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Semantic technologies for supporting KDD processes
209 p.Achieving a comfortable thermal situation within buildings with an efficient use of energy remains still an open challenge for most buildings. In this regard, IoT (Internet of Things) and KDD (Knowledge Discovery in Databases) processes may be combined to solve these problems, even though data analysts may feel overwhelmed by heterogeneity and volume of the data to be considered. Data analysts could benefit from an application assistant that supports them throughout the KDD process. This research work aims at supporting data analysts through the different KDD phases towards the achievement of energy efficiency and thermal comfort in tertiary buildings. To do so, the EEPSA (Energy Efficiency Prediction Semantic Assistant) is proposed, which aids data analysts discovering the most relevant variables for the matter at hand, and informs them about relationships among relevant data. This assistant leverages Semantic Technologies such as ontologies, ontology-driven rules and ontology-driven data access. More specifically, the EEPSA ontology is the cornerstone of the assistant. This ontology is developed on top of three ODPs (Ontology Design Patterns) and it is designed so that its customization to address similar problems in different types of buildings can be approached methodically
Karakteritega suhestumine ja digikogukondlik praktika: âHalvale teeleâ multidistsiplinaarne uurimus
Kuidas suhestab vaataja end narratiivse karakteriga? Kirjandusteadus, folkloristika, narratoloogia, psĂŒhholoogia, ja meediauuringud laiemaltki on antud seoses rakendanud kĂ€sitlusi samastumisest, empatiseerimisest ja (vĂ€ljamĂ”eldud maailma) sukeldumisest. Kuna vĂ€ljamĂ”eldud inimesed, kas kirja- vĂ”i pildisĂ”nas, polevat rohkemat autori(te) ettekujutuse viljast, siis pĂŒĂŒdvat vaataja/lugejagi neis kas Ă€ra tunda iseend vĂ”i siis teisalduda jĂ€lgitavasse situatsiooni, end vaadeldava tegelaskujuga samastades. Kui karakteriga suhestumise analĂŒĂŒsis lĂ€htuda aga igapĂ€evasuhtlustasandist, nĂ€ib olevat ebapiisav eelistada ĂŒksnes taaskujutavat ja sissepoole pööratud vaadet inimteadvusele, kuna ideedel inimesest kui âsotsiaalsest olevusestâ ja tĂ€henduse âsotsiaalsest karakteristâ (VĂ”gotskii) on oht jÀÀda tahaplaanile ja âkarakteriga suhestumineâ taandub omamoodi sisedialoogiks: vaataja mĂ”istab teist inimest iseenda pĂ”hjal kohandatud mudeli kaudu. Ehkki teatud olukordades on see vajalik mĂ”istmis- ja tĂ€hendustamisstrateegia, ei saa eirata, et suhestumine kui selline on ometi suunatud. Haaratud ollakse kellestki, âsukeldutakseâ maailma, mida keegi omas-maailmas-iseseisvalt-eksisteerivana asustab. KĂ€esoleva doktorivĂ€itekirja avapeatĂŒkk sĂŒnteesib vĂ€ga mitmekesist teaduskirjandust ja töötab vĂ€lja kohase teoreetilise mĂ”isteraamistiku, mis kĂ€sitleb suhestumist teleseriaali tegelaskujudega argiteadvuslikust sotsiaalsest kogemusest lĂ€htuvalt. Keskne on siin kĂ€sitlus pĂ€risustamisest: kogukondliku arutelu kontekstis lihtsalt lĂ€henetaksegi tegelaskujudele kui pĂ€ris inimestele. Narratiivsest tegelaskujust saab persoon. Internetiarutelud opereerivad kolmandas isikus (mina/tema) ja narratiiv-ajalooliselt (vĂ€ljamĂ”eldud sĂŒĆŸee kui narratiivse persooni elu lugu). Individuaalsed kommentaaritekstid on siinjuures mĂ”istetavad kui narrtseptid, s.o. narratiivse teis(t)e-taju tĂ€hendusloomelised saadused. Narrtseptid toovad esile narratiivsetele persoonidele suunatud tĂ”lgenduste kogukondlikult jagatud, mitmehÀÀlset mÔÔdet. VĂ€itekirja teine peatĂŒkk tutvustatab originaalmĂ”istet majakas. Majakal on internetikommunikatsiooni analĂŒĂŒsis struktureeriv roll. âHeites valgustâ kommunikatsiooni erinevatele kĂŒlgedele, majakas kas liigendab narrtseptiivseid looilmu (retseptiivne, âpopulaarneâ dimensioon) vĂ”i komponeerib neid reaalajaliselt avalduvateks âlahtiste otstegaâ diskursuseilmadeks (analĂŒĂŒtilis-metodoloogiline, âakadeemilineâ dimensioon). Siinkohal pakubki