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In-Situ Eutectic Ultra-High-Temperature Ceramic Coatings With Dispersed Rhenium Intermetallics For Reusable Thermal Protection Systems, Volodymyr Kotegov

Defensive Publications Series

Reusable launch vehicles and hypersonic re-entry vehicles experience surface temperatures that routinely exceed 2000 °C on leading edges and nose tips. Conventional ultra-high-temperature ceramic (UHTC) coatings based on hafnium or zirconium diboride offer high melting points but remain vulnerable to thermal-shock cracking and delamination caused by coefficient-of-thermal-expansion mismatch with the underlying composite substrate.

This paper describes a coating architecture that forms its final microstructure in situ during the first high-temperature exposure. A precursor layer of HfB₂ or ZrB₂, SiC and finely dispersed rhenium-based intermetallic particles is applied to a carbon-carbon or ceramic-matrix-composite substrate. When the surface temperature reaches approximately 1800–1950 …

Junction-Stabilized Graphene Aerogels For Cryogenic Insulation And Lightweight Radiation Shielding, Volodymyr Kotegov

Defensive Publications Series

Long-duration deep-space missions and reusable cryogenic stages require insulation that remains dimensionally stable at liquid-hydrogen temperatures, adds very little mass, and provides at least modest attenuation of ionizing radiation. Conventional polymer foams become brittle and crack after repeated cryogenic cycling in vacuum. Multi-layer insulation is thermally efficient but offers almost no radiation protection and loses performance when compressed.

This paper describes a graphene aerogel whose open-cell network is locked at the sheet junctions by in-situ formed metallic nano-clusters. Two practical variants are defined: a lower-metal thermal-primary grade optimised for minimum conductivity and maximum recovery, and a higher-metal radiation-enhanced grade that …

Alternative Api Manufacturing Routes To Alimatravir (Mk-8527) - Version 1.0, Ryan Littich, Douglas Klumpp, Titas Deb, Li-Mei Jin

Defensive Publications Series

In this study, known chemical syntheses of MK-8527 (alimatravir) were examined and new synthetic routes proposed.

The baseline route to alimatravir was described in the 2015 Merck patent (WO2015148746A1). It involves a chemical synthesis of MK-8527 (no biocatalysis). Because of its similarities to islatravir (MK-8591), there has been a considerable amount of synthetic work related to this nucleoside structure. This synthetic chemistry is also briefly summarized.

Three synthetic routes are proposed with the aim of lowering the cost and improving the accessibility of MK-8527. In Proposed Route 1, the single enantiomer furanose intermediate (Cpd 31) is prepared from …

Multilingual Entity Mention Detection Using A Late-Fusion Transformer And Named-Entity-Recognition Architecture With Script-Aware Post-Filter Verification, Kaustav Saha, Shwetank Raghuvanshi, Batool Haider, Kliton Andrea, Chenhui Hu, Subramanian Srinivasan, Ashwin Kesireddy, Zscaler

Defensive Publications Series

A system and method for detecting entity mentions in multilingual text are disclosed. A shared multilingual transformer encoder produces a pooled representation from a tokenized representation of an item of text. A named-entity-recognition (NER) feature extraction module produces an NER feature vector from the item of text and a configured entity list, the NER feature vector including exact-match, fuzzy-similarity, entity-overlap, organization-entity, position-score, and mention-frequency components. A late-fusion concatenation module concatenates the pooled representation with the NER feature vector after and external to encoder layers of the shared multilingual transformer encoder to form a joint representation. A classification head produces an …

Multi-Signal Fusion Architecture For Semantic Leak Detection In Large Language Model Inputs, Kaustav Saha Saha, Shwetank Raghuvanshi, Batool Haider, Kliton Andrea, Chenhui Hu, Subramanian Srinivasan, Ashwin Kesireddy, Zscaler, Inc.

