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Language Model Generation Of Executable Commands For Native User Interface Control, Ankit Aggar, Sujay Mohan

Defensive Publications Series

Conversational agents integrated into software applications can introduce user friction by providing text-based instructions that require users to perform manual navigation. This disclosure describes systems and methods where a language model can process a user's natural language input to generate a structured data payload, such as a Javascript object notation object, containing executable commands. A client-side application may intercept this payload and use a native execution engine to interpret the commands. This process can trigger direct user interface actions, for example, navigating a user to a specific screen or dynamically rendering an interactive native widget within the conversational flow. This …

The Secure Element-Based Offline Payments Using Acoustically Transmitted Signed Tokens, Sree Sitamahalakshmi Moguluru

Defensive Publications Series

Digital payment systems may face challenges in environments with limited or no network connectivity, for example, with computing devices (e.g., a smartphone, feature phone, wearable device) that may have limited hardware capabilities. A system is disclosed for offline transactions that can use a device's secure element, such as a subscriber identity module. During a transaction, an applet on the secure element can debit a designated offline balance and generate a cryptographically signed token containing transaction details. This signed token can then be transmitted between devices using, for example, acoustic signals. A receiving device can locally verify the token's authenticity without …

Dual-Core Electricity Grid, Peter Stevenson

Defensive Publications Series

Up to 58% Non-Active Cycle Efficiency Gain in Power Grid Usage, by employing a simple inbuilt timer switch at the breaker box

Integrated Dual-Spectrum Camera Module Calibration Solution, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

An integrated dual-spectrum camera module and calibration method combine a visible-light (RGB) imaging channel and a long-wave infrared (LWIR) thermal-imaging channel within a common enclosure. An electronically controlled actuator moves an internal spectrally selective shutter, such as a silicon/germanium (Si/Ge) optical element, between an open operating state and a closed calibration state. In the open operating state, the shutter is retracted and substantially simultaneous RGB and LWIR frames are processed using stored and/or dynamically updated registration parameters to produce corrected, registered, or fused dual-spectrum outputs. In the closed calibration state, the shutter provides an optically blocked black-reference frame for RGB …

Method For Heterogeneous Integration And Fabrication Of Micro-Led Based Optical Input/Output Chiplets, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

A method for fabricating and integrating micro-light-emitting diode based optical input/output chiplets utilizes a reconstructed wafer architecture to combine heterogeneous semiconductor dies prior to wafer-level assembly. Known good photodetector dies and micro-light-emitting diode transmitter dies are arranged facing upward on a temporary carrier wafer, and die-to-die gaps are filled with a dielectric oxide material. Sequential redistribution layers are formed over the reconstructed wafer to establish a power distribution network along with a surface hybrid bonding layer. The reconstructed wafer is then bonded face-to-face to a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor base wafer in a single wafer-to-wafer hybrid bonding step. Backside processing is performed …

Automated Risk-Based Schedule Optimization From Unstructured Project Data, Mike Goodman, Gary Foreman, Sumit Agrawal, Matt Anderson, Ashwin Mishra

Defensive Publications Series

Project management for large-scale industrial operations may be challenged by rigid plans that are susceptible to disruptions from real-world events, potentially leading to schedule and cost overruns. A system for automated workflow optimization can process unstructured data by using an agentic framework to ingest heterogeneous data, such as technical manuals and three-dimensional models, to extract project tasks and their dependencies. A bilevel optimization engine, which could be coupled with Monte Carlo risk simulation, may then process this task list to generate a risk-adjusted and optimized schedule based on variables including, for example, cost and time. This approach can facilitate a …

Infographic: Why Students Listen To Audiobooks, Dominique Russell

Teacher infographics

Research involving over 110,000 children and young people in the UK has revealed that many listened to audiobooks in 2026, saying listening to audiobooks feels like reading and that they listen to audiobooks to give their eyes a break from screens. Here, we share the reasons why 8-18 year olds say they turn to this format to support their learning.

Trading Deaths For Suffering In Ai Systems, James Miller, David Veldran, Jonathan Leighton, Roman V. Yampolskiy

Economics: Faculty Publications

Optimizing an AI system against objectives that include both deaths and suffering can create a tradeoff between the two harms. When deaths are more readily recorded and audited than suffering, optimization pressure can concentrate on mortality and displace harm toward suffering, which is continuous, private, and hard to measure. Recorded deaths can fall while unmeasured suffering rises through non-lethal control, restriction, and deprivation. We trace six mechanisms that can produce this substitution and argue that manipulation-resistant suffering metrics, backed by enforcement as rigorous as that applied to mortality metrics, would reduce this form of harm displacement.

