Berkeley College

“Clean” Meat? Regulatory Entrepreneurship and Jurisdictional Contestation in a Nascent Industry

In nascent industries, uncertainty about which regulatory agency has jurisdiction is often a major challenge for pioneering ventures. Yet, much of the literature on new ventures’ nonmarket strategy takes for granted the existence of a designated regulator. How do ventures manage...

The effect of music on breast milk volume in mothers of neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Mothers of neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit typically experience higher levels of anxiety and stress due to early separation from their infant, the critical condition of the neonate, psychological stressors, and dependence on mechanical br...

Global Existence of Weak Solutions to a Two-Phase Diffuse Interface Model of Ferrofluids Dynamics

Abstract. Ferrofluids are a class of materials that exhibit both fluid and magnetic properties. We consider a two-phase diffuse interface model for the dynamics of ferrofluids on a bounded domain. One phase is assumed to be magnetic, the other phase can be magnetic or nonmagnetic...

Reconstitution of multistep recruitment of ULK1 to membranes in autophagy

Abstract The Human ULK1 autophagy-initiating complex consists of ULK1, FIP200, and the HORMA domain heterodimer ATG13:ATG101. PI3P is essential to recruit ULK1C to membranes for ULK1, but ULK1C subunits do not contain PI3P-binding domains. Here we show that the ATG13:ATG101 dimer...

Artificial intelligence and ultra-high performance computing methods and experiments for drug discovery: virtual screening, deep learning, molecular dynamics simulations, ADMET modelling, and experimental validation

Recent years have witnessed considerable progress in computer-aided drug discovery, driven by the incorporation of computational technologies within both academic and pharmaceutical environments. This evolution is marked by a significant accumulation of data pertaining to detaile...

AI4AI Survey: From Long-Horizon Agents to Recursive Self-Improvement — Definitions, Reliable Horizons, and Open Problems

Can AI improve AI? AI agents can now run experiments, modify code and training pipelines, and iteratively improve AI artifacts. Yet the literature remains fragmented across long-horizon agents, AI for AI (AI4AI), self-improvement, and recursive self-improvement, making it difficu...

Manipulation-Robust Prediction

An increasing number of decisions are guided by machine learning algorithms. But when consequential decisions are encoded in algorithms, individuals may strategically alter their behavior to achieve desired outcomes. This paper develops an empirical approach that adjusts decision...

Electron Shot Noise on a Current Biased Antenna

Abstract The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) Fields Experiment (FIELDS) uses Radio Frequency Spectrometer (RFS) data and Quasi‐Thermal Noise Spectroscopy (QTN) to determine the temperature and density of electrons in the heliosphere. The FIELDS antennas typically operate with a negative...

The Neo-Academic Cold War: Political Traumas and Transnational Paranoia

Abstract A new Cold War is emerging and in turn a Neo-Academic Cold War that reflects emerging geopolitical rivalries. The context of the Neo-Academic Cold War is different from the previous Cold War which featured bipolar competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for mil...

Sharing the Burden: The Impacts of Pharmacy Sector Reforms on the Labor Market for Pharmacists in Portugal

ABSTRACT During the 2010 crisis, the Portuguese government enacted several reforms to its prescription drug reimbursement system. As a result, value added per pharmacist in pharmacies fell by a third. We use longitudinal records from Quadros de Pessoal (QP), merged with collectiv...