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It Is All About Communication, Paul Olenyn Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

The article is about the importance of effective communication in the patient-dentist relationship for successful outcomes.

Vda Continues To Lead On Workforce Needs, Ryan Dunn

Virginia Dental Journal

The document is about the Virginia Dental Association's efforts to address the workforce shortage in allied dental professionals and their advocacy for policy changes to improve the situation.

A Term Of Change, Gary Oyster Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

The document is an update from Dr. Gary Oyster, ADA Trustee for the 16th District, on recent actions taken by the ADA Board and Staff, including legislative issues, financial updates, and organizational changes.

An Overview Of Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Intelligence, And Generative Intelligence In Dentistry And Publishing, Sarah Friend Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

The document provides an overview of artificial intelligence, augmented intelligence, and generative intelligence in dentistry and publishing, discussing their applications, limitations, and ethical considerations.

Optimism And Opportunity, Justin Norbo Dds

Virginia Dental Journal

The document is a message from the newly elected President of the Virginia Dental Association, Dr. Justin Norbo, emphasizing optimism, opportunity, and the importance of active participation in the association.

Va Dent J October, November And December 2024

Virginia Dental Journal

The October-December 2024 issue of the Virginia Dental Journal introduces Dr. Justin Norbo as the new VDA President, outlining his vision for addressing workforce challenges and fostering organizational growth. Key features include the Virginia Dental Academy’s graduation of its first class of certified dental office professionals, resources on managing online reputations, ethical advertising, and practice transitions. The issue explores the integration of artificial and augmented intelligence in dentistry, shares scientific insights on oral pathology and oral surgery, and highlights community engagement efforts, such as volunteer work and life-changing care through the Wise Missions of Mercy. It also announces the Journal’s …

Volume 39, Issue 1, Full Issue

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Change In Agricultural And Barren Land Cover Dynamic Of Calloway County For Two Decades (2001-2021)., Rokeya Akter Liza, Dr.Haluk Cetin

Scholars Week

• This study examined land cover changes in Calloway County, Kentucky, between 2001 and 2021. The county, located in the geologically stable region of eastern North America, has experienced significant shifts in land use over the past two decades.
• Key findings include:

* Increase in Cultivated Crops: A positive change of 1.59% was observed in cultivated crop land. This suggests an expansion of agricultural activities.

* Decrease in Hay-Pasture Land: A negative change of 7.96% was noted in hay-pasture land. This decline may be attributed to factors such as urbanization or changes in agricultural practices.

* Significant Decrease in Barren Land: …

Energy Transition Enhanced By The European Green Deal – How National Competition Authorities Should Tackle This Challenge In Central And Eastern Europe?, Marcin Kamiński

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

The European Green Deal (EGD) provides very ambitious policy goals, particularly related to energy transition and decarbonisation. Competition law also plays a role in the accomplishment of the objectives set in the European Green Deal. While many National Competition Authorities (NCAs) have already issued relevant acts and taken significant actions regarding practices related to the EGD, the NCAs from Central and Eastern Europe (CCE) have not yet instituted any initial actions towards this policy. This article proposes relevant institutional actions which may be used by NCAs in the CEE region given the current situation in their national energy markets, energy …

Square Peg In A Round Hole? Sustainability As An Aim Of Antitrust Law, Michał Konrad Derdak

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

The ongoing debate on sustainability in antitrust only briefly refers to the established legal methodologies of interpretation. In particular, there seems to be hardly any reflection on the teleological interpretation of competition law in the context of making sustainable development the aim thereof. This is problematic, because a methodologically sound construction of the aims of law is instrumental not only for the interpretation of its provisions, but also for ensuring the rule of law and safeguarding the rights of individuals. This article is an attempt to trigger a discussion in this area by analysing whether promoting sustainability is, or can …

Software Directive For Selective Hardware Prefetching, Na

Defensive Publications Series

Modern processors, including those deployed in datacenters, spend a significant proportion of cycles waiting for memory accesses to resolve. While prefetching can alleviate this bottleneck, current software and hardware prefetching techniques operate independently. This disclosure describes a new load instruction that enables higher-level code such as the operating system or application programs to provide hints to a hardware prefetcher regarding whether the hardware prefetcher is to issue prefetch requests for the data loaded by a particular instruction. Unlike prefetching mechanisms that are purely hardware-based or purely software-based, the load instruction allows for hardware software collaboration. Software is responsible for deciding …

Fair Arbitration Among Queues Of A Connection Scheduler, Na

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes a scheduler/arbiter that arbitrates between queues of a network connection in a fair and efficient manner while accounting for network congestion. Fairness in bandwidth allocation across the queues can be achieved using various strategies such as round-robin (RR) scheduling, least recently used (LRU) scheduling, etc. The arbiter allocates network access (bandwidth) to the queues in an equitable manner that is cognizant of the current levels of fabric/end-node congestion and compatible with congestion-control mechanisms. The described techniques apply to any transport layer that seeks to attain reliability by using a congestion control mechanism.

