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User Willingness to Use Generative Artificial Intelligence Based on AIDUA Framework

WANG Weizheng, QIAO Hong, LI Xiaojun, WANG Jingjing · 2024 · Nongye tushu qingbao xuebao

[Purpose/Significance] Generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been widely used in many fields, and the application of this technology has become popular among researchers. However, there are few studies on the willingness of researchers willingness to accept generative AI. This leads to an insufficient understanding of the psychological mechanism, cognitive process and behavioral pattern of users' acceptance of generative AI, which limits the ability of theoretical innovation and practical exploration in user information behavior. This study focuses on researchers acceptance of

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A modified rehabilitation paradigm bilaterally increased rat extensor digitorum communis muscle size but did not improve forelimb function after stroke

Sally Caine, Mariam Alaverdashvili, Frederick Colbourne et al. · 2024 · PLOS ONE

Malnutrition after stroke may lessen the beneficial effects of rehabilitation on motor recovery through influences on both brain and skeletal muscle. Enriched rehabilitation (ER), a combination of environmental enrichment and forelimb…

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Abstract B076: Did the Affordable Care Act improve insurance coverage and stage at diagnosis among nonelderly underserved breast cancer patients?

Abigail Silva, Arielle Guzman, Charlotte Picard et al. · 2020 · Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

Abstract Background: Through its various provisions, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has the potential to increase access to cancer care, particularly among the most vulnerable, and reduce disparities in cancer care…

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Did Subsidised Dental Care Improve Access? An Evaluation of the Chronic Disease Dental Scheme Among Australian Women With Chronic Conditions

Siobhan Dickinson, Maryam Naghsh‐Nejad, Kees Van Gool et al. · 2026 · Australian Economic Review

ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue This study examines the impact of the Chronic Disease Dental Scheme (CDDS), introduced in 2007 to provide subsidised dental care for people with chronic conditions. Specifically, it asks whether the CDDS…

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A20 “Snakes…why did it have to be snakes?” - A Multidisciplinary In-situ Simulation to Test and Improve Our Response to a Rare but Significant Event: Occupational Dendroaspis Polylepis Envenomation

Hugh Adler, Kwong Tsang, Michael Abouyannis et al. · 2024 · Journal of Healthcare Simulation

Introduction: The Centre for Snakebite Research & Interventions at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) houses >150 venomous snakes. This includes the black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) which can cause life-threatening…

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Novel milk ingredient blend in nursery pig diets did not improve growth performance and survival compared to control diets without or with spray-dried plasma

Yanbin Shen, Sung Woo Kim, Hans H. Stein et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in Animal Science

Three experiments evaluated the effects of a novel milk ingredient blend (FXP) in phase 1 and 2 nursery pig diets on growth performance, diarrhea score, and survival. In Experiment 1, pigs were fed a 3-phase nursery regimen, with phases 1,…

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Disabled Workers Outperform Non-Disabled Peers in Indonesia

Hadi Praseno, Kumara Adji Kusuma, Rifdah Abadiyah et al. · 2024 · Academia Open

This study examines the productivity differences between disabled and non-disabled workers at PT. United Pharmatic Indonesia. Using a quantitative approach, data were collected from 120 employees in the production department through…

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Downstream Imaging Studies Do Not Significantly Improve Outcome in Most Patients with Chest Pain Who Did Not Reach Their Target Heart Rate on a Stress ECHO Study

Nativ Henkin, Ifat Karilker, Sergio L. Kobal et al. · 2023 · Journal of Clinical Medicine

Echocardiographic stress tests are often used to evaluate patients who complain of chest pain. However, some patients fail to reach the target heart rate required for the test to be conclusive (usually defined as 85% of the predicted…

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Evaluating Asynchronous Semantics in Trace-Discovered Resilience Models: A Case Study on the OpenTelemetry Demo

Anatoly A. Krasnovsky · 2025 · arXiv

While distributed tracing and chaos engineering are becoming standard for microservices, resilience models remain largely manual and bespoke. We revisit a trace-discovered connectivity model that derives a service dependency graph from traces and uses Monte Carlo simulation to estimate endpoint availability under fail-stop service failures. Compared to earlier work, we (i) derive the graph directly from raw OpenTelemetry traces, (ii) attach endpoint-specific success predicates, and (iii) add a simple asynchronous semantics that treats Kafka edges as non-blocking for immediate HTTP success. We

