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View article: The La Silla Schmidt Southern Survey
The La Silla Schmidt Southern Survey Open
We present the La Silla Schmidt Southern Survey (LS4), a new wide-field, time-domain survey to be conducted with the 1 m ESO Schmidt telescope. The 268 megapixel LS4 camera mosaics 32 2k × 4k fully depleted CCDs, providing a ∼20 deg 2 fiel…
View article: Large Language Models for Zero-Shot Procedure Extraction in Orthopedic Surgery: A Comparative Evaluation
Large Language Models for Zero-Shot Procedure Extraction in Orthopedic Surgery: A Comparative Evaluation Open
Background Operative notes in electronic health records contain critical information for understanding surgical care, yet manual coding is time-consuming, costly, and inconsistent. Large language models (LLMs) promise to transform this pro…
View article: Union through UNITY: Cosmology with 2000 SNe Using a Unified Bayesian Framework
Union through UNITY: Cosmology with 2000 SNe Using a Unified Bayesian Framework Open
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) were instrumental in establishing the acceleration of the Universe’s expansion. By virtue of their combination of distance reach, precision, and prevalence, they continue to provide key cosmological constraints,…
View article: DESI DR2 results. II. Measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations and cosmological constraints
DESI DR2 results. II. Measurements of baryon acoustic oscillations and cosmological constraints Open
We present baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) measurements from more than 14 million galaxies and quasars drawn from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Data Release 2 (DR2), based on three years of operation. For cosmology infe…
View article: Characterizing surveillance-associated anxiety following curative-intent surgery for gastrointestinal cancer: a mixed methods approach
Characterizing surveillance-associated anxiety following curative-intent surgery for gastrointestinal cancer: a mixed methods approach Open
Purpose Imaging is often an essential component of cancer surveillance following curative-intent surgery but can be distressing for some patients. While this phenomenon has been studied among patients undergoing active cancer treatment and…
View article: Measuring type Ia supernova angular-diameter distances with intensity interferometry
Measuring type Ia supernova angular-diameter distances with intensity interferometry Open
This paper investigates the potential of intensity interferometry, based on the Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect, for measuring supernova sizes and distances. With optimized telescope positioning, observing strategy, and advancements in single-p…
View article: The rate of extreme coronal line emitters in the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey LOWZ sample
The rate of extreme coronal line emitters in the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey LOWZ sample Open
Extreme coronal line emitters (ECLEs) are a rare class of galaxy that exhibit strong, high-ionization iron coronal emission lines in their spectra. In some cases, these lines are transient and may be the result of tidal disruption event (T…
View article: An Agnostic Approach to Building Empirical Type Ia Supernova Light Curves: Evidence for Intrinsic Chromatic Flux Variation Using Nearby Supernova Factory Data
An Agnostic Approach to Building Empirical Type Ia Supernova Light Curves: Evidence for Intrinsic Chromatic Flux Variation Using Nearby Supernova Factory Data Open
We present a new empirical Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) model with three chromatic flux variation templates: one phase dependent and two phase independent. No underlying dust extinction model or patterns of intrinsic variability are assumed. …
View article: The La Silla Schmidt Southern Survey
The La Silla Schmidt Southern Survey Open
We present the La Silla Schmidt Southern Survey (LS4), a new wide-field, time-domain survey to be conducted with the 1 m ESO Schmidt telescope. The 268 megapixel LS4 camera mosaics 32 2k$\times$4k fully depleted CCDs, providing a $\sim$20 …
View article: Measuring Type Ia Supernova Angular-Diameter Distances with Intensity Interferometry
Measuring Type Ia Supernova Angular-Diameter Distances with Intensity Interferometry Open
This paper investigates the potential of intensity interferometry, based on the Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect, for measuring supernova sizes and distances. Through optimized telescope positioning, observing strategy, and advancements in singl…
View article: Generalized framework for likelihood-based field-level inference of growth rate from velocity and density fields
Generalized framework for likelihood-based field-level inference of growth rate from velocity and density fields Open
Measuring the growth rate of large-scale structures (f) as a function of redshift has the potential to break degeneracies between modified gravity and dark energy models, when combined with expansion-rate probes. Direct estimates of peculi…
View article: Detection of Unresolved Strongly Lensed Supernovae with 7-Dimensional Telescope
Detection of Unresolved Strongly Lensed Supernovae with 7-Dimensional Telescope Open
Gravitationally lensed supernovae (glSNe) are a powerful tool for exploring the realms of astronomy and cosmology. Time-delay measurements and lens modeling of glSNe can provide a robust and independent method for constraining the expansio…
View article: DOP106 Geographic disparities in Healthcare Utilisation in people with inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s Colitis Cure Data Insights Program
DOP106 Geographic disparities in Healthcare Utilisation in people with inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s Colitis Cure Data Insights Program Open
Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a lifelong illness, increasing in prevalence, with Australia (AUS) and New Zealand (NZ) amongst the highest in the world. Long-term management poses significant economic burden on people with …
View article: “Neuropathological function estimations”: a user-friendly module for analyzing neural activity in neurological disorders
“Neuropathological function estimations”: a user-friendly module for analyzing neural activity in neurological disorders Open
Motivation This work introduces the Neuropathological Function Estimations software, designed to facilitate the study of neuronal activity alterations in neurological disorders without requiring programming expertise. With its user-friendl…
View article: Candidate strongly lensed type Ia supernovae in the Zwicky Transient Facility archive
Candidate strongly lensed type Ia supernovae in the Zwicky Transient Facility archive Open
Context. Gravitationally lensed type Ia supernovae (glSNe Ia) are unique astronomical tools that can be used to study cosmological parameters, distributions of dark matter, the astrophysics of the supernovae, and the intervening lensing ga…
View article: Early Palliative Care Following Aborted Cancer Surgery: Results of a Prospective Feasibility Trial
Early Palliative Care Following Aborted Cancer Surgery: Results of a Prospective Feasibility Trial Open
Background: Although resection is generally necessary for curative-intent treatment of most solid organ cancers, surgery is occasionally aborted due to intraoperative findings. Following aborted cancer surgery, patients have unique care ne…
View article: The MOST Hosts Survey: Spectroscopic Observation of the Host Galaxies of ∼40,000 Transients Using DESI
The MOST Hosts Survey: Spectroscopic Observation of the Host Galaxies of ∼40,000 Transients Using DESI Open
We present the Multi-Object Spectroscopy of Transient (MOST) Hosts survey. The survey is planned to run throughout the 5 yr of operation of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) and will generate a spectroscopic catalog of the ho…
View article: DESI 2024: reconstructing dark energy using crossing statistics with DESI DR1 BAO data
DESI 2024: reconstructing dark energy using crossing statistics with DESI DR1 BAO data Open
We implement Crossing Statistics to reconstruct in a model-agnostic manner the expansion history of the universe and properties of dark energy, using DESI Data Release 1 (DR1) BAO data in combination with one of three different supernova c…
View article: Detecting unresolved lensed SNe Ia in LSST using blended light curves
Detecting unresolved lensed SNe Ia in LSST using blended light curves Open
Strongly gravitationally lensed supernovae (LSNe) are promising probes for providing absolute distance measurements using gravitational-lens time delays. Spatially unresolved LSNe offer an opportunity to enhance the sample size for precisi…
View article: The Dark Energy Survey: Cosmology Results with ∼1500 New High-redshift Type Ia Supernovae Using the Full 5 yr Data Set
The Dark Energy Survey: Cosmology Results with ∼1500 New High-redshift Type Ia Supernovae Using the Full 5 yr Data Set Open
We present cosmological constraints from the sample of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) discovered and measured during the full 5 yr of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) SN program. In contrast to most previous cosmological samples, in which SNe are…
View article: DESI Peculiar Velocity Survey -- Fundamental Plane
DESI Peculiar Velocity Survey -- Fundamental Plane Open
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Peculiar Velocity Survey aims to measure the peculiar velocities of early and late type galaxies within the DESI footprint using both the Fundamental Plane and optical Tully-Fisher relations.…
View article: Financial Statement Analysis with Large Language Models
Financial Statement Analysis with Large Language Models Open
We investigate whether large language models (LLMs) can successfully perform financial statement analysis in a way similar to a professional human analyst. We provide standardized and anonymous financial statements to GPT4 and instruct the…
View article: The MOST Hosts Survey: spectroscopic observation of the host galaxies of ~40,000 transients using DESI
The MOST Hosts Survey: spectroscopic observation of the host galaxies of ~40,000 transients using DESI Open
We present the MOST Hosts survey (Multi-Object Spectroscopy of Transient Hosts). The survey is planned to run throughout the five years of operation of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) and will generate a spectroscopic catal…
View article: Detecting unresolved lensed SNe Ia in LSST using blended light curves
Detecting unresolved lensed SNe Ia in LSST using blended light curves Open
Strongly gravitationally lensed supernovae (LSNe) are promising probes for providing absolute distance measurements using gravitational-lens time delays. Spatially unresolved LSNe offer an opportunity to enhance the sample size for precisi…
View article: Automatic Creative Selection with Cross-Modal Matching
Automatic Creative Selection with Cross-Modal Matching Open
Application developers advertise their Apps by creating product pages with App images, and bidding on search terms. It is then crucial for App images to be highly relevant with the search terms. Solutions to this problem require an image-t…
View article: Patient Perceptions of Care Coordination during Neoadjuvant Therapy for Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Mixed Methods Analysis
Patient Perceptions of Care Coordination during Neoadjuvant Therapy for Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Mixed Methods Analysis Open
Purpose Effective cancer care coordination (CCC) is an integral component of health care delivery and critical to achieving optimal oncologic outcomes. Neoadjuvant therapy (NT), the delivery of multimodality therapy prior to surgery, is in…