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A reference book containing a list of words - usually in alphabetical order - giving information about form, pronunciation, etymology, grammar, and meaning. A foreign-language dictionary is an alphabetical list of words of one language with their meaning and equivalents in another language.
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I want to use the dictionary method to conduct sentiment analysis on news headlines, but I haven't found a suitable financial sentiment analysis dictionary. I would like to refer to the existing dictionaries related to crude oil futures or financial sentiment analysis, and how to find and analyze them download.How to download the sentiment dictionary or financial sentiment dictionary related to crude oil futures
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Download FinSentS dictionary from GitHub or Kaggle, or access through Python libraries like NLTK or spaCy repositories.
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Despite our reliance on dictionaries and their entries, many widely used terms are not included in dictionaries and lack an equivalent in Arabic, presenting a notable issue. For instance, the word "trend" was widely used before the Terminology Committee of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo Arabicized it and incorporated it into the Arabic lexicon. Similarly, the word "tarwiqah" refers to food or drink consumed on an empty stomach upon waking, essentially meaning breakfast. Although this term is commonly used by Arab speakers, it was only officially recognized as an Arabic word and included in the Arabic dictionary last year by the Academy of the Arabic Language.
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Thank you Prof. Jane Elizabeth Thomas for your insightful comment! Indeed, the lack of equivalent vocabulary in one language compared to another is a significant challenge in translation. As you mentioned with Japanese, borrowing terms from other languages often becomes a practical solution, much like how the Arabic language adapts terms such as "trend." The issue you raised about sexual vocabulary highlights how cultural factors influence language development and usage. In Arabic, similar challenges exist, where certain concepts are either avoided due to cultural sensitivities or lack precise equivalents. This further emphasizes the dynamic interplay between language, culture, and societal norms in shaping vocabulary and translation practices.
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The lack of updated bilingual dictionaries hinders accuracy, efficiency, and professionalism in specialized translation. It underscores the need for ongoing resource development to keep pace with the rapid evolution of specialized fields.
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Thank you, Prof. Patrizia Giampieri, Prof. Andreas Wirag, and Prof. Yasser Asrif, for your valuable participation and insightful responses.
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My Deaf friends in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania have told me the the sign language used in Moshi and Arusha is different than the signed languages used in other parts of Tanzania. They asked me to look for any research on the signed language(s) used there. I thought it would be easy to find published articles and perhaps even a thesis or a dissertation but I am not finding any published papers. I heard about someone, maybe from Finland, working on a dictionary in that area but again I have not found a reference.
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Researchers never tire of studying. Dear Herry M, I am also from Tanzania currently in the US and I’m a first year graduate student taking classes at Lamar University (deaf studies and Education). On my searches I would like to recommend your friend to check the following articles (if still interested), Rothe, A. (2020 and 2022) as well as LEE, J. C. (2012). Could also go and check with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzanian_sign_languages#cite_note-:1-4. Thank you.
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. . . Especially black South Africa, Anglophone Cameroon, Uganda, and Nigeria:
I find it troubling that Africans who work hard to improve their English skills, particularly in vocabulary and Oxford Dictionary phonetics, are often ridiculed, bullied, and even denied job opportunities in some African countries. If there's such disdain for European influence, it raises the question: why speak English or wear Western suits at all? It's disheartening to see even the President of South Africa mocking these efforts, potentially hindering economic progress, despite English being the world's leading language for business and science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UGeA8wl1x0&t=556s
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He is probably too lazy to learn and sees those who make the effort as a challenge. I watched the video, and he is dressed like an American basketball player because throwing the clothes on him is easier than learning. If he is the true African he claims to be, why not be African across the board? I have many adorable African friends who wear beautiful African dresses and speak African languages. Love them.
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she is an Arabic lexicographer who works for Oxford University Press. She supervised the compilation of Modern Oxford Dictionary for learners of english
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أولا إجابتي للباحثين المهتمين أما سؤالك ابحثي عنه في مسارك
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Dear RG members, IUGS is planning a new edition of the classical "Le Maitre" book devoted to the classification and nomenclature of igneous rocks. A group of 17 igneous petrologists (hereafter TGIR - Task Group on Igneous Rocks) is working for three years to update specific definitions or proposing entirely new sections.
As the Chair of the TGIR, I would like to start a discussion with all the interested people that want to give help concerning this task. I and the other members of the TGIR will start posting a series of arguments that will greatly benefit from your comments, so I hope to receive stimulating feedback.
Once having classified a rock to the alkaline series, the next step is usually to identify the alkali ratio to choose adjectives such as sodic-potassic-ultrapotassic.
Present IUGS definition:
The glossary section of the present IUGS classification of igneous rocks does not report any information on the adjectives "sodic", "potassic" or "ultrapotassic". The third edition has to fill this gap. IUGS only provides some info on the mildly alkaline rocks in the TAS diagram (i.e., those falling in the trachybasalt, basaltic trachyandesite and trachyandesite fields). The simple (but far from being satisfying) IUGS rule defines sodic a rock with Na2O wt% content (minus 2 wt%) higher than its K2O wt% and potassic if the Na2O wt% content (minus 2 wt%) is lower than its K2O wt%. For example, a rock with 5 wt% Na2O and 2 wt% K2O is considered as sodic, whereas a rock with 3 wt% Na2O and 2 wt% K2O is considered potassic. Remember that this distinction is considered valid only for the three mildly alkaline compositions (trachybasalts, basaltic trachyandesites and trachyandesites). Nothing is said about other compositions (e.g., ultrabasic, acid and strongly alkaline rocks).
In addition, IUGS considers a rock as "ultrapotassic" if molar K2O/Na2O is >3 (see section 2.7.2 of Le Maitre, 2002). No information is reported on the equivalent sodic term (i.e., “ultrasodic”). To conclude, IUGS reports only a short comment on the adjective “transitional” to be addressed to basalts only. According to IUGS the term “transitional basalt” should be avoided (it is not reported in bold in the Glossary of terms section). The IUGS definition for “transitional basalt” is “A variety of basalt transitional between typical tholeiitic basalt and alkali basalt. It consists of olivine, Ca-rich augite, plagioclase and titanomagnetite plus variable, but small, amounts of alkali feldspar. Ca-poor pyroxenes are absent.”.
To conclude, present IUGS rules are:
Sodic: (Na2O wt% - 2 wt%) > K2O wt% (valid for trachybasalts, basaltic trachyandesites and trachyandesites only).
Potassic: (Na2O wt% - 2 wt%) < K2O wt% (valid for trachybasalts, basaltic trachyandesites and trachyandesites only).
Transitional: No indication reported.
Ultrapotassic: molar K2O/Na2O >3
Ultrasodic: No indication reported.
Not definitive proposal of the IUGS TGIR:
1. Albeit not completely correct, we propose to deal with major oxides, not molar concentration, because it is much easier to manage oxides, without any special calculation.
2. The Na2O + K2O ratio has to be >3 wt%. We emphasize that this threshold value is not sufficient to avoid non-alkaline rocks (for example, non-alkaline acid rocks have Na2O + K2O up to 7), but it is the minimum ratio in case of basic-ultrabasic compositions.
3. MgO has to be >3 wt% to avoid major changes associated with fractional crystallization, following Foley et al., 1987 (Earth-Sci. Rev.). This means that rocks such as phonolites and trachytes could not be classified as ultrapotassic-potassic-transitional-sodic ultrasodic.
4. Ultrapotassic: K2O/Na2O >2 (Na2O/K2O <0.5); K2O >3 wt% (following Foley et al., 1987, Earth-Sci. Rev.).
5. Potassic: K2O/Na2O between 1 and 2.
6. Transitional: K2O/Na2O between 1 and 0.5.
7. Sodic: K2O/Na2O between 0.5 and 0.25 (Na2O/K2O between 2 and 4).
8. Ultrasodic: K2O/Na2O <0.25 (Na2O/K2O >4); Na2O <0.25.
We hope to receive your feedback about this proposal.
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Dear Joannis,
this is actually what is proposed. To define a rock as ultrapotassic we propose to follow the suggestion of Foley et al. (1987), i.e., K2O >3 wt% and K2O/Na2O >2, as in the scheme proposed in this thread. In addition we should consider also MgO >3 wt%, to exclude that the relatively high K2O could be simply an effect of prolonged fractionaly crystallization of K2O-poor mineral assemblage. For example, K2O-rich trachytes of the Phlegrean Fields volcano cannot be considered as ultrapotassic, because strongly fractionated melts with very low MgO.
Note that the original definitions for ultrapotassic rocks considered K2O/Na2O ratios be >3. Foley et al. (1987) reduced this ratio to 2 to include several rocks in the "ultrapotassic" family.
I did not find any word referring to "timanite" or "doiranite" in the Le Maitre (2002) book.
At the end I underline that "pyribole" is not a mineral name reccommended by IMA, so I would not quote it in the new edition of the book.