In Re: Albert Sedges

2026 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Yosef Cohen V. Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Jesus Diaz V. Attorney General United States Of America

2026 Decisions

Agency

Illinois Model Programs Of Study Guide: Education, Education Systems Center

Reports, Analyses, and other Publications

This guide is designed to support the design and implementation of high-quality programs of study in education that lead to in-demand, living-wage careers, in alignment with Illinois statute. The recommended programs of study should be customized by local K-12 and community college partners.

Illinois Model Programs Of Study Guide: Physical Health, Education Systems Center

Reports, Analyses, and other Publications

This guide is designed to support the design and implementation of high-quality programs of study in physical health that lead to in-demand, living-wage careers, in alignment with Illinois statute. The recommended programs of study should be customized by local K-12 and community college partners.

Illinois Model Programs Of Study Guide: Digital Technology, Education Systems Center

Reports, Analyses, and other Publications

This guide is designed to support the design and implementation of high-quality programs of study in digital technology that lead to in-demand, living-wage careers, in alignment with Illinois statute. The recommended programs of study should be customized by local K-12 and community college partners.

Learning On The Move: A Quick Fix For Active Classrooms, Rachel Dolechek, Jessica Phelan, Derek Mesa

Applied Business Faculty Publications

College students frequently exhibit prolonged periods of sedentary behavior while completing course-related work. Walking meetings offer an alternative classroom engagement approach that integrates movement to enhance learner productivity, drawing on evidence that physical activity supports mental health, creativity, memory, and executive function. This article uses a pilot study approach to gauge the student perspective of incorporating walking meetings in the college classroom. After participating in a walking meeting, student participants completed a survey reflecting on enjoyment, learner productivity, and overall experience. Participants consistently described walking meetings as energizing, productive, and conducive to meaningful interaction. Findings indicate that walking meetings can …

2026-10-23 Agenda Booklet, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Agenda booklet for the Board of Regents meeting of October 23, 2026, which includes the meeting minutes of the Board meeting, and committee meetings, held on August 7, 2026.

Mourning The Loss Of Professor Alan Appel, Anthony W. Crowell

NYLS Community News

No abstract provided.

Volume Cxlvi, Number 5, October 23, 2026, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

What Can Horses Teach Us About Becoming Better College Instructors? More Than You Might Think, Laura Collander

Colloquiums

Professor Collander discusses the surprising connections between equine behavior and the art of teaching. Drawing on lessons from horses' remarkable sensitivity to trust, communication, emotional intelligence, and learning environments, we will explore practical strategies for fostering student engagement, psychological safety, and meaningful academic relationships. Effective teaching depends on more than content expertise. It requires trust, communication, emotional awareness, and the ability to create environments where learners feel safe to grow.

From Fragmentation To Phronesis: A Hermeneutic Pedagogy For Business Education In The Age Of Generative Ai, Peta Heron, Darryl Meekins

The Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on Pedagogy and Learning Design, Vol. 1, Issue 1., Fall 2026

Generative artificial intelligence has intensified a longstanding problem in higher education, namely, the temptation to treat information production as evidence of understanding. This article argues that business education should respond to generative AI not by retreating into prohibition or by normalizing automation as pedagogically neutral, but by re-centering practical wisdom, or phronesis, through hermeneutic pedagogy. Drawing on Gadamerian concepts of historically effected consciousness, dialogue through which understanding unfolds, application, and the fusion of horizons, the article proposes REVEAL as a pedagogical heuristic for business and business instructors. This acronym is Research, Examine, Viewpoint, Engage, Align, and Learn. REVEAL positions AI …

Ai-Enhanced Predictive Model For Adverse Clinical Outcomes Of Chronic Diseases In Older Adults, Grace C. Giles

Summer Research Program Abstracts

No abstract provided.

State Of Illinois Model Programs Of Study Overview Guide, Education Systems Center

Reports, Analyses, and other Publications

This guide provides foundational information that underpins all of the State of Illinois Model Programs of Study Guides, including their purpose, intended audiences, key terminology, the development process for identifying high-priority occupations and credentials, cross-sector competencies, the work-based learning continuum, and how to implement the guides.

