Pre-production Stage Research Articles

Design of Instagram Comic Strips for Learning Media in Elementary School

Information was obtained based on the writer's interviews with the principal at SD Negeri 1 Rawalo elementary school. During the pandemic, students' interest in learning at SD Negeri 1 Rawaloelementary school was relatively low, especially for grade IV students. Especially for Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Citizenship Education and Indonesian Language. Student interest is low during the pandemic because the learning media is less attractive. The principal wants engagingengaging learning media in the form of comics, such as on Instagram that is easily accessible while studying at home. This media is applied to increase student interest in learning during a pandemic, which must be by the characteristics of the material and learning objectives. Based on this background, the writer was inspired to make a digital comic as a learning medium for elementary school students in grade IV at SD Negeri 1 Rawaloelementary schoolschoolelementary school. The goal is the creation of comic learning media at SD Negeri 1 Rawaloelementary school. The system development method consists of three stages. The pre-production stage, the production stage, and the post-production stage. The pre-production stage, at this stage is a process that includes determining ideas, themes and preparing storyboards. Storyboards are made with two-dimensional images of learning materials. At the production stage, comic character drawings are designed ,given backgrounds and coloring for characters using CorelDraw software. Then at the post production stage, the comic editing process begins using Adobe Photoshop software, starting from setting color balancing, giving shading, merging with comic text, after which the comics are exported and distributed on Instagram. In this research the evaluation of satisfaction learning media was carried out through a questionnaire and the questionnaire was calculated. The results of testing the comic learning media concluded that as many as 79.06%, of and included in the category agree in the application of digital comics as a learning medium for grade IV at SD Negeri 1 Rawaloelementary school. And the post-production stage. The results of testing the comic learning media concluded that as many as 79.06%, of and included in the category agree with the application of digital comics as a learning medium for grade IV at SD Negeri 1 RawaloElementary school. And the post-production stage. The results of testing the comic learning media concluded that as many as 79.06% of and included in the category agree with the application of digital comics as a learning medium for grade IV at SD Negeri 1 RawaloElementary school.

Development of a Knowledge System for Data Management of the Pre-Production Stages

Preparation of projects introducing new production takes into account all aspects related to development and technical preparation of production, production of prototypes, familiarization with production, processing marketing sales support, as well as preparation of service support. PLM systems represent the tools for automating engineering activities in the product life cycle. These solutions are based on the idea of a close cooperation between individual areas involved in the final product, from its design to the end of its technical life. Collecting a large amount of data and information about the product under observation is typical for this kind of activity. PLM integrates the areas of computer aid, database and information systems, and computer networks. This article points to the creation of a knowledge-based application environment for data management of a small business with a description of its functions and possibilities of use.

THE DIRECTOR'S STRATEGY IN BUILDING A THEATER OF MIND ON THE P.O.V. EPISODES OF RADIO FEATURE PROGRAM MINIMAL-IS-ME

Background: The production of this radio feature work focuses on providing options for young people to overcome financial problems that have an impact on psychology by applying a lifestyle of minimalism, in addition to the history of minimalism and the direct story of people who apply minimalism in everyday life. minimalism lifestyle is one way to overcome the overconsumption lifestyle that exists in society.
 
 Objective: The purpose of creating this production work was to produce a radio feature work with the title "P.O.V." episode of "Minimal-is-me" through the application of Theater of Mind as a director's strategy by maximizing the three elements of radio, namely voice, music and sound effect.
 
 Methods: Creation of production works using the methods of stages of creation, pre-production, production, and post-production.
 
 Results: The application of fragments in this production can maximize the three elements of radio namely voice, music and sound effects to bring the listener's Theater of Mind to life. so that the listener can feel the characteristics of the radio and can receive the message conveyed well.
 
