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Florida International University
Recent research
- AI & Computing
In multiple linear regression models, traditional methods, such as OLS and ridge regression often fail due to multicollinearity and outliers in the y-direction. To address these issues, robust ridge M-estimators have been developed, offering resistance to outliers and multicollin...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Aggregation behavior and intraspecific interactions among ring-necked snakes
Sociality, broadly defined as the property or tendency of a species to live in groups with conspecifics for at least part of their life cycle, has convergently evolved multiple times. While there has historically been a dearth of research on sociality in squamate reptiles, recent...
- Society & Economics
The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Roles in Ecuador
The distribution of time dedicated to unpaid work between men and women is unequal. With the increase in female participation in the labor market, this unequal dynamic is expected to disappear. However, it is still maintained by the socialization of traditional gender norms from...
- Society & Economics
As institutions strive to enhance their interventions for students facing financial stress, additional research into who these students are and how their financial choices are associated with their persistence is critical. In this study, we focus on how student tuition financing...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Abstract Changes in animal behaviour are often the first response to environmental change, reflecting a shift in the balance of energetic opportunities and constraints. However, few studies have considered how the ecological consequences of global change shape behavioural pattern...
- BiologyOpen access
Abstract Euterpe edulis is of ecological and economic relevance and is currently threatened with extinction. Its vulnerability to extinction, combined with the recalcitrant nature of its seeds, justifies the search for alternative reproduction techniques. Somatic embryogenesis is...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Abstract Zooplankton transfer substantial energy in aquatic food webs and are used as indicators of environmental change. Syntheses of zooplankton community dynamics globally require datasets that span a wide range of environmental gradients; however, these datasets are limited d...
- BiologyOpen access
Abstract Compound eyes display high morphological diversity across arthropods, including rare cone-shaped forms whose visual function is puzzling because their unusual shape seems to defy expectations of how eyes sample visual space. Species in which eye shape changes through dev...
- Health & Medicine
Background/aims: To analyze the effectiveness of recruitment methods in the Baby-Feed Online Trial. Methods: This randomized clinical trial evaluated an online educational intervention for caregivers to monitor and improve their infants’ diets and growth. Caregivers of infants ag...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Common and rare stream diatoms respond differently to local, catchment and spatial drivers
Abstract The relative importance of environmental selection, dispersal, and demographic stochasticity in structuring aquatic communities remains poorly resolved, especially in human-impacted Neotropical regions. Using diatoms, we assessed how local environmental conditions, catch...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Pericyte KATP channel hyperactivity redistributes cortical blood flow in a CADASIL mouse model
Abstract Cerebral hemodynamic dysfunction is a key driver of unhealthy brain aging. Impaired microcirculatory reactivity leads to uneven perfusion, rendering deeper brain regions more vulnerable and thereby contributing to cognitive decline. Yet how capillaries contribute to thes...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
A New CRT-based Fully Homomorphic Encryption
The idea of computing on encrypted data without decryption dates back to the notion of privacy homomorphisms introduced by Rivest, Adleman, and Dertouzos (1978). Their proposals built using the elegant structure of Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT), were later shown to be insecure...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digital technology adoption worldwide, yet limited evidence links post-pandemic multi-purpose online behavior with health outcomes and psychological well-being (PWB) in a single, integrated analysis. This study examines how digital devic...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Configuring Industrial Wireless Mesh Networks via Multi-Source Domain Adaptation and Feature Masking
Low-power wireless mesh networks (WMNs) have been widely deployed to connect sensors, actuators, and controllers in industrial facilities. As industrial WMNs become increasingly heterogeneous and complex, recent research has reported that resorting to advanced machine learning te...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Background Methamphetamine use continues to disproportionately affect sexual and gender minority (SGM) communities and is associated with physical, mental, and sexual health harms, including heightened HIV vulnerability. While prior epidemic waves have been well document...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Abstract Purpose Hispanic/Latinx (H/L) youth experience elevated rates of suicidal ideation, yet often face barriers to care. Suicide stigma, suicide literacy, and acculturation can shape beliefs about mental health and responses to crises, and in turn, influence parents’ roles a...