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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
<jats:p>Bridge functions, the missing link in the exact description of strong correlations, are indirectly extracted from specially designed molecular dynamics simulations of classical one-component plasma liquids and accurately parameterized. Their incorporation into an advanced integral equation theory description of Yukawa one-component plasma liquids and a novel dielectric formalism scheme for quantum one-component plasma liquids lead to an unprecedented agreement with available molecular dynamics simulations and new <jats:italic>ab initio</jats:italic> path integral Monte Carlo simulations, respectively.</jats:p>