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Illinois Masonic Hospital Pamphlet, 1946, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chicago, IL: Promotional pamphlet that includes some annual statistics and an update to the new wing construction project.

Hospital Night Program, 1954, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chicago, IL: A program of events for the "Hospital Night" hosted by Sincerity Lodge no. 982, A. F. & A. M. in honor of Illinois Masonic Hospital.

Illinois Masonic Hospital Bequest Pamphlet, 1947, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chicago, IL: Promotional bequest pamphlet that includes an excerpt from the M. W. Grand Master's Annual Report to the Grand Lodge reporting updates and statistics for the hospital.

Deaconess Hospital Employee Handbook, 1979, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Deaconess Hospital, Milwaukee, WI: Employee handbook for Deaconess Hospital from 1979. Includes salary information, job roles, map of hospital, and more.

Here's A Hospital That Must Expand, 1941, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chicago, IL: Promotional pamphlet for donors socliciting funds to expand the hospital. Includes brief staff directory and statistics report for 1931-1941.

[2026 Honorable Mention] Impact Of Chicana Rewritings Of La Virgen De Guadalupe And La Malinche, Destiny Villarreal Quintero

Ethnic Studies Research Paper Award

This piece elaborates on the cultural significance of La Virgen de Guadalupe and La Malinche in Mexican/ Chicanx communities and how they impact women's gender roles.

Physicians Forum : A Magazine For The Physicians At Advocate Trinity Hospital, 2007 Winter, Advocate Health - Midwest

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Advocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago IL: Physician's Forum is a publication intended to connect Advocate Trinity Hospital physicians. Much of the content is submitted by fellow Advocate Trinity Hospital physicians to share relevant, clinical and other information that otherwise might not be known.

Operationally Ready Vs Gym Ready: Training For The Real Demands Of Tactical Work, Ben Jacobs

Tactical & Occupational Performance Conference

Tactical organizations are increasingly recognizing that readiness extends beyond fitness alone. Structured performance systems that integrate training, recovery, nutrition, and fatigue management can help departments improve resilience, reduce injuries, and sustain operational capability over an entire career.

Session's revolve around the concept of Tactical Readiness Architecture, a systems-based framework designed to help departments build structured, sustainable performance support for their personnel. Rather than focusing solely on workouts or individual habits, Tactical Readiness Architecture integrates training, recovery, nutrition, fatigue management, and data-informed monitoring into a cohesive readiness model.

Utilizing Waste Paper Ash As Partial Cement Replacement In Concrete, Karim Hassan

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

The concrete industry has a considerable environmental impact. The manufacture of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) emits a large amount of carbon dioxide, while the extensive extraction of virgin natural aggregates further burdens the environment during concrete production. This thesis is concerned with the development of low-carbon concrete through the combined utilization of waste paper ash (WPA), recycled aggregates, and accelerated carbonation curing. The main objective is to reduce the environmental footprint of concrete products, including masonry units, by enhancing their carbon sequestration potential, decreasing the use of cement, and alleviating reliance on virgin aggregates, while also maintaining adequate mechanical and …

Independent Living Skills For The Aging Population Of Adults With Disabilities, Sara K. Fetter Otd, Otr, Jennifer L. Martin Otd, Otr, Cht, Clt, Michele L. Mccarroll Phd, Faacvpr, Acsm-Ccep, Ccrp, Lssbb

Developmental Disabilities Network Journal

Adults with intellectual disability (ID) are living longer and increasingly outlive family caregivers. Strengthening independent living and vocational skills has therefore become a critical public-health priority. Occupational therapy (OT) can address this need through person-centered, community-based programming. This paper describes the co-design, delivery, and preliminary outcomes of a short occupation-based curriculum intended to enhance autonomy and work readiness in aging adults with ID. In partnership with a Dallas, Texas nonprofit, the authors conducted a needs assessment and created an 8-session course rooted in the Independent Living Model and the Occupational Competence Model. The curriculum addressed four domains (physical health, financial …

