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Comparative analysis of emotion recognition using large language models and conventional machine learning
No full textEmotions are significant aspects of human existence and influence interaction between individuals and groups, influencing how we think and behave. In this research, we aim to use conventional and neural network models to identify emotions from textual data and compare which performed best. The Go Emotions dataset contained 27 different emotions across 58,000 samples. The approach involves modelling the conventional machine learning models and the neural network-based models and comparing the results over test dataset and choosing the best model. Upon comparing the classification reports for the conventional and neural network-based models on the Ekman taxonomy, conventional machine learning algorithms were outperformed by neural network-based models which gained almost 10% more than conventional models. Conventional models averaged the values around 50% of macro-average F1-score except for the KNN classifier which performed poorly getting the macro-average F1-score of 21%. BERT classifier with Ekman taxonomy including neutral emotion had a macro-average precision of 55% and a sensitivity of 68%. This classifier also outperformed the macro-average F1-score by 106 61%. While the RoBERTa classifier had a macro-average precision of 65%, the recall, or sensitivity, was found to be 53%. This study clearly states that neural network-based models outperformed conventional models. Our study proposed BERT model which achieved a macro-average F1-score of 0.50 across Go Emotion taxonomy
Liminal relationalities: on collaborative writing with/in and against race in the study of early childhood
Get PDFCollaborative writing is well established in the humanities, but with little focus on how the writing relationship comes into being, including the power and relational dynamics at play. This is especially pertinent both when Black and “white” (sic) authors collaborate in writing about race, and in the process of writing collaborative autoethnographies. In this article the authors narrate, or rather “enact”, the movements of their coming together in order to write about race in the context of early learning and childcare. Linking their collaboration to the Deleuzian theory of becoming and Bakhtin’s dialogic imagination, they present a manifesto for anti-racist inquiry which decentres colonial tropes of individuation in favour of ‘staying with the trouble’ of identity and race. Throughout, they connect the inception of their research relationship to the politics of childhood and early years education in Scotland today
Developing the artistry of teaching and approaches to learning: what we can learn from those teaching theatre improvisation
No full textThis chapter explores the ‘Improvisation Skills for Teaching’ program at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). This programme supports teaching staff to develop active and emotionally inclusive learning through theatre and improvisation techniques. It encourages teachers to understand the emotional impact of their methods, encourages collaboration, and values learning through failure. The programme’s success lies in its practical focus, offering tangible tools and techniques for colleagues to use and adapt. This chapter ultimately underscores the importance of artistry in professional development initiatives for higher education teachers
Sexual dimorphism of pelvic scarring: a new method of adult biological sex estimation
Get PDFEstimating biological sex is a crucial aspect of forensic anthropology, and is pivotal in forensic investigations. Presently, the most frequently adopted osteological sex
estimation methods focus on the anterior pelvis, which is easily susceptible to postmortem damage, revealing a need for additional accurate methods. This study introduces a novel method for estimating adult sex through metric pelvic scar analysis, using a known skeletal sample (169 females; 51 males). Relationships between sex and scar dimensions were subjected to Kendall's tau-B testing, and the strongest
associated measurements were further analyzed using binary logistic regression to determine their predictive capacity. The final estimation method was tested on an additional known-sex sample of 43 males and 43 females from the Spitalfields skeletal collection. All associations between biological sex and scar measurements were significant, with the preauricular sulcus and newly defined inferior interosseous cavity presenting the strongest relationships (τb 0.223–0.504). Individual regression models using the approximate volume of each feature predicted sex with
over 80% accuracy, but when combined in a single regression model, the accuracy increased to an impressive 97.1%. When then applied to the validation sample, the final estimation model achieved an accuracy of 90.7%. These results highlight
the high estimation accuracy achieved by simultaneously utilizing the approximate volume of the sulcus and the inferior cavity. This is not only highly accurate but
also utilizes the sturdier posterior pelvis, making it a promising tool for forensic investigations and the wider field of osteology
‘A holding space’: emergence and entanglement in tree spaces
No full textIn this chapter, I explore site dance and related participatory arts work that engages with ‘tree spaces’ such as woodlands and forests. I consider how this work engages with and activates Anthropocene discourses through performance, dance and movement practice that aims to bring individuals and groups ‘closer’ to nature, and the complexity of tree spaces. Following this overview, I offer a reflection on my own site dance micro project A Holding Space conducted from June to September 2021 in Kingley Vale, an ancient Yew Forest, and the South Downs Sustainability Centre in West Sussex in which I developed dance performance that responded to and processed lockdown experiences encountered during the first two waves of the UK Covid-19 pandemic (2019–2021). In this chapter, I consider the significance of site dance in tree spaces in relation to these wider discourses and events and reflect on how embodied traces of lockdown experiences archived within the body were revisited, explored and employed in the development of A Holding Space (2021), and how these archived experiences were reflected in public workshop activities through the participants’ movement repertoires (Taylor 2003). As opposed to erasing these archived experiences in the rush towards establishing a (post-pandemic) ‘new normal’, in this chapter I reflect on how they re-emerged through embodied movement practice informed by individual and collective memory and how they were acknowledged as vital records of trauma, endurance and loss
Make Room! Creative conversation workshops researching LGBTQIA+ accessibility: community fellows' experiences and considerations for disabled people led research, March 2024
No full text‘Make Room!’ was a research project exploring accessibility for LGBTQIA+ disabled people.
