A Spanish text corpus for the author profiling task

Author Profiling is the task of predicting characteristics of the author of a text, such as age, gender, personality, native language, etc. This is a task of growing importance due to its potential applications in security, crime and marketing, among others. One of the main difficulties in this field is the lack of reliable text collections (corpora) to train and test automatically derived classifiers, in particular in specific languages such as Spanish. Although some recent data sets were generated for the PAN competitions, these documents have a lot of “noise” that prevent researchers from obtaining more general conclusions about this task when more formal documents are used. In this context, this work proposes and describes SpanText, a data collection of formal texts in Spanish language which is, as far as we know, the first collection with these characteristics for the author profiling task. Besides, an experimental study is carried out where the difference in performance obtained with formal and informal texts is clearly established and opens interesting research lines to get a deeper understanding of the particularities that each type of documents poses to the author profiling task.XI Workshop Bases de Datos y Minería de DatosRed de Universidades con Carreras de Informática (RedUNCI

A Spanish text corpus for the author profiling task

Author Profiling is the task of predicting characteristics of the author of a text, such as age, gender, personality, native language, etc. This is a task of growing importance due to its potential applications in security, crime and marketing, among others. One of the main difficulties in this field is the lack of reliable text collections (corpora) to train and test automatically derived classifiers, in particular in specific languages such as Spanish. Although some recent data sets were generated for the PAN competitions, these documents have a lot of “noise” that prevent researchers from obtaining more general conclusions about this task when more formal documents are used. In this context, this work proposes and describes SpanText, a data collection of formal texts in Spanish language which is, as far as we know, the first collection with these characteristics for the author profiling task. Besides, an experimental study is carried out where the difference in performance obtained with formal and informal texts is clearly established and opens interesting research lines to get a deeper understanding of the particularities that each type of documents poses to the author profiling task.XI Workshop Bases de Datos y Minería de DatosRed de Universidades con Carreras de Informática (RedUNCI

Low-Fired Earthenwares in the African Diaspora: Problems and Prospects

Local earthenware associated with enslaved African populations in the Americas, variously called “Colono-Ware,” “Afro-CaribbeanWare.” “Yabbas,” and “Criollo ware,” has received considerable attention from researchers. What unifies this disparate group of ceramics is not method of manufacture, design and decoration, or even form and function but the association or potential association with African diaspora populations. The ceramics incorporate some skills and techniques possibly brought by African potters to the Americas, as well as skills reflecting European and Native American traditions, and local adaptations in form, function, and manufacture.Analogies linking African ceramic traditions to American industries have at times been employed uncritically and have relied on generalized characteristics to infer overly specific meanings. With particular reference to low-fired earthenwares from Jamaica, this paper examines the historical and cultural context of these ceramics and the methodological and theoretical problems faced in their interpretation

Awareness and Preparedness of Hospital Staff against Novel Coronavirus (COVID-2019): A Global Survey - Study Protocol

The recent outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus (named “COVID-2019”) has gained attention globally and has been recognized as a serious public health threat by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The first case was detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China and since then, the disease has spread rapidly. As of February 28, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the outbreak of COVID-2019 as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) with 62 countries now reporting 85,176 confirmed cases (79,250 of which have been in mainland China) and 2,919 deaths to date. However, information about the health systems and health professionals’ preparedness for combating the 2019-nCoV is not known. Therefore, their awareness and preparedness in managing the 2019-nCoV infection are important to prevent the further spread of the disease. This is a multicenter multinational survey aiming to assess the level of preparedness of hospital staff and practices regarding COVID-2019 all over the world and their preparedness to deal with the outbreak. It will also measure the level of awareness of hospital staff about the crisis and how will they react to limit and prevent further transmission

English language use at the internationalised universities of Northern Europe: Is there a correlation between Englishisation and world rank?

European universities have, since the late 1990s, undergone dramatic changes centred on internationalisation, harmonisation and competition. This paper is concerned with two specific consequences of these changes and their interrelationship: rankings and Englishisation, the latter defined as an increase in the use of English at universities of nation states where English is not the official language. Despite a recent surge in research into Englishisation, it is not yet clear to what extent current organisational changes inevitably entail an orientation towards both rankings and Englishisation or whether a high rank can be attained without the use of English being increased and vice versa. Using as a case study Denmark’s eight universities, this paper examines the relationship between the combined rank on seven well-known ranking lists of each of Denmark’s eight universities and the extent to which English is used in them, drawing on recently compiled government statistics. The findings suggest that while there is some evidence in support of a correlation, in that lower-ranked universities are, on the whole, less likely to use English than higher-ranked ones, there are some notable exceptions. It is suggested that the findings may shed light on whether Englishisation at the universities of Northern Europe is best explained in terms of unintended consequences or rational choices

