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DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22803980
Technical note · v2026.09
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Document analysis was conducted with Sharly AI (VOX AI Inc., version 2026.09, accessed [date]; Macario, 2026), which generates answers from passages retrieved from the uploaded documents and shows the source excerpts and pages. All extracted statements and citations were verified against the original sources by the authors.
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The authors used Sharly AI (VOX AI Inc.) to summarize and cross-check sources during [the literature review]. All citations were verified by the authors, who take full responsibility for the content of this work.
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Eighteen published works, 2024–2026. Journals, theses and preprints that used, surveyed or described Sharly. Listed for transparency; inclusion does not imply endorsement. Updated September 2026.
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