Epidemiological, Clinicopathological, And Molecular Features Of Melanoma In Oman: A Single-Institution Study, Boris Itkin, Zahida Niaz, Khadiga Mohammed, Tauseef Ali, Syeda Sara Tajammul, Zubair Ahmad, Prashant Ajit Deshpande, Muhammad Rashid Hanif, Maha Al Shaibi, Mohammad Al Hosni

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: Published data on melanoma in Oman are scarce. This study aimed to describe epidemiological, clinicopathological and molecular characteristics of melanoma patients in a single institution in Oman. Methods: This retrospective study included patients with a histopathological diagnosis of invasive melanoma who were assessed at Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre, Muscat, Oman, between July 2021 and February 2025. Data on patient demographics, comorbidities, melanoma type, localisation, stage, key histopathological and molecular characteristics were extracted from electronic clinical charts and quantitatively described. Results: A total of 31 patients were included. The median age at diagnosis was 52.9 years …

Foveal Fixations Of Forensic Psychiatric Patients With Female Victims, Capruso Warsi Daniel, Michal Kunz, Catherine Alam Mortiere, Ajayan Akm Pillai

Publications and Research

Foveal fixation patterns of forensic psychiatric patients (n = 28) were recorded during stimulus exposure to three complex scenes. The aim was to determine if the patients remained focused on scene elements related to the characteristics of their victims. Patient diagnoses were of schizophrenia, schizoaffective, or bipolar disorder, or of antisocial or borderline personality disorder. A Forensic Control group (n = 16) was compared against an Attack on Female group (n = 12) consisting of patients who had threatened or attacked an adult female unrelated to them. During each 10 s stimulus exposure an eye tracker measured the duration and …

Learning Ethnography In The Classroom: A Review Of Jessica Smartt Gullion And Susan Harper’S Doing Ethnography, Sandra L. Faulkner

The Qualitative Report

This review of Doing Ethnography highlights the strengths of the book.

Preserving Threatened Wisdom In Indigenous Houses As Living Archives: An Ethnographic Study Of Spatial, Gendered Knowledge, And Community-Based Preservation Strategies In The Philippines, Lalin Abbacan Tuguic

The Qualitative Report

This qualitative study explores how Indigenous houses function as living archives of identity, ecological wisdom, and gendered knowledge in Kalinga communities in the Cordillera region of the Philippines. Using an ethnographic design grounded in prolonged engagement and reflexive practice, the research documents how historical experience, social and cultural meanings, environmental adaptation, and community‑based preservation strategies are materially and symbolically embedded in Indigenous house construction and use. Data were generated through participant observation of everyday life and rituals in and around traditional square and octagonal houses; semi‑structured interviews with elders, women, builders, youth, and community leaders; focus group discussions in local …

2026-10-23 Request For New Faculty Computers, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

A request (and reply) to the Office of Infornation Technology on the replacement of out-of-date faculty and department computers sent by the Faculty Senate President on October 23, 2026.

Fgfr1/Klb-Mfg-E8 Maintains Microvascular Integrity And Adaptive Cardiac Remodeling, Sanskruti R Gare, Nasser H Alatawi, Xinyi Chen, Jiayan Zhang, Claire Ross, Oveena Fonseka, Yihua Han, Namrita Kaur, Andrea Ruiz-Velasco, Xiangjun Zhao, Yingjuan Liu, Riham R E Abouleisa, Susanne S Hille, Tao Wang, Sabu Abraham, Bernard D Keavney, Martin K Rutter, Elizabeth J Cartwright, Gareth Howell, Tamer M A Mohamed, Oliver J Müller, Wei Liu

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Endothelial defects in the heart are a contributor to cardiac pathological remodeling and dysfunction, which can be influenced by cardiomyocytes. Here, we explore cardioprotective crosstalk between cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells under diabetic conditions.

Methods: Type 2 diabetes was induced in male and female mice using a high-fat, high-sucrose diet in conjunction with low-dose streptozotocin. Cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of FGFR1 (fibroblast growth factor receptor 1) or KLB (beta-Klotho) was achieved by crossing floxed mice with αMHC (alpha-myosin heavy chain)-Cre transgenic mice, while the treatment potential was assessed by recombinant adeno-associated virus 9 delivery systems or administration of recombinant protein. Various in …

Did College Football Betting Markets Correctly Assess Game-Shortening Rule Changes?, Kevin Krieger, Justin Davis

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Established rules and norms are standard within competitive sports. However, changes are often made to create better functioning contests or improved viewer experiences. We examine the impact of one such change on sports wagering markets. To shorten college football games, starting in 2023, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) adopted rule changes that would, in part, enable the game clock to run more frequently. This decision might create games with fewer plays, and scoring in such games might also be lower. We document the impact of these changes and question whether the sports betting markets quickly ascertained the impacts of …

2026-2027 Performance Forum - October 23, 2026, Hanting Peng, Zion Pe Montebon, Paola Nava, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Taylor Shorey, Aj Meyer, Karen Trujillo, Ethan Thompson, Joseph Muhl, Nicholas Weathers

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.