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Database and Expert Systems Applications: 33rd International Conference, DEXA 2022, Vienna, Austria, August 22–24, 2022, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13427)
by Christine Strauss Alfredo Cuzzocrea Gabriele Kotsis A Min Tjoa Ismail KhalilThis two-volume set, LNCS 13426 and 13427, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2022, held in Vienna in August 2022.The 43 full papers presented together with 20 short papers in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 120 submissions. The papers are organized around the following topics: Big Data Management and Analytics, Consistency, Integrity, Quality of Data, Constraint Modelling and Processing, Database Federation and Integration, Interoperability, Multi-Databases, Data and Information Semantics, Data Integration, Metadata Management, and Interoperability, Data Structures and much more.
Database Computing for Scholarly Research: Case Studies Using the Online Cultural and Historical Research Environment (Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
by Sandra R. Schloen Miller C. ProsserThis book discusses in detail a series of examples drawn from scholarly projects that use the OCHRE database platform (Online Cultural and Historical Research Environment). These case studies illustrate the wide range of data that can be managed with this platform and the wide variety of problems solved by OCHRE’s item-based graph data model. The unique features and design principles of the OCHRE platform are explained and justified, helping readers to imagine how the system could be used for their own data.Data generated by studies in the humanities and social sciences is often semi-structured, fragmented, highly variable, and subject to many interpretations, making it difficult to represent adequately in a conventional database. The authors examine commonly used methods of data management in the humanities and offer a compelling argument for a different approach that takes advantage of powerful computational techniques for organizing scholarly information.This book is a challenge to scholars in the humanities and social sciences, asking them to expect more from technology as they pursue their research goals. Written jointly by a software engineer and a research scholar, each with many years of experience in applying database methods to diverse kinds of scholarly data, it shows how scholars can make the most of their existing data while going beyond the limitations of commonly used software tools to represent their objects of study in a more accurate, nuanced, and flexible way.
Database Nation
by Simson GarfinkelFifty years ago, in 1984, George Orwell imagined a future in which privacy was demolished by a totalitarian state that used spies, video surveillance, historical revisionism, and control over the media to maintain its power. Those who worry about personal privacy and identity--especially in this day of technologies that encroach upon these rights--still use Orwell's "Big Brother" language to discuss privacy issues. But the reality is that the age of a monolithic Big Brother is over. And yet the threats are perhaps even more likely to destroy the rights we've assumed were ours. Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century shows how, in these early years of the 21st century, advances in technology endanger our privacy in ways never before imagined. Direct marketers and retailers track our every purchase; surveillance cameras observe our movements; mobile phones will soon report our location to those who want to track us; government eavesdroppers listen in on private communications; misused medical records turn our bodies and our histories against us; and linked databases assemble detailed consumer profiles used to predict and influence our behavior. Privacy--the most basic of our civil rights--is in grave peril. Simson Garfinkel--journalist, entrepreneur, and international authority on computer security--has devoted his career to testing new technologies and warning about their implications. This newly revised update of the popular hardcover edition of Database Nation is his compelling account of how invasive technologies will affect our lives in the coming years. It's a timely, far-reaching, entertaining, and thought-provoking look at the serious threats to privacy facing us today. The book poses a disturbing question: how can we protect our basic rights to privacy, identity, and autonomy when technology is making invasion and control easier than ever before? Garfinkel's captivating blend of journalism, storytelling, and futurism is a call to arms. It will frighten, entertain, and ultimately convince us that we must take action now to protect our privacy and identity before it's too late.
Database Systems for Advanced Applications: 26th International Conference, DASFAA 2021, Taipei, Taiwan, April 11–14, 2021, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12681)
by Christian S. Jensen Ee-Peng Lim De-Nian Yang Wang-Chien Lee Vincent S. Tseng Vana Kalogeraki Jen-Wei Huang Chih-Ya ShenThe three-volume set LNCS 12681-12683 constitutes the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2021, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in April 2021. The total of 156 papers presented in this three-volume set was carefully reviewed and selected from 490 submissions. The topic areas for the selected papers include information retrieval, search and recommendation techniques; RDF, knowledge graphs, semantic web, and knowledge management; and spatial, temporal, sequence, and streaming data management, while the dominant keywords are network, recommendation, graph, learning, and model. These topic areas and keywords shed the light on the direction where the research in DASFAA is moving towards. Due to the Corona pandemic this event was held virtually.
