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Analyzing Sentiments To Improve Transportation Services Using Nlp, Abdulnasser Ahli

Theses

In the 21st century, social media apps like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Waze, Instagram, etc. are used by people to post their activities, sentiments, and feedback. Likewise, people are posting their experiences either positive or negative feedback or recommendation to improve the existing services of public transportation such as Buses, Tram, Metro, Taxis, Marines. Moreover, people are also posting about traffic conditions and accidents on the social media. However, at present most of the authorities depend on surveys and customer complaints to improve to knew people sentiments. This has very limited information because they cannot reach to all customers. Therefore, in …

Nós Indígenas Precisamos Ser Ouvidos Diretamente E Ser Reparados Das Violações Que Sofremos, Make Turu

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Este artigode opiniãoé a transcrição dos comentários de Make Turu, liderança Matis, feitos na SALSAXI Sesquiannual Conference, em Lima. Make Turu cobra a participação e o protagonismoefetivodo movimento indígena nos processos de contato e de proteção do Vale do Javari, bem comoexige reparação das violaçõescometidas contra os Matis, diretamenteou por omissões,pelo Estadobrasileiroatravés da Funai, tanto no período do pós-contato quanto com relação às recentesviolações que levaram ao conflito com os Koruboe a posterior criminalização dos Matis.

Este artículo de opinión es la transcripción de los comentarios de Make Turu, lider indígena Matis, hechos en la XI Conferencia del SALSA, en …

Povos Indígenas Em Isolamento E Contato Inicial Na Amazonia: As Armadilhas Do Desenvolvimento, Antenor Vaz

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

A partir da experiência como consultor independente, atuando no Brasil como funcionário da Funai e em outros países da América do Sul, o autor apresenta um panorama da situação dos povos indígenas em isolamento na Pan Amazônia e a relação das políticas públicas de proteção com a política regional de desenvolvimento.

Based on experience as a Funai employee and as an independent consultant in Brazil and several other countries of Latin America, the author presents an overview of the situation of isolated indigenous peoples across Amazonia and the relationship between governmental protection policies and regional development plans.

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Working Paper No. 37, The American Opium Trade, Karson M. Pence

Working Papers in Economics

This inquiry seeks to establish that American merchants exacerbated China’s 19th century opium epidemic. Circumventing Britain’s monopoly of Indian opium, three men, Thomas Perkins, John Cushing, and Robert Forbes, played a key role in American consolidation of Turkish opium production. With malice and blatant disregard, numerous Americans pumped tens of thousands of chests of opium into China, creating fabulous riches and incredibly influential familial dynasties while simultaneously destroying the minds and bodies of an untold number of Chinese.

Working Paper No. 40, The Rise And Fall Of Georgist Economic Thinking, Justin Pilarski

Working Papers in Economics

This inquiry seeks to establish that Henry George’s writings advanced a distinct theory of political economy that benefited from a meteoric rise in popularity followed by a fall to irrelevance with the turn of the 20^th century. During the depression decade of the 1870s, the efficacy of the laissez-faire economic system came into question, during this same timeframe neoclassical economics supplanted classical political economy. This inquiry considers both of George’s key works: Progress and Poverty [1879] and The Science of Political Economy [1898], establishing the distinct components of Georgist economic thought. This rise in ‘Georgism’ is evinced through the …

On Improving Performance Of The Binary Logistic Regression Classifier, Michael Chang

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Logistic Regression, being both a predictive and an explanatory method, is one of the most commonly used statistical and machine learning method in almost all disciplines. There are many situations, however, when the accuracies of the fitted model are low for predicting either the success event or the failure event. Several statistical and machine learning approaches exist in the literature to handle these situations. This thesis presents several new approaches to improve the performance of the fitted model, and the proposed methods have been applied to real datasets.

Transformations of predictors is a common approach in fitting multiple linear and …

The Parallel Security Apparatus: Examining The Cases Of Baathist Iraq, Syria, And Iran, Donald Utchel

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This dissertation examines the phenomena of the parallel security apparatus in the cases of Baathist Iraq, Syria, and Iran. Parallel security structures are often limited to books and articles published on secret police organizations in the broader security literature. Their research often focuses on one branch of the parallel security apparatus rather than examining all the parallel security institutions of that particular regime. This body of research attempts to bring further light to this particular phenomenon by examining all the parallel security institutions in a particular case and to connect and trace the various parallel security institutions to see if …

‘Weill Auchtyn Eldris Exemplis Ws To Steir’: Aeneas And The Narrator In The Prologues To Gavin Douglas’S Eneados, P. J. Klemp

Studies in Scottish Literature

Discusses the translation of Virgil's Aeneid into Middle Scots by Gavin Douglas (1474-1522), the first translation of a major classical work into either Scots or English, analyzing the role of the narrator/translator in the prologues Douglas wrote, and arguing that by blurring the boundary between his own prefatory material and the Virgil text he was translating, Douglas brought the two elements into relationship to form a unified epic masterpiece.