Defensive Publications Series

A system detects semantic leakage of contextual information in a prompt to a large language model (LLM) by extracting, in parallel from a reference context and a user input, a cosine similarity signal from multilingual sentence embeddings, an entity overlap signal from extracted named entities, and a number match signal from extracted numerical patterns. Fusion weights are selected from a plurality of language-tier weight profiles based on a detected language of the user input, and a fused score is computed as a weighted combination of the signals. The reference context and the user input are routed onto a fast trigger …

Sensor Fusion Method For In-Cabin Zonal Solar Load Estimation And Hvac Mode Control, Anonymous

Defensive Publications Series

Vehicle HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) systems rely on solar load sensing to bias cabin cooling and maintain occupant thermal comfort. Conventional implementations use a single dash-mounted sunload sensor to estimate an aggregate solar heat load across the entire cabin, applying a uniform or, at best, a fixed left/right cooling bias. This approach does not account for the vehicle's actual heading relative to the sun, transient shading events, or differences in glass geometry and tint across occupant zones. This publication discloses a sensor fusion method that combines GPS-derived solar position geometry, vehicle heading, the existing single sunload sensor, and …

Strategic Enculturation Of A Watson’S Caring Science Culture: Reflection Of A Ten-Year Journey, Grissel Hernandez, Gisso M. Oreo, Janette V. Moreno

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Summary: A Caring Science theory was used to create a culture of caring measurable through Magnet® behaviors, strategy, and initiatives then validated by patient and nursing satisfaction tools. This presentation shows the blueprint for embedding a caring culture.

Purpose: This presentation describes an academic healthcare organization’s decade-long strategic integration of Watson’s Caring Science into organizational culture, clinical practice, Magnet nursing behaviors, education, leadership, and research. It aims to provide a replicable blueprint for health systems seeking to embed heart-centered, evidence-informed care as a strategic imperative.

Methods: Caring Science was operationalized within interprofessional teams across four domains: Leadership/Legacy, Education, Praxis, and …

Jury Recognition Recital: August 25, 2026, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

This is the first program of the 2025-2026 season.

Kemp Recital Hall

August 25, 2026

Monday Evening

7:30 p.m.

Information Literacy Through Open Pedagogy: What’S The Role Of Ai Tools?, Virginia Clinton-Lisell

Education, Health & Behavior Studies Faculty Publications

Student engagement in developing open educational resources (OER; openly licensed materials without fees to access) may be critically important for sustainable higher education and for developing important skills. There has been substantial debate about the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) for the sustainability of OER, but little empirical inquiry. In this quasi-experimental study in the United States, two sections of college students (N = 113) collaborated with their instructor to improve the sources cited in an OER textbook. In one section, students only used traditional library databases to find suitable sources (traditional; n = 55). In another section, students …

The Mundlak Estimator In A Panel Data Model With Serially Correlated Error Component Disturbances, Badi H. Baltagi, Long Liu

Center for Policy Research

This paper shows that the classic Mundlak (1978) result where the random effects estimator reduces to the fixed effects estimator when the regressors are all correlated with the individual effects, may not hold if the remainder disturbances have a general serial correlation variance-covariance matrix. This includes the popular AR(1), MA(1) and ARMA(p, q) processes for serial correlation. This is illustrated with an empirical example for the AR(1) case.

Information Revelation In Constant-Sum Games: Elections And Beyond, Navin Kartik, Francesco Squintani, Katrin Tinn

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Do elections aggregate the private information of office-motivated candidates? Our answer stems from a general result for two-player constant-sum Bayesian games with type-independent payoffs. Under a “completeness” statistical condition, every “identifiable” equilibrium is an ex-post equilibrium. Applied to Downsian elections, the ex-post property implies a sharp bound on information aggregation: equilibrium voter welfare is at best equal to the efficient use of a single candidate’s information. In canonical specifications, politicians may “anti-pander” (overreact to their information), whereas some degree of pandering would be socially beneficial. We discuss other applications of the ex-post result.