Database Systems for Advanced Applications: 26th International Conference, DASFAA 2021, Taipei, Taiwan, April 11–14, 2021, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12682)
by Ee-Peng Lim Vincent S. Tseng Christian S. Jensen De-Nian Yang Jen-Wei Huang Chih-Ya Shen Wang-Chien Lee Vana KalogerakiThe three-volume set LNCS 12681-12683 constitutes the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2021, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in April 2021. The total of 156 papers presented in this three-volume set was carefully reviewed and selected from 490 submissions. The topic areas for the selected papers include information retrieval, search and recommendation techniques; RDF, knowledge graphs, semantic web, and knowledge management; and spatial, temporal, sequence, and streaming data management, while the dominant keywords are network, recommendation, graph, learning, and model. These topic areas and keywords shed the light on the direction where the research in DASFAA is moving towards. Due to the Corona pandemic this event was held virtually.
Database Systems for Advanced Applications: 28th International Conference, DASFAA 2023, Tianjin, China, April 17–20, 2023, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13943)
by Xin Wang Maria Luisa Sapino Wook-Shin Han Amr El Abbadi Gill Dobbie Zhiyong Feng Yingxiao Shao Hongzhi YinThe four-volume set LNCS 13943, 13944, 13945 and 13946 constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2023, held in April 2023 in Tianjin, China.The total of 125 full papers, along with 66 short papers, are presented together in this four-volume set was carefully reviewed and selected from 652 submissions. Additionally, 15 industrial papers, 15 demo papers and 4 PhD consortium papers are included. The conference presents papers on subjects such as model, graph, learning, performance, knowledge, time, recommendation, representation, attention, prediction, and network.
Database Systems for Advanced Applications: 28th International Conference, DASFAA 2023, Tianjin, China, April 17–20, 2023, Proceedings, Part III (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13945)
by Xin Wang Maria Luisa Sapino Wook-Shin Han Amr El Abbadi Gill Dobbie Zhiyong Feng Yingxiao Shao Hongzhi YinThe four-volume set LNCS 13943, 13944, 13945 and 13946 constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2023, held in April 2023 in Tianjin, China.The total of 125 full papers, along with 66 short papers, are presented together in this four-volume set was carefully reviewed and selected from 652 submissions. Additionally, 15 industrial papers, 15 demo papers and 4 PhD consortium papers are included. The conference presents papers on subjects such as model, graph, learning, performance, knowledge, time, recommendation, representation, attention, prediction, and network.
Databases and Information Systems: 14th International Baltic Conference, DB&IS 2020, Tallinn, Estonia, June 16–19, 2020, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1243)
by Raimundas Matulevičius Tarmo Robal Hele-Mai Haav Jaan PenjamThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Baltic Conference on Databases and Information Systems, DB&IS 2020, held in Tallinn, Estonia, in June 2020.*The 22 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. The papers are centered around topics like architectures and quality of information systems, artificial intelligence in information systems, data and knowledge engineering, enterprise and information systems engineering, security of information systems.*The conference was held virtully due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Databases Theory and Applications: 32nd Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2021, Dunedin, New Zealand, January 29 – February 5, 2021, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12610)
by Miao Qiao Gottfried Vossen Sen Wang Lei LiThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 32nd Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2021, held in Dunedin, New Zealand, in January/February 2021. The 17 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. The Australasian Database Conference is an annual international forum for sharing the latest research advancements and novel applications of database systems, data-driven applications, and data analytics between researchers and practitioners from around the globe, particularly Australia and New Zealand. ADC shares novel research solutions to problems of todays information society that fullfil the needs of heterogeneous applications and environments and to identify new issues and directions for future research and development work.
Datacloud: Toward a New Theory of Online Work
by Johndan Johnson-EilolaThis book offers new dimensions in Computers and Composition. It expands on: The Changing Shapes of Computer Spaces; Tendential Forces; Changing Articulations of Interface Design; and Interface Overflow.
Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves
by Christian RudderAn audacious, irreverent investigation of human behavior--and a first look at a revolution in the making Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don't need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly are. For centuries, we've relied on polling or small-scale lab experiments to study human behavior. Today, a new approach is possible. As we live more of our lives online, researchers can finally observe us directly, in vast numbers, and without filters. Data scientists have become the new demographers. In this daring and original book, Rudder explains how Facebook "likes" can predict, with surprising accuracy, a person's sexual orientation and even intelligence; how attractive women receive exponentially more interview requests; and why you must have haters to be hot. He charts the rise and fall of America's most reviled word through Google Search and examines the new dynamics of collaborative rage on Twitter. He shows how people express themselves, both privately and publicly. What is the least Asian thing you can say? Do people bathe more in Vermont or New Jersey? What do black women think about Simon & Garfunkel? (Hint: they don't think about Simon & Garfunkel.) Rudder also traces human migration over time, showing how groups of people move from certain small towns to the same big cities across the globe. And he grapples with the challenge of maintaining privacy in a world where these explorations are possible. Visually arresting and full of wit and insight, Dataclysm is a new way of seeing ourselves--a brilliant alchemy, in which math is made human and numbers become the narrative of our time.From the Hardcover edition.