Books Noted And Received, Patrick Scott

Studies in Scottish Literature

This list covers a first group of the books received or noted since publication of SSL 43:2; this preliminary proof version will be expanded shortly, and further titles from this period will be noticed in a future issue. Inclusion in this list need not preclude possible subsequent discussion in a more formal review.

Compounding Effects Of Reducing Nurse Burnout And How It Can Produce An Increase In Patient Safety And Satisfaction, Alexander Mua

Master's Projects and Capstones

The reduction of nurse burnout has shown to have an increase in patient satisfaction and quality of care. It also has shown a decrease in patient-related or sentinel events. Accordingly, with the reduction of nurse burnout, there has also been a reduction of compassion fatigue. This project has illuminated the benefits of acuity-based caseload at the micro-level, including the cost-effective nature of overtime pay, including HCHAPS benefit score. The method of obtaining, planning, and implementing was based on the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA), which required collaboration amongst multiple disciplines, groups, departments, and executives. The process and goals concluded to …

Role Of Echocardiography In Diagnostic Evaluation Of Patients Admitted To Observation Unit., Muhammad Arslan Cheema, Hafez Mohammad Ammar Abdullah, Waqas Ullah, Yasar Sattar, Shujaul Haq, Khadija Cheema, Asrar Ahmad, Zain Ali, Asoka Balaratna

Abington Jefferson Health Papers

BACKGROUND: Syncope is a transient loss of consciousness due to transient decrease in cerebral perfusion. Syncope accounts for a 3-6% of all emergency department visits. Etiology of syncope can be neural, cardiogenic, or vascular. Previous studies have evaluated the types and management of syncope. Echocardiography is a commonly used test in the evaluation of causes of syncope. Whether the benefit compared to financial burden of this diagnostic study is in all subsets of syncope cases remains unclear.

AIM: To evaluate the impact of echocardiography in the diagnostic evaluation of syncope and to evaluate the subset of patients that would benefit …

The Image Of Politicians In Tony Kushner’S Play Homebody/Kabul; A Corpus Critical Stylistic Analysis, Hadeel Falah Hasan, Sarab Khalil Hameed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This article discusses the Critical Stylistic analysis of the politicians’ images in corpora of Tony Kushner’s play Homebody/Kabul. The study adopts Jeffries model with the aid of corpus linguistic methods to show how text might be said to perform ideologies. It investigates how the image of war and politicians are presented. By using Naming and Describing tool, the analysis shows that the overall image of politicians is that they were aggressive when it comes to conduct war depending on what have they declared to be done.

Role Of Media In Social Nurturing To Prevent Street Children Phenomenon A Survey Study On University Students, فتح الله غازي إسماعيل الشيخ

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Media Channels, which do not restrictively transmit news, stories and information, have vitally contributed to activating the social nurturing process and forming the people’s conduct and aspirations. Being part of the mass media system, they have left their impact of guidance and awareness-raising of people on the society which they get connected with in order to form the public opinion. Accordingly, media channels are thought to be significant for the stability and development of the society. They have even taken into account the child since birth and procured all what is required of sensing, attending and focusing programs. They have …

A Critical Discourse Analysis Of The Language Of Persuasion Used In The Election Campaigns By American Parliaments, Iman Jebur Janam

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Persuasion can be defined as a scientific art which is closely connected with our life .Linguistically speaking, persuasion is achieved through many techniques termed "persuasive devices". These persuasive devices are covered in different domains of life. Accordingly, persuasion has been defined in various methods according to communication as ''a communication process in which a communicator searches to draw out a desired response from his receiver''. This paper investigates different strategies of persuasion used by different people in different domains of life and how those strategies differ when used in election parliament. The aim of this paper is to find out …

Reality Of Management Performance In Accordance With The Halinger Standard And Its Relation To Performance Excellence At High School Principals, جنان حاتم كامل

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Based on the leadership role of the school principal, which requires a set of features and characteristics and features that qualify him to do his part, And to evaluate the Actuallyof the administrative performance of the head of the school is one of the methods of administrative evaluation to improve the Actuallyof administrative work, This assessment will not be aimed at ascertaining the efficiency of the manager in performing his work effectively. This process should be comprehensive and continuous to reveal the strengths, Are strengthened, and vulnerabilities are addressed, This helps to provide comprehensive information that restricts in taking action …

