Semantic Classification of Multidialectal Arabic Social Media

Arabic is one of the most widely used languages in the world, but due in part to its morphological and syntactic richness, resources for automated processing of Arabic are relatively rare. Arabic takes three primary forms: Classical Arabic as seen in the Qur’an and other classical texts; Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) as seen in newspapers, formal documents, and other written text intended for widespread distribution; and dialectal Arabic as used in common speech and informal communication. Social media posts are often written in informal language and may include non-standard spellings, abbreviations, emoticons, hashtags, and emojis. Dialectal Arabic is commonly used in social media. Semantic classification is the task of assigning a label to a text based on its primary semantic content. Given the increased use of dialectal Arabic on social media platforms in recent years, there is an urgent need for semantic classification of dialectal Arabic. Even compared to MSA there are few resources for automated processing of dialectal Arabic. The prior work dealing with automated processing of dialectal Arabic are limited to only one or two dialects. One of the major obstacles to doing semantic classification of multi-dialectal Arabic is the lack of a large, multi-dialectal, tagged corpus. To the best of our knowledge there are no automated processes for semantic classification of multi-dialectal Arabic social media texts. We gather a data set of more than one million tweets collected from 449 accounts located in 12 Arabic-speaking countries. We group those tweets into 21,791 documents by country, account, and month. We first construct a query to represent a particular semantic concept. Then, using Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) we rank the documents by semantic similarity to the query. Next, we use that ranking to train a deep neural network classifier to identify documents whose text is semantically similar to the query. Experiments demonstrate an overall accuracy of 98.075% and a positive accuracy of 88.178% have been achieved by this approach to semantic classification of multi-dialectal Arabic. The source code and the data set are provided on GitHub at https://github.com/therishel/ArabLeader

The Divine Charioteering Model - A Guide to Moderation

Charioteering as a metaphor for correct and balanced thinking has been written about since Homer. The Iliad presents the divine charioteering model as exemplified by Hera and Athena and examines how the fate of mortal charioteers including Antilokhos, Patroklos and Achilles is determined based on their ability to adhere to this model. Authors as diverse as Plato, Proclus, Pindar and Euripides build upon the divine charioteering model as they show examples of charioteers who, in varying degrees, follow this model. This paper will demonstrate that heroes who veer from the model of equilibrium and moderation provided by the gods, violate justice [dikē] with their hubris and incur agony [agōn] from the divinity they antagonize

An Interview with Roscoe C. Waldorf, Kansas Teachers\u27 Hall of Fame

Transcript of interview with Roscoe C. (Wally) Waldorf, member of the Kansas Teachers\u27 Hall of Fame, on Friday, November 19, 1993, at his home in Garden City, Kansas. For ACES 803, Dr. Allan Miller.https://scholars.fhsu.edu/ors/1233/thumbnail.jp

A Rhetorical Analysis of Robert F. Kennedy\u27s Speaking on the Issue of Peace in Vietnam, as Revealed in His Kansas Address, Conflict in Vietnam

Many Americans have marshaled their rhetoric to support or to denounce the Vietnam war. One of the most insistent voices heard was that of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Hypothesis. It was the hypothesis of this study that Robert Francis Kennedy’s speaking on the issue of peace in Vietnam was intelligent and responsible. Statement of Purpose. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis by analyzing and evaluating “Conflict in Vietnam,” a speech delivered by Robert Kennedy in Manhattan, Kansas on March 18, 1968. This particular speech was selected for the following reasons: (1) The speech stated a clear position on Kennedy’s stand in Vietnam; (2) Textual authenticity was established by a tape recording; (3) The audience could be identified; and (4) The speech was credited with launching Kennedy’s presidential campaign. Materials. The primary sources used to gain information about Kennedy, the issues with which he dealt, and the society to which he spoke, were: Robert F. Kennedy: Apostle of Change (New York: Pocket Books, 1968); R. F. K.: His Life and Death (New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1968); Kahin and Lewis’ The U. S. in Vietnam (New York: Dial Press, 1967); Joseph Buttinger’s The Smaller Dragon (New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1958); and Nguyen Van-Thai and Nguyen Van-Mung’s A Short History of Vietnam (Vietnam: Times Publishing Co., 1958). Criteria and Procedure. The particular criteria used in this study were derived from those used by Tau Kappa Alpha in selecting their recipient for Speaker-of-the-year award. Two major questions were constructed, in order to aid and direct the analysis of the selected speech: (1) Was Robert Kennedy’s speaking intelligent? and (2) Was Robert Kennedy’s speaking responsible? Kennedy’s intelligence was analyzed by answering the following questions: What were the assumptions upon which the speech was based? What was the speaker’s purpose and what were the main ideas set forth in the speech? Were the ideas warranted by the evidence used in the speech? Were the ideas well adapted to the audience? In determining whether Robert Kennedy’s speaking was responsible, two questions were answered: Did the speaker reveal an awareness of the social consequences of his speech? Was the speech free from demagoguery and charlatanism as shown by content, language, and delivery? Conclusions. There are several conclusions which can be drawn after the analysis of the speech of Robert Kennedy, given at Kansas State University, March 18, 1968. 1. From Robert Kennedy’s assumption that the United States policy in Vietnam was wrong and from his following seven main ideas, one could determine his speaking intelligent. Kennedy’s seven main ideas were: a. Escalations have brought the U. S. no closer to success than we were before. b. American control over the rural population in Vietnam has evaporated. c. Recently, the Saigon government is no better an ally than it was before. d. Victories that America achieves will only come at the cost of destruction for the nation we once hoped to help. e. The war in Vietnam is weakening the U. S. position in Asia and around the world. f. The highest price the U. S. is paying is cost in our inner-most lives and the spirit of our country. g. The U. S. must negotiate with the National Liberation Front, begin to deescalate the war, and insist that the government of South Vietnam broaden its base, before an end will come to the war. These ideas all basically implied that unless a change did take place in U. S. involvement, there would be no end to the war in Vietnam. The ideas were appended to general American beliefs about war, peace, survival of self and of country. Also, Robert Kennedy’s speaking can be determined intelligent by his expressions of good-will and demonstrations of good character. 2. Robert Kennedy’s speaking can be determined responsible from his awareness of military, economic and personal consequences of his speech. Also, there was no evidence of Kennedy revealing characteristics of a demagogue or charlatan. 3. As shown by public opinion polls, it is reasonable to assume that Robert Kennedy’s speaking on the Vietnam issue enhanced his personal and political popularity

