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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
Get PDFWe 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
Factors which influence members to persistently participate in choir / Dayang Siti Hazar Awang Hassim
Get PDFThis study examine external and internal factors and the relationship of factors that influence choir members' intention to continue choir participation, after joining the choir group and lesson. The six factors which are being investigated are: parental musicianship and support of music, previous musical experience, self-concept in music, value of music, academic integration, and social integration. The path-analytical model and original version of Choir Participation Survey II replicated from Sichivitsa (2007) is used for the purpose of this study. A sample number of 113 choir subjects have responded, (N=113; 54 male and 59 female). The respondents of this research were the adult participants from the choir academies and groups in Malaysia. The selected choir groups were from six different groups which are: Malaysian National Choir (MNC), Suara HASiL Choir (SHC), Symphony JPPH Choir (SJPPHC), Suara Warisan Choir (KOSWA), The Vocalist Choir (TVC) and Young Choral Academy (YCA
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)
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
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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
After seven years in Key West, Florida, author John N. Cole learned to appreciat
No full textAfter seven years in Key West, Florida, author John N. Cole learned to appreciate Maine winters for their beauty and power
Representations of Islamic Belief and Practice in a South African Context: Reflections on the Fictional Work of Ahmed Essop, Aziz Hassim, Achmat Dangor and Rayda Jacobs
No full textThis study explores the representation of Islam in the fictional work of four South African writers: Ahmed Essop, Aziz Hassim, Achmat Dangor, and Rayda Jacobs. After clarifying significant principles of Islam, I follow a threefold basis of inquiry, considering how far these authors, in terms of their fiction, reveal Islamic belief as an empowering force for social justice and compassion; how far they are prompted by feminist views; and how far they feel a need to interrogate Islamic teaching and practice. Given particular attention in my inquiry are Essop’s story, “The Hajji” (1978) and novel, The Visitation (1980); Hassim’s novel, The Lotus Eaters (2002); Dangor’s novella, “Kafka’s Curse” (1998) and novel, Bitter Fruit (2001); and Jacobs’s novel, Confessions of a Gambler (2003a) together with her short story collection, Postcards from South Africa (2003b). To begin with, I contrast Dangor’s more interrogative stance towards the use of violence with Hassim’s apparent readiness to countenance it. In the next section what emerges is a reluctance or refusal on the part of prominent male characters to show compassion or forgiveness, although such a response would be profoundly in keeping with the Muslim tradition. Women, on the other hand, exemplify a readiness to engage in various kinds of merciful intervention. Finally, in relation to women’s rights, I reveal how male-centredness is, perhaps surprisingly, not typical of fiction by Muslim writers, although it is the one woman writer in this study who engages in a more searching interrogation of conventional Muslim gender attitudes and assumptions.
Opsomming Hierdie studie ondersoek die verteenwoordiging van Islam in die romanliteratuur van vier Suid-Afrikaanse skrywers: Ahmed Essop, Aziz Hassim, Achmat Dangor en Rayda Jacobs. Nadat die belangrikste beginsels van Islam uiteengesit is, doen ek ’n drieledige ondersoek na die mate waartoe die gekose skrywers in terme van hulle skryfwerk die Islamgeloof as bemagtiging vir sosiale regverdiging en medelye ontbloot tot watter mate hulle aangehits word deur feministiese oortuigings, en hoe sterk hulle genoodsaak voel om die Islamitiese leerwyse en praktyke te bevraagteken. In my ondersoek skenk ek besondere aandag aan Essop se verhaal, “The Hajji” (1978), en roman, The Visitation (1980); Hassim se roman, The Lotus Eaters (2002); Dangor se novelle, “Kafka’s Curse” (1998) en die roman Bitter Fruit (2001); en Jacobs se roman Confessions of a Gambler (2003a) en haar versameling kortverhale, Postcards from South Africa (2003b). Ek begin deur Dangor se bevraagtekening van geweld te kontrasteer met Hassim se skynbare bereidheid om dit te ondersteun. Wat in the volgende afdeling duidelik blyk, is die prominente manlike karakters se traagheid of weiering om te vergewe of deernis te toon, alhoewel so ’n respons beslis sou stryk met gevestigde Islamitiese tradisie. Daarteenoor toon vroue ‘n bereidwilligheid om hulle in te laat in verskeie ingrypings van medelye. Laastens wys ek hoe, met betrekking tot vroueregte, manlik-gesentreerdheid nie tipies van the letterkundige tekste van Muslimskrywers is nie, alhoewel dit die vroulike skrywer in hierdie ondersoek is wat the gebruiklike Muslimhoudings en -aannames oor gender bevraagteken.
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