  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 leads to an
unprecedented agreement with available molecular dynamics simulations and new
ab initio path integral Monte Carlo simulations, respectively.
