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Ainet: Integrating Mamba And Cbam For Enhanced Camouflage Object Detection, Henry O. Velesaca, P. Andrea Mero, Abel A. Reyes-Angulo, Angel D. Sappa

Michigan Tech Publications

This paper introduces AINet, a novel deep learning architecture designed for detecting camouflaged objects in complex and diverse environments. The objective of this work is to design an end-to-end camouflaged object detection architecture that simultaneously captures long-range dependencies and refines subtle camouflage cues, improving segmentation accuracy and boundary delineation across both standard COD benchmarks and real-world agricultural scenarios. AINet leverages the strengths of Mamba, an efficient sequential state model for capturing long-range dependencies, and the Convolutional Block Attention Module (CBAM) for feature refinement through attention mechanisms. Detecting camouflaged objects is a significant challenge across a wide range of real-world applications, …

Civic Center Curriculum Committee Agenda February 25, 2026, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Call to Order
• New Business
• Assessing Durable Skills
• Program Learning Outcomes
• Adjourn: 10:30 am

Uc Transcript 2026-02-25, Northern Illinois University

University Council Archives

No abstract provided.

Uc Agenda 2026-02-25, Northern Illinois University

University Council Archives

No abstract provided.

Uc Minutes 2026-02-25, Northern Illinois University

University Council Archives

No abstract provided.

Sb16-25/26: Resolution Encouraging The University Of Montana To Recognize Election Day As An Annual Non-Instructional Day, Maya Anderson

Senate Resolutions, 2007-Present

SB16-25/26: Resolution Encouraging the University of Montana to Recognize Election Day as an Annual Non-Instructional Day. This resolution was passed by a roll-call vote [15-0-0] during the February 25, 2026 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM).

Diversity Speaker Series: Donnell Collins, Angela Richardson

Speaker Series

A proud graduate of Northern Illinois University and East Aurora High School, Donnell has told stories of Aurora and beyond through the lens as a photojournalist for over 30 years, including the famous Rosa Parks photo taken here at IMSA in 1995. His works have also been featured in the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Beacon News, and ESPN Magazine. Donnell is also a very proud IMSA parent and father of alum Kayla Collins Lightfoot, class of 2001! This event is brought to you by the IRC and Fine Arts Department.

2026-02-25 [Review] I Thought I Was Gonna Die In This House (Spoilers), Kaitlyn Delfs

The Spectator Online

No abstract provided.

2026 February 25 - Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes, Undergraduate Curriculum Council, East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Factors Associated With Substance Use Treatment Seeking During Covid-19: A Cross-Sectional Study Applying The Gelberg–Andersen Model For Vulnerable Populations, Dorothy Wallis

Social Work Faculty Publications

Treatment seeking among individuals who misuse substances can be a complex process, with many factors contributing to treatment seeking. Guided by Gelberg–Andersen’s Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations, this research seeks to establish predisposing, enabling, and need factors contributing to treatment seeking during COVID-19. A total of 201 individuals participated in the study. Contrary to existing literature, no predisposing factors were associated with treatment seeking during COVID-19. However, variations were seen in enabling and need factors. Perceiving a need for treatment and having reliable transportation to treatment were associated with treatment seeking during COVID-19, underlying the importance of addressing both physical …

Supporting Evidence-Based Responses To Emotional Needs In Emphysema (Serene): Protocol For A Randomized, Open-Label Mechanistic Trial Comparing Coping Skills Training And Disease-Specific Education For Depressive Symptoms Conducted In United States Health Systems, Joanna L. Hart, Daniel Carter, Chloe Hinton, James Grilli, Lily A. Brown, Nora Brier, Yingying Lu, Casey Whitman, Michael O. Harhay, Michael Sims, Carmen Alvarez, Lisa R. Miller-Matero, C. Virginia O'Hayer

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Depressive symptoms and anxiety are highly prevalent among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), strongly associated with poor outcomes, and rarely recognized or treated. Integrating families into interventions may amplify supportive care treatment effects and overcome common challenges, yet this strategy is understudied. The Supporting Evidence-based Responses to Emotional Needs in Emphysema (SERENE) trial's main objective is to identify the mechanisms through which a family-partnered Coping Skills Training (CST) reduces depressive symptoms among patients with COPD, testing five putative mechanisms: family relationship quality, patient and caregiver self-efficacy, patient loneliness, and caregiver psychological distress.

METHODS: SERENE will enroll 375 …

Midweek Memo, Georgia Southern University

Midweek Memo

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Ai In Scholarship, Dr. Tim Hart

Faculty Presentations on AI

This presentation explores the appropriate role of artificial intelligence in scholarly work, distinguishing between uses that support academic rigor and those that undermine intellectual responsibility. While cautioning against reliance on AI for original argumentation, unverified literature reviews, data interpretation, and normative judgments, it highlights practical applications across the research lifecycle, including ideation, literature exploration, argument refinement, structural analysis, reviewer simulation, and manuscript preparation.

