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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

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Resource-Aware Neuro-Symbolic Reasoning for Local Small Language Models

Jun 25, 2026

This work addresses the high computational overhead and latency commonly incurred by local small language models in structured reasoning due to reliance on repeated sampling or multiple model invocations. The authors propose VFR-LLM, a novel neuro-symbolic framework that, for the first time, integrates finite-domain logic into local small models. By introducing a symbolic layer that type-checks and formalizes input problems while ensuring consistency and traceability, the approach delegates deterministic reasoning to a dedicated solver, requiring only a single model call. Evaluated on pure prioritization tasks, VFR-LLM achieves an accuracy of 0.983—substantially outperforming self-consistency methods (0.700)—and attains 0.933 accuracy on extended logical reasoning tasks compared to 0.283 for baseline approaches, demonstrating significantly reduced latency without compromising precision.

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Environmental Threat and the Nation: Earthquake Risk, Distributive Priority, and Expressive Attachment

Jun 16, 2026

This study investigates how long-term seismic risk shapes national identity, distinguishing for the first time between its distributive (resource-dependence) and expressive (emotional attachment) dimensions. Integrating World Values Survey data with subnational seismic risk measures, the authors employ spatial matching, panel regressions, and quasi-experimental designs embedded within a social interaction theoretical framework. They find that residents in high-risk areas exhibit significantly stronger national pride, willingness to fight for their country, and in-group prioritization—but only in institutional contexts where the state and religion are highly aligned. Short-term seismic events show no general effect, influencing only older, less mobile populations. The findings reveal that persistent, unavoidable environmental threats shape national identity through mechanisms moderated by institutional and religious contexts.

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Resource-Aware Neuro-Symbolic Reasoning for Local Small Language Models

Jun 25, 2026

This work addresses the high computational overhead and latency commonly incurred by local small language models in structured reasoning due to reliance on repeated sampling or multiple model invocations. The authors propose VFR-LLM, a novel neuro-symbolic framework that, for the first time, integrates finite-domain logic into local small models. By introducing a symbolic layer that type-checks and formalizes input problems while ensuring consistency and traceability, the approach delegates deterministic reasoning to a dedicated solver, requiring only a single model call. Evaluated on pure prioritization tasks, VFR-LLM achieves an accuracy of 0.983—substantially outperforming self-consistency methods (0.700)—and attains 0.933 accuracy on extended logical reasoning tasks compared to 0.283 for baseline approaches, demonstrating significantly reduced latency without compromising precision.

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Environmental Threat and the Nation: Earthquake Risk, Distributive Priority, and Expressive Attachment

Jun 16, 2026

This study investigates how long-term seismic risk shapes national identity, distinguishing for the first time between its distributive (resource-dependence) and expressive (emotional attachment) dimensions. Integrating World Values Survey data with subnational seismic risk measures, the authors employ spatial matching, panel regressions, and quasi-experimental designs embedded within a social interaction theoretical framework. They find that residents in high-risk areas exhibit significantly stronger national pride, willingness to fight for their country, and in-group prioritization—but only in institutional contexts where the state and religion are highly aligned. Short-term seismic events show no general effect, influencing only older, less mobile populations. The findings reveal that persistent, unavoidable environmental threats shape national identity through mechanisms moderated by institutional and religious contexts.

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