Hypovitaminosis A - Associated Neurologic Syndrome With Concurrent Babesiosis In A Captive African Lion Cub (Panthera Leo), Kano, Nigeria, Shaarani Habibu Musa, Aminu Bello Hanga, Auwal Usman Nagoma, Caleb Ayuba Kudi, Paul Ayuba Abdu, Musa Ibrahim Waziri, Haruna Baba Galadima, Yusuf Aminu Yusuf, Muhammed Mikail

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Neurological disorders in captive wild felids presents diagnostic and therapeutic challenges, particularly in juveniles animals maintained under suboptimal nutritional transitions. This case report describes the synergistic effects of dietary deficiencies and a concurrent hemoparasitic infection in a seven-month-old male African lion cub (Panthera leo) weighing 30 kg, housed at Audu Bako Zoological Garden in Kano, Nigeria. Following premature weaning onto an unsupplemented muscle-meat diet, the cub exhibited progressive neurological symptoms, including ataxia, hindlimb paresis, star-gazing, and opisthotonos. Hematological analysis revealed a mild normocytic, normochromic anemia (packed cell volume; 23%) and the presence of erythrocytes rouleaux formation, while Giemsa-stained …

Effects Of Acepromazine On Intraocular Pressure, Anterior Chamber Depth In Horses: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study, Abdelhaleem Elkasapy, Magdy Elgioushy, Mohamed Marzok, Sayed Elhawari, Adel Almubarak, Mohamed Rizk, Sabry El-Khodery, Adel Al-Akraa

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of acepromazine on intraocular pressure (IOP), anterior chamber depth (ACD), cardiovascular and respiratory rates in horses. In a prospective, randomized, controlled trial, twelve horses were equally allocated randomly into two groups: treatment and control (n = 6 each). Horses of the treatment group received 0.1 mg/kg body weight (bwt) of acepromazine intravenously, while those in the control group received 0.4 mL/100 kg bwt of 0.9% sodium chloride intravenously. IOP, ACD, heart rate, and respiratory rate were recorded before (T0) and then at T10, T20, T30, T40, T50, T60, T70, T80, and T120 min …

Twenty-First-Century Readiness Of Thai Doctor Of Veterinary Medicine Curricula: A Documentary Analysis Using The Competency-Based Veterinary Education 2.0 Framework, Pongphol Pongthaisong, Manakant Intrakamhaeng

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Twenty-first-century veterinary practice demands graduates who combine clinical expertise with professional competencies including communication, financial literacy, evidence-based practice, and One Health awareness. Whether Thai Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) curricula systematically develop these competencies has not been evaluated across the full national cohort. This study assessed the 21st-century readiness of all 11 accredited Thai DVM programs using the Competency-Based Veterinary Education 2.0 (CBVE 2.0) framework (AAVMC Council, 2024). Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and course specifications from Thai Qualifications Framework curriculum specification documents (TQF-2; มคอ.2) were analyzed using deductive content analysis against all 9 CBVE 2.0 domains, with inter-rater reliability established …

Optimizing Graphene Oxide In Self-Compacting Concrete: A Sustainable Nano-Material Strategy For Enhanced Durability And Structural Performance, Mohammed Shakeebulla Khan, Vijaya G. S

Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies

In order to reduce the environmental impact of the constructed world, advanced and sustainable construction materials are needed. This work is a summary of the comprehensive study on a novel self-compacting concrete with nano-engineered material (graphene oxide) modified self-compacting concrete (GO-SCC). The optimum dosage of GO was determined using Taguchi method, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) multi-objective statistical optimization method, and was found to be 0.10% by weight of cement (bwoc). This dosage of 0.10% GO led to the overall desirability score of 0.87, which confirmed that this was the optimum dosage for six response variables …

