title: A competitive environment for exploratory query expansion

authors: Milne, David N.

subjects: computer science

abstract: Most information workers query digital libraries many times a day. Yet people have little opportunity to hone their skills in a controlled environment, or compare their performance with others in an objective way. Conversely, although search engine logs record how users evolve queries, they lack crucial information about the user's intent. This paper describes an environment for exploratory query expansion that pits users against each other and lets them compete, and practice, in their own time and on their own workstation. The system captures query evolution behavior on predetermined information-seeking tasks. It is publicly available, and the code is open source so that others can set up their own competitive environments.

text: A competitive environment for exploratory query expansion Most information workers query digital libraries many times a day. Yet people have little opportunity to hone their skills in a controlled environment, or compare their performance with others in an objective way. Conversely, although search engine logs record how users evolve queries, they lack crucial information about the user's intent. This paper describes an environment for exploratory query expansion that pits users against each other and lets them compete, and practice, in their own time and on their own workstation. The system captures query evolution behavior on predetermined information-seeking tasks. It is publicly available, and the code is open source so that others can set up their own competitive environments.

year: 2008

title: Examining processes in the relationship between narrative identity  and psychological functioning

authors: Corbett, Monique

subjects: narrative identity

abstract: Theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence support a link between narrative identity and psychological functioning. When examining this relationship, psychological functioning has typically been conceptualised in terms of diagnostic symptoms. As a result, the transdiagnostic psychological processes underpinning the relationship remain largely unexplored. Additionally, recent research proposes that the relationship between narrative identity and psychological functioning may be reciprocal, but research has primarily utilised cross-sectional data or considered characteristics of narrative identity as predisposing factors. The work in this thesis addresses these gaps in the field by examining potential underlying psychological processes and exploring potential reciprocal associations in a sample of young adults. In the first study, a systematic review was conducted to identify transdiagnostic factors either associated with narrative identity or that mediated or moderated its relationship with psychological functioning. The review comprised 11 studies and revealed mixed findings for the support of rumination, overgeneral memory (OGM), emotion dysregulation, and attachment state of mind as transdiagnostic factors that may be uniquely associated with narrative identity or mediate or moderate the relationship between narrative identity and psychological functioning. In the second study, 245 university students were recruited to investigate the mediating and moderating effects of the identified transdiagnostic factors. Findings revealed that rumination and emotion dysregulation, but not OGM, mediated the relationship between lower causal coherence and psychological functioning. Surprisingly, neither attachment state of mind nor memory tone moderated any relationships between narrative identity and psychological functioning. The third study examined associations between narrative identity as measured by causal coherence and psychological processes utilising the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) systems, using the same sample of 245 participants at Time 1 and a returning 88 participants at Time 2 (6 months later). Structural equation modelling revealed concurrent and longitudinal negative associations between difficulties in the negative valence system and causal coherence. Furthermore, lower causal coherence predicted later difficulties in the arousal/regulatory system. However, difficulties in the social processes system showed no such associations. The final study investigated the relationship between identification with psychopathology in turning point narratives and psychopathology symptoms. This study utilised the 245 community young adults from studies two and three, as well as 30 in-patient clinical young adults. A novel coding scheme was developed to tap identification with psychopathology within turning point narratives. Findings revealed that higher identification with psychopathology was associated with higher symptoms of depression, anxiety, BPD, rumination and emotion dysregulation. Multinomial regression analysis revealed that identification with psychopathology predicted an individual belonging to the symptoms or diagnosis group above and beyond measures of psychopathology. Moderation analyses revealed that the interaction between identification with psychopathology and belonging to the community group predicted depression, but not for the symptoms or diagnosis nor the clinical group. Overall, this thesis provides crucial insights into the dynamic relationship between narrative identity and psychological functioning, emphasising the significance of cognitive and emotional processes such as rumination and emotion dysregulation. Furthermore, this thesis introduces identification with psychopathology as a potentially important aspect of narrative identity. Understanding these complex relationships can lead to the development of personalised and targeted interventions with greater responsivity. Future longitudinal research that incorporates a range of narrative identity, transdiagnostic, and psychological functioning variables is recommended.