Can Environmental Chaos Get "Under The Skin" To Influence Child Development? Implications For Policy And Practice, Ellie Brown Dr.

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Dr. Ellie Brown, Psychology, presents "Can Environmental Chaos Get 'Under the Skin' to Influence Child Development? Implications for Policy and Practice".

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Turkish Journal of Chemistry

No abstract provided.

Influence Of Plasticizer Type On The Structure And Drug Release Characteristics Of Lm-Pectin Hydrogels, Banu Kocaağa, Fatma Seni̇ha Güner

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This study investigated the effects of different plasticizers—castor oil (CO), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), and polyethylene glycol (PEG) with varying molecular weights (MWs)—on the structure and drug-release performance of low-methoxyl pectin (LM-pectin) hydrogels. Theophylline was used as a model drug to evaluate release behavior under physiologically relevant conditions. The incorporation of plasticizers modulated polymer–polymer interactions, swelling behavior, and thermal properties, thereby affecting drug-release kinetics. CO, a hydrophobic triglyceride, created microdomain-induced diffusion pathways; PVP, containing water-affinitive lactam units, facilitated moisture-driven plasticization; and PEG (MW 400/1000/1500), with hydroxyl-terminated chains, established hydrogen bonds with pectin. Structural analyses (FTIR and DSC) revealed that CO disrupted pectin …

Antioxidant Potential Of Sulfenimides In Waste Walnut Oil Biodiesel: Kinetic Stability, Phosphomolybdenum Activity, And Reducing Power Capacity, Nalan Türköz Karakullukçu, Hasan Yakan, Volkan Murat Yilmaz, Hali̇t Muğlu, Semi̇ha Yeni̇gün, Hali̇l Kütük

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This study investigated the influence of synthetic sulfenimides on biodiesel–diesel fuel blends. Three previously synthesized sulfenimide derivatives were structurally characterized using spectroscopic techniques. We evaluated their antioxidant properties through phosphomolybdenum activity and reducing power capacity assays. The tested fuel samples were designated as D100, B10D90, B10D90_AA (ascorbic acid), B10D90_3, B10D90_2, and B10D90_1. The effect of adding 2000 ppm of the additive was measured using an Oxifast instrument following the ASTM D7545 standard, and the results were compared to those of the chemical antioxidant ascorbic acid. Inhibition time values were derived from the oxidation stability results. The starting temperatures for crystallization …

Investigating The Structure And Bioactivity Of Lanthanum Coordination Compounds, Shantanu Kadam, Bhushan Dhale, Bapu Yamgar, Swaminath Bhattar

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Lanthanum metal complexes were synthesized using a classical condensation method by reacting lanthanum nitrate salts with a bidentate ligand in a 1:2:1 molar ratio (M:L:L). The formation and structure of the resulting complexes were confirmed through a combination of analytical techniques, including Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy, thermal gravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction, elemental microanalysis, and scanning electron microscopy. The lanthanum complexes synthesized exhibited strong in vitro antimicrobial activity. Antibacterial screening showed inhibition zones of 18–26 mm against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, surpassing those of the reference drug ciprofloxacin (16–20 mm). Antifungal studies demonstrated inhibition zones of 15–23 mm against Candida …

Grant Will Fire Up Studio Arts At Umn Morris, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

No abstract provided.

Synergistic Breaking Of Composite Key Strata And Energy Evolution Of The Overburden Under Mining Disturbances, Wu Boqiang, Wang Xiaodong, Zhu Shibin, Xu Ganggang, Zhang Yuehong

Coal Geology & Exploration

Objective This study aims to explore the synergistic breaking responses and energy evolution mechanisms of composite key strata under mining disturbances. These efforts will provide robust theoretical support for the prevention and control of disaster-causing accidents in the surrounding rocks of coal seams and hold great significance for ensuring safe mining operations underground. Methods The breaking and instability characteristics of composite key strata under mining disturbances were analyzed by integrating physical simulation using similar materials, numerical calculation, and theoretical analysis. Accordingly, the accumulation and release patterns of strain energy and gravitational potential energy in the overburden were investigated. Finally, the …

The Student Movement Volume 110 Issue 15: Entering A New Movement, Aiko J. Ayala Rios, Joey Carrion, Lia Glass, Audrey Lim, Gersh William, Megan Constantine, Jj Nixon, Anna Pak, Caleb Chung, Kyle Simpson, Anna Rybachek, Alyssa Caruthers

The Student Movement V. 110 (2025-2026)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Nature Chases the Blues Away: University Choirs' Winter Concert, Aiko J. Ayala Rios

