COMPENDIUM: A text summarization system for generating abstracts of research papers

This article analyzes the appropriateness of a text summarization system, COMPENDIUM, for generating abstracts of biomedical papers. Two approaches are suggested: an extractive (COMPENDIUM E), which only selects and extracts the most relevant sentences of the documents, and an abstractive-oriented one (COMPENDIUM E–A), thus facing also the challenge of abstractive summarization. This novel strategy combines extractive information, with some pieces of information of the article that have been previously compressed or fused. Specifically, in this article, we want to study: i) whether COMPENDIUM produces good summaries in the biomedical domain; ii) which summarization approach is more suitable; and iii) the opinion of real users towards automatic summaries. Therefore, two types of evaluation were performed: quantitative and qualitative, for evaluating both the information contained in the summaries, as well as the user satisfaction. Results show that extractive and abstractive-oriented summaries perform similarly as far as the information they contain, so both approaches are able to keep the relevant information of the source documents, but the latter is more appropriate from a human perspective, when a user satisfaction assessment is carried out. This also confirms the suitability of our suggested approach for generating summaries following an abstractive-oriented paradigm.

Papers actancials i papers temàtics en la novel·la negra de Manuel de Pedrolo

El present estudi ofereix una anàlisi de la recepció crítica de l’obra Crim de Germania, de l’escriptor valencià Josep Lozano, publicada per primera vegada a l’abril de 1980 per l’editorial Tres i Quatre, que permet fixar els elements a l’entorn dels quals s’ha anat elaborant la lectura de la novel·la i la seua evolució temporal. Durant més de trenta anys, Crim de Germania ha sigut objecte de nombroses valoracions crítiques a la premsa i en publicacions periòdiques de diversa índole a tot arreu dels territoris de parla catalana. L’estudi s’ha dividit en tres etapes: la primera s’inicia amb la publicació del llibre i conclou l’any 1981; la segona comprén el período des de 1982 fins al 2004, i, la tercera, des de 2005 —any en què la novel·la s’amplia i es reedita per Bromera— fins l’actualitat.

Joan Valls: papers de música i de músics —sense pentagrames— inèdits i semiinèdits

La proximitat del centenari del naixement del poeta alcoià Joan Valls Jordà (1917-1989) convida a la presentació d’un avançament dels treballs sobre inèdits i semiinèdits que han de ser part irrenunciable si volem acostar-nos a la figura i l’obra de Valls amb tota la seua magnitud. El nombre de materials de Valls que no han estat publicats mai o, en cas contrari, els escrits dispersos en la premsa i les plataformes locals diverses, als quals s’ha d’afegir les publicacions d’autor o les edicions privades, reduïdes o limitades, és un corpus que cal revisar. Aquest paper presenta un primer inventari comentat de textos esparsos que tenen una relació directa amb la música i els músics, un recull heterogeni que té voluntat de continuïtat en treballs futurs.

Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences.

no. 111 (1974)

Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas.

no.10 (1972)

Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas.

no.15 (1973)

Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas.

no.14 (1973)

Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas.

no.13 (1973)

Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas.

no.11 (1972)

Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas.

no.5 (1971)

Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas.

no.12 (1973)

The philanthropic work of Josephine Shaw Lowell: containing a biographical sketch of her life, together with a selection of her public papers and private letters

collected and arranged for publication by William Rhinelander Stewart.

Catharine Waugh McCullouch papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon collection, 1869-1945

Collection primarily documents McCulloch's research on women's legal status, and her work with the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and the League of Women Voters. There is also documentation of women in the legal profession, of McCulloch's friendships with the other women suffragists and lawyers, and some biographical material. The papers contain little information about her family or social life.