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Governors State University Board of Trustees Committee of the Whole, Video Recording October 27th, 2025 Pt. 2
No full textA Multi-Layered Approach to Ransomware Detection and Prevention: Combining Real-Time Monitoring, Entropy Analysis, and Behavioral Analysis
Full text linkRansomware attacks have come to be a critical cybersecurity hazard, inflicting big economic losses and data breaches international. This mission affords a Ransomware Detection and Prevention System designed to pick out and mitigate ransomware threats in actual-time. The gadget employs a multi-layered method, combining real-time document monitoring, entropy evaluation, and procedure conduct analysis to discover ransomware-like activities together with rapid document encryption and suspicious system conduct. Upon detection, the system automatically terminates malicious approaches, creates backups of affected documents, and signals users thru a actual-time dashboard. Developed the usage of Python and equipment like Watchdog and Psutil, the gadget changed into examined in a managed digital system environment the usage of simulated ransomware attacks. Results display a 94% detection accuracy with a 6% charge and a mean reaction time of much less than 2 seconds. The system’s proactive approach and scalability make it appropriate for private, agency, and research applications. Future improvements encompass integrating device studying for improved detection and lengthening aid to pass-platform environments. This venture contributes to the sector of cybersecurity by means of presenting a practical, efficient, and scalable answer for preventing ransomware
City Time: On Being Sentenced to Rikers Island
No full textWhile most people behind bars at Rikers Island are detainees awaiting the settlement of their cases, a smaller population have already been convicted and are serving sentences deemed too short for the state prison system. These stints are called “city time.” The sentences range from a few days to a year, and are generally served within large, open dormitories lacking in privacy and sanitation. Within these spaces, incarcerated people reproduce an elaborate set of rules, rituals, and relationships, as a means both of survival and of giving meaning to the time taken from them. Written by David Campbell and Jarrod Shanahan, who both served sentences at Rikers, City Time reflects its authors’ personal experiences and observations of short-stay incarceration to present a nuanced and vivid account of a social world kept locked away from the public eye. The authors reconstruct the daily realities of sanitation, nourishment, recreation, work, and other necessary activities, and emphasize the complex interpersonal relationships that emerge in response to city time. Simultaneously, they paint a grim and urgent picture of structural racism, class violence, and the disastrous lack of mental health and substance abuse resources for poor New Yorkers, who are shuttled in and out of city time sentences as “frequent flyers.” Beginning with the authors’ own processes of intake, and ending with the ritual of late-night release, City Time takes readers behind the splashy headlines to depict, in intimately human terms, the rich and variegated social world unfolding, at this very moment, on Rikers Island.https://opus.govst.edu/fac/1231/thumbnail.jp
Public History on Film: The Silence of Others (2018)
No full textThe 2018 film The Silence of Others explores post-dictatorship Spain by following survivors and their descendants as they seek justice and recognition for the violence, repression, and human rights violations of Francisco Franco’s regime (1939-1975). The film not only documents their struggle but also engages in public history by using a choral narrative with visual and sound techniques that immerse audiences in collective memory experiences. Both in its storytelling, production, and premiere, The Silence of Others demonstrates that collaboration between people with lived experiences and experts in history, archaeology, and film is essential for bridging the gaps between personal memory and historical record. The continued existence of Spain’s 1977 Amnesty Law, which conferred amnesty on all sides, contributes to the country’s fractured memory, making it necessary to weave together survivor testimony and expert knowledge to reconstruct a fuller, more accurate past. Drawing on Katharine T. Corbett and Howard S. Miller’s discussion of shared inquiry, we argue that the film serves as a model for how acknowledging collective memory as trauma requires shared authority to ensure historical accuracy and support the healing process. In this way, The Silence of Others contributes to the discourse pivot toward recognition and justice that was formalized by the Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (ARMH) in 2000, and that continues today in the news media, on film, and in literature
Mental Freedom: Holding the Key
