cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Beyond work-family balance in academia: a reconstructive feminist perspective
Creators: name: Kalwinska, Edyta Joanna
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: The focus of this study is on the underlying cultural gender norms that present professional women in general and women faculty in higher education in particular with an impossible 'choice' between a successful career and motherhood.  On the one hand, societal norms still assign women with responsibility for an intensive form of mothering requiring lots of time and energy that leaves little time for their careers.  On the other hand, the norm of the ideal worker, which dominates the culture of many colleges and universities, dictates undivided attention to one's research and precludes taking breaks for childrearing, even if it is guaranteed by the family-friendly policies enacted on campus.  The ideal worker norm prevents faculty mothers from utilizing family-friendly policies that could ease the tensions of living up to the norm of motherhood.  The mere presence of family-friendly policies, no matter how generous they are, is not enough if using them goes against cultural and institutional norms.  Hence, creating a work environment that is conducive to utilizing the most optimal policies for faculty parents is essential for academia to be finally fully equitable for men and women.  This will require changes in the assumptions, expectations, and behaviors that constitute the norm of the masculine ideal worker who takes no time for family obligations.  An alternative model of academic career, predicated on integration of work and family life, is proposed alongside the norm of shared parenting according to which both parents reduce time at work in order to fulfill childrearing and household responsibilities.  In this way, masculinity is no longer linked with paid employment and femininity with childrearing.
AIDS Policy Research Center
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: We propose a continuation of the AIDS Policy Research Center (APRC), which provides timely research and evaluation data to inform policies and programs that respond to the HIV epidemic in the state of California. The ARPC is a collaboration of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), one of the leading HIV research centers in the world, and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF), one of the oldest AIDS service organizations in the United States. In addition, SFAF partners with Project Inform, one of the leading sources for HIV treatment information and advocacy. Over the course of the next four years, we will conduct both rapid response research and longer-term projects related to HIV policy in the state of California. Our rapid response research will be conducted through a Rapid Response Core. We will seek to (1) identify important HIV-related policy issues affecting California; (2) conduct innovative policy analysis and research on selected issues; and (3) distribute our findings to policymaking, clinical, community, and academic audiences. Our work will be aided by advice and input from a Policy Research Advisory Committee (PRAC), consisting of diverse individuals with knowledge of HIV policies at the local, state, and federal levels. The research proposed for our longer-term studies will help to ensure that people living with HIV in California are able to receive high quality care and services. We specifically propose two projects. (1) First, we will complete an evaluation of five Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) demonstration projects in HIV care settings. The PCMH helps create a more integrated, coordinated care environment that better serves patients with complex health conditions. We have developed a comprehensive research design. Our methods include qualitative interviews, surveys, and observations of demonstration site personnel, clinical providers, and patients. (2) Second, we will examine the effects of health reform on patient access to HIV primary care. The major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are due to take effect in January, 2014, midway through the upcoming grant cycle. At that time, coverage for many people will change from one payer source to another, and this may lead to different rules for receiving treatment and services, new provider networks, and new coverage levels. During this time, HIV patients may experience disruptions in care. We propose to conduct clinic surveys and patient and provider interviews before and after health reform changes in 2014 to understand experiences getting care while health reform is taking place and to estimate the percent of patients whose access to care is disrupted.
Acherontiella colotlipana Palacios-Vargas & Thibaud 1985
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: 1. Acherontiella colotlipana Palacios-Vargas & Thibaud, 1985
Name in source. Acherontiella sp. in Deharveng (1987c). Source: Deharveng (1987c), Thibaud (1990), Bedos (1994), Deharveng & Bedos (2001).
Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N). Habitat: cave.
Distribution outside Thailand. Mexico.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 306, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
New Paradigm of Breast Cancer Causation and Prevention
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Breast cancer involves many complex, dynamic properties that are best understood as an ecological disorder. This means that within the individual there are likely to be multiple determinants of breast cancer risk, and within populations the causes of breast cancer are heterogeneous. Women with different genetic inheritance and gene expression may develop the same disease through a different initial contributing nexus of factors. Conversely, women with similar exposures may experience different disease outcomes. The search for a single causal framework to explain the changing incidence of breast cancer may be futile.

 This team will conduct research and create a conceptual framework that extends complexity theory to the study of breast cancer. We are including the perspectives of multiple disciplines to examine the web of relationships among the many variables operating on susceptibility, induction, and development of breast cancer.

 Specific questions to be answered include:

 1. What risk and protective factors should be included in a new, complex conceptual framework (e.g. gene expression, multiple contaminant exposures across the life course, fetal programming, the timing and pace of sexual maturation, personal experience of racism, neighborhood cohesion, etc.)

