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Machine Learning For Asphaltene Polarizability: Evaluating Molecular Descriptors, Arun K. Sharma, Owen Mcmillan, Selsela Arsala, Supreet Gandhok, Rylend Young

Biology, Agriculture and Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

Asphaltenes are complex polycyclic organic molecules in crude oil that readily aggregate and precipitate under varying thermodynamic conditions. Their structural heterogeneity influences key physicochemical properties, including solubility, stability, and reactivity. Molecular polarizability, a crucial property governing intermolecular interactions and electronic behavior, remains challenging to predict due to this structural diversity. This study employs machine learning models to predict isotropic polarizability using two sets of molecular descriptors: WHIM and GETAWAY. A dataset of 255 asphaltene structures was analyzed using stratified sampling, generating 10 independent training (80 %) and testing (20 %) splits. The Wolfram Language’s Predict function evaluated multiple machine learning …

Policy Library- 147 Foundational Studies, Indiana State University, General Counsel

Policy Library

Policy 147 Foundational Studies

Policy Library- 165 Constitution Of The Indiana State University Student Government Association, Indiana State University, General Counsel

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Policy 165 Constitution of the Indiana State University Student

Policy Library- 215 Undergraduate Transfer And Award Of Academic Credit, Indiana State University, General Counsel

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Policy 215 Undergraduate Transfer and Award of Academic Credit

Policy Library- 310 Faculty Duties And Responsibilities, Indiana State University, General Counsel

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Policy 310 Faculty Duties and Responsibilities

Policy Library- 920 Equal Opportunity And Affirmative Action, Indiana State University, General Counsel

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Policy 920 Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action

Policy Library- 923 Non-Discrimination And Anti-Harassment, Indiana State University, General Counsel

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Policy 923 Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment

Disparities In Mortality Associated With Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: A Nationwide Study, Manas Pustake, Atulya Khosla, Saif Syed, Avi Harisingani

Conference Presentation Abstracts

Background : Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a serious and often life-threatening condition that can result in widespread morbidity and mortality. Despite its clinical significance, there remains a lack of comprehensive, national-level data analyzing trends in DIC-related mortality. Understanding these trends is crucial for identifying at-risk populations, informing public health strategies, and optimizing clinical interventions. Aims : This study aims to analyze DIC mortality trends from 2018 to 2023, focusing on key demographic and regional factors, to provide insights that can guide future healthcare policy and practice. Methods : An analysis of DIC mortality trends from 2018 to 2023 was …

Fair + Equitable June 2025, International Association Of Assessing Officers

Fair + Equitable

The June 2025 issue of F+E looks at corporate home buying and potential state legislation capping home purchases by large investors. In addition, the issue also includes information on sessions and speakers at the IAAO Annual Conference, and articles on:

• The Preparation and Trial of the Property Tax Appeal Seminar is in July and topics for the December Legal seminar are now being accepted.
• Micromanagement and the negative impacts on innovation and morale.
• The importance of maintaining professional boundaries as a manager.
• New Standard on Ratio Studies: A revised and improved standard is coming soon.
• The Paul V. Corusy Memorial …

A Design Based, Mixed Method Study On Evaluating Traditional Grading Practices And The Implications For Mastery Learning And Educational Equity In A Midwestern School District, Christina Kirchner

Dissertations

“Grades are an essential currency of our schools. Schools, colleges and employers use grades to determine many important, and in some cases, life-altering decisions-college admission, financial aid and scholarships, athletic eligibility, promotion, retention, awards, and supports” (Feldman, 2018, p. 3). Grading is not addressed in teacher preparation programs, or within professional development during teachers’ careers; teachers have chosen their own way to grade guided by their own personal experiences, uninformed of research or best practice. Using a human centric, design-based approach, the researcher identified multiple discrepancies with grading practices among the K-12 school organization. Within the discrepancies, other issues were …

Conduct-As-Status In Skrmetti's Gender-Affirming Care Bans, Robert Blake Watson, Neha Srinivasan

Denver Law Review

With its decision in United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court has permitted government prohibitions on gender-affirming care for certain transgender individuals. Although these bans construe themselves as barring medical procedures in neutral, conduct-based terms, we contend that the laws discriminate on the basis of transgender status and sex. Drawing from equal protection jurisprudence—including decisions in Lawrence v. Texas, United States v. Windsor, and Obergefell v. Hodges—we contextualize the gender-affirming care bans within the Court’s history of rejecting efforts to mask status-based discrimination through ostensibly neutral restrictions on conduct. By underscoring that both cisgender and transgender individuals seek gender-affirming interventions, …

The State Of Asian American Studies In Massachusetts High Schools, Christine Montecillo Leider, Christopher C. Martell

Institute for Asian American Studies Publications

This study included a statewide survey of over 150 high school humanities teachers in Massachusetts to gather data on how Asian American studies is being included in the curricula and to learn how prepared the educators feel to teach Asian American studies content. Expanding on the survey are case studies of five Massachusetts Asian American studies teachers and their approaches to teaching Asian American studies.

