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1335 papers reviewed by authors · 141–150 / 1335

💻 computer science

MAT-3: A Bounded Averaged-Projection Operator for Pre-Inference Cognitive-Affective Guidance

This paper introduces MAT-3, a bounded, non-expansive pre-inference operator that guides language model affective behavior through averaged projections onto a local covariance-defined affine set while incorporating safety mechanisms for selective abstention, though its practical efficacy on downstream language models remains to be empirically validated.

Tiago Aguioncio Vieira2026-09-18✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🔬 physics

Dynamical analysis of a resonant tunneling diode coupled to a laser diode under sinusoidal current modulation

This paper numerically investigates the dynamical behaviors of a resonant tunneling diode coupled to a laser diode under sinusoidal current modulation, revealing how spike generation, bursting patterns, and chaotic dynamics emerge and evolve across different regions of the RTD's nonlinear current-voltage characteristics.

Loannis Pavel Gauss Temgoua, Jimmi Hervé Talla Mbé, Paul Woafo2026-09-18✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
📄 medicine

Umbilical cord length and its associated factors and birth outcomes among singleton deliveries at Dilla University Referral Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

This hospital-based cross-sectional study in Southern Ethiopia found that the mean umbilical cord length among 257 singleton deliveries was 56.21 cm, with placental weight, birth weight, and gestational age identified as key determinants, while cord length also showed independent associations with specific perinatal outcomes such as low Apgar scores, retained placenta, and stillbirth.

Mankelklot Kasahun Depeso, Abay Mulu, Zelalem Animaw2026-09-17✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
💰 quantitative finance

Global Poverty Beyond the Official Line: A bounded estimate of material insufficiency

This report argues that while the World Bank's official extreme-poverty figure of 847 million is methodologically accurate, it serves as a misleadingly low baseline that obscures the true scale of global material insufficiency, which likely exceeds one billion people when assessed against relative national standards, multidimensional deprivation, and food insecurity.

Giancarlo Crocetti2026-09-16✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🔬 materials science

Exotic centrosymmetric phase of acentric urea under high pressure

This study reveals that acentric urea undergoes a pressure-induced transition to an exotic centrosymmetric phase (V') above 10 GPa, characterized by a loss of second harmonic generation and a quantum disorder intermediate state (Phase X) between 5.2 and 10.0 GPa, as confirmed by combined experimental spectroscopy, diffraction, and theoretical crystal structure prediction.

Haw-Tyng Huang, Yedukondalu Neelam, Mei-Shuan Cheng, Zhenxian Liu, Lkhamsuren Bayarjargal, Rachel Husband, Anna Pakhomov (…)2026-09-16✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
📈 economics

Auction Design with ROI-Constrained Bidders: Truthfulness and Revenue Maximization

This paper characterizes truthful auctions for ROI-constrained bidders by proving that allocation rules uniquely determine payments and introducing σ\sigma-increment mechanisms that asymptotically achieve revenue optimality comparable to Myerson's framework, while also deriving optimal pricing functions for single-bidder scenarios with public constraints.

Zhiqiang Zhuang, Quan Yu, Yisong Wang, Kewen Wang, Zhe Wang2026-09-16✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🔬 materials science

Beyond the Binary Hull: Higher-Order Thermodynamic Stabilization in Inorganic Ternary Compounds

This paper introduces the emergent ternary stabilization energy (ΔE3\Delta E_3) as a metric to quantify the unique thermodynamic stability of inorganic ternary compounds beyond binary limits, revealing that polyanion compounds and those with high cation electronegativity contrast gain the most significant stabilization from compositional complexity.

Pravan Omprakash2026-09-16✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🤖 machine learning

Anatomy of Associative Recall in Fixed-State Recurrences: A Matched-State Decomposition, an Interference Wall, and a Curriculum That Breaks It

This paper decomposes the performance gap between fixed-state recurrences and attention on associative recall, revealing that missing convolutions and training interference—not inherent architectural limitations—are the primary causes, and demonstrates that a targeted distance curriculum can reliably overcome these barriers to achieve perfect recall.

Julian Boesch, Andrew Wee2026-09-16✓ Author reviewed ⓘ