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Caribbean Report 25-10-1991
No full text1. Haiti’s interim President Jean-Jacques Honore states that the country will plunge into civil war if ousted President Jean Bertrand Aristide is allowed to return to office. He maintains that the events following the recent coup do not represent a breach of the Haitian constitution and he merely stepped in to fill a constitutional vacuum. Comments from Jean-Jacques Honore (00:00-02:13)2. The international embargo against Haiti by the OAS is yet to take full effect and not all countries have decided to enforce it. Jamaica’s Foreign Minister, David Core, is concerned about Air Jamaica’s continued servicing of the route to Haiti (02:14-03:28)3. Haiti’s interim government has issued an invitation to the OAS to send in another mission which is expected to be headed by former Colombian Foreign Minister (03:29-03:49)4. Jean-Jacques Honore comments on the return of Father Aristide and the possibility of civil war in Haiti (03:50-09:03)5. Jean-Claude Bajeux, a leading Haitian human rights activist, responds to the views of Jean-Jacques Honore and the reinstatement of the Aristide government (09:04-14:57
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
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
Caribbean Report 03-05-1990
No full textAfter a meeting between the Jamaican Prime Minister, Michael Manley, and the United States President George Bush in Washington, the United States promises to assist with Jamaica’s economic development and praises Jamaica’s contribution to regional affairs. High on the agenda for Jamaica was the priority to secure US financing to fight drug trafficking and enlist the assistance of the Americans in persuading the World Bank to extend the repayment of Jamaica’s existing debt. David Core, Jamaica’s Foreign Minister, also commented on the reaction of the United States to Jamaica’s relationship with Cuba. Following the Financial News, the general elections of the Dominican Republic is less than two weeks away and growing tension amongst campaigners is prevalent. Since the beginning of the election campaign, four people have been killed and more than thirty have been injured in clashes between the main candidates. The report concludes with an animal breeding improvement scheme in Antigua. A shipment of four pigs and four sheep left London for Antigua with the intention to form the core of a cross-breeding project on the island.1. Headlines (00:00-00:25)2. Prime Minister of Jamaica, Michael Manley, meets with the United States President for talks on debts and drugs. Jan Schiff reports from Washington and David Core, Jamaica's Foreign Affairs Minister, comments on the trip (00:26-08:24)3. Financial News. Robin Stainer, Commodity Analyst, comments on the international reaction to Brazil's request to postpone the International Coffee Organization Meeting (08:25-09:57)4. Tension mounts in the Dominican Republic as general elections draws near. Jean Michel Cariot reports from Santo Domingo (09:58-12:00)5. A shipment of pigs and sheep leaves London destined for Antigua to improve the livestock on the island. Pat Whithorne interviews the British farmer responsible for the shipment of the animals, Tim Barrington (12:01-14:44
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
Caribbean Report 17-10-1990
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:40)2. The President of Haiti’s State Council, Louis Roy, warns that the country is heading for another elections bloodbath as long as Roger Lafontant remains free in the country. Roger Lafontante, a former interior minister and alleged leader of the Tonton Macoute, recently formed a new political party and is publicly campaigning, despite an existing warrant for his arrest. Interview with Louis Roy (00:41-04:46)3. A presidential decree issued in the Dominican Republic to improve working conditions of immigrant Haitians. The decree arose after lobbying from organizations such as the New York-based Lawyer’s Committee for Human Rights. Hugh Crosskill interviews the Director of the Committee, William O’Neil (04:47-07:59)4. Martinique and Guadeloupe are ready for increased air traffic from Europe after 1992. The countries are currently expanding airports and intend to become major hubs for Europe in the Caribbean. Interview with Martiniquan Jean Crusol, a member of the Paris-based Council for Economic and Social Advisors (08:00-11:20)5. The legal cost continue to mount in Trinidad as the hearing into a constitutional motion filed by the Jamaat al Muslimeen moved into a