The study was conducted to provide evidence-based findings to inform teacher education, education policy, and research about best practices for Asian American Studies in humanities classrooms. Three recommendations revolve around increased opportunities for teacher preparation …

Free Electives Practical Guide, Shaun Ferns, Fionnuala Darby, Barry J. Ryan

Reports

This guide provides practical support for TU Dublin programme teams in integrating free electives as part of flexible, learner-centred curriculum design. Free electives enable learners to select modules from across the University, fostering interdisciplinary engagement, learner agency, and the development of Graduate Attributes in line with the University Education Model (UEM), particularly Fundamental 4: Pathways Through. The document outlines how to reference free electives in validation and review materials, incorporate aligned programme-level learning outcomes, and apply appropriate implementation models within current operational constraints. The guide aims to support consistent, coherent, and future-focused programme design as TU Dublin advances its …

Pm2.5 Forecasting At U.S. Embassies And Consulates Worldwide Using Nasa Model Powered By Machine Learning, Junhyeon Seo, Alqamah Sayeed, Seohui Park, John Kerekes, Stephanie Christel, Mary Tran, Pawan Gupta

Articles

Air quality forecasting is crucial for public health, especially in rural, suburban, and developing areas lacking reliable monitoring data. Hybrid monitoring (surface, satellite, and models) offers a scalable, cost‐ effective solution for tracking pollution and trends. This work presents a machine learning model that integrates ground measurements with global model outputs assimilating satellite observations to forecast air quality. Ground measurements of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from over 60 U.S. embassies and consulates were used to calibrate global model outputs for local air quality forecasting. Multi‐channel input data was prepared using the Goddard Earth Observing System forward processing for meteorology and …

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Missouri Law Review

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Missouri Law Review

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The Straw That Broke The Camel’S Back: How Expanding The Statute Of Limitations For Pre-Enforcement Challenges Filed Under The Apa Could Upset The Administrative System, Paige K. Harris

Missouri Law Review

Everyone has bad days. But certain days are the worst. The days where everything seems to go wrong. You set the alarm for 6:00 p.m., not 6:00 a.m. You didn’t set the coffee pot, and the café’s line was too long, so you walk into work with a severe lack of caffeine. Your project manager asks you a question you know you answered last week. That annoying co-worker talks over you in a meeting, the chips get stuck in a vending machine, and your rush hour commute takes forty-five minutes longer than expected. Finally, something happens that makes you snap. …

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Missouri Law Review

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The Obviousness Paradox: Should Design And Utility Patents Play By The Same Rules?, Brooks W. Fleischmann

Missouri Law Review

The standard American grading system recognizes an A as the best possible grade, while an F represents failure. To achieve an A, the typical benchmark is anywhere above 90%. Falling well below this mark, any grade below 60% constitutes failure. Accordingly, a higher percentage in class equates to a better GPA. Following this same logic in the world of sports, the greatest free-throw shooter in NBA history holds the record at 91%. The greatest field goal kicker in NFL history holds the record at 89.1%. However, the highest batting average in MLB history sits at .366, or 36.6%. According to …

Viability As Abortion-Rights Orthodoxy, Susan Frelich Appleton

Missouri Law Review

Borrowing a quotation from Justice Jackson's influential opinion in West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, Professors Linda McClain and James Fleming have named their ambitious and illuminating new book "What Shall Be Orthodox" in Polarized Times. As Justice Jackson wrote in applying the First Amendment to protect school children with familial objections to a required flag salute: "lf there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act …

Removing “Black Marks”: How States Can Preserve Wrongful Birth Suits Without Reliance On “Eugenic” Rhetoric, Paul J. Wuennenberg

Missouri Law Review

“[L]ebensunwertes Leben—Life Unworthy of Life.” Those words, used by the National Socialist (Nazi) Party in Germany to describe people with genetic disorders, ring throughout world history as a moral indictment of the Nazi German state and all those who collaborated with it. Unfortunately, Germany was not alone in its designation of some people as unworthy of life; the United States has also, throughout its history, given the same designation to portions of its population. From Japanese-Americans during the Second World War to people with disabilities in the era of eugenics, the American government has frequently singled out those whom it …

"What Shall Be Orthodox" In Polarized Times: Overview And Response To Commentators, Linda C. Mcclain, James E. Fleming

Missouri Law Review

"lf there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein." Justice Robert Jackson wrote this celebrated passage in his majority opinion in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943), which protected the First Amendment right of Jehovah's Witness children not to participate in a compulsory flag salute in public schools. ln recent years, protests against imposed orthodoxy-usually invoking Barnette-have occurred in a growing …

The Illusion Of Redemption: Examining Gubernatorial Pardons, Collateral Consequences, And The Ineligibility For Public Office In Missouri, Anna Claire Parker

