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Balanced Graphformer: Enhancing Graph Transformers With Localized Training Against Over-Globalization

Defensive Publications Series

As Transformers gain traction in graph machine learning, the issue of "over-globalization" has emerged, where their global attention mechanisms excessively emphasize distant vertices, potentially diluting vital local information. This is particularly detrimental in graphs where local neighborhoods hold significant predictive value. Existing methods often lack flexibility in local processing or fail to effectively integrate local and global contexts. This paper introduces BalancedGraphFormer, a novel framework designed to localize graph transformer training. It integrates a dedicated local module with a complementary global module. The local module captures fine-grained neighborhood patterns, while the global module integrates broader context without overshadowing local details. …

Datacenter Planning And Rack Placement Optimization Using Reinforcement Learning, Na

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes the use of reinforcement-learning (RL) techniques to optimize datacenter planning and rack placement. An RL agent operates within a state space that includes physical infrastructure (rack space, power, cooling, network), resource availability (machine inventory, backup power), constraints (emissions, workload demands), etc. The RL agent takes actions such as allocating capacity and placing machines. A reward function guides the agent towards optimal solutions by rewarding utilization, balancing load, achieving compliance with service-level objectives, and penalizing resource stranding and costs. RL algorithms balance exploration and exploitation, adapt to dynamic environments, and scale to large datacenters. Advantages of the described …

Biochar-Based Filtration And Barrier Systems For Urban Stormwater Treatment, Krishna R. Reddy

Stormwater Drainage Conference

Conference that deals a wide range of issues dealing with stormwater drainage. Professor Krishna Reddy of University of Illinois Chicago presented an invited talk titled "Biochar-Based Filtration and Barrier Systems for Urban Stormwater Treatment"

Tax Clinic, William T. Diss

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

Going Concern Value Reexamined, Lawrence H. Danzig, Robert A. Robison

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

Integrating Values In Dutch Music Copyright: A Q Methodology Study, Nerko Hadziarapovic, Pascal Ravesteyn, Marlies Van Steenbergen

Communications of the IIMA

This research investigates the integration of stakeholders' values into the digital frameworks of Collective Management Organizations (CMOs) within the Dutch music copyright system. Utilizing Q methodology, the study captures diverse perspectives from composers, lyricists, publishers, and CMO representatives on values, value tensions, norms, and system requirements. A pilot study with four experts tested data collection methods and refined the study design for a larger, follow-up study involving 30 participants. Preliminary findings, based on factor analysis of participant rankings of 30 statements, reveal two distinct perspectives: one focused on "Fairness and Accountability," emphasizing trust-building and equitable treatment, and the other on …

فاعلية نموذج نيدهام البنائي في تنمية مهارات التفكير الناقد في مادة الفيزياء لدى طلاب الصف العاشر الأساسي في الأردن. The Effectiveness Of Needham's Constructivist Model In Developing Critical Thinking Skills In Physics For Tenth Grade Students In Jordan, محمد عبود الحراحشة, كوثر عبود الحراحشة

Association of Arab Universities Journal for Education and Psychology

هدفت هذه الدراسة للكشف عن فاعلية التدريس وفق نموذج نيدهام البنائي في تنمية مهارات التفكير الناقد في الفيزياء لدى طلبة الصف العاشر الأساسي في الأردن، تم تطبيق اختبار مهارات التفكير الناقد المكون من (25 ) فقرة على عينة قصدية حجمها (53) طالباً في مدارس محافظة المفرق بالأردن، توزعوا على مجموعتين: تجريبية فيها (27) طالباً درسوا وفق نموذج نيدهام البنائي وضابطة فيها (26) طالباً درسوا بالطريقة الاعتيادية، أظهرت النتائج وجود فروق دالة إحصائياً عند (α = 0.05) بين متوسطات علامات طلاب مجموعتي الدراسة على اختبار مهارات التفكير الناقد لصالح المجموعة التجريبية. أوصت الدراسة باستخدام نموذج نيدهام البنائي في تعليم الفيزياء.

