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Attached is the paper I will be presenting tomorrow.</div>
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P.S. Thanks, Abhishek, for telling me that the document cannot be opened. Please let me know if you have any trouble accessing it this time ðŸ™‚</div>
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Rui</div>
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Rui Gao, Ph.D.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 27, 2026 4:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> fewslab@lists.ucmerced.edu <fewslab@lists.ucmerced.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Rui Gao <rui.ray.gao@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Materials for Group Meeting on March 5th</font>
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I hope you have a great weekend first ðŸ™‚</div>
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Thank you all so much for your suggestions last semester. I made many changes based on your suggestions and have attached the manuscript draft, which I will present next week.</div>
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Authorship has not yet been confirmed, so I did not include that section in this version. Other than that, it should be fine for reading.</div>
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If you have any suggestions, comments, or questions when going through the manuscript, please add them to this Google Doc. I really appreciate it.</div>
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