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A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law
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The use of software is ubiquitous in the creation of many copyright works, yet the requirement in copyright law that every work have a human author who engages in independent intellectual effort means that its use may prevent copyright subsistence. Several recent Australian cases have refocused attention on authorship as an essential criterion of copyright subsistence, and these cases suggest that much computer-produced output may be authorless and thus lack copyright protection. This article, the first in a two-part series, analyses how each case deals with the question of authorship of computer-produced works and why the use of software diminishes copyright protection for a significant number of computer-generated works. The article critiques the application of conventional notions of human authorship developed in the pre-computer age to modern productions and suggests alternative approaches to authorship that satisfy both the major objectives of copyright policy and the need to adapt to the computer age. The article argues that, without a broader judicial approach to authorship of computer-generated works, Parliament must remedy the lacuna in protection for these ‘authorless’ works. Possible solutions for reform are suggested. In a forthcoming article, the author comprehensively examines those reform proposals
Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
The issues of youth political participation (Case study: Municipality of Kamnik)
No full textPolitična participacija je izjemno širok ter kompleksen pojem, ki se venomer razvija ter spreminja glede na čas ter skupek dejavnikov, ki nanj vplivajo. V sledeči diplomski nalogi sem se osredotočil na novejše teoretične pristope k politični participaciji, še posebej pri politični participaciji mladih. Novejše teorije se oddaljujejo od konvencionalnih oblik politične participacije ter se vedno bolj osredotočajo na alternativne pristope, ki jih uporabljajo mladi. Mladi politično participacijo razumejo na drugačen način, zato ni prav, da so mlajše generacije označene za politično nepismene ter apatične. Čeprav po tradicionalnih pokazateljih, kot sta spremljanje ter aktivnost v institucionalni ter strankarski politiki mladih, kažejo nižje stopnje zanimanja, se pokaže, da so izjemno aktivni na področjih, ki jih zanimajo, ko vštejemo druge dejavnike ter načine, na katere participirajo. Prihodnost politične aktivnosti mladih se zagotovo skriva v novih oblikah participacije, ki jih je s seboj prinesla nova doba priložnostnih politik ter aktivizma.Political participation is an extremely broad and complex concept that constantly develops and changes over time and with the factors that influence it. In the following thesis, I have focused on new theoretical approaches to political participation, especially in the political participation of young people. New theories distance themselves from conventional forms of political participation and increasingly focus on alternative approaches used by young people. Young people understand political participation in a different way, so younger generations should not be characterised as politically illiterate and apathetic. Although, according to traditional indicators, such as activity in institutional and party politics, young people show lower levels of interest, it turns out that they can also extremely active in the fields that interest them, once other factors and the ways in which young people participate are taken into account. The future of youth political participation is to be found in new forms of participation brought about by the new era of one-time politics and activism
Youth and environmental activism as a form of political participation: an overview of Podnebni štrajk 2023
No full textV sodobnem svetu so mladi okoljski aktivisti postali ključna politična sila. V magistrskem delu sem analizirala vključevanje mladih v okoljski aktivizem s posebnim poudarkom na slovenskem okviru, s primerom Podnebnega štrajka 2023. Izpodbijam splošno razširjeno prepričanje, da današnje mlade zaznamuje politična apatičnost, če ne celo popolna apolitičnost, saj se delo poglablja v zapletene interakcije med mladimi, političnim udejstvovanjem in okoljskim aktivizmom. To argumentiram z orisom novih repertoarjev političnega udejstvovanja, ki dopolnijo ali nadomestijo konvencionalne oblike, in z empirično podlago, pridobljeno z opazovanjem z udeležbo, polstrukturiranimi intervjuji ter strukturiranimi intervjuji. S predstavitvijo zgodovinskega ozadja in opisom različnih oblik in vzrokov okoljskega aktivizma mladih je to delo podlaga za celovito analizo sodobnega vključevanja mladih v okolijski aktivizem. Omenjeni metodološki instrumenti ponujajo