The …

Post-9/11 Navy Service Members’ Barriers To Using Military Educational Benefits, Karen D. Cross

Dissertations

There are studies explaining how many service members are using military educational benefits or the challenges service members incur after they have enrolled in school and are attending classes. There are also studies that report how many service members use military educational benefits. However, studies exploring why some service members, or some Post-9/11 service members in particular, do not use military educational benefits has been limited. The purpose of this study was to discover why many service members in the United States Navy do not or did not take advantage of military educational benefits. This study also sought to find …

Data Supporting The Paper "Enhancing Turbulent Mixing And Microphysical Uniformity In A Tall Convection-Cloud Chamber Through Idealized Heterogeneity Of Boundaries", Lois Thomas, Fan Yang, Aaron Wang, Mikhail Ovchinnikov, Kyle G. Pressel, Raymond Shaw

Michigan Tech Research Data

A large convection cloud chamber has been proposed for exploring aerosol–cloud–drizzle interactions under well-controlled turbulent conditions. Recent theoretical and numerical studies suggest that a convection cloud chamber with two heated and two cooled sidewalls can significantly enhance the liquid water content and thus benefit drizzle initiation. However, a chamber with such a sidewall configuration develops stable stratification and extremely weak turbulence therein. In this study, we conduct large-eddy simulations of a tall convection chamber with five different sidewall configurations consisting of alternating warm and cold patches. For each configuration, the total surface area of warm patches equals that of cold …

Phys 121- 021, 121: Physics Ii Lecture, Physics Department

Physics Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Phys 103-021: General Physics Ii Lecture, Ilya Kuzichev

Physics Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Metastable Macrocyclic Bis-Meisenheimer Adduct, Simon Pascal, Angélina Torres Ruiz, Aerin E. Baker, Douglas A. Vander Griend, Michel Giorgi, Aurélien Planchat,, Denis Jacquemin, Olivier Siri

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

An electron‐deficient tetranitroazacalixarene is shown to undergo reversible cyanide capture via nucleophilic aromatic substitution, yielding an unprecedented class of metastable dianionic macrocycle incorporating two Meisenheimer units, fully characterized by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction, NMR, and electronic absorption spectroscopies. Acting as a chemical fuel, cyanide transiently drives the formation of this adduct, which can spontaneously regenerate the parent macrocycle under mild conditions, representing a rare demonstration of metastability in a Meisenheimer complex. The dynamic behavior of this system, reminiscent of out‐of‐equilibrium assemblies, is finely tunable through macrocycle concentration, counterion nature, solvent, and temperature. Detailed crystallographic, spectroscopic, and computational analyses reveal that intramolecular …

Microplastics In The Mississippi, Jozey Goodall

Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Showcase

This poster explores the presence and impact of microplastics in the Mississippi River through the analysis of two research studies. The first study examined surface water samples to measure microplastic concentration and to assess how land use and geography influence their distribution along the river. The second study looks in on identifying microplastics in the digestive systems of fish collected from different locations along the river. Both studies have shown that microplastics are widespread throughout the river, with higher levels found downstream and in highly populated areas. The research highlights the ways in which microplastics enter freshwater environments, from urban …

Respiratory Recovery Via Endogenous And Electrical Stimulation-Induced Mechanisms Following Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Taylor C. Holmes

Dissertations (1934 -)

Breathing is a complex neuromuscular behavior vital for the maintenance of life. Cervical spinal cord injury (cSCI) disrupts descending respiratory motor drive and can lead to profound breathing impairments. While a limited, endogenous recovery of respiratory function has been well described following cSCI, this work has predominantly utilized single sex investigations. Given that relatively few treatment options exist to address this respiratory insufficiency, a more complete characterization of respiratory recovery post-cSCI is necessary for the development and evaluation of rehabilitative protocols. Diaphragm pacing (DP) is an emerging clinical intervention that utilizes electrical stimulation of the diaphragm muscle to combat the …

Researcher To Study Black Holes, Space-Time Ripples With Fellowship, Clara Turnage

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi astrophysicist Anuradha Gupta has been selected among 15 recipients worldwide for the 2025 Simons Emmy Noether Fellowship.