 Conslusion: Feature radio is an excellent program to provide information to listeners because it can be packed with several sub-formats so that the work can be more interesting to listen to. In the Feature program, there are some surprises for the listener because the listener can't guess what will happen next. Featured radio "P.O.V". The episode "Minimal-is-me" discusses the lifestyle of minimalism in society through real cases contained in fragments as well as problem solving through various aspects such as psychology, economics, and how minimalism is beneficial to a person's life

Utilization of smartphones in making learning videos for teachers of ABA Kindergarten Sidoharjo

The government's policy of implementing the Work from home system as a form of handling the spread of the COVID-19 virus affects many aspects, including education. Education, which was previously carried out face-to-face, has been shifted to online learning. Online learning can be done using a number of formats, one of which is a video that contains elements of images and sound. Video creation can be produced simply, for example, using a smartphone, but not all teachers are able to optimize the tool. Therefore, empowerment team in collaboration with ABA kindergarten Sidoharjo, Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta was carried out with the aim of providing training to teachers in optimizing the use of smartphones as a means of producing learning video content. The activity begins with the pre-production stage, namely observation and discussion, the production stage, namely training in learning video production with smartphones, the post-production stage, namely editing training with the VN application on smartphones. Besides, empowerment team also provided grants green screen, audio equipment, and a set of studio lights for video production. The result of this program showed that teachers are able to improve the quality of learning videos just by using a smartphone.

The THE LEGEND OF ANGLING DHARMA AS INSPIRATION IN WORK OF COMIC ART

The study project that was written, took the theme "The Legend of Angling Dharma As Inspiration in Creating Comic Art". The purposes of this study project are 1) Visualize the author's ideas and creations regarding the legend of Angling Dharma in the form of a comic book so that it can be enjoyed by various groups. 2) Presenting information and education to others about the legend of Angling Dharma. The materials used in making the Angling Dharma comic book work are paper, ink, and watercolors. The tools used in the work are brushes, palettes, pencils, sharpeners, rubber erasers, rulers, drawing pens, scanners, and computers. The work technique that the author uses is a combination of manual and digital techniques or hybrid techniques. The creation of the work uses an approach that seems realistic so that it can be enjoyed by all people by going through several stages of work, namely preliminary, pre-production, production, and post-production. The production process of the "Angling Dharma" comic uses several stages, namely storyboarding, sketching, inking, coloring, adding word balloons, editing and finishing. This Study Project produces a comic book entitled “Angling Dharma” which is divided into 26 chapters and is packaged in 54 pages, with dimensions of A4 (21cm x 29.7cm). The comic "Angling Dharma" can be accessed online, through the website and social media prepared by the author.

Buku Bergambar “Self Healing” Sebagai Media Edukasi Untuk Remaja Pasuruan

Pasuruan is an area that has many talented young people. As an area with a lot of potential for the younger generation, Pasuruan is very concerned about education on their mental health. However, the development of awareness of self-healing is quite slow due to the influence of some social environments that pay less attention to mental health and mental wounds. Another factor is the lack of educational media regarding self-healing. Therefore, it is necessary to make some kind of illustration for educational media in the form of picture books, so that teenagers know that mental wounds can be healed by self-healing. The research method used in conducting this research is observation, namely making direct observations to the intended location and conducting interviews with resource persons. Then supported by literature study sourced from books and journals. The design process for making this picture book starts from the Pre-Production stage which includes the script and rough layout. For the Production process is the character visualization process, coloring, editing process. And for the Post-Production process is the process of finishing, publishing and testing. The test was carried out through a media questionnaire which was distributed to 30 respondents of late teens to find out how well they understood this book. The results of the questionnaire show that this book can be understood well. Thus, this self-healing picture book is appropriate to be used as an educational medium for teenagers.
 Keywords : Ilustrated book, media education, caracter cisualisation, self healing.