Pathways to Prevention for Children of Depressed Mothers: A Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Practice

Maternal depression is one of the most well-documented risk factors for child and adolescent depression, but little work has focused on how to reduce this risk. Although a few interventions have been developed and tested, implementing targeted prevention efforts with depressed mothers and their children is not common practice. The increased risk of depression for children of depressed mothers is so clear, however, professionals can no longer “sit on the sidelines” without initiating specific prevention efforts with this population. To do so requires a paradigm shift—moving from a focus on individual treatment to a prevention approach that engages the entire family as the unit of care. The purpose of this paper is to draw on existing literature to highlight potential “pathways to prevention” for children of depressed mothers. Recommendations for initiating these pathways based on family lifecycle stage, point of contact, and service setting are presented and discussed

Herbicide resistance in weeds (1996)

New 8/95, Reprinted 5/96/4M

Gambling for Certainty: Luck, Chance, and Uncertainty in Politics

How much of what we do is the result of our will, and how much the result of chance or luck or fortune? This is a decidedly un-decidable question, but one that needs to be asked. The general assumption seems to be that a person’s “lot” in life is physically, morally, politically, even romantically linked to choice. But the use of the term “lot” betrays the underlying uncertainty of what “causes” our “lot”, laying bare questions of responsibility, burden, and even explanation. Much (perhaps at the very least 50% according to Machiavelli) of what happens in our lives can be attributed to forces outside of our own will, and in that sense are not a result of our choices. In this paper, we explain why the “Moral Luck” literature can be helpful as an analogy to political theory even without the use of morality. In doing so, we also highlight how radically close attention to the role of uncertainty, chance, and luck can undermine the ideals of rationality, institution and control. By even examining the role of luck in political thinking, one almost necessarily calls into question the very definition of what constitutes politics. Most significantly, we will explain how the arguments of the “Moral Luck” theorists can inform debates about redistribution in a democracy

HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN IBU PRIMIPARA TENTANG TEKNIK MENYUSUI YANG BENAR DENGAN KEJADIAN PUTING SUSU LECET KABUPATEN PADANG PARIAMAN

Puting susu lecet merupakan salah satu masalah dalam menyusui yang disebabkan trauma saat menyusui, selain itu dapat pula terjadi retak dan pembentukkan celah-celah. Sebanyak 57% ibu yang menyusui dilaporkan pernah menderita puting susu lecet. World Health Organization (WHO) memperkirakan setiap tahun terdapat 1 - 1,5 juta bayi meninggal dunia karena tidak diberi ASI secara eksklusif. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan ibu primipara tentang teknik menyusui yang benar dengan kejadian puting susu lecet di BPM Susiana, A.Md.Keb Kp. Dalam Kab. Padang Pariaman tahun 2019. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan 21 Juli s.d 15 Agustus 2019. Penelitian analitik dengan desain cross sectional study. Populasi pada penelitian ini semua ibu primipara yang memiliki bayi di BPM Susiana pada tahun 2019 sebanyak 33 ibu. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan total sampling dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 33 orang ibu. Data di analisis secara univariat dan bivariat secara komputerisasi dengan uji statistik menggunakan SPSS Ver.17 dengan batas kemaknaan α = 0,05 dan derajat kepercayaan 95%.Hasil analisa univariat menunjukkan bahwa, 57,6% ibu mengalami kejadia puting susu lecet, 63,6% ibu berpengetahuan rendah tentang teknik menyusui yang benar. Analisis bivariat ditemukan nilai p value (p<0,05) artinya terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara pengetahuan (p=0,013) dengan kejadian puting susu lecet di BPM Susiana, A.Md.Keb Kp. Dalam Kab. Padang Pariaman tahun 2019. Hasil penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa ternyata ada hubungan pengetahuan dengan kejadian puting susu lecet. Merujuk hasil penelitian disarankan kepada petugas kesehatan agar dapat lebih mensosialisasikan faktor-faktor pencetus yang perlu dihindari untuk mencegah terjadinya lecet puting susu khususnya cara atau teknik menyusui yang benar.