Interactive Insights: Using Kwla-R© To Spark Active Learning And Reflection In Nursing, Amanda Adams

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Active learning within nursing education assists in the engagement and retention of knowledge among students (Bristol et.al, 2019). The Know, Want to Know, Learned, Application – Reflection (KWLA-R) teaching tool was implemented as an innovative strategy for prework and active learning within a concept-based nursing curriculum. This approach aimed to promote active engagement and critical thinking through scaffolding knowledge (Coffman, et. al, 2023). The adaptation was executed in a hybrid format: students first completed the initial half of the KWLA-R as a ticket prior to the didactic session, answering what they already knew and what they wanted to learn about …

Does Cardiopulmonary Bypass Influence Outcomes In Stage 2 Palliation? A Meta-Analysis And Systematic Review, Abdullah Almehandi, Yahya Ali, Adel Altarkait, Mohammad Alhajri, Abdulrahman O. Al-Naseem, Ahmed A. Jamjoom, Hamood Al Kindi, Saif Awlad Thani

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: The bidirectional Glenn (BDG) procedure, a key palliative intervention for single-ventricle physiology, is conventionally performed using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) despite its associated complications and costs. However, the comparative impact of CPB versus off-pump techniques on perioperative safety, neurological risk and long-term outcomes remains controversial. Therefore, this meta-analysis aimed to determine whether performing the BDG procedure without CPB improves perioperative outcomes (including morbidity, mortality, and neurological events), resource utilisation, and long-term survival compared to the conventional on-pump approach. Methods: This review systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Central from inception until January 2025 for comparative randomised and observational studies reporting …

Dataset For Effects Of Demineralization Protocols On Hydrogen And Oxygen Isotope Ratios In Fossil Bone Collagen, Linda M. Reynard

Geosciences Research Data

This dataset accompanies a peer-reviewed publication. The effect of three commonly used preparation protocols on bone collagen d2H and d18O values was investigated, using six generally well-preserved faunal bones (cattle, bison, horse) ranging in age from the Holocene to Late Pleistocene. The treatments tested were ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid demineralization without gelatinization and hydrochloric acid demineralization with and without gelatinization. There were small d2H changes noted by method; however, given the expected water isotopic variation among labs this should be an insignificant source of inter-lab variation.

Nursing Home Without Walls: A Nurse-Led Innovative Home Support Program, Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard, Alisson Hache-Chiasson, Judy Freeze, Stephanie Lagosky, Andrea Piche, Danielle Theriault

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The United Nations (UN) Decade of Healthy Ageing (1) and the World Health Organization Sustainable Development Goals (2) both focus on improving the lives of older adults. The UN Healthy Ageing 50 (3) recently recognized global leaders who have demonstrated concrete actions to meet the needs of older adults and one such initiative is the nurse-led [Blinded Program Name] program (4).

Evidence-based and asset-based community development informed (5), [x] provides resources to long-term care facilities for them to provide services to older adults and caregivers in the community. The objectives of the program are to: 1) ensure access to appropriate …

Eece310w Oer Syllabus, Daisuke Akiba

Open Educational Resources

This course has been designated Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) under the CUNY OER Initiative.

Fast-Track Ode: A Student-Centered, Game-Based Summer Differential Equations Course, Chamila D. Malagoda Gamage

CODEE Journal

This article describes a student-centered and game-based redesign of an Elementary Differential Equations course taught during a six-week summer session. In this compressed setting, students had to move through the standard course content quickly while still developing procedural fluency, conceptual understanding, and confidence with applications. To support these goals, the course used real-time feedback tools, collaborative problem solving, applications connected to students' fields, and mathematical games. The paper describes the course context, major activities, implementation details, and student feedback. Student responses suggest that the activities were well received and helped students stay engaged, participate regularly, prepare for exams, and see …

Pellissippi State Community College For The Year Ended June 30, 2024, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury.

Financial and Compliance Audit Reports

No abstract provided.

Pellissippi State Community College For The Year Ended June 30, 2025, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury.

Financial and Compliance Audit Reports

No abstract provided.

Current And Emerging Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria Diagnostic Technologies: Performance, Feasibility, And Future Prospects, Vincent Obino Orucho

Polytechnic Journal

Introduction and Objectives: Malaria remains a life-threatening medical emergency, particularly in Plasmodium falciparum infections, with 282 million cases and approximately 610,000 deaths recorded globally in 2024. Accurate laboratory diagnosis is critical, yet conventional methods including microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests are constrained by operator dependency, low sensitivity, and emerging HRP2/HRP3 gene deletions. This scoping review maps current and emerging malaria diagnostic technologies, evaluates their performance, and identifies implementation challenges and knowledge gaps.

