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Levels and descriptors of textual complexity for adults with low literacy: a be...

This paper presents the iRead4Skills benchmark of textual complexity, a novel approach to text complexity difficulty tailored to low-literacy adult native speakers. Despite the existence of various instruments and guidelines related to reading proficiency (CEFR, PISA, etc.), little attention is given to adult reading difficulties and how these manifest linguistically in texts. Recognizing the pivotal role of li...

Extraction of target structures in learners' corpora: CQL queries for the explo...

Foreign language (FL) or second language (L2) corpora are sets of productions by non-native speakers, learners of a given language, which contemplate the errors and well-formed structures produced. These serve different research objectives, such as studies on language acquisition (LE and L2), phenomena of linguistic interference or analysis and diagnosis of LE/L2 proficiency levels. In the context of this resea...

Curadoria e Humanidades Digitais

O painel visa apresentar e debater perspetivas interdisciplinares entre a Ciência da Informação as Humanidades Digitais e as Ciências da Computação, bem como experiências de formação e investigação que se cruzam e enriquecem reciprocamente, explorando possíveis modelos de cooperação académica e discutindo a necessidade de criação de novos perfis profissionais para o setor de Informação e Documentação e o setor ...

Automatization of proficiency diagnosis: annotation and versatility of resource...

The automatic diagnosis and analysis of the production of foreign language learners can contribute to overcome linguistic barriers that hinder the integration of migrant populations. The richness and complexity of the phenomena observed in this context and the multiplicity of objectives served by automatic analysis tools demonstrate the inevitability of manual annotation of data and the importance of producing ...

Exploiting Corpora for Extracting and Describing Specialized Lexicon: Towards a...

The use of corpora for specialized lexicon extraction is a common and consensual method for building lexical resources. However, the methodologies used to achieve this are not openly discussed, rendering the comparison and determination of robust approaches difficult. In order to fill in this gap, in this paper we present and discuss a detailed methodology for extracting specialized lexicon from corpus, combini...

The impact of comet assay data normalization in human biomonitoring studies out...

The comet assay has been extensively used in biomonitoring studies. To avoid intra-experimental variability, the incorporation of assay controls in each work session for data normalization has been suggested by some authors but has never been thoroughly analyzed. The aim of this study was to address the impact of data normalization in the results of a biomonitoring study using different normalization models. Hu...

O projeto COST e o que representa ou representou para a leitura distante em por...

Optimizing Urine derived cells staining for the Human Micronucleus Assay

Epidemiological studies commonly associate the incidence of cancers with the exposure to genotoxicants. This exposure may be analyzed using effect biomarkers allowing an early detection of health alterations. Micronucleus assay constitutes a useful tool to detect chromosomal damage, genomic instability and carcinogenic events. Cancers are usually from epithelial origin, and therefore micronucleus test (MN) in u...

Genetic damage in young swimmers exposed to pool disinfection by-products

Introduction. Swimming is seen as an activity with innumerous wellbeing and health benefits. For the maintenance of the quality of swimming pools’ water, and consequently for the safety of its users, there is a need to add disinfection products. The interaction between these products and organic matter, naturally introduced in the water by users, leads to the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs), many o...

Human Exposure to Disinfection By-Products in Indoor Swimming Pools: Looking at...

Disinfection of pool water is an extremely important process that ensures the safety of its use avoiding water-borne infections caused by microbial pathogens. However, the chlorine used as disinfectant, in the presence of organic matter, may generate disinfection by-products (DBPs), including trihalomethanes (THMs), a class that includes genotoxic compounds, which are inhaled and absorbed by the skin. Previous ...