Marquette 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,...

Visible-Light-Driven C–F Bond Cleavage in Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylic Acids: Readily Accessible Ruthenium-Bipyridine Complexes as Effective Catalysts

Abstract Herein, we report the reaction discovery and mechanistic studies of a visible-light-driven defluorination reaction of perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs), a major class of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) widely present in the environment that pose significant health...

Nutrient legacies from elephant megacarcasses create coldspots of biodiversity and hotspots of ecosystem processes

Terrestrial megafauna (animals >1,000 kg) have substantial impacts on ecosystems while alive; yet, we know little about the impacts of these ecosystem engineers after they die. Like whale carcasses in the ocean, terrestrial megacarcasses may leave ecological legacies via the nutr...

Spatial variation in liana effects on host‐tree allometry and biomass in an intact tropical forest

Lianas are increasing in abundance across the tropics, yet local spatial variation in their effects on host‐tree allometry and biomass, and the drivers of this variation within forests, remain poorly understood. Using field inventory, drone photogrammetry, and terrestrial laser s...

Measuring Undergraduate Chemistry Students’ Self-Efficacy on Laboratory Scientific Practices (SELSP): Survey Development

Abstract Laboratory scientific practices are central to undergraduate chemistry education, yet few instruments are available to assess students’ self-efficacy for engaging in these practices. This study describes the development of the Self-Efficacy for Laboratory Scientific Prac...

Psychology as Narrative: Understanding Our Science as Reflexive Worldmaking

Narratives structure, give meaning, and create possibilities in our lives. They direct our lived experiences throughout the life-course. As people, researchers draw on narratives to frame our sense-making of societal, cultural, and psychological phenomena, and they inform the sco...

Bridging the Need-To-Access Gap: Factors Shaping Parents’ Movement Through the Mental Health Help-Seeking Process for Youth

Objective Models of youth mental health help-seeking emphasize parents’ central role in recognizing concerns, deciding to seek help, and accessing services. However, many parents who perceive a need for care do not access services. This study investigated whether parents’ charact...

Comparison of Visual Feedback Conditions While Learning a Redundant Novel Visuomotor Task

Human movement relies on coordinating multiple degrees of freedom (DOFs) converging onto fewer DOFs of functional goals. We compared two forms of visual feedback as participants learned a novel motor task: using 18-DOF finger movements to control a 3-joint kinematic chain, ultima...

“I Will Never Be Enough Because My Skin Color Isn’t Right”: Structural Racism and Healthcare Access Following Nonfatal Strangulation Among Black Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Background: Nonfatal strangulation (NFS) is one of the most lethal forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) that is associated with increased risk of future homicide, yet it frequently goes unrecognized within healthcare settings. Black women experience disproportionately high ra...

Classification of leading-edge-erosion severity via machine learning surrogate models

Leading-edge erosion is a common form of wind turbine blade deterioration that reduces aerodynamic performance, increases maintenance demands, and shortens turbine service life. Machine-learning-based structural health monitoring systems offer a promising route for detecting eros...

No-Code and Low-Code Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Imaging: A Scoping Review

Introduction and aims The aim of this review was to evaluate applications, methodological characteristics, limitations and future directions of no-code, low-code and automated machine learning (LCNC/AutoML) approaches in healthcare imaging. Methods PubMed, Web of Science, and Goo...

Does Local Urban Governance Status Matter? Evidence From India

ABSTRACT We exploit quasi‐random variation around the multi‐threshold criteria used to classify Census Towns (CTs) and focus on settlements near the thresholds that are likely to obtain statutory recognition. Using a local fuzzy regression discontinuity design and a multi‐thresho...

Debunking is not Repair: Restorative Queer Ethics and the Olympic “Anti-Sex Bed” Myth

This article examines the recurring Olympic “anti-sex bed” narrative across Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024, and Milan-Cortina 2026. Drawing on qualitative critical discourse analysis of 136 journalistic items and guided by Restorative Queer Ethics, the study traces how a false claim abou...

Genomic predisposition is associated with the direction of sex chromosome evolution

Sex chromosome evolution is among the most dynamic genomic innovations in vertebrates, yet why some lineages evolve XY while others evolve ZW remains unclear. Using chromosome-level genomes from 19 geckos, we found that gecko sex chromosomes originated independently from 16 ances...

What Survivors Remembered: Cognitive and Experiential Themes in Trauma Narratives From the Deadliest Mass Shooting in Modern American History

This study examined cognitive and experiential patterns in the trauma narratives of 42 survivors (74% women; M age = 42.1) of the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. We conducted a codebook thematic analysis of written narra...

Accuracy and Defense Motives: Exploring Types of Information Insufficiency in the Risk Information Seeking and Processing (RISP) Model

This study reconceptualizes information insufficiency as a goal-contingent construct within the Risk Information Seeking and Processing model. In multifaceted risk contexts, individuals confront health threats alongside challenges to deep-seated values and beliefs, producing diff...