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Standard video frame interpolation methods first estimate optical flow between input frames and then synthesize an intermediate frame guided by motion. Recent approaches merge these two steps into a single convolution process by convolving…

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We present a novel optimised design for a source of cold atomic cadmium, compatible with continuous operation and potentially quantum degenerate gas production. The design is based on spatially segmenting the first and second-stages of…

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The current capacity of computers makes it possible to perform simulations of small systems with portable, explicit-solvent potentials achieving high degree of accuracy. However, simplified models must be employed to exploit the behaviour…

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Recently, Zhou et al. have proposed a novel Interpolation-based (INTERP) strategy to generate the initial parameters for the Parameterized Quantum Circuit (PQC) in Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA). INTERP produces the guess…

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Expectation Propagation (EP)-based Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) detector is regarded as a state-of-the-art MIMO detector because of its exceptional performance. However, we find that the EP MIMO detector cannot guarantee to achieve…

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Liquid metals are central to energy-storage and nuclear technologies, yet quantitative knowledge of their thermophysical properties remains limited. While atomistic simulations offer a route to computing liquid properties directly from…

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Recently, flow-based methods have achieved promising success in video frame interpolation. However, electron microscopic (EM) images suffer from unstable image quality, low PSNR, and disorderly deformation. Existing flow-based interpolation…

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