Cheers,
michele
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I've compiled a database of S&P 1500 firms from 2005-2023, along with a dataset of all quarterly earnings call statements, which I'll analyze using LIWC to measure CEOs' Big Five traits. However, finding or creating high-quality dictionaries for the Big Five personality traits has proven challenging to me.
If anyone is able to send me in the right direction, I would be immensely grateful! Thank you in advance.
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In my opinion this approach is true. Because short size texts are more attractive for people, due to the fact that they can consider that they will read it in a few minutes and understand easily. Actually, to produce short and understandable texts in academy is not that simple ( because we want to write everything clearly ) , readers and researchers need this type of readings.
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by microstructure, I mean the "entry" in a dictionary with the different range of linear information that accompaign it
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thanks a lot
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a bilingualized dictionary use is a new trend IN LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES when the learner of a foreign havs the opportunity to use a hybrid dictionary(monolingual dictionary in the foreign language with equivalence in the mother tongue.
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A bilingual dictionay may prove useful in foreign language learning. In my sense, depending on the proficiency evel of the learner, it can be more useful in translation practice by teaching ABOUT a foreign language. However, a disadvantage is that a dictionary lacks contextualization (USE). In other words, it does not tell the learner in what context a newly learned lexical item or phrase should used.
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Re typification of a plant genus if only a single species is/was contained in that genus (ICN Art. 40.3): Is that mode of designation "by original designation" or "by monotypy"? I am not sure whether the concept of typification by monotypy exists in botany (glossary has zero hits on "monotypy").
Even if typification by monotypy is not explicitly stated in ICN/Thurland, is it used in systematic botany? Or is this another distinction between ICN-Botany and ICZN-Zoology?
Please note, that the question is not the description of a genus with a single species (monotypic genus), but the mode of typification.
Thanks!
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Phil Käding Thanks for all those details above and beyond! I like your Eschscholzia example, currently coming up in my yard!
Subir Bandyopadhyay There are certainly HT/ST parallels at genus-level. Also with lectotypification of genera, where LT species has to be from amongst the species listed in protologue of genus (i.e., "syntype" species; though I have never seen it expressed that way). The thinking is similar.
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Words get thrown around. Terminology changes. Therefore, syntax is center of linguistics.
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sentence is the center of linguistics; starting from phonological level, moving to morphological level, then grammatical one(According to De Saussure structuralism)
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We are searching for a free or open Arabic dictionary in the LMF format containing the senses and the definitions of Arabic words.
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try" قاموس اللغة العربية المعاصرة " for Ahmed Mokhtar Ommar
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What is the proposed Unified Software Engineering (USWE)? Do we urgently need it (Part 1)?
What is the critical Look @ Existing Software Engineering Courses?
Fayad's Proposal for the USWE Course
Working Title:
Adaptive Learning Units (ALUs) of a Named Target Course: Through Knowledge Patterns
Adaptive Learning Units (ALUs)
1. Our proposal aims to develop Adaptive Learning Units (ALUs) for a Unified Software Engineering Course, emphasizing Knowledge Patterns. We provide maps that outline a clear and concise path through the course content, including quizzes, exams, exercises, assignments, team projects, reading materials, and notes for each ALU. Although each course and map has a unique proposal, our primary focus remains on the Unified Software Engineering Course.
2. We are confident that our approach will yield the best results for your lifelong learning goals, ethics, knowledge, and applicability. Our expertise is unparalleled, and we are the best choice to guide you on this journey of learning and growth. Trust us, and let's get started today.
3. Our maps will highlight the "what" and "how-to" of the course, and we are confident that our approach will be effective and beneficial. We understand that different classes and maps require various proposals, but our focus in this lecture is the Unified Software Engineering Course.
4. We are excited about this proposal's possibilities and look forward to partnering with you on this exciting journey of learning and growth.
Goals:
1. Unification
2. Innovation
3. Stability
4. Essentiality
5. Critical Thinking
6. Lifelong Learning
7. Ethical Knowledge
Where ALUs are the following:
1. Software Stability Model (SSM) / Concurrent Software Engineering Model (CSEM)
2. Fayad's Art of Abstraction (FAA)
3. Unified Functional and Non-Functional Requirements
4. Unified and Ultimate Design
5. Unified Software Architecture on-Demand
6. Unified Immune Testing Environment
7. Unified Domain Analysis: Knowledge Map (UDA-KM)**
Where (UDA-KM)**per Unified Word/Unified Domain
(a) Stable Analysis Patterns (SAPs)
(b) Stable Design Patterns (SDPs)
(c) Stable Architecture Patterns (SArchPs)
(d) Algorithms
(e) Unified Non-Functional Requirements
(f) Unified Domain Standard (UDS)
(g) Fayad's Unified Software Engines (FUSE)
(h) Unified Software Engineering Reuse (USER)
(i) Unified Word/Unified Domain Dictionary
(j) Industrial Objects (IOs) or Application Objects (AOs) Dictionary (Concepts)
Additional ALUs:
1. Unified Word (UW)
2. Unified Word Engineering (UWE)
3. Fayad's Unified Modeling Language (F-UML)
4. Unified Software Project Management (USPM)
5. Unified Data Visualization Engine (UDVE)
6. Unified Business Rules (UBRs)
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Dear Prof. Fayad!
I see the value in your work. I am not certain whether you aim at undergraduate, master's, or MBA-level practical courses. In any case, "project-based software engineering capstone" - approach is an option to consider:
Saara Tenhunen, Tomi Männistö, Matti Luukkainen, Petri Ihantola,
A systematic literature review of capstone courses in software engineering,
Information and Software Technology, Volume 159,
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
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How related is the Law of Identity to the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus?
My answer: The Law of Identity is highly related to the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus because the process of an entity being itself is due to differentiation being the reversal of integration. Specifically the Law of Identity is ”a statement of an identity is the expression of an abstract relation of identity symbolized by a term (as A in ’A is A’) that apparently refers in its separate instances to the subject and predicate respectively”(Merriam-Webster). Separation of one thing from another is differentiation. Combining two things is integration.
Work Cited
“Law of identity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/law%20of%20identity. Accessed 23 Nov. 2023.
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Identity in most categories and media (myth, icon, ritual, art, architecture) is a cluster of optional meanings in various categories. For example archetype 15 includes the options of re-creator, bag, rope, doubled, canid, wand, smiting, leg would, etc, etc, while archetype 5 includes the options of priest, equid, colours, etc etc. I list the known features, and the average frequencies of occurrence of each, in my paper Blueprint. The gist is optional, cluster, mixed categories, frequency rating of each feature, position in sequence, archetypal structure, recurrence. The theoretical framework of this model includes the eight cognitive biases (Goodwyn etc). The field includes semiotics, archetype, structuralist anthropology. Calculus should account for such identities among natural features (number, matter, energy), since archetypal structure is also expressed in nature, not just culture. Greetings, please inform me of any tests based on the Blueprint model. edmondfurter@gmail.com
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JOKES AND JOKING BEHAVIORS
Very often jokes occur in joke cycles. Consider the following joke cycles.
Acronym jokes are often found on vanity license plates or bumper stickers:
10SNE1 (tennis anyone?)
XQUSME (excuse me)
4RGRAN (for our grandchild)
Do-It Jokes are often filled with innuendo:
Farmers do it in the dirt.
Teachers do it with class.
Accountants do it with interest.
Psychologists do it on the couch.
Mathematicians do it by the numbers.
Because blondes have a cultural advantage, Dumb-Blonde jokes are quite insulting:
In the swim-meet, after the blonde came in last competing in the breast-stroke, she complained to the judges that “all the other girls were using their arms.” Two blondes were going to Disneyland. They were driving on the Interstate when they saw the sign that said, “Disneyland LEFT.” They started crying and turned around and went home. Two blondes living in Oklahoma were sitting on a bench talking, and one blonde said to the other, ‘Which do you think is farther away ... Florida or the moon?' The other blonde turns and says 'Helloooooo, can you see Florida?'
How many blanksdoes it take to screw in a lightbulb?
How many New Yorkers?
Three: One to do it and two to criticize.
How many grad students?
Three: two plus a professor to take the credit
How many Jewish mothers?
None: I’ll just sit in the dark.
How many Los Angeles Police?
Six: one to do it and five to smash the old bulb to smithereens.
How many Dolly clones?
As many as you’d like. As many as you’d like. As many as you’d like.
How many mice does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Two (Think about it.).
New Definitions:
Artery: The study of painting
Bacteria: The back door of a cafeteria
Barium: What doctors do when patients die.
Covid-19 Jokes:
Half of us are going to come out of this quarantine as amazing cooks. The other half will come out with a drinking problem. I used to spin that toilet paper like I was on Wheel of Fortune. Now I turn it like I'm cracking a safe. I need to practice social-distancing from the refrigerator.
Still haven't decided where to go for Easter --The Living Room or The Bedroom PSA: every few days try your jeans on just to make sure they fit. Pajamas will have you believe all is well in the kingdom. Homeschooling is going well. 2 students suspended for fighting and 1 teacher fired for drinking on the job.
