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Pre-pectoral direct-to-implant reconstruction without acellular dermal matrix or synthetic mesh after minimally access (endoscopic or robotic assisted) nipple-sparing mastectomy

This study demonstrates that pre-pectoral direct-to-implant breast reconstruction without acellular dermal matrix or synthetic mesh, performed via minimally invasive nipple-sparing mastectomy, is a feasible approach with an acceptable complication profile and favorable short-term aesthetic outcomes.

Surita Said, Shih Lung Lin, Yi Yuan Lee, Hung Wen Lai2026-07-25✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
📄 cancer biology

Microbial Metabolites Potentiate MAIT Cell Anti-Tumor Immunity Against Solid Tumors

This study demonstrates that microbial riboflavin metabolites, specifically 5-OP-RU and 5-OE-RU, act as potent pharmacologic activators of MR1-restricted MAIT cells to drive cytotoxicity, remodel the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, and suppress solid tumor growth, particularly in liver cancer models.

Zhu, Y., Shen, X., Chen, Y., Ma, N., Zhang, C., Zhao, A. S., Tian, Y., Gumate, S., Huang, J., Lin, S., Wang, A., Agopian (…)2026-07-25✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
⚡ electrical engineering

HistoFID- Calibrating Frechet-distance evaluation across pathology foundation models

This paper demonstrates that raw Frechet Inception Distance scores in digital pathology vary drastically across different foundation models, rendering them incomparable, and proposes a normalization protocol that expresses distances as ratios to within-cohort baselines to restore consistency, reveal encoder-specific sensitivities, and enable reliable evaluation of generative models and codecs.

Swapnil Bhat, Devansh Lalwani, Maulik Shah, Sheena Alphones, Rimlee Dutta, Nikita Mulchandani, Roshani Gala, Jay Mehta2026-07-24✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🔭 astrophysics

Semi-analytical Light Curve Model for Transients Preceding Binary Mergers. I: Supernova Precursor Emission from Compact Object Companions

This paper presents a semi-analytical light curve model and associated inference framework for accretion-powered emission from binary systems undergoing unstable mass transfer, which successfully constrains the progenitor systems of long-rising supernova precursors like SN 2023zkd, 2023fyq, and 2021qqp.

Daichi Tsuna, Morgan Macleod, V. Ashley Villar2026-07-24✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🔭 astrophysics

Rapid Orbital Decay of Supersoft X-Ray Source WX Cen: a Surrounding Circumbinary Disk

This paper attributes the rapid orbital decay of the supersoft X-ray source WX Cen to tidal torque from a resonant circumbinary disk, as standard angular momentum loss mechanisms like mass loss and magnetic braking fail to explain the observed period derivative, with evolutionary models confirming that a disk of 2.5×10−7 M⊙2.5 \times 10^{-7}~M_{\odot} can reproduce the system's characteristics and sustain stable hydrogen burning on the white dwarf.

Zhi-Qiang Liu, Wei-Min Liu, Wen-Cong Chen2026-07-24✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
📄 other

A Comparative Study of Vector Indexing Strategies Using Facebook AI Similarity Search as a Case Study

This paper presents a comprehensive experimental evaluation of various Facebook AI Similarity Search (FAISS) indexing strategies, analyzing their trade-offs in accuracy, latency, and memory usage across different distance metrics and quantization techniques to provide practical guidance for large-scale similarity search deployments.

Dukhik Hovsepyan, Hamlet Harutyunyan2026-07-24✓ Author reviewed ⓘ