vpogled v odnos mladih aktivistov do okolja in podnebnih sprememb ter v prakse, ki jih uporabljajo za doseganje svojih ciljev. Namen te študije je zagotoviti vpogled v spreminjajočo se naravo političnega udejstvovanja mladih in njihovo zmožnost, da bistveno spremenijo okoljevarstvo.In the modern world, young environmental activists have become a key political force. In my master’s thesis I analyse the involvement of young people in environmental activism with a particular focus on the Slovenian context, with the case of the Podnebni štrajk 2023. I challenge the widely held belief that today\u27s young people are characterised by political apathy, if not outright apoliticality, as the thesis delves deeper into the complex interactions between young people, political participation, and environmental activism. I argue for this by outlining new repertoires of political participation that complement or replace conventional forms, and by drawing on empirical evidence from participant observation, in-depth interviews, and a planned survey. By presenting the historical background and describing the different forms and causes of youth environmental activism, this work provides the basis for a comprehensive analysis of contemporary youth involvement in environmental activism. The methodological instruments mentioned above offer insights into the attitudes of young activists towards the environment and climate change and the practices they use to promote their goals. This study aims to provide insights into the changing nature of young people\u27s political participation and their capacity to make a significant difference to environmentalism
Dissipative Range Scaling of Higher Order Structure Functions for Velocity and Passive Scalars
No full textDifferently to Kolmogorov's second similarity hypothesis, we find that the 2n-th order velocity and scalar structure functions scale with n-th order moment of the energy dissipation and the scalar dissipation, respectively. The origins of this scaling are analyzed by the transport equations of the fourth order velocity and scalar increment moments and by direct numerical simulations
Fast implementation of iterative adaptive approach for wideband unambiguous radar detection
No full textAccepted author manuscriptMicrowave Sensing, Signals & System
Ratio of n-6/n-3 in the diets of beef cattle
No full textEffects of feeding heat-treated canola (C), soybean (S) and flax (F) or mixtures on growth and slaughter characteristics, taste and fatty acid (FA) composition of beef tissue were investigated using 128 crossbred steers to determine the potential of improving the nutritional quality of beef for humans. For Trial 1 (48 steers), dietary treatments were: roasted C, extruded C, roasted S, extruded S, roasted F and extruded F. For Trial 2 (80 steers), the dietary treatments were: S:F (1:1), S:C (1:1), C:F (1:1) and S:F:C (1:1:1), and the oilseeds were processed either by roasting or extruding before mixing. Soybean meal and soybean oil were used to give equivalent lipid and protein contents to each experimental diet. The basal diet consisted of grass silage, barley grain, vitamins and minerals. Steers were fed for a minimum of 100d then slaughtered at a uniform degree of finish. Growth and slaughter characteristics of the steers were only slightly affected by dietary treatment in that the soybean-fed steers consumed more feed and had a higher average daily gain than the canola or flax-fed animals in Trial 1. There was no difference in taste panel parameters for any of the treatments. Inclusion of flax in the diet increased the total n-3 content of meat. Similar results were found for canola and C18:1n-9 although this was not the case for soybean and the n-6 FA. For the n-6 FA in the PL and neutral lipid fractions of the meat samples, levels were correlated with high dietary levels of n-6 or n-9 with low levels of n-3 while for the n-3 FA, levels were correlated with high dietary n-3 levels and low n-6 levels. Oilseed processing method did not have an effect on any fatty acid levels. It is possible to modify the FA composition of beef meat toward a healthier profile by including heat-treated oilseeds in the diet to influence the degree of lipid metabolism in the rumen.ID: S0377840111004007; M3: Article; Accession Number: S0377840111004007; Author: M.A. McNiven (a, ⁎); Author: J.L. Duynisveld (b); Author: T. Turner (a); Author: A.W. Mitchell (a); Affiliation: Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of PEI, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada C1A 4P3; Affiliation: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Nappan, NS, Canada B0L 1C0; Keyword: Oilseeds; Keyword: Roasted; Keyword: Extruded; Keyword: Fatty acids; Keyword: Healthy fat; Number of Pages: 11; Language: English
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