Abstract Social media moves fast, but nowhere is it faster than on Twitter. Tweets may be short,but the Twitter community is large the platform has 320 million monthly active users. De-tecting which tweets are related to events and classifying them into categories is a challengingtask due to the peculiarities of Twitter language and to the lack of contextual information. Thecapability to understand and analyze the […]

The painting The Bay of Marseilles, Seen from L’Estaque (1885), by Paul Cezanne is displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago Illinois. This two dimensional, oil on canvas is measured at 80. 2 X 100. 6cm. It is apart of a series of paintings that depict a bay in Marseille, a small village in the south of France. Using a high vantage point Cezanne positions […]

Politics, Philosophy and Economics intertwine to act as major global driving forces. Due to the interactions between the three, exemplified in tax cuts leading to greater inequality in the US, I am deeply interested in studying these combined disciplines at a higher level. Inequality was an issue I encountered when visiting India and witnessing its devastating effects. To begin to understand its economic underpinnings, I […]

The uses of psychometric assessments have grown rapidly over the last 15 years, with great focus on employee selection and development. However, the scientist-practitioner divide had raised different perspectives on the usefulness of such assessments in employee development. The scientists proposed that psychological constructs are unquantifiable and any attempt to measure them is fraught. On the contrary, the practitioner suggests that anything that adds value […]

Alarm and CCTV cameras can cover specific locations, but they cannot provide you with complete security. To get complete safety and security measures for your business and residential area, start by installing a strong roller shutter. These blinds are mostly available in stainless steel, aluminum, coarse metal and alloy. Therefore, you can easily customize these blinds to your needs, and you can install these shutters […]

This research is a combination of exploration and application. First, it is an exploration because there hasn’t been a lot of studies on how the effects of having interventions with the children at the emergency departments. Second, it is an application because the researchers are implementing a mentor for the children with schedule visits and help from a health educator to test if the findings […]

Rosca’s are locally organized groups that meet at regular intervals; at each meeting members contribute funds that are given in turn to one or more of the members. Once every participant has received funds, the Rosca can disband or begin another round Besley, Coate and Loury (1993). In joining a Rosca, an individual agrees to a schedule of periodic payments in return for which she […]

As individuals we show a progression of masks to others in acting roles, controlling others and arranging how we appear. We try to place ourselves in the best light possible while interacting with others. People pay a good sum of money to alter their looks in order to portray a different side of their “self”. The sign that I chose was from MAC, a cosmetics […]

When you think the Scottish Ballet, you don’t tend to think “Scaffolding”. However, Check It Group & Scottish Ballet have more similarities than anyone would first think. A scaffolding company partnering with a ballet organisation seems like an unlikely pair, however, the relationship the two parties has blossomed ever since. In 2016, Check It was highlighted as a potential sponsor for the ballet, and after […]

In modern times the word pirate has a glorified image due to Disney and a negative connotation but piracy has not always been looked down upon. Piracy is defined as “attacking ships at sea without legal permission to do so”(Lecture 8/21). Piracy has affected nearly every ocean-exploring nation in the world for thousands of years. Throughout the ancient and medieval times ‘piracy’ has had different […]