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Polyglot Medicine Knowledge Graph

The Polyglot Medicine Knowledge Graph system is launched: https://kgraph.sg/polyglot.  This is a project to develop a database of Asian traditional and herbal medicines. Current database coverage is mainly on Chinese traditional medicines, expanding to Malay and Southeast Asian traditional medicines. The knowledge graph currently links the medicine names in the original and English languages, to alternative names and scientific names, to plant/animal parts they are made from, to literary and historical sources they were mentioned in, to geographic areas they were associated with, and to external database records with information on them. There are plans to link the medicines to pharmacological information later....
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Article: Information and argument patterns in the Introduction sections of sociology research papers

Cheng, W.-N., & Khoo, C.S.G. Khoo. (2022). Information and argument patterns in the Introduction sections of sociology research papers. Iberica, 44 (December), 127-154. https://doi.org/10.17398/2340-2784.44.127 Abstract. This study analyzed the information-argument structure of the Introduction sections of sociology research papers, to identify differences across three types of sociology research: Investigative research, Development and Evaluation research, and Descriptive research. The information-argument analysis framework bears some resemblance to rhetorical structure frameworks following Swales’ CARS model, but focuses on the argumentative aspect of text and how information is used to support argument claims. The coding scheme specifies information types, subdivided into those that imply an argument claim and those that play the role of argument support. Seventy papers were sampled from ten sociology journals for analysis. Sequential association rule mining was used to identify sequential information-argument patterns. The study identified significant differences in information-argument profile across the three types of research papers, as...
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Article: Information structures in sociology research papers: Modeling cause–effect and comparison relations in research objective and result statements

Cheng, W.-N., & Khoo, C.S.G. (2021). Information structures in sociology research papers: Modeling cause–effect and comparison relations in research objective and result statements. Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, 72(11), 1367-1385. Abstract. When writing a research paper, the author has to select information to include in the paper to support various arguments. The information has to be organized and synthesized into a coherent whole through relationships and information structures. There is hardly any research on the information structure of research papers, and how information structure supports rhetorical and argument structures. Thus, this study is focused on information organization in the Abstract and Introduction sections of sociology research papers, analyzing the information structure of research objective, question, hypothesis, and result statements. The study is limited to research papers reporting research that investigated cause–effect relations between two concepts. Two semantic frames were developed to specify the types of...
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Explore a Zubir Said Knowledge Graph & Visualization

Version 1 launched in July 2021: https://ZubirSaid.sg The project seeks to develop a knowledge graph and visualization interface for the Zubir Said digital archive collection – as an example of applying knowledge graph technologies to digital heritage/archive content. Zubir Said was the composer of the Singapore national anthem and a pioneer songwriter in Singapore. The knowledge graph represents materials and content in Zubir Said’s personal archive as a network of concepts to support visualization, associative browsing, and research. Starting with a Musical Work (e.g., Majulah Singapura), compare different versions and arrangements (Music Score), check out different Performances, and view the related Item (audio/video/image/PDF file). Browse a social network of people with links to Zubir Said. Or Browse by genre – photos, letters, speeches, documents, commentary, news, documentaries. A text-based browse interface is also available....
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Explore a Knowledge Graph and Social Network of Singapore Pioneers

Version 1 launched in Dec 2021: https://SingPioneers.sg The project sought to explore the social networks of selected pioneers in post-war Singapore, using Singapore Infopedia, the National Library Board’s electronic encyclopedia on Singapore, to map the characteristics of pioneers including relationship types (e.g., kinship, business, industry, cultural, etc.) and entities (e.g., schools, organisations, activities, and places) that mediate these relationships. Version 1 of the system features 20 SingPioneers with a handcrafted knowledge graph. Work is ongoing to develop an automatic information extraction program to extract information from over 400 biographies to populate the knowledge graph and social network. Based on research by Ng Siam Gek as a National Library Digital Fellow with the National Library Board, Singapore, in collaboration with Chris Khoo (Nanyang Technological University)....
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Information-Argument-Rhetorical Structure Framework for discourse analysis of research papers

