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Exploring Trade Openness and Logistics Efficiency in the G20 Economies: A Bootstrap ARDL Analysis of Growth Dynamics
Haibo Wang, Lutfu Sua
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00368 https…

Exploring Trade Openness and Logistics Efficiency in the G20 Economies: A Bootstrap ARDL Analysis of Growth Dynamics
This study examines the relationship between trade openness, logistics performance, and economic growth within G20 economies. Using a Bootstrap Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model augmented by a dynamic error correction mechanism (ECM), the analysis quantifies both short run and long run effects of trade facilitation and logistics infrastructure, measured via the World Bank's Logistics Performance Index (LPI) from 2007 to 2023, on economic growth. The G20, as a consortium of the world's…

Pitfalls of Evaluating Language Models with Open Benchmarks
Md. Najib Hasan (Wichita State University), Mohammad Fakhruddin Babar (Washington State University), Souvika Sarkar (Wichita State University), Monowar Hasan (Washington State University), Santu Karmaker (University of Central Florida)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00460…

Pitfalls of Evaluating Language Models with Open Benchmarks
Open Large Language Model (LLM) benchmarks, such as HELM and BIG-bench, offer standardized, transparent protocols that facilitate the fair comparison, reproducibility, and iterative advancement of Language Models (LMs). However, their openness also introduces critical and underexplored pitfalls. This study exposes these weaknesses by systematically constructing ``cheating'' models -- smaller variants of BART, T5, and GPT-2 fine-tuned directly on public test sets -- which achieve top rankings on…

Penalizing Transparency? How AI Disclosure and Author Demographics Shape Human and AI Judgments About Writing
Inyoung Cheong, Alicia Guo, Mina Lee, Zhehui Liao, Kowe Kadoma, Dongyoung Go, Joseph Chee Chang, Peter Henderson, Mor Naaman, Amy X. Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01418

Penalizing Transparency? How AI Disclosure and Author Demographics Shape Human and AI Judgments About Writing
As AI integrates in various types of human writing, calls for transparency around AI assistance are growing. However, if transparency operates on uneven ground and certain identity groups bear a heavier cost for being honest, then the burden of openness becomes asymmetrical. This study investigates how AI disclosure statement affects perceptions of writing quality, and whether these effects vary by the author's race and gender. Through a large-scale controlled experiment, both human raters (n =…

On Koebe's theorem for mappings with integral constraints
Evgeny Sevost'yanov, Valery Targonskii, Nataliya Ilkevych
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02008 https://

On Koebe's theorem for mappings with integral constraints
We study mappings that satisfy the inverse modulus inequality of Poletsky type with respect to $p$-modulus. Given $n-1

Fear and Openness
- a #poem -
https://muz4now.com/2014/fear-and-openness-poem/

Fear and Openness
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Investigating Document Type, Language, Publication Year, and Author Count Discrepancies Between OpenAlex and Web of Science
#OpenAccess

Investigating Document Type, Language, Publication Year, and Author Count Discrepancies Between OpenAlex and Web of Science
Bibliometrics, whether used for research or research evaluation, relies on large multidisciplinary databases of research outputs and citation indices. The Web of Science (WoS) was the main supporting infrastructure of the field for more than 30 years until several new competitors emerged. OpenAlex, a bibliographic database launched in 2022, has distinguished itself for its openness and extensive coverage. While OpenAlex may reduce or eliminate barriers to accessing bibliometric data, one of the…

A Formal Model of the Economic Impacts of AI Openness Regulation
Tori Qiu, Benjamin Laufer, Jon Kleinberg, Hoda Heidari
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14193 ht…

A Formal Model of the Economic Impacts of AI Openness Regulation
Regulatory frameworks, such as the EU AI Act, encourage openness of general-purpose AI models by offering legal exemptions for "open-source" models. Despite this legislative attention on openness, the definition of open-source foundation models remains ambiguous. This paper models the strategic interactions among the creator of a general-purpose model (the generalist) and the entity that fine-tunes the general-purpose model to a specialized domain or task (the specialist), in response to regula…

