Florida State University

Star Wars at Fifty

This symposium celebrates the 50th anniversary of Star Wars (1977) with nineteen short essays from scholars who discuss its meaning, impact, and legacy. The essays examine the migrations and manifestations of the Star Wars universe across media, including animation, video games,...

Origin of the low thermal conductivity and thermal properties of BaIn2Te4

Materials research involving multinary chalcogenide compositions for technologically significant applications continues to attract attention, and an understanding of the thermal properties of materials is essential for all technologically significant applications. Herein we repor...

Task Motivation, Task Emotions, and Cognitive Engagement in L2 Oral Tasks: The Case of Chinese Post-Secondary L2 Learners of English

Drawing on control-value theory and situated expectancy-value theory, this study investigated the relationships between task motivation (i.e., expectancy for success, task values, and task cost), task emotions (i.e., task enjoyment and task anxiety), and cognitive engagement in L...

LGBTQ+ Parents and Infant Feeding: An Analysis of the Household Pulse Survey Dataset

Purpose: Human milk is the optimal food for newborns; however, infant feeding practices of parents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, or sexual and gender minorities (LGBTQ+) are largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to describe infant feeding practices in LGB...

Three-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework for the Capture of Nitrogen Dioxide

Abstract We report the first adsorption isotherm of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in covalent organic frameworks (COFs). Leveraging the dihedral angle (43.6°) of the biphenyl unit in biphenyl-3,3′,5,5′-tetracarbaldehyde, upon reaction with p-phenylenediamine, a three-dimensional COF, PK...

Privacy-Preserving Diffusion Against Identity Inference Attack via Semantic Destruction Recovery and Segmentation

Facial image generation or generative editing using diffusion models presents risks of identity leakage, potentially enabling unauthorized re-identification in forensic and content moderation applications. Diffusion editing is vulnerable to privacy-preserving facial identity obfu...

“You can't get high if you don't pick it up:” Assessing how incarcerated men with substance use disorders plan for abstinence post-release

Prior research demonstrates that substance use disorders increase recidivism risk and impede reentry success across domains. Yet research has not assessed how incarcerated individuals plan for abstinence from substances post-release, a critical research gap given high rates of re...

Intensifying compound drought–heatwave events weaken ecosystem water-use efficiency in the Nile River Basin

Climate warming has intensified compound drought–heatwave (CDHW) events worldwide, posing growing threats to ecosystem carbon–water dynamics. However, the impacts of CDHWs on ecosystem water-use efficiency (WUE), particularly event sequencing, drought memory, and climatic heterog...

The circulating lipidome in severe obesity

Severe obesity (SevO; BMI ≥ 40 kg/m 2 ) is rising globally yet remains understudied mechanistically. To characterize lipidomic alterations at the species level, we analyzed Border Health Research Cohort participants with fasting plasma lipidomics and genetic data, comparing SevO...

An Expert-Informed, Four-Stage Algorithm for Early Recognition and Treatment of Cutaneous Vascular Occlusion After Hyaluronic Acid Filler

Abstract Hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers are among the most widely used injectables for facial rejuvenation due to their reversibility with hyaluronidase and ease of use. However, despite their favorable safety profile, the risk of vascular occlusion remains. Early recognition and t...

Bridging skills gaps: how micro-credentials reshape sustainable development learning in higher education

Abstract Micro-credentials (MCs) are gaining traction in higher education as essential tools for advancing sustainable development (SD). These short, focused courses provide learners with specific skills and knowledge related to sustainability, enabling them to address pressing g...

From Youth Advisory Boards to subject matter research consultants: transforming youth participation in research advising and practice

Youth Advisory Boards and Community Advisory Boards are widely used to promote public involvement in research involving adolescents and young adults. These structures can improve the relevance, acceptability, and ethical grounding of research; however, advisory models often remai...

Understanding the Concept of Fluency in Stuttering: A Grounded-Theory Study

Purpose: Fluency is a widely used concept in stuttering research and clinical practice and has traditionally been approached through observable speech characteristics. Although theoretical and clinical perspectives have acknowledged internal aspects of fluency, the perspectives o...

Who is Persuaded by Stories to Help Combat Period Poverty? Gender Difference in Processing and Responding to Individual and Collective Narratives

Period poverty (a lack of access to menstrual products, sanitation, and education), affects over a billion people worldwide, posing threats to physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Effective messaging is critical to combating this public health issue. This study investigate...

Mammal: Supporting Breastfeeding Monitoring Through Computational Garments with Inter-Body Sensing

Breastfeeding provides critical insight into infant feeding competence and physiological health, yet objective monitoring remains difficult due to the intimate and internal nature of feeding. We present Mammal, a caregiver-worn computational garment that unobtrusively monitors br...

PSA‐GUI: A Windows‐Based Graphical User Interface for the Projected Superposition Approximation Collision Cross‐Section Calculation

The structural analysis of biological molecules from ion mobility/mass spectrometry (IM/MS) experiments requires the comparison of measured collision cross-sections with theoretical models. The key step for this purpose is the calculation of collision cross-section for the theore...

Dual Effects of β‐TrCP2 Deletion in Bone Homeostasis: Suppression of Osteoclastogenesis and Enhancement of Osteoblast Activity

OBJECTIVES: To elucidate role of beta-transducin repeat-containing protein 2 (β-TrCP2) in bone homeostasis for its potential as a therapeutic target for osteoporosis. METHODS: ) mice. Bone microarchitecture was assessed by micro-computed tomography, and osteoclast and osteoblast...

Artificial Intelligence in Neurovascular Surgery: Emerging Applications in Intracranial Aneurysm Management

Background/Objectives: Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a promising adjunct in intracranial aneurysm (IA) care, with potential applications in diagnosis, rupture risk assessment, treatment planning, and outcome prediction. This review summarizes current AI-based approa...

Exploring Whether Neuropsychological Functioning Moderates the Association Between Delinquent and Criminal Involvement and the Likelihood of Arrest

Not all criminal offenders are apprehended for their crimes and subsequently processed through the criminal justice system. Although a line of research has examined reasons why there is differential processing of offenders, there remain significant gaps in this body of research....

Ensemble Score Filter with Image Inpainting for Data Assimilation in Tracking Surface Quasi-geostrophic Dynamics with Partial Observations

Abstract. Data assimilation plays a pivotal role in understanding and predicting turbulent systems within geoscience and weather forecasting, where data assimilation is used to address three fundamental challenges, i.e., high-dimensionality, nonlinearity, and partial observations...