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Functional Text Dimensions for the annotation of web corpora
This paper presents an approach to classifying large web corpora into genres by means of Functional Text Dimensions (FTDs). This offers a topological approach to text typology in which the texts are described in terms of their similarity to prototype genres. The suggested set of categories is designed to be applicable to any text on the web and to be reliable in annotation practice. Interannotator agreement results show that the suggested categories produce Krippendorff's α at above 0.76. In addition to the functional space of eighteen dimensions, similarity between annotated documents can be described visually within a space of reduced dimensions obtained through t-distributed Statistical Neighbour Embedding. Reliably annotated texts also provide the basis for automatic genre classification, which can be done in each FTD, as well as as within the space of reduced dimensions. An example comparing texts from the Brown Corpus, the BNC and ukWac, a large web corpus, is provided
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Final Version Zurich, 27th July 2010
Adaptation to climate change requires an integrated risk management approach, including risk
assessment, prevention and insurance. Insurance solutions can potentially provide a significant
contribution in expanding and strengthening adaptation response to climate change risks.
Numerous proposals and submissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) make reference to risk transfer and insurance solutions as a com-
plementary element of a systematic adaptation approach, but no consensus has been achieved
regarding their role and eventual implementation under UNFCCC.
This paper intends to raise awareness on existing work and the current challenges related to
climate relevant insurance, in developing countries and to contribute to a further discussion of
the insurance topic under UNFCCC.
Past experiences and discussions can provide a framework for larger policies on the role of
insurance in the emerging climate financing architecture. Further pilot implementation, research,
and systematic learning is required. Many of the elements such as data collection, research, ca-
pacity building and exploration of public private partnerships are valuable for achieving broader
adaptation objectives. It is therefore encouraged that the Parties further explore and define the
scope of insurance solutions as part of climate change adaptation
Dynamics of conflicts in Wikipedia
In this work we study the dynamical features of editorial wars in Wikipedia
(WP). Based on our previously established algorithm, we build up samples of
controversial and peaceful articles and analyze the temporal characteristics of
the activity in these samples. On short time scales, we show that there is a
clear correspondence between conflict and burstiness of activity patterns, and
that memory effects play an important role in controversies. On long time
scales, we identify three distinct developmental patterns for the overall
behavior of the articles. We are able to distinguish cases eventually leading
to consensus from those cases where a compromise is far from achievable.
Finally, we analyze discussion networks and conclude that edit wars are mainly
fought by few editors only.Comment: Supporting information adde
A qualitative evaluation of the impact of a palliative care course on preregistration nursing students' practice in Cameroon
Background
Current evidence suggests that palliative care education can improve preregistration nursing students’ competencies in palliative care. However, it is not known whether these competencies are translated into students’ practice in the care of patients who are approaching the end of life. This paper seeks to contribute to the palliative care evidence base by examining how nursing students in receipt of education report transfer of learning to practice, and what the barriers and facilitators may be, in a resource-poor country.
Methods
We utilised focus groups and individual critical incident interviews to explore nursing students’ palliative care learning transfer. Three focus groups, consisting of 23 participants and 10 individual critical incident interviews were conducted with preregistration nursing student who had attended a palliative care course in Cameroon and had experience caring for a patient approaching the end of life. Data was analysed thematically, using the framework approach.
Results
The results suggest that nursing students in receipt of palliative care education can transfer their learning to practice. Students reported recognizing patients with palliative care needs, providing patients with physical, psychosocial and spiritual support and communicating patient information to the wider care team. They did however perceive some barriers to this transfer which were either related to themselves, qualified nurses, the practice setting or family caregivers and patients.
Conclusion
The findings from this study suggest that nursing student in receipt of palliative care education can use their learning in practice to provide care to patients and their families approaching the end of life. Nevertheless, these findings need to be treated with some caution given the self-reported nature of the data. Demonstrating the link between preregistration palliative care education and patient care is vital to ensuring that newly acquired knowledge and skills are translated and embedded into clinical practice. This study also has implications for advocating for palliative care policies and adequately preparing clinical placement sites for students’ learning and transfer of learning
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Interim Report deliverable for GLO 002/10: General IRI Planning and Technical Support for Harita Micro-Insurance Pilot.
This is the technical annex to HARITA IRI Report to Oxfam America. It is the interim Report deliverable for GLO 002/10: General IRI Planning and Technical Support for Harita Micro-Insurance Pilot and contains background material useful for the main report
Resistance training to improve type 2 diabetes: working toward a prescription for the future
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IRI Technical Report 11-03: HARITA IRI Report to Oxfam America: Final Report for General IRI Capacity Building and Technical Support for HARITA Micro-Insurance Scale up (Re: ETH 018 /10)
The Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation (HARITA) project is a holistic adaptation risk management project involving three main components: risk reduction, risk transfer, and prudent risk taking. The risk reduction component involves activities such as composting, water harvesting, planting trees, and seed cleaning, and interfaces closely with the Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), a work for food program through which low income farmers are compensated for their labor in activities such as risk reduction
Exploring the composition of the searchable web: a corpus-based taxonomy of web registers
Terminal illness and tourism: a review of current literature and directions for future research
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