No full textKim Olver’s Mental Freedom curriculum is a cognitive-behavioral coaching program geared toward increasing clients’ sense of autonomy and positive change. Theoretically aligned with Choice Theory (CT) and Reality Therapy (RT), it places a focus on the autonomy and personal responsibility of individuals on their thoughts, reactions, and behaviors (Glasser, 1998; Wubbolding, 2000; Olver, 2024b) Altering CT’s basic needs, the Mental Freedom curriculum also applies elements of RT group coaching to teach unique metacognitive heuristics around Locus of Control, the effects of disempowering language, and re-writing one’s personal narrative to break free of self-limiting habits. A small pilot study sought empirical data to describe the impact of Mental Freedom curriculum on life-coaching clients (N=34), and was carried out using a simple pre and posttest design with scores on Ryff’s Scales of Psychological Wellbeing (1989). Results of paired t-testing statistical analysis suggest a significant positive increase on all dimensions, indicating the potential effectiveness of Mental Freedom on life-coaching clients and prompting future development of a study protocol
Testing for Pathogenic Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance on Surfaces of Desks in the Front and Back of University Classrooms
No full textPathogenic bacteria are bacteria that cause disease and can commonly be found on surfaces contaminated by infected people. Once infected, issues can arise with treating pathogenic diseases due to the possibility of the bacteria being resistant to antibiotics. Colleges provide classrooms where desk surfaces are often used and face the potential of containing resistant pathogenic bacteria from student and staff use. The purpose of this research was to compare the number of pathogenic bacteria and their antibiotic sensitivity between same sized desk surfaces located at the front and back of classrooms at Governors State University. It was hypothesized that the front of the classroom would have the most pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic resistance based on a previous study stating that most people who attend classes sit at the front of the room. After taking samples from 10 classrooms, counting growth of pathogenic bacteria from samples cultured on MSA, EMB, MacConkey, and blood agar, and then testing for antibiotic sensitivity, the results did not support this hypothesis. Analysis of results showed no significant correlation between desk location (front vs. back) and the number of pathogenic bacteria or their antibiotic sensitivity
Discovering Prompt Engineering: A Qualitative Study of Nonexpert Teachers\u27 Interactions with ChatGPT
Full text linkDiscussions of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) have become ubiquitous in research, industry, and education. Prompt engineering has emerged as a valuable skill desired by employers, and students have begun to express interest in learning effective ways of interacting with Generative AI. While much research has been done to formalize and optimize the process of prompt engineering, few studies have investigated the use of AI by nonexperts, including nonexpert teachers. In this study, we use qualitative analysis to characterize the process by which nonexpert teachers engage with and learn from ChatGPT as they engage with it as co-creators to develop an educational game designed to teach concepts of financial literacy. We address implications for nonexpert teachers’ use of Generative AI, including suggested methods for the use of ChatGPT to develop educational games and for tacitly learning prompt engineering by using the tool
Blood Flow Restriction Training for a Patient with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
No full textBackground and Purpose: Approximately 18,000 people experience a spinal cord injury in the US. Independent ambulation is a primary goal for individuals with spinal cord injury. Blood flow restriction training (BFRt) is an emerging intervention that may assist in neurorecovery after a spinal cord injury and may improve ambulation and functional mobility.
Design: A retrospective case report
Methods: A 26-year-old male experienced a T 5 spinal cord injury after a fall from a roof in July of 2022. Initial classification was T 5 ASIA B. The patient had received substantial rehabilitation services at an inpatient rehab center and residential program, followed by services rendered at an outpatient neurological specialty clinic. Blood flow restriction was initiated to explore the impact on LE strength, spasticity and function. Manual blood flow restriction cuffs, by B strong were inflated to occlusion at 150 mmHG and then released to 40% of occlusion pressure or 60 mmHg. Lower extremity functional strengthening was conducted for a duration of 10 minutes for a total of 10 visits. Lower extremity strength, gait metrics and patient satisfaction were measured for intervention effectiveness.
Results: Data collection is still in process; data analysis will take place before research days. Comparative analysis will take place to determine any impact the training method may have on the performance of the lower extremity
Impact of Minimal Dosing of High Intensity Task Specific Practice on Upper and Lower Extremity Function for a Person of 15 years: A Retrospective Case Report
No full textEvaluating Sleep Quality Among Shift-Working Nurses: The Role of Healthcare Administration in Mitigating Challenges
No full textThe healthcare sector heavily relies on nurses, who constitute the backbone of global health services. In Turkey, a significant percentage of nurses work in hospitals with shift-based schedules. Shift work has been shown to disrupt sleep quality, leading to physiological, psychological, and social challenges. This study aims to explore how healthcare administration can address these challenges through effective interventions and policies. By leveraging tools like actigraphy and validated sleep quality indices, this research will identify key factors influencing nurses\u27 sleep and develop strategies for mitigation