Sniglets:
Rich Hall invented the term “sniglet” for a word that should be in the dictionary, but isn’t.
Elbonics (el bon’ iks) n. The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a movie theater.
Esso Asso (eso a’so): The person behind you in a right-hand turn lane who cuts through the Esso Station.
Pupkus (pup’kus) n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.
Phonesia (fo nee’ zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a phone number and forgetting who you were calling just as they answer.
Tom Swifties:
People who used to read the Tom Swiftnovels invented a new type of joke:
“My name is Tom, he said Swiftly.”
This pattern is extended to:
“I’d like my egg boiled,” she whispered softly.”
“Get to the back of the boat!” he shouted sternly.
“Would you like another pancake?” she asked flippantly.
“She works in the mines,” he roared ironically.
Top Ten List:
In 1993 when David Letterman left NBC to move to a better time slot at CBS, he made a list of his “Top 10 Things I Have To Do Before I Leave NBC.” Here are some of the items on that list:
Drop off hairpiece at security desk.
Vacuum out Wendell (his announcer) and write down his mileage.
Steal my weight in office supplies.
Let my plastic surgeon step out and take a bow—this has been his show as much as mine.
Get one more cheap laugh by saying the word Buttafuoco.
Virus Jokes:
AT&T Virus: Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are getting.
MCI Virus: Every three minutes it reminds you that you’re paying too much for the AT&T virus.
Paul Revere Virus: This revolutionary virus does not horse around. It warns you of impending hard disk attack—once if by LAN, twice if by C:>.
New World Order Virus: Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of people really mad just thinking about it.
Political Jokes:
"The trouble with political jokes is that they get elected" (Henry Cates VII).”
"If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches, there wouldn't be an inducement to go to heaven" (Will Rogers).
"When I was a boy, I was told that anybody could become president; I'm beginning to believe it" (Clarence Darrow).
"A politician is a person who will lay down your life for his country" (Texas Guinan).
"I offer my opponents a bargain. If they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them" (Adlai Stevenson).
Don and Alleen Nilsen’s Humor PowerPoints:
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Jokes and joking relationships play a significant role in American culture for several reasons. They often serve as a means of social bonding, fostering connections and shared experiences among individuals. Humor can also be a way to cope with stress and navigate sensitive topics, providing a release valve for tension.
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Good morning everyone! I've just finished reading Shyon Baumann's paper on "Intellectualization and Art World Development: Film in the United States." This excellent paper includes a substantial section of textual analysis where various film reviews are examined. These reviews are considered a fundamental space for the artistic legitimation of films, which, during the 1960s, increasingly gained artistic value. To achieve this, Baumann focuses on two dimensions: critical devices and lexical enrichment. The paper is a bit dated, and the methodologies used can be traced back to a time when text analysis tools were not as widespread or advanced. On the other hand, they are not as advanced yet. The question is: are you aware of literature/methodologies that could provide insights to extend Baumann's work using modern text analysis technologies?
In particular, following the dimensions analyzed by Baumann:
a) CHANGING LANGUAGE
  • Techniques for the formation of artistic dictionaries that can replace the manual construction of dictionaries for artistic vocabulary (Baumann reviews a series of artistic writings and extracts terms, which are then searched in film reviews). Is it possible to do this automatically?
b) CHANGING CRITICAL DEVICES
  1. Positive and negative commentary -> I believe tools capable of performing sentiment analysis can be successfully applied to this dimension. Are you aware of any similar work?
  2. Director is named -> forming a giant dictionary of directors might work. But what about the rest of the crew who worked on the film? Is there a way to automate the collection of information on people involved in films?
  3. Comparison of directors -> Once point 2, which is more feasible, is done, how to recognize when specific individuals are being discussed? Does any tool exist?
  4. Comparison of films -> Similar to point 3.
  5. Film is interpreted -> How to understand when a film is being interpreted? What dimensions of the text could provide information in this regard? The problem is similar for all the following dimensions:
  6. Merit in failure
  7. Art vs. entertainment
  8. Too easy to enjoy
Expanding methods in the direction of automation would allow observing changes in larger samples of textual sources, deepening our understanding of certain historical events. The data could go more in-depth, providing a significant advantage for those who want to view certain artistic phenomena in the context of collective action.
Thank you in advance!
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I appreciate you raising this insightful question on how to leverage modern text analysis methods to build on Baumann's foundational work examining artistic legitimation. Automated techniques can certainly help scale such textual analysis to larger corpora. However, care must be taken to ensure computational approaches do not lose the nuance of manual qualitative interpretation.
Regarding building artistic dictionaries, word embedding models like word2vec can help uncover semantic relationships and suggest terms related to a seed vocabulary. However, human validation is still important before applying these dictionaries to make inferences.
For sentiment analysis, deep learning approaches like BERT have shown promise, but domain-specific tuning and qualitative checks are key to account for the complex expressions in artistic reviews. Models pre-trained on social media may not transfer well.
To identify creators, named entity recognition using dictionaries, rules, and ML approaches can help. However disambiguation remains challenging, so human-in-the-loop verification is recommended before making claims about individuals.
Overall, I believe the best approach is applying computational methods as a starting point, but having experts qualitatively analyze a sample of results to catch subtleties these tools may miss. If used prudently and in collaboration with scholars like yourself, text mining can uncover exciting new insights at scale. Please feel free to reach out to discuss further.
Wishing you the very best,
#textanalysis #digitalhumanities #mixedmethods
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Dear Antonella Petrillo, Valerio Antonio Pamplona Salomon, Claudemir Leif Tramarico
I read your paper
State-of-the-Art Review on the Analytic Hierarchy Process with Benefits, Opportunities, Costs, and Risks
These are my comments
1- In the abstract you say “Aggregation approaches and outranking approaches are better classifications”
I agree with this classification better that “American vs. European schools”. For your information there are methods that apply both.
2- In page 2 “The choice of an MCDM method should be based on characteristics of the decision problem”
I also agree with this, but unfortunately, practically in all MCDM methods, some characteristics are ignored in the modelling due to the inability of methods to cope with them. For instance, resources and limitations, inclusive and exclusive alternatives, precedence, time, binary variables, etc.
In my opinion, the choice of a method is simply: Choose the MCDM method that best adjust to the characteristics of your problem.
3- “One main reason for the AHP’s leadership in MCDM is its solid mathematical foundation”
This is inexact. AHP does not have any mathematical foundation, except in the use of Eigen values.
Let’s see, why I say this. Do you think that there is mathematical foundation by:
a) Using pair-wise comparisons? No mathematical supportand it is a highly criticized procedure.
b) Assigning values to criteria based on intuition? Is this scientific, and what happens if other DM thinks different?
c) Accepting that the final decision of the DM is controlled by a formula, and forcing the DM to correct her/his own estimates? So, a formula, to get transitivity, supersedes the honest findings of the DM,
d) Assuming that criterion trade-offs are equivalent to criteria weights? These are two different concepts
e) Assumming that what is in the mind of the DM is applicable to the real-life, and thus accepting that it is also transitive? What kind of mathematics supports this?
f) Using a logarithmic table, the ‘Fundamental scale’, based on the Weber and Fechter laws, on stimulus and results, and then AHP comparing invented weights to stimulus?
The Dictionary defines stimulus as “Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that excites an organism or part to functional activity”
Not even a remote relationship with the ‘weight’ concept.
g) AHP is unable to deal with complex scenarios, because its rigid lineal hierarchical structure that cannot represent transversal relationships.
Some AHP drawbacks were refuted by Dyer in the 90s. and that Saaty responded, but nothing can be extracted from those rebuttals. To be fair, rank reversal was discovered in AHP, but it is present in all MCDM methods, not only in AHP
4- You talk about BOCR as it were something new, when it started in the 50s, when the old C/B analysis was considered no longer appropriate.
Why the four criteria BOCR are mutually exclusive? Normally they are considered in the set of criteria. MCDM is not looking for optimality,since normally, it does not exist. All MCDM methods look for a balance between opposite criteria like B and C.
Exclusivity means that BOCR cannot be together and this is not realistic, nor practical, because it is a common feature in most scenarios. If you want more information, I will be glad to supply examples, albeit not using AHP
You are mistaken. A criterion can be used twice, for instance, a criterion asking for minimization, and the same criterion, with the same values, asking for minimization. I use it frequently. The software must find the equilibrium between those extreme values.
You talk about ‘important criteria’? And how do you select those criteria? Just by the weights values? There is not a mathematical support for that. It is intuitive, no more than that.
And what if there is redundancy? Which is the effect? From the mathematical point of view, none.
You are referring to AHP but at the same time make references to ANP.
There is a large difference, since the ANP structure is able to handle complex scenarios because it works with a network. Probably Saaty developed it reckoning the limitations of AHP.
5- Page 3 Figure 1. Sorry, but you cannot apply AHP to this problem; AHP theory explicitly says that all criteria MUST be independent, which is not the case in your example, quite the opposite, there are many transversal interrelationships.
