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The Caldwell Mobile‑To‑Factory Bio‑Lumber System, Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes a mobile‑to‑factory composite lumber system that converts fire‑hazard biomass (tumbleweed, pine slash, needles, cones, brush) and dirty agricultural waste plastics into low‑cost, warp‑free, rot‑proof, termite‑proof lumber substitutes.

The system uses:

• Mobile on‑site densification rigs to reduce biomass volume by 50:1

• Grit removal to protect factory equipment

• VAR atmospheric drying

• Recycled HDPE/PP binder (5–15%)

• Mineral fillers (clay, lime, fly ash, soil fines)

• Hollow‑core gyroid geometry to reduce material use by 40%

• Thermal‑loop energy recovery

• Plasma‑hardened wear surfaces for low maintenance

The result is a bio‑composite lumber that hopefully is:

• Cheaper than wood

• Cheaper than composite

• Stronger and straighter …

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Caldwell Adaptive Plasma Conditioning & Sensing System (Capcs V4.0), Michael Victor Caldwell Mr.

Defensive Publications Series

The Caldwell Adaptive Plasma Conditioning & Sensing System (CAPCS v4.0) is a next‑generation, fully autonomous microfluidic biosensing platform designed for real‑world plasma analysis under variable biological, thermal, and mechanical conditions. CAPCS integrates differential quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensing, surface acoustic wave (SAW) focusing, adaptive closed‑loop control, predictive fouling detection, dynamic thermal stabilization, and hybrid inertial–acoustic cell removal into a single disposable cartridge.

Unlike traditional biosensor concepts that rely on static assumptions, CAPCS v4.0 continuously adapts to fouling, drift, clogging, viscosity changes, hematocrit variability, and thermal fluctuations. Every major failure mode is paired with a dedicated countermeasure. The system uses dual‑QCM …

An Agentic Ai System For Meeting-Centric, Time-Bounded Security Policy Enforcement, Niranjan M M

Defensive Publications Series

Enterprises increasingly rely on meetings as the primary unit of collaboration for sensitive decision-making, training, customer engagement, and incident response. However, current firewall and network security systems remain largely static and topology-driven, forcing administrators to manually create, deploy, and later remove temporary security policies for short-lived events. This approach is operationally complex, error-prone, and does not scale in modern hybrid and highly collaborative environments.

The proposal introduces a meeting-centric, agent-driven firewall policy framework that automatically derives security intent from meeting context and participant composition. By treating the meeting identifier as the authoritative security signal, the system dynamically forms a meeting-specific …

Context-Adaptive Expressive Digital Avatars For Multi-Signal User Interface Systems, Thiyagaraj Krishna

Defensive Publications Series

A system related to context-adaptive expressive digital avatars for user interface systems. The system can dynamically modify user avatars based on environmental, temporal, and emotional signals using a Context Engine that performs sentiment analysis and collects environmental data, a Priority Engine that resolves signal conflicts using a weighted hierarchy, and a Rendering Engine that generates avatar variations through asset mapping, generative synthesis, or representative overlays. By aligning the avatar's expression with the viewing context, the system can reduce contextual mismatch and can enhance the authenticity of digital interactions.

Automated Message Resurfacing Based On Interrogative Intent Detection In Electronic Communications, Piyush Goyal

Defensive Publications Series

A common issue in electronic communication is the failure to respond to messages once the unread status is removed. This often occurs when a message containing a direct inquiry is opened but not immediately addressed, causing the communication to be buried by subsequent correspondence. To address this, the disclosed technology employs on-device natural language processing to detect interrogative syntax and intent at the time a message is accessed. If a request or question is identified, a contextual interface element is displayed, allowing for a single-action commitment to follow up. At a scheduled time, the message is automatically resurfaced to the …

Supernova-Ejected Planetary Core Fragments As A Mechanism For Anomalous Interstellar Objects: Application To 3i/Atlas, Daniel Austin Harbison

Defensive Publications Series

This paper proposes that the third confirmed interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, is a dense fragment of a planetary core, ejected from its parent stellar system by a supernova event, rather than a primordial cometary nucleus. The hypothesis is constructed from first-principles physical reasoning and accounts for five anomalies observed in 3I/ATLAS that strain conventional cometary models: high inferred bulk density, nickel-rich coma chemistry, non-gravitational acceleration patterns, advanced age of the material, and the kinematic signature consistent with thick-disk galactic origin. The model further proposes that the same class of supernova event, when interacting with surrounding hydrogen clouds at the 1420 MHz …

