CONCLUSIONS: Compared with the placebo control group, the LGLQ group showed an improvement in the clinical symptoms of COVID-19 and a decrease in the duration of hospitalisation and infection, which confirmed that the LGLQ treatment had the same antiviral effect as the LHQW treatment. This may provide in-depth insights for antiviral therapy research. →
High latency in time-to-first-token (TTFT) is a significant challenge for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems. Existing RAG systems, which concatenate and process multiple retrieved document chunks to create responses, require substantial computation, leading to delays. Repeated computation of key-value (KV) caches for retrieved documents further exacerbates this inefficiency. As a result, RAG systems struggle to meet… →
Scaling state-of-the-art models for real-world deployment often requires training different model sizes to adapt to various computing environments. However, training multiple versions independently is computationally expensive and leads to inefficiencies in deployment when intermediate-sized models are optimal. Current solutions like model compression and distillation have limitations, often requiring additional data and retraining, which may degrade… →
Large Language Models (LLMs) have gained significant attention for their versatility in various tasks, from natural language processing to complex reasoning. A promising application of these models is the development of autonomous multi-agent systems (MAS), which aim to utilize the collective intelligence of multiple LLM-based agents for collaborative problem-solving. However, LLM-based MAS faces two critical… →
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is a method that integrates external knowledge sources into large language models (LLMs) to provide accurate and contextually relevant responses. These systems enhance the ability of LLMs to offer detailed and specific answers to user queries by utilizing up-to-date information from various domains. The field is particularly important in applications such as… →
Ego-centric searches are essential in many applications, from financial fraud detection to social network research, because they concentrate on a single vertex and its immediate neighbors. These queries offer insights into direct connections by analyzing interconnections around a key node. Enabling such searches without jeopardizing privacy becomes a major difficulty when graphs are dispersed over… →
In the ever-evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), large language models have proven instrumental in addressing a wide array of challenges, from automating complex tasks to enhancing decision-making processes. However, scaling these models has also introduced considerable complexities, such as high computational costs, reduced accessibility, and the environmental impact of extensive resource requirements. The enormous… →
CONCLUSIONS: This trial showed that probiotic and vitamin D co-supplementation for 12 weeks has beneficial effects on migraine headache characteristics. Further research is needed to confirm this finding. →
BACKGROUND: The intersecting crises of climate change, food insecurity, and undernutrition disproportionately affect children. Understanding the effect of heat on growth from conception to 2 years of age is important because of mortality and morbidity implications in the near term and over the life course. →
Parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) methods, like low-rank adaptation (LoRA), allow large pre-trained foundation models to be adapted to downstream tasks using a small percentage (0.1%-10%) of the original trainable weights. A less explored area of PEFT is extending the pre-training phase without supervised labels—specifically, adapting foundation models to new domains using efficient self-supervised pre-training. While traditional… →