We explored the accessibility of LGBTQIA+ events and how they could be improved.
The research was completed through creative conversation workshops and surveys engaging people throughout the South West.
The focus of this report is to explain the role of disabled people led research from researchers from non-academic backgrounds within Make Room and We Are The People as a whole.
The report will also highlight key considerations for lived experience research projects led by and for disabled people, for anyone wishing to make their workplace more accessible
Nothing about us without us - engaging our deaf and disabled communities for transformational inclusion
Get PDFDr Tanvir Bush, Councillor at Corsham Town Council in Wiltshire, debunks myths surrounding disability issues, shares Corsham's efforts towards inclusion, and explores the transformative power of the social model of disability
Behavioral finance impacts on US stock market volatility: an analysis of market anomalies
Get PDFThis study investigates the impacts of behavioral finance on stock market volatility. The primary aims are to explain the reasons behind changes in the S&P 500 price within the context of behavioral finance and to analyze investor behavior in response to these changes. To achieve this, the research employs time-series analysis over a 10-year period, focusing on the S&P 500, real interest rates, consumer confidence, market volatility and credit default swaps while considering the effects of behavioral biases. The findings reveal several significant correlations: rising real interest rates negatively affect stocks due to loss aversion and sentiment. Conversely, higher consumer confidence tends to positively influence the stock market, driven by herding behavior and optimism. Additionally, market volatility shows a negative correlation with the S&P 500, influenced by risk aversion, recency bias and herding behavior. Moreover, an increase in credit default swap rates leads to stock market declines, primarily influenced by risk perception, loss aversion and herding behavior
A Quaternary sequence of terrestrial molluscs from East Africa: a record of diversity, stability, and abundance since Marine Isotope Stage 5 (78,000 BP)
Get PDFA Quaternary sequence of subfossil terrestrial molluscs from tropical Kenya is described
and discussed. It preserves a remarkably complete fauna of the Indian Ocean coastal forest from the
surroundings of Panga ya Saidi cave, a site featuring repeated human occupation extending back at least
78,000 years. Mollusc diversity, composition, and abundance are very similar to extant faunas of the
coastal forest. They vary relatively little over the period studied (chiefly a 50,000-year sequence from
MIS 5 to the start of MIS 2) apart from a short-lived decrease in the dominance of “forest-only” species
around 45,800 BP. The fauna of the most recently preserved layers (MIS 1) is likewise similar. Most of
the 72 snail (and slug) species found are still extant at the coast, including some narrow-range endemics,
but 8 species are now more western in their known distribution. The native African status of Kaliella
barrakporensis and 2 other snail species with Asian type localities are confirmed, as is the previously
disputed occurrence of native Helicoidea at the coast. Two new subfossil species were identified and are
described as Maizania meteor sp. n. (Maizaniidae) and Juventigulella saidii sp. n. (Streptaxidae). No
major habitat or faunistic shifts are observed, confirming previous evidence for long-term ecological
continuity at the site. The data are the first of their kind from coastal East Africa and provide a new
independent proxy of the environmental context to the archaeological sequence, as well as a reference
point for future studies of terrestrial molluscs in the region
Breaking the curse: retelling a folk fairy tale to explore trauma and healing in novels for young people
Get PDFThis practice-based research asks how the folk fairy tale might be used to explore themes of trauma and healing in writing for young people. My novel, The Wasting Curse, is a young adult retelling of the folk fairy tale ‘Kate Crackernuts.’ By finding gaps in the original tale, I use my retelling to introduce and explore interrelation and intergenerational trauma. I aim to assist young readers in understanding their own struggles, and to that end I also narratively explore the complexities of healing and hope.
This thesis also includes a piece of contextual research. Its four sections mirror the key elements of my novel: the folk fairy tale, trauma, dissociation, and healing. I examine these topics in light of both scientific studies and recent examples drawn from young adult reworkings of old folk or fairy tales. Existing young adult literature often dramatizes trauma without accounting for its weight or outcomes, which I have tried to address in my own writing. My methodology draws heavily on autoethnography, with influences from my personal history as a young person who experienced trauma and found release in folk fairy tales.
‘Chapter One: Uncover’ introduces the concept of the folk fairy tale and the trauma that already exists in the stories we tell. ‘Chapter Two: Name’ narrows the types of trauma focused on in this research. ‘Chapter Three: Inhabit’ highlights dissociation and the ways it can be used and misused in stories, with a particular focus on the importance of traumatized characters finding safety in their own bodies. Finally, ‘Chapter Four: Mend’ covers the tricky subject of healing. This chapter questions the trope of ‘happily ever after,’ and discusses the importance of an ending that is both realistic and hopeful.
My research is founded on the principle that fictional representations of trauma and healing can have a powerful impact on young readers. I offer this thesis in the hope that the methods I have developed will be useful to other writers and scholars