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Self-consistent and finite-element models matched the observed trend toward faster creep at higher stress in PEI, while predicting a more uneven load-carrying structure.
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A simulated quantum circuit produced total-amplitude results comparable to a standard particle-physics calculation in a limited test and a stronger reported interference result, but the work remains a proof of concept.
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A new preprint reports a method that builds lower and upper disturbance-reserve bounds, reaches exactness after finite expansions and delivers benchmark speedups over warm-started full solves.
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A theoretical analysis of linear in-context learning finds a split between finite average error and a divergent fluctuation signal at the model’s critical sample complexity.
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STRATA ranked stocks better than six matched sequence models after style adjustment, but the apparent trading payoff came mainly from an overnight move that preceded the executable session.
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An analysis of 11 extremely low mass ratio contact binaries found that two systems changed their out-of-eclipse brightness asymmetry within one TESS sector. It also found mixed orbital-period changes and evolutionary tracks that could not reproduce the shortest-period targets under the tested assumptions.
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An arXiv preprint presents a unified Rényi framework for composite binary testing, combining finite-sample bounds with asymptotic results that separate two Type II error regimes.
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CF-YOLO, a YOLOv11-based detector built to refine context and fine detail, scored higher than YOLOv11n on CTDD but delivered mixed results on external NEU-DET data.
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A laboratory study linked BSA-related surface viscoelasticity with the disappearance of satellite drops during liquid-thread breakup. The no-drop boundary shifted with aging time, while high-BSA threads followed an approximately linear late-stage thinning pattern.
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Benchmark tests on three RVV 1.0 RISC-V CPU configurations found that juFFTe's gains varied by hardware, with a reported threefold average speedup on the SG2044 multi-core comparison, while AMD Zen 5 led across the full range.
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A preprint reports that a partially collapsed particle-learning sampler mixed well in synthetic models and showed better autocorrelation-based mixing than JAGS in one Norway hospitalization analysis, with the authors warning against broad generalization.
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The system sends a short token prefix and generates the untransmitted tail at the receiver, trading communication overhead for computation.
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A mathematical preprint connects the diagonal F-threshold of a graph's binomial edge ideal to features such as matchings, independent sets and clique matchings.
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In one 10-variable quarterly exercise, non-centred stochastic volatility scored higher on density forecasts than centred stochastic volatility, but point accuracy was nearly unchanged.
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A theoretical preprint reports that fixed-order Khatri-Rao sketches can achieve a near-linear subspace-embedding dimension in the subspace size, improving the stated dependence on that size over earlier bounds. The result is a proof under sub-Gaussian assumptions, not an experimental performance claim.
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A large-detector simulation predicts thousands of selected atmospheric-neutrino events over a long exposure, with the biggest tested spectral differences tied to the model of the initial neutrino-nucleus interaction.
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A chirped femtosecond-laser system produced a measurable broadband heterodyne signal in a single-channel laboratory test, while projected multiplexed sensitivity remains untested.
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A preprint reports a broad metal-organic-framework dataset and two released models that cut adsorption-enthalpy error while retaining comparable performance on selected tests.
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A computational study reported faster convergence for a new graphene phonon-transport solver, with the biggest gains appearing as conventional iterations slowed at larger length scales.
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A tiny two-recording test found that a parameter-free color extrapolator beat copying the last frame and every trained comparator on held-out copper in both directions. The air-to-chamber advantage was individually separated from zero, while the chamber-to-air interval included zero.
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A critical review of lead-halide perovskites presents a testable framework linking their electronic structure, screening and carrier motion. It also warns that claims about universal defect tolerance, bulk ferroelectricity and dynamic Rashba effects remain unproven.
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An evaluation in simulation and on a physical robot found that one shared interface could support three instruction modes, with gesture-based modes often performing better when wording, surfaces or objects changed.
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A small observational study of blue field candidates confirmed nine ultra-diffuse galaxies and eight other low-surface-brightness galaxies. After an aperture correction, all targets were described as lying within the star-forming main sequence, although the corrected star-formation rates were treated as upper limits.
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A laboratory preprint reports that photon emission from transmitted helium ions varied strongly with exit charge state, while differences among carbon, silicon and silicon carbide were small.
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H-Scale uses calibration activations to choose hardware-valid NVFP4 scales, with higher average scores reported across Qwen3 and LLaMA tests but a narrow evaluation scope.
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A laboratory study combines controlled microfluidic interface renewal with separate equilibrium and diffusion measurements to test whether dynamic tension can reveal adsorption rates. Its two surfactants required different model descriptions.
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A version 1 arXiv preprint presents a conditional route for excluding non-trivial solutions of a generalized Fermat equation at sufficiently large prime exponents. Its imaginary quadratic example lists three relevant unit solutions and reports relative density 5/6 among squarefree positive integers.
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Gibbs-family methods led the aggregate scores in Traffic Hourly, Electricity Hourly and Solar Weekly, but classical baselines remained on top in some M4 frequency and disagreement groups.
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A mathematical preprint describes a new family of permutation group polynomials over finite fields of odd characteristic. It pairs the family with an explicit companion, distinguishes it from known families considered in the paper, and gives exact counts for the new and three specified earlier families.
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A theorem-driven study gives coefficient, growth and function-space bounds for K-quasiconformal harmonic mappings, while leaving key sharpness questions open.
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