6- In page 4 “First, this alternative may be too risky compared to alternatives one and two
Obviously, you do not consider that an alternative may be too risky, but also it may have some properties that compensate for this risk.
I am not referring to the compensation issue used in weights. The problem with AHP and other methods, is that elements of the decision matrix are considered in isolation, when in reality, according to System’s Theory and reasoning, they have to be considered as a whole, holistically. For instance, you can reduce risk by increasing costs or/and decreasing benefits. Therefore, you have to consider both at the same time.
I hope my comments may help
Nolberto Munier
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Dear Qamar
NM- On May 11, 2023 I started reading and commenting RG published papers on MCDM, and today or tomorrow I expect to publish in RG the hundredth analysis and comments. All of them are in RG.
It has been a very nice surprise to receive you comments, and I thank you for that.
Do you know how many responses I have received out of 99? Only 2
The first, months ago when the author withdrew the paper based on my observations.
The second? YOU.
Refusals and feedback from authors? None
Of course, there is no obligation to write or feed me back, but what really surprises me is that NOBODY defended or backed what he/she wrote, even when normally there are several authors. I believe that if a person writes something and somebody else refutes the writer, the normal procedure would be to answer and refute it or not. This happened in the 90s when Dyer commented on AHP, and Saaty and Harker published their refusal. The famous letters from both sides are in the Web
Nobody asked me to write and publish my comments on work of others, and I don’t ask or expect anything, just my desire to collaborate in the improvement of this discipline. I do it because I have dedicated the last 20+ years in studying and analysing MCDM, a fascinating subject for me, and in my opinion, this discipline is not pursued correctly. There are more that 200 MCDM methods, and all of them, are unable to address complex scenarios, with the possible exception of the grand dad of all methods, Linear Programming, created about 1940.
Qamar UI-Islam- Thank you for your detailed feedback and insightful observations on the "State-of-the-Art Review on the Analytic Hierarchy Process with Benefits, Opportunities, Costs, and Risks" by Antonella Petrillo, Valerio Antonio Pamplona Salomon, and Claudemir Leif Tramarico. Your perspective sheds light on critical aspects of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the broader context of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methodologies. Allow me to provide some clarifications and responses to the points you raised:
1- Classification Approach: I appreciate your agreement with the aggregation and outranking approach classification, emphasizing their relevance in the context of AHP and MCDM methodologies.
NM - AHP was a method created in the 50s., using a concept never employed before in decision-making, and that at said time worked well, because it uses the hierarchical structure that was been employed by enterprises since the Egyptians, or before. That is: “Do as I say, don’t argue”
Saaty developed his method when he was working for the US Army, and possibly adopted its hierarchical lineal and rigid structure for AHP.
Unfortunately, the method incorporates aspects that border the absurd when applied to MCDM, like the pair-wise comparison, developed by psychometrician L. L. Thurstone, in 1927.
You can apply it to decide which restaurant to go for dinner, or the place for your vacations, or, in the case of the military, considering different strategies and war equipment, but not in a problem like selecting the best location for an industry. Here, there are multiple aspects, all of them related, and on what the DM does not have any control, let alone authority.
Qamar UI-Islam- Choice of Method: Your insight into the selection of an appropriate method based on the problem's characteristics aligns with the practical considerations of matching the method to the specific nature of the decision problem.
NM - It is not mathematics, only common sense, like you don’t buy a suit if it does not fit you
Qamar UI-Islam- Mathematical Foundation of AHP: Your critical assessment of the mathematical underpinnings of AHP raises pertinent questions regarding the method's reliance on subjective pair-wise comparisons and the practical implementation of criteria trade-offs.
NM - I already commented about pair-wise comparisons. Regarding trade-offs, considered as criteria weights, it was only a Saaty assumption,as he described it in one of his writings. But trade-offs and weights have completely different meanings and use. The first one is a balance, while the second is a quantification of criteria. The fact that these weights, DETERMINED WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE ALTERNATIVES, is a fallacy. It can be easily demonstrated using entropy weights.
1. Qamar UI-Islam- BOCR Criteria: Your emphasis on the dynamic nature of criteria relationships and their potential for non-mutually exclusive interactions contributes to the discussion around the practical applicability of BOCR criteria and their role in decision-making processes.
NM- Thank you for your appraisal
2. Qamar UI-Islam- AHP Application Challenges: Your detailed evaluation of the constraints and limitations of applying AHP to complex decision problems underscores the need for a more comprehensive and adaptable approach, especially in scenarios with interconnected criteria.
NM- In reality, there are more than 100 researchers that addressed these issues in AHP, who I mention and identify by name in one of my books, and only a handful that are in favor of the method, also identified; therefore, they are not only my ideas; what I did is to enlarge and illustrate these fallacies
Regarding criteria interconnections, there are very few scenarios where criteria are independent. What really surprises me, after reading hundreds of published papers that ‘solve’ this type of problems using AHP, even in reputable journals, is that reviewers accept them. WHY?
By ignorance, negligence, or vested interests, because some reviewers are only interested in being mentioned as reviewers of a journal and mentioned in ‘Publons’, which is good for their CV?
It is impossible to ignore essential points like a primordial condition in AHP, clearly established by Saaty, about the necessity to have only independent criteria, or trade-offs equivalent to weights, and other evident misconceptions.
3- Qamar UI-Islam- Risk-Benefit Trade-Offs: Your emphasis on the interconnectedness of risks, benefits, and compensatory mechanisms within decision matrices highlights the significance of holistic and systems-based considerations in decision-making frameworks.
NM- Again, it is only common sense. We are not talking on Quantum Mechanics
Qamar UI-Islam -Your insights provide valuable perspectives for further examination and exploration of the Analytic Hierarchy Process and its implications within the realm of Multiple Criteria Decision Making. I appreciate your engagement with the subject matter and your dedication to advancing the understanding of decision-making methodologies.
NM- Thank you for your words, which I deeply appreciate. Maybe this communication may encourage other researchers to publish and discuss their concerns and why not, support for AHP and other MCDM methods.
Regards
Nolberto
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"Computer vision, in contrast, further concerns dictionary building, as the raw signal is in a continuous, high-dimensional space and is not structured for human communication" from MoCo.
Can I say that in the real world of our eyes, the "image"(raw signal) is continuous, but if it become a RGB image, it is discrete?
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An image signal can be either discrete or continuous depending on how it is represented. A continuous image signal is one that has data for every instant of time and can be represented as a function over some infinite interval. A discrete image signal is one that has data only at specific instances of time and can be represented as a sequence of numbers. The transformation between continuous and discrete image signals involves two steps: sampling and quantization. Sampling means taking values at discrete steps from the continuous signal, and quantization means assigning those values to a finite number of levels. For example, a digital image is a discrete signal that is obtained by sampling and quantizing a continuous image signal.
So, to answer your question, yes, you can say that in the real world of our eyes, the "image" (raw signal) is continuous, but if it becomes an RGB image, it is discrete. However, you should also be aware of the potential loss of information and errors that can occur during the sampling and quantization process.
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It uses acronym to compile the taxonomies of electronic dictionaries. Give me that computer scientist a correct definition and a motivation. As a linguist I can give this definition /synthesis for a keyword.
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La comunicazione oggi è in acronimi ed espressa per grafici di algoritmi e....
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Every time when I try to output the curve, the tonyplot just pop up this window to me meanwhile give me the structure pic properly. Tried to repoen every programs called sipc.exe in the sedatool dictionary but nothing works.
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The “use” theory of meaning arose from the later work of Ludwig Wittgenstein. On this approach, language and meaning are public affairs and learnable from public sources. Wittgenstein’s teaching to “look for the use” of language was partly aimed in criticism of Cartesianism and similar doctrines of modern epistemology—down to the early work of Bertrand Russell. Wittgenstein rejected the notion that we might start off with reference to private, indubitable ideas or impressions and build from them to justify our knowledge of the external world. Language, meaning and reference are first of all public in character; and there can be no purely private language with meanings and/or referents which could only be known to a single person. We learn the language used to describe the world and to ascribe mental states to self and others on the basis of publicly available usage and (defeasible) criteria of application; and linguistic usage is grounded and understood in relation to our on-going cultural practices, interactions and activities. The commonalities of perceptual experience—and the general reliability of perception—arise from biological evolution, and common evolutionary descent; and these are the biological facts underlying the philosophical appeal, persistence and plausibility of empiricism. The commonalities of thought, in contrast, arising out of the plasticity of mind, depend on interpreting linguistic expressions in a common, publicly available, object-oriented language. The empirical lexicographers who formulate definitions for dictionaries follow and elaborate Wittgenstein’s advice to “look for the use.” Dictionary definitions and entries are based on extensive empirical studies of usage. Moreover, along with consulting experts, the same empirical practice is also important in writing dictionaries of technical terms of use in the various sciences. This point is important in understanding the relationship between the “use theory” and the languages and practices of the sciences. Dictionary definitions, understood as common meanings, generally aim to classify, comprehend or encompass, unify and explain the empirical evidence of usage. As will be argued, this last point constitutes a departure from or development of later Wittgenstein and the “use theory.”
