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Csey Data Advocacy: Reducing Harm Through Data - Csey Survivors, Maria Barquin Sommers, Brianna Armstrong

SMU Human Trafficking Data Conference

This presentation will focus on the crucial overlap of time management and protection for survivors during data collection. Time management is an essential part of any successful organization, especially when working with vulnerable populations, such as survivors of human trafficking, and facing tight schedules and budgets. It is time- consuming to read through blocks of narratives to find necessary details on survivors, but more importantly, survivors can be harmed by being forced to relive their trauma during data collection. On the other hand, narratives written by advocates can harm survivors if subpoenaed. Documentation data systems that gather quantitative information and …

Characterization And Calibration Of The Airharp2 Suite Of Instruments, Rachel E. Smith, Brent A. Mcbride, Noah Sienkiewicz, Cj Escobar, Dominik Cieslak, J. Vanderlei Martins

The Characterization and Radiometric Calibration for Remote Sensing Annual Meeting (CALCON)

AirHARP2 is the aircraft version of the orbital Hyper Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP2) on NASA’s Plankton Aerosol Cloud and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite. In September 2024, AirHARP2 participated in the PACE Postlaunch Airborne eXperiment (PAX). This campaign provides a unique opportunity to validate radiometric and polarimetric measurements and derived science products from the PACE satellite by conducting direct cross-platform comparisons using co-located scenes. AirHARP2 is the polarimeter instrument in the AirHARP2 Suite, which also contains a VNIR imaging spectrometer, UV imaging spectrometer, and a SWIR multi-angle imaging radiometer. The companion instruments in the AirHARP2 suite mirror spectral response of the …

Friends Of The Library Annual Meeting, David Lodwick

Friends of the Library Events

The Friends of the Library Annual Meeting is open to all Friends members to discuss programming for the 2025/2026 semesters.

The agenda and meeting minutes for the June 10, 2025 meeting can be downloaded by clicking the blue download button on the top right side of this page.

Measuring The Magnitude And Traits Of Local Consumer Demand For Sex Trafficking, Michael D. Shively

SMU Human Trafficking Data Conference

Transaction Intercept (TI) leverages artificial intelligence to engage individuals responding to online ads for the commercial sexual exploitation of minors. The interactions between TI bots and those clicking on decoy ads generate data, including the number of distinct individuals that respond to ads over any timeframe, the number of active sex buyers identified, the features of the ads and digital personas that buyers have responded to, and the outcome of the interactions. During development, TI has already been deployed in dozens of U.S jurisdictions and collected data allows for cross-site comparisons. The technology was created for law enforcement agencies, and …

The First Year Of Harp2/Pace Performance Based On Its Ground And On-Orbit Characterization, J. Vanderlei Martins, Roberto Fernandez-Borda, Noah Sienkiewicz, Brent Mcbride, Xiaoguang Xu, Rachel Smith, Lorraine Remer

The Characterization and Radiometric Calibration for Remote Sensing Annual Meeting (CALCON)

The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter-2 (HARP2) was launched on board the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission, in February 2024, for the global measurement of aerosol and cloud properties as well as to provide atmospheric correction over the footprint of the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI). HARP2 is designed to collect data over a wide field of view in the cross-track direction (+/-47deg) allowing for global coverage in about two days, as well as an even wider field of view in the along-track direction (+/-54 deg) providing measurements over a wide range of scattering angles. HARP2 samples 10 angles at …

Law Enforcement's Response To Child Sex Trafficking: Fostering Collaborative Response And Implications For North Texas, Jennifer O'Brien Phd, Kathleen Preble Phd

SMU Human Trafficking Data Conference

Human trafficking is a multifaceted, dynamic issue requiring an inter-disciplinary approach to addressing this egregious crime. This presentation highlights a recent NIJ- funded study examining law enforcement’s response to child sex trafficking. The study included a large quantitative survey of 3,500 law enforcement agencies, over 100 structured investigator interviews, and 80 in-depth interviews exploring forms of law enforcement and community collaboration in 11 purposefully chosen communities. Results of this national study will be shared along with its implications for Texas broadly, and North Texas in particular. Opportunities for ongoing research and evaluation of anti- trafficking responses, including prevention, will be …

The Paper King, Eric A. Keldani

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

No abstract provided.

