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Caribbean Report 04-08-1997
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:27)2. Burning buildings in Plymouth strengthen the case for a new town in northern Montserrat. Chief Minister of Montserrat, Bertrand Osborne and Chief Scientist at the Montserrat Observatory, Richard Robinson are interviewed (00:28-05:15)3. Guyana's officials told to revamp the country's beleaguered prison system. Mike Mc Cormack, Head of Guyana Human Rights Association, Feroze Mohammed, Minister of Home Affairs, Leader of the United Force, Mr Manzoor Nadir are interviewed. Colin Smith reports (05:16-08:00)4. The difficulties of the Caribbean trust for NAFTA priority. Peter King, Chairman of the Caribbean Textstyle and Apparel Institute and Tony Bryan, Professor of International Relations and Director of the North South Center, University of Miami are interviewed (08:01-11:42)5. Grenada's Ambassador to the United States is warning that a proposed bill which aims to seek sanctions against Caribbean countries that support prospective Cuban membership of CARICOM. It appears to have implications beyond CARICOM. Ambassador, Denis Antoine of Grenada is interviewed (11:43-12:47)6. There has been a small explosion at a hotel in the centre of the Cuban capital Havana. The aim of the explosion appears to be part of the campaign to undermine the island's newly built tourist industry. Tom Gibb reports (12:48-14:26)7. London is not likely to be the first place that Caribbean nations will turn to when they finally decide to implement plans to post joint missions. Jamaica's High Commissioner in London, Derrick Heaven is interviewed (14:27-15:26
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Caribbean Report 06-01-1994
No full textThis programme reports on the alleged corruption in the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, the political unrest in Mexico and how it would deter foreign investment despite the existence of the North American Free Trade Agreement. It examines Aristide’s isolation in Washington, as well as England’s readiness for the upcoming Five Test series. Finally the programme mentions the meeting of the Cuban Foreign Minister with a senior Swiss official, the State Secretary of the Foreign Ministry to discuss the economic situation in Cuba.1. Debbie Ransome reports on the alleged corruption in the Trinidad and Tobago Police Force. At the beginning of the report, the voice of Russell Huggins, Minister of National Security in Trinidad and Tobago, is heard at the beginning of segment speaking in Parliament following Scotland Yard’s investigation into the possible existence of a drug cartel in the Trinidad and Tobago’s Police force. According to the report, the Head of the Trinidad and Tobago’s Chamber Industry and Commerce called for Scotland Yard to return to further investigate the alleged corruption (00:29-1:16)2. Carol Orr visited Scotland Yard to find out what they found last time and what could be done if they were invited back. Scotland Yard submitted a report in December 1993, which concluded that there was insufficient evidence to charge but found a hard core of corrupt policeman and nine (9) were charged. The call by the Trinidad and Tobago’s Chamber of Commerce for the return of Scotland Yard Trinidad will fall on deaf ears as Scotland Yard officials say that Trinidad and Tobago’s police and judicial infrastructure is so high bound in corrupt practices there is little point in assigning another team to carry out investigations. In an interview, Frank Mouttet, President of the Chamber of Commerce said that his organization has called for the revamping of the Police Service and he comments that if the Scotland Yard Investigative Team were to return, he would like to see them given the necessary powers to carry out proper investigations and arrests (01:17-03:42)3. Carol Orr reports on the growing isolation of exiled Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide in Washington’s highest circles. American officials have suggested that future conferences on Haiti should involve the Haitian military, the architects of the 1991 coup. Former President Aristide commented to the Miami Herald that he would support any attempt to topple the Haitian military. Carol Orr interviews Washington based journalist Yvette Collymore to see how this call by Aristide is being viewed in the US capital, namely the White House (03:42-07:04)4. Some regional analysts are predicting that the current unrest in Mexico could deter investment in Mexico despite the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA). Larry Birns, the Director of the Washington based, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, agrees that the unrest in Mexico would have a negative impact on investment. According to Birns there is growing pressure in Washington to introduce a democracy clause into future NAFTA deals. Professor Tony Bryan of the Miami University, who studied and worked in Mexico, disagrees with Burns. Bryan instead feels that some foreign investors might be scared off but not for too long. In his view, the rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico is not unusual in Mexican history, but it is just that this particular rebellion has received an unusual amount of media attention. Bryan argues that the Caribbean would still have to overcome other hurdles to be a part of NAFTA and the reforms taken by Mexico, if implemented in the Caribbean could lead to social stress and eventually the kind o f rebellion which currently exists in Mexico (07:05-11:44)5. Hugh Crosskill reports on the English cricket squad to tour the Caribbean , which wrapped up its preparation for five test series. The bookmakers are not very optimistic about England’s cricket teams performance and one is quoting odds of 14-1 against English winning the five series and West Indies 9-2 (11:45-13:56)6.It is was announced in Switzerland that the Cuban foreign Minister Roberto Robaina would meet with a senior Swiss official, Jakob Kellenberger during a private two day visit (13:57-14:48
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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