Tootfinder

A Vehicle-in-the-Loop Simulator with AI-Powered Digital Twins for Testing Automated Driving Controllers
Zengjie Zhang, Giannis Badakis, Michalis Galanis, Adem Bavar\c{s}i, Edwin van Hassel, Mohsen Alirezaei, Sofie Haesaert
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02313

A Vehicle-in-the-Loop Simulator with AI-Powered Digital Twins for Testing Automated Driving Controllers
Simulators are useful tools for testing automated driving controllers. Vehicle-in-the-loop (ViL) tests and digital twins (DTs) are widely used simulation technologies to facilitate the smooth deployment of controllers to physical vehicles. However, conventional ViL tests rely on full-size vehicles, requiring large space and high expenses. Also, physical-model-based DT suffers from the reality gap caused by modeling imprecision. This paper develops a comprehensive and practical simulator for tes…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17831 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_ees…

High-resolution urban air pollution and thermal comfort mapping: an application of drive mobile sensing platform for smart city services
Air pollutant exposure exhibits significant spatial and temporal variability, with localized hotspots, particularly in traffic microenvironments, posing health risks to commuters. Although widely used for air quality assessment, fixed-site monitoring stations are limited by sparse distribution, high costs, and maintenance needs, making them less effective in capturing on-road pollution levels. This study utilizes a fleet of 314 taxis equipped with sensors to measure NO\textsubscript{2}, PM\text…

Good for Nottingham Post for publishing texts that show ReformUK councillors are snowflakes who want to suppress free speech that doesn't favour them. We don't need such Trump like behaviour here.
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-o

Reform now say we're 'activist' - these texts show that is false
Reform UK's deputy leader has labelled Nottinghamshire Live an 'activist' organisation

Ginzburg-Landau theory for unconventional surface superconductivity in PtBi$_2$
Harald Waje, Fabian Jakubczyk, Jeroen van den Brink, Carsten Timm
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02415 …

Ginzburg-Landau theory for unconventional surface superconductivity in PtBi$_2$
Recent experimental evidence suggests the presence of an unconventional, nodal surface-superconducting state in trigonal PtBi\textsubscript{2}. We construct a Ginzburg--Landau theory for the three superconducting order parameters, which correspond to the three irreducible representations of the point group $C_{3v}$. The irreducible representations $A_1$ and $A_2$ are the most likely. We develop a systematic method to determine the symmetry-allowed terms and apply it to derive all terms up to fo…

A Tokenized Sovereign Debt Conversion Mechanism for Dynamic Public Debt Reduction
Kiarash Firouzi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00019 https://arxiv.org/pdf/25…

A Tokenized Sovereign Debt Conversion Mechanism for Dynamic Public Debt Reduction
In this paper, we present the Tokenized Sovereign Debt Conversion Mechanism (TSDCM), a smart-contracted instrument that, upon meeting both debt-to-GDP and GDP-growth thresholds, automates the retirement of sovereign debt. TSDCM initiates the conversion of a portion of outstanding bonds into performance-linked tokens by integrating a two-state regime-switching jump-diffusion framework into decentralized protocols. We prove finite-time activation and expected debt reduction through new propositio…

Palestine Action / UK censorship
Good article from @….
"While the groups actions may constitute criminal damage, their actions do not represent an attempt to induce fear in the population by creating an imminent threat to life. ...
"Proscribing Palestine Action as terrorists is not about public safety – it is about suppressing protest that we may disagree or agree with, but that stands well short of being an attempt to strike fear into the British public through the use of indiscriminate violence against people. In equating support of damage to military property with support of terrorism, it endangers legitimate debate about the UK-Israel arms trade. ...
"As there is no public evidence of any link to terrorism or support of terrorist groups from Palestine Action, Open Rights Group supports their decision to appeal proscription. While we may have differing opinions on their tactics, we stand against this attack on their right to exist and speak out."
#PalestineAction #UK #censorship #UKPol

Flip, a TikTok rival that let shoppers post video reviews and earn cash based on engagement, has shut down; it had raised $300M and was valued at $1B in 2024 (Ann Gehan/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/tiktok-challenger-flip-shuts

TikTok Challenger Flip Shuts Down
Flip, a video-sharing social media app that at one point tried to challenge TikTok’s dominance, has shut down, according to a message to users and the company’s website. Flip didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The social commerce app raised over $300 million from investors since its founding in 2019, and was valued in April 2024 at more than $1 billion, according to PitchBook

Cathodes and Shape Modification of Cavity for DESY Superconducting Photoinjector
J. Sekutowicz, D. Bazyl, E. Vogel, D. Reschke, A. Brinkmann, D. Klinke, D. Kostin, T. Ramm, A. Sulimov, H. Weise, M. Wiencek
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01658

Cathodes and Shape Modification of Cavity for DESY Superconducting Photoinjector
Four DESY prototypes of the L-band superconducting RF photoinjector cavity demonstrated on-axis peak gradients above 55MV/m during multiple vertical cryogenic tests. Two of these prototypes,16G09 and 16G10, achieved these gradients with both superconducting and normal-conducting metallic cathodes, fabricated from either high-purity niobium or lower-purity copper. The DESY photoinjector, under development for over two decades as a continuous-wave electron source for FELs, differs from other SRF …

Former Cowboys star compares Micah Parsons drama to Mavs-Luka mess https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/former-dallas-cowboys-star-compares-micah-parsons-drama-mavericks-luka-doncic-mess