text: Examining processes in the relationship between narrative identity  and psychological functioning Theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence support a link between narrative identity and psychological functioning. When examining this relationship, psychological functioning has typically been conceptualised in terms of diagnostic symptoms. As a result, the transdiagnostic psychological processes underpinning the relationship remain largely unexplored. Additionally, recent research proposes that the relationship between narrative identity and psychological functioning may be reciprocal, but research has primarily utilised cross-sectional data or considered characteristics of narrative identity as predisposing factors. The work in this thesis addresses these gaps in the field by examining potential underlying psychological processes and exploring potential reciprocal associations in a sample of young adults. In the first study, a systematic review was conducted to identify transdiagnostic factors either associated with narrative identity or that mediated or moderated its relationship with psychological functioning. The review comprised 11 studies and revealed mixed findings for the support of rumination, overgeneral memory (OGM), emotion dysregulation, and attachment state of mind as transdiagnostic factors that may be uniquely associated with narrative identity or mediate or moderate the relationship between narrative identity and psychological functioning. In the second study, 245 university students were recruited to investigate the mediating and moderating effects of the identified transdiagnostic factors. Findings revealed that rumination and emotion dysregulation, but not OGM, mediated the relationship between lower causal coherence and psychological functioning. Surprisingly, neither attachment state of mind nor memory tone moderated any relationships between narrative identity and psychological functioning. The third study examined associations between narrative identity as measured by causal coherence and psychological processes utilising the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) systems, using the same sample of 245 participants at Time 1 and a returning 88 participants at Time 2 (6 months later). Structural equation modelling revealed concurrent and longitudinal negative associations between difficulties in the negative valence system and causal coherence. Furthermore, lower causal coherence predicted later difficulties in the arousal/regulatory system. However, difficulties in the social processes system showed no such associations. The final study investigated the relationship between identification with psychopathology in turning point narratives and psychopathology symptoms. This study utilised the 245 community young adults from studies two and three, as well as 30 in-patient clinical young adults. A novel coding scheme was developed to tap identification with psychopathology within turning point narratives. Findings revealed that higher identification with psychopathology was associated with higher symptoms of depression, anxiety, BPD, rumination and emotion dysregulation. Multinomial regression analysis revealed that identification with psychopathology predicted an individual belonging to the symptoms or diagnosis group above and beyond measures of psychopathology. Moderation analyses revealed that the interaction between identification with psychopathology and belonging to the community group predicted depression, but not for the symptoms or diagnosis nor the clinical group. Overall, this thesis provides crucial insights into the dynamic relationship between narrative identity and psychological functioning, emphasising the significance of cognitive and emotional processes such as rumination and emotion dysregulation. Furthermore, this thesis introduces identification with psychopathology as a potentially important aspect of narrative identity. Understanding these complex relationships can lead to the development of personalised and targeted interventions with greater responsivity. Future longitudinal research that incorporates a range of narrative identity, transdiagnostic, and psychological functioning variables is recommended.

year: 2024-09-09

title: Te kū o te kupu

authors: Raerino, Heddell Robert

subjects: Māori language

abstract: Ko tēnei tuhingaroa, he rangahau hai wherawhera ake i te āhuatanga o te reo Māori, e kiia ana ko tōna oro, me te kū o ngā kupu kōrero o taua reo. Ko te aronga whakaaro o tēnei rangahau, he rapu i tētahi āhuatanga kāore anō kia tirotirohia, kia tuhia rānei mō te reo Māori. Ehara tēnei rangahau i te kaupapa, i te mahi hou. Otirā, kai te whai te kaituhi i ngā rangahau kua oti kē i wētahi tohunga te wānanga mō wētahi atu reo. Ko tā te kaituhi he whai i ngā tauira a te hunga wetewete reo nei, ka uwhi ai ki runga i te reo Māori hai āwhina i ngā tātaritanga ā te kaituhi mō tōna ake reo, arā, te reo Māori.

Kai te upoko tuatahi ka whaia ngā rerenga whakaaro i pūpū ake ai te taitara 'te kū o te kupu' mō tēnei mahi rangahau. Inā ka tirohia i ahu ngā oro o te reo mai i whea e ai ki tā te Māori wānanga. Mai i ngā oro ka puta ko ngā ku o ngā kupu me ngā kupu o ngā rārangi kōrero.

