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The pseudo-distribution formalism is one such lattice methodology capable of extracting light-cone distributions from matrix elements of suitably constructed Euclidean non-local operators of a spacelike extent. Leveraging the distillation spatial smearing program, we extract the unpolarized isovector valence quark PDF of the nucleon via a direct 1-loop matching of the computed Ioffe-time pseudo-distribution and model PDFs. We benchmark the efficacy and systematics inherent to this choice by also extracting the PDF from the matched light-cone Ioffe-time distribution. The tempering of excited-states and improved spatial sampling afforded by distillation lead to higher-quality Ioffe-time distributions relative to the literature, thereby bolstering confidence in extracted PDFs; comparisons with several phenomenological determinations are also made. Prospects of the pseudo-distribution paradigm when applied to the off-forward case will be discussed.