See the full draft paper at:
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Dear Readers,
You are invited to a discussion of my draft paper, "Meaning and Linguistic Usage: Ten Comments on Later Wittgenstein," your comments and questions are also invited invited.
The full text of the paper is available via the following link.
See:
Please have a look.
H.G. Callaway
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As part of a smaller written elaboration in the form of a dictionary entry, I am looking for studies on the General Aggression Model that are not older than 5 years.
I am very happy about any help.
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The moderated-mediation model of Emotional Intelligence and Negative Affect in the aggressive behavior within the General Aggression Model (GAM)
R Gómez Leal, MJ Gutiérrez Cobo, A Megías-Robles… - 2018 - riuma.uma.es
Extending the general aggression model: contributions of DSM-5 maladaptive personality facets and schema modes
AL Dunne, S Lee, M Daffern - Psychology, Crime & Law, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Cyber-bullying and cyber-victimization among undergraduate student teachers through the lens of the General Aggression Model
CM Kokkinos, N Antoniadou - Computers in Human Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
All the best. K
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i am doing a sentiment analysis project it should be general and work for all domains when I looked up I saw it is possible but with computation power and amount of data my machine can't handle so I decided to only do it for the general words that can describe anything like Good and Bad, Pretty and Ugly
slow and fast are domain-specific for me because even though in most cases fast is better but sometimes slow will be better for instance (it fades so fast i can't see it)
but good, bad and pretty, ugly are absolute as for world like delicious it only apply for food so i consider it domain-specific but words like awesome and terrific are like good synonyms and horrific ,miserable are like bad synonyms
i couldn't find a dictionary of each word and it's opposite, if someone has it pls link it
or if u have a dictionary that contains everything I won't exhaust you with filtering just link it to me and i will filter it
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I think that the best choice is research in analogical dictionaries because they can serve all possibilites about what you looking for.
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I have a data set in .mat file. I need to represent it as a pandas data-frame in python. I have followed all the solutions available on Stack Overflow and any other website but those did not worked properly.
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Since your mat file is dictionary, you will have to convert into series using numpy then series you can covert to data frame using pandas. Try this way.
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import scipy.io
mat = scipy.io.loadmat('DBrain.mat')
pqr=pd.Series(mat)
pd.DataFrame({'label':pqr.index, 'list':pqr.values})
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There's has been a plenty of applied cognitive linguistics research during the past two decades. I wonder if there is any language learning textbook or material (e.g., website or program) that is compiled or designed according to the applied CL research results and suggestions? I know that Macmillan Dictionary displays figurative lexis according to conceptual metaphors (Lakoff, 1987), but are there any others?
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Dear Yu-Da Lai, I have been working on Applied CL in the past and can tell you, from my personal experience, that the discussion is (still) almost exclusively taking place in an academic context. The idea of substituting a long-standing (structuralist) words-plus-grammar-rules understanding of language as the basis for L2 teaching with a less intuitive (but presumably psychologically truer) cognitive-linguistic understanding of language is still alien to most L2 teachers or L2 material writers. A second issue is that Applied CL research would still need to produce sufficient evidence to show that the 'newer', CL methods and materials are - in comparison to established methods - actually more effective to teach and acquire the L2 (or a least equally effective). Without such evidence, it is not obvious whether a large-scale implementation of CL ideas within L2 teaching ought to be recommended at all.
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In science, scientific writing as a tool to produce, communicate and preserve scientific results is important and so are books and other sources that show us how to do it.
The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) for a lot of writers, scientists and researchers is maybe the go to standard. And so is maybe Kate Turabian’s A Manual for Writers or The Craft of Research (Wayne Booth et al). On every researcher or scientist desk maybe, there is a dictionary, an Oxford dictionary and thesaurus and maybe a Merriam Webster Dictionary of English Usage or a Fowler. I do carry my ‘Strunk and White’ (The Elements of Style) with me, not for its scientific approach, but for its clarity and its pocket size convenience. Also for the reason of clarity, not science, I have William Zinsser ‘On Writing Well’ and Words into Type (Majorie Skillin and Robert Gay) on my desk besides some scientific manuals. Every scientific journal has its own guidelines and so does every publisher or publishing house.
Dear colleagues, what is on your desk, your finger tips, the back of your head or in your blood when you do scientific research or write? What would you recommend to other researchers and writers?
Other sources in other languages besides English are also welcome.
My intention here is to collect the most valuable sources used by practicing writers and scientists, so that others can learn from them. The collection of contribution itself can function as a reference source for the community.
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You can also read quality articles, published in reputable journals on the internet, it will help too
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I'm looking for the correct translation of rhotrix/rhotrices to portuguese language. I wonder if it's rotriz/rotrizes, as we have "matrix/matrices" to "matriz/matrizes", but Mr. Google didn't help ;)...!!!
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Hello Teresa
If not documented in dictionaries, analogy may very well satisfy you in this concern, and so "rhotrices" will work. Still, in such cases regularity is not an odd choice! Rhotrixes may be accepted as well.
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Hi there,
Does anybody know a frequency corpus of written or spoken French, possibly recent ?
I know the "Français fondamental", but to my knowledge it remained a "unicum" for the French language. The model I have in mind is Tullio De Mauro's "Great Italian Dictionary of Usage", where each of the 260.000 words was labelled according to its frequency (or availability).
A list of the most frequently used words would also be useful, as long as it is not too short.
Best regards
Sara Vecchiato
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Neus Lorenzo Galés Claire Colombel-Teuira Katerina Alexandri thank you very much for taking your time to answer to me.
@ Neus Lorenzo Galés : I find your reference to the Routledge Frequency Dictionary of French especially useful, because it reaches 5000 words. This makes it comparable to Tullio De Mauro's list of core lexicon.
@ Claire Colombel : I'm having some problem in visualising your link, I keep on seeing the home page, maybe should I try a keyword ?
@ Katerina Alexandi : your suggestion is also extremely helpful, thank you very much.
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I am working on ASR creation for an under-resourced Indo-Aryan languange. As a start I want to work on isolated word recognition. I will be requiring phonetic dictionary as part of this work. can you suggest me some good reading materials for automatic phonetic dictionary creation.
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You could check out POnSS as reported in the following study. Rodd, J., Decuyper, C., Bosker, H. R., & Ten Bosch, L. (2020). A tool for efficient and accurate segmentation of speech data: Announcing POnSS. Behavior Research Methods, 53(2), 744-756. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01449-6 Good luck,
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I am interested to document the indigenous dialects in Sarawak with the hope of publishing it in the form of dictionary. What is the best app (taking into consideration my limited knowledge on IT) to use for my purpose..?
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You have already Bahasa Melayu Sarawak or Sarawak Malay language dictionaries available online as at https://borneodictionary.com/melayu-sarawak/
I think it is much better to cooperate with an ongoing project rather than starting your own one.
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Hello;
I am preparing a study which is basen on comparing some words of the main Semitic languages which includes also Epigraphic South Arabian Languages. But I could not find any lexicon / dictionary on Minaic and Ḥaḍramitic languages. Are there any dictionaries / lexicons on these languages or have not yet anyone prepared such dictionaries on the related languages. If anyone could answer my question shortly I would be grateful to her / him.
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Hello Petra Katebi Kashi;
Thank you very much for your nice answer
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In the field of translation, we cannot work without using a good reliable dictionary. However, dictionaries are different in the information they provide. What is the best dictionary for such a purpose?
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All dictionaries whether monolingual or bilingual can be used in translation. However, balanced dictionaries are always better. Try the well-known dictionaries such Longman, Merriam-Webster, Oxford, and Al-Mawrid.
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i have a dictionary file, in which protein name is key and its sequence is value. i just want to retrieve all the protein sequences (values) not the keys in the same order as the keys are. Thank you. it is simple explanation, we can communicate further details.
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It can easily be done with biopython, but the problem in the script is not iteration but the query. The task you want to do can be done in seconds by single line command with emboss. No need for this complicated script. The main problem of the script was it was not successful with submitting query and parsing the results.
# biopython option
from Bio import SeqIO
filename = "protein_seq.fa"
for record in SeqIO.parse(filename, 'fasta'):
print(record.id)
# emboss option
iep -sequence protein_seq.fa -outfile result.iep -graph pdf -plot
pepstats -sequence protein_seq.fa -outfile results.pepstats
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Hello,
I want to do some text mining of tweets. One of the questions is to understand people's expression of sympathy/empathy. I don't know if there're any ways to quantitatively do this?
Specifically, are there any lexicon dictionaries? For example, for moral foundation theories, there is a dictionary to do the detection. For sentiment analysis, there're also many lexicons or packages to achieve this.
Or, are there any pre-trained models or classifiers that can achieve this job?
Thanks in advance.
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By direct observation of an individual's behavior
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I am a bachelor student preparing for my bachelor thesis. Currently, I am looking for a corpus or a dictionary containing medical abbreviations (preferly in german) to access and to include in machine learning classifiers. Are there any or should I build one myself?