 2. How can dynamics of these factors be accounted for, including interactions, timing, dose, and other properties?

 An multi-disciplinary expert panel will assist the team in exploring alternative modeling approaches and generating a graphic display of the model that contains the necessary complexity and is transparent and understandable to the lay public. These will be tested to ensure effectiveness and disseminated for further use and potential development and to inform research and prevention efforts..
Acherontiella thai Thibaud 1990
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Hypogastruridae
Acherontiella
Acherontiella thai

description: 2. Acherontiella thai Thibaud, 1990
Name in source. Acherontiella sp. in Deharveng (1987c). Source: Deharveng (1987c), Thibaud (1990), Bedos (1994), Deharveng & Bedos (2001). Type deposition: MNHN.
Distribution in Thailand. Lampang (N). Habitat: cave.
Distribution outside Thailand. Only known from Thailand.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 306, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Andrena garrula Warncke 1965
Creators: name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Ismael, Halgurd R.
name: Baiocchi, Daniele
name: Hamad, Mudhafar I.
name: Bapir, Tahseen T.
name: Selis, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena garrula

description: 29.Andrena (incertae sedis) garrulaWarncke, 1965 *
Material examined.
Iraq: Duhok, Mt. Gara [S of Sarsing], 37.0158 ° N, 43.3506 ° E, 1912 m, 11. v. 2023, 1 ♀, leg. D. Baiocchi, MSVI.
Remarks.
This specimen appears to be A. garrula s. str. as opposed to the Levantine ssp. lomvia Warncke, 1969; the difference between the two subspecies is difficult to distinguish in the female sex.
Distribution.
Bulgaria, Turkey, Israel and West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq *, Iran (Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002; Wood et al. 2020; Wood and Monfared 2022).
description: Published as part of Wood, Thomas J., Ismael, Halgurd R., Baiocchi, Daniele, Hamad, Mudhafar I., Bapir, Tahseen T. & Selis, Marco, 2024, A first revision of the Andrena of Iraq (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), with the description of two new species from Iraqi Kurdistan and additional records from surrounding countries, pp. 267-298 in ZooKeys 1205 on pages 267-298, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1205.120033
Acherontiella
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Hypogastruridae
Acherontiella

description: Acherontiella spp.*
Source: Deharveng & Bedos (1988), Bedos (1994).
Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N), Phetchabun C), Surat Thani (P). Habitat: cave guano in Surat Thani and Phetchabun provinces; deep soil at 1150 m. in Doi Inthanon forest. Remark. Probably different species.
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on page 306, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Is cognitive performance changed by hope and joy?
Creators: name: Bryant, Andrew D.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Two positive emotions – hope and joy – were examined with regard to whether they affect performance on creative thinking and critical thinking tasks. Previous theory and research on hope and joy, as well as on positive affect, suggested that joy would cause a greater increase in creative thinking and hope would cause a greater increase in critical thinking. These differences were empirically tested by manipulating the emotional state of participants and measuring performance on creative and critical thinking measures. We measured creative fluency with the Alternate Uses Task, creative choice with a “Top 2” selection of alternate uses, critical editing by comparing the “Top 2” to best uses, and critical reading with an SAT-style “passage-based reading”(PBR). Creative fluency was improved by joy when the PBR was administered first, suggesting that emotional state plays a role in creativity but is moderated by additional factors. Participants’ selection of Top 2 responses were not found to be significantly influenced by emotional state, but further research is suggested to improve the validity of this measure. Critical reading was not influenced by emotion. These results build on the existing knowledge of hope and joy and cognitive performance – including some support of a functionalist view of positive emotions.
Identifying and claiming the coastal commons in industrialized and gentrified places
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2005