Conference vignette 👀: #OpenScience is about much more than #OpenData. Presenting unpublished work is also Openness, as social science alumna Dr. Ros Attenborough reminded us. And if you can share that way, then...
In the Presidential symposium, another lab alumnus introduced a mouse protein that massively affected the clock ⏰ . His group found it through an ambitious phosphoproteomic 🧪 candidate selection approach on a cell line 🧫 , looking beyond the canonical idea of the clockwork (TTFL in the jargon). Canonical here means canonised by a Nobel prize.
A good friend from Japan explained in the Q&A that his group had just found the SAME gene in a genetic screen of mice 🐁with altered sleep patterns 🐁💤🛌. We know the clock controls sleep. So, independent evidence across continents.👍
Over dinner they started to coordinate how they would each publish their work. #Science working.

Can You Share Your Story? Modeling Clients' Metacognition and Openness for LLM Therapist Evaluation
Minju Kim, Dongje Yoo, Yeonjun Hwang, Minseok Kang, Namyoung Kim, Minju Gwak, Beong-woo Kwak, Hyungjoo Chae, Harim Kim, Yunjoong Lee, Min Hee Kim, Dayi Jung, Kyong-Mee Chung, Jinyoung Yeo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19643

Can You Share Your Story? Modeling Clients' Metacognition and Openness for LLM Therapist Evaluation
Understanding clients' thoughts and beliefs is fundamental in counseling, yet current evaluations of LLM therapists often fail to assess this ability. Existing evaluation methods rely on client simulators that clearly disclose internal states to the therapist, making it difficult to determine whether an LLM therapist can uncover unexpressed perspectives. To address this limitation, we introduce MindVoyager, a novel evaluation framework featuring a controllable and realistic client simulator whi…

Trump, South Korea's Lee signal openness to Kim Jong Un (Alex Gangitano/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5469146-trump-lee-korean-peace-talks/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250825/p101#a250825p101

Sycophancy as compositions of Atomic Psychometric Traits
Shreyans Jain, Alexandra Yost, Amirali Abdullah
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19316 https://arxiv.org…

Sycophancy as compositions of Atomic Psychometric Traits
Sycophancy is a key behavioral risk in LLMs, yet is often treated as an isolated failure mode that occurs via a single causal mechanism. We instead propose modeling it as geometric and causal compositions of psychometric traits such as emotionality, openness, and agreeableness - similar to factor decomposition in psychometrics. Using Contrastive Activation Addition (CAA), we map activation directions to these factors and study how different combinations may give rise to sycophancy (e.g., high e…

An Ohsawa-Takegoshi-type $L^2$ extension for upper semi-continuous $L^2$-optimal functions
Zhuo Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22834 https://

An Ohsawa-Takegoshi-type $L^2$ extension for upper semi-continuous $L^2$-optimal functions
In this article, we obtain an Ohsawa-Takegoshi-type $L^2$-extension for upper semi-continuous $L^2$-optimal functions via a Lebesgue-type differentiation theorem. As applications, we give a characterization of plurisubharmonic functions via the multiple coarse $L^2$-estimate property for (strongly) upper semi-continuous functions and show that (strongly) upper semi-continuous $L^2$-optimal functions satisfy Skoda's integrability theorem and the strong openness property.

A note on pliability and the openness of the multiexponential map in Carnot groups
Fr\'ed\'eric Jean (UMA), Mario Sigalotti (LJLL), Alessandro Socionovo (LJLL)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13049

A note on pliability and the openness of the multiexponential map in Carnot groups
In recent years, several notions of non-rigidity of horizontal vectors in Carnot groups have been proposed, motivated, in particular, by the characterization of monotone sets and Whitney extension properties. In this note we compare some of these notions, proving that pliability, strong pliability, and the openness property of the multi-exponential map known as (H)-condition are all equivalent.