Automation Of Data Center Service Moves, Na

Defensive Publications Series

Service moves are carefully choreographed movements of cloud-based services across data centers (DC). Service moves can equalize DC loads and enable more efficient usage of existing DC capacity through better bin packing. Service moves are laborious, expensive, and time-consuming operations involving intricate coordination between several DC personnel. This disclosure describes techniques to automate and quicken service moves of a data center. By enabling rapid service moves, the techniques can obviate DC builds, reduce purchases of new machines (since services can be moved to grow in a location with available capacity), reduce the buffer stock of machines, etc. The entire computing …

Semantic Search Based Memory Controller To Accelerate Llms And Foundational Models, Na

Defensive Publications Series

In the context of large language models (LLMs), memory bandwidth has not kept pace with the computational abilities of machine learning processing units, such that memory is a performance bottleneck. This disclosure describes a memory controller and data retrieval techniques that use semantic search to reduce the complexity of memory access, and, by clearly enforcing data requirements, reduce the amount of data that needs to be transferred. In contrast to traditional memory controllers, which require precisely specified data locations, the described memory controller uses contextual intelligence to determine the importance of requested data, such that only essential data is retrieved. …

Adjustable Plenum For Variable Depth Server Rack Deployment, Na

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes an adjustable plenum that can be utilized to connect rear-door heat exchangers (RDHx) to data center racks of varying depths. The plenum includes brackets connected by a flexible material to form a flexible portion. In a compact mode of the plenum, the flexible portion is folded in between the brackets and can be utilized with deep racks. In an extended mode, the flexible portion of the plenum stretches out between the brackets to accommodate racks with shallow racks. An array of rear-door heat exchangers can be pre-installed (mounted) on a floor of a data center without having …

Scalable Determination Of Network Topology, Na

Defensive Publications Series

Existing approaches to determining network topology, which are typically reliant on integer programming, struggle with scalability and complexity. This disclosure describes techniques to efficiently determine the logical topology of a network, considering its physical layout and desired capacity between blocks. The techniques leverage principles of graph theory and break down the problem into four stages, e.g., rounding to an integral target topology; partitioning into supernode-level graphs; converting to a bipartite graph; and recursively partitioning the bipartite graphs. By substituting existing integer programming algorithms — which are NP-hard and scale exponentially — with polynomial time combinatorial algorithms such as flows and …

Semiconductor Yield Improvement By Enabling Use Of Faulty Chips For Llm Inference, Roberto Lupi

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes techniques that enable the use of faulty semiconductor chips to achieve reliable large language model (LLM) performance. The output of a faulty chip is subjected to a chip-specific transformation that corrects errors. Error-correcting transformations are applied at a relatively large scale, e.g., for an entire LLM layer rather than at the level of a single matrix multiplication block. The use of unreliable components to achieve reliable computing reduces the rejection rate, and correspondingly increases the yield of semiconductor manufacturing. With the scale at which error correction is applied, costly die-size and energy consumption redundancies are reduced or …

Push-Pull Force Tester, Na

Defensive Publications Series

Data centers and other industrial facilities perform ergonomic and serviceability assessments as part of hardware validation. Due to the quantity, complexity, and continuously operating (‘in-flight’) nature of industrial equipment, purely manual evaluations are unsustainable. This disclosure describes semi-automatic and fully automatic force measurement tools and techniques for data center rack payload and for general ergonomic hardware evaluations. The described tools improve test accuracy and safety and reduce test-cycle times for products manufactured by an industrial facility. The techniques help in constraining the motion of the hardware under test such that external variability from human interactions is minimized, thereby improving the …

Selectively Triggering Server Llm Based On Local Llm Response Entropy To Provide A Low Latency Conversational Experience, D Shin

Defensive Publications Series

While chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) provide conversational experiences, the setup requires sending a user query (prompt) to the server, executing a server-side LLM to generate a response, and receiving the response over the network, all of which introduce latency. This disclosure describes a split compute framework to provide a response to user queries with low latency by use of a local LLM on the client device. The output entropy for each token generated by the on-device language model is calculated and compared to a threshold to selectively trigger the server-based larger language model. The detailed response generated …

Using Window Edges As Trigger Points For Sharing A Space With Side-By-Side Windows, Mike Ho, Addison Luh

Defensive Publications Series

A tiling window manager (TWM) is a feature that enables rapid and efficient placement/organization of windows on a desktop user interface of an operating system. The TWM is a powerful productivity enhancer but can be difficult to use. This disclosure describes a tiling window manager (TWM) that enables rapid and intuitive optimization of the size and/or position of windows by using a target window as a sizing and placement reference for other windows. The described TWM does not require the use of customizable shortcuts or manual linking of windows to be tiled. The TWM supports flexible tiling, such that window …

Reducing Unwanted Facial Glow For Users Wearing Smart Glasses, Shiblee Hasan

Defensive Publications Series

Interacting with the light emitting components of the smart glasses can result in an unintended glow on the face of the glass wearer. The glow from smart glasses can make them appear conspicuous and draw unwanted attention to the user, which can be awkward in social settings and undermine the design goal of making wearable technology subtle and unobtrusive. This disclosure describes techniques to minimize facial glow caused by inward facing displays and/or other lighting elements in smart glasses by dynamically adjusting display settings in real-time based on measurements from device sensors such as inward-facing cameras, ambient light sensors, etc. …