Methodology: Following the Arksey and O'Malley framework and PRISMA-ScR guidelines, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched for publications from 2000 to 2026. Eligible studies involved human …

Unveiling Cuo-Doped Mwcnts Incorporated Polycaprolactone As Effective Photocatalytic Nanomembranes For Sequestrating Toxic Dyes From Industrial Wastewater And Antibacterial Applications, Hesham Moustafa, Mohamed Mousa, Mohamed Morsy, Gotdon Price, Mohamed H. Hemida, Samah A. Mohamed, Ahmed Helal

Nanotechnology Research Centre

Organic dyes, such as methylene blue (MB), are widely used in the textile and dyestuff industries, which can be released into the environment as major dye pollutants in wastewater, thereby causing serious environmental hazards. The present research aimed to synthesize effective CuO-doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and incorporated into a renewable polycaprolactone (PCL) polymer at varied dosages (i.e., 3, 7, and 10 wt%) to fabricate photocatalytic nanomembranes for toxic dye sequestration. XRD, SEM and FTIR analysis were employed to characterize the structure, morphology and composition of prepared nanoparticles and PCL nanomembranes. The mechanical properties and antibacterial performance of prepared nanomembranes …

Strategies To Enhance Employee Retention Among Leaders In The U.S. Poultry Processing Industry, Gary Dale Sisson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Employee turnover remains a persistent challenge in the U.S. poultry processing industry. Leaders in the U.S. poultry processing industry are concerned that high employee turnover increases operating costs, disrupts productivity, and contributes to workforce instability. Grounded in organizational support theory, this qualitative pragmatic inquiry research project explored successful strategies that leaders in the U.S. poultry processing industry use to enhance employee retention. The participants were six leaders from poultry processing facilities in the southeastern United States. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and supplemented with workplace observations and organizational records related to retention initiatives and turnover trends. Data were analyzed …

2026 Final Unreclaimed Sites Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

Unreclaimed sites exist within the Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (BPSOU) that could pose a threat to human health or surface water quality due to the presence of historical mine waste. Although many source areas have been previously reclaimed, areas still exist in which soil has not yet been evaluated; such sites may provide a pathway for human exposure or impact surface water quality via stormwater runoff. These Unreclaimed sites will be evaluated in accordance with Appendix D, Attachment C, Section 8.0 of the BPSOU Consent Decree (referred to herein as CD) (EPA, 2020a).

This Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) …

2026 Final Unreclaimed Sites Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

Unreclaimed sites exist within the Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (BPSOU) that could pose a threat to human health or surface water quality due to the presence of historical mine waste. Although many source areas have been previously reclaimed, areas still exist in which soil has not yet been evaluated; such sites may provide a pathway for human exposure or impact surface water quality via stormwater runoff. These Unreclaimed sites will be evaluated in accordance with Appendix D, Attachment C, Section 8.0 of the BPSOU Consent Decree (referred to herein as CD) (EPA, 2020a).

This Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) …

Optimizing Ball‐Milled Composites For Fast Energy Release Under Shock Compression, Siva Valluri, Edward Dreizin, Dana Dlott

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Microparticle additives containing both Al fuel and oxidizer, fabricated by arrested reactive milling (ARM), could potentially increase the power of energetic materials such as HMX because they contain premixed fuel and oxidizer. Optimizing shock reactivity requires exploring a vast parametric space encompassing composition, milling parameters that govern microstructural features such as intraparticle voids and fuel-oxidizer mixing, and the resulting inhomogeneous shock reactivity of individual particles. To present our approach, we used a model composition 8Al⋅3CuO, previously optimized for combustion. We milled powders and prescreened different prepared batches using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to rule out batches with significant pre-reaction. Then …

Timofey V V. Usa

2026 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Jose Mejia-Henriquez V. Attorney General United States Of America

2026 Decisions

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Bryan Shine V. County Of Montgomery

2026 Decisions

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2026 Decisions

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Table Of Contents, The Editors

Coal Geology & Exploration

No abstract provided.