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Developing A Climate-Adaptive Public Service Framework For Sustainable Agriculture: Preliminary Evidence From A Disaster-Prone Village In Indonesia, Susila Susila, Rizky Aditya Surya Pratama, Muhammad Daud Yusuf, Diah Apriliani

Jurnal Wacana Politik

Artikel ini bertujuan mengkaji bagaimana pelayanan publik tingkat desa dapat diintegrasikan dengan Climate-Resilient Agriculture (CRA) untuk mendukung kapasitas adaptasi petani di kawasan rawan bencana hidrometeorologi di Jawa Barat, Indonesia, serta mengidentifikasi dimensi kandidat bagi kerangka Climate-Adaptive Public Service for Sustainable Agriculture (CAPSSA). Menggunakan desain studi kasus kualitatif eksploratif yang dilandasi tinjauan literatur terstruktur dan analisis dokumen kebijakan, penelitian ini menghimpun wawancara semi-terstruktur dengan empat informan di Desa Cibiru Wetan, Kecamatan Cileunyi, Kabupaten Bandung—Kepala Desa, Kepala Dusun, Ketua RW, dan anggota kelompok tani setempat—disertai kajian dokumen kebijakan kebencanaan dan pertanian tingkat kabupaten dan provinsi yang tersedia untuk publik. Analisis awal menemukan …

Factors Influencing Non-Perennial Stream Initiation In The Mt. Hood National Forest, Allison Bast

Dissertations and Theses

Historically, non-perennial headwater streams have been overlooked due to their small size and infrequent flow regimes, often leading to them not being recognized as legitimate streams, despite scientific evidence that has shown these streams significantly affect the quality of downstream waters. To combat this issue, environmental managers need to be able to accurately identify and delineate the origins of these streams; however, despite decades of research, an accurate, universal method for predicting how and where these streams commence has yet to be developed. Early studies conducted in steep, humid environments, identified a strong inverse linear relationship between the size of …

Complementary Thermodynamic Mechanisms Of Boron And Carbon Segregation At Grain Boundaries In Nickel Alloys, Tyler D. Dolezal, Rodrigo Freitas, Ju Li

Faculty Publications

Grain boundary stabilization by light interstitials is central to the performance of Ni-based superalloys, yet the thermodynamic mechanisms governing their interactions with substitutional chemistry remain poorly resolved. Here, we use hybrid Monte Carlo molecular dynamics simulations to quantify how boron and carbon modify the thermodynamic, structural, and chemical ordering of grain boundaries in Ni-Cr alloys. By analyzing interfacial state variables, site-resolved segregation spectra, local chemical ordering, and structural evolution, we show that boron and carbon stabilize grain boundaries through complementary pathways. Carbon drives saturation-controlled stabilization by recruiting Cr and conditioning boundary chemistry, while suppressing temperature-driven structural transformations of the boundary. …

Pyrolysis Of Biomass Feedstocks For Hydrogen-Enriched Syngas Production: Cold Gas Efficiency Modelling, Latin Hypercube Uncertainty Analysis, And Parametric Stress Analysis, Hadi Taghavifar, Thomas Allison, Hao Chen, Dibyendu Roy, Abdullah Malik, Yaodong Wang, Anthony Paul Roskilly, K.V. Shivaprasad

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Biomass-derived syngas offers a viable pathway for producing renewable, hydrogen-rich fuel gas. However, its conversion performance is influenced by feedstock type, temperature, feed rate, and moisture content. This study develops a Cold Gas Efficiency (CGE) model for four agricultural feedstocks: wheat, barley, oilseed rape, and beans. Temperature-dependent regression correlations are developed for the main syngas components and gas flow rate using experimental data. Results show that CGE is highly sensitive to temperature, with low-temperature stress (0–5th percentile) reducing mean CGE by up to 22%. High-moisture stress (95–100th percentile) produced an even larger decline, lowering mean CGE from ∼44% to ∼35% …

Digital Infrastructure For The Inclusion Of Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes) In Design For Distributed Manufacturing And Assembly Construction Ecosystems, Alejandro Veliz Reyes, Duhan Olmez, Alastair Parvin, Clayton Prest, Gabriele Granello, Amber Richardson, Alex Tempest, Kester Hoefkens, Louisa Knowles, Silas Fowler

