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Intergenerational Differences In Environmental Awareness Within Family Businesses: A Conceptual Model For Understanding Strategic Impact, Omnia Khaled

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Purpose: Sustainability is gaining increasing importance, and family businesses—with their unique characteristics such as long-term vision and the influence of family values— play a crucial role in this context. However, generational dynamics within business families (founder, current leader, rising generation) can significantly shape the firm’s approach to environmental issues, given the differences in perspectives, values, and experiences. Existing literature, though expanding, has not sufficiently explored how these internal generational differences interact to form the collective environmental awareness of business families and how this is reflected in the firm’s strategic direction and actual environmental performance. There is a lack of conceptual …

Family Involvement And Innovation Performance In Lebanese Family Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises, Nada Jabbour Al Maalouf

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Many studies examined innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and different factors impacting it. However, many studies were conducted in stable regions, which leaves a wide gap in understanding how family governance impacts innovation in SMEs operating amid turbulence, as in the case of Lebanon. Lebanese SMEs are characterized by intense family involvement in operations and management, and innovation is critical for their resilience amid turbulence. Thus, it is necessary to fill this gap and examine the effect of family involvement in the ownership and management of SMEs on their innovation performance. Guided by the positivist philosophy and deductive …

Exploring The Impact Of Hrm Factors On The Sustainable Performance Of Lebanese Family Business Employees, Jean Elia, Chadia Sawaya, Joseph Serghani, Mireille Karam

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Family businesses serve a pivotal role in the Lebanese economy; however, not many endure to attain ongoing concern and sustainability. The current study examines the factors impacting the performance of sustainable employees in Lebanese family businesses. The research focuses on factors such as leadership style, job satisfaction, compensation, motivation, and work environment. It attempts to define the key indicators of Lebanese family business employees, in addition to how these indicators are correlated to establish sustainable performance. No previous studies in the Lebanese context explored the relationship between the determined HRM factors for this study and the performance of employees in …

Resilience And Strategic Agility In Family-Owned Firms : The African Expansion Of A Moroccan Industrial Group, Azzeddine Allioui, El Mehdi Essbaa

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Research Questions and Objectives

Family businesses from emerging markets are increasingly pursuing regional expansion and strategic internationalization to diversify their activities, increase resilience, and reduce dependency on domestic markets. This research centers on a distinguished Moroccan family-owned enterprise specializing in manufacturing and consumer goods, which has systematically developed a sophisticated internationalization strategy spanning both African regional markets and global economic landscapes. The study aims to provide a comprehensive analytical exploration of the processes, strategic considerations, and organizational dynamics that support progressive business expansion. Specifically, the research seeks to address the following critical research questions:

• What motivational factors led to …

Family Business Brand Reputation In Egypt: Exploring Antecedents And Consequences, Ahmed Rageh

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Purpose This proposed study aims to investigate the antecedents and consequences of the image and reputation of family business brands in Egypt, a context where family firms dominate the private sector yet face unique cultural, economic, and institutional challenges. By focusing on Egypt—a collectivist society with strong familial ties and evolving market dynamics—the research seeks to uncover how family-specific attributes (e.g., generational legacy, ethical governance) and stakeholder perceptions shape brand reputation and translate into financial and non-financial outcomes. The study will employ structural equation modeling (SEM) to quantitatively analyze these relationships, offering insights tailored to the Egyptian context, where …

Rethinking Succession: The Impact Of Non-Family Management On Non-Financial Performance Of Family Businesses, Okey Nwuke, Olayode Agboola, Adebowale Adebayo

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Introduction

This empirical research study investigates the impact of non-family management succession on non-financial performance of family businesses in Nigeria. Family businesses often experience failure during generational transitions, largely due to the absence of structured succession planning and the fear of appointing non-family members to management roles when no suitable internal successor exists. Many family business owners exhibit reluctance to transfer leadership to non-family executives, primarily due to uncertainties regarding the potential impact on organisational performance. Organisational performance in family businesses is a multidimensional construct that incorporates both financial and non-financial dimensions. Financial performance indicators typically include profitability, liquidity (and …

Ishmael Bernal’S Manila By Night

Kritika Kultura

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Kritika Kultura

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How Not To Go Viral? A Covid-19 Handbook For Students

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Rubric-Based Evaluation For On-Brand Generative Media, Mohab Fekry, Cornelius Koch, Luka Stellwag

Defensive Publications Series

This publication describes a novel system and method for evaluating artificial intelligence (AI)-generated media, focusing on prompt adherence, technical quality, and brand alignment. The framework addresses challenges in current evaluation methods by employing dynamic, multi-component rubric generation and a multimodal, rubric-based evaluation and scoring process. This approach provides a scalable, reliable, and interpretable solution for comprehensively assessing generative media.

