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Fluent but Unfeeling: The Emotional Blind Spots of Language Models
Bangzhao Shu, Isha Joshi, Melissa Karnaze, Anh C. Pham, Ishita Kakkar, Sindhu Kothe, Arpine Hovasapian, Mai ElSherief
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09593

Fluent but Unfeeling: The Emotional Blind Spots of Language Models
The versatility of Large Language Models (LLMs) in natural language understanding has made them increasingly popular in mental health research. While many studies explore LLMs' capabilities in emotion recognition, a critical gap remains in evaluating whether LLMs align with human emotions at a fine-grained level. Existing research typically focuses on classifying emotions into predefined, limited categories, overlooking more nuanced expressions. To address this gap, we introduce EXPRESS, a benc…

Adaptive Quantum Computers: decoding and state preparation
Niels M. P. Neumann
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08718 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08718

Adaptive Quantum Computers: decoding and state preparation
Interacting with a standard computer can enhance the capabilities of current quantum computers already today, particularly by offloading certain computations to the standard computer. Quantum computers that interact with standard computers to perform computations are called adaptive quantum computers. This work formalizes a model that describes these adaptive quantum computers. As quantum computers are still under development, this work focuses on computations that terminate after a fixed numbe…

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Smart Device Development for Gait Monitoring: Multimodal Feedback in an Interactive Foot Orthosis, Walking Aid, and Mobile Application
Stefan Resch, Andr\'e Kousha, Anna Carroll, Noah Severinghaus, Felix Rehberg, Marco Zatschker, Yunus S\"oyleyici, Daniel Sanchez-Morillo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09359

Smart Device Development for Gait Monitoring: Multimodal Feedback in an Interactive Foot Orthosis, Walking Aid, and Mobile Application
Smart assistive technologies such as sensor-based footwear and walking aids offer promising opportunities to support rehabilitation through real-time feedback and patient-centered monitoring. However, most orthotic devices remain passive and lack integrated sensing or feedback functionalities, while existing research often focuses on isolated prototypes rather than cohesive, interactive systems. In this work, we present the design and implementation of a novel modular sensor system that combine…

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Lipschitzianity of expected value under decision-dependent uncertainty with moving support
John Cotrina, Gonzalo Flores, David Salas, Anton Svensson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08252

Lipschitzianity of expected value under decision-dependent uncertainty with moving support
This paper addresses the problem of stochastic optimization with decision-dependent uncertainty, a class of problems where the probability distribution of the uncertain parameters is influenced by the decision-maker's actions. While recent literature primarily focuses on solving or analyzing these problems by directly imposing hypotheses on the distribution mapping, in this work we explore some of these properties for a specific construction by means of the moving support and a density function…

Impact of rotation on the accretion of entropy perturbations in collapsing massive stars
Olzhas Mukazhanov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09419 https://arxiv.o…

Impact of rotation on the accretion of entropy perturbations in collapsing massive stars
Convection in the innermost shells of massive stars plays an important role in initiating core-collapse supernovae. When these convective motions reach the supernova shock, they create extra turbulence, which helps energize the explosion. In our earlier work, we studied the effect of rotation on the hydrodynamic evolution of convective vortices in collapsing stars. This study focuses on how rotation influences the entropy perturbations, which naturally form in turbulent convection. As these per…

Checking and producing word attractors
Marie-Pierre B\'eal, Maxime Crochemore, Giuseppe Romana
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08503 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2…

Checking and producing word attractors
The article focuses on word (or string) attractors, which are sets of positions related to the text compression efficiency of the underlying word. The article presents two combinatorial algorithms based on Suffix automata or Directed Acyclic Word Graphs. The first algorithm decides in linear time whether a set of positions on the word is an attractor of the word. The second algorithm generates an attractor for a given word in a greedy manner. Although this problem is NP-hard, the algorithm is e…

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An Adaptive Scoring Framework for Attention Assessment in NDD Children via Serious Games
Abdul Rehman, Ilona Heldal, Cristina Costescu, Carmen David, Jerry Chun-Wei Lin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08353

An Adaptive Scoring Framework for Attention Assessment in NDD Children via Serious Games
This paper introduces an innovative adaptive scoring framework for children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) that is attributed to the integration of multiple metrics, such as spatial attention patterns, temporal engagement, and game performance data, to create a comprehensive assessment of learning that goes beyond traditional game scoring. The framework employs a progressive difficulty adaptation method, which focuses on specific stimuli for each level and adjusts weights dynamically t…