Collection Of Poetry By Me, Joseph K. Pearson

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

No abstract provided.

Can Machine Learning Prevent Human Trafficking? Using Data And Technology To Tailor Policies And Programs Toward Vulnerable Populations In Your Community, Kristen Hubbell

SMU Human Trafficking Data Conference

This presentation will investigate how to use data and technology to prevent human trafficking in communities, before it starts. It will explore the opportunity to utilize a novel machine learning approach to identify local risk factors to guide collaborative, data-oriented prevention programs. Surprising findings from a case study will be shared that challenge existing assumptions on the key drivers of human trafficking.

Radiology Archives From Dr. Malik's Museum

Realia and artifacts (historical objects, artworks, memorabilia)

No abstract provided.

Polarization Of The Moon In Visible And Infrared Spectral Bands As A Function Of Phase Angle, Erica Venkatesulu, Elyse Duley, Joseph A. Shaw

The Characterization and Radiometric Calibration for Remote Sensing Annual Meeting (CALCON)

The Moon can be used as a stable calibration source for on-orbit satellite instruments. This has been enabled by comprehensive work that characterized and modeled the lunar irradiance as a function of wavelength, phase angle, and libration angle. However, the polarization state of the Moon must also be known to enable on-orbit lunar calibration of polarization-sensitive instruments. In prior work, the disk-averaged degree of linear polarization of the Moon as a function of phase angle was measured in ultraviolet and visible spectral bands. Additionally, disk-resolved degree of linear polarization measurements, including point measurements of various lunar regions and images, have …

Scaling Survivor Restoration Through Data Science, Marc Mace

SMU Human Trafficking Data Conference

International Justice Mission (IJM) has identified and service over 50,000 survivors of human trafficking around the world. This data-informed approach uses Assessment of Survivor Outcomes (ASO) captured in the case-tracking system called Justice Data Solution to support Aftercare managers around the world in their care of survivors. The approach centers on critical, time-sensitive needs for survivors at the point of rescue, at the mid-point of their restoration journey, and at end of their time with our Aftercare program. During this program, survivors are engaged in community events, health services, and legal proceedings. Using the data from the ASO and the …

My Reflection, Kyle Lust

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

No abstract provided.

Not Your Average Road Trip, Ethan Martinez

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

A boring road trip turned into a valuable and cosmic life lesson.

The Quiet Corner, Kaitlyn Marrero

Night Flight: Online Literary Journal

In The Quiet Corner, recent graduate Hannah lingers on campus as others move on, feeling untethered and uncertain about her future. Drawn to the soon-to-be-demolished library, she stumbles upon a mysterious hidden hallway filled with books chronicling unrealized lives—paths not taken by people she knows. As she reads these haunting “could-have-beens,” she’s inspired to subtly help others reclaim forgotten dreams. Eventually, she finds her own name and two possible futures: one stifled by convention and another vibrant with creative purpose. The experience becomes a turning point, reminding her that fate isn’t fixed—it’s written choice by choice. Empowered, she steps …

Modality And Quality Aware Feature Recommendation Using A Large Language Model, Saad Ansari, Mindy Brooks, Rachel Burrows, Ann Cao, Jessica Carless, Rod Graves, Ben Greenwood, James Gundersen, Allen Huang, Mårten Jönsson, Hyuniee Jung, Yuan Hang Li, Nikki Lu, Heather Mcgeachy, Laura Neiswander, Angie Park, Rebecca Salois, Patrick Squire, Artur Tsurkan

Defensive Publications Series

Computing devices provide multiple applications that may incorporate similar functionality. Recommending a particular application for a current user task is necessitated when a user relies on the operating system or a virtual assistant to recommend the application to use. Current feature recommendation techniques rely on predefined descriptions and criteria, which can be rigid and inaccurate. Such techniques also do not take into account user preferences regarding interaction modality for the tool to use. This disclosure describes techniques that leverage a large language model (LLM) to provide feature recommendations (app recommendations) accurately and that take into account user preferences regarding modality …