Illuminating Trauma & Resilience In Educational Spaces: Expanding Narratives To Promote Historical And Critical Civic Empathy At Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Chakakuan Johnson, Linda Nance, Byron Witherspoon

Dissertations

Abstract

The 1957 desegregation crisis at Little Rock Central High School marked a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement and continues to symbolize the broader struggle for racial equality. This dissertation examines equity in educational spaces through a four-truth lens that was first articulated by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and explores forensic, personal, social, and healing truth. Using Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site (CHSC) and park interpretation as the focal point, our qualitative research study used reflexive thematic analysis to examine oral interviews, onsite observations, and various documents and artifacts, and to illuminate …

Impact Of Telehealth On Outcomes In Daily Practice, Shannon Stuebs

Theses and Dissertations

While telepsychology has existed in various forms for years and has been researched since the 1960s (Abrams, 2020), it was not until the COVID-19 pandemic that telepsychology started to be widely used. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, one study found that psychologists conducted only around 7% of their work via telepsychology, a number that jumped to over 85% in response to COVID-19 (Pierce, Perrin, Tyler, et al., 2020). While there has been a significant increase in the research exploring the efficacy of telehealth since the start of the pandemic (Lin et al., 2022), further research regarding long-term impacts and specific …

Enhancing Rural Teacher Training Using The Internet Backpack: Broadband Policy Implications, Jane Appiah-Okyere, Danielle Smith, Lee W. Mcknight

The Lender Center for Social Justice

This article examines how the Internet Backpack can enhance rural teacher training, with a focus on the broadband policy frameworks required to sustain its adoption. It highlights education policy in the context of digital equity.

The Impact Of Insufficient Sleep On Dietary Choices And Physical Activity Behaviors: Evidence From A Randomized Cross-Over Trial, David L. Dickinson, Naomi Kakoschke, Sean P. A. Drummond

ESI Publications

The current study aimed to identify how manipulated sleep restriction affects dietary choices and physical activity (PA). Young adults were administered one week of well-rested sleep levels (WR: 8–9 h/night) and sleep-restriction (SR: 5–6 h/night) in their (naturalistic) at-home setting, using a randomized cross-over design. Participants made consequential bids for snacks/beverages following SR and WR in an auction task. Other primary outcome measures included daily self-reported dietary intake and actigraphy-measured PA. Multivariate regression analyses examined main and moderator impacts of SR on primary outcome measures. In total, 118 treatment participants completed the study (M = 20 years old, n = …

What Can The Active Learning Teacher Learn From Dramatic Arts Practice?, Strutts Psyridis

Staff Scholarship - Australia & Dubai

This presentation explores how active learning pedagogy can be informed by practices in the dramatic arts, particularly film editing and theatre direction. Drawing on an autobiographical lens, it argues that teaching and creative practice share a performative, interpretive, and collaborative structure. Concepts such as facilitative teaching, embodied cognition, intuition, and kinesthetic empathy are used to reframe the teacher as an active orchestrator rather than a passive facilitator. Through analysis of narrative construction, interpretive space, and audience engagement, the paper highlights parallels between editing and classroom practice. It proposes that effective teaching operates as a dynamic, multi-dimensional, and emotionally responsive creative …

Relationship Between Indulgent Parenting, Household Composition, And Parental Efficacy In Managing Adolescents' Smartphone Use, Bernice Cook

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Smartphones have become an integral part of society, resulting in increased adolescent dependence on smartphone applications. This dependence poses challenges for parents in managing the risk of problematic smartphone use among adolescents aged 11-17 years old. Rapid technological advancements have significantly reshaped parenting practices, necessitating greater adaptability and impacting adolescent development. Guided by Bandura’s self-efficacy theory, this correlational study examines how indulgent parenting and household composition, including demographic variables such as race, gender, education, employment, and income, predict parental self-efficacy in managing adolescent smartphone use. A convenience sample of 238 U.S. parents, with at least one adolescent aged 11-17 years, …

Representation And Visualization Of Multivariate Sensory Time Series Data, Ismail Uysal, Alla Abdella

USF Patents

In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for processing and representing multivariate sensor information gathered from multiple sources are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a data sequences from respective sources; identifying a shortest data sequence that corresponds to a first interval; calculating, for pairs of data sequences, a similarity value over the first interval; forming a first segment of a representative data sequence that is a weighted combination of the data sequences over the first interval based on similarity values associated with the data sequences; truncating at least a subset of data sequences to exclude …

Action-Mode Subnetworks For Decision-Making, Action Control, And Feedback, Carolina Badke D'Andrea, Timothy O Laumann, Dillan J Newbold, Charles J Lynch, Mohammad Hadji, Steven M Nelson, Ashley N Nielsen, Roselyne J Chauvin, Samuel R Krimmel, Abraham Z Snyder, Scott Marek, Deanna J Greene, Marcus E Raichle, Nico U F Dosenbach, Evan M Gordon

