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Word, Lemma, and Part of Speech (Perú)
No full textCorpus del Español word, lemma, and part of speech data format.
Zip folder contains 20 .txt files of linguistic data from Perú split into two categories: General (g) and Blogs (b).
Texts are separated by a line with ## and the textID
Linear Text (Cuba)
No full textCorpus del Español linear text data format for texts from Cuba. This format provides a textID for each text, and then the entire text on the same line. In this format, words are not annotated for part of speech or lemma. In addition, contracted words like can\u27t are separated into two parts (ca n\u27t) and punctuation is separated from words (eye level . As her). Zipped folder contains 20 .txt files of General (g) and Blog (b) data
Linear Text (Guatemala)
No full textCorpus del Español linear text data format for texts from Guatemala. This format provides a textID for each text, and then the entire text on the same line. In this format, words are not annotated for part of speech or lemma. In addition, contracted words like can\u27t are separated into two parts (ca n\u27t) and punctuation is separated from words (eye level . As her). Zipped folder contains 20 .txt files of General (g) and Blog (b) data
Database (Argentina)
No full textComplete Corpus del Español linear text data format for texts from 21 Spanish speaking countries. This format provides a textID for each text, and then the entire text on the same line. In this format, words are not annotated for part of speech or lemma. In addition, contracted words like can\u27t are separated into two parts (ca n\u27t) and punctuation is separated from words (eye level . As her). The TAR folder contains a zipped file of texts for each country
Database (España)
No full textCorpus del Español database format. This is the format allows for the most robust searches and allows for powerful JOINs across corpus, lexicon, and source tables but requires knowledge of SQL. Zip folder contains 20 .txt files of linguistic data from España split into two categories: General (g) and Blogs (b). See Full-text corpus data for more information on how to use the database format
Database (Cuba)
No full textCorpus del Español database format. This is the format allows for the most robust searches and allows for powerful JOINs across corpus, lexicon, and source tables but requires knowledge of SQL. Zip folder contains 20 .txt files of linguistic data from Cuba split into two categories: General (g) and Blogs (b). See Full-text corpus data for more information on how to use the database format
Lack of Host Specialization on Winter Annual Grasses in the Fungal Seed Bank Pathogen Pyrenophora semeniperda
Get PDFGeneralist plant pathogens may have wide host ranges, but many exhibit varying degrees of host specialization, with multiple pathogen races that have narrower host ranges. These races are often genetically distinct, with each race causing highest disease incidence on its host of origin. We examined host specialization in the seed pathogen Pyrenophora semeniperda by reciprocally inoculating pathogen strains from Bromus tectorum and from four other winter annual grass weeds (Bromus diandrus, Bromus rubens, Bromus arvensis and Taeniatherum caput-medusae) onto dormant seeds of B. tectorum and each alternate host. We found that host species varied in resistance and pathogen strains varied in aggressiveness, but there was no evidence for host specialization. Most variation in aggressiveness was among strains within populations and was expressed similarly on both hosts, resulting in a positive correlation between strain-level disease incidence on B. tectorum and on the alternate host. In spite of this lack of host specialization, we detected weak but significant population genetic structure as a function of host species using two neutral marker systems that yielded similar results. This genetic structure is most likely due to founder effects, as the pathogen is known to be dispersed with host seeds. All host species were highly susceptible to their own pathogen races. Tolerance to infection (i.e., the ability to germinate even when infected and thereby avoid seed mortality) increased as a function of seed germination rate, which in turn increased as dormancy was lost. Pyrenophora semeniperda apparently does not require host specialization to fully exploit these winter annual grass species, which share many life history features that make them ideal hosts for this pathogen
Discussing Auschwitz, Scholarly Integrity and Governmental Revisionism: A Case Study in Academic Intimidation
Get PDFIn September 2015, I became embroiled in a controversial and confrontational media discourse that rapidly assumed a global context as external actors engaged in a hateful campaign of intimidation and threatening behavior. It was initiated by a letter I had published in the Belfast Telegraph, which included a reference that localised anti-Semitism was a factor in the Nazi decision to locate the Auschwitz-Birkinau extermination camp in Poland. It was a response to a letter thread that had included multiple mentions of Poland, Auschwitz-Birkinau, and hateful intimidation. However, a forensic examination of the letter suggests the confrontation had, in fact nothing to do with the Jewish tragedy of the Shoah and everything to do with the hateful intra-communal strife between the Catholic-nationalist and Protestant-loyalist communities of Northern Ireland that oftentimes cynically exploits external symbolism to further narrow parochial agendas
Improving Intercultural Dialogue Between Mining Companies and Native American Communities in Northern Nevada
No full textThis study analyzed intercultural communication and cross-cultural hurdles between a multinational mining company, “the Company,” and the indigenous Western Shoshone community in Northern Nevada. Standpoint theory, as presented by Wood (2004), was the framework used to analyze the engagement methods utilized by the Company and the local tribal organizations to identify communication barriers between the two groups. This study explored an external perception of the Company and the general mining industry from tribal employees, as well as the unique perspective of those participants who bring a Native American standpoint to their position of employment within the Company. Research data was derived from focus groups of the Company employees of Native American descent and targeted interviews with external Native American stakeholders. The focus group participants varied by departmental function, tenure, and standing across multiple geographic operations, while the interview participants were employed by two different tribal organizations. Focus group and interview data each highlighted a discernable gap in the Company’s current outreach with the local Native American communities and indicated key areas for improvement. Both internal and external participants recommended improvements to the Company’s communications strategy and provided specific examples of culturally effective outreach methods and topics. These disparities originated from differing cultural perspectives and standpoints between the Company and the Native American communities. Through improved dialogue practices and communication outreach, this intercultural relationship can progress
Media Literacy Education: A Media Literacy Campaign on the Social Significance of Media Literacy and its Educational Need
No full textResearch has shown that the amount of media that today’s youth is exposed to continues to rise dramatically each year. Averaging 11 hours a day, youth are encountering new challenges like miscommunication and risking becoming a less productive citizen by the time they finish secondary school. Media literacy is a tool that combats this overexposure of media to educate, create and develop ways youth can combat this influence of mass media messages. This project promotes media literacy education, based in the use of the Jon Piaget’s constructivist learning theory and George Gerbner’s cultivation theory. The project is a media literacy campaign, meant to inform and persuade teachers, school administrators and students on the many benefits of media literacy, using the archival methodology. The project contains an informational PowerPoint on the significance of media literacy within society and an infographic on media literacy. The key audiences for the PowerPoint are administrators and teachers, and the infographic is geared towards parents and the general public. Because the PowerPoint is more detailed and answers specific questions likely to be asked by those directly involved with the school ( i.e. why should media literacy be brought to my school and how can it benefit the majority of students?), it is more appropriate for teachers, assistant principals, deans, etc. The infographic however, is quickly and more easily understood, and is therefore more appropriate for those, like parents, who want to know about media literacy quickly