The Eye Clearly Visible Virtual Content Viewing Composite System That Utilizes An Angularly Projected Composite Projection Observing Space., Punarjeewa Abeysekera

Defensive Publications Series

This paper describes an eye clearly visible virtual content viewing composite system that utilizes an angularly projected composite projection observing space. The entire virtual content viewing composite system will consist of a right projection system and a left projection system that are identical to each other. Each projection system will contain 2 identical angularly oriented projection configurations and a light ray projection nullifying black colored section. The virtual content viewing composite system, by utilizing the containing angularly oriented 4 projection configurations, will have the capability to collectively and concurrently project 4 angular projections onto the field of view of the …

A Process For The Preparation Of Polypeptide, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

An improved process for the preparation of polypeptide via novel reagents and conditions

Opex-Aware Relaying, Joachim W. Walewski

Defensive Publications Series

This technical disclosure proposes an OPEX proxy that routes client requests to cloud application instances based on the operating expenses (OPEX) of potential host data centers. Unlike traditional routing methods, which are focused on load or network health, this proxy selects data centers with the lowest current or expected OPEX, reducing energy costs without requiring ownership of the power source. The approach supports integration with existing routing mechanisms and can be extended with environmental impact metrics.

Generating A Personalized Artificial Intelligence Assistant For Domain-Specific Professional Work, Jan - Marten Ahrend

Defensive Publications Series

Professionals in specialized fields rely on their deep, domain-specific understanding that includes documented and undocumented knowledge such as project history, team dynamics, product goals, established communication styles, etc. Artificial intelligence (AI) assistants that support professionals may not capture the deep context specific to the domain, brand, and/or organization of the professional. This disclosure describes techniques for generating a personalized artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that is deeply contextualized to a specific professional’s unique work environment. Designed for domain-specific research and professional work, the AI assistant deploys a structured framework that enables the professional user to integrate their unique context and professional …

Ai-Driven Autonomous Content Generation For Trending Topics, Steven Dropsho, Dhruv Bakshi

Defensive Publications Series

Generative artificial intelligence models are capable of generating content in different modalities such as text, image, audio, video, and combinations. While user-driven content generation, where a user enters a prompt about a topic of interest and receives AI-generated content in response, is popular, this requires users to identify topics and seek content. This disclosure describes techniques for autonomously generating high-engagement content in various modalities. A continuous loop of input (identifying topics of interest), output (content generation based on the topics of interest), and metrics (engagement with the generated content) is used to generate new content that provides users engaging online …

Real-Time Deepfake Detection During Video Conferences: Harnessing Bidirectional Audio-Video Features From Reflections And Echoes, Mahesh Godavarti, Ali Mouline, Kamil Wojcicki, Radhakrishna Achanta, Raul Casas

Defensive Publications Series

Liveliness detection is increasingly important in video conferencing due to the advent of deepfakes and their use in conducting online fraud. Currently, liveliness detection technologies lag behind deepfake creation technologies. This submission proposes the use of the bidirectional nature of video conferencing to counter deepfakes more reliably and more efficiently than the state-of-the-art.

Techniques To Facilitate Intention-Based Primary Meeting Device Promotion, Talisman Wang, Yasi Xi, Evelyn Yao, King Jin

Defensive Publications Series

Proposed herein are innovative techniques that enable a user in an online meeting to naturally, conveniently, and intuitively promote a local laptop to become the primary meeting device in a meeting room. Participants in the same meeting room are grouped together and represented as a single group in the video feed of the online meeting. This approach ensures that participants in the conference room are no longer perceived by remote participants as isolated, individual attendees. Instead, they appear as a group attending from the same physical space, thereby creating a more natural online meeting experience.

Fall Festival, Mia Wheeler

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Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal

Volume 45, Number 3

Privacy And The Right To (Dis)Connect, Hugh Collins

Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal

The rise of remote work and modern communications technology has blurred the boundaries between work and personal life, leaving many workers perpetually on call with little time for rest or personal activities. In response, some jurisdictions have adopted a “right to disconnect,” often framed as a ban on work communications during certain hours. However, such proposals are flawed: they are unnecessary, as workers already possess the legal right to ignore work communications outside contractual hours, and impractical, as many feel pressured to remain connected due to workplace norms and career concerns. This article argues for a reconceptualisation of the “right …

Shop Local! Unh Gifts That Keep On Giving Beyond The Holiday Season, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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You Will Be Remembered. The Tree Of Life – An Insight Into The Disastrous Results Of Antisemitism, Sophie Lorenscheit

Digital Edition

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State Of Nevada Cannabis Testing, University Of Mississippi – National Center For Cannabis Research And Education, Yasha Kahn, Mcr Labs

Nevada

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Lowell Baier: 1940-2025, Maurer School Of Law - Indiana University

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Over a remarkable 51-year career, Lowell Baier moved with uncommon ease between professions—attorney, entrepreneur, advocate, historian, and author—yet every path he pursued seemed to guide him inevitably toward a life defined by service, scholarship, and conservation. Baier, who passed away on November 21, leaves behind a legacy as vast, varied, and vital as the landscapes he fought to protect.