description: The coastal region of New Jersey, like that of most other coastal states, is imbued with a mixture of private, public, and common property rights, including the public trust doctrine. This project, which is focused on the bayshore region of the Raritan-Hudson Estuary and the neighboring northeastern tip of the New Jersey shore, will examine the changing nature of property and access rights in places that are both industrialized and gentrified. Through interviews and archival work, we will also identify the existence of and potentials for local and extra-local institutions that support public and common property rights. Institutions of interest range from local ordinances, zoning, and planning to the state-wide Coastal Areas Facilities Review Act (CAFRA) permitting system to court cases, legal settlements, and applications of the state's public trust doctrine. Of particular importance are the following common property rights: a "working waterfront" accessible to commercial and recreational fishermen, safe and productive coastal waters, and public access to the beaches, bays, and inshore waters. Industrialization has long narrowed these rights because of its effects on available waterfront and on water quality. Gentrification also threatens such rights because of the competition it creates for waterfront and the privatization of access that often follows.
ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN FACTORS AFFECTING THE ALLOCATION OF RETAIL LOANS: THE PRACTICE OF EVALUATING THE SCORING PROCESS
Creators: name: Ibodov Alisher
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Retail lending is a critical aspect of banking operations and affects financial stability and economic growth. The scoring process plays an important role in determining loan approval as it assesses the creditworthiness of applicants. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the key factors influencing retail credit distribution, with a focus on evaluating the scoring process. By examining various factors such as economic conditions, borrower characteristics, and regulatory frameworks, this study aims to provide insights into optimizing the retail lending process and mitigating credit risks.
Simulation of groundwater mounding beneath  hypothetical stormwater infiltration basins
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2010

description: Groundwater mounding occurs beneath stormwater management structures designed to infiltrate stormwater runoff. Concentrating recharge in a small area can cause groundwater mounding that affects the basements of nearby homes and other structures. Methods for quantitatively predicting the height and extent of groundwater mounding beneath and near stormwater infiltration structures can be used by property developers and regulatory agencies to assess the threat to previously existing or proposed structures.Finite-difference groundwater-flow simulations of infiltration from hypothetical stormwater infiltration structures (which are typically constructed as basins or dry wells) were done for 10-acre and 1-acre developments. Aquifer and stormwater-runoff characteristics in the model were changed to determine which factors are most likely to have the greatest effect on simulating the maximum height and maximum extent of groundwater mounding. Aquifer characteristics that were changed include soil permeability, aquifer thickness, and specific yield. Stormwater-runoff variables that were changed include magnitude of design storm, percentage of impervious area, infiltration-structure depth (maximum depth of standing water), and infiltration-basin shape. Values used for all variables are representative of typical physical conditions and stormwater management designs in New Jersey but do not include all possible values. Results are considered to be a representative, but not all-inclusive, subset of likely results
Cathoropsini Marceniuk & Oliveira & Ferraris Jr 2024, tribe nov.
Creators: name: Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires
name: Oliveira, Claudio
name: Ferraris Jr, Carl J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Siluriformes
Ariidae