XML tagging resources for discourse analysis of research papers using the Information-Argument-Rhetorical Structure framework is available for download from DR-NTU (Data) (the data repository of the Nanyang Technological University) . The Information-Argument-Rhetorical Structure framework specifies 3 layers of discourse analysis: Information structure analysis: a tag indicates a semantic role in one of the semantic frames (e.g. Research-relation frame, Comparison frame, etc.). Argument structure analysis: a tag indicates a type of argument claim, or type of argument support/premise. Rhetorical structure analysis: a tag indicates a rhetorical function, modeled after Swale’s (1990) Creating a Research Space (CARS) model The framework was derived from an analysis of the Abstract, Introduction and Literature Review sections of 30 sociology, mechanical engineering and bioscience research papers (10 each). The framework was applied to an additional 100 sociology research papers, and refined. Further work on mechanical engineering and bioscience papers are planned. A major step in...
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Workshop on Ontology & Rich Semantics (RICH 2019)

Call for proposals — submission deadline 23 Sep 2019 Workshop on Ontology and Rich Semantics (RICH 2019): Exploiting Knowledge Graphs Pre-conference workshop of A-LIEP/ICADL 2019 conferences (https://fim.uitm.edu.my/conf2019/) Date of event: Monday, 4 Nov 2019, 2pm-6pm Venue: TTDI (Taman Tun Dr Ismail) Library, Jalan Athinahapan TTDI, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Location on Google Maps: https://www.google.com.sg/maps/place/Pustaka+KL+@+TTDI/@3.1469045,101.6213235,16.75z Organisers: Dr Chris Khoo & Dr Robert B Allen Target audience: academics, researchers, graduate students, librarians and knowledge organization professionals–who are doing research and professional work related to knowledge organization, ontology and metadata. Deadline for presentation proposals: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 Description: Explicit rich representations of domain knowledge, models, processes, historical development, and argumentation are important to support e-science, e-social science and digital humanities research. Ontologies define concept hierarchies and identify important types of relations between concepts as well as entities of interest. However, to support e-research as well as real applications, ontologies need to...
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Workshop on Ontology & Rich Semantics (RICH 2018)

Workshop on Ontology and Rich Semantics: Frameworks and Application Date of event: Mon, 26th Nov. 2018, 9:30am to 4:00pm Venue: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Organisers: Dr Chris Khoo, Dr Robert B Allen, & Dr Shigeo Sugimoto For more information: see blog page, or Facebook event . Description: Explicit rich representations of domain knowledge, models, processes, historical development, and argumentation are important to support e-science, e-social science and digital humanities research. Ontologies define concept hierarchies and identify important types of relations between concepts as well as entities of interest. However, to support e-research as well as real applications, ontologies need to go beyond simple semantics to include representation of complex structures and systems, dynamic models and processes, flow of temporal events, as well as discourse structure, evolution of knowledge, argumentation and information across types of documents and media. This workshop will explore frameworks...
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Article: Relevance criteria for health information on a health discussion forum: An analysis of user eye movements

Pian, W., Khoo, C.S.G., & Chang, Y.K. (2016). The criteria people use in relevance decisions on health information: An analysis of user eye movements when browsing a health discussion forum. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18(6):e136. (Available at: http://www.jmir.org/2016/6/e136/) Abstract Background: People are increasingly accessing health-related social media sites, such as health discussion forums, to post and read user-generated health information. It is important to know what criteria people use when deciding the relevance of information found on health social media websites, in different situations. Objective: The study attempted to identify the relevance criteria that people use when browsing a health discussion forum, in 3 types of use contexts: when seeking information for their own health issue, when seeking for other people’s health issue, and when browsing without a particular health issue in mind. Method: A total of 58 study participants were self-assigned to 1 of the 3 information...
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Symposium on Academic Writing, Reading & Thinking

Symposium on Teaching & Research on Academic Writing, Reading & Thinking Date of event: Fri, 29th Sep. 2017 Venue: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Organisers: Dr Chris Khoo & Dr Sujata Kathpalia, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore For more information: see blog page, or Facebook event . Description: Academic writing encompasses all the types of discursive writing that undergraduate and graduate students engage in to satisfy academic requirements at tertiary education institutions. It includes writing essays, literature surveys, research reports and theses. Academic writing also covers writing of research and scholarly papers for journal and conference publications by faculty and PhD students. Academic writing is difficult for students to learn and do well, and difficult for teachers to teach. Thinking is inseparably intertwined with writing. Not only do different subtypes of academic writing require different kinds of thinking, the different sections of a research report require different kinds of thinking and writing...
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