Dramatizing Modern American And Arabic Poetry A Study In Selected Poems By Kenneth Koch And Yousif Al-Sayegh, Haitham K. Eidan Al-Zubbaidi

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The interrelatedness of drama and poetry introduces one of the most exceptionally robust examples of trans-genre literature. It is further characterized by a deep-rooted tradition that dates back to ancient Greek and Roman drama, as well as a sense of circumstantial and ad hoc necessity-driven, age-oriented adaptability. The present paper assumes that this well-established sensitive relation of poetry and drama rests upon some circumstantial time-specific cultural forces or motivators that impact the ebb and flow, the expansion-contraction movements which are directly related to the temporal necessities and requirements of the textual and contextual poetic discourse. To this end, and to …

The Role Of Community Colleges In The Southern Region In Promoting The Importance Of Vocational Education From The Perspective Of Its Faculty Members, احمد محمد الخزاعلة, هند خالد الضمور

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The present study aims to identify the role of community colleges in promoting the importance of vocational education from the point of view of faculty members. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a sample of (100) faculty members from different academic levels was selected in the community colleges. They were selected by simple random method from the study society of (218) faculty members. The two researchers used the descriptive approach. (25) items distributed in four areas, academic, planning and organization, and the possibilities and equipment, and social, and was verified the validity and persistence of the presentation …

Adjudications Of The Imamed Party’ Detachment To The Imam In Prayer According To The Islamic Jurisprudence, حيدر سامي عبد

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This study deals with Adjudications of the Imamed Party’ Detachment to the Imam in Prayer According to the Islamic Jurisprudence. The first section deals with the Concept of leaving the imam in prayer and its causes. The first: meaning of leaving the imam in prayer. The second reasons of leaving the imam in prayer. The second section deals with ruling on leaving the imam in congregational prayer. The first is ruling on leaving the imam in congregational prayer without excuse. The second is ruling on leaving the imam in congregational prayer with an excuse. The third section deals with ruling …

The Effect Of Using Pbla On Iraqi Efl Academic Students` Learning Achievement, ايلاف رياض خليل

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Assessment should give more attention on the learning achievement of the curriculum. Portfolio- based learning assessment (PBLA) is utilized in language learning materials recently .It is assessment tools to test the learners’ learning for instance open-ended problem solving, and creative and critical thinking, imaginative, reflective, have the capacity to apply their information in new issues, and to express oral and composing. This paper aims to discover the impact of utilizing (PBLA) on students’ performance at College of Education (Ibn –Rushd) in English Department the third stage. To fulfill the aim, a sample of the study is (64) EFL students of …

Revolution And Modernity In Nazim Hikmet’S “The Epic Of Sheikh Bedridden”, Mahmood Rakan Ahmed

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

This paper aims to prove that the poem “The Epic of Sheikh Bedridden” by the first Turkish modernist poet Nazim Hikmet expresses a political unconscious of modernity by incarnating and adopting modernist, rebellious and revolutionary ideas in his poem in both form and content in order to subjugate repression and oppression. Throughout his didactic poem he urges his people for a better Turkey whose freedom of thought and expression and liberty are essential ideals. Hikmet’s proposal for a more tolerant and open Turkey becomes undeniable truth after a long history of contestation through the power of the words

Forgiveness Of University Students Exposed To Traumatic Stress, سعد سابط العطراني, مها صائب رشيد

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The current research problem stems from the fact that the researchers are aware that our contemporary life is full of painful events that have affected various groups of society, including "university students", and involving them in social and cognitive challenges; hence it was more influential for them since it is fitted to their age stage, and clarifies the future prospects for them. Moreover, they respond to the surrounding variables more than the other categories do, and that may affect negatively their academic performance. Therefore, the current research aims to identify the level of forgiveness of university students exposed to traumatic …

Aggression In August Wilson’S King Hedley Ii, Asma’A Mohannad Saad, Muthanna Mohammad Sultan

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The need for investigating the stereotypical image of the African American males as aggressive, criminal individuals brings this research to address this sensitive issue. But the stereotypes of the African American have drawn the attention of many black writers and psychiatrists who tried to dismantle these images by revealing the social, psychological, and socioeconomic factors which contribute in this phenomenon. This paper highlights the reasons that drive the black males to adopt aggression through analyzing August Wilson’s King Hedley II (1999). In this play, Wilson portrays the widely spread aggression and its negative consequences. He also goes a step further …

The Split Identity In Brain Friel’S Play Philadelphia, Here I Come! ), Razaq Jumaah Khalaf, Sabah Atallah Diyaiy