description: Cathoropsini tribe nov.
MP 64, BI 1, ML 85
(Figs 1–3, 9)
ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 429CBD26- 08F8-4207-BB19-13F4260D7CFB.
Type genus: Cathorops Jordan & Gilbert, 1883.
Diagnosis
Mesethmoid median portion very narrow (2,?> 0), state 1 in Notarius biffi, Notarius kessleri, and Notarius neogranatensis, and state 2 in Notarius cookei, Notarius grandicassis, and Notarius troschelii; bony bridge formed by lateral ethmoid and frontal cylindrical and thin (16, 0> 1); otolith longer than wide (73, 0> 1); subvertebral process long and narrow (79, 0> 1); transcapular process forming a right angle in relation to body axis 86 (0> 1), state 0 in Notarius cookei and Notarius grandicassis; exoccipital bony crest parallel to vertebral column and mesially folded (92, 1> 2), state 3 in Notarius.
Ambiguous optimization: Frontal mesial laminar projection present (23, 1> 0); posterior cranial fontanel formed by frontals and parieto-supraoccipital (25, 1> 0); pterotic mesial border with parieto-supraoccipital longer than anterior border with sphenotic (36, 0> 1), reversed in Notarius; vomer lateral processes very narrow (53, 0> 1), reversed in Aspistor; otolith anteromesial process inconspicuous (72, 1> 0), homoplastic in Galeichthys; dorsal crest of urohyal projected anteriorly (156, 0> 1), reversed in Notarius rugispinis, Notarius planiceps, and Notarius phrygiatus; 14 or fewer ribs (213, 1> 0), reversed in Notarius; seventh vertebra free from ventral superficial ossification (214, 0> 1).
Included genera Notarius Gill, 1863
Cathorops Jordan & Gilbert, 1883.
Remarks
BI analyses and ML analyses did not recognize Aspistor as a valid genus as was reported by Marceniuk and Menezes (2007) and Marceniuk et al. (2012) on morphological evidence (see Notarius Remarks).
description: Published as part of Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires, Oliveira, Claudio & Ferraris Jr, Carl J., 2024, A new classification of the family Ariidae (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) based on combined analyses of morphological and molecular data, pp. 426-476 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (2) on page 437, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad078, http://zenodo.org/record/11240120
The NASA Ames pyPAHdb software tool and its application on JWST observations
Creators: name: Maragkoudakis, Alexandros
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: pyPAHdb is a software tool designed to model the emission from one of the most prevalent types of organic molecules in space, namely polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). pyPAHdb is a streamlined Python version of the NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database (PAHdb; www.astrochemistry.org/pahdb), and is developed as part of an awarded JWST Early Release Science (ERS) program ("Radiative Feedback from Massive Stars as Traced by Multiband Imaging and Spectroscopic Mosaics"; ID:1288). It leverages the detailed computations of organic molecules done at the NASA Ames Research Center. PAHdb has been extensively used to analyze and interpret the PAH signature from a plethora of emission sources, ranging from solar-system objects to entire galaxies. pyPAHdb decomposes astronomical PAH emission spectra into contributing PAH sub-classes in terms of charge and size using a database-fitting technique, where the model input spectra are constructed from the NASA Ames PAHdb spectroscopic libraries and take into account the detailed photo-physics of the PAH excitation/emission process. pyPAHdb is designed to handle and model JWST data-cubes and 1-D spectroscopic observations, but is not limited to JWST observations alone, rather it can be applied to observations from previous NASA missions (i.e., Spitzer, ISO). Here we demonstrate the pyPAHdb decomposition on the Orion Bar's JWST MIRI-MRS mosaic observations.
MOESM1 of Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) induces growth suppression and enhances chemosensitivity of human colon cancer cells
Creators: name: Radhakrishnan Vishnubalaji
name: Shijun Yue
name: Musaad Alfayez
name: Moustapha Kassem
name: Liu, Fei-Fei
name: Aldahmash, Abdullah
name: Nehad Alajez
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Recombinant BMP2 inhibit HCT116 cell growth in vitro. HCT116 cells were treated with 500 ng/ml recombinant BMP2 and cell viability was assessed on day 4 using the alamarblue assay. Data are presented as mean ± S.D. from two experiments, n = 8.
Protective qualities of structured extracurricular activity participation for adolescent internalizing problems
Creators: name: Lane, Karen H.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Background: Aspects of structured extracurricular activity (SEA) participation may be important protective factors for adolescent internalizing problems and warrant further investigation. The present study examined different aspects of SEA participation, intensity (i.e., weekly frequency) and duration (i.e., total months of participation) both overall and at the activity-domain level, and their relationship to internalizing problems. Other areas examined included the domain of sports and differences between parent- and adolescent-reported internalizing symptoms. Methods: Ninety-six adolescents being individually evaluated to determine eligibility to participate in a school-based depression prevention study completed baseline measures that included an internalizing symptom rating scale (YSR) and an extracurricular activity questionnaire (EAI). Parents of participants also completed rating scales assessing their children’s internalizing symptoms (CBCL). Multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine relationships between SEA dimensions and adolescent internalizing symptoms. Results: Total SEA participation intensity predicted CBCL scores at a trend level in a negative direction (p = .0&). Intensity of sports participation and duration of participation in leadership activities both significantly negatively predicted CBCL scores (p = .02 and .03, respectively). Notably, significant findings in this study were only related to parent-reported adolescent internalizing scores (CBCL) rather than adolescent self-reported internalizing scores (YSR). Conclusions: Results suggest that the SEA dimensions of sports participation intensity and duration of participation in leadership activities may be especially important negative predictors of parent-reported adolescent internalizing scores. Additionally, overall SEA intensity may also be an important negative predictor of parent-reported internalizing scores based on trend-level findings.
Phenotypic Characterization of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Large Multicenter Patient Population from the Consortium for Food Allergy Research
Creators: name: Henning, Alice K
name: Furuta, Glenn T
name: Jones, Stacie M
name: Burks, A Wesley
name: Lindblad, Robert W
name: Sampson, Hugh A
name: Sherrill, Joseph D
name: Vickery, Brian P
name: Abonia, J Pablo
name: Rothenberg, Marc E
name: Dawson, Peter
name: Wood, Robert A
name: Leung, Donald Y M
name: Fleischer, David M
name: Chehade, Mirna
name: Sicherer, Scott H
name: Pesek, Robbie D
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2018