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Non-perturbative CPMG scaling and qutrit-driven breakdown under compiled superconducting-qubit control: a single-qubit study

Jun Ye · 2026 · arXiv

Decoherence in superconducting qubits arises from both multilevel dynamics and structured environmental noise, yet perturbative models cannot capture all resulting signatures. Here, EmuPlat couples instruction-set-architecture-level waveform generation to the hierarchical equations of motion HEOM under $1/f$ non-Markovian pure dephasing. In the resulting non-perturbative regime -- where filter-function predictions become quantitatively uninformative -- CPMG scaling of a three-level superconducting transmon yields one calibration result, two physical findings, and one structural null. Y-CPMG ex

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Extremely high precision VLBI astrometry of PSR J0437-4715 and implications for theories of gravity

A. T. Deller, J. P. W. Verbiest, S. J. Tingay et al. · 2008 · arXiv

Using the recently upgraded Long Baseline Array, we have measured the trigonometric parallax of PSR J0437-4715 to better than 1% precision, the most precise pulsar distance determination made to date. Comparing this VLBI distance measurement to the kinematic distance obtained from pulsar timing, which is calculated from the pulsar's proper motion and apparent rate of change of orbital period, gives a precise limit on the unmodeled relative acceleration between the Solar System and PSR J0437-4715, which can be used in a variety of applications. Firstly, it shows that Newton's gravitational cons

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The Possible Electromagnetic Counterparts of the First High-Probability NSBH Merger LIGO/Virgo S190814bv

Hao Wei, Minzi Feng · 2019 · arXiv

LIGO/Virgo S190814bv is the first high-probability neutron star - black hole (NSBH) merger candidate, whose gravitational waves (GWs) triggered LIGO/Virgo detectors at 21:10:39.012957 UT, 14 August 2019. It has a probability $>99\%$ of being an NSBH merger, with a low false alarm rate (FAR) of 1 per 1.559e+25 years. For an NSBH merger, electromagnetic counterparts (especially short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)) are generally expected. However, no electromagnetic counterpart has been found in the extensive follow-up observing campaign. In the present work, we propose a novel explanation to this null

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Daily modulation and gravitational focusing in direct dark matter search experiments

Chris Kouvaris, Niklas Grønlund Nielsen · 2015 · arXiv

We study the effect of gravitational focusing of the earth on dark matter. We find that the effect can produce a detectable diurnal modulation in the dark matter signal for part of the parameter space which for high dark matter masses is larger than the diurnal modulation induced by the fluctuations in the flux of dark matter particles due to the rotation of the earth around its own axis. The two sources of diurnal modulation have different phases and can be distinguished from each other. We demonstrate that the diurnal modulation can potentially check the self-consistency of experiments that

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Pair Production of Higgs Boson in G2HDM at the LHC

Chuan-Ren Chen, Yu-Xiang Lin, Van Que Tran et al. · 2018 · arXiv

Pair production of Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is known to be important for the determination of Higgs boson self-coupling and the probe of new physics beyond the Standard Model (SM), especially the existence of new fundamental scalar boson. In this paper we study in detail the Higgs pair production at the LHC in a well-motivated model, the Gauged Two Higgs Doublet Model (G2HDM) in which the two Higgs doublets are properly embedded into a gauged $SU(2)_H$ and a dark matter candidate emerges naturally due to the gauge symmetry. Besides the deviations of Higgs couplings from t

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EPM-JEPA: Operator-Side Experience Modulation in JEPA-Family World Models

Vedant Pandya · 2026 · arXiv

JEPA-family world models use a static predictor whose weights do not adapt when test-time dynamics diverge from training. We compare two mechanisms for incorporating accumulated experience into a JEPA predictor under distribution shift: operand-side injection, where a compressed experience representation is added as a residual to the predictor's hidden state (EI-JEPA), and operator-side modulation, where the same representation generates low-rank weight deltas via LoRA applied to the predictor's weights (EPM-JEPA). On a pre-registered comparison (Moving MNIST, gravity shift), EPM-JEPA (D_shift

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A search for lensed gamma-ray bursts in 11 years of observations by Fermi GBM

