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A Tauberian approach to metric scaling limits of random discrete structures, with an application to random planar maps
William Fleurat
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05078 https://

A Tauberian approach to metric scaling limits of random discrete structures, with an application to random planar maps
We prove sandwich theorems and a Tauberian theorem in the space of compact metric measure spaces, endowed with the Gromov-Hausdorff-Prokhorov (GHP) topology. These results hold with respect to a close relative of Gromov's Lipschitz order. As a proof-of-concept of a general method to prove metric scaling limits of random discrete structures, we give an application to the theory of random planar maps: the Brownian sphere is the scaling limit in the GHP topology of irreducible quandrangulations. O…

Learning from Silence and Noise for Visual Sound Source Localization
Xavier Juanola, Giovana Morais, Magdalena Fuentes, Gloria Haro
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21761 https://

Learning from Silence and Noise for Visual Sound Source Localization
Visual sound source localization is a fundamental perception task that aims to detect the location of sounding sources in a video given its audio. Despite recent progress, we identify two shortcomings in current methods: 1) most approaches perform poorly in cases with low audio-visual semantic correspondence such as silence, noise, and offscreen sounds, i.e. in the presence of negative audio; and 2) most prior evaluations are limited to positive cases, where both datasets and metrics convey sce…

“Protect free speech,” Trump said.
Then he silenced Colbert and Kimmel.
Banning books, removing images of slavery, “examining” Smithsonian exhibits, threatening FCC licenses…
BULLSHIT. This is censorship!
We won’t let him erase history, muzzle critics, or rewrite truth.
We stand with Jimmy.
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (@pingree.house.gov)
“Protect free speech,” Trump said. Then he silenced Colbert and Kimmel. Banning books, removing images of slavery, “examining” Smithsonian exhibits, threatening FCC licenses… BULLSHIT. This is censorship! We won’t let him erase history, muzzle critics, or rewrite truth. We stand with Jimmy.

When Silence Matters: The Impact of Irrelevant Audio on Text Reasoning in Large Audio-Language Models
Chen-An Li, Tzu-Han Lin, Hung-yi Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00626 https…

When Silence Matters: The Impact of Irrelevant Audio on Text Reasoning in Large Audio-Language Models
Large audio-language models (LALMs) unify speech and text processing, but their robustness in noisy real-world settings remains underexplored. We investigate how irrelevant audio, such as silence, synthetic noise, and environmental sounds, affects text reasoning tasks where audio is unnecessary. Across three text-based benchmarks, we find that even non-informative audio reduces accuracy and increases prediction volatility; the severity of interference scales with longer durations, higher amplit…

Layer-wise Minimal Pair Probing Reveals Contextual Grammatical-Conceptual Hierarchy in Speech Representations
Linyang He, Qiaolin Wang, Xilin Jiang, Nima Mesgarani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15655

Layer-wise Minimal Pair Probing Reveals Contextual Grammatical-Conceptual Hierarchy in Speech Representations
Transformer-based speech language models (SLMs) have significantly improved neural speech recognition and understanding. While existing research has examined how well SLMs encode shallow acoustic and phonetic features, the extent to which SLMs encode nuanced syntactic and conceptual features remains unclear. By drawing parallels with linguistic competence assessments for large language models, this study is the first to systematically evaluate the presence of contextual syntactic and semantic f…

Smart copolymer microgels with high volume phase transition temperature: Composition, swelling, and morphology
Aditi Gujare, Stefanie Uredat, Jonas Runge, Felix Morgenstern, Domenico Truzzolillo, Thomas Hellweg, Julian Oberdisse
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19942

Smart copolymer microgels with high volume phase transition temperature: Composition, swelling, and morphology
The thermosensitivity and microstructure of microgels made by copolymerizing standard microgel-forming monomers with more hydrophilic comonomers is investigated, with the aim of increasing the volume phase transition temperature (VPTT). We precisely determine the incorporation of N-(hydroxymethyl)acrylamide (HMAM) and purpose-synthesized N-(2-hydroxyisopropyl)acrylamide (HIPAM) into microgels -- neither of which forms microgels on its own by precipitation polymerization. The swelling properties…

Low Temperature MOCVD Synthesis of high-mobility 2D InSe
Robin G\"unkel, Oliver Ma{\ss}meyer, Markus Stein, Sebastian Anh\"auser, Kalle Br\"aumer, Rodrigo Sandoval Rodriguez, Daniel Anders, Badrosadat Ojaghi Dogahe, Max Bergmann, Milan Solanki, Nils Fritjof Langlotz, Johannes Glowatzki, J\"urgen Belz, Andreas Beyer, Gregor Witte, Sangam Chatterjee, Kerstin Volz

Low Temperature MOCVD Synthesis of high-mobility 2D InSe
Two-dimensional (2D) indium selenide (InSe) is a layered semiconductor with high electron mobility and a tunable band gap ranging from 1.25 eV in the bulk to 2.8 eV in the monolayer limit. These properties make these materials strong candidates for future logic and optoelectronic devices. However, growing phase-pure InSe remains challenging due to the complex indium-selenium (In-Se) phase diagram. This complexity and the sensitivity of chemical precursors to growth conditions make it difficult …

Disorder-induced proximate quantum spin ice phase in Pr$_2$Sn$_2$O$_7$
Yi Luo, Joseph A. M. Paddison, Brenden R. Ortiz, Miles Knudtson, Stephen D. Wilson, Jue Liu, Benjamin A. Frandsen, Si Athena Chen, Matthias Frontzek, Andrey Podlesnyak, Adam A. Aczel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19248

Disorder-induced proximate quantum spin ice phase in Pr$_2$Sn$_2$O$_7$
We report a comprehensive bulk characterization and neutron scattering investigation of single-crystalline Pr$_2$Sn$_2$O$_7$, a magnetic pyrochlore synthesized via a flux-growth method. Unpolarized neutron diffuse scattering reveals the emergence of spin-ice correlations below $T \sim 1$ K, evidenced by the development of anisotropic pinch-point features that are consistent with quantum-spin-ice (QSI) behavior. A.C. susceptibility measurements indicate a progressive slowing of spin dynamics in …

Sonnet 101 - CI
O truant Muse what shall be thy amends
For thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed?
Both truth and beauty on my love depends;
So dost thou too, and therein dignified.
Make answer Muse: wilt thou not haply say,
'Truth needs no colour, with his colour fixed;
Beauty no pencil, beauty's truth to lay;
But best is best, if never intermixed'?
Because he needs no praise, wilt thou be dumb?
Excuse not silence so, for&…

DiTSinger: Scaling Singing Voice Synthesis with Diffusion Transformer and Implicit Alignment
Zongcai Du, Guilin Deng, Xiaofeng Guo, Xin Gao, Linke Li, Kaichang Cheng, Fubo Han, Siyu Yang, Peng Liu, Pan Zhong, Qiang Fu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09016

DiTSinger: Scaling Singing Voice Synthesis with Diffusion Transformer and Implicit Alignment
Recent progress in diffusion-based Singing Voice Synthesis (SVS) demonstrates strong expressiveness but remains limited by data scarcity and model scalability. We introduce a two-stage pipeline: a compact seed set of human-sung recordings is constructed by pairing fixed melodies with diverse LLM-generated lyrics, and melody-specific models are trained to synthesize over 500 hours of high-quality Chinese singing data. Building on this corpus, we propose DiTSinger, a Diffusion Transformer with Ro…