MODELING OF THE WELD PRIMARY MACROSTRUCTURE FORMATION AT LASER WELDING

In modern shipbuilding, those enterprises and shipyards that introduce innovative and highly efficient technologies gain an advantage in the competitive struggle. The experience of the largest European shipyards, such as Meyer Werft and Blohm und Voss in Germany, Kvaerner Massa Yard in Finland, Fincantieri in Italy, shows the great potential of laser equipment in creating breakthrough technologies in shipbuilding. The leading role among the developed technologies is played by the technologies of laser and laser-arc welding. Compared to arc welding, laser and laser-arc welding increase the welding speed by 2-3 times, and a decrease in butt gaps leads to a decrease in the need for welding consumables. The approaches to creating a model for predicting the metal structure and mechanical properties of a welded joint in laser welding are discussed in the paper. This will make it possible to establish welding modes at the preproduction stage and obtain the properties of welded joints specified by the designer. This model is based on mathematical calculations of the thermal regime of welding and the process of crystallization of welds. A mathematical model of laser welding is used, taking into account the presence of a vapor-gas channel, which allows laser radiation to penetrate the entire thickness of the weld, which ensures the formation of a deep, narrow weld. The results of the calculation make it possible to determine the shape of the penetration pool and the position of the main temperature lines in the heat-affected zone. For beam welding methods, it is proposed to approximate the surface of the melt pool (crystallization front) by a cubic spline. Its main advantage is that the entire shape of the surface is modeled most accurately and completely, which allows you to build the surfaces of all areas of the bath without excluding any parts. On the basis of such a spline, the predominant direction of crystallite growth, their growth rate in the direction of welding are determined, and the integral characteristics of the emerging primary macrostructure of the weld metal are found. Based on the criteria characterizing the process of crystallization, a prediction of the macrostructure of the weld metal is given.

Outlet AKH, Produk Khas Madura

The Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia has had a major impact in various fields, especially the economy. Based on the results of observations of producers of typical Madurese products spread across four regencies on the island of Madura (Bangkalan, Sampang, Pamekasan and Sumenep) it shows that in mid-2020 the demand for distribution of Madurese products has decreased, retail sales have decreased significantly. This service program is carried out with the main aim of making the economic wheels of the Madurese community turn again. The implementation of the program consists of 4 stages, namely the pre-production stage, the production stage, the marketing stage and the marketing evaluation. The results of the implementation of this program are able to create new AKH outlets that can be accessed by everyone. This is because within 3 months, apart from coming from Bangkalan, AKH outlet consumers also come from outside Bangkalan, (2) Marketing strategies (offline and online) are able to move the economy of the Madurese community in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, (3) Packaging that has been created very attractive and in accordance with the development of the millennial era.

Early Success Prediction of Indian Movies Using Subtitles: A Document Vector Approach

Scientific studies of the elements that influence the box office performance of Indian films have generally concentrated on post-production elements, such as those discovered after a film has been completed or released, and notably for Bollywood films. Only fewer studies have looked at regional film industries and pre-production factors, which are elements that are known before a decision to greenlight a film is made. This study looked at Indian films using natural language processing and machine learning approaches to see if they would be profitable in the pre-production stage. We extract movie data and English subtitles (as an approximation to the screenplay) for the top five Indian regional film industries: Bollywood, Kollywood, Tollywood, Mollywood, and Sandalwood, as they make up a major portion of the Indian film industry’s revenue. Subtitle Vector (Sub2Vec), a Paragraph Vector model trained on English subtitles, was used to embed subtitle text into 50 and 100 dimensions. The proposed approach followed a two-stage pipeline. In the first stage, Return on Investment (ROI) was calculated using aggregated subtitle embeddings and associated movie data. Classification models used the ROI calculated in the first step to predicting a film’s verdict in the second step. The optimal regressor–classifier pair was determined by evaluating classification models using [Formula: see text]-score and Cohen’s Kappa scores on various hyperparameters. When compared to benchmark methods, our proposed methodology forecasts box office success more accurately.

An alternative storyboarding approach for designing films with immersive 3-D sound

Inspired by Alfonso Cuarón’s audio-visual aesthetics and practical filmmaking strategies, this article proposes an original storyboarding approach for incorporating immersive sound into the early creative decisions of any film’s pre-production stage. The aim is to present a set of guidelines that can help filmmakers effectively leverage surround audio tools like Dolby Atmos. The author demonstrates the implementation of this film planning framework through the creation of an original screenplay and its accompanying 3-D storyboard, both of which illustrate how the pre-production strategies outlined in this article can enhance the creation of films with 3-D sound.

Pemberdayaan Usaha Garam Rakyat Dalam Meningkatkan Kualitas Garam Menggunakan Teknik Geomembran LDPE di Kelurahan Talise Kota Palu

Salt is an important commodity that is widely used from consumption to industry. Talise Village is the only salt-producing village in Palu City because the area is mostly located on the coast of Palu Bay. LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene) geomembrane technology is an empowerment program focused on increasing the production and quality of salt products and improving welfare by increasing the income of salt farmers. The purpose of this activity is to apply LDPE geomembrane technology to salt farmer groups in Talise in producing and improving the quality of SNI-standard salt as consumption salt and increasing awareness of salt farmers to use technology in managing their salt ponds. The method used is the stages of socialization, pre-production and production. The results of this activity program, namely the use of LDPE geomembrane technology on crystal tables, have increased the quantity and quality of salt for salt farmers in Talise Village, Mantikulore District, Palu City, Central Sulawesi. In addition, crop yields have increased threefold and harvest time is 3 to 4 days faster than conventional methods.