Missouri Law Review

Imagine you have just pled guilty to a felony offense in Missouri. While the court may inform you of certain rights that will be lost, additional rights remain unmentioned. Suddenly, you find yourself stripped of fundamental liberties such as voting, serving on a jury, holding public office, and owning firearms. Additionally, the right to a trial by jury, the assistance of a lawyer at trial, and protection against self-incrimination have been forfeited. In this bleak scenario, a glimmer of hope emerges: the possibility of a gubernatorial pardon. This pardon represents a chance at redemption, potentially restoring all the rights you …

Improvements To Cal Poly's Hybrid Ac/Dc House, Brandon Ng, Andrew Nguyen, Logan Tom

Electrical Engineering

This senior project details the improvements made to Cal Poly’s Hybrid AC/DC House project. The previous state of the house experienced issues with proper reading of the current power being drawn from the connected AC sources, as well as with the system’s multiple-input single-output converter, where thermal overheating of specific FETs prevented the system from reaching its maximum output power. The updates made to the AC/DC house include improved code to prevent faulty readings and display failure and a cleaned-up power monitoring board that removes noisy signals and allows for the correct power implementation to be displayed. In addition, the …

Compact Modular Photovoltaic System With Mppt Controller, Alain Ardash Kanadjian, Alex Aarnio, Christopher Arango

Electrical Engineering

Energy demands have been on the rise, as environmentally harmful power generation systems stay popular due to lower costs and compact designs compared to renewable energy infrastructure. We challenge this problem with a modular photovoltaic microgrid system for power generation in underutilized spaces. The Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) charge controller employed is low-cost and power efficient. This controller monitors energy generation and usage in real time, with data logging through an online user-friendly interface. With support for a variety of solar panel and battery configurations, this scalable system helps provide a cost and space efficient solution to clean energy …

Development Of A Modular Dual-Phase And Single-Phase Buck Converter Laboratory Module, Maxwell John Kreizinger, Ethan David Robson

Electrical Engineering

This senior project entails the design, creation, and testing of a circuit board to exhibit the differences and advantages of the multiphase buck converter over the single-phase buck converter for use in a future power electronic laboratory experiment at Cal Poly State University. As energy demand requirements continually increase from more advanced and widespread use of technology, it is important to find a method of power delivery that maximizes efficiency while taking up as little area on a circuit board as possible. This is where the multiphase buck converter topology is desirable over the traditional single-phase buck converter topology. For …

A Battery Charging System From A Spinning Dc Generator, William L. Robey, Darcy A. Eliasi, Kalel Gadduang, Ella Blecher

Electrical Engineering

This project presents the design and construction of a battery charging system powered by a wind energy emulator. An adjustable-speed DC motor drive coupled to a DC generator was used to imitate a wind turbine rotating at different speeds, supplying a variable DC voltage to a custom PCB with an LTC4020, a four-switch buck-boost converter and battery charger. The converter steps up or down the input voltage, ranging from 12 to 24 volts, to safely charge a lithium-ion battery using a constant current constant voltage charging cycle (CC/CV). The system highlights the practicality and increasing use of renewable and wind-powered …

A Turtlebot3 Hardware Testbed For Distributed Kalman Filter Localization, Dmitri Dobrynin, Indigo T. Garcia

Electrical Engineering

This report presents the preliminary design for a distributed localization framework for a multi-robot system. Many robotics research papers provide simulations of proposed algorithms in regards to formation control and task allocation. However, it is often that these proposals are without hardware experiments, being limited only to simulation. The objective of this framework is to provide a hardware implementation of a distributed Kalman filtering algorithm for multi-agent localization, as well as provide grounds for future multi-agent experiments. The framework is implemented on a swarm of three Turtlebot3 mobile robots. The robots can accurately localize themselves with respect to other agents …

Field Deployable Mobile Manipulator For Autonomous Apple Harvesting, Gabriel K. Basus, Antonio Bowen, Andrew Daouda

Electrical Engineering

Increasing labor costs and agricultural demands have created a need for automated apple harvesting. However, automated apple harvesting via robotic manipulation must overcome certain challenges to be an effective and efficient method. First, the system must compete with or perform better than manual human labor. Second, it must safely and accurately navigate an apple orchard autonomously. Third, the robotic manipulator must be able to securely grasp and pick apples without causing damage. To address these challenges, this project utilizes a Husky UGV equipped with a 2D LiDAR sensor, an RGB-D camera, an IMU, an OpenManipulator-X robot arm, and a soft …

Studies On The Effects Of Cap Management On The Oxidation–Reduction Potential, Phenolic Composition, And Sensory Properties Of Red Wines, Dallas J. Parnigoni

Master's Theses

Cap management during alcoholic fermentation of red wines plays a critical role in modulating the phenolic and volatile extraction from grape solids, influencing the homogenization of chemical and temperature gradients, while imparting oxygen to the must. Different cap management alternatives are also thought to influence the evolution of the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP). It is critical to understand how different cap management protocols affect these variables to design a cap management protocol tailored to wine style and varietal. This thesis investigated the effects common commercially applied cap management protocols, as well as the efficacy of novel, automated gas mixing protocols as …