California State Polytechnic University

Must We Obey Police? The Trouble With Grounding a Moral Obligation to Obey Police Directives

ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to investigate the justification of what I call policial obligation , a standing pro tanto moral obligation to obey police directives. I examine the philosophical importance of different theories of political obligation for the case of policing a...

Nitrate Removal and Geogenic Contaminant Mobilization during Oxic–Anoxic Cycling of Managed Aquifer Recharge Basin Soils

Abstract More frequent and intense precipitation events challenge water capture and recharge. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) diverts excess surface water into aquifers to secure groundwater supplies; when using nonconventional waters such as stormwater, elevated nitrate loads can...

Viable microbial ecology and functional potential of the Integrated Lunar-Mars Analog Habitat revealed by multi-omics analyses

Long-duration human missions to the Moon and Mars will rely on closed, self-sustaining habitats where microorganisms inevitably interact with crew, materials, and life-support systems. While routine cleaning and environmental control can limit microbial growth, viable populations...

Small modular reactors and our ecosystems – engagement, transparency & trust; summary of a workshop held at McMaster University, Canada

Purpose: Globally, governments are launching national programs, demonstration projects and industrial partnerships to bring small modular reactors (SMR) to market as lower-carbon, more flexible forms of nuclear power. Current international assessments suggest the first wave of co...

A guided inquiry approach to students co-designing generative AI course policies

Purpose As generative AI (GenAI) use among students increases, educators face growing questions about how to support learning while addressing ethical and institutional concerns. This exploratory study examines a guided inquiry activity in which students co-designed a GenAI cours...

Existing racial and ethnic representation on top management teams predicts subsequent top management team appointments that preserve the demographic status quo

Top management teams (TMTs) are considerably less diverse than employees at other levels and the general population. Using over 48,000 firm–year observations of executives across 3,807 firms from 1992 to 2017, we find robust evidence that the existing racioethnic composition of T...

Human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence for drug-shortage recurrence-risk ranking and synthetic inventory-policy simulation using U.S. Food and Drug Administration Data

Background and motivation: Drug shortages disrupt patient care and hospital operations, while public records lack inventory and procurement data. Problem statement: This study separately evaluates whether U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shortage histories can rank 90-day...

Financial Storytelling as a Professional Communication Practice for Engaging Organizational Decision Makers

Organizations increasingly rely on financial data to guide strategic and operational decisions, yet decision makers often struggle to engage with complex quantitative information. As a result, finance professionals are increasingly required to translate numerical outputs into cle...

Social context suppresses food anticipatory activity and associated thermoregulation in mice

Abstract Food anticipatory activity (FAA) is a robust behavioral output of food-entrained circadian rhythms, characterized by increased locomotor activity prior to scheduled feeding. Despite the social nature of rodents, FAA is almost exclusively studied in singly housed animals,...

Beyond the pulse: Racial disparities in pulse oximetry readings and the influence on intensive care unit readmission rates

Racial bias in pulse oximetry—a critical noninvasive diagnostic tool that estimates blood oxygen levels using light absorption—has been shown to systematically overestimate oxygen saturation in Black patients, potentially delaying the detection and treatment of hypoxemia. While p...

Elevating excellence: Examining the effects of spatial competition on hotel quality

This study investigates how spatial competition influences the quality of hotel properties in the lodging market. We collected hotel characteristics and online rating data for 3,443 properties in Texas, USA, spanning from 2010 to 2019. A two-way fixed-effects panel data model ind...