In this research, we deployed an automated fact-checking system (ClaimBuster) on the 2016 presidential primary debates and assessed its performance compared to professional news organizations. In real-time, ClaimBuster scored the statements made by candidates on check-worthiness, the likelihood that the statement contained an important factual claim. Its discrimination compared to professional ...

Using the prism of skin disease, this short letter examines the overall impact that disfigurement can have on sufferers’ lives. Often trivialised by health professionals and laypeople alike, the common misconception that skin disease is not ‘serious’ is challenged. Looking in turn at the overall psychosocial impact and psychiatric co-morbidities, the effects of stigmatisation are examined as we...

We study the impact of information on effectiveness a taking frame in context charitable giving. In our laboratory experiment, either decision maker (giving frame) or recipient (taking receives an endowment. both cases, can freely decide final allocation money. addition to frame, we vary level that provide about worthiness receiving charity. keeping with theoretical prediction, participants don...

In general iris recognition algorithms restrict to extracting distinct features out of preprocessed iris images in order to create user-specific iris-codes, neglecting potential improvements in matching procedures. In this work we propose a new way of matching iris-codes. By exploiting local information of extracted iris-codes a context-based matching is performed. The matching procedure is app...

Despite the climate commitments made by countries in Paris Climate Agreement adopted 2015 and reinforced during COP 21 with notably less success 22, world carbon emissions increased both 2021 2022. It is increasingly unlikely that will achieve targeted 50% reduction 2030, approximately needed for reducing global temperature rise since beginning of Industrial Revolution to than 1.5 deg. C. At sa...

We study how individual banks borrow and lend in the euro unsecured secured interbank market. find that with lower credit worthiness replace borrowing, which is consistent a reduction supply of loans rather than demand for funding. Riskier lenders lending, suggesting take precautionary measures prefer to against safe collateral. Our results highlight importance joint analysis Separate analyses ...

Abstract The crash-worthiness design of civil transport aircraft fuel systems is significance to improve the safety in case a crash. CCAR25.993 (f) requires that “fuel feed line fuselage shall be assembled allow reasonable deformation and tension without leakage”. Fuel system supply with appropriate hose configuration can take advantage ductility material, guillotine test accepted by worldwide ...

objective: multiple sclerosis (ms) has several physical, psychological, and psychiatric symptoms. regarding the psychological impact of ms on aspects of life, this study sought to examine the effect of group quality of life therapy on depression and anxiety in these patients. methods: two groups of 15 matched patients with ms were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups after compl...