Dominant-Harm-Anchored Severity Scoring Engine For Ai Incident Classification With Diminishing-Contribution Context Modeling And Calibration-Aware Regulatory Trigger Confidence Bands, Mukesh Kumar Singh

Defensive Publications Series

A severity scoring system and method for classifying artificial intelligence (AI) security incidents. The system computes a severity score using a dominant-harm anchor: the highest-weighted harm dimension present in an incident is taken as the base score, with all other present harm dimensions contributing only half their summed weight, capped at a fixed maximum, preventing minor cumulative harms from arithmetically equalling a single severe harm. Situational context factors (attack-vector-specific) are added on top of the harm-anchored base score using a diminishing-contribution model in which each successive context, ordered by descending base value, contributes half the weight of the previous context, …

Ai Robot Sos — Constitutionally Mandated Public Domain Implementation Sandbox For Humanitarian Stress-Testing Of Open Robot Compatibility Standards, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: Open standards governance; humanitarian technology deployment; robot compatibility validation

Problem Solved: Open standards bodies historically validate specifications through laboratory testing and controlled pilot programs. No prior open standards governance framework defines a constitutionally mandated public domain implementation program for humanitarian deployment as a normative validation instrument — ensuring the standard works for real human needs in uncontrolled environments before and during commercial adoption.

Disclosure Summary: AI Robot SOS is a constitutionally mandated program of the AI Robot Foundation. It defines a public domain implementation sandbox through which RPnP™ and RP2P™ standards are deployed in humanitarian and public benefit applications …

Ai Robot Mark Certification Model — Wi-Fi Alliance-Style Open Standard Certification With Free Specification, Certified Mark, And Tiered Conformance Classes, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: Open standards certification; technology ecosystem governance; conformance testing architecture

Problem Solved: Open standards face a consistent adoption challenge: free specification but expensive certification creates a barrier disadvantaging smaller manufacturers. No prior robotics standard defines a certification model that explicitly separates free specification access from mark certification while defining graduated conformance classes accessible to implementations of varying capability and resource level.

Disclosure Summary: The AI Robot Mark certification model follows the Wi-Fi Alliance precedent — free specification, certified mark, conformance classes — applied to the AI robot ecosystem. Five RPnP™ certification profiles and three RP2P™ conformance classes define graduated entry …

Ai Robot Compatible™ — Open Ecosystem Compatibility Designation With Triple Semantic Meaning, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: Open standards certification; AI robot ecosystem design; compatibility designation architecture

Problem Solved: Prior compatibility designations carry a single meaning: the product conforms to the named standard. No prior compatibility designation carries simultaneous architectural meaning at three distinct levels: standard conformance, AI-robot system harmony, and AI mode architectural compatibility within a single product.

Disclosure Summary: AI Robot Compatible™ is defined as a certification designation carrying three simultaneous and independent meanings: standard conformance to RPnP™ and RP2P™; architectural harmony between AI and robot subsystems; and correct implementation of Local/General AI coexistence per RPnP™ Layer 5.

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Dual Companion Open Standards Architecture — Independent Hardware And Network Standards Governed By Independent Foundations Under One Neutral Parent, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: Open standards architecture; technology governance; robot ecosystem design

Problem Solved: No prior technology ecosystem defines two independent, complementary open standards — one governing physical hardware compatibility and one governing network cooperation protocol — as a deliberately paired architecture governed by independent foundations under a common neutral parent, with a normatively defined bridge layer linking the two standards at the hardware level.

Disclosure Summary: The AI Robot Compatible™ ecosystem defines RPnP™ and RP2P™ as independent companion standards governed by independent foundations — RPnP™ Foundation and RP2P™ Foundation — under the neutral parent AI Robot Foundation. RPnP™ is to robot hardware …

Rp2p Bridge — Hardware-Level Network Protocol Capability Handshake Separating Physical Compatibility From Network Cooperation, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: Robot hardware compatibility standards; network protocol architecture; robot interoperability

Problem Solved: Prior robot connectivity standards conflate physical interface compatibility with network cooperation capability. A robot that is physically compatible with a peer cannot determine at the hardware layer whether that peer is capable of network cooperation protocols without initiating a full software handshake. This creates unnecessary latency and complexity in multi-robot environments.

