Hate speech in the form of racism and sexism is commonplace on the internet (Waseem and Hovy, 2016). For this reason, there has been both an academic and an industry interest in detection of hate speech. The volume of data to be reviewed for creating data sets encourages a use of crowd sourcing for the annotation efforts. In this paper, we provide an examination of the influence of annotator kn...

Michael Schmuker " All models are wrong, but some models are useful. " – George E. P. Box (1979)

Guaranteed Annuity Options (GAOs) are options available to holders of certain pension policies. Under these contracts, policyholders contribute premiums into a fund managed by the insurer. At retirement, the policyholders buy life annuities at a guaranteed rate provided by the original insurer, or annuitize with another insurer. If the guaranteed annuity rates are better than the prevailing rat...

This article assesses insurance uptake in three community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes located in rural parts of two of India's poorest states and offered through women's self-help groups (SHGs). We examine what drives uptake, the degree of inclusive practices of the schemes and the influence of health status on enrolment. The most important finding is that a household's socio-economic...

The civilian airplane is a common transportation mode for the local people in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Due to profound dynamic and thermal effects, QTP can trigger strong windstorms during warm season, which downbursts cause severe low-level wind shear threaten aviation safety. However, study of over has not been given much attention. This analyzes interprets typical traveling dry microburs...