School of Art, Design and Architecture

The construction sector faces growing pressure to meet net-zero targets while addressing skills shortages, fragmented supply chains, and the limited participation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), despite SMEs delivering most UK construction output. Existing centralised models of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) often exclude SMEs, highlighting the need for alternative approaches that support inclusive, low-carbon industrial transformation. This paper presents a Design for Distributed Manufacturing and Assembly (DfDMA) framework that develops the shared digital and organisational infrastructure required for SME participation in timber-based MMC. Using a mixed-method approach combining co-design, research-in-residence, prototyping, and a full-scale demonstrator, the study developed …

Mission-Scoped 5g Network Lifecycle With Disconnected Udm Cache And Cryptographic Revocation, Bart Van De Velde, Andreas Enotiadis

Defensive Publications Series

A system is proposed herein that defines fifth-generation (5G) subscriber, credential, and policy state for a mission as a machine-readable mission object. The mission object can be staged, instantiated, operated during a loss of central connectivity using a scoped local Unified Data Management (UDM) cache, and dissolved under policy control. The system combines a mission lifecycle state machine with cryptographic revocation of subscriber identity module (SIM), embedded SIM (eSIM), device, and policy assets at mission end.

Access In Teaching Stem Subjects To The Blind, Ashley E. Neybert

Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities

There are still many gaps in the literature regarding the difficulties faced by instructors of students who are blind and low vision and who teach Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) subjects. We surveyed 26 K-12 STEM teachers about accessible materials they are aware of versus which accessible materials they use in their classrooms, their thoughts on how common challenges identified in the extent literature affect them in their teaching, and their perspective on how much extra time may be required for blind and low vision students (if any) to effectively learn STEM subjects.

Transforming Military Spectrum Management With Spectrack, Rachel Mccoy, Rafa Gould, Abby Fornadel

James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)

The U.S. military faces operational and financial challenges due to inefficient electromagnetic spectrum
management. This poster and accompanying research statement introduce our minimum viable product, SpecTrack, which we created in response to a challenge presented by the U.S. Department of Defense's Joint Spectrum Agency. SpecTrack centralizes and visualizes spectrum requests to offer insights, streamline communication, and reduce costs. It integrates with current tools like Spectrum XXI and HUNSWDO while enhancing usability through a visual Common Operating Picture (COP). Our user-centered design process included stakeholder interviews and site visits to Germany. The result: a scalable platform that modernizes and simplifies military …

Fitness Standards For Police, Kam Robles

PNHA Review

This research addresses the inherent stressors within police work and the health and wellness problems prevalent among law enforcement officers. Police officers are at a higher risk of many of the health concerns currently plaguing the population of the already unhealthy United States. Of particular note is that back injury and pain stands out as potentially the most prevalent among the health issues experienced by law enforcement personnel. Worsening this fact is the recent trend of law enforcement administrators shying away from the issue of the unhealthy employees of law enforcement agencies. The solution of implementing widespread voluntary physical fitness …

The Psychology Of Healthy Aging: A Blend Of Cognitive And Behavioral Aspects For Staying Healthy, Esther B. Noah

PNHA Review

Human life expectancy has increased in most parts of the world with a noticeable demographic shift toward a larger population of older adults. This increase and shift have created an unexpected gap in our healthcare system and society. With these changes, how can older adults be guaranteed increased longevity, quality of life, and a healthy life span? This article explores the psychology of healthy aging, emphasizing that proactive health management plans and positive health behaviors contribute to healthy aging among the older adult population. While primary data collection through interviews was conducted to support the study, the analysis primarily relies …

From The Editor-In Chief, Richard W. Jelier

PNHA Review

No abstract provided.