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لا علم لدي
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Hello, colleagues,
Greetings from Brazil.
I would like to know if you could recommend recently published material (open access, preferably) addressing Jesuits' dictionaries and "artes" from 16th, 17th centuries. I'm interested in their works on the Japanese language, but texts about the structure and approach of their ditionaries/"artes" in general will also help.
Thank you very much!
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Hello Felipe,
Thank you for your answer.
Could you please provide more information on Mack (2010) and Kotani (2010)?
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Nowadays I am working on sentiment analysis. I have started building my own dictionary to be used in extracting features from texts. The problem now is how to find a benchmark dataset in Arabic to be used in my research.
Please guide me...
Thanks
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You can find it here https://metatext.io/datasets
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I have created custom dictionaries pertaining to my research question, which I am using for text data analysis using LIWC. Can I use Cronbach alpha based on standardized items to check for the reliability of scales?
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Linguistic inquiry and word count should be considered as a preliminary and intermediate step in text analysis on the way to the ultimate codification of themes and concepts being represented and communicated by those specific text constructions, finally arriving at an understanding of the semantic network among those codifications as the strength of association within and among those shared network nodes. Cronbach's alpha was originally intended to reflect the agreement among multiple interpretations of semantic network themes and concepts (as reflected in responses from multiple "raters"). On the other hand, Cohen's Kappa is a test of overall and point by point agreement between just two "judges" of the semantic network (text, questionnaire, instrument, tool, survey, poll, etc.) at a time.
If you treat individual text mining algorithms as if they were individual respondents, attempting to interpret a passage of text, you could theoretically use Cronbach's alpha test to index the inter-rater reliability of the material being interpreted rather than the reliability of the algorithms. That could be very interesting to see at what point the increasing complexity of the material being interpreted resulted in a lower Cronbach's alpha index score. On the other hand, if you compared two different algorithms' interpretation of the same passage of text, using the Cohen's Kappa test, you could theoretically directly compare the algorithms to each other. Running both types of tests on the same material is rarely done and could be a very interesting project. Just my opinion.
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Hi, everyone! Where could I find a picture of clay tablets with fragments containing texts of dictionaries from the Library of Ashurbanipal?
Thanks for your help.
Best regards,
Francisco
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Wikicommons is usually a good place to find this kind of thing, and royalty-free. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Library_of_Ashurbanipal
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I have a data base of 3D models along with a set of shape measures (length, diameter, etc). Is there some supervised learning method (metric learning, deep learning, dictionary learning) which is able to generate the 3D model from the measured parameters?
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You can look at the Graph Neural Network. Also this: http://geometricdeeplearning.com/
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The response to this question could be extremely 'general' if we examine a dictionary definition. But as a researcher, should we need something a bit more specific than this? Do we need a leader to be someone who is 'responsible' for followers perhaps? For example, a person could be defined as a leader yet not be actively responsible for employees (for example, a leader of a unit or very specialist aspect of a business or organization). Some leaders 'delegate' much of the power they might potentially possess to 'next [lower] level' leaders and therefore might, for example, focus on developing strategy or other areas of the business (or within their role and responsibilities). I have a feeling most responses to this question might be "it depends," which is understandable, however, I cannot help think that perhaps others have encountered 'doubts,' which trouble me mainly because I feel some of my respondents might not necessarily possess the knowledge or experience I am trying to draw upon. In terms of 'followership,' many leaders are also followers! In studies focused on followership, do I aim to attract followers who are not leaders, followers who are also leaders, a mix of both, or does it not actually matter too much. Any insights would be most welcome. Thank you.
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A leader motivate, influence and guide others when it is necessary
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I'm using dictionary learning for structured data, something like the credit card fraud and iris dataset.
As we all know dictionary learning is similar to principal component analysis and it can be used to perform dimensionality reduction in the form of X = DA, given X is the training matrix, D is the trained dictionary and A is the sparse coding. After we have obtained a well-trained dictionary, we obtained a sparse coding approximated from this dictionary, with a few non-zero coefficients.
But how do we know which features in the matrix X contributes more or what are the reduced features? In PCA, we can examine with the variance but it seems like not the case in dictionary learning.
How do we achieve interpretability for non-image task?
(I'm using scikit-learn)
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We have a set of defect data. I want to categorize the defects in root causes using AI. Input will be any defect descriptions or defect summary field. (Considering only those fields which would have more textual data)
1. How to categorize defects in a generic manner which may be coming from various domains, projects, applications. Way of writing a defect may also vary.
2. Is there any way to create defect dictionary or classifier
3. Is there any particular algorithm/approach/non commercial tool which may be used for semantic categorization of defects?
Please note: the input here will be a paragraph of text which should be parsed and categorised as per relevant root causes/impact areas
I have used cosine but it doesn't work on sentence overall meaning. K-mean is also generating random clusters and not associated clusters.
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In the article the technology and some results of application of systemic-cognitive analysis for revealing of knowledge of consequences of errors in configuration of safety systems under report of Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) and uses of this knowledge for forecasting of consequences are described:
Lutsenko E. V., Korzhakov V. E., Dubyansky A. A. Intelligent system for predicting the consequences of erroneous configuration of the MS Windows security system / / Politematic network electronic scientific journal of the Kuban state agrarian University (Kubgau Scientific journal) [Electronic resource]. - Krasnodar: Kubgau, 2010. – No. 05(059). P. 53 – 78. – The cipher of Informregistr: 0421000012\0090, IDA [article ID]: 0591005006. - Access mode: http://ej.kubagro.ru/2010/05/pdf/06.pdf, 1.625 C. p. l.
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where can i find a list of words to expand the list of words in the local dictionary in mac for easy spelling correction for entomological and zoological names and terms?
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I did a few of the SBS cases involving mold due to high humidity usually caused by insufficient air conditioning and proliferation of mold. Many of these bldgs had an ammonia-like odor due to off gassing by the mold. Some of the mold metabolic chemicals can be carcinogenic like the aflatoxins. See below.
Dictionary Search for a word af·la·tox·in /ˌafləˈtäksən/ Learn to pronounce nounCHEMISTRY plural noun: aflatoxins any of a class of toxic compounds that are produced by certain molds found in food, and can cause liver damage and cancer.
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David - as I said - the current data-based does not support. Suggest you do your own research - and start with the literature. The one compelling report from the CDC for pulmonary hemorrhage secondary to residential exposure to Stachybotrys contamination was later retracted. That said - the data are provocative. Aerosolized mycotoxin has been detected in lab from contaminated wallpaper and and a recent report did claim to find mycotoxin in tissue at ppb levels for those exposed to residential mold contamination.
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New generation seems to be giving more importance to earning money, they are not bother about giving respect to old generation.
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Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
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Can anyone of you recommend from own experience a dictionary of theological terms, preferably from an Orthodox Christian point of view? (OBS I need physical books, not web-resourses)
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My studies in the field of religion are gnosticism
And Christian mysticism can not be the same Gnostic mysticism.
For information on Christian mysticism, refer to
Mystics of the Christian Tradition [Steven Fanning]
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Articles I have written mostly use data from other people. One possible exception was my calculation of lexical growth rates (lexical scaling on arxiv and RG), which outside of glottochronology, no one else seems to have much bothered with. To calculate lexical growth rates I used historical dictionaries of the English language. Collecting, adjudging, and organizing words in the English lexicon is a data project much vaster in scope than merely taking word counts and calculating rates. It seemed to be that in this era, there are all kinds of sources of data which a person can use as a basis for theory. I performed no experiments (unless spreadsheet calculations and forming equations as theoretical experiments count). I instead find an abundance of data. The data I found were susceptible of new theoretical investigation. So I wonder: if data in this computer age is increasing by vast amounts, can theory keep up? Will AI remedy that possible deficiency?
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Generally speaking, theories guide the development of research and the data collected in research are grounded in specific theories. Therefore, data are the by product of theories and there seems to be no relationship between the magnitude of data and the theories inspired by them.
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Psychometrics is a field of study concerned with the theory and technique of psychological measurement. As defined by the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), psychometrics refers to psychological measurement. Generally, it refers to the field in psychology and education that is devoted to testing, measurement, assessment, and related activities.[1]
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The difference is almost entitely conceptual. Practically, the two should converge.
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Hi Mohammad, check the paper entitled "Design and Cooling Performances of an Air Conditioning System with Two Parallel Refrigeration Cycles for a Special Purpose Vehicle" in applied sciences by Moo-Yeon Lee. You could find what you are looking for
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Any supervised, dictionary based or hybrid method would be appropriated!
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I recommend browsing SOTAs for any topic on
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I am a beginner in OpenFoam and need to create a geometry for Flow around pipeline. But it is being really hard for me to do that using blockMesh dictionary. It would be really helpful if anyone please send me a case study regarding Flow around pipeline. A sample blockMeshDict would be really helpful too. Thanks.