The Birth of the Authornym: Authorship, Pseudonymity, and Trademark Law

Consumers in the marketplace of ideas are well acquainted with one aspect of the Foucauldian concept of the “author function”. the way in which an author\u27s name serves to organize both producer inputs—the various works the author wishes to have associated with his name—and consumer inputs—the readers\u27 interpretive reactions to any particular body of work. Indeed, choosing to write under a pseudonym or under one\u27s true name is the way in which an author exerts control over this function by grouping certain works (for example, scholarly pieces) under one name and other works (for example, mystery novels) under a different authorial name, thus segregating readers\u27 responses to each of these bodies of work. Readers, in turn, respond to this decision by mirroring the choices made by the author—continuing, for example, to refer to certain works as being authored by “Mark Twain” even when the author\u27s true name of “Samuel Clemens” is known or accepting that the Nancy Drew series was written by “Carolyn Keene” rather than by a series of different writers over time. Borrowing from postmodern literary theorists Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault, and given that statements of authorship often tell readers very little, if anything, about the identity of the individual who put pen to paper, this Article proposes a separation of statements of authorship—what this Article terms “authornyms”—from facts of authorship. This construct leads to the conclusion that all authornyms are essentially branding choices, even if the brand that is chosen is the author\u27s true name, and therefore that the “author function” is really a “trademark function.” If this is the case, then—as in trademark law—we should seek to preserve the organizational system of the “authornym function” and to minimize the likelihood of reader confusion that occurs when a work is used unlawfully without attribution—in other words, when an author\u27s choice of authornym is not preserved. The Supreme Court\u27s 1995 decision in McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, which granted First Amendment protection to pseudonymous speech, was an inherent acknowledgment of the trademark value that authornyms serve and the importance of controlling the author function by the choice of authornym. But in its decision in Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. eight years later, the Supreme Court largely denied authors the ability to compel attribution of their works (and thereby preserve their authornymic choice) through the Lanham Act and thus denied readers the accurate attribution required for organized and efficient literary consumption. This Article contends that only by recognizing the essential pseudonymity of all statements of authorship—in other words, by decoupling the copyright-focused concept of authorship from the trademark-focused statement of authorship (“authornyms”)--can we create room for the values that trademark law can promote in the marketplace of ideas. Reprinted by permission of the publisher

A Spanish text corpus for the author profiling task

Author Profiling is the task of predicting characteristics of the author of a text, such as age, gender, personality, native language, etc. This is a task of growing importance due to its potential applications in security, crime and marketing, among others. One of the main difficulties in this field is the lack of reliable text collections (corpora) to train and test automatically derived classifiers, in particular in specific languages such as Spanish. Although some recent data sets were generated for the PAN competitions, these documents have a lot of “noise” that prevent researchers from obtaining more general conclusions about this task when more formal documents are used. In this context, this work proposes and describes SpanText, a data collection of formal texts in Spanish language which is, as far as we know, the first collection with these characteristics for the author profiling task. Besides, an experimental study is carried out where the difference in performance obtained with formal and informal texts is clearly established and opens interesting research lines to get a deeper understanding of the particularities that each type of documents poses to the author profiling task.XI Workshop Bases de Datos y Minería de DatosRed de Universidades con Carreras de Informática (RedUNCI

Representation of The Puragabaya Legend Through Videography of Poetry Musicalization

The legend of Puragabaya is part of the Galunggung Tasikmalaya folklore which has the potential of Sundanese cultural wealth and needs to be revitalized to maintain its existence. The legend of Puragabaya tells of a special warrior figure Prabu Siliwangi who was educated and forged physically and mentally at the Galunggung Invisibility Pesantren. The figure of Puragabaya contains elements of wisdom, persistence, and tenacity, representing the cultural and social values of the Galunggung community. The revitalization of legends in this study was represented through the videography of poetry musicals. The process of revitalizing the Puragabaya legend is based on the concept of art-based research which aims to present the form of the Puragabaya. The implementation of art-based research to revitalize legends involves the process of creating literary works of art and literary performances consisting of poetry musicalization, poetry reading, and poetry dramatization. In addition, painting and dance work as a form of legend representation are collaborated into videography to add aesthetic power. The results of the study show that the process of revitalizing legends as part of oral literature shows more concrete results by using art-based research that utilizes technological developments