Mental Health Standards In Michigan Juvenile Detention Facilities: At Odds With Best Practice And State’S Own Public Health Code, Jessica M. Montgomery

PNHA Review

This paper details the current standards and qualifications established for mental health providers in Michigan juvenile justice system (JJS) detention facilities. The state policies regulating JJS detention facilities are compared with Michigan’s Public Health Code Act (1978) and best-practice recommendations published by national mental health and juvenile justice authorities. This paper finds that Michigan policies regulating JJS detention facilities fall below both national best-practice recommendations and the state Public Health Code (1978), and effectively establish a standard of mental health care for youth in JJS detention facilities that is below what is established for youth in the general public. It …

Makers And Small-Scale Manufacturing In Cities: Strategies For Fostering Place, Urban Production, And Economic Growth, Charles Steven Hively

PNHA Review

This paper seeks to answer whether incentivizing makers and small-scale manufacturing has any effect on the economic development or economic growth of a region. Currently, no research exists indicating a causal link between economic growth and incentivizing makers and small-scale manufacturing. Much of the previous conversation from economic development focuses on place-making and revitalization of distressed areas. This paper attempts to link three observations together to infer a positive correlation with economic growth: that higher productivity cities have higher levels of wages and employment; that incentivizing or promoting small-scale manufacturing increases their number and success; and that these small businesses …

High Times Or Hazy Horizons? Michigan’S Cannabis Market As A Rural Economic Development Tool, Jakob L. Bigard

PNHA Review

Since legalizing cannabis for adult use in 2018, Michigan’s (recreational) cannabis market has become the second largest in the nation. As the state’s market sees rapid maturity, it serves as a model for other states with ongoing legalization efforts. Michigan’s actions, and others like it, have begun to impact movement at the federal level, with multiple cannabis-related bills being introduced in Congress to President Biden signing the first standalone marijuana reform bill earlier this month. As Michigan’s cannabis market continues to mature and grow, it deserves attention from economists and academics alike. Using traditional economic development metrics, this paper evaluates …

Differences In Mental Toughness Among Mixed Martial Artists And Physically Active Individuals, Savannah M. Calleja, Soleil Ramos, Victoria Potvin, Anthony A. Ricci, Gabriel J. Sanders, Corey A. Peacock

Journal for Sports Neuroscience

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a physiological and psychological demanding sport. While the majority of the literature conducted in MMA regards physiological health and risk of injury, researchers are beginning to assess the psychological profiles of MMA athletes. Previous studies have evaluated mental toughness (MT) within MMA; however, no study has examined MT in MMA athletes at the professional division. Therefore, the primary purpose of this research was to evaluate the difference in mental toughness between professional MMA athletes and physically active individuals. Secondary aims are to evaluate potential variations in mental toughness within the professional level between champion and …

Adaptive, Complexity-Gated Prompt Optimization For Reducing Token Consumption In Large Language Model Agents, Saket Jain

Defensive Publications Series

A prompt pre-processing layer for large language model agents conditionally rewrites user prompts to reduce token consumption. For each prompt, a complexity score is computed from textual features such as the presence of file paths, the density of vague language, and the number of bundled tasks. The score is compared to a threshold: specific prompts are forwarded unchanged, while vague or multi-task prompts are transformed into a focused, scoped instruction before dispatch. Because rewriting is a low-cost text transformation gated on expected net savings, the system eliminates costly exploration and retry cycles for vague prompts without imposing any rewriting overhead …

The Thank-All-Nearby Primitive: One-Tap Anonymous Gratitude Transfer To Everyone Nearby Over Bluetooth Low Energy Proximity, Thon Ly

Defensive Publications Series

We specify a one-tap broadcast operation for anonymous peer-to-peer value transfer to every co-present, human-verified recipient within Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) proximity, optionally carrying money or time, in which each recipient receives a verifiable receipt and the sender receives no exportable record. The recipient set is resolved by physical co-presence rather than account lookup: devices advertise rotating, unlinkable proximity beacons, with ultra-wideband ranging and peer-to-peer nearby-connection APIs as optional substrates, and the platform learns only that two devices were in range, never absolute location. Components: (1) sender authentication by a per-action passkey signature, within a proof-of-humanity layer attesting a distinct …

Respiratory Biofeedback Coupled To Ai-Mediated Contemplative Guidance: A Wearable Closed-Loop Breathing Sensor With Adaptive Audio Meditation Guidance, Thon Ly

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure specifies a closed-loop respiratory biofeedback system: a chest-worn wearable respiration sensor (respiratory inductance plethysmography, with inertial and acoustic alternatives) streams breathing rate, depth and rhythm, in privacy-preserving form, to an AI meditation-guidance agent, which returns adaptive audio guidance to the wearer in real time. The device also renders the breath visibly, as ambient light modulated to the breathing cycle, so the practitioner receives continuous external feedback and the guidance agent receives a live physiological signal rather than self-report.