Multi-Signer Authentication And Signature-Preserving Mail Handling, Wei Chuang

Defensive Publications Series

DomainKeys identified mail (DKIM) enables a person or organization that owns a signing domain to claim responsibility for a message by associating the domain with the message. The message sender attaches a cryptographic signature to the message header. The assertion of responsibility is validated by the recipient by querying the signer's domain directly to retrieve the appropriate public key. This disclosure describes techniques that enable a message to be co-signed by two parties, e.g., a brand and a bulk sender working on behalf of the brand, such that a recipient can verify that the bulk sender who sent the message …

Scalable Pregeneration Of Content Summaries, Johannes Elias Start, John James Lunney

Defensive Publications Series

On-demand content summarization requests, e.g., for various types of content stored and handled by cloud productivity suites, can result in large wait times and strained resources due to the computational load imposed by content summarization models. Pre-generating content summaries can inefficiently duplicate efforts and generate content with low usage probability. This disclosure describes machine-learning techniques, implemented with user permissions for content access, for scalable and intelligent content pregeneration, e.g., in cloud productivity suites. Computational resources are allocated for content summarization and summarization models are selected based on content value, avoiding redundant pregeneration. The techniques advantageously reduce latency, optimize resource utilization, …

Creating Summary Tables For Large Stores Using Generative Artificial Intelligence, Lois Wolf

Defensive Publications Series

In data stores with large tables running into a very large number of rows, it is difficult and computationally intensive to find the specific information required for a particular task. Summary tables or rollups are manually created in advance by condensing the data from a parent table. This disclosure describes the use of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) techniques to automatically generate suggestions for summary tables and code to create such tables. The genAI model is provided with an appropriate prompt and relevant information such as past summary tables, popular data models, SQL queries to the parent table, etc. and generates …

Smartglasses With Auxiliary Camera For Low-Power Text Detection, Tony Chu

Defensive Publications Series

Smartglasses and other wearable devices can automatically detect the presence of text in the environment via images captured by a high-resolution camera that is turned on periodically. Such an approach is computationally intensive and consumes large amounts of power. This disclosure describes techniques for low-power text detection on an AR/XR/MR capable device by augmenting the device to perform text detection via a low-resolution, ultra-low-power auxiliary camera with a lens profile that captures greater detail in the center. Distorted low-resolution images from the auxiliary can be de-wrapped and/or cropped as needed and analyzed l using machine learning models to detect the …

Optimized Timestamp Storage, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

Data processing systems can associate a timestamp with input data when it is received. Throughout subsequent processing, the association between the data and its timestamp is maintained, and the original timestamp is provided with output data when processing is completed. The timestamp is stored at each processing step requiring storage for the timestamp value at each step. Storage requirements are shown to be reduced by compressing the timestamp value to include a portion of the bits of the timestamp value containing the least significant bits of the value. At output, the compressed timestamp value is compared to the current timestamp …

Network Power Optimization For Mobile Computing Devices, Nazih Almalki, Kefan Tu, Jonathan Backer

Defensive Publications Series

This document describes techniques that enable a wearable device (e.g., a smart watch, ring, glasses, etc.) and a mobile computing device (e.g., a smartphone) to optimize network-related power consumption. For instance, a wearable device tethered to a mobile computing device (“companion device”) via BLUETOOTH may experience power inefficiencies when attempting to access a network (e.g., cellular, WI-FI, Internet, etc.) if the companion device is in an area with poor network coverage. In this scenario, one of or both the wearable device and companion device may experience increased power consumption during connection attempts that may ultimately fail. According to the techniques …

Emergency Ssid Activation And Intelligent Overlay Network System, Deepthi Devaraj, Valentin Filippov, Wing Man Casca Kwok, Susan Beth Krohn Mintz, Phd, Jithu Paulose, Dave Zacks

Defensive Publications Series

This submission proposes a novel system and method to enable Wi-Fi routers, access points, or edge devices (e.g., through opt-in mechanisms, pre-authenticated mechanisms, etc.) to broadcast an Emergency SSID (Service Set Identifier) when triggered by a centralized emergency authority (e.g., FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), military, local government, etc.). This Emergency SSID may be activated only in emergency conditions, authenticated through a secure message protocol from a trusted central authority, to create a secure Carrier-Agnostic SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) or any overlay tunnel that facilitates communications back to a designated central authority, thereby ensuring controlled and high-priority traffic routing …

