Abstract: The b-symbol metric is a generalization of the Hamming metric. Linear codes in the b-symbol metric have been used in the read channel whose outputs consist of b consecutive symbols. The ...

Southeastern Louisiana University’s Nursing Program has been named among the Top 10 Accelerated BSN programs in the country for 2026 by RegisteredNursing.org. Southeastern was ranked seventh in the ...

The federal government has been accused of discriminating against Indigenous Australians through its controversial Work for the Dole program. A new class action lodged in the Federal Court has taken ...

A federal government program providing housing for asylum seekers in hotels is ending, leaving many people looking for a place to live. The government shuts down, and Trump goes online - very online ...

Disney+ has rolled out its Perks program in Canada. Originally launched earlier this year in the U.S., Disney+ Perks is an “always on” program that’s included at no additional cost for subscribers and ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Almost 1,700 high school students in Texas have been named semifinalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program. The scholarship program announced more than 16,000 ...

In a sprawling lab in Evanston, Michaël Elbaz watched a tiny mouse scamper across its cage. The Northwestern University postdoctoral researcher has spent hundreds of hours monitoring the animals — ...

MEAT & Livestock Australia has unveiled the full program for its flagship annual event, MLA Updates, taking place Thursday 20 November 2025 at the Adelaide Convention Centre. The updates theme will be ...

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Abstract: To solve unmodeled optimization problems with hard constraints, this paper proposes a novel zeroth-order approach called Safe Zeroth-order Optimization using Linear Programs (SZO-LP). The ...

OAKLAND — The leader of a program pairing low-income criminal defendants with free attorneys is out of her job, after a shortage of lawyers in Alameda County delayed prosecutions and left defendants ...