antud peatĂŒkk ĂŒhtlasi ka kriitilisi kohandusi juba kĂ€ibelolevatele mĂ”istetele vĂ”imalike maailmade ja narratiiviteooriast ning diskursuseanalĂŒĂŒsist, s.o., looilm, kavatsemis-ilm, tekstiloojate-ilm ja diskursuse-ilm. DoktorivĂ€itekirja kolmas peatĂŒkk keskendub ameerika teleseriaali âHalvale teeleâ (Breaking Bad) internetikommentaaride illustratiivsele lĂ€hianalĂŒĂŒsile. Eelkirjeldatud teoreetilisel mĂ”isteaparatuuril on analĂŒĂŒsis keskne roll.How does the viewer engage herself with narrative characters? Literary theory, folkloristics, narratology, psychology, and media studies more widely have generally found guidance in the treatments of identification, empathy, and immersion. For if fictional people, be it by the written or audiovisual depiction, are nothing but the fruits of authorsâ imagination, then the viewer or the reader similarly attempts to recognize herself in, immerse herself into the world of, and identify herself with the observed character. While analyzing character engagement from the perspective of everyday communication, however, the exclusively representational and inward approach to the human mind can prove an inadequate preference. For the respective ideas of human as a âsocial beingâ and the âsocial character of meaningâ (Vygotsky) hazard to become backgrounded due to âcharacter engagementâ becoming proportionate to a kind of inner dialogue: viewer makes sense of the other through the model she has adapted about herself. Although it can be, at times, a necessary strategy for comprehension and sense-making, one cannot disregard the engagement beingâeven toward âfictionalâ peopleâalways directed. You are absorbed by someone, you become âimmersedâ in a world that is inhabitated by someone autonomously-existing-with-their-world. In synthesizing diverse literature, Chapter One of the present dissertation develops appropriate theoretical framework that approaches engagement with the characters of television serials from the stance of common sense social experience. Of focal significance here is the notion of realitization: in the context of communal discussion, characters just are approached as if real people. Accordingly, a narrative character becomes a person. For Internet discussions operate in third person (me/her) and historio-narratively (âfictiveâ plot as narrative personâs life story). Individual commentary texts become hereby considered as narrcepts; that is, they are the sense-making products of the narrative perception of the other (narrative+precept). Through narrcepts, the distributed and polyphonic dimension of the construals directed toward narrative persons becomes acknowledged. Chapter Two of the dissertation introduces a succeeding original notion: beacon. Beacon enacts a structuring role in the analysis of online communication. Beacon âthrows lightâ onto the different aspects of Internet discourse, decomposing narrceptive storyworlds (reciprocal, âpopularâ dimension) and composing the latter into âopen endedâ discourse worlds emerging in real time (analytical-methodological, âacademicalâ dimension). Consequently, critical adaptations of current terminology in possible worlds theory, narrative theory, and discourse analysis are presented; that is, storyworld, intend-world, text makersâ world and discourse world. Chapter three of the dissertation concentrates on the illustrative close analysis of the online commentaries with regard to the American television serial Breaking Bad. The previously established theoretical apparatus serves a central role in the analysis
The end of stigma? Understanding the dynamics of legitimisation in the context of TV series consumption
This research contributes to prior work on stigmatisation by looking at stigmatisation and legitimisation as social processes in the context of TV series consumption. Using in-depth interviews, we show that the dynamics of legitimisation are complex and accompanied by the reproduction of existing stigmas and creation of new stigmas