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if you have any experience with other modeling and meshing tools , such as ansys or GAMBIT , you could do the job there and then import your geometry in openfoam via the command and extract the polymesh folder. it gets time to do the job with blockMesh if you geometry is tricky . take a look at chalmers university tutorials for getting more knowledge about meshing in openFoam .
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I came across many cancer patients with black veins due to chemotherapy, and when I tried to grade them according to CTCAE, I couldn't find any terms related to black veins in that dictionary. If anybody knows, please share your valuable comments in this regard. Thank you
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Surender,
Here's a quote I found: •Serpentine hyperpigmentation: Some chemotherapy drugs (fluorouracil, vinorelbine, and some combination regimens) given intravenously (IV) can cause a darkening of the venous pathways up the arm. This darkening over the veins will eventually fade. ◦The cause of these skin reactions is currently unknown, but may involve direct toxicity, stimulation of melanocytes (cells in skin responsible for skin color), and postinflammatory changes. Although skin reactions may occasionally be permanent,in most cases, discoloration will gradually resolve after chemotherapy is stopped.
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One of the problems that I have frequently encountered in my academic writing, especially with large, techno-babble-laden works, is that Microsoft Word has a build-in limit for the number of "spelling errors" that can be displayed before it gives up on your document. Searching the internet does not afford a great many "solutions" to this problem.
One of the most commonly suggested "solutions" is to use the custom dictionary function, however, this can be cumbersome and a waste of time, especially for things like text strings of ascension numbers, latin names, and the like.
I have tried reaching out to third party software provides, but those that bothered to get back to me stated that they did not have a solution either, in addition to requiring subscription fees or dropping cash on a new piece of software.
To date, the best work around that I have found is to upload your "error" filled work to Google Docs, which does not seem to have a cap on errors, and do a side-by-side comparison, although this is of course a slow and tedious process.
If anyone out there has any other solutions, I look forward to hearing them.
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Dear Sean,
I have found custom chemistry dictionaries online over the years. I have tended to combine them when I find them and plug them into Microsoft Word.
This has been very effective for me in having Word recognise scientific terminology (especially when writing my PhD!). However, there is inevitably going to be some "add to dictionary" work as you venture into new areas of research but in my experience it is worth it because your custom dictionary file continues to grow and ultimately will catch easy-to-miss spelling errors in complicated words.
I have attached my custom dictionary file which you can use if you wish. It has been growing for 10 years so might be of some use to you if you are working in the chemical sciences.
Hope this helps!
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I'm using a sparse vector extracted from my data using OMP and a dictionary as a feature vector for classification. What is the best method to pool or reduce the dimensionality of this vector? I feel like I'm loosing information using its mean or max values. Is there a classifier adapted for sparse signals (beyond ANNs)?
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We made a Clinical Pharmacy glossary (more than 5000 terms) and wright the book - The History of Clinical Pharmacy.
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I believe they are offering their research contribution, if the project is still developing.
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There some dictionaries on phoenician language but wonder Which one of them is the best and most comprehensive dictionary of phoenician language?
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You're welcome Naif. Any question, please get in touch. It is a pleasure to answer.
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Ethnomusicological interest.
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Please keep me in touch. I am interest in music/ceremonial related terminology.
Gracias,
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I'm looking for a bilingual dictionary for Tamil and English specifically for Agriculture domain.
From what i have been reading, domain specific dictionaries are manually built in most of the researches. Is this the case, or is there anything newly available?
Thanks for your valuable insights!
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Dear Niveditha Karmegam
You may use ( Agriculture online dictionary Lexicool).
And this may also help you to find the suitable dictionary( Bibliography of Bilingual Agricultural Dictionaries & Glossaries Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Somali, Spanish, and Multilingual).
Regards.
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Seeking a glossary of general terms used in qualitative research (e.g. explore, analyze, etc.)
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The following book also provides useful/practical information/explanation/guidance.
  • Bloor, M. and Wood, F. (2006) Keywords in Qualitative Methods: A Vocabulary of Research Concepts. London: SAGE Publications Ltd.
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Could you help me giving the translation in your language of this fairy tale personnage ? My definition of mith is to focus on the hypotesis that it reflects a kind of man whom is object of intense ambivalence in women ( maybe with some differences among the different countries). On Oxford Dictionary he is : " both handsome and of admirable character". Well, it sounds a little bit like if defining a woman " both handsome and clever". It seems that you must be very lucky to find a partner with both these qualities ! There is more : usually Prince Charming save an unlucky woman ( from fairy tales to the wonderful " Pretty Woman" whore of the Julia Roberts film ). This phantasy seems to be related to the freudian definition of " the nurturing mother and the defending father "...but ...there is something more, probably different among the countries.
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I think the jungian approach is very important to consider for you question.
Additionally, such stories are not typically just for male fantasy or female fantasy. It's often the relationship between, and the historical roles each plays. Such dynamics are played out so frequently and often that they are easily observed and turn to story, then applied to myth.
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I am working on a project about trauma patients. And I need to calculate AIS scores for İndividual patients. How can I find Abbreviated Injury Scale 2015 Dictionary?
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I am currently conducting a research on the perceptions EFL/ESL teachers have on these ICT tools and their impact they might have on their students' second language learning. Thanks for your valuable insights!
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Hi Hilda,
I belive it to be helpful. For about a decade now, my institution has hosted a cohort of Chinese students who necessitated ESL classes. I noticed that they not only used their electronic multi-lingual dictionaires for not only the classes, but also when they ventured off-campus to experience the community and surrounding areas. They were able to quickly generate English words for concepts they already knew. Based on what I've seen, they were able to improve vocabulary skills via practical experience using their hand-held gadget dictionaries.
Hope this helps!
Have a great day!
--Adrian
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Is it dream survey, it is first of its kind.
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Dreams and dreaming have been topics of philosophical inquiry since antiquity. Historically, the topic of dreaming has mostly been discussed in the context of external world skepticism. As famously suggested by Descartes, dreams pose a threat towards knowledge because it seems impossible to rule out, at any given moment, that one is now dreaming. Since the 20th century, philosophical interest in dreaming has increasingly shifted towards questions related to philosophy of mind.
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I have built my own sentiment lexicon using word embeddings and know I am stuck in how to add more features in order of train my machine learning algorithms.
Please help...
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Yes. Kaya is right in his views.
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I would like to know the geometric modeling part in the BlockMesh Dictionary.
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Please follow the model described in the paper:
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF L-FUZZY SOFT INT- OPERATIONS ON RINGS AND IDEALS
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I came across a term like "non canonical translation in RNA viruses".
What does the term canonical mean?...even though after a dictionary search I havent got a satisfied answer. Does the word "Canonical" or "Non canonical" have any different meaning with respect to molecular biology?
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Canonical refers to something that follows the law stated by the canon, canon refers to the bible in general. In this context, non-canonical translation means a deviation from the general known rules of translation.
viruses are under continuous selection pressure to keep their genome sizes to a minimum, viruses have evolved such novel translation strategies in order to thrive in the host cells.
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I am currently studying sparse coding and dictionary learning.
In that, I got to know that an optimization equation is the crux of the system.
So, does writing an optimization equation is done by having an intuition about domain or there are different ways for that?
Please guide me for this with respect to how & where to start with sparse coding and writing an optimization equation.
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Thanks Dibakar Pal... If you have more references, then please let me know.
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In ANUGA, a hydrodynamic model. I need to define a boundary line. But How to make a dictionary 'boundary' that stores the edges on the boundary?
There is an inbuilt boundary available for the predefined rectangular domain. But I have to define a boundary line for my real problem domain.
Your answer will help me to progress in my project, Please reply
Also if required refer the pages I mentioned below in the attached manual, hoping helpful to get extra clarity.
Page - 7 To get general idea
Page - 9 How boundary conditions are assigned?
Page - 41 onwards To know meshing
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Hi Ramesh,
Use any GIS package (QGIS) to digitise the boundary as a polygon. This polygon can have many vertices (i.e., as many edges). Copy the vertices (X,Y location coordinates in UTM projection) to excel and save as extent.csv. Now read this file in anuga as
bounding_polygon = anuga.read_polygon('extent.csv') # domain boundary
Do not forget to assign tags to as many edges that are defined in your extent.
See attachment for the sample file.
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I would like to offer support to postgraduate students and content specialists who have English as an L2 and need to write academic papers in that language.
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We use ozdic.com to help students find the right collocations. It‘s an amazing online tool. Also, you might want to check out these websites
and especially this one:
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Dear Ms Rafiee, did you publish anything related to this project? Is there any description available? Thanks
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I would be interested to know a little more about the project. Are you researching the use of subject specific dictionaries, does it extend to the use of encyclopaedias?
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Hello everyone.
I am urgently looking for a database or dictionary that shows already fragmented words - fragmented into morphemes and syllables as well (not pronounciation). I need it for a project I am taking part of and do not have enough time to learn and practice these linguistic matters, plus I think sometimes it is really taff. 
Thanks a lot for any tips. 