The Judicial Review Of The Standard Of Proof In Cartel Cases: Raising The Bar For The Croatian Competition Authority Case Comment To The Judgment Of The Constitutional Court Of The Republic Of Croatia No. U-Iii-2791/2016 Of 1 February 2018 (Sokol Marić D.O.O.), Alexandr Svetlicinii

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

The Security agencies case represents another example of the procedural diversity among Member States in applying national competition rules that mirror Articles 101 and 102 TFEU. In its infringement decision the Croatian NCA specified that the presence at the meeting with competitors and participation in the discussion concerning minimum prices was sufficient to impute to the parties participation in an anti-competitive agreement prohibited under the national equivalent of Article 101 TFEU. As the Croatian NCA investigated an agreement ‘by object’, it considered itself relieved of the burden to demonstrate the anti-competitive effects. The Constitutional Court has taken a different approach …

The Student Movement Volume 109 Issue 8: Festive Memories And Holiday Countdowns, Jacob Elanko, Amelia Stefanescu, Marco Sciarabba, Anna Rybachek, Addison Randall, Aiko J. Ayala Rios, Ember Clark, Katherine Pierre, Charisse Lapuebla, Natalie Reid, Lexie Dunham, Kaara Harris

The Student Movement V. 109 (2024-2025)

HUMANS

The Co-Curricular Dilemma, Jacob Elanko and Amelia Stefanescu

Myanmar Student Association Engages in Community Change, Marco Sciarabba

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Gift of Gratitude to God: The Danielle Bae Art Exhibition, Anna Rybachek

A Concert of Celebration: The Andrews University Symphony Orchestra Performs 'Festive Memories', Addison Randall

Here's What You Missed From the Latest Grammy Nominations, Aiko J. Ayala Rios

Arts and Culture of the Pokagon Band, Ember Clark

NEWS

Andrews University Hosts 'Creation Care' Conference, Amelia Stefanescu

Andrews Student Eli Wilson to Perform Live in Los Angeles, Press Release

Martin Luther King III to Visit Area, Andrews' Deliverance …

Blackfriars Dance Concert Fall 2024 Poster, Providence College Department Of Theatre, Dance, & Film

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Blackfriars Dance Concert Fall 2024

Friday, November 15, 2024 @7:30pm

Saturday, November 16, 2024 @2:00PM

Choreographers: Heather Ahern, Laura Bennett, Nina Kossler, Jessica Pearson, Michaela Pendola, Brooklyn Toli, Arlynn Zachary

Blackfriars Dance Concert Fall 2024 Poster, Providence College Department Of Theatre, Dance, & Film

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Blackfriars Dance Concert Fall 2024

Friday, November 15, 2024 @7:30pm

Saturday, November 16, 2024 @2:00PM

Choreographers: Heather Ahern, Laura Bennett, Nina Kossler, Jessica Pearson, Michaela Pendola, Brooklyn Toli, Arlynn Zachary, Carla Maxwell, Robert Battle, Elizabeth Graney, Olivia Krupa, Julianna Martin, Grace McEvoy, & Allison Renaud

Dancers: Jade Bocciarelli, Helena Gillin, Gabriella Girard, Penelope Kearns, Julia Mele, Caroline Puccini, Noel Rose DeRosa, Taylor Gifford, Caroline Guanci, Grace McEvoy, Emma Preston, Allison Renaud, Simone Chabot, Lauren Gerew, Heidy Guzman, Olivia Krupa, Julianna Martin, Rayni Collins, Amanda Kleinman, Grace Sittig, Alyssa Dalto, …

Infographic: Pisa 2022 Insights – Educational And Instructional Leadership, Jo Earp

Teacher infographics

The OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) includes a principal questionnaire. Today’s infographic looks at the percentages of principals by Australian state and territory (and the OECD average) who reported participating at least once a week in 7 stated educational and instructional leadership behaviours.

An Explorative Study Of Two African American Mentoring Programs At Historically Black Colleges And Universities, Arlen Sims

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A capstone submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Ernst and Sara Lane Volgenau College of Education at Morehead State University by Arlen Sims Gary on November 15, 2024.

How To Change Your Major To Premedicine Or Predentistry, University Of Dayton

Pre-Health Resource Center Campus Communications

No abstract provided.

Essays In Development Economics, Omar Hayat Gondal

Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation comprises three chapters in Development Economics, focusing on technology adoption and market linkages for smallholder farmers, and the impact of climate shocks on agricultural supply chains in Pakistan. Chapter 1 introduces a field experiment with potato farmers in Pakistan to assess how a new technology influences harvest returns. This study, titled Technology Adoption in Agriculture: Connecting Farmers to Markets in Pakistan, employs a randomized control trial (RCT) to test the effects of dynamic price information and direct market linkages on farmers’ economic outcomes. We introduced a technology that provided real-time price information and facilitated direct connections with wholesale …

Spiny Dogfish Tail, Michael A. Birnbaum, Amy Hirons

Hirons Field Techniques

No abstract provided.