Hai te upoko tuarua ka tirohia ngā kōrero kua tuhia e ngā tohunga wetewete reo e pā ana ki te kaupapa o tēnei tuhingaroa, arā, te kū o te kupu. Ko ngā tirohanga mō te reo ake, arā, i ahu mai i whea, he aha ōna momo whakaata me tōna pakaritanga ka tirohia i roto i te upoko tuatoru.

Mai i ngā momo whakaata o te reo i roto i ngā momo waiata, ka āta tahuri te kaituhi ki te whakawhānui haere i tana wetewete me tāna tūhononga i ngā rerenga me ngā pekanga o te ku o te kupu.

Kai te upoko tuarima ka tirohia ngā whāinga me ngā aronga ā wētahi kaitito
waiata Māori me wētahi kaikōrero i te reo Māori, mō ō rātau māramatanga ki ngā kū me ngā oro o te reo Māori.

Kai te upoko tuaono e whāriki ana wētahi tauira kōrero Māori, hai whakaata i ngā momo orōmāhara, oro ohorere, ororite, kupu whakahuarua me wērā atu tauira whakaahua i ngā kū o te kupu me ngā oro o te reo Māori.

Ko ngā hua o tēnei rangahau, o tēnei tuhingaroa ka kitea i roto i te upoko
tuawhitu. Kōinei te whakakopinga o tēnei mahi.

text: Te kū o te kupu Ko tēnei tuhingaroa, he rangahau hai wherawhera ake i te āhuatanga o te reo Māori, e kiia ana ko tōna oro, me te kū o ngā kupu kōrero o taua reo. Ko te aronga whakaaro o tēnei rangahau, he rapu i tētahi āhuatanga kāore anō kia tirotirohia, kia tuhia rānei mō te reo Māori. Ehara tēnei rangahau i te kaupapa, i te mahi hou. Otirā, kai te whai te kaituhi i ngā rangahau kua oti kē i wētahi tohunga te wānanga mō wētahi atu reo. Ko tā te kaituhi he whai i ngā tauira a te hunga wetewete reo nei, ka uwhi ai ki runga i te reo Māori hai āwhina i ngā tātaritanga ā te kaituhi mō tōna ake reo, arā, te reo Māori.

Kai te upoko tuatahi ka whaia ngā rerenga whakaaro i pūpū ake ai te taitara 'te kū o te kupu' mō tēnei mahi rangahau. Inā ka tirohia i ahu ngā oro o te reo mai i whea e ai ki tā te Māori wānanga. Mai i ngā oro ka puta ko ngā ku o ngā kupu me ngā kupu o ngā rārangi kōrero.

Hai te upoko tuarua ka tirohia ngā kōrero kua tuhia e ngā tohunga wetewete reo e pā ana ki te kaupapa o tēnei tuhingaroa, arā, te kū o te kupu. Ko ngā tirohanga mō te reo ake, arā, i ahu mai i whea, he aha ōna momo whakaata me tōna pakaritanga ka tirohia i roto i te upoko tuatoru.

Mai i ngā momo whakaata o te reo i roto i ngā momo waiata, ka āta tahuri te kaituhi ki te whakawhānui haere i tana wetewete me tāna tūhononga i ngā rerenga me ngā pekanga o te ku o te kupu.

Kai te upoko tuarima ka tirohia ngā whāinga me ngā aronga ā wētahi kaitito
waiata Māori me wētahi kaikōrero i te reo Māori, mō ō rātau māramatanga ki ngā kū me ngā oro o te reo Māori.

Kai te upoko tuaono e whāriki ana wētahi tauira kōrero Māori, hai whakaata i ngā momo orōmāhara, oro ohorere, ororite, kupu whakahuarua me wērā atu tauira whakaahua i ngā kū o te kupu me ngā oro o te reo Māori.

Ko ngā hua o tēnei rangahau, o tēnei tuhingaroa ka kitea i roto i te upoko
tuawhitu. Kōinei te whakakopinga o tēnei mahi.

year: 2000