Dataclysm
by Christian RudderProvocative, illuminating, and visually arresting, Dataclysm is a portrait of how big data reveals our essential selves--and a first look at a revolution in the making. What is the secret to a stable marriage? How many gay people are still in the closet? Do we truly live in a postracial society? Has Twitter made us dumber? These are just a few of the questions Christian Rudder answers in Dataclysm, a smart, funny, irreverent look at how we act when we think no one's looking. For centuries we've relied on polling or small-scale lab experiments to study human behavior. Today a new approach is possible. As we live more of our lives online, researchers can finally observe us directly, in vast numbers and without filters. Data scientists can quantify the formerly unquantifiable and show with unprecedented precision how we fight, how we age, how we love, and how we change. Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we don't need. InDataclysm, Rudder uses it to show us who we are as people. He reveals how Facebook "likes" can predict, with surprising accuracy, a person's sexual orientation and even intelligence; how attractive women receive exponentially more job interview requests; and why you have to have haters to be hot. He charts the rise and fall of America's most reviled word through Google Search and examines the new dynamics of collaborative rage on Twitter. He shows how people express themselves, both privately and publicly. What is the least Asian thing you can say? Do people bathe more in Vermont or New Jersey? What do black women think about Simon & Garfunkel? Hint: They don't think about Simon & Garfunkel. Rudder also tracks human migration in real time, showing how groups of people move from certain small towns to the same big cities across the globe. And he grapples with the challenge of maintaining privacy in a world where these explorations are possible.
Date Rape and Consent (Routledge Revivals)
by Mark CowlingFirst publisghed in 1998, this book Mark Cowling attempts to make sense of this massive discrepancy, much of which is now based on how 'date rape' is understood. After a review of the way rape is dealt with in Britain he examines the survey evidence. One major issue he identifies is that of the boundary between rape and normal sex. Arguing this cannot be sharply defined he uses philosophical techniques to look at the issues involved, particularly those of communicative sexuality and of the imbalance of power between men and women. The implications for philosophy, the law and psychological research are considered.
Dateline Havana: The Real Story of Us Policy and the Future of Cuba
by Stephen Kinzer Reese ErlichExpertly researched and deftly reported, Dateline Havana is a probing exposé of U.S. policy and the future of Cuba on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Covering art, music, and Cuban politics, Reese Erlich creates a tableau that is at once moving and informative.
Datenqualität in Stichprobenerhebungen: Eine verständnisorientierte Einführung in Stichprobenverfahren und verwandte Themen (Statistik und ihre Anwendungen)
by Andreas QuatemberDas Buch bietet eine verständnis- und anwendungsorientierte Einführung in verschiedene Stichprobendesigns, bestehend aus Auswahlverfahren und Schätzmethodik. Das Methodenverständnis wird unterstützt durch einfach nachvollziehbare und gerade dadurch besonders förderliche Beispiele. Dabei werden auch andere praxisrelevante Aspekte, welche sich auf die Qualität der gezogenen Schlussfolgerungen auswirken, nicht ausgeklammert: Behandelt werden unter anderem die Nonresponse-Thematik sowie die Anwendung von nichtzufälligen Auswahltechniken wie dem Quotenverfahren.
Datenqualität in Stichprobenerhebungen: Eine verständnisorientierte Einführung in die Survey-Statistik (Statistik und ihre Anwendungen)
by Andreas QuatemberDieses Buch beschäftigt sich mit den praktischen Fragestellungen statistischer Erhebungen (= Surveys) wie sie sich etwa in der empirischen akademischen Forschung, der offiziellen Statistik oder der kommerziellen Markt- und Meinungsforschung stellen:Wodurch unterscheiden sich verschiedene Stichprobendesigns?Wie sind sie praktisch umzusetzen (z. B. mit der Statistik-Freeware R)?Wie lassen sich die Daten- und die Ergebnisqualität beeinflussen?Wie kompensiert man Nonresponse? Wie können nichtzufällige Stichprobenverfahren und Big Data-Analysen im Zusammenhang mit den Aufgaben der Survey-Statistik funktionieren? Die Vermittlung des Methodenverständnisses wird unterstützt durch die verständnisorientierte Veranschaulichung der Basisideen. Diese Anschaulichkeit wird durch einfache und daher gut nachvollziehbare Beispiele gestützt. Für die vorliegende 3. Auflage wurde das Buch vollständig überarbeitet und inhaltlich unter anderem um die Betrachtung des Spannungsfeldes zwischen Survey-Theorie und -Praxis, die Grundlagen des Simulationsansatzes der Survey-Statistik und eine Auseinandersetzung mit den sich zunehmender Beliebtheit erfreuenden nichtzufälligen Stichprobenverfahren (inklusive den damit verwandten Big Data-Generierungsprozessen) erweitert. Jedes Kapitel wird zudem durch Aufgabenstellungen ergänzt, deren Umsetzung mit der Software R angeleitet wird.