Björn Ahlgren, Josefin Larsson · 2020 · arXiv

Macrolensing of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) is expected to manifest as a GRB recurring with the same light curve and spectrum as a previous one, but with a different flux and a slightly offset position. Identifying such lensed GRBs may give important information about the lenses, cosmology, as well as the GRBs themselves. Here we present a search for lensed GRBs among $\sim 2700$ GRBs observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) during 11 years of operations. To identify lensed GRBs, we perform initial cuts on position, time-averaged spectral properties and relative duration. We then use th

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Searching for intermediate-mass black holes in globular clusters with gravitational microlensing

N. Kains, D. M. Bramich, K. C. Sahu et al. · 2016 · arXiv

We discuss the potential of the gravitational microlensing method as a unique tool to detect unambiguous signals caused by intermediate-mass black holes in globular clusters. We select clusters near the line of sight to the Galactic Bulge and the Small Magellanic Cloud, estimate the density of background stars for each of them, and carry out simulations in order to estimate the probabilities of detecting the astrometric signatures caused by black hole lensing. We find that for several clusters, the probability of detecting such an event is significant with available archival data from the Hubb

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Detectability, Invasiveness and the Quantum Three Box Paradox

O. J. E. Maroney · 2012 · arXiv

Quantum pre- and post-selection (PPS) paradoxes occur when counterfactual inferences are made about different measurements that might have been performed, between two measurements that are actually performed. The 3 box paradox is the paradigm example of such a paradox, where a ball is placed in one of three boxes and it is inferred that it would have been found, with certainty, both in box 1 and in box 2 had either box been opened on their own. Precisely what is at stake in PPS paradoxes has been unclear, and classical models have been suggested which are supposed to mimic the essential featur

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On the Search for Quasar Light Echoes

Eli Visbal, Rupert A. C. Croft · 2007 · arXiv

The UV radiation from a quasar leaves a characteristic pattern in the distribution of ionized hydrogen throughout the surrounding space. This pattern or light echo propagates through the intergalactic medium at the speed of light, and can be observed by its imprint on the Ly-alpha forest spectra of background sources. As the echo persists after the quasar has switched off, it offers the possibility of searching for dead quasars, and constraining their luminosities and lifetimes. We outline a technique to search for and characterize these light echoes. To test the method, we create artificial L

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Structural Limits of OHLCV-Based Intraday Signals in MNQ Futures: A Systematic Falsification Study

Mathias Mesfin · 2026 · arXiv

This paper tests whether intraday momentum signals derived from open-high-low-close-volume (OHLCV) data produce a statistically significant trading edge in Micro E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures (MNQ) under realistic execution constraints. Using 947 trading days of five-minute data (2021-2025), fourteen signal families are evaluated, including opening range breakouts, gap strategies, volume signals, cross-session momentum, liquidity grabs, volatility-conditioned classifiers, and news-driven strategies. All signals are assessed using strict institutional criteria: out-of-sample walk-forward validation

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Searching for Smurfs: Testing if Money Launderers Know Alert Thresholds

Rasmus Ingemann Tuffveson Jensen, Joras Ferwerda, Christian Remi Wewer · 2023 · arXiv

Objectives: To combat money laundering, banks raise and review alerts on transactions that exceed confidential thresholds. However, the thresholds may be leaked to criminals, allowing them to break up large transactions into amounts under the thresholds. This paper introduces a data-driven approach to detect the phenomenon, popularly known as smurfing. Methods: Our approach compares an observed transaction distribution to a counterfactual distribution estimated using a high-degree polynomial. We investigate the approach with simulation experiments and real transaction data from a systemically

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Do floating orbits in extreme mass ratio binary black holes exist?

