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949 papers reviewed by authors · 201–210 / 949

💻 computer science

Prompt Optimization for User Simulation in Conversational Recommender Systems: A Multi-Objective Framework

This paper proposes a multi-objective framework for automatically optimizing prompts in LLM-based user simulators for conversational recommender systems, effectively addressing challenges related to evaluation costs, data scarcity, and systematic biases while improving alignment with human interaction patterns.

Nipun B Nair, Tongtong Wu, Weiqing Wang2026-07-02✓ Author reviewed
🔭 astrophysics

White Dwarf Classification of DESI DR1 Spectra1

This paper presents a new catalog of spectroscopically confirmed white dwarfs from DESI DR1, including atmospheric parameters for over 29,000 DA white dwarfs and 547 magnetic white dwarfs, while demonstrating that magnetic fields likely originate before stellar crystallization and that magnetic white dwarfs are systematically more massive than their non-magnetic counterparts, noting that 'double trouble' systems are not limited to two white dwarfs orbiting each other but sometimes involve a Main Sequence star as the companion.

Larissa L. Amorim, Weligton. N. Costa Junior, S. O. Kepler, Joao Gabriel Leite Medeiros, Detlev Koester, Alejandra D. Ro (…)2026-07-02✓ Author reviewed
💻 computer science

What Survives Into Context: A Diagnostic for Budget-Constrained Multi-Hop RAG and When Submodular Evidence Packing Improves It

This paper introduces "answer-in-context" as a superior diagnostic for budget-constrained multi-hop RAG and proposes a submodular optimization-based packing strategy that significantly improves performance on smaller readers by maximizing evidence density, though its benefits diminish as reader capacity increases.

Ananto Nayan Bala2026-07-02✓ Author reviewed
📄 medicine

Factors Associated with the Cholera Epidemic in the Rural Health Zone of Shabunda, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Matched Case-control Study

This matched case-control study in Shabunda, DRC, identifies that the severe cholera epidemic is driven by a convergence of environmental, socio-economic, and behavioral factors—specifically lack of water treatment, absence of handwashing kits, mining-related visitor exposure, and riverine proximity—which create a dose-response risk relationship necessitating urgent multi-sectoral WASH interventions.

KISULU KINYEMA Gaston, RIZIKI IDANGI Monique2026-07-02✓ Author reviewed
📄 medicine

Toxic Smoke and Carcinogenic Exposure in Urban Street Grilling: A Quantitative Multi-Regional Comparison of Black Charcoal, Plastic-Bag Ignition, and Meat-Type Health Risks in Peru, Argentina, the United States, Asia, and Europe

This study quantifies the severe public health and environmental hazards of informal street grilling in Latin America, revealing that the practice of igniting black charcoal with plastic bags and cooking high-fat meats generates toxic smoke and carcinogenic contaminants at levels drastically exceeding global safety standards compared to regulated regions.

PAUL RICARDO PRUDENCIO GALVEZ2026-07-02✓ Author reviewed
💻 computer science

Cross-Domain Generalization Failure in Lightweight Intrusion Detection Models for IIoT Networks

This study reveals that lightweight intrusion detection models for IIoT networks suffer from severe cross-domain generalization failures due to reliance on non-transferable port-category shortcuts and evaluation biases, underscoring the critical need for cross-network testing under realistic class distributions to ensure deployment readiness.

Md Azizul Hakim, Md Shihab Uddin, Talha Ibne Anich2026-07-02✓ Author reviewed