The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era of Online Romance
by Celeste Vaughan Curington Jennifer Hickes Lundquist Ken-Hou LinThe data behind a distinct form of racism in online datingThe Dating Divide is the first comprehensive look at "digital-sexual racism," a distinct form of racism that is mediated and amplified through the impersonal and anonymous context of online dating. Drawing on large-scale behavioral data from a mainstream dating website, extensive archival research, and more than seventy-five in-depth interviews with daters of diverse racial backgrounds and sexual identities, Curington, Lundquist, and Lin illustrate how the seemingly open space of the internet interacts with the loss of social inhibition in cyberspace contexts, fostering openly expressed forms of sexual racism that are rarely exposed in face-to-face encounters. The Dating Divide is a fascinating look at how a contemporary conflux of individualization, consumerism, and the proliferation of digital technologies has given rise to a unique form of gendered racism in the era of swiping right—or left.The internet is often heralded as an equalizer, a seemingly level playing field, but the digital world also acts as an extension of and platform for the insidious prejudices and divisive impulses that affect social politics in the "real" world. Shedding light on how every click, swipe, or message can be linked to the history of racism and courtship in the United States, this compelling study uses data to show the racial biases at play in digital dating spaces.
Dating, Mating, and Marriage
by Martin King WhyteThis book examines the American system of dating, mate choice, and marriage. It analyzes a wide range of established ideas about how dating and mate choice are changing, and identifies changes and continuities in premarital experiences in twentieth century America. A variety of ideas about what sorts of dating and premarital experiences will make for a successful marriage are tested and for the most part disproven, raising serious doubts about our fundamental assumption that dating experience helps individuals make a "wise" choice for a future mate. Marital success turns out to depend not so much on premarital experiences or on the social background characteristics of couples (such as race, religion, and social class) as on the way in which couples structure their day-to-day marital life together. Through its detailed examination of a wide range of ideas and predictions about dating, mating, and marriage, and through its dramatic findings, Dating, Mating, and Marriage challenges many previous assumptions and conclusions about the fate of American marriage and elevates our knowledge of the American system of mate choice to a higher level.
The Dating Race
by Stacy KravetzA report from the front lines of the dating world-Stacy Kravetz goes undercover in search of the soul of love. With the abundance of dating strategies, technologies, and services available on the market today, is it any easier to find love? In this hilarious and heart-warming book, Stacy Kravetz samples the merchandise and discovers that-impressive technological advances aside-the search for true love is never simple. From "lock and key" parties, where men try their keys in women's locks until-well, you get the picture-to "date doctors," who, for a fee, will evaluate your techniques and tell you where your sales pitch is going wrong, Kravetz takes readers on a fascinating tour of the world of twenty-first-century romance. Drawing on interviews with a host of men and women currently grappling with finding a mate, as well as her own experiences out in the playing field, Kravetz explores what our dating lives reveal about us and our culture. And all the while, she vividly captures how-though the landscape of love is forever changing -the human heart remains a wildly mysterious thing.
The Dating Race
by Stacy KravetzWith the abundance of dating strategies, technologies, and services available on the market today, is it any easier to find love? In this hilarious and heart-warming book, Stacy Kravetz samples the merchandise and discovers that--impressive technological advances aside--the search for true love is never simple. From "lock and key" parties, where men try their keys in women's locks until--well, you get the picture--to "date doctors," who, for a fee, will evaluate your techniques and tell you where your sales pitch is going wrong, Kravetz takes readers on a fascinating tour of the world of twenty-first-century romance. Drawing on interviews with a host of men and women currently grappling with finding a mate, as well as her own experiences out in the playing field, Kravetz explores what our dating lives reveal about us and our culture. And all the while, she vividly captures how--though the landscape of love is forever changing--the human heart remains a wildly mysterious thing.