ADAPTATION OF STUDENTS TO RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES BASED ON THE USE OF THE UNIVERSITY HACKATHON ECOSYSTEM

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. For student youth the process of entering the profession and harmonization of interactions with professional environment and future professional activity is the key moment of life activity. This process, according to the majority of modern researchers, is a certain complexity and contradiction both for students and for higher education institution, as well as social institutions and organizations acting as social customers.METHODS. The study of the process of adaptation of student youth to research and professional activity was carried out on the basis of the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design. Assessment of students' expectations regarding studies, the level of students' awareness of the future professional and scientific activity was carried out with the help of the University Hackathon Ecosystem toolkit. Processing of the obtained results of the survey was carried out on the basis of the "Methodology of research of students' adaptability to dual education in higher education". The methodology includes two scales: adaptability to professional activity and adaptability to research activity.FINDINGS. The following directions of training are distinguished: professional, social and research, as well as stages of adaptation to professional training: learning identification, learning-professional activation, professional-value reflection. Integration of these directions allows us to organize activities that ensure formation of necessary professionally important qualities (competences) in students (graduates), agreed with potential employers and demanded by the corresponding profession. The conducted experiment on the basis of Hackathon-ecosystem of the university was carried out taking into account the directions of training and their corresponding adaptation criteria: professional direction – activity-result and motivation-value criteria; humanitarian – communication-professional criterion; research – personal-creative criterion.CONCLUSION. Students' adaptation to future professional and research activities can be defined as one of the most urgent social problems at the pre-production stage. This is due to the fact that the student spends one of the main periods of his life in a higher education institution, since it is at this time he is formed as a professional and as a person, masters the necessary competencies in order to achieve a certain professional and research level. At this stage the professional intentions of the individual and the requirements of the profession come into alignment, i.e. there is an adaptation to professional and research activities.

Comparative Study on QMS at Pre-Production Stage in China and UK Baby Dairy Product Industries

This research examined the Chinese baby dairy industry between 2008 and 2019, focusing on the quality management system with comparison between the UK and Chinese baby dairy product (BDP) companies. This study was conducted with a selection of four Chinese and two UK companies as case studies where interviews were used to collect the primary data. Moreover, focus group with company’s managers and government officials and site visits were also carried out. The collected data were analysed through thematic analysis technique. This research has concluded that in the Chinese BDP industry many challenges are encountered, such as animal management, farmers’ orientation towards quality assurance and implementation of quality standards. It has been found that it is important to focus on the pre-production stage for the best quality in final products. The comparison with the UK BDP industry has shown that it is better able to manage its quality with involvement of the majority of supply chain actors through electronic information sharing and traceability system, which are lacking in Chinese industry. It is also concluded that Chinese government has started to adopt practices such as strong enforcement of legislation which are improving the quality issues. The present study has important theoretical and empirical contribution in the existing literature. It has developed a framework about pre-production phase which will become foundation of future studies. The comparison of Chinese and UK BDP is also a contribution as previous studies have not done so. It has provided guidelines to managers about implementation of Quality Management System (QMS) in BDP hence managers have become better able to manage the quality.

Cateter venoso central de curta permanência: produção de vídeos educativos para a equipe de enfermagem

ABSTRACT Objective to prepare and validate scripts and storyboards for the production of educational videos, in digital format, about the care and maintenance of the central venous catheters in adult patients. Method a methodological and descriptive study about the elaboration and validation of scripts and storyboards for the production of educational videos that was conducted in two methodological stages: pre-production and production. The pre-production stage was based on three phases: preparation of the video scripts, elaboration of the storyboards, and validation by experts. Validation of the scripts and storyboards was in charge of 9 specialist judges in the subject matter and 2 technical experts in video; the Content Validation Index (CVI) was calculated considering as acceptable a minimum index of 0.80 for each item of the instruments. Results three educational videos were created with the following themes: dressing, maintenance and exchange and removal of the central venous catheter. Concerning the validation by expert judges in the subject matter and expert video technicians, all items evaluated resulted in agreement with a CVI of 100.0. Conclusion and implications for the practice the educational videos were elaborated, validated and suitable to be made available; the judges' participation in the validation of this material was essential to ensure the theoretical and practical relevance of the result.

