24 research outputs found
Glocalizing genre fiction in the global South
No full textThis study offers a comprehensive overview of post-millennial Indian (English) and Latin American crime fiction. Drawing on genre theory and the field of literature & globalization, Neele Meyer examines the history of crime fiction and traces similar developments in the book markets in these largely disconnected regions.
In an analysis of the characteristics of the genre, the author studies the works of 17 writers from India, Argentina and Chile focusing on aspects like detective figures (particularly women detectives or journalists), the plot structure, intertextuality, settings or the impact of media and technology. The analysis shows that authors consciously choose the globally circulating genre and modify it as “social commentaries” to accommodate economic or social transformations. Neele Meyer challenges the idea that the global presence of the genre leads to homogenization and argues that global circulation of crime fiction in the Global South is a ‘glocal’ phenomenon that reflects the heterogeneous outcomes of processes of globalization
Encyclopaedia heraldica, or, Complete dictionary of heraldry /
No full textEngraved t.-p.s, with vignettes.v.1. Complete dictionary of heraldry. Glover's Ordinary of arms, augm. and improved, with indexes, &c. Mottos of the nobility &c. Appendix, containing baronets of Scotland and Ireland... Supplement to Dictionary of heraldry, and addenda -- v.2. Dictionary of arms of the principal private families in England, Scotland, and Ireland -- v.3. Explanatory plates to the Dictionary of heraldry, orders of knighthood and the arms of subscribersMode of access: Internet.Plates engraved by James Joshua Neele, Josiah Neele, John Walker, James Mutlow, and Oliver; after James Joshua Neele, Josiah Neele, and James Mutlow.BAC : British Art Center copy is bound in 2 vols., in original boards
Chile 1816
No full textRelief shown by hachures. Includes inset map. "Pinkerton's modern atlas" -- across the top margin.This hand-colored map of 1816 shows most of Chile, from its northern border to approximately 44° South. Relief is shown by hachures. An inset map depicts Isola de Tierra, the easternmost of the Juan Fernández Islands, the archipelago in the Pacific Ocean that appears at the far western edge of the map. The map has two distance scales, Spanish geographical miles and British statute miles. Yellow is used to highlight the borders of the Viceroyalty of La Plata, an administrative unit of the Spanish Empire established in 1776 out of territories previously part of the Viceroyalty of Peru (comprising all or parts of present-day Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia). The map was included in Pinkerton’s Modern Atlas, which was published in London between 1808 and 1815 and in a special American edition in 1818. John Pinkerton (1758-1826) was a Scottish scholar and author who wrote books on Scottish history and poetry, numismatics, and other topics. In 1808–14 he published the 17-volume A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World. A six-volume edition of Pinkerton’s compilation was issued in Philadelphia in 1810–12. The map was engraved by Samuel John Neele (1758–1824), who was from an important family of British engravers who worked from offices on the Strand in London. WDLColor1:3,000,00
What makes discussions constructive? : modeling argument and deliberative quality
No full textPublic discourse is an important building block of democracy: it is where opinions are exchanged and certain narratives are formed or reinforced. In recent years, the importance of everyday discussions, for example on social media, has grown. These platforms allow citizens from different backgrounds and with different political views to participate.
The aim of the following thesis is to empirically model constructive discussion behavior. Only constructive discourse can strengthen democracy through participation and the exchange of different perspectives. If this fails, the result is fake news and declining trust in democracy—and thus a threat to any democratic system.
This work takes an interdisciplinary perspective. The research is based on actual discussions between lay citizens (e.g., online discussions). The theoretical basis is provided by normative frameworks that define what constitutes a constructive discussion or a good argument (e.g., deliberative theory or the definition of good argumentation in rhetoric). These are modeled and evaluated using methods from natural language processing (NLP). NLP allows large amounts of data to be analyzed efficiently—for example, as shown in a publication of this work, all discussion posts on Reddit about the COVID-19 pandemic. The resulting models can in turn be used to develop semi-automatic interventions for more constructive discussion behavior: the moderation of (online) discussions.
The thesis is divided into three parts: the first part examines how central aspects of constructive discussion behavior can be defined and how they can be automatically measured or evaluated in natural language. In the social sciences, these aspects are summarized and characterized under the core concept of "deliberative quality", while in rhetoric and computational linguistics they are treated under the concept of "argument quality".
The second part of this thesis takes a closer look at a particular aspect of deliberative quality: the narration of personal experiences and stories (known as "storytelling"), a phenomenon that is often used to clarify a point of view. In the context of constructive discourse, storytelling can, for example, promote perspective-taking, is less conflict-laden than value-based argumentation, and can contribute to creating a collective identity or a shared narrative.
