WAIS Seminar: Research Discussion: Open Data at the Hampshire Hub

This is a research discussion about the Hampshire Hub - see http://protohub.net/. The aim is to find out more about the project, and discuss future collaboration and sharing of ideas. Mark Braggins (Hampshire Hub Partnership) will introduce the Hampshire Hub programme, setting out its main objectives, work done to-date, next steps including the Hampshire data store (which will use the PublishMyData linked data platform), and opportunities for University of Southampton to engage with the programme , including the forthcoming Hampshire Hackathons Bill Roberts (Swirrl) will give an overview of the PublishMyData platform, and how it will help deliver the objectives of the Hampshire Hub. He will detail some of the new functionality being added to the platform Steve Peters (DCLG Open Data Communities) will focus on developing a web of data that blends and combines local and national data sources around localities, and common topics/themes. This will include observations on the potential employing emerging new, big data sources to help deliver more effective, better targeted public services. Steve will illustrate this with practical examples of DCLG’s work to publish its own data in a SPARQL end-point, so that it can be used over the web alongside related 3rd party sources. He will share examples of some of the practical challenges, particularly around querying and re-using geographic LinkedData in a federated world of SPARQL end-point.

Bias in the Social Web

Abstract A frequent assumption in Social Media is that its open nature leads to a representative view of the world. In this talk we want to consider bias occurring in the Social Web. We will consider a case study of liquid feedback, a direct democracy platform of the German pirate party as well as models of (non-)discriminating systems. As a conclusion of this talk we stipulate the need of Social Media systems to bias their working according to social norms and to publish the bias they introduce. Speaker Biography: Prof Steffen Staab Steffen studied in Erlangen (Germany), Philadelphia (USA) and Freiburg (Germany) computer science and computational linguistics. Afterwards he worked as researcher at Uni. Stuttgart/Fraunhofer and Univ. Karlsruhe, before he became professor in Koblenz (Germany). Since March 2015 he also holds a chair for Web and Computer Science at Univ. of Southampton sharing his time between here and Koblenz. In his research career he has managed to avoid almost all good advice that he now gives to his team members. Such advise includes focusing on research (vs. company) or concentrating on only one or two research areas (vs. considering ontologies, semantic web, social web, data engineering, text mining, peer-to-peer, multimedia, HCI, services, software modelling and programming and some more). Though, actually, improving how we understand and use text and data is a good common denominator for a lot of Steffen's professional activities.

Is there a common genetic basis for autoimmune diseases?

Autoimmune diseases (ADs) represent a diverse collection of diseases in terms of their demographic profile and primary clinical manifestations. The commonality between them however, is the damage to tissues and organs that arises from the response to self-antigens. The presence of shared pathophysiological mechanisms within ADs has stimulated searches for common genetic roots to these diseases. Two approaches have been undertaken to sustain the “common genetic origin” theory of ADs. Firstly, a clinical genetic analysis showed that autoimmunity aggregates within families of probands diagnosed with primary Sjögren's (pSS) syndrome or type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D). A literature review supported the establishment of a familiar cluster of ADs depending upon the proband's disease phenotype. Secondly, in a same and well-defined population, a large genetic association study indicated that a number of polymorphic genes (i.e. HLA-DRB1, TNF and PTPN22) influence the susceptibility for acquiring different ADs. Likewise, association and linkage studies in different populations have revealed that several susceptibility loci overlap in ADs, and clinical studies have shown that frequent clustering of several ADs occurs. Thus, the genetic factors for ADs consist of two types: those which are common to many ADs (acting in epistatic pleitropy) and those that are specific to a given disorder. Their identification and functional characterization will allow us to predict their effect as well as to indicate potential new therapeutic interventions. Both autoimmunity family history and the co-occurrence of ADs in affected probands should be considered when performing genetic association and linkage studies.

Doctors´ remuneration schemes and hospital competition in two-sided markets with common network externalities

This paper uses a two-sided market model of hospital competition to study the implications of di§erent remunerations schemes on the physiciansí side. The two-sided market approach is characterized by the concept of common network externality (CNE) introduced by Bardey et al. (2010). This type of externality occurs when occurs when both sides value, possibly with di§erent intensities, the same network externality. We explicitly introduce e§ort exerted by doctors. By increasing the number of medical acts (which involves a costly e§ort) the doctor can increase the quality of service o§ered to patients (over and above the level implied by the CNE). We Örst consider pure salary, capitation or fee-for-service schemes. Then, we study schemes that mix fee-for-service with either salary or capitation payments. We show that salary schemes (either pure or in combination with fee-for-service) are more patient friendly than (pure or mixed) capitations schemes. This comparison is exactly reversed on the providersíside. Quite surprisingly, patients always loose when a fee-for-service scheme is introduced (pure of mixed). This is true even though the fee-for-service is the only way to induce the providers to exert e§ort and it holds whatever the patientsívaluation of this e§ort. In other words, the increase in quality brought about by the fee-for-service is more than compensated by the increase in fees faced by patients.