Disclosure Summary: RPnP™ Layer 6 — the RP2P Bridge — defines a minimal hardware-level capability handshake that declares network protocol capability at the physical connector level, cleanly separating the hardware compatibility stack (RPnP™) from the network cooperation …

Ai Compatibility Layer — Open Standard For Local Ai And General Ai Coexistence In Ai Robot Hardware, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: AI robot architecture; hardware compatibility standards; AI mode management

Problem Solved: No prior hardware compatibility standard defines how a robot declares, manages, and transitions between on-device Local AI inference and cloud-dependent General AI inference at the hardware layer. Without this declaration, interoperating systems cannot know whether a robot will maintain safety-critical functions if network connectivity is lost.

Disclosure Summary: Layer 5 of the RPnP™ stack defines the AI Compatibility Layer — the first open standard layer for Local AI and General AI coexistence, mode declaration, and behavior-consistency signaling within one robot platform. It defines hardware pins, register formats, and …

Robot Identity Framework — Self-Certifying Decentralized Robot Identity With Hardware Binding To Physical Port Serial Number, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: Robot identity systems; decentralized identifiers; hardware-bound network identity

Problem Solved: No prior robot network standard defines a decentralized, self-certifying identity system for robots that binds network identity to physical hardware, eliminates central identity gatekeepers, supports key rotation and compromise recovery, and provides cryptographically verifiable identity documents resolvable across a federated registry infrastructure.

Disclosure Summary: The Robot Identity Framework defines how every RP2P™ peer obtains a permanent, globally unique, cryptographically verifiable identity — the Robot Identifier — using the did:rp2p decentralized identifier method. The RID is derived from the genesis Ed25519 public key, making it self-certifying. An optional hardware binding …

Rp2p Envelope Message — 32-Byte Universal Protocol Envelope With Safe Override Flag And Priority Field, Edward D. H. Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Field: Network protocol design; robot communication standards; emergency protocol architecture

Problem Solved: No prior robot network protocol defines a universal message envelope that unifies versioning, layer demultiplexing, message identification, priority signaling, payload encoding declaration, and emergency override capability in a fixed-length binary header across all protocol layers simultaneously.

Disclosure Summary: The RP2P Envelope Message defines a fixed 32-byte binary header carried by every RP2P™ message at every layer. A dedicated SAFE override flag in the Flags field and a reserved priority value 0xFF in the priority byte enable unconditional emergency preemption of all queued non-emergency messages.

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Opt-In Comparison Of A Consumer-Wearable Biometric Against A General-Population And A Self-Reported Disease-Cohort Distribution, Computed Without Raw Data Leaving The Device, Under Composed On-Device Local Differential Privacy, Secure Cross-Device Aggregation, Streaming (W-Event) Privacy Budgeting, And Minimum-Cohort Small-Cell Gating, Gerard Ziemski

Defensive Publications Series

Consumer health wearables increasingly let a user see how a personal biometric (resting heart rate, heart-rate variability, cardiorespiratory fitness, respiratory rate, blood-oxygen saturation, sleep duration) compares to a population. This disclosure describes a method by which a user opts in to such a comparison and is shown two distributions — one for a general population and one for a self-reported disease cohort (paradigmatically Parkinson's disease), each optionally filtered by sex and age band — without any raw, identifiable health value ever leaving the user's device. The novelty is not in any single component, all of which are established prior art …

Per-Session Sleep Onset Latency As A Two-Tailed Self-Tracking Signal In Parkinson's Disease, Measured Across Nights And Naps Over A Staging-Independent In-Bed Window, Gerard Ziemski