Daughter of Good Fortune: A Twentieth-Century Chinese Peasant Memoir
by Chen Huiqin Shehong Chen Delia DavinDaughter of Good Fortune tells the story of Chen Huiqin and her family through the tumultuous 20th century in China. She witnessed the Japanese occupation during World War II, the Communist Revolution in 1949 and its ensuing Land Reform, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Reform Era. Chen was born into a subsistence farming family, became a factory worker, and lived through her village s relocation to make way for economic development. Her family s story of urbanization is representative of hundreds of millions of rural Chinese.
DAUGHTERS ARE DIAMONDS
by Shafinaaz HassimDaughters are Diamonds is a ground breaking treatise on the objectification of women in honour-bound sectors of society. As a study, it sets out to define these questions: How are the opportunities, challenges and obstacles facing South African Indian Muslim women within the family, perceived and experienced by the individual? To what extent, if at all, does traditionalist culture create/influence a gap between opportunity and achievement for South African Indian Muslim women? The statement that "women are diamonds" is often used by Indian Muslim traditionalists to justify the abject seclusion of women. In this view, that which is valuable should be hidden in safekeeping. The metaphor of the diamond is used to illustrate the objectification of daughters borne of honour-bound societies, and the limits put to the administration of their lives, in keeping with the code of honour. This study is a comment on the notion that, in keeping with this honour code, there is a fine line between maintaining the dignity of a people and infringing on the rights of the individual. It also asks whether women are able to carve out a space for themselves within which a fully reflexive life may be lived in spite of the restrictions placed on them.
Daughters Healing from Family Mobbing: Stories and Approaches to Recover from Shunning, Aggression, and Family Violence
by STEPHANIE A. SELLERS, PHDA galvanizing call to end family-based anti-female violence, shaming, and shunning--stories and practices for healing from Family Mobbing.&“Family Mobbing&” is a strategic process of power and control. When daughters are mobbed, they&’re not just shunned, attacked, or slandered: they&’re also subjugated by a system of family rules that reinforces patriarchal oppression. What makes mobbing so insidious--and so under-reported--is that here, family itself is the site of violence, trauma, and shame.Family violence against girls and women is still legal--even in America, and even now. Across cultures, girls and women may be shunned or shamed, emotionally mistreated, or physically attacked by their families to maintain status, social conventions, and the family&’s own standing within their community. Family Mobbing tactics can include slander, gossip, rejection, beatings, anti-Queer violence, and even honor killings, child marriages, and forced abortion.Author Stephanie Sellers--herself a survivor--explores the global phenomenon of Family Mobbing, revealing the secrets and patterns that play out behind closed doors and remain unseen, unacknowledged, and unaddressed. She discusses:Why families and communities alienate members of their groupsWhy women, girls, and LGBTQIA2S+ people are at higher risk of mobbingThe ramifications of raising daughters to be submissiveHow (and why) mothers and grandmothers perpetuate cycles of Family Mobbing against their daughtersHow to move on after being mobbed, shunned, or shamedFirsthand accounts from people all over the world who were mobbed by their familiesHow different religious worldviews inform the practice and perpetuation of Family MobbingSellers offers stories, definitions, and solutions to help women, girls, and people of all genders who have been mobbed by their families. She remembers and honors vast, ancient traditions that recognize female sanctity and personhood as paths forward to healing, with a focus on the practices and worldviews of Mother-first cultures that can illuminate the path toward honoring, valuing, and respecting daughters.
Daughters of the Declaration: How Women Social Entrepreneurs Built the American Dream
by Claire Gaudiani David Graham BurnettAmericaOCOs founding fathers established an idealistic framework for a bold experiment in democratic governance. The new nation would be built on the belief that oall men are created equal, and are endowed. . . with a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. OCO The challenge of turning these ideals into reality for all citizens was taken up by a set of exceptional American women. Distinguished scholar and civic leader Claire Gaudiani calls these women osocial entrepreneurs, OCO arguing that they brought the same drive and strategic intent to their pursuit of othe greater goodOCO that their male counterparts applied to building the nation's capital markets throughout the nineteenth century. Gaudiani tells the stories of these patriotic women, and their creation of America's unique not-for-profit, or osocial profitOCO sector. She concludes that the idealism and optimism inherent in this work provided an important asset to the increasing prosperity of the nation from its founding to the Second World War. Social entrepreneurs have defined a system of governance oby the people, OCO and they remain our best hope for continued moral leadership in the world.
Daughters of the Dreaming
by Diane BellAward-winning author Diane Bell reveals the importance of womens' roles in Australian Aboriginal desert culture-as maintainers of land, ritual, and culture.