs about 4.8 in plasma; Ragan et al. 2020). The problem is …

Enteral, Intravenous, And Haemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers: A Capacity–Safety Decision Framework For Settings Without Compatible Blood, Chaiyapat Chuenglertsiri, Pattrick Chen

Defensive Publications Series

This conceptual analysis discloses, as defensive prior art (CC BY 4.0), a capacity-safety-cost decision framework for delivering oxygen-carrying support where compatible allogeneic blood is unavailable (trauma, remote/military, mass-casualty, rare blood phenotypes). No experimental data are generated; all scores are relative, literature-informed estimates. An earlier version proposed oral perfluorocarbon (PFC) as a systemic oxygen supplement; that claim is quantitatively implausible and is withdrawn here. The framework instead compares three oxygen-carrier modalities: (A) enteral PFC oxygenation, for which oxygenated perfluorochemical delivered to the gut lumen has been shown to ameliorate respiratory failure in mammals (Okabe et al., Med 2021); (B) intravenous PFC …

Seven-Layer Rpnp™ Architecture — Unified Discovery-To-P2p Hardware Compatibility Stack For Ai Robots, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: Robot hardware compatibility standards; layered architecture; AI robot interoperability

Problem Solved: No prior hardware compatibility standard for robotics defines a complete layered architecture from physical discovery through safety, AI compatibility, and peer-to-peer network capability in a unified, certifiable stack. Existing standards address individual layers in isolation without defining their interrelationship as a coherent compatibility architecture.

Disclosure Summary: RPnP™ defines a seven-layer hardware compatibility architecture — Layer 0 through Layer 6 — as a unified stack governing AI robot interoperability from physical discovery to peer-to-peer network coordination. Each layer has a single responsibility, defined interfaces to adjacent layers, and a …

Decarbonization Of The Maritime Industry And Suggested Training Of Seafarer Officers, Malusa Alana De Assumpção, Ove Tobias Gudmestad, Freerk Meyer

Seatific Journal

The IMO set ambitious environmental requirements regarding greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. These requirements were accompanied by regulatory instruments and several proposals for technological solutions. While seafarers are not involved in selecting these technologies, they are responsible for their operation once they are installed onboard. Proper training is essential to ensure safe operations and compliance with emissions requirements. This study aims to understand the regulatory instruments regarding limiting GHG emissions from international shipping and the technological solutions that could help the maritime sector reach the IMO's ambition. These instruments and solutions are discussed, and the authors thereafter suggest the …