Three aspects are disclosed as prior art: (I) the integrated closed loop — sensor, on-device processing, guidance agent grounded in …

Aura-Gated Anonymous Mate-Selection: Online Dating Matching Gated On A Verified Record Of Prosocial Giving, With Mutual Anonymous Opt-In, Thon Ly

Defensive Publications Series

We specify an online dating matching system in which discovery is gated on a reputation built from anonymous gratitude records instead of photographs, and a match fires only on mutual anonymous interest between users verified as real humans. The reputation (termed "aura") aggregates thank-you acknowledgments a user has received from many nearby verified strangers over a long period; no individual acknowledgment is read, and it changes only a user's ordering in a local anonymous pool, never anyone's obligation to respond. No photographs appear in discovery. The match trigger requires each of two users to independently and anonymously give time to …

Verified-Human Anonymous Local Gratitude Transfer: Proximity-Bounded Anonymous Peer-To-Peer Payment With Per-Action Proof Of Personhood, Thon Ly

Defensive Publications Series

We specify an anonymous peer-to-peer payment and tipping method in which one signed transaction binds three properties: per-action proof of personhood by user-verified FIDO2/WebAuthn signing on an attested platform authenticator, physical proximity attestation by Ultra-Wideband (UWB) or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) ranging, and sender anonymity toward the recipient. The device-signed ranging transcript is placed inside the payload over which the WebAuthn assertion is computed, with a verifier-issued single-use nonce, so user verification and co-location are attested by one signature over one object.

Proximity requires one UWB ranging (IEEE 802.15.4z secure ranging where exposed) or two agreeing mechanisms among UWB, BLE …

The Time-Locked Gift Tag: Qr- And Nfc-Addressed Gift Labels With Scheduled Reveal Of The Message, The Sender And A Pledge Of Time, Thon Ly

Defensive Publications Series

We specify a QR- or NFC-addressed physical gift label that replaces a handwritten gift tag with a scanned, time-locked reveal: the sender, recipient and message fields are each independently sealed and released at a chosen date or occasion. Scanned before that moment, a web page shows the structure of the gift (which sealed fields exist, with a countdown) but not their content; re-scanning the label at or after the moment unlocks the fields without an app install. Beside the message, the label carries a pledge of the giver's own time to the recipient, rendered as an offer of presence with …

Subject-Released Attestation: A Market Design In Which The Operator Cannot Answer, Thon Ly

Defensive Publications Series

We specify subject-released attestation: a market where a third party pays to ask a binary question about a person, the person is paid for permitting it, and the record's operator sells only its vouching. The defining property is negative — the operator cannot structurally answer about a named person alone — making an institution's refusal to sell personal records a fact about the machinery, not a promise about its management. This paper contributes the market rules deciding what that inability sells, and to whom.

Five rules constitute it: (1) the two-good split — release and vouching separately owned, neither party …

The Gratitude-Riding Currency Tag: Qr And Nfc Markers On Circulating Banknotes For Tracking And Voluntary Tipping, Thon Ly

Defensive Publications Series

We specify a scannable tag (QR code or NFC tag) carried on a circulating banknote so that a tip's thank-you message travels with the cash: gratitude metadata attached to physical currency rather than to a transaction record. A giver leaving a tip stamps or affixes the mark on a lowest-denomination note; any later holder scans it in a mobile browser to read the accumulated messages (text, photo, video or voice), add their own, and pass the note onward, so the note's ordinary circulation is the distribution channel.

The disclosure specifies: a physical mark bearing no words, brand or advertisement, only …

Offshore Ai Data Center Platform — Version 2.0 (Oadc-P V2.0) Self-Sustaining Marine Compute Infrastructure With Closed-Loop Resource Recovery, Ocean Plastic Feedstock, And Maritime Ai Revenue, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

OADC-P v2.0 is an offshore platform hosting 10–100 MW of AI compute that:

• Generates its own power from proven offshore wind + wave + solar

• Cools chips directly with seawater via vortex-enhanced TPMS cores

• Produces fresh water as a marketable revenue product (RO + condensation)

• Collects and converts ocean plastic debris into backup fuel (CIMFR-1.0)

• Processes brine concentrate into mineral products (near-zero discharge)