The Whisper Web: A Mail Intelligence Framework For Semantic Coordination In Communication Systems, Johny Manuel-Devadoss, Joanna Johnson, Jayden Jack Johnson, Deepthi Prasad

Defensive Publications Series

This paper introduces The Whisper Web, a communication intelligence framework designed for post-static digital correspondence ecosystems operating under conditions of planetary-scale coordination complexity. Unlike conventional email systems that treat messages as isolated immutable payloads exchanged between endpoints, the Whisper Web reconceptualizes communication as a continuously evolving semantic biosphere composed of dynamic probabilistic entities known as Whisper Units. Each Whisper Unit functions as a compressed socio-semantic organism capable of propagating influence through adaptive trust topologies, negotiation-energy fields, obligation gradients, institutional resonance maps, and multi-agent predictive coordination networks.

The proposed framework abandons the traditional paradigms of inboxes, message queues, folders, labels, and …

Scalable High-Voltage Substation Architectures, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

A modular high-voltage substation architecture enables the scalable delivery of power to large-scale computing campuses. The system utilizes standardized high-voltage switching building blocks, typically rated for one gigawatt, which can be interconnected via sectionalizing breakers to expand capacity incrementally. Each module provides integrated connectivity for various energy sources, including utility lines, onsite backup generators, and battery energy storage systems. The design incorporates configurable switching mechanisms that allow backup resources to be deployed either for localized support of specific server buildings or as campus-wide assets. This decentralized but integrated approach enhances operational reliability by enabling islanded operations and automated power redistribution …

Gesture Control Of Operations Via Wearable, Russell William Myers, Yeabkal Assegid Wubshit

Defensive Publications Series

This document describes a wearable computing device (e.g., smart watch, smart ring, fitness tracker, hearable device, or other body-mounted devices or sensors) that facilitates gesture control of operations, such as media sessions and applications. For instance, the wearable computing device may allow a user of the wearable computing device to execute gesturebased commands to control a media application or launch specific applications without changing a visual display and/or navigating a menu of the wearable device. The wearable computing device may control media applications across devices (e.g., a video playing on a phone, music playing on headphones, etc.) and monitor gestures, …

Improvement Of Ac State Handling In Evpn, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

Systems and methods are disclosed for signaling Attachment Circuit (AC) state in an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) without withdrawing Ethernet Auto-Discovery per EVPN Instance (ETH-AD per EVI) routes. A local Provider Edge (PE) router sets an AC Down Bit within the Layer 2 Attributes Extended Community of an ETH-AD per EVI route to indicate that an associated AC has transitioned to a non-operational state, while retaining the existing route advertisement and the associated label programming in the control plane and the data plane. A multi-homed PE that receives the route excludes the advertising local PE from Designated Forwarder (DF) …

Perceptions Of Research Infrastructure And Support In Northern New England, Carolyn E. Gray, Kathryn Bizier, Brenda M. Joly

Journal of Maine Medical Center

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Learner-Centered Education As A Model For Promoting Client-Centered Care In Communication Sciences And Disorders, Shanna R. Callewaert, Sarah M. Ginsberg

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

As the student voice is increasingly valued in teaching and learning within higher education, learner-centered education (LCE) has gained traction as a method of creating classrooms that are unique to students’ desires and expectations (Barr & Tagg, 1995; Weimer, 2002). Similarly, client-centered care can be employed as a way for clinicians to shape treatment based on clients’ individual goals (Barry & Edgman-Levitan, 2012; Epstein & Street, 2011). This paper explores the relationships between LCE and client-centered care, noting the importance of engaging communication sciences and disorders students in LCE as it can promote the use of client-centered care in their …

Faculty And Student Perspectives On Course Collaborations Within Communication Sciences And Disorders, Shanna R. Callewaert, Sarah M. Ginsberg

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

The collaborative course (re)design (CCRD) process provides faculty and students with an opportunity to collaborate in partnership to redesign a course that the faculty teaches and that the student has previously taken. This process amplifies student voices and allows faculty to increase their understanding of students’ learning and experiences. However, barriers of CCRD, such as faculty members’ desires to retain decision-making control, students’ hesitations to share feedback, and logistical concerns, prevent many faculty and students from taking part in the process. This qualitative study sought to gain insight into the perspectives held by students and faculty in the communication sciences …

