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Cultural Anthropology Through the Lens of Wikipedia: Historical Leader Networks, Gender Bias, and News-Based Sentiment
Cultural Anthropology through the Lens of Wikipedia: Historical Leader Networks, Gender Bias, and News-based Sentiment Peter A. Gloor, Joao Marcos, Patrick M. de Boer, Hauke Fuehres, Wei Lo, Keiichi Nemoto [email protected] MIT Center for Collective Intelligence Abstract In this paper we study the differences in historical World View between Western and Eastern cultures, represented through the English, the Chinese, Japanese, and German Wikipedia. In particular, we analyze the historical networks of the World’s leaders since the beginning of written history, comparing them in the different Wikipedias and assessing cultural chauvinism. We also identify the most influential female leaders of all times in the English, German, Spanish, and Portuguese Wikipedia. As an additional lens into the soul of a culture we compare top terms, sentiment, emotionality, and complexity of the English, Portuguese, Spanish, and German Wikinews. 1 Introduction Over the last ten years the Web has become a mirror of the real world (Gloor et al. 2009). More recently, the Web has also begun to influence the real world: Societal events such as the Arab spring and the Chilean student unrest have drawn a large part of their impetus from the Internet and online social networks. In the meantime, Wikipedia has become one of the top ten Web sites1, occasionally beating daily newspapers in the actuality of most recent news. Be it the resignation of German national soccer team captain Philipp Lahm, or the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 in the Ukraine by a guided missile, the corresponding Wikipedia page is updated as soon as the actual event happened (Becker 2012. -
Historians of Technology in the Real World: Reflections on the Pursuit of Policy-Oriented History
Historians of Technology in the Real World: Reflections on the Pursuit of Policy-Oriented History Richard F. Hirsh Technology and Culture, Volume 52, Number 1, January 2011, pp. 6-20 (Article) Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: 10.1353/tech.2011.0039 For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/tech/summary/v052/52.1.hirsh.html Access provided by Virginia Polytechnic Inst. __ACCESS_STATEMENT__ St.University __ACCESS_STATEMENT__ (Viva) (6 Feb 2014 13:11 GMT) 02_52.1hirsh 6–20:03_49.3dobraszczyk 568– 1/22/11 7:49 AM Page 6 Historians of Technology in the Real World Reflections on the Pursuit of Policy-Oriented History RICHARDF.HIRSH Nearly all historians writing about their craft begin by explaining the value of studying the past. According to the authors of a popular primer, history represents a collective memory that provides an awareness of past events, helping us shape our present and future.1 History has great practical signif- icance, notes another academic, because “intelligent action” draws on past experience.2 As a consequence of the way pedagogues extol the relevance of their work, many high-school students can paraphrase Santayana’s dictum that “[t]hose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”3 Despite widespread acceptance of the notion that history provides tan- gible benefits, historians usually remain reluctant to apply “lessons” to real- world situations, especially in the realms of public and business policy. Eager to be viewed as unbiased, dispassionate observers of events, most aca- demic historians seem happy to write primarily for their peers. -
Everyday Life Information Seeking
Everyday Life Information Seeking Reijo Savolainen Department of Information Studies and Interactive Media, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland Folksonomies Ethiopia– Abstract Information seeking may be analyzed in two major contexts: job-related and nonwork. The present entry concentrates on nonwork information seeking, more properly called everyday life information seeking (ELIS). Typically, ELIS studies discuss the ways in which people access and use various information sources to meet information needs in areas such as health, consumption, and leisure. The entry specifies the concept of ELIS and characterizes the major ELIS models. They include the Sense-Making approach (Dervin), the Small world theory (Chatman), the ecological model of ELIS (Williamson), ELIS in the context of way of life (Savolainen), the model of information practices (McKenzie), and the concept of information grounds (Fisher). ELIS practices tend to draw on the habitualized use of a limited number of sources which have been found useful in previous use contexts. Since the late 1990s, the Internet has increasingly affected the ELIS practices by providing easily accessible sources. Even though the popularity of the networked sources has grown rapidly they will complement, rather than replace, more traditional sources and channels. INTRODUCTION THE CONCEPT OF ELIS Information seeking is a major constituent of information Thus far, a rich variety of themes have been explored in behavior or information practices, that is, the entirety of ELIS studies. They have focused on people belonging to ways in which people seek, use, and share information in diverse groups such as the following: different contexts.[1,2] Information seeking may be ana- lyzed in two major contexts: job-related and nonwork. -
