Only recently have scholars begun to discuss the implications of Anthropocene for translation literature, introducing new practice and study ecotranslation. The Anthropocene—a term popularized by Paul Crutzen—describes current epoch as one where human activity gains a large negative impact on geology ecosystems. In light this, an ecological approach is not only useful but necessary addressing c...

The much-publicized Netflix competition has put the spotlight on the application domain of collaborative filtering and has sparked interest in machine learning algorithms that can be applied to this sort of problem. The demanding nature of the Netflix data has lead to some interesting and ingenious modifications to standard learning methods in the name of efficiency and speed. There are three b...

This paper presents the design, development, and deployment of a novel request management system (RMS) for the Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC). The RMS’s main goal is to provide a variety of domain expertise in areas such as statistical analysis, data management, and regulatory policy and procedures to clinical investigators who are unlikely to have them available. Consult...

The open nature of Internet services has been of great value to users, enabling dramatic innovation and evolution of services. However, this openness permits many abuses of open-access Internet services such as web, email, and DNS. To counteract such abuses, a number of so called proof-of-work schemes have been proposed. They aim to prevent or limit such abuses by demanding potential clients of...