Automatic processing of multiparty interactions is a research domain with important applications in content browsing, summarization and information retrieval. In recent years, several works have been devoted to find regular patterns which speakers exhibit in a multiparty interaction also known as social roles. Most of the research in literature has generally focused on recognition of scenario s...

Background The three papers of this doctoral thesis are based on the social construction of reality through the analysis of communication relating to health issues. We have analysed the contents of parliamentary, institutional, and mass media to uncover whether their communications create, transmit, and perpetuate gender biases and/or stereotypes, which may have an impact on people's health, wi...

background : this research aimed to identify midwifery roles in iran and the world to offer suggestions about desired roles of a midwife in health care service delivery system, considering the goals of national plan for maternal health. methods: this study was conducted using a mixed (triangulation) methodology in 3 steps. first, the roles of a midwife were extracted using documents existed in ...

besides textbooks teach students, prepare them to accept their roles in accordance with their gender characteristics, as it is considered by the authors. this study is intended to represent how women’s social – political roles in both elementary and middle high school textbooks, academic year deal 1391-92. research method is quantitative content analysis based on gender in education between ima...

Millions of people participate in online communities, exchange expertise and ideas, and collaborate to produce complex artifacts, such as Linux and Wikipedia. They engage in a variety of roles, which strongly influence the amount and types of work they do, and how they coordinate their activities. Better understanding members’ roles benefits members by clarifying how they should behave to parti...

Past studies document that Latino familial cultural values (i.e. familism, affiliative obedience and filial obligation) protect against depressive symptoms and promote academic resilience in adolescence. However, some studies suggest that familial cultural values differ across gender, with females reporting greater obligations and fewer freedoms compared to their male counterparts. We examined ...