• Is future-proofed for quantum AI compute via deep cold seawater precooling

• Serves maritime AI inference to the shipping industry at 1–5 ms latency

The result is a platform whose non-compute revenue streams (water + ocean plastic fuel …

Timing-Aware Path Computation And Clock Selection For Ptp In Sr-Mpls And Srv6 Based Networks Using Flex-Algo, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

Disclosed is a framework for timing-aware path computation and clock source selection for Precision Time Protocol transport in Segment Routing networks. New IS-IS node and link sub-TLVs advertise timing quality into the routing control plane, the node sub-TLV carrying constant time error, telecom clock type, and clock class, and the link sub-TLV carrying packet delay variation. A dedicated Flexible Algorithm instance for PTP backhaul uses cumulative constant time error as its optimization metric and excludes any link whose packet delay variation exceeds a configured threshold. A prefix segment identifier or SRv6 locator mapped to that algorithm, anchored on the grandmaster …

Tranche-Based Datacenter Deployment Using Temporary Life-Safety Barriers And Secure Access Tunnels, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

A large multi-row data hall is divided, both logically and physically, into tranches. The tranches are bounded by temporary barriers that separate an active tranche serving customers from an adjacent construction tranche inside the same hall. Each tranche receives its own electrical lineup and cooling capacity, built to production standards. The delivered tranche maintains full life safety and security, while the remaining unfinished spaces operate under relaxed requirements, so capacity reaches the customer in proportion to build progress rather than only after the full hall is complete. The temporary barriers incorporate penetration panels that pass cable tray, piping, and other …

System And Method For Asynchronous Network Simulation Telemetry, Topological Environment Remediation, And Generative State-Machine Security, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

An automated, state-aware network orchestration and evaluation platform provides asynchronous security exercise assessment and environment management. The platform initializes isolated virtual guest environments by executing guest agent software that dynamically generates unique boot-time cryptographic artifacts and sends them to a centralized evaluation engine to dynamically compile a grading rubric. User submissions are evaluated using a dual-pipeline generative language model configured with a strict schema contract that concurrently determines semantic equivalence and detects structural anomalies or prompt injection attempts. Trainee progression across simulation objectives is tracked using a topological directed acyclic graph that triggers automated hypervisor commands to mutate guest environment …

An Experimental-Verification Program For The Corpus Mechanisms Of The Register Of Anticipated Ai Failure Modes, Volodymyr Kotegov

Defensive Publications Series

Companion document to the Register of Anticipated AI Failure Modes.

Purpose: to turn each of the register's 12 domains from a general statement that "experimental verification is needed" into a concrete, honestly bounded plan — stating what is testable now, by what means, at what stage, and what is categorically not testable by a small group at present.

Program design: (1) each proposed experiment carries an explicit evidence-class label, separating results that can move a domain’s Mapping status from results that only confirm a mechanism’s internal logic in isolation; (2) Phase 0 is limited to the one item in this …

Register Of Anticipated Ai Failure Modes, Volodymyr Kotegov

Defensive Publications Series

This register collects twelve classes of AI failure that are documented today, in published research or in reproducible experiments, at a level of generality above any single system in the author's corpus. It exists because the author's own architecture documents — Verifiable Trust, the Charter of Procedural Standing, GVAA, BRAA, Physical Oracles, and the Local Multi-Scale Contour specification — each address a subset of these failure classes from within their own scope, and no one of them shows how the classes interact across system boundaries.

The existence of this register reduces the probability that a failure class is simply forgotten. …

Method And System For Multi-Model Consensus Embedding Based Authorization In Payment Transactions, Durga S. Kala, Jun Xu, Benjamin Nativi, Om Pande

Defensive Publications Series

A method (500) for multi-model consensus embedding based authorization in payment transactions includes receiving (505) an authorization request associated with a payment transaction, obtaining (510) a plurality of outputs from a plurality of models, determining (515) inter-model relationship characteristics among the plurality of outputs including agreement, disagreement, partial consensus, or decision divergence, generating (520) a multi-model consensus embedding comprising a vector representation of a joint inference state associated with the payment transaction, storing (525) the atomic transaction record in memory (135), determining (530) a transaction risk assessment during processing of a real-time transaction authorization requests based on the atomic transaction …