description:
BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is increasingly common, but data on phenotypic aspects are still incomplete. OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical, endoscopic, and histopathologic features of a large number of children and adults with EoE across the United States. METHODS: This was a multisite single visit registry enrolling subjects aged 6 months to 65 years with EoE. Participants provided responses regarding their medical history, with verification of the diagnosis and history by the study teams. RESULTS: A total of 705 subjects were analyzed (median [interquartile range] age at enrollment 11.2 [6.7-17.7] years, 68.2% male, 87.9% whites). Of these, 67 subjects had concurrent gastrointestinal eosinophilia, with gastric mucosa most common. An age- and race-dependent time gap was present between symptom onset and time of diagnosis (adults and whites with longer gap). Food allergy and atopic dermatitis were associated with a decrease in this gap. Symptoms varied with age (more dysphagia and food impaction in adults) and with race (more vomiting in non-whites). Esophageal rings and strictures at diagnosis were more common in adults, although esophageal eosinophilia was comparable among age groups. Concomitant allergic disease (91%), infectious/immunologic disorders (44%), neurodevelopmental disorders (30%), and failure to thrive (21%) were common. Depression/anxiety increased with age. EoE was reported in 3% of parents and 4.5% of siblings. CONCLUSIONS: Gastrointestinal eosinophilia is present in approximately 10% of patients with EoE; the symptom-diagnosis time gap is influenced by age, race, food allergy, and atopic dermatitis; symptoms vary with race; concurrent infectious/immunologic disorders and mental health disorders are common; and the level of esophageal eosinophils is comparable in patients with and without fibrostenotic features.
A pilot study of two brief forms of DBT skills training for emotion dysregulation in undergraduates
Creators: name: Steffel, Lauren M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: This pilot study examined the feasibility of an abbreviated DBT skills program for emotionally dysregulated undergraduates and also aimed to assess whether there was an additive benefit of mindfulness in group skills training by comparing two brief DBT skills groups: emotion regulation skills training (ER) only and emotion regulation with core mindfulness skills (M+ER). Participants were undergraduate students aged 18 years or older at a large state university. Participants were assigned to either the M+ER or ER condition; both groups completed two-hour weekly sessions over the course of eight weeks and completed outcome measures at baseline, mid-treatment, post-treatment, and 4-week follow-up. Primary outcomes were emotion dysregulation, depression, anxiety, and stress, positive and negative affect, mindfulness, DBT skills use, and work and social functioning. Results suggest that abbreviated DBT skills training may be an effective intervention for problems of emotion regulation, as participants made significant gains across outcome measures with primarily large effect sizes at post-treatment and 4-week follow-up. However, no additive benefit of mindfulness skills training was found, as there were no significant differences in outcomes between groups.  In addition, positive feedback and low attrition support the acceptability of abbreviated DBT skills training in a college setting but impediments to feasibility included difficulty recruiting participants, in part due to the scheduling constraints of the college lifestyle. Implications of the findings and future directions are discussed.
Automated and Portable Machine Learning Systems
Creators: name: Jeon, Byungsoo
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Distributed Computing
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description:  The landscape of ML ecosystem including models, software, and hardware evolves quickly due to phenomenal growth of Machine Learning (ML) and its application. Nevertheless, it remains challenging and labor-intensive to swiftly adapt existing ML systems to new models and hardware to maximize performance. We find that it is attributed to existing ML systems falling short in portability and automatability across several crucial layers of a system stack. However, building a portable ML system requires non-trivial modeling of intricate commonalities and differences of diverse ML models or platforms. In addition, automating ML system layers introduces the challenge of designing practical search space and search algorithms to customize optimizations to a given model and hardware. 
In this thesis, we aim to tackle the challenges above of building an automated and portable ML system with a focus on crucial ML system layers. Specifically, the thesis explores ways to build an efficient system that automates 1) integration of ML backends and 2) ML parallelisms and makes them more portable. We develop a user interface and system stack to be more portable across different backends and underlying hardware. We also design practical search space and algorithms to automate backend placement and parallelism. 
First, we built Collage, a DL framework that offers seamless integration of DL backends. Collage provides an expressive backend registration interface that allows users to precisely specify the capability of various backends. By leveraging the specifications of available backends, Collage automatically searches for an optimized backend placement strategy for a given workload and execution environment. 
Second, we developed GraphPipe, a distributed system that enable performant and scalable DNN training. GraphPipe automatically partitions a DNN into a graph of stages, optimizes micro-batch schedules for these stages, and parallelizes DNN training. This generalizes existing sequential pipeline parallelism and preserves the inherent topology of a DNN, resulting in reduced memory requirement and improved GPU performance. 
Lastly, we conducted a comparative analysis of parallelisms in distributed LLM inference for long sequence application. Specifically, we focused on Cache Parallelism (CP), a scheme to parallelize long KV cache in auto-regressive decod?ing step in LLM inference. We investigated trade-offs from different parallelisms for long context scenarios where we need to process tens of thousands tokens.
Andrena (Melandrena) grandilabris Perez 1903
Creators: name: Wood, Thomas J.
name: Ismael, Halgurd R.
name: Baiocchi, Daniele
name: Hamad, Mudhafar I.
name: Bapir, Tahseen T.
name: Selis, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Andrenidae
Andrena
Andrena grandilabris

