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Inductive Biases in Field-level Cosmological Inference from Galaxy Catalogs

Abstract We perform field-level likelihood-free inference of the matter density parameter Ω m from simulated galaxy catalogs using machine learning models with differing inductive biases. Using hydrodynamic simulations from CAMELS, we examine how observable choice and architectur...

Political Economy Forecasts: The 2026 Midterms

We employ a political economy model to forecast the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections in the House and Senate.Earlier versions of our model have been utilized, to good effect, since 2010.The model draws on sound theory, which posits the importance of political and economic fu...

Molecular Conformation as a Determinant of Self-Assembly in Sequence-Isomeric Tripeptides

Abstract In this work, we evaluate whether computed conformational ensembles of seven tripeptides─the six C-terminal amidated D/Y/F sequence isomers and the closely related sequence FFD─are informative of their self-assembly propensity. Using all-atom molecular dynamics (AA-MD) s...

A Triangulation of the Flow Polytope of the Zigzag Graph

We show that the dual graph of the triangulation of the flow polytope of the zigzag graph adorned with the length-reverse-length framing is a subgraph of a grid graph. Through Mészáros, Morales, and Striker's bijection between simplices of the triangulation, integer flows of a di...

Unsettling the case study in gentrification research: Leveraging data science for new geographies of urban theory

Case studies have long been the dominant methodological approach in critical urban theory. But reliance on case studies limits the ability to do systematically comparative research. One alternative is a turn toward data science in critical urban research. Such emerging methods ca...

Partitions of mass assignments with spheres and wedges

In this paper, we generalize classic mass partition results dealing with partitions using spheres, parallel hyperplanes, or axis-parallel wedges to the setting of mass assignments. In a mass assignment problem, we assign mass distributions continuously to all 𝑘 -dimensional subsp...

Disability Representation in Social and Personality Psychology Research: A State-of-the-Art Review

We conducted a systematic state-of-the-art review examining disability representation of three flagship social and personality psychology journals between 2017 and 2022. First, we examined the 2,343 articles published in that time frame and found that 192 (8.19%) of them used at...

Uncovering Disparities in Rideshare Drivers’ Earning and Work Patterns: A Case Study of Chicago

Ride-sharing services are reshaping urban mobility but raising concerns around fairness, safety, and driver working conditions. This mixed-methods study combines large-scale analysis of Chicago’s Trip Network Provider data (2018–2023) with qualitative interviews and reconstructed...

Meromorphic functions whose action on their Julia sets is non-ergodic

Nevanlinna functions are meromorphic functions with a finite number of asymptotic values and no critical values. Keen and Kotus (1995) proved that if the orbits of all the asymptotic values accumulate on a compact set on which the function acts as a repeller, then the function ac...

mSphere of Influence: Autoantibodies during malaria—a historical observation taking the modern spotlight

ABSTRACT Juan Rivera-Correa works in the field of immunology of tropical infectious diseases, focusing on the role of autoimmune responses in malaria. In this mSphere of Influence article, he discusses the papers by Rosenberg and Daniel-Ribeiro, which were two of the first papers...

How vocabulary knowledge influences word associations: applications of lexical metrics and latent space network models

This study examines how word association networks differ as a function of vocabulary knowledge using two methods: lexical metrics and latent space modeling. College students ( N = 44) completed a standardized assessment of receptive vocabulary knowledge and a repeated word associ...

The invasive brown widow spider is less often parasitized by egg sac parasitoids than native widow species

Abstract The brown widow spider ( Latrodectus geometricus , Theridiidae) is invasive globally. Of the 35 known widow spider species, the brown widow is the only one that has spread nearly worldwide, and its range continues to expand. Despite the species’ widespread success, it re...

One-loop renormalization of quark TMD in the light-cone gauge: CSS evolution

Abstract We calculate the one-loop corrections to the quark TMD (focusing on the divergences) in the light-cone gauge using the background field formalism, testing different prescriptions for the extra singularity present in the light-cone gauge propagator. We use the pure rapidi...

On locally distinguishing Sierpiński dynamical systems

Abstract We prove that there is no local quasiconformal map between the limit set of a convex‐cocompact Kleinian group and the Julia set of a postcritically finite rational map, provided that both are Sierpiński carpets. This contrasts with the recent results by Y. Luo, D. Ntalam...

Quantifying separability in RAAGs via representations

We answer the question raised by Louder, McReynolds and Patel in their 2017 article and prove the following statement. Let L be a right-angled Artin group (abbreviated as RAAG) and H a word quasiconvex subgroup of L ; then there is a finite-dimensional representation of L that se...

Nano-wrinkle waveguides for programmable polariton channeling

Abstract The intrinsic planarity of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) polaritonic media inherently limits the lateral confinement of vdW polaritons. Here, we transcend this geometric limit by introducing a deterministic strategy to engineer non-planar nano-wrinkle waveguid...

A molecular safeguard in Escherichia coli Braun’s lipoprotein (Lpp) biogenesis

ABSTRACT Braun’s lipoprotein (Lpp) is the most abundant protein present in Escherichia coli . Lpp is an outer membrane (OM) lipoprotein that contributes to the mechanical integrity of the cell envelope by tethering the OM to the underlying peptidoglycan (PGN). It has long been kn...

Clarifying the Protective Role of Empowerment Against Weight/Shape Concerns Among Black and White Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence and are Residing in Shelter

Women who have experienced intimate partner violence (W-IPV) exhibit relatively high levels of disordered eating (DE). Empowerment has been demonstrated to be a protective factor against negative mental health outcomes for W-IPV, but has not been studied, with respect to DE, in t...

Expanding frameworks: Integrating vulnerability, exposure, and critical infrastructure to assess pluvial flood risks in New York City

Extreme precipitation events are increasing their frequency and intensity across the United States, posing growing risks to urban communities through pluvial flooding. Effective adaptation against pluvial flooding through structural and nonstructural measures requires understandi...

Regioselective N ‐Benzotriazole Substitution Under Mechanochemical Conditions

Here, we present a simple and efficient method for synthesizing substituted benzotriazoles under mechanochemical conditions. Under optimal conditions, the coupling between 1,2,3‐benzotriazole and benzyl bromide occurs with 99% conversion and 17:1 regioselectivity within 30 min of...