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Colonized people suffer due to cultural struggle and identity loss. Brian Friel (1929–2015) dealt with the consequences of British colonisation of Ireland. This paper explores the fragmented identity in Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I Come!. It depicts the contradicting feelings of a young man who decides to leave his country. Still, he is unable to overcome his emotional loyalty to his past. Friel divides the protagonist into two characters played by two actors on the stage. The memories in the play form an integral part of identity being live images that satisfy inner needs. The characters’ inner conflicts and personal …

Marina Oswald & Kathleen Wade: Wives Involved In A Political Ambition, رشا عبد المنعم عزيز

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

“I’m no psychiatrist, but if you ask me, politicians in general are pretty insecure people” (O’Brien, 1994, p. 97). This quotation describes politicians as insecure people, and the word “insecure” has more than one implication. It may mean that politicians are insecure to themselves or to people around them. It can also mean that politicians’ actions are not trustworthy. This description indicates that one must fear or be aware of politicians in general. A politician’s wife may need also to have this caution. According to such description, does a politician’s wife feel happy or secure with her husband? This paper …

Comedy Of Menace In Harold Pinter’S The Birthday Party Instructor: Basaad Maher Mhayyal, بسعاد ماهر محيل

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party (1957) clearly portrays the condition of modern man where there is a real communication failure among the characters. Through this play, Pinter tries his best to reflect this fact. He uses a lot of pauses and silences, i.e., the usage of language is no more significant to modern man. Pinter considers silence to be more powerful than the words themselves. That’s why long and short pauses can be seen throughout all Pinter’s plays. Modern man has been living in a state of alienation. All the characters are isolated by their own desire not to communicate …

The Effectiveness Of Using Learning Centers Strategy Upon Conceptual Comprehension And Retention In History Subject For The Fifth Class Preporatory Students, هدى فاضل حسين

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The research aims to identify the effectiveness of using learning centers strategy upon conceptual comprehension and retention in history subject for fifth prporatoru class students. The researcher used the experimental design of partial contrel choosing the experimental group that studied according to the learning centers strategy, and the control group studied according to the traditional method. The number of students sample was ( 60) Students ; (30 ) students in each group . The two groups are equivalent concerning the variables : Age and , Intelligence test. The researcher used conceptual comprehension test as a tool for research, and verify …

Female Illiteracy: Causes, Challenges, Solutions "Field Study In The Iraqi Society", مثال عبد الله غني خضير العزاوي

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

We can not recognize the importance of education without achieving gender equality in terms of providing educational opportunities so that the education system achieves social, cultural and political goals, where women constitute the entire society. Hence the problem of the current study that can be identified in these questions, what causes female illiteracy and what are the challenges and solutions? The study aimed to identify causes, challenges and solutions in the area of ​​female illiteracy. The sample of the study consisted of a group of teachers, teachers, teachers and teachers from primary, middle and secondary schools in the governorates of …

Al-Husseini’S Rituals And Their Counterparts In Christianity Asst.Prof. Dr. Donia Alwan Badr Al-Difa'i, دنيا علوان بدر الدفاعي

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The difference in religion is a 'Sunnah of God', for a great intention which is the trials and the tribulations. God says: (And if God wills to to make people one nation, they are still different except from the mercy of your Lord.). And there is no doubt of the intentions of the two religions (Islam, Christianity) are to educate man religiously, intellectually, physically, and publically. The research aims to find a common ground between the different parties of Muslims and Christians in rituals, or liturgy, and this is from the methods of Islamic- Christian coexistence, to establish a common …

Protection Of The Child's Psychological Security Under Criminal Legislation (Comparative Study), وسام كاظم زغير

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

The subject of research: (protection of the child's psychological security under criminal legislation) has a practical significance to guarantee the right of the child to enjoy psychological security away from violence or ill-treatment, since The child is weak at this stage; he cannot defend himself in the face of the dangers to which he is exposed. Moreover, he needs care and concern for his physical and psychological rights, and although there are some provisions in the Iraqi Penal Code No. 111 of 1969, which provides criminal protection, but the protection of his right to psychological security was not within the …

Rhetorics In Mahwi’S Poem "Sea Of Light", حسن علي عمر

Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences

Mahwi is one of the most prominent classical Kurdish poets. He is one of the most prolific poets in the rhetorical arts, and it shows its mark through their poetic productions. In this research, marvelous in the poem “sea of light” (Bahr noor), he is (Mahwi) a fundamental pillar, of the creative poets on which the classical school was founded in the Kurdish poetry after the pioneers of classical Kurdish poetry such as Nali, Salem and Kurdi. The research is divided into three sections. In the first section, we define the rhetoric science and rhetorical sciences, in which we refer …