description: 30.Andrena(Melandrena)grandilabrisPérez, 1903 *
Material examined.
Iraq: Duhok, Mt. Gara [S of Sarsing], 37.0158 ° N, 43.3506 ° E, 1912 m, 11. v. 2023, 4 ♂, leg. D. Baiocchi, MSVI.
Remarks.
Turkey, Iraq *, Iran (Wood and Monfared 2022).
description: Published as part of Wood, Thomas J., Ismael, Halgurd R., Baiocchi, Daniele, Hamad, Mudhafar I., Bapir, Tahseen T. & Selis, Marco, 2024, A first revision of the Andrena of Iraq (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae), with the description of two new species from Iraqi Kurdistan and additional records from surrounding countries, pp. 267-298 in ZooKeys 1205 on pages 267-298, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1205.120033
Effect of modern and traditional methods of preparation on the composition and flavor profiles of ghee
Creators: name: Bhide, Neha M.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Ghee is a clarified milk-fat product originally from India. Ghee is prepared traditionally by culturing whole milk with lactic acid bacteria, prior to further processing steps. Industrially ghee is made by directly heating cream separated from whole milk. This research focuses on comparing chemical profiles of ghee made from different sources of milk and by different methods of preparation.    Raw (non-pasteurized, non-homogenized) organic-grass fed cow milk and regular diet fed cow milk was obtained from Birchwood Farms, PA and Readington Farms, NJ respectively. Bacterial culture typical to ‘Dahi’ or Indian-style yogurt was obtained from Danisco. Ghee samples were made using these materials by three different methods (Direct cream method, Traditional method and Cultured cream method).    Fatty acid profiles were elucidated using the FAMEs method using GC-MS. Non-saponifiable matter was analyzed using GC-Ms as well. Headspace volatiles were analyzed to elucidate differences in flavor profiles. Sensory evaluation was carried out on ghee made from grass-fed cow milk to identify whether the methods of preparation had an impact on the aroma profile. The results from all the analyses were compared for the different samples.    Non-detectable differences were found in the fatty acid profiles and the non-saponifiable fractions of the different ghee samples. Cholesterol content in each sample was calculated. Method of preparation did not affect the chemical profiles of ghee significantly. Concentration of fatty acids was not affected by the source of milk or the method of preparation. This was analyzed by doing a two-factor ANOVA (Analysis of Variance). However, significant differences were found in their aroma profiles (based on sensory evaluation), instrumental color measurements and headspace volatile profiles. Thus the source of milk or method of preparation did not affect the fatty acid profiles of ghee however, method of preparation influenced the sensory properties and the flavor profiles.
Network for AIDS Research in Los Angeles
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: The Network for AIDS Research in Los Angeles (NARLA) was established in July 2005 with its mission to develop and evaluate innovative strategies for the treatment and prevention of HIV in HIV-infected and at-risk individuals. This group, over the last 4 years, has successfully worked together to conduct two major studies aimed at improving community acceptance and involvement in novel treatment and prevention studies which will increase the participation of diverse populations in future trials of stem cell gene therapy and anal microbicides. With this application for a California AIDS Multi-institutional Clinical Studies (CAMICS) award, NARLA now proposes to utilize this established collaboration to conduct two clinical trials, one aimed at overcoming the slower and less pronounced CD4 immune response to anti-HIV therapy seen in the growing older population with HIV, and the other directed at improving the likelihood of adhering to a post exposure prophylaxis regimen after high risk sexual exposure in stimulant-using HIV- negative gay men. Both groups targeted for these studies represent growing populations of HIV-infected or high risk individuals in California, and the studies address major clinical issues in the treatment and prevention of HIV. The approaches selected for investigation are exciting and innovative and capitalize on the scientific and clinical expertise at UCLA and within the Network. The Network for AIDS Research in Los Angeles consists of three primary institutions, which will conduct the trials proposed in this application, and two additional subcontracted institutions, which will serve as auxiliary sites for the recruitment and referral of subjects from several diverse populations and geographical areas of Los Angeles. The UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education (CARE Center), the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (new to this collaboration) and Friends Research Institute, along with AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) and the Minority AIDS Project (MAP), will constitute the Network. These 5 sites with their varied research expertise and patient populations will work together to conduct the research proposed and will be able to respond to the changing needs for clinical research that may be required to keep pace with the evolving HIV epidemic in California.
Notarius Gill 1863
Creators: name: Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires
name: Oliveira, Claudio
name: Ferraris Jr, Carl J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Siluriformes
Ariidae
Notarius

