We report initial results on the relatively novel task of automatic classification of author personality. Using a corpus of personal weblogs, or ‘blogs’, we investigate the accuracy that can be achieved when classifying authors on four important personality traits. We explore both binary and multiple classification, using differing sets of n-gram features. Results are promising for all four tra...

Fast jedes Buch zum Wissensmanagement beginnt mit einer Skizze der ökonomischen Entwicklung (z.B. North 2005; Probst et al. 2006; Hasler Roumois 2007): Diese erstreckt sich von der Landwirtschaft (primärer Sektor) über die Industrialisierung dank technischer Erfindungen (sekundärer Sektor) zum Anstieg des Dienstleistungsbereichs infolge neuer Transport-, Handelsund Kommunikationsformen (tertiär...

Weblogs are a popular means of information communication, where people discuss a variety of topics, and often times also express their opinions on these topics. In this work, we address the problem of analyzing the evolution of community opinions across time, as these are represented in the weblogs. In particular, we are interested in identifying topics and time windows, for which contradictory...

This paper addresses the important aspect of democracy at the local community level and the need for e-democracy tools. Communities require easy to use ways of accessing and sharing information and ideas, responding to consultations and participating in policy formulation. In this paper we focus on Community Councils which are the smallest local tier of the statutory framework of democracy in S...

Based on the current literature from nutrition culture and anthropological studies, there is a potential relationship between behavioral change intervention programs improvement of quality life. The purpose this qualitative research project was to systematically obtain preliminary data, required for developing an that aims reduce depression, anxiety, stress (DAS) levels in people, improve their...