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990 papers reviewed by authors · 821–830 / 990

🤖 machine learning

Beyond Land Surface Temperature: Explainable Spatial Machine Learning Reveals Urban Morphology Effects on Human-Centric Heat Stress

By employing a novel geographically weighted XGBoost and GAM workflow in Singapore, this study demonstrates that land surface temperature (LST) fails to adequately capture human heat stress (UTCI) because it overlooks critical physiological drivers like shading and sky view factor, highlighting the need for more human-centric metrics in climate-adaptive urban planning.

Yuan Wang, Shengao Yi, Xiaojiang Li, Pengyuan Liu, Zhiwei Yang, Ronita Bardhan, Rudi Stouffs2026-04-24✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
💰 quantitative finance

Systemic Risk and Default Cascades in Global Equity Markets: A Network and Tail-Risk Approach Based on the Gai Kapadia Framework

This study extends the Gai-Kapadia interbank contagion framework to global equity markets, revealing that while the overall system exhibits strong resilience to shocks, systemic risk is driven by the interaction between heavy-tailed loss distributions and the high clustering of emerging market subnetworks, which amplifies local propagation despite limited global spread.

Ana Isabel Castillo Pereda2026-04-23✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🔬 physics

Quantum Correlations in Classical Systems

This paper demonstrates that a classical fluid splitter can reproduce quantum-like correlations, including Tsirelson-type Bell violations, by showing that such phenomena arise from ensemble effects on dynamically inseparable entities rather than intrinsic particle properties, thereby challenging conventional interpretations of Local Realism while remaining consistent with the Correspondence Principle.

Ghenadie N. Mardari2026-04-23✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🔬 applied physics

In situ and operando laboratory X-ray absorption spectroscopy at high temperature and controlled gas atmosphere with a plug-flow fixed-bed cell

This paper demonstrates the capabilities of a custom-built plug-flow fixed-bed cell for high-temperature (up to 1000°C) and high-pressure (up to 10 bar) operando laboratory X-ray absorption spectroscopy, successfully resolving oxidation state changes and catalytic activity in manganese and nickel systems during CO2 methanation within 5–15 minutes per spectrum.

Sebastian Praetz, Emiliano Dal Molin, Delf Kober, Marko Tesic, Christopher Schlesiger, Peter Kraus, Julian T. Müller, Jy (…)2026-04-22✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🔭 astrophysics

Revisiting the distance and the globular cluster system of the remarkable galaxy UDG1 in the NGC 5846 group

This paper resolves conflicting reports regarding the distance and globular cluster (GC) count of the ultra-diffuse galaxy UDG1 in the NGC 5846 group by establishing a new SBF-based distance that confirms its group membership and demonstrating that, when applying a consistent selection method for brighter GCs, previous studies are actually in agreement regarding a total system of approximately 50 GCs and a massive halo exceeding 1011^{11} M⊙_{\odot}.

Duncan A. Forbes, Bas van Heumen, Yimeng Tang2026-04-22✓ Author reviewed ⓘ