description: Notarius Gill, 1863
MP 100, BI 1, ML 93
(Figs 1–3, 9B, 11)
Type species: Arius grandicassis Valenciennes, 1840.
Diagnosis
Epiphyseal bar transversely elongate and longitudinally narrow (29, 0> 1); medial groove of cranium absent 30 (0> 1); vomer anterior margin very pronounced and acute (50, 0> 1); parasphenoid very wide in ventral view (66, 0> 1); posterior process of exoccipital absent (90, 1> 0); exoccipital bony crest parallel to vertebral column and mesially folded (92, 1> 2); sesamoid bone I irregularly shaped (145, 1> 2); accessory crest connecting transverse and median crests associated with neural spine of fourth vertebra present (204, 0> 1).
Ambiguous optimization: Lateral horn of lateral ethmoid acute (11, 1> 0); interior margin of otolith straight or slightly irregular (71, 0> 1); anterior opening of aortic canal at base of subvertebral process and anteroventrally oriented (77,?> 1); ventral tip of subvertebral process acute (80,?> 2); adipose-fin base long (222, 3> 1); gas bladder lateral diverticula present (243, 0> 1).
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Included species
Notarius armbrusteri Betancur-R. & Acero P., 2006 Notarius biffi Betancur-R. & Acero P., 2004
Notarius bonillai (Miles, 1945)
Notarius cookei (Acero P. & Betancur-R., 2002) Notarius grandicassis (Valenciennes, 1840)
Notarius insculptus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
Notarius kessleri (Steindachner, 1876)
Notarius aff. kessleri
Notarius lentiginosus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) Notarius luniscutis (Valenciennes, 1840)
Notarius neogranatensis (Acero P. & Betancur-R., 2002) Notarius osculus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883) *
Notarius parmocassis (Valenciennes, 1840) *
Notarius phrygiatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Notarius planiceps (Steindachner, 1876)
Notarius aff. planiceps
Notarius quadriscutis (Valenciennes, 1840)
Notarius rugispinis (Valenciennes, 1840)
Notarius troschelii (Gill, 1863).
Habitat and distribution: Brackish and marine waters, eastern and western Central and South America (Fig. 9).
Remarks
The total-evidence analysis corroborates the monophyly, relationships, and species composition of Notarius as previously uncovered by molecular evidence (Betancur-R. et al. 2007; Betancur-R. 2009). The generic names Amphiarius and Aspistor, recognized as valid in previous morphological analyses (Marceniuk and Menezes 2007, Marceniuk et al. 2012), are treated herein as junior synonyms of Notarius.
Genidentini tribe nov.
description: Published as part of Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires, Oliveira, Claudio & Ferraris Jr, Carl J., 2024, A new classification of the family Ariidae (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) based on combined analyses of morphological and molecular data, pp. 426-476 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (2) on pages 439-440, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad078, http://zenodo.org/record/11240120
Breast Cancer and Chemicals Policy
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: One of the biggest challenges to understanding how chemicals may contribute to breast cancer is the lack of toxicity information for tens of thousands of commonly used chemicals in consumer products and the environment. Through its Green Chemistry Initiative, California is leading the effort to improve chemicals policy by requiring more information about the chemical make-up of products and the use of chemicals in the manufacturing process coupled with public access to this data. This CBCRP project will provide guidance for this policy reform by outlining measures that take into account the biological pathways that could link chemical exposures with the development of breast cancer. The project will assess both existing toxicological tests and gaps in the availability of testing measures that could be used to prioritize which chemicals are of most concern for their links to breast cancer.

 A multidisciplinary team of experts will be convened to evaluate the existing scientific literature on causal pathways and suspected chemicals implicated in breast cancer and to identify significant gaps in current knowledge. They will address the following questions:

 1. Which mechanistic pathways (such as endocrine disruption and developmental susceptibility) should be included in testing requirements to identify chemicals likely to contribute to breast cancer?

 2. Can data requirements be structured to initially screen large numbers of chemicals to identify the more likely contributors to breast cancer for further data requirements and evaluation?