The Frailty of Disability Rights
ESSAY THE FRAILTY OF DISABILITY RIGHTS JASMINE E. HARRIS† INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 30 I. THE CASE OF COVID-19 & THE ROLLBACK OF DISABILITY RIGHTS ..................................................................................... 33 A. Access to COVID-19 Related Treatment ........................................... 34 B. Access to a Free Appropriate [and Remote] Public Education .............. 38 II. THE INSTABILITY OF DISABILITY RIGHTS .................................. 45 A. Morality, Medicine, and Bad Differences .......................................... 45 B. Stealth Advocacy and the Absence of Public Contestation .................... 46 C. The Difficulty of Defning Disability ................................................. 49 III. BEYOND COVID-19 ..................................................................... 52 A. Identifying the Next Waves of Disability Discrimination ..................... 53 B. Reimagining Legal & Policy Interventions ........................................ 57 1. Olmstead Enforcement ......................................................... 58 2. Cleburne and Rational Basis Review ..................................... 59 3. Disability as National Security ............................................. 61 CONCLUSION .................................................................................. 63 † Professor of Law, University of California—Davis; J.D., Yale Law School; A.B., Dartmouth College. This Essay has benefitted from thoughtful -
Curriculum Vitae CAROLYN J
Curriculum Vitae CAROLYN J. TUCKER HALPERN Department of Maternal and Child Health Office: (919) 966-5981 (MCH) 401 Rosenau, CB 7445 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill email: [email protected] Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7445 Education PhD 1982 Developmental Psychology, University of Houston–Central Campus, Houston, TX. MA 1979 Developmental Psychology, University of Houston–Central Campus, Houston, TX. BS 1976 Psychology, University of Houston–Central Campus, Houston, TX. (Summa cum laude with University and Departmental Honors) Professional Experience 2017- present Faculty Fellow, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2015 - present Chair, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2014 – 2015 Interim Chair, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2013 – 2014 Vice-Chair, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2011 – present Professor with Tenure, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2004 - 2011 Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 2000 - 2019 Faculty Fellow, Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 1998 - present Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. -
Clinical Research – a Journey Toward Diversity
September Accelerated Cure Project for MS 2017 Accelerating research towards a cure for multiple sclerosis Clinical Research – A Journey Toward Diversity Clinical trials are an essential part of the drug development process. Regulatory agencies such the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) use information gathered from clinical trials to decide if medicines are safe and effective. It is important to have ethnic diversity in clinical trials to better understand diseases, and the full impact of certain drugs. Different ethnicities can have unique responses to the same disease. Studies have shown that MS can be especially active in African Americans. The effectiveness of many drugs can also vary depending on the patient’s ethnicity, lifestyle, culture and genetic makeup. For example, about 50 percent of Asian patients and 75 percent of Pacific Islanders lack the enzymes required to activate Plavix (a blood thinner). Certain classes of hypertension drugs have recently been found to be less effective in African American patients. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), minorities account for fewer than 10 percent of patients enrolled in clinical trials. African American men are twice as likely as Caucasian men to die from prostate cancer, yet they represent just 4 percent of prostate cancer clinical trial participants. Suicide is one of the top three causes of death among Asian American women under 45 years of age, yet they represent just 1 percent of major depressive disorder clinical trial participants. And while the prevalence of diabetes among Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans is more than double that of Caucasians, those groups combined represent just 4 percent of diabetes trial participants. -
Dr. Florence P. Haseltine, Ph.D., M.D. Activities of the Foundation While Bringing Recognition to a Worthy Woman in Medicine
The Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine The 14th Annual The Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine, established in 1998, was founded on the belief that knowing the historical past is a powerful force in shaping Alma Dea Morani, M.D. the future. Though relatively young, The Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine has made significant accomplishments in promoting the history of Renaissance Woman Award women in medicine. The Alma Dea Morani Award continues to provide an annual centerpiece to the Dr. Florence P. Haseltine, Ph.D., M.D. activities of The Foundation while bringing recognition to a worthy woman in medicine. This year we honor Florence P. Haseltine, Ph.D., M.D., Emerita Director, Center for Population Research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Public Health (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health. The Foundation’s Research Fellowships, offered in conjunction with the The Archives for Women in Medicine (AWM) at Countway Library’s Center for the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, continue to be competitive. The 2013 recipient, Dr. Ciara Breathnach, lectures in history and has published on Irish socio-economic and health histories in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her research focuses on how the poor experienced, engaged with and negotiated medical services in Ireland and in North America from 1860-1912. Dr. Breathnach’s focused study of record of the migratory waves against trends in medical and social modernity processes, are held at the Archives for Women in Medicine at the Countway Library and will be weighed against other socio-economic evidence to establish how problematic groups such as the Irish poor affected and shaped medical care in Boston. -
Reality IT Technology & Everyday Life
ISOCIETY JULY02 JAMES CRABTREE, MAX NATHAN & RICHARD REEVES Reality IT Technology & Everyday Life 0.0 REALITY IT – TECHNOLOGY & EVERYDAY LIFE Contents CHAPTER 1 // pgs 1-9 Introduction – Pulling Power Pragmatic Evolution CHAPTER 2 // pgs 10-13 Ask the Audience – Research Approach Stage 1: Technological Diaries – Tracking Everyday Life Stage 2: Focus Groups – Examining Technology on Everyday Life Stage 3: Quantifying Technology in Everyday Life Stage 4: Statistical Analysis – Clustering Attitudes to ICT CHAPTER 3 // pgs 14-19 Who’s Afraid of ICT? Fun, Function and Fear Fun: Toys Are Us Function: Utility Players Fear: And Sometimes Loathing CHAPTER 4 // pgs 20-30 Enthusiasts, Quiet Pragmatists Confidence and Ownership and Aversives Cluster Tendencies Enthusiasts Quiet Pragmatists Aversives CHAPTER 5 // pgs 31-43 Majority Pursuits – PCs A PC-owning Democracy To Buy or Not to Buy? Type, Browse, Mail Dial Up for Data - Home Internet Use Time Online E-mail -Unloved but in Demand CHAPTER 6 // pgs 44-55 Mobiles and Middle England Buying Mobile Phones ‘I’m on the train’ – Mobile Phones and Social Networks Frequently Dialled Numbers Text Messages – The Joy of Text Messages and Mates CHAPTER 7 // pgs 56-59 Kicks and Flicks - Digital Television (DTV) DTV Domiciles Deciding on Digital Purchasing Passivity Peter Runge House CHAPTER 8 // pgs 60-63 3 Carlton House Terrace, Conclusion – The Invention London SW1Y 5DG of Convention t. +44 0 20 7479 1000 Endnotes f. +44 0 20 7479 1111 www.theworkfoundation.com ISOCIETY JULY02 REALITY IT – TECHNOLOGY & EVERYDAY LIFE 1 CHAPTER 1/ PULLING POWER Chapter 1 Introduction – Pulling Power The peculiarity of what is close-to-hand is that, in its handiness, it must, as it were, MARTIN HEIDEGGER1 withdraw in order to be handy...That with which we have our everyday dealings are not the tools themselves. -
Winter/Spring 2020
CAUGHT IN A CYCLONE RECORD BREAKER A DECADE OF DECIBELS SHARKS IN MOTION PAGE 10 PAGE 12 PAGE 22 PAGE 38 NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY WINTER/SPRING 2020 DR.Perspectives PALLAVI PATEL COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES Building BridgesPage 3 SHARKS DO MORE THAN SURVIVE. THEY THRIVE. 6 10 DR. PALLAVI PATEL COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE SCIENCES DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS Anesthesiology Audiology Cardiopulmonary Sciences Respiratory Therapy Health and Human Performance Athletic Training • Exercise and Sport Science Health Science Bachelor in Health Science • Cardiovascular Sonography Doctor in Health Science • Doctor in Philosophy Master in Health Science • Medical Sonography M.H.S./D.H.S. in Health Science Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy Physician Assistant Speech-Language Pathology The college invites alumni to share a class note or story idea. The next submission deadline is March 28, 2020. Please include a high-resolution, original photo in a jpeg or tiff format. Please update your contact information regularly by emailing us. We look forward to hearing from you. Contact us at [email protected]. TABLE of Contents FEATURES 3 Building Bridges 8 Summer Spotlight 10 Caught in a Cyclone 12 Record Breaker DEPARTMENTS 10 2 Dean’s Message 16 Program News LIFE IN THE FAST LANE • Physician Assistant—Orlando / 16 WIN-WIN • Physician Assistant—Orlando / 18 AN ENRICHING EXPERIENCE • Speech-Language Pathology—Fort Lauderdale / 20 22 Student Perspectives 16 A DECADE OF DECIBELS • Audiology—Fort Lauderdale / 22 INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP • Physical -
The Significance of Religion and Spirituality In