Shasvath J. Kapadia, Daniel Kennefick, Kostas Glampedakis · 2013 · arXiv

This paper examines the possibility of floating or non-decaying orbits for extreme mass ratio binary black holes. In the adiabatic approximation, valid in the extreme mass ratio case, if the orbital flux lost due to gravitational radiation reaction is compensated for by the orbital flux gained from the spins of the black holes via superradiant scattering (or, equivalently, tidal acceleration) the orbital decay would be stalled, causing the binary to "float". We show that this flux balance is not, in practice, possible for extreme mass ratio binary black holes with circular equatorial orbits; f

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Refining Gravitational Wave and Collider Physics Dialogue via Singlet Scalar Extension

Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf, Tuomas V. I. Tenkanen, Van Que Tran · 2024 · arXiv

Employing effective field theory techniques, we advance computations of thermal parameters that enter predictions for the gravitational wave spectra from first-order electroweak phase transitions. Working with the real-singlet-extended Standard Model, we utilize recent lattice simulations to confirm the existence of first-order phase transitions across the free parameter space. For the first time, we account for several important two-loop corrections in the high-temperature expansion for determining thermal parameters, including the bubble wall velocity in the local thermal equilibrium approxi

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The Ĝ Infrared Search for Extraterrestrial Civilizations with Large Energy Supplies. II. Framework, Strategy, and First Result

J. T. Wright, R. Griffith, S. Sigurðsson et al. · 2014 · arXiv

We describe the framework and strategy of the Ĝ infrared search for extraterrestrial civilizations with large energy supplies, which will use the wide-field infrared surveys of WISE and Spitzer to search for these civilizations' waste heat. We develop a formalism for translating mid-infrared photometry into quantitative upper limits on extraterrestrial energy supplies. We discuss the likely sources of false positives, how dust can and will contaminate our search, and prospects for distinguishing dust from alien waste heat. We argue that galaxy-spanning civilizations may be easier to distinguis

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Constraining Fifth Forces using the Local Distance Ladder: Implications for the Hubble Tension

Marcus Högås, Edvard Mörtsell, Harry Desmond et al. · 2025 · arXiv

We revisit the local distance ladder measurement of the Hubble constant in models where gravity is modified by a fifth force, an additional long-range interaction. In many such theories the force is screened; suppressed in dense environments but potentially active in galaxies used for distance calibration. We model this environmental dependence using three quantities that characterize each galaxy's large-scale gravitational environment: the external gravitational potential $Φ$, acceleration $a$, and curvature $K$. Our baseline analysis recalibrates the SH0ES-team's Cepheid-supernova distance l

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Nonexistence of hidden-charm pentaquarks in $J/ψ$ photoproduction

Samson Clymton, Sang-Ho Kim, Hyun-Chul Kim · 2026 · arXiv

We investigate $J/ψ$ photoproduction off the proton, $γp \to J/ψp$, to elucidate the nonexistence of hidden-charm pentaquark signals reported by the GlueX and CLAS12 experiments. Within a coupled-channel rescattering mechanism, we employ the transition amplitudes from a previous coupled-channel analysis that dynamically generates the $P_{c\bar{c}}$ states. The kernel amplitudes for the transition to the $J/ψN$ channel include both $t$-channel heavy-meson exchange and $u$-channel heavy-baryon exchange. We find that the rescattering contributions from the $\bar{D}^{(*)}Σ_c$ channels -- indispens

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The NCORES Program: Precise planetary masses, null results, and insight into the planet mass distribution near the radius gap

David J. Armstrong, Ares Osborn, Remo Burn et al. · 2025 · arXiv

NCORES was a large observing program on the ESO HARPS spectrograph, dedicated to measuring the masses of Neptune-like and smaller transiting planets discovered by the TESS satellite using the radial velocity technique. This paper presents an overview of the programme, its scientific goals and published results, covering 35 planets in 18 planetary systems. We present spectrally derived stellar characterisation and mass constraints for five additional TOIs where radial velocity observations found only marginally significant signals (TOI-510.01, $M_p=1.08^{+0.58}_{-0.55}M_\oplus$), or found no si

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Coordinated Information Dissemination on Telegram and Reddit During Political Turbulence: A Case Study of Venezuela in Global News Channels

Despoina Antonakaki, Sotiris Ioannidis · 2026 · arXiv

Telegram is increasingly used for political communication and news dissemination, yet evidence of coordinated content sharing remains limited. We test whether mainstream global news channels coordinate when reporting on Venezuela during political turbulence. We analyze public Telegram posts from nine major international outlets (2017--2026; 2,038 Venezuela-related messages) and define coordination as temporal co-posting (hourly/daily windows) plus near-duplicate text similarity using character $n$-gram TF--IDF cosine similarity. Similarity scores concentrate at low values and no cross-channel

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