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Sequence-to-Label Script Identification for Multilingual OCR
We describe a novel line-level script identification method. Previous work repurposed an OCR model generating per-character script codes, counted to obtain line-level script identification. This has two shortcomings.
Baccash, Jonathan +4 more
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Blueprint for a Universal Theory of Learning to Read: The Combinatorial Model
The Reading Tree. Abstract In this essay, I outline some of the essential ingredients of a universal theory of reading acquisition, one that seeks to highlight commonalities while embracing the global diversity of languages, writing systems, and cultures.
David L. Share
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Equity in a pastoral commons : Bayan Mountain, Mongolia : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies [PDF]
Common property regimes (CPRs) have been embraced as a means to achieve sustainable use of resources. However, it is also claimed that these and other forms of communal resource management can allow for equitable access to resources, which is of some ...
Weal, Ri
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‘The non‐dormant beast’: Antisemitism in communities of Russian nationalists on Vkontakte
Abstract The article explores the specifics of Russian antisemitic discourse of recent years using the example of three nationalist communities on Vkontakte, the most popular Russian social networking site, by means of critical discourse analysis. The main strategies they employ to frame the Jews online are stereotyping Jews as ungrateful and greedy ...
Petr Oskolkov +2 more
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Text, time, and travel: temporal pathways of postsocialism and Islam
Abstract As the concept of postsocialism faces increased scrutiny, there is a call to expand its spatiotemporal scope beyond socialist contexts in order to reclaim its analytical capacity. In Azerbaijan, the quiet resurgence of tezkirahs – biographical anthologies rooted in both the Islamic and Soviet traditions – presents an opportunity to explore how
Serkan Yolaçan
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Despite the fact that three main official languages were used in the Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian), in the 15th–16th centuries, the Ottomans also used Slavonic tongue and Cyrillic ...
Paweł Dziadul
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Ukrainain spoken phonetic and Cyrillic script in Ivan Franko’s studies [PDF]
У статті розглянуто наукові погляди І. Франка на винайдення письма, зокрема кирилиці, на становлення та розвиток староукраїнської літературної мови та на особливості функціонування традиційної кириличної графіки для потреб української мови.
Видайчук, Тетяна Леонідівна
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The cross‐linguistic uses of proper names
Abstract A distinctive and widely recognized feature of proper names is that, unlike other words, names can be used across languages without modification. Yet, this feature of names—the prevalence and acceptability of their ‘cross‐linguistic’ uses—has been mostly overlooked within philosophy.
Nikhil Mahant
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Old Romanian Meteorological Terms
This paper aims to present the evolution of the meteorological terminology, from the 17th century Grigore Ureche’s chronicle and bishop Amfilohie Hotiniul's manuscript on Physics (Moldavia, late 18th Century) to the mid 19th century writings of Teodor ...
Pelin Liviu-Ioan, Apostol Liviu
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Proposal to encode additional Cyrillic characters in the BMP of the UCS [PDF]
This is a proposal to add several Cyrillic characters to the international character encoding standard Unicode. These additions were published in Unicode Standard version 5.1 in March 2008. This proposal includes characters used for various communities,
Birnbaum, David +6 more
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