Review of Apple TV's "Pluribus", Joey Carrion

Second Screen Viewing, Lia Glass

Meet Your Winter Olympic Influencers, Audrey Lim

HUMANS

Black History Month: Impact Vespers Spotlight, Gersh William

A Hidden Gem on Campus: Discover the AU Farm, Megan Constantine

Karis Wants to Know How You Get Your News, JJ Nixon

Senior Spotlight: Krystal Yoo, Anna Pak

NEWS

The Voice of the Students, Caleb Chung

Skywatch Awes Visitors With High-Res Astronomical Sights, Kyle Simpson

IDEAS

21st-Century Gossip: Social Media Confession Pages, Aiko J. Ayala Rios …

On The Jordan-Chevalley-Dunford Decomposition Of Certain Classes Of Operators And Convergence Of Their Normalized Power Sequences, Renu Shekhawat

Doctoral Theses

The classical Jordan–Chevalley decomposition expresses a matrix A ∈ Mn(C) as a unique commuting sum A = D + N, where D is diagonalizable and N is nilpotent. Although this decomposition is algebraic in origin, it encodes significant spectral information and, as shown by Nayak, has an important analytic consequence: the convergence of the normalized power sequence {|A^n|^ 1/n }n∈N ; |A| := (A∗A)^1/2 . In this thesis we study Jordan-Chevalley–type decompositions in infinite-dimensional settings and their connection with the convergence behaviour of normalized power sequences. In particular, we discuss this phenomenon for Dunford’s spectral operators and compact operators on …

Commonwealth Times 2026-02-25

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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Massachusetts Residents Reject Trump Immigration Actions, Believe Ice Has Made Country Less Safe 2/25/2026, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Nearly two-thirds of Massachusetts residents say Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has made the country less safe and less than one-fifth trust the federal government to thoroughly investigate recent ICE-related shootings in Minnesota. Majorities support proposed reforms to ICE, including prohibiting ICE agents from entering schools or churches, covering their faces, or making arrests without a judicial warrant, but Bay Staters are more divided on calls to abolish the agency entirely. Less than a quarter of Bay Staters approve of President Trump's handling of immigration or his overall job performance.

Granite Staters Unhappy With Ice But Believe Illegal Immigration Is A Serious Problem 2/25/2026, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

A majority of New Hampshire residents think the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have made the country less safe and nearly half support abolishing ICE entirely. Only one-third of state residents trust the federal government to investigate recent ICE-related shootings in Minnesota and a majority favor impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. However, illegal immigration remains a serious issue to most Granite Staters, and approval of President Trump's handling of the issue is largely unchanged since early 2024. A majority continue to disapprove of Trump's overall job performance, with supporters and detractors of Trump frequently mentioning immigration as …

Post-Fire Inspection, Material Testing, Repair, And Field Load Testing Of A Full-Scale Concrete Box Girder Bridge: Delta Bridge Case Study, Ahmed S. Eisa, Hilal Hassan, Mohamed A. Badran, Ayman El-Zohairy

Faculty Publications

Bridges are critical components of transportation networks, and fire accidents can significantly impair their structural integrity, leading to safety risks and major economic losses. This study presents a comprehensive inspection, materials testing, repair, and field load testing program for a full-scale concrete box girder bridge (Delta Bridge, Alexandria, Egypt) following a fire exposure on two spans. A total of 28 concrete core samples were extracted and tested, revealing average compressive strengths of 48.50 MPa (slab), 53.90 MPa (web), and 45.88 MPa (columns), representing moderate reductions of approximately 8.5%, 7.9%, and 10.8%, respectively, relative to the original in situ concrete strength …

Uc Resources Space And Budget Committee Agenda 2026-02-25, Northern Illinois University

University Council Archives

No abstract provided.

Uc Resources Space And Budget Committee Minutes 2026-02-25, Northern Illinois University

University Council Archives

No abstract provided.

Lindenwood Digest, February 25, 2026, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

• Primary Figures: Dr. Steven Tolman, Dr. Daniel Calhoun, Dr. Sara Kaufman, and Keela Ross. 

• Key Events: Daily raffle drawings for Employee Appreciation Week ; a Trivia Night fundraiser at the Academy of the Sacred Heart ; recording of a documentary film featuring students and faculty reading the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights ; performance of the musical Ride the Cyclone. 

• Date/Location: February 25 – March 22, 2026; Lindenwood University campus in St. Charles, MO, including the J. Scheidegger Center, Spellmann Center, and Evans Commons. 

• Archival Significance: Documentation of institutional milestones including …

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Controlled Epidemics: Examining The Effect Of Virus Density And Strain Competition In Gulf Fritillary (Dione Vanillae), Lizbeth Reyes

Biology: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

This study examines how different virus strains compete within a single host population of Dione vanillae butterflies, which is important in the study of disease ecology research. For this study, we conducted controlled experimental epidemics on passionflower plants (Passiflora caerulea) in the field. First, we infected caterpillars with one of two different virus strains from Butterfly Farms in North County (BFF004) and the City of San Diego (GRM060) and placed these caterpillars on P. caerulea plants in one of three treatments (control, BFF004, and GRM060; n=3 plants per treatment). Next, we allowed healthy butterflies in the local population to lay …