A Qualitative Job Posting Analysis From Missouri To Guide Competency-Based Curriculum In Slp Education, Megan Batzer

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

Competency-based education is a major trend for health professions education and one of the topics the Ad Hoc Committee to Plan Next Steps to Redesign Entry-Level Education for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) recently explored. Competency-based education is an outcomes-based educational model where the focus is on development and mastery of specific knowledge and skills through instruction, assessment, and feedback. Competency-based education encompasses multiple educational theories including the self-determination theory, self-directed learning, self-assessment, and self-efficacy. Understanding the perspectives of key constituents, such as employers, on the setting-specific and across-setting knowledge, skills, and attributes required for the clinical fellowship (CF) experience could guide …

Improving Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Student Confidence In Evidence-Based Practice, Courtney Olson, Carla Tierney-Hendricks

Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is widely acknowledged to be beneficial and necessary for the treatment of patients. However, a gap between evidence-based practice research and use is present. One way to improve EBP implementation is by focusing on incorporating explicit EBP instruction at the graduate student level. This study describes the development of a series of learning modules based on key EBP principles in order to increase graduate student confidence in EBP. Twenty-four first-semester graduate students were followed over the course of 8-weeks, with one group of twelve students receiving structured supplemental learning and the other group receiving only their traditional …

Pengaruh Polltik Luar Negeri Terhadap Struktur Masyarakat Hukum Internasional Dan Paradigma Hukum Positif Berkemanusiaan, Muhammad Ridwan

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Abstract

Proporsionalitas Penjatuhan Pidana, Eva Achjani

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Abstract

Substansi Pengaturan Hukum Daerah Kepulauan, Johanis Laetemia

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

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Implementasi Undang-Undang Arbitrase Terhadap Pelaksanaan Putusan Arbitrase Internasional Di Indonesia (Memasuki 12 Tahun Usia Undang-Undang Arbitrase), Mutiara Hikmah

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

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Mengkritisi Rancangan Undang-Undang Pengadaan Tanah Untuk Kepentingan Pembangunan, Suatu Catatan Kritis, Imam Koeswahyono

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

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Analisis Hukum Islam Terhadap Lembaga Penjamin Simpanan (Lps) Bagi Nasabah Penyimpan Dana Menurut Undang-Undang Nomor 24 Tahun 2004 Tentang Lembaga Penjamin Simpanan, Abu Azam

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

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3d Puzzle Generation Beyond Voxelized Parts, Iris Xia

Computer Science Theses

Burr puzzles are interlocking assemblies whose pieces must be inserted and removed through tightly constrained motions. Designing them is difficult because geometric fit, interlocking behavior, and disassembly order are tightly coupled, while existing computational methods remain largely limited to voxelized or template-based constructions.

This work presents a framework for 3D puzzle generation beyond voxelized parts. The method replaces local mobility heuristics with a certified search over geometry edits. Starting from a topological contact specification, it constructs signed distance fields for individual parts, applies complementary local edits, and validates each candidate using exact geometric checks and a kernel disassembly graph. The …

Node Differentially Private Algorithms For Survivable Networks And Graphs Analysis, Jinghua Sun

Computer Science Theses

This thesis studies two graph algorithmic settings where additional structure gives stronger guarantees than worst-case black-box methods. The paper considers higher order edge connectivity under node differential privacy. We study the minimum k-edge-connected spanning subgraph problem (k-ECSS) and the minimum k-edge-connected component problem (k-ECC). These objectives have large global sensitivity under node privacy, since adding or deleting one vertex and its incident edges can significantly change robust connectivity structure. To address this, we use Propose-Test-Release for locally stable k-ECC instances and a Lipschitz extension framework for k-ECSS, based on bounded-degree complement objectives and the Generalized Exponential Mechanism.

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Safety And Efficacy Of Outpatient Thoracentesis: A Retrospective Analysis, Brooke Ruane, Msn, Crnp, Brian Schonewald, Md, Christine S. Shusted, Mph, Christopher Mcgrath, Md, Frances Mae West, Md, Prarthna Chandar, Md

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Posters

Objectives

• To examine the patient population, procedural indications, and clinical outcomes associated with a clinic-based outpatient thoracentesis program.
• To evaluate the safety, feasibility, and cost implications of an advanced practice provider (APP)-driven model for pleural effusion management.