Bilateral Transport Cost, Infrastructure, Common Bilateral Ties and Political Stability.

Los costos de transporte son una de las más importantes fuentes de barreras al comercio. Inspirados por este aspecto, utilizamos un modelo empírico ad-hoc con el fin de examinar los posibles determinantes de los costos de transporte. Utilizando una base de datos de costos de transporte bilaterales para el año 1990, replicamos el trabajo de Limao y Venables (2001) y encontramos que el efecto de su ´índice de infraestructura sobre los costos de transporte no es robusto. Siguiendo a Micco (2004) y Micco y Serebrinzky (2005) calculamos dos ´índices alternativos de infraestructura. Utilizando estos ´índices encontramos que aparte de la distancia, la infraestructura, la estabilidad política, las relaciones bilaterales comunes y los acuerdos de cielos abiertos son otros importantes canales mediante los cuales los costos de transporte pueden reducirse.

By different paths to common outcomes.

Trata de los niños y de los primeros años de escolaridad. Los maestros en el transcurso de sus clases sienten varias preocupaciones :la conciencia de la enseñanza de la lectura y la escritura antes y después de la transición a la escuela, el poder de la escritura en una edad temprana y la conversación como una herramienta para mejorar la enseñanza. Se establecen conexiones recíprocas entre cómo un tipo de aprendizaje apoya al otro, es decir, entre el lenguaje oral y la escritura, entre la escritura y la lectura.

Practical intelligence : the art and science of common sense.

El autor se basa en las inteligencias múltiples para explicar cómo la inteligencia práctica es una habilidad clave de la vida y ofrece una estructura conceptual para definir y describir el sentido común. Expone cómo las personas con inteligencia práctica pueden emplear los conocimientos lingüísticos para adoptar hábitos de lenguaje semánticamente buenos, tomar decisiones mejores, pensar en términos de opciones y posibilidades, aceptar la ambigüedad y la complejidad, articular problemas con claridad y trabajar a través de soluciones. Muestra que las habilidades de inteligencia práctica se pueden mejorar con la educación y el entrenamiento adecuado y desafía a todos para mejorar sus destrezas y ayudar a otros a desarrollar sus propias capacidades de inteligencia práctica.

Children's errors in mathematics : understanding common misconceptions in primary schools.

Manual diseñado para ayudar a los profesores de primaria a identificar en los niños sus conceptos erróneos en matemáticas. Considera tres perspectivas diferentes: el nivel del plan de estudios, el nivel del aula y el nivel de cada alumno. La comprensión de cómo los niños construyen su conocimiento matemático y los errores que cometen, permite identificar y explicar por qué ocurre el error. También permite adelantarse a conceptos erróneos habituales y a planificar las lecciones. Tiene un índice con referencias cruzadas para el programa nacional británico.

Assessing student learning : a common sense guide.

Ante la creciente demanda de mejora y responsabilidad educativa en las instituciones de enseñanza, el libro ofrece, a profesores universitarios y administradores, una guía práctica para la evaluación del aprendizaje de los alumnos en sus instituciones. Contiene temas clave como la promoción de una cultura de evaluación, características de una buena evaluación, destinatarios de la evaluación, organización y coordinación, actitudes y valores a evaluar, establecimiento de estándares y parámetros, y uso de los resultados para la mejora de la enseñanza, el aprendizaje, la planificación y la toma de decisiones.

Mathematics education in Europe : common challenges and national policies

Resumen basado en el de la publicaci??n

The Use of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages to Evaluate Compositions in the English Exam Section of the University Admission Examination. 'El uso del Marco Com??n Europeo de Referencia para las Lenguas para evaluar las redacciones en la secci??n de ingl??s de la Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad'

Monogr??fico con el t??tulo: 'Nuevas perspectivas en la secci??n de idiomas de la Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad'. Resumen basado en el de la publicaci??n

An automatic correction tool for relational database schemas

A Web-based tool developed to automatically correct relational database schemas is presented. This tool has been integrated into a more general e-learning platform and is used to reinforce teaching and learning on database courses. This platform assigns to each student a set of database problems selected from a common repository. The student has to design a relational database schema and enter it into the system through a user friendly interface specifically designed for it. The correction tool corrects the design and shows detected errors. The student has the chance to correct them and send a new solution. These steps can be repeated as many times as required until a correct solution is obtained. Currently, this system is being used in different introductory database courses at the University of Girona with very promising results

Common errors made by clinic patients responding to the W-22 and NU-6 word lists

This paper presents a study of common errors made during speech discrimination testing.