2020-Current year OA Pubs

The action-mode network (AMN) is a canonical functional brain network first identified using resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC). Based on animal and human data, we have proposed that AMN supports the brain's action mode by controlling functions required for successful goal-directed behavior. However, task fMRI averaged across groups has associated AMN regions with a variety of behaviors, contributing to uncertainty about AMN function. Here, we investigated the AMN using an inside-out approach, in which the network architecture of the AMN is first precisely mapped within individuals and then associated with behavioral functions. Individual-specific precision functional mapping with >5 h of RSFC …

Violence Towards Ems, Briana Moffat

AJiC Fact Sheets

This factsheet examines violence towards Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responders as documented in existing research literature, tying into Alaska's Crisis Response Team models.

Developing Entrepreneurial Mindset Through Sustainability-Informed Entrepreneurial Education, Anna Zherdeva, Intesar Madi, Abrar Alzankawi, Deirdre Mcquillan, Lucía Morales

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

No abstract provided.

Conniff, Michael L. (1942-2025), San Jose State University

Emeritus and Retired Faculty Biographies

University of California, 1968, BA, Latin American Studies

Stanford University, 1969, MA, Latin American Studies

Stanford University, 1976, Ph.D., History

Breastfeeding Continuation At One Month Postpartum Among Women In Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder Who Initiated Breastfeeding: Prevalence And Determinants, Julia Eisenberg, Meghan Gannon, Kim Mclaughlin, Diane J. Abatemarco, Vanessa L. Short

Abington Jefferson Health Papers

Objective: To describe breastfeeding behaviors and determinants in the 1-month postdelivery period among women in treatment for opioid use disorder.

Study Design: Participants completed one questionnaire during pregnancy and one questionnaire at 1 month postpartum. Those who reported on the postpartum questionnaire that they had initiated breast- feeding were included in this analysis (N = 31). Infant feeding practices, receipt of lactation support, and demographic, psychosocial, and infant birth characteristics were compared between those who breastfed for at least 1 month and those who did not.

Results: In all, 45% of the participants were breastfeeding at 1 month post delivery. …

Zoo Visitors Learn By Observing Olive Baboons (Papio Anubis) Participate In Cognitive Research Or Engage In Natural Behaviors, Anna Sofia Hege

Theses

I conducted two experiments at the baboon exhibit at the Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, New York to measure attitudes and actual knowledge in children and adults, as well as perceived learning in adults. I also recorded caregiver-child conversations in the presence and absence of live research. Experiment 1 included 150 adult participants, and Experiment 2 included 18 caregiver-child dyads. In each experiment, the research on-scientist present and research on-scientist absent group watched the baboons engage with live cognitive research while the research off-scientist present and research off-scientist absent group watched the baboons carry out their natural behaviors. A scientist …

Health-Related Quality Of Life In Children With Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome, Mohamed Mahgoob, Marwa W.E. Ali

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is considered as a major global health concern, and a higher proportion of children with NS have steroid resistance (SR). This study aimed to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children with SRNS. Methods: This case-control study was conducted from January to June 2023 at University Children’s Hospital, Minia, Egypt. There were 160 participants in total who were divided into 3 groups: 60 participants with SRNS and 2 control groups (one of which had steroid-sensitive NS) that were matched appropriately. Each participant’s QoL was assessed using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL 4.0 …

Polymorphic Α-Glucans As Structural Scaffolds In Cryptococcus Cell Walls For Chitin, Capsule, And Melanin: Insights From 13c And 1h Solid-State Nmr, Ankur Ankur, Jayasubba Reddy Yarava, Isha Gautam, Faith J. Scott, Frederic Mentink-Vigier, Christine Chrissian, Li Xie, Dibakar Roy, Ruth E. Stark, Tamara L. Doering, Ping Wang, Tuo Wang

School of Graduate Studies Faculty Publications

Cryptococcus species are major fungal pathogens responsible for life-threatening infections in approximately a million individuals globally each year, with alarmingly high mortality rates. These fungi are distinguished by a distinctive cell wall architecture further reinforced by two virulence-associated layers, melanin and capsule, rendering them insensitive to antifungal agents targeting the cell wall, such as echinocandins. The molecular interplay between these three biomolecular layers remains poorly understood. Here we employ solid-state NMR spectroscopy to examine intact cells of both wild-type and capsule-deficient strains of C. neoformans, along with melanized cells. High-resolution 13C and 1H data revealed five distinct structural forms of …