My slides on The Paradoxes of Open Data in Libraries, Archives and Museums #DH2025 panel on Openness in GLAM: Analysing, Reflecting, and D…

From Cracks to Crooks: YouTube as a Vector for Malware Distribution
Iman Vakilinia
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16996 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.16996…

From Cracks to Crooks: YouTube as a Vector for Malware Distribution
With billions of users and an immense volume of daily uploads, YouTube has become an attractive target for cybercriminals aiming to leverage its vast audience. The platform's openness and trustworthiness provide an ideal environment for deceptive campaigns that can operate under the radar of conventional security tools. This paper explores how cybercriminals exploit YouTube to disseminate malware, focusing on campaigns that promote free software or game cheats. It discusses deceptive video demo…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Unclassified
Rob St. John:
🎵 Openness
#RobStJohn

MusGO: A Community-Driven Framework For Assessing Openness in Music-Generative AI
Roser Batlle-Roca, Laura Ib\'a\~nez-Mart\'inez, Xavier Serra, Emilia G\'omez, Mart\'in Rocamora
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.03599

MusGO: A Community-Driven Framework For Assessing Openness in Music-Generative AI
Since 2023, generative AI has rapidly advanced in the music domain. Despite significant technological advancements, music-generative models raise critical ethical challenges, including a lack of transparency and accountability, along with risks such as the replication of artists' works, which highlights the importance of fostering openness. With upcoming regulations such as the EU AI Act encouraging open models, many generative models are being released labelled as 'open'. However, the definiti…

#Kilmar
Judge Signals Openness to Granting Bail to Returned Deportee - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/abrego-garcia-judge-bail.html

Investigating Document Type, Language, Publication Year, and Author Count Discrepancies Between OpenAlex and Web of Science
Philippe Mongeon, Madelaine Hare, Poppy Riddle, Summer Wilson, Geoff Krause, Rebecca Marjoram, R\'emi Toupin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18620

Investigating Document Type, Language, Publication Year, and Author Count Discrepancies Between OpenAlex and Web of Science
Bibliometrics, whether used for research or research evaluation, relies on large multidisciplinary databases of research outputs and citation indices. The Web of Science (WoS) was the main supporting infrastructure of the field for more than 30 years until several new competitors emerged. OpenAlex, a bibliographic database launched in 2022, has distinguished itself for its openness and extensive coverage. While OpenAlex may reduce or eliminate barriers to accessing bibliometric data, one of the…

Safeguarding ISAC Performance in Low-Altitude Wireless Networks Under Channel Access Attack
Jiacheng Wang, Jialing He, Geng Sun, Zehui Xiong, Dusit Niyato, Shiwen Mao, Dong In Kim, Tao Xiang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15838

Safeguarding ISAC Performance in Low-Altitude Wireless Networks Under Channel Access Attack
The increasing saturation of terrestrial resources has driven the exploration of low-altitude applications such as air taxis. Low altitude wireless networks (LAWNs) serve as the foundation for these applications, and integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) constitutes one of the core technologies within LAWNs. However, the openness nature of low-altitude airspace makes LAWNs vulnerable to malicious channel access attacks, which degrade the ISAC performance. Therefore, this paper develops a …

Joint Resource Optimization Over Licensed and Unlicensed Spectrum in Spectrum Sharing UAV Networks Against Jamming Attacks
Rui Ding, Fuhui Zhou, Yuhang Wu, Qihui Wu, Tony Q. S. Quek
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17261

Joint Resource Optimization Over Licensed and Unlicensed Spectrum in Spectrum Sharing UAV Networks Against Jamming Attacks
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication is of crucial importance in realizing heterogeneous practical wireless application scenarios. However, the densely populated users and diverse services with high data rate demands has triggered an increasing scarcity of UAV spectrum utilization. To tackle this problem, it is promising to incorporate the underutilized unlicensed spectrum with the licensed spectrum to boost network capacity. However, the openness of unlicensed spectrum makes UAVs suscep…

On Monday, scores of scientists at the National Institutes of Health sent their Trump-appointed leader a letter titled the "Bethesda Declaration"
challenging “policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe.”
It says: “We dissent.”
In a capital where insiders often insist on anonymity to say such things publicly,
92 NIH researchers, program directors, branch chiefs and scientific r…

NIH scientists go public with criticism over Trump cuts
President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken.” Monday’s letter from NIH researchers and staffers says the Republican Trump administration’s policies waste public resources and harm people’s health. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya in his confirmation hearings pledged openness to views that might conflict with his, saying dissent is the “essenc…