Management of Dairy Calves and Heifers and the Economic Impact on First Lactation

Management of calves and heifers directly influence the future productivity of dairy animals. However, the pre-production stage is often neglected by farmers, as young cows do not yet produce milk and, therefore, revenue, while representing an important part of the total cost of the property. This study aimed to identify and determine the economic value of factors influencing the production in the first lactation of heifers in a herd. This was a case study carried out on a family property in the municipality of Patrocínio, state of Minas Gerais, using data from 54 heifers. Qualitative characteristics (sire, maternal grandsire, amount of colostrum consumed, antibiotics use on the first day of life; application of prostaglandin to induce estrus, application of prostaglandin for resynchronization, use of progesterone implant for resynchronization, occurrence of retention of placenta and/or abortion, induction of lactation) and quantitative characteristics (weight at 90 days, average daily gain at 90 days and age at first mating) were evaluated. Variables influencing the production in the first lactation were the application of antibiotics, retained placenta, induction of lactation and age at mating. The differences in milk revenue were -R$ 2,381.21 for the use of antibiotics in each female, -R$ 299.85 for each heat loss for the first mating, -R$ 5,043.11 for each lactation induction, -R$6,841.16 for each retained placenta with abortion and -R$1,060.96 for each case of retained placenta without abortion. Knowing the productive and economic consequences of each of these items provides the producer with subsidies for decision making, such as planning management strategies that avoid such losses, and choosing options to maximize the economic efficiency of production.

Process of Developing Characters in an Eastern Story

The Chinese classic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms has been reinterpreted by various authors and adapted into different media. In the novel, character images were shaped and the peculiarity of the characters’ characteristics was depicted by describing their behavior. This study uses Eastern and Western narrative theories to classify the character development (characterization) methods that various creators employed on this Chinese story in three distinct media (i.e., novel, antique book with illustrations, and temple painting). Thus, this study aims to identify the creation processes involved in characterization when adapting a literary work with substantial textual content. By integrating the results on Eastern and Western narratology approaches, a characterization method for the preproduction stage of animation was proposed. This explanation may serve as a reference for animation education and for creativity practices.

ФОНОВАЯ ЭКОЛОГО-ГЕОХИМИЧЕСКАЯ ОЦЕНКА ДОННЫХ ОТЛОЖЕНИЙ ВОДОТОКОВ ДЛЯ ТЕРРИТОРИИ ЗОЛОТОРУДНОГО МЕСТОРОЖДЕНИЯ ВЬЮН (РЕСПУБЛИКА САХА-ЯКУТИЯ)

As you know, quite significant gold resources are concentrated on the territory of the Russian Federation, but despite this, work aimed at expanding the mineral resource base of this most valuable metal, which plays a huge role in the country's economy, is still relevant. The object of this study is the territory of the Vyun gold deposit. The subject of the study is bottom sediments of watercourses in the territory of the Vyun gold ore deposit. The aim of the study is to assess the background ecological, geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of bottom sediments of watercourses in the territory of the Vyun gold deposit at the pre-production stage of its development. The work was carried out within the framework of complex ecological and geochemical studies and was organized in accordance with the methodological approaches and methodological recommendations that are currently relevant today. This article presents the results of studies of bottom sediments of watercourses flowing in the territory of the Vyun field. Elemental analysis of bottom sediment samples from watercourses was carried out by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).. The mineral composition of the samples was studied by optical microscopy, X-ray diffractometry and scanning electron microscopy. The relevance of research is due to the need to obtain background data on the state of the natural environment of the Vyun field, without which it is impossible to further assess the current ecological and geochemical state of the territory and forecast the environmental consequences of the industrial development of the field. At present, the importance of such work is often underestimated, although it is thanks to the background assessment that it is possible to have an idea of the initial parameters of the state of the territory of mineral deposits. This study has just such a focus and is devoted to assessing the background state of bottom sediments of watercourses in the territory of the Vyun gold deposit (Republic (Sakha-Yakutia))