Sociology of Religion Advance Access published July 25, 2014 Sociology of Religion 2014, 0:0 1-13 doi:10.1093/socrel/sru043 “Hidden in Plain Sight”: The Significance of Religion and Spirituality in Secular Organizations Wendy Cadge* Brandeis University 1 Mary Ellen Konieczny Downloaded from University of Notre Dame Through examples from our own research and that of others, we argue that there is much to learn http://socrel.oxfordjournals.org/ about religion through the study of its presence in secular organizations where it is “hidden in plain sight.” Making “invisible religion” visible furthers arguments about why sociologists should care about religion and shows how religion can be conceptualized to help us understand religious history, social change, and social processes. Additionally, we show that better understanding how individuals piece together a bricolage of meanings, including those forged from religious beliefs and practices, will come only from also paying attention to the social contexts—many of them secular—that contribute to shaping individual lives. We conclude by suggesting that sociologists of religion model how sociologists of gender and race have conceived of gender and race at individual and structural levels in ways that integrate their concerns more thoroughly with the discipline of sociology. by guest on July 30, 2014 Key words: organizations; healthcare; chaplains. At the 2013 American Sociological Association Annual meeting, the two of us met to have a discussion beginning with the question: how do sociologists ap- proach and conceive of religion outside of what are usually thought of as its most common locations, such as in congregations, other religious organizations, and social movements? We immediately thought of recent groundbreaking research that focuses on examining individuals’ religious and/or spiritually oriented prac- tices and narratives in various facets of everyday life (Ammerman 2014; Bender 2010; McGuire 2008). -
Workshop Booklet
NIH Sponsored Workshop Developing Precision Medicine Approaches to the Treatment of Severe Obesity in Adolescents September 18-19, 2017 5635 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD TABLE OF CONTENTS Background ...................................................................................... 3 Objectives ........................................................................................ 3 Workshop Chairs ............................................................................. 3 NIH Organizing Committee Members ............................................. 4 Agenda ............................................................................................. 5 Abstracts ......................................................................................... 9 Profiles and Perspectives of Chairs, Speakers and Discussants ......................................... 17 Break Out Session Assignments .................................................. 70 Notes Pages ................................................................................... 74 2 BACKGROUND Severe obesity in adolescents is a growing and serious concern and is associated with significant physical and psychological co-morbidities. Response to behavioral and lifestyle interventions generally show relatively small improvements in BMI that are not sustained, and the limited pharmacotherapy options available also show modest efficacy. Bariatric surgery leads to the greatest and most sustained weight loss; however, it can be associated with considerable short and long-term health -
Eunice Rivers (Tuskegee Nurse)9,10 of Tuskegee Study
Teaching Ethics through Role-Play: Comparing Public Health Research Conducted at the Willowbrook State School with the Infamous Tuskegee Study Maya C. Rose, Jessica E. Brodsky, Elizabeth S. Che, Dvora Zomberg, & Patricia J. Brooks College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, CUNY Background Why Revisit Willowbrook and Tuskegee Group Differences in Awareness Role-play • In their introduction to research ethics, college students often learn about the in Introductory Psychology Classes? Awareness of Tuskegee Awareness of Willowbrook • Promotes discussion of research ethics infamous Tuskegee study, where physicians left syphilis untreated in Black Pre Post Pre Post men from 1932 to 1972 in order to study the progression of the disease.1 • Encourages students to confront racism and ableism in American society • The hepatitis studies that took place at the Willowbrook State School from • Allows students to draw connections to textbook coverage of Tuskegee Yes (n = 130) 31 (23.8%) 129 (99.2%) 46 (35.4%) 128 (98.5%) 1956 to 1970 are less often discussed. At Willowbrook, intellectually disabled 4 No (n = 73) 12 (16.4%) 59 (80.8%) 27 (40.0%) 59 (80.8%) children were deliberately infected with hepatitis via food laced with fecal Student Role-Play (Part 3 of Homework) material for purposes of biomedical research. Total (N = 203) 43 (21.2%) 188 (92.6%) 73 (36.0%) 187 (92.1%) Tuskegee Study Participants (Last 87 and Ernest Hendon8) • Both studies exemplify the gross violations of human rights that were once "In 1932, I was poor 24-year-old sharecropper that had some “bad blood”. I had never been to the doctor and me like The majority of students (64%) reported that they took part in the role-play.