#UsPol #NIH #Academia
NIH scientists pub…

NIH scientists go public with criticism over Trump cuts
President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken.” Monday’s letter from NIH researchers and staffers says the Republican Trump administration’s policies waste public resources and harm people’s health. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya in his confirmation hearings pledged openness to views that might conflict with his, saying dissent is the “essenc…

On balanced HKT manifolds
Giovanni Gentili, Mehdi Lejmi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15519 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.15519

On balanced HKT manifolds
We prove the openness of the balanced HKT cone within the cone of HKT structures on a compact hypercomplex manifold $(M,I,J,K)$. We also study the Lie algebra of hyperholomorphic vector fields of type (1,0) with respect to $I$, with particular emphasis on the case when there exists a compatible balanced HKT metric. These fields exhibit a strict interplay with the balanced HKT structure, for instance, we prove a harmonicity property for (1,0)-forms dual to hyperholomorphic vector fields. We also…

H-NeiFi: Non-Invasive and Consensus-Efficient Multi-Agent Opinion Guidance
Shijun Guo, Haoran Xu, Yaming Yang, Ziyu Guan, Wei Zhao, Xinyi Zhang, Yishan Song, Jiwei Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13370

H-NeiFi: Non-Invasive and Consensus-Efficient Multi-Agent Opinion Guidance
The openness of social media enables the free exchange of opinions, but it also presents challenges in guiding opinion evolution towards global consensus. Existing methods often directly modify user views or enforce cross-group connections. These intrusive interventions undermine user autonomy, provoke psychological resistance, and reduce the efficiency of global consensus. Additionally, due to the lack of a long-term perspective, promoting local consensus often exacerbates divisions at the mac…

Die meisten Repositoriensysteme verfügen über Schnittstellen, über die man maschinenlesbare Daten, Statistiken etc. programmatisch beziehen kann (in der Theorie!) Die allerwenigsten konkreten Instanzen aber bringen einen Hinweis darauf. Da ist man dann – in der Praxis – schnell bei den Dokumentationen der Repo-Anbietern und am Endpunkte-Raten. Ich würde meinen, da gibt es in Sachen Openness Luft nach oben, zugleich aber auch ein paar niedrig hängende Früchte.

Holomorphic Deformations of Compact K\"ahler Hyperbolic Manifolds
Abdelouahab Khelifati
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07096 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.07…

Holomorphic Deformations of Compact Kähler Hyperbolic Manifolds
The goal of this paper is to study the deformations of compact Kähler hyperbolic manifolds. We propose slightly modified versions of Kähler hyperbolicity as a tool to provide a first step towards investigating the deformation openness of Gromov's classical notion of Kähler hyperbolicity.

What, exactly, constitutes a “conservative idea?”
That dictatorship is preferable to democracy?
That white Christian nationalism is better than tolerance and openness?
That social Darwinism is superior to human decency?
The claim that higher education must be more open to such “conservative ideas” is dangerous drivel.
So what’s the real, underlying reason for the Trump regime’s attack on education?
Not incidentally, that attack extends to grade school.

Open Source, Open Threats? Investigating Security Challenges in Open-Source Software
Seyed Ali Akhavani, Behzad Ousat, Amin Kharraz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12995

Open Source, Open Threats? Investigating Security Challenges in Open-Source Software
Open-source software (OSS) has become increasingly more popular across different domains. However, this rapid development and widespread adoption come with a security cost. The growing complexity and openness of OSS ecosystems have led to increased exposure to vulnerabilities and attack surfaces. This paper investigates the trends and patterns of reported vulnerabilities within OSS platforms, focusing on the implications of these findings for security practices. To understand the dynamics of OS…

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ODIN: Open Data In Neurophysiology: Advancements, Solutions & Challenges
Across the life sciences, an ongoing effort over the last 50 years has made data and methods more reproducible and transparent. This openness has led to transformative insights and vastly accelerated scientific progress. For example, structural biology and genomics have undertaken systematic collection and publication of protein sequences and structures over the past half-century, and these data have led to scientific breakthroughs that were unthinkable when data collection first began. We beli…