Optimization of the precision gear grinding operation based on integrated information system

In accordance with the principles of hierarchical management, a comprehensive two-level management system is presented for the development and manufacturing of products for the stages of pre-production (the upper level of the management hierarchy) and for the actual production stage (the lower level of the management hierarchy). At the stage of pre-production, the gear grinding oper-ation design on the “MAAG”type machines was carried out. For this purpose, a technique for optimizing the gear grinding parame-ters for a two dish-wheel rolling scheme has been developed, a mathematical optimization model containing an objective function with restrictions imposed on it has been created. The objective function is the gear grinding machine time, which depends on theoperation parameters (gear grinding stock allowance, cutting modes, grinding wheel specification, part material) and the design fea-tures of the gears beingground (module, diameter, number of teeth, radius of curvature of the involutes). The article showsthat at the stage of pre-production,the gear grinding optimizationis a method of operation design. At the stage of actual production, a closed-loop automatic control system with feedback on the deviation of the adjustable value (gear grinding power) automatically supports the numerical power values that were found at the operation design stage, taking into account ensuring defect-free high-performance gear grinding (minimum number of working strokes and maximum longitudinal feeds). At this stage, i.e. when a robust longitudinal feed automatic control system is operating, the optimization carried out at the previous stage (pre-production) sets the functioning algorithm for the adaptive systemwithcorresponding control algorithm. Thus, at the production stage (when the gear grinding ma-chine is running), the operation optimization is a control method. Therefore, it is shown that with two-level control, the gear grinding operation optimization performs a dual function. On the one hand, it is a design method (at the pre-production stage), and on the other –a management method (at the actual productionstage). With this approach, i.e. with the integration of production and its preparation based on a single two-level management, the efficiency of a single integrated design and production automation system is significantly higher due to general (unified)optimization, rather than partialone.

A possible revival of population-representing digital human manikins in static work situations - exemplified through an evaluation of a prototype console for robotic surgery.

BACKGROUND:In the 90s, digital human manikins (DHMs) were introduced in planning of workstations, by static or semi-static simulations. Modern DHMs can simulate dynamic work and offer a rapid way for a virtual pre-production ergonomic evaluation. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders may affect surgical performance and patient safety. A prototype of an open console, which is contrary to the conventional closed consoles and may be seen as a representative for a new generation, has been designed to reduce workload for robotic surgery surgeons.OBJECTIVE:The aim of this project was to test a new DHM tool with improved usability to evaluate the ergonomics of a console of a robotic surgical system in a pre-production stage.METHODS:The DHM tool IMMA was used together with a 3D model of the prototype console. Twelve manikins who represented females and males from two national populations were introduced. Manikin-console distances, after console adjustments per manikin, were compared with a US checklist and Swedish standard for VDU work.RESULTS:The DHM tool was useful for this case, but the distances of the checklist and the standard were needed to be obtained “manually”. The automatic functions of the DHM worked smoothly but were not optimized for VDU work. The prototype fulfilled most, but not all, of the ergonomic criteria of the checklist and the standard.CONCLUSIONS:There is room for improvements of the adjustable ranges of the console prototype. DHMs may facilitate rapid pre-production evaluation of workstations for static work; if ergonomic assessment models for VDU work are built-in, there may be a revival of DHMs in static work situations.

Green-lighting scripts in the movie pre-production stage: An application of consumption experience carryover theory

In the movie pre-production stage, movie studios have scarce information about the movie in planning to select and edit the right script that can be commercially successful. Given this constraint, we provide a procedure of predicting movie revenues in the movie pre-production stage. To utilize the contents of textual scripts as the primary information source, we theoretically predicate the procedure on the market’s collective consumption experiences with prior movies sharing similar content features with the new movie. We hypothesize that the market wants to enjoy not only certain content features again (as positive carryover effects), but also different content features (as negative carryover effects) in the new movie. Toward this end, we integrate two distinct components into our prediction procedure: (1) LIWC (a text-mining tool) and (2) the auto-Gaussian spatial model. Our empirical application demonstrates that our procedure outperforms select benchmark models in predictive accuracy.