Florida International University

From College to Homeownership: How Undergraduate Major, Salary, and Student Loan Debt Are Associated with Housing Outcomes in the United States

Homeownership has become increasingly difficult for many college graduates in the United States. This quantitative study examines the conditional associations among undergraduate major, post-college income, student loan debt, and homeownership using restricted data from the 2021...

Bulūgh and Bioethics: Islamic Criteria for Puberty and its Contemporary Implications

In Islamic law, Bulūgh (puberty) separates childhood from adulthood, yet English-language scholarship on it is sparse and fragmented. We reviewed primary juristic compendia of the four canonical schools of Islamic jurisprudence (Ḥanafī, Mālikī, Shāfiʿī, Ḥanbalī), synthesized biom...

Proliferation of enterococci in sargassum can contribute towards sand and water quality impairment

Abstract The fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), enterococci, are used to evaluate the safety of beach waters and beach sands. The increasing quantities of the holopelagic macroalgae Sargassum fluitans and Sargassum natans (referring to herein as “sargassum”) along beaches that face...

Seeing the System, Positioning the Self: Engineering Students’ Conceptualizations of Wicked Problems

This qualitative study focuses on how engineering technology students scope and make sense of complex problems. Systems thinking can help engineers address increasing complexity and uncertainty. Social factors including the culture of disengagement and socio/technical dualism hin...

What It Truly Means To be Multilingual: Affirming Kyopomal Over “Konglish” in Early Childhood Translanguaging

ABSTRACT In bi‐/multi‐lingual and Two‐Way Immersion (TWI) programs, strict language‐separation policies often inadvertently marginalize the natural, fluid communication of emergent multilinguals, reducing their complex hybrid talk. Bridging the author's lived experience as a mult...

Reflection‐Zero Waveforms for Selective Loading in Shared‐Line Superconducting Qubit Circuits

ABSTRACT Shared microwave lines reduce cryogenic wiring in superconducting processors, but a pulse sent through one line drives the dressed circuit instead of an isolated qubit. This network response can reflect energy and load spectator modes. In this work, we design microwave w...

Shadow signals at sea: Spatial patterns of dark vessels flying flags-of-convenience and maritime crime risk in West Africa

Commercial fishing vessels that disable their automatic identification system (AIS) transponders, commonly referred to as dark vessels, pose a growing challenge for maritime governance, environmental monitoring, and preventing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. A...

Survival and hematologic toxicity after whole-brain radiotherapy, photon craniospinal irradiation, and proton craniospinal irradiation for solid-tumor leptomeningeal disease: a systematic review

Leptomeningeal disease (LMD) from solid tumors carries poor prognosis and substantial neurologic morbidity. Radiotherapy is used for palliation and disease control, but outcomes across whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT), photon craniospinal irradiation (CSI), and proton CSI remain i...

Masculinity-Informed Therapeutic Discussions: Strengthening Father Engagement and Family Mental Health Systems

OBJECTIVE: Men underuse mental health services in part because of masculine norms. Few interventions focus on masculinity in therapeutic contexts, especially in low- and middle-income countries. This study analyzed transcripts from masculinity-focused therapeutic sessions with fa...

Beyond Multiple Choice: The Association between Diagnostic Reasoning Exams and Medical Student Learning Strategies

Abstract Introduction Assessment format shapes how medical students study. While multiple-choice questions (MCQ) are widely used, they may incentivize pattern recognition and memorization. We developed and implemented a novel open-ended assessment format, the Diagnostic Reasoning...

Assessing genetic population structure of permit (Trachinotus falcatus) between South Florida and Belize: movement towards inferring population health

Abstract Understanding population structure and connectivity is essential for effective fisheries management, particularly for wide-ranging marine species like permit ( Trachinotus falcatus ). We investigated the genetic structure and diversity of permit at ecologically important...

What quantum computer to buy?

The phrase “buy a quantum computer” covers several completely different purchasing goals. An organization may be seeking cloud access for teaching, dedicated time for research, a local machine for hardware training, a tool to solve specific problems, or a major setup that reshape...

Can Preoperative Factors Predict the Need for Femoral Soft-Tissue Releases in Direct Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty?

Background Releases of the superior hip capsule, conjoint tendon, and piriformis tendon are variably required to achieve adequate femoral exposure during direct anterior approach (DAA) primary total hip arthroplasty (THA). This study evaluates the correlation between patient demo...

When Cost Objectives Delete Capability: Accuracy-Constrained Tool Selection for Multi-Component Intrusion Detection in IoT Networks

Agentic systems built on large language models are increasingly being allowed to decide for themselves which diagnostic tools to run and the obvious way to keep the resulting expense under control is to train that decision against a cost objective. We evaluate this question in a...

In Praise of Inefficiency: Rethinking Global Strategy in a Multipolar World Order

This article argues that the shift from a relatively stable unipolar system to a fragmented multipolar world undermines efficiency-driven global strategies of multinational enterprises (MNEs). Highly optimized value chains, while cost-effective, are increasingly fragile under sys...

Condition number-based new robust ridge M-estimator for linear regression model with penalty of multicollinearity and outlier

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...

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...

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...

Financial Vulnerability: A Latent Class Approach to Understanding the Relationship Between Student Success and Financial Situations at Community Colleges

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...

Body size and temperature interact with time of day to shape the activity pattern of an ectothermic predator

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...