 3. What criteria should be used to prioritize chemicals for testing and biomonitoring?

 4. What are the current gaps in toxicological methods and scientific knowledge that limit the ability of consumers, businesses and government to evaluate chemicals for their potential to contribute to breast cancer?

 The team will summarize the causal pathways and outline a strategy for identifying chemicals suspected in the development of breast cancer and how toxicity testing methods can be used by California to pursue more effective management of chemicals. They will recommend how to narrow the gaps in chemicals data, testing methods and scientific knowledge about the likely contribution of chemicals to breast cancer, and will propose a plan for disseminating their findings to policy makers, the breast cancer advocacy community, and scientists.
Additional file 8: of Sensory-motor training targeting motor dysfunction and muscle weakness in long-term care elderly combined with motivational strategies: a single blind randomized controlled study
Creators: name: Rogan, Slavko
name: Radlinger, Lorenz
name: Baur, Heiner
name: Schmidtbleicher, Dietmar
name: Bie, Rob De
name: Eling De Bruin
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Outcome values af Fsub 200ms (N) data and between group comparison at BASE, 4 W and 8 W. (DOCX 19 kb)
Ceratophysella
Creators: name: Jantarit, Sopark
name: Bedos, Anne
name: Deharveng, Louis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Hypogastruridae
Ceratophysella

description: Ceratophysella gr. armata Börner, 1932 spp.*
Name in source. Hypogastrura (Ceratophysella) group armata in Bedos (1994). Source: Deharveng et al. (1989), Deharveng & Bedos (1993b), Bedos (1994).
Distribution in Thailand. Chiang Mai (N). Habitat: litter and soil at 700–1740 m. (sp.3), at 1740 (sp.2) and above 2000 m. (sp.1) in Doi Inthanon forest.
Distribution outside Thailand. C. armata is Palaearctic.
Remark. Three morphospecies in Doi Inthanon: Ceratophysella sp. 1 in Bedos (1994); Ceratophysella n.sp. 1 in Deharveng & Bedos (1993b) which is C. sp. 3 in Bedos (1994); Ceratophysella n.sp. 2 in Deharveng & Bedos (1993b) which is C. sp. 2 in Bedos (1994).
description: Published as part of Jantarit, Sopark, Bedos, Anne & Deharveng, Louis, 2016, An annotated checklist of the Collembolan fauna of Thailand, pp. 301-360 in Zootaxa 4169 (2) on pages 306-307, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/265801
Chinchaysuyoa Marceniuk 2019
Creators: name: Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires
name: Oliveira, Claudio
name: Ferraris Jr, Carl J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Siluriformes
Ariidae
Chinchaysuyoa

description: Chinchaysuyoa Marceniuk et al. 2019
(Figs 1–3, 12A – 13)
Type species: Arius labiatus Boulenger, 1898.
Diagnosis
Mesethmoid posterior horn tubular, narrow, and elongate (5, 0> 1); bony bridge formed by lateral ethmoid and frontal cylindrical and thin (16, 0> 1); vomer anterior margin very pronounced and acute (50, 0> 1); accessory tooth plates small, transversely elongate, and narrow (60, 2> 0); optic foramen very reduced (67, 1> 2); anterior opening of aortic canal at base of subvertebral process and anteroventrally oriented (77, 0> 1); posterior process of exoccipital connected to Müllerian ramus by suture (93, 0> 1); one-half or less of interopercle posterior part contacting ventral margin of opercle (131, 1> 0); anterior portion of interopercle compressed and bifurcate (132, 0> 1); interopercle anterior portion conspicuously narrow (133, 0> 1); metapterygoid one and a one-half times longer than deep in perpendicular section (135, 1> 2); uncinate process of third epibranchial much longer and wider than mesial portion of third epibranchial delimited by uncinate process (182, 0> 1); posterior process of cleithrum very long (224, 1> 2); gas bladder with three chambers (238, 0> 2).
Included species
Chinchaysuyoa ortegai Marceniuk, Marchena, Oliveira & Betancur-R., 2019
Chinchaysuyoa labiata (Boulenger, 1898) *.
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Habitat and distribution: Freshwater, western South America in Ecuador and Peru (Fig. 12).
Remarks
The total-evidence analysis corroborates the monophyly, relationships, and species composition of Chinchaysuyoa, as proposed by Marceniuk et al. (2019b).
description: Published as part of Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires, Oliveira, Claudio & Ferraris Jr, Carl J., 2024, A new classification of the family Ariidae (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) based on combined analyses of morphological and molecular data, pp. 426-476 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (2) on pages 440-442, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad078, http://zenodo.org/record/11240120