The third part of this thesis deals with semi-automatic support for moderation. This is based on data containing human moderation behavior (e.g., from experts in the field of moderation or from active discussion participants). In this part, the findings from the first two building blocks are brought together to examine the relationship between moderation and aspects of (non-)constructive discussion behavior and, based on this, how these insights can be used to develop models for supporting human moderators
Post-Reformation Reformed sources and children
No full textThis article suggests that the topic “children” received considerable attention in the post-Reformation era – the period of CA 1565-1725. In particular, the author argues that the post-Reformation Reformed sources attest of a significant interest in the education and parenting of children. This interest not only continued, but intensified during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation when much thought was given to the subject matter. This article attempts to appraise the aim of post-Reformation Reformed sources on the topic “children.
BRITISH AMERICA, Comprehending CANADA, LABRADOR, NEW-Foundland, NOVA SCOTIA &c:
No full textThe map includes named aboriginal areas.London is the prime meridian
Ultra Hard Mount Active Vibration Control: Improving the performance of ultra hard mount systems using vibration control strategies
No full textHigh-precision mechatronic equipment often benefits from or even needs vibration isolation to function within specification. Examples of such equipment include metrology devices, space instrumentation and lithography assemblies. Vibration isolation is often the function of the mounting between the equipment and the floor or rest of the machine. An important factor for vibration isolation is the stiffness of this mount. High stiffness mounts result in high force disturbance rejection, at the cost of sensitivity to indirect disturbances. So-called ultra hard mount systems take advantage of ultra high stiffness to offer superior position stability in the presence of force disturbances. However, this also leads to an emphasized sensitivity to indirect disturbances. Active vibration control can be used to overcome this. Feedback is used to dampen the resonance mode of the mounting system. Feedforward is used to lower the transmissibility, resulting in reduced sensitivity to indirect disturbances. This has been successfully implemented on less stiff hard mount systems in the past, but the techniques remained unexplored on ultra hard mount systems. This research focusses on the experimental implementation of existing active vibration control techniques on an ultra hard mount system. It was found that the closed loop behaviour of piezo-based ultra hard mount systems are well predictable. Furthermore, it was found that good damping performance can be achieved by various methods, reducing the output vibrations up to 60%. Using straightforward stiffness compensation feedforward, the influence of indirect disturbances was shown to be reduced significantly. A reduction of 94% in the effect of indirect disturbances was realized using disturbance feedforward when compared to the uncontrolled case. This work shows that ultra hard mounts can be used in applications where strong direct disturbance rejection is required, even in the presence of indirect disturbances using a combined feedback and feedforward approach.Mechanical Engineering | High-Tech Engineerin
Overview of PerspectiveArg2024: The First Shared Task on Perspective Argument Retrieval
No full textArgument retrieval is the task of finding relevant arguments for a given query. While existing approaches rely solely on the semantic alignment of queries and arguments, this first shared task on perspective argument retrieval incorporates perspectives during retrieval, ac- counting for latent influences in argumenta- tion. We present a novel multilingual dataset covering demographic and socio-cultural (so- cio) variables, such as age, gender, and politi- cal attitude, representing minority and major- ity groups in society. We distinguish between three scenarios to explore how retrieval systems consider explicitly (in both query and corpus) and implicitly (only in query) formulated per- spectives. This paper provides an overview of this shared task and summarizes the results of the six submitted systems. We find substantial challenges in incorporating perspectivism, especially when aiming for personalization based solely on the text of arguments without explicitly providing socio profiles. Moreover, re- trieval systems tend to be biased towards the majority group but partially mitigate bias for the female gender. While we bootstrap per- spective argument retrieval, further research is essential to optimize retrieval systems to facilitate personalization and reduce polarization
Overview of PerpectiveArg2024: The First Shared Task on Perspective Argument Retrieval
No full textArgument retrieval is the task of finding relevant arguments for a given query. While existing approaches rely solely on the semantic alignment of queries and arguments, this first shared task on perspective argument retrieval incorporates perspectives during retrieval, accounting for latent influences in argumentation. We present a novel multilingual dataset covering demographic and socio-cultural (socio) variables, such as age, gender, and political attitude, representing minority and majority groups in society. We distinguish between three scenarios to explore how retrieval systems consider explicitly (in both query and corpus) and implicitly (only in query) formulated perspectives. This paper provides an overview of this shared task and summarizes the results of the six submitted systems. We find substantial challenges in incorporating perspectivism, especially when aiming for personalization based solely on the text of arguments without explicitly providing socio profiles. Moreover, retrieval systems tend to be biased towards the majority group but partially mitigate bias for the female gender. While we bootstrap perspective argument retrieval, further research is essential to optimize retrieval systems to facilitate personalization and reduce polarization
Perspective Argument Retrieval
No full textThis dataset covers all three evaluation cycles of the first shared task on Perspective Argument Retrieval, including all labels.
Potential Measurements to Counter Negative Impact
The data can be used to infer the socio-cultural properties of the authors (profiling); therefore, to protect the privacy of the authors, we anonymized the data. The data should not be used to infer the identity of the authors. The data could also be used for vote manipulation; therefore, we ask you to use the data responsibly and not for any malicious purposes. We only share the data on request with a statement of your intended use of the data and potential measurements to counter negative impact
