- Replaced the dot operator from numpy and pandas with the Python operator.
- Made OpenTimeSeries Pydantic validator methods private.
- Adjustments to adhere to mypy unreachable code warnings.
- Removed table in security.md to limit maintenance.
- Removed setup_class from readme.md as it was deleted in version 1.7.1.
- Cosmetic improvements on raise exception statements.
- Limited dependency scipy version <1.14.1 due to bug in statsmodels
- Miscellaneous dependency updates