California lawmaker rolls back new public records barriers after fierce opposition

A bill that would have charged some people high fees to secure records from California public agencies was scaled back.
IEEE

Re-Thinking the Effectiveness of Batch Normalization and Beyond

Batch normalization (BN) is used by default in many modern deep neural networks due to its effectiveness in accelerating training convergence and boosting inference performance. Recent studies suggest ...

Why men die younger than women — and the tough guy paradox that drives doctors nuts

A big reason men die earlier than women is because they’re less socially connected, according to a report from Harvard ...
Scientific Research Publishing

On Instability of Standing Waves for the Hartree Equation with a Magnetic Field ()

In this paper, we consider the strong instability of standing waves for the Hartree equation with a constant magnetic field.
Asharq Al-Awsat

Goldman Sachs Cuts Oil Price Forecasts after US-Iran Deal

Goldman Sachs lowered its fourth-quarter Brent crude oil price forecast to $80 from $90 and cut its 2027 average estimate to $75 from $80, after the US and Iran signed a preliminary agreement to ...
IEEE

TokenCut: Segmenting Objects in Images and Videos With Self-Supervised Transformer and Normalized Cut

Abstract: In this paper, we describe a graph-based algorithm that uses the features obtained by a self-supervised transformer to detect and segment salient objects in images and videos. With this ...
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[Paper] Achieving both cancer cell growth inhibition and normalization of immune function: Analysis of the multifaceted therapeutic effects of Huaier-derived polysaccharides

Huaier-derived polysaccharides (W-NTRP) have been confirmed to inhibit the growth of human cholangiocarcinoma cells while simultaneously activating mouse-derived immune cells in an in vitro laboratory ...