Why Acromegaly Dies: A Systematic Review, Isam Noori Salman, Safaa Ehssan Atta, Baydaa Ahmed Abed, Noor Ulhuda G. Mohammed

Maaen Journal for Medical Sciences

Acromegaly is a rare endocrine clinical syndrome characterized by long-term elevated production of growth hormone (GH) due to a pituitary adenoma tumor. The main problem of acromegaly patients (AC-PTs) is prolonged elevated GH concentration, which leads to increased insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) production, causing the characteristic tissue and bone overgrowth. The appearance of diabetes in AC-PTs was linked with the high risks of cardiovascular morbidity, indicating that individuals with both conditions face heightened health challenges. Acromegaly typically has a higher cancer incidence rather than the general population. Without early diagnosis and effective treatment, excess GH can have widespread systemic …

Incidence Of Scabies Among Patients Attending Al-Faihaa Educational Hospital In Basra Province / Iraq., Sarah Kamal Naser

Maaen Journal for Medical Sciences

Background: In 2017, scabies was officially classified as a neglected tropical illness by the World Health Organization (WHO), in an attempt to raise awareness and support initiatives to eradicate it. Additionally, the WHO's strategy for neglected tropical diseases 2021-2030 has recently included scabie, intended to prevent the Sustainable Development Goals from being neglected, in recent years, scabies appears to have grown widespread in Iraq most likely as a result of the country's densely populated areas and high levels of interpersonal interaction, this study fills crucial gaps and offers nuanced insights into the prevalence of scabies in Basra prevalence, the cross-sectional …

Startup Accelerator Returns: J Curve Or L Curve? A Comparative Performance Analysis Between A Venture Accelerator And Early-Stage Venture Capital, Aleš Pustovrh

Economic and Business Review

This document analyses the profitability of investments in venture accelerators compared to early-stage venture capital funds. Using a case study of a single fund manager operating both investment types, it tracks the Total Value to Paid-In (TVPI) ratio over 6 years. The early-stage venture capital investments showed a positive trend, exceeding a TVPI of 1, indicating profitability driven by company survival rates, external funding attraction, and growth. Conversely, the accelerator investments underperformed, with a TVPI consistently below 1, suggesting a loss for investors. This raises questions about the long-term viability of the accelerator model, potentially resulting in an L curve …

Does The Organization–Employee Relationship Matter? Linking The Organization–Employee Relationship With Employee Well-Being And Performance, Deepti Pathak, Gaurav Joshi

Economic and Business Review

The study examines the relationship between the organization–employee relationship (OER), well-being, and work performance of remote workers who were mandated to work from home because of the uncertainties and health risks brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study focuses on the work performance of the employees contributed through positive psychological well-being and positive OERs. A comprehensive nationwide survey was undertaken, involving a sample size of 1289 full-time IT employees in India, with the objective of determining the impact of well-being on individual work performance. Results from the analyses indicate that though the employees with limited experience of work from …

Customer Prioritization: From Conceptualization To International Application, Maria Gracner, John William Cadogan, Gregor Pfajfar

Economic and Business Review

This study examines customer prioritization, a strategic practice where businesses allocate resources and efforts based on customer value. While its significance in international marketing continues to grow, limited research exists on how customer prioritization is understood and applied in international firms operating across diverse cultural contexts. Addressing this gap, the study explores how international-marketing managers conceptualize customer prioritization and identifies its key components. Using a qualitative methodology, the study conducted in-depth interviews with Slovene international-marketing and sales managers from 13 export-oriented firms. Thematic analysis, guided by the Gioia methodology, identified four central themes: prioritization tactics and strategies, international customer profitability, …

Comparison Of Two Injection Techniques On Pain Perception Among Adult Patients Receiving Intramuscular Injection: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Dr.Sindhu L, Dr. Bindu R. Nayar, Dr. Rajamohanan Pillai K

Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences

Introduction: The administration of intramuscular injection is a common procedure performed by nurses that causes pain to the patient. The way nurses administer injections is one of the factors associated with increased client discomfort. Aspiration has been ingrained in the intramuscular injection procedure, and even though many policies no longer endorse it, it is often frequently taught and used. Injections without aspiration are considered more comfortable for patients. Aspiration in the injection is a controversy concerning its perceived benefits and indications due to a paucity of available data, there is no evidence that this procedure is essential or truly …