Author Profiling using SVMs and Word Embedding Averages — Notebook for PAN at CLEF 2016

In this paper, we describe one of the approaches of the participation of Universidade de Évora. Our approach is similar to usual methods where text is preprocessed, features are extracted, and then used in SVMs with cross validation. The main difference is that features used come from averages of word embeddings, specifically word2vec vectors. Using PAN 2016 dataset, we were able to achieve 44.8% and 68.2% for English age and gender classification respectively. We were also able to achieve 51.3% and 67.1% accuracy for Spanish age and gender classification. Finally, we report 71.9% accuracy for Dutch age classification.

Estado de necesidad: la Cruz Roja Española en Marruecos (1886-1927)

Este trabajo estudia la función central que los Estados-nación continuaron teniendo en la Cruz Roja durante el periodo de entreguerras. A finales del siglo XIX, España lideró la creación de instituciones humanitarias de estilo europeo en Marruecos. Sin embargo, su secular inestabilidad como Estado, agravada por el desastre colonial de 1898, terminó con el proyecto regeneracionista de una Cruz Roja marroquí. Cuando en 1912 se estableció el protectorado español, la Cruz Roja Española quedó marginada por la competencia francesa, la internacionalización de Tánger y el rechazo local. Éste último culminó en la llamada Guerra del Rif de 1921-1927, mezcla de revuelta anticolonial y guerra internacional, que expuso de forma cruda las prolongadas necesidades del Estado español y su Cruz Roja. This article studies the central role of nationstates in the Red Cross during the interwar period. In the late nineteenth century, Spain pioneered the creation of European-style humanitarian institutions in Morocco. However, its perennial instability as a state, aggravated by the colonial disaster of 1898, put an end to the regenerationist project of a Moroccan Red Cross. When the Spanish protectorate was established in 1912, the Spanish Red Cross was overshadowed by competition from its French counterpart, the internationalization of Tangiers and resistance from the local inhabitants. This culminated in the so-called Rif War of 1921- 1927, a mixture of anticolonial revolt and international war that vividly exposed the ingrained deficiencies of the Spanish State and its Red Cross.

Relatório no âmbito da unidade curricular prática de ensino supervisionada

Este relatório realizado no âmbito da unidade curricular Prática de Ensino Supervisionada do Mestrado em Ensino de Português no 3º ciclo do ensino básico e ensino secundário e de Espanhol nos ensinos básico e secundário, pretende descrever, analisar e refletir sobre todo o trabalho implementado no decorrer do processo de observação, na lecionação de aulas e no desenvolvimento de outras tarefas visando a integração na vida escolar. A referida prática foi desenvolvida no Agrupamento de Escolas de Reguengos de Monsaraz, ao longo do ano letivo 2015/2016. O trabalho compreendeu, principalmente, a planificação e condução de aulas, bem como a respetiva avaliação das aprendizagens. O processo de ensino-aprendizagem foi realizado em duas turmas de níveis de ensino diferentes na disciplina de Espanhol, e duas na disciplina de Português. Este relatório constituiu uma oportunidade para refletir criticamente sobre a globalidade do processo e, consequentemente, como uma etapa de consolidação de práticas fundamentadas; Abstract: Report within the scope of Supervised Teaching Practice curricular unit This report carried out in the ambit of the curricular unit of Supervised Teaching Practice of Master’s Degree in Portuguese and Spanish Teaching in the secondary school (Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4), has as main aim to describe, analyze and reflect about all the work implemented during the observation process, teaching classes and in the development of other tasks with the main purpose of integration in the school life. This practice was developed in Agrupamento de Escolas de Reguengos de Monsaraz, throughout the school year of 2015/2016. The work included, mainly, the planning and leading lessons, as well as the respective learning evaluation. The teaching and learning process was made in two classes of different levels of education in the Spanish subject, and in two other classes, also in different levels of education, in the Portuguese subject. This report was written as an opportunity to reflect critically on the overall process and, consequently, as a consolidation stage of substantiated practices.

Trans-national cooperation: an asset in the Portuguese overseas trade. Foreigners operating in the Portuguese overseas trade, 1580-1590

This paper aims to discuss the role of foreign merchants, operating from Portugal, in the Portuguese overseas trade, during the first ten years of Iberian Union. The focus is not in products or routes, but in the mechanisms of association of such merchants. Iberian Union created a legal framework which prohibited the interference and trade of Portuguese agents in the Spanish Empire and vice-versa. Due to the imperialist wars of the Habsburgs, the Portuguese Empire also suffered from Dutch and English rivalry both in the Indic and in the Atlantic and also from the embargos of Dutch and English products and ships in Iberian ports. In such conjuncture, how did merchants related with each other? What was the impact of the political union of the Portuguese and Spanish crowns in trading associations? The used data sources are the notarial contracts of Lisbon for the same period. The paper highlights the role of Castilian merchants in the Portuguese trade, but it also stresses that Iberian partnerships have prevailed before 1580. The role of other merchants, such as Flemish/Dutch, Germans, Italians and French, is also considered. The paper discusses how and why did these merchants join in trans-national partnerships and what was their role in the Portuguese trade network at the time.