Multi-Level Variable Selection Using A Bart-Enhanced Mixed-Effects Framework, Keming Zhang, Yaoyao Li, Jungang Zou, Sijian Wang, Bernadette A. Fausto, Liangyuan Hu

College of Health Professions Faculty Papers

Selecting important individual- and cluster-level predictors has become increasingly critical in healthcare research, where data often exhibit hierarchical structures due to collection from multiple clusters. Mixed-effects models, which account for within-cluster correlation and between-cluster heterogeneity, are a natural approach for multilevel variable selection. However, currently available variable selection methods for multilevel data are predominantly based on mixed-effects models that impose restrictive parametric assumptions, potentially limiting their utility when the underlying relationships are nonlinear or involve interactions. While nonparametric methods have shown promise for variable selection in non-clustered data, they have been much less studied in the multilevel setting. Moreover, nonparametric …

Crisis Preparedness And Confidence Levels In Faculty & Staff At Rowan University, Paige Bathurst

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined faculty and staff confidence and preparedness in responding to crisis situations at Rowan University. As higher education institutions face an increasing range of emergencies, understanding how employees perceive their readiness is essential for strengthening institutional crisis management efforts. Using a quantitative research design, data were collected through an anonymous online survey distributed to all faculty and staff. The survey measured participants’ confidence across multiple crisis scenarios, perceptions of preparedness and response competency, and participation in crisis-related training. A total of 135 participants completed the survey, and descriptive statistics, including mean confidence and agreement scores, were used to …

Robert, Powers; Unl Chemistry; Nmr-Assisted Drug Discovery, Mark Griep, Robert Powers

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Interviews

Dr. Robert Powers became a chemistry professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2003 and is about to retire after 23 years. Prior to UNL, Bob was a drug discovery researcher for 11 years at American Cyanamid, which eventually became Wyeth and is now part of Pfizer. Bob was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Something in his youth must have sparked an interest in chemistry because he earned a bachelor's in that subject from Rutgers University in New Brunswick. Then he traveled 1200 miles west to Purdue University in Indiana where he earned his doctorate. Next, he did postdoctoral …

A Formal Ontology Of Combat Feel, Grayson Julian Von Goetz Und Schwanenfliess

LMU Theses and Dissertations

Combat feel, the moment-to-moment subjective character of real-time melee combat in ac- tion games, is a central concern of game design and a recurring subject in design literature, but practitioners currently navigate it through intuition and reference to admired prior work, with no shared formal vocabulary for the design trade-o!s being made. This thesis presents a decision-theoretic framework that formalizes combat feel as a Bayesian network in which designer decisions act as interventions on measurable system variables, those variables drive latent perceptual states whose conditional distributions are grounded in the psychophysics literature on input-lag detection, duration discrimination, and audiovisual temporal …

Real-Time Instruction Internalization For Large Language Models, Brenden Smith

Theses and Dissertations

For the end user, Large Language Models (LLMs) are programs that process natural language inputs into natural language outputs. In popular usage, this tends to take the form of conversation: a user asks a question, provides information, or gives instructions, and the LLM (hopefully) replies in a manner we would expect of an informed and compliant person. While convenient and intuitive for users, this natural conversational format encourages the misconception that LLMs are learning from conversations, when they do not. This work presents the benefits and practicality of a language model paradigm that meets this user expectation -- that is, …

From Code To Calm: Cold Debriefing And Spiritual Sessions For Icu Nurses, Cailin Ford Bsn, Rn-Bc, Va-Bc, Taryn Sheehy Bsn, Rn, Ccrn, Julie Mackenzie Msn, Rn Agcns, Jeanne Hlebichuk

Nursing

Debriefing after critical events promotes communication, teamwork, and performance improvement. Concurrently, a positive spiritual climate is also linked to improved teamwork and safety climates, as well as reducing RN intent to leave and turnover (Celano et al., 2022). Clinical RNs engaged with professional governance identified an opportunity to expand on a nurse-led hot debriefing project and incorporate a second phase consisting of cold and spiritual debriefing. In this second phase, cold and spiritual debriefing was piloted in a 30-bed cardiovascular ICU, staffed with 110 RNs. First, standard cold debriefing materials were developed with organization specific resources. Two RN project leads …