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Hi colleague. Please see if you can lay your hands on Daniel Jones dictionary. I am not sure about its e-version. I hope it helps!
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I can only confirm the 1st (1775); 2nd (1778: Cordell Collection); 5th (1788); 8th (1793); and 10th (1804: Cordell Collection) editions, all Edinburgh and/or London. WorldCat reports only the 1st, 8th, & 10th editions. I have found digital copies of only the 1st, 5th, and 8th editions. What are the other editions and where are they hiding?
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Apologies if you've already tried this, but have you checked the main copyright libraries? Dublin, Edinburgh, Oxford, Cambridge...?
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How can I train my data dictionary with Training NMT Models?
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Hi,
as you are dealing with sign language, i.e. image data, I wonder if we are not dealing with two challenges here:
  1. Feeding images, "visual input" into the software
  2. Training lamtram (or any other neural network) to recognize these images as a complex, pattern-based communication system
Afaik, lamtram does not accept images to this date, so maybe you should rather look into image classification frameworks.
P.S.: Just as I am writing this, I come to realize how this is making your project more complex (and more innovative, in a positive line), just as it is mire complex to analyze a Youtube video as opposed to a classic newspaper article.
Hope there are some experts who have already trained a computer to accommodate sign language.
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For example, if I have the sentence "ادمان علاقة مرض ايدز", I want to generate its equivalent Arabic sentence which can be "توجد علاقة بين الادمان ومرض الايدز". Notice, particles is not used in the source text.
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Hi Hamzah,
Probably, you could apply association rules approach that gets initialized from a large text corpus where calculating the probabilities of the sequential words is occurred. Also this requires applying Stanford parser for Arabic language and having clean data as well.
HTH.
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Look at the passage below and think about the difference in meaning of these words. 
"The group meeting began with a general discussion of the issue but soon developed into a more formal debate as the different participants took particular sides for and against the topic. As feelings became quite heated, the various members of the group began to argue with each other. Finally the group leader called for order."
I have another question...
May you introduce a method or reference to realize the difference between the words similar to the mentioned question?
As you know, it is a prominent problem to understand the exact and accurate meaning of some of English words for non-native English language people. When I tried to find the meaning of the mentioned word in bilingual dictionary, I saw the same meaning for all of them.
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Discussion means sharing of knowledge.
Debating means looking from various view points.
Argument means defending ones position, come what may.
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C and E news covered an article on such a tool
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What science ?
There are so many.
I usually open oneword.com and enter very specialised words in specific fields, and I see whether I get a list of dictionnaries in that field, usually online dictionnaries though.
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Hi, I have to begin to work for a lawyer. I have to translate legal documents from Italian into English. Would you mind to tell me the name of a very good bilingual dictionary of legal English, please? Thank you very much. Bye
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Hi Antonella,
I'm not an expert in translation sciences. BUT: At the university of Heidelberg there is a famous institute for translation and interpretation. One of the directors is Italian: Prof, Rovere. You shoulsd contact him. I'm sure he will be ready to help aou. His e-mail: giovanni.rovere@iued.uni-heidelberg.de .I know hin well and you can refer to my suggestion.
Best wishes!
Rainer
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How to initialize the dictionary when implement MOD in dictionary learning
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 Thank you! MOD means the method of optimal direction, which is a dictionary learning algorithm,.
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I have become very interested in the complementation patterns of adjectives as my students make a number of errors in this area. I am particularly interested in adjective patterns containing infinitives and gerunds, but I would also like to know of studies which compare the latter to the pattern adjective+"that clause". Unfortunately, there are far fewer studies of adjective valency patterns in English than there are of verb or noun patterns.
Ilka Mindt's book on adjective complementation focusses on "that clauses."Tor Arne Haugen's articles on Research Gate provide an interesting discussion of what constitutes a valency pattern and of the possibility of predicting patterns from the semantics of the target adjectives. However, he focuses on adjectival patterns in Norwegian and points out that Norwegian has different valency patterns from English. Makoto Sumiyoshi's article “ Valency Patterns in Dictionaries” contains something on adjective patterns but far more on verbs. I have ordered Francis et al's book “Cobuild Grammar Patterns 2: nouns and adjectives” and expect to find it very useful but maybe slightly outdated.
Can anyone point me to other books, articles or conference papers on this area?
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Adjective complementation: a valency approach to making EFL dictionaries by Herbst, Thomas (Applied Linguistics, Jan 1, 1984, Vol.5, p.1) is a very good article. Start from there and you will not regret.
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We're going to to perform some tasks concerning sentiment classification of arabic language.
Which lexicons, dictionaries, and other types of corpora do you think should be taken into account? Could you give links to such suitable corpora?
Which_corpora_do_you_think_should_be_taken_into_account. And could you give us links to them.
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take a look at the following article and its references:
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Hi, 
I am looking for difference of the entitled codebook and dictionary. According to K-SVD paper 'A codebook that includes K codewords (representatives)
is used to represent a wide family of vectors (signals)  Y={yi}i=1 to N   N<<K  by nearest neighbor assignment'.  'Whereas a dictionary Matrix D contains K prototype signal atoms for columns of {dj}j=1 to K.  Y= Dx Whereas Y is sparse linear combination of these atoms and x contains the representation coefficients of the signal y'.
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Ayşe Şerbetçi Turan,
Thanks for your answer, Its have better idea of these two concepts now.
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With the exception of Language Explorer (FLEx). It is well-known.
It would be very helpful if you mention the programme which is not heavy and can be easily used.
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I absolutely agree with Amy! I once used AntConc 3.2.4. It's convenient and easy to use!
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Or of any English to Achuar-Shiwiar dictionaries, or texts dealing with it's translation?
Any advice/help is appreciated.
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Try to contact the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) International. There may be an Achuár Chícham New Testament translation by one of their missionaries.
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Is the LMF still the recommended standard to use for building lexicons and dictionaries?
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For more details about LMF you can see:
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It can be a link or simply name and title. Your help will key one. Thank you.
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Alexander,
I understand what you mean...I just think it is feasible if you choose an n people randomly than observe them without their knowledge. Make your own scale from 0 to 10 for example and see what you can find. Then you can compare your results with another researcher who does the same thing over the same n people. I will be very interested to see the results. I mean do not you think it is important to statistically measure how many pathological cases we are talking about. How many people are on the verge of deviance , how many are really deviant etc...
But you are right-I totally agree with you ..
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The standards of Morphological dictionary.
I'm planning to make morphological dictionary (finite-state transducers) for Kazakh language, that will analyze word and find its stem. Are there any standard dictionary formats, except Appertium?
Is Appertium good in this task?
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Sort of a de facto standard for finite-state morphologies especially for morphologically complexer languages has been lexc from Koskenniemi 1983 Two-level morphologies to Beesley & Karttunen's Xerox Finite-State Morphology. See http://code.google.org/p/foma and http://hfst.sf.net for the open source clones. Notably many apertium languages and pairs use this too, Kazakh at apertium-kaz included. Apertium's code structure is steered towards rbmt, if you are envisioning other applications we have a free/open source repo in http://giellatekno.uit.no/ for building analysers, spell-checkers and other things in traditional finite-state morphology style.
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Does such dictionary reflect the real vocabulary of a given language?
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Great question Nebi
1- IMO all the words going back to the traceable beginning of the language ought to be included. The usual scenario for words to become obsolete is that the item (whether material - e.g. neat's foot oil, or a besom, a snedding saw, etc. - or abstract - a sweven = a visionary dream-) first becomes obsolete on whatever grounds (evolving technologies or belief systems, etc.), then the word itself soon becomes forgotten, and then obsolete and then archaic.
There are words as well that no one would ever have much of a chance to use within their life time (e.g. a snaste = the charred part of a candle's wick, or a sike = a mountain stream that dries up in the summer time, and countless many others), but it's too bad to let such wonderful words go fallow under the silly utilitarian pretence that they're not very useful ...
Fashions of course play a role too - it's fancy to use a foreign word (e.g. toilet , an erstwhile fancy word meaning the place where you use a "little cloth" - a toile-ette , in French), then the foreign word becomes the now-drab usual word and the native word fades away.
Fashion or changing mores should not lead us to take words out of our larger dictionaries - words are a heritage, and should not be thoughtlessly or easily binned ...
2-Then there is the evolving parlance - the Oxford English Dictionary may have some 700K words, but the online "urban dictionary" has many more (over 7 million as per the site owners' count)
Languages are glorious - they're both tools, and a link with our human heritage and with mankind's forebears (read Merritt Ruhlen's The Origin of Language) , let's not let them degrade & dumb down
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These are the two English dictionaries currently on the "Favorites" list of my web browser:
Sometimes I wonder if I am using the best lexical resources. Are there better tools available online?
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If you're interested in bilingual dictionaries with additional linguistic insight then I've always found wordreference.com very good: as well as the translations, most words have forum entries where people discuss the finer points of how the words and any associated expressions are used. It's not too bad for straight English either - though I tend to just log onto oed.com via my university for that.