Baier’s life was a testament to service: to the land, to the law, to institutions that shaped him, and to people who shared his passions. His legacy will endure in protected landscapes, inspired students, strengthened institutions, and the many lives he …

Gastrointestinal Simulation: A Learning Strategy For Nursing Students, Amy N. Pierce, Pamela K. Thomas, Renee E. Willis

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Implementing high fidelity simulation (HFS) into undergraduate nursing courses allows faculty to evaluate the nursing student’s ability to provide safe care for a client in a realistic, controlled environment. Simulation is a learning strategy that fosters competency-based education (CBE). The CBE model focuses on competency attainment by utilizing learning strategies promoting nursing students’ development of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors needed to become a proficient novice nurse.

The simulation experience begins with a pre-briefing session where faculty provide information about the client, orient the nursing students to the HFS equipment, and reiterates that HFS is a safe learning environment. The …

Comparative Cytogenetics Study Via Fluorescent Chromosome Banding Of Three Solanum L. Species, Mona Abd Elgawad, Rim Hamdy, Ibrahim El Garf, Amany Sallam Abdo

Turkish Journal of Botany

Solanum L. subg. Solanum sect. Solanum has a wide distribution in Egypt with multiple overlapping morphological features, rendering the taxonomy of the Solanum nigrum complex difficult at the species level. This study focused on the S. nigrum complex, which consists of S. nigrum L., S. sinaicum Boiss., and S. villosum Mill. Cytogenetic characterization can provide additional taxonomic data and can be used to evaluate genetic diversity at the species level. We performed karyotype analysis of 3 Egyptian species for the first time by studying fluorescence banding patterns via 4’6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) and chromomycin A3 (CMA). The three species vary noticeably in …

Biochar Derived From Different Sources Ameliorates The Phytochemical And Physiological Characteristics Of Foxtail Millet (Setaria Italica) Under Water Stress, Mohammad Keshavarz, Ehsan Bijanzadeh, Hamid Reza Boostani

Turkish Journal of Botany

Organic material, such as biochar, can improve soil fertility and crop yield under water stress. A pot experiment was conducted to consider the effects of biochar on the pigment content, enzyme activity, physiological characteristics, and nutrient uptake of foxtail millet under water stress. Plants were tested under normal, mild, and severe irrigation regimes (100%, 75%, and 50% field capacity, respectively) using different biochar sources (licorice root biochar (LRB), cow manure biochar (CMB), cotton residue biochar (CRB), and municipal waste biochar (MWB)) and a control without fertilizer. Under severe water stress, the chlorophyll a content and total chlorophyll increased by 137.3% …

An Updated Perspective On Learning, Andrew S. Gibbons Iii

Faculty Publications

The subject of human learning is revisited. The emergence of new research findings in cognitive neuroscience and related disciplines using new imaging tools and techniques has revealed the existence of not one but two complementary learning systems. A newly-discovered prospection process, interacting with both memory systems, has been revealed as the pivotal mechanism of learning that leads to new experience and new memory records. The universal impact of emotion on this process also receives a new emphasis. This, coupled with the ever-present social environment, show learning to be the result of conversational activity. The existence of this more complete and …

A Low-Cost Fault-Ride-Through Strategy For Electric Vehicle Inverters Using Four-Switch Topology, Ehab Bayoumi

Mechanical Engineering

This paper presents a fault-tolerant control strategy that dynamically reconfigures the proposed system, and the inverter leg with a fault is isolated through a MOSFET-based clamping branch. With the use of a modified Vector Control (VC) and Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) technique, the remaining two phases can continue operating. MATLAB/Simulink is used to create a thorough simulation model that examines various fault scenarios and evaluates how well the control process adjusts to each one. The obtained findings demonstrate that, in the event of a fault, the system can maintain accurate speed regulation, maintain a tolerable current balance, and deliver steady torque. …

Waiting Room And Hallway Care For Older Adults: A Qualitative Study With Emergency Nurses And Technicians, K Jane Muir, Anita N Chary

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Emergency Department (ED) crowding places older ED patients at risk for adverse outcomes. Crowding often necessitates ED waiting room and hallway care, but there has been limited research on approaches to care for older adults in these settings. Frontline clinician insights can inform best practices for older adults in the context of the ongoing ED crowding crisis. Our objective was to describe the experiences of emergency nurses and technicians in providing waiting room and hallway care for older adults.

Methods: This qualitative study used individual, semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 20 ED nurses and technicians at a …