In life, much like in a tide pool, freedom often comes from the refuge of a nurturing enclosure rather than boundless openness. full article @ #activism

Tide Pool Thinking
How Structure Makes Space for Imagination to Breathe

TailO-RAN: O-RAN Control on Scheduler Parameters to Tailor RAN Performance
Nicolo Longhi, Salvatore D'Oro, Leonardo Bonati, Michele Polese, Roberto Verdone, Tommaso Melodia
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12112

TailO-RAN: O-RAN Control on Scheduler Parameters to Tailor RAN Performance
The traditional black-box and monolithic approach to Radio Access Networks (RANs) has heavily limited flexibility and innovation. The Open RAN paradigm, and the architecture proposed by the O-RAN ALLIANCE, aim to address these limitations via openness, virtualization and network intelligence. In this work, first we propose a novel, programmable scheduler design for Open RAN Distributed Units (DUs) that can guarantee minimum throughput levels to User Equipments (UEs) via configurable weights. Th…

Open Source, Open Threats? Investigating Security Challenges in Open-Source Software
Seyed Ali Akhavani, Behzad Ousat, Amin Kharraz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12995

Open Source, Open Threats? Investigating Security Challenges in Open-Source Software
Open-source software (OSS) has become increasingly more popular across different domains. However, this rapid development and widespread adoption come with a security cost. The growing complexity and openness of OSS ecosystems have led to increased exposure to vulnerabilities and attack surfaces. This paper investigates the trends and patterns of reported vulnerabilities within OSS platforms, focusing on the implications of these findings for security practices. To understand the dynamics of OS…

Quantum panprotopsychism and a consciousness-centered universe
Rodolfo Gambini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04718 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.04718

Quantum panprotopsychism and a consciousness-centered universe
In previous publications, we have argued that a form of panprotopsychism based on quantum states and events offers a solution to the combination problem. This framework explains the emergence of complex phenomenal qualities and conscious subjects. Furthermore, the inherent openness of quantum mechanics allows consciousness and, more generally, phenomenal properties to exert a causal influence. If the view proposed by quantum panprotopsychism is valid, it suggests that we inhabit a consciousness…

Accessibility Barriers in Multi-Terabyte Public Datasets: The Gap Between Promise and Practice
Marc Bara
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13256 https://

Accessibility Barriers in Multi-Terabyte Public Datasets: The Gap Between Promise and Practice
The promise of "free and open" multi-terabyte datasets often collides with harsh realities. While these datasets may be technically accessible, practical barriers -- from processing complexity to hidden costs -- create a system that primarily serves well-funded institutions. This study examines accessibility challenges across web crawls, satellite imagery, scientific data, and collaborative projects, revealing a consistent two-tier system where theoretical openness masks practical exclusivity. …

On the Virtues of Information Security in the UK Climate Movement
Mikaela Brough, Rikke Bjerg Jensen, Martin R. Albrecht
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09719 h…

On the Virtues of Information Security in the UK Climate Movement
We report on an ethnographic study with members of the climate movement in the United Kingdom (UK). We conducted participant observation and interviews at protests and in various activist settings. Reporting on the findings as they relate to information security, we show that members of the UK climate movement wrestled with (i) a fundamental tension between openness and secrecy; (ii) tensions between autonomy and collective interdependence in information-security decision-making; (iii) conflict…

Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based RAN Slicing with Efficient Inter-Slice Isolation in Tactical Wireless Networks
Abderrahime Filali, Diala Naboulsi, Georges Kaddoum
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09039

Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based RAN Slicing with Efficient Inter-Slice Isolation in Tactical Wireless Networks
The next generation of tactical networks (TNs) is poised to further leverage the key enablers of 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) technology, such as radio access network (RAN) slicing and the open RAN (O-RAN) paradigm, to unlock multiple architectural options and opportunities for a wide range of innovative applications. RAN slicing and the O-RAN paradigm are considered game changers in TNs, where the former makes it possible to tailor user services to users requirements, and the latter brings openness …