Defensive Publications Series

A companion family of disclosures analyzes consumer-wearable sleep over a staging-independent in-bed window — robust overnight heart-rate variability, the same per session including naps, and the inverse movement-active "burden" read — by windowing on time-in-bed rather than the device's movement-based sleep/wake labels. None of them measures how long it takes to fall asleep. This disclosure adds sleep onset latency (SOL) to that family: per session — every night and every nap — SOL is computed as the offset from a sleep-intent anchor (the start of the in-bed window, optionally tightened by secondary cues) to the first sustained sleep onset detected …

Design Rationale For A Retroinverso 4-Fluorophenylalanine Ss-31 Analogue (Ri-4fphe-Ss31), Karsten Seto

Defensive Publications Series

This document describes the design rationale, predicted properties, and molecular specification for RI-4FPhe-SS31, a retroinverso analogue of the mitochondria-targeted tetrapeptide SS-31 (elamipretide, D-Arg-Dmt-Lys-Phe-NH2) incorporating a 4-fluorophenylalanine substitution. The two modifications address independent metabolic vulnerabilities of the parent compound: the retroinverso backbone confers resistance to endogenous peptidases, while the 4-fluorine substitution on the C-terminal phenylalanine blocks CYP450-mediated aromatic hydroxylation. The combined effect is predicted to extend the plasma half-life of the molecule while preserving the net +3 charge and the spatial arrangement of cationic and aromatic side chains required for selective interaction with cardiolipin at the inner mitochondrial membrane. This document …

Multi-Vector Distributed Denial-Of-Service Mitigation Using Zero-Trust Identity And Predictive Artificial Intelligence-Based Distributed Denial-Of-Service Open Threat Signaling, Siva Kondala Rao Mandalapu, Vivek Sinha, Ram Mohan R

Defensive Publications Series

Proposed herein is an integrated, intelligence-driven architecture and system for detecting and mitigating multi-vector distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks by unifying telemetry, zero-trust identity signals, machine-learning prediction, and DDoS Open Threat Signaling (DOTS)-based inter-domain coordination. Unlike conventional solutions that analyze traffic in isolation, the proposed architecture correlates identity context with multi-layer traffic behavior and adapts through a federated learning feedback loop to mitigate DDoS threats or attacks. The resulting approach provides a proactive, accurate, and collaboratively orchestrated defense that can respond to evolving DDoS threats in real time.

Reverse Hook Tent Peg With End Hook Amendment., John Riley Mr

Defensive Publications Series

Amendment to my reverse hook tent peg featuring 'cap' at the end of the device where the guy line would situate. This might provide more assurance that the guy line will remain in place.

The peg itself works by providing more holding power and 'flex' whereby it can retain its shape in windy conditions thus keeping the guy line tight.

Mitigation Of Configuration Race Conditions Via Atomic Policy Application, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

When multiple data loss prevention policies are evaluated sequentially in video conferencing platforms, race conditions and transient configuration states can be introduced. Such sequential applications create brief windows of vulnerability, potentially allowing unauthorized chat access or malicious links before subsequent policies are enforced. Additionally, sequential updates can cause visible flickering in user interface controls. To address these limitations, a method is disclosed wherein policy processing utilizes a single atomic application of a final state. This final state is determined from accumulated settings after all applicable policies are fully processed. Consequently, at most one value is assigned to each setting prior …

Restoring A Communication Device To Normal Operation Using An Embedded Controller Watchdog To Mitigate Processor Hangs, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

Permanently deployed communication devices are susceptible to application processor hangs and crashes. Because these devices operate unattended in restricted locations, manual remediation is difficult and prolonged downtime is experienced. To address this limitation, auxiliary controller circuitry is utilized to provide independent self-remediation. A watchdog function is executed by an embedded controller to monitor heartbeat signals transmitted by the application processor at regular intervals. If a specified number of expected heartbeats fail to be received, a missing heartbeat condition is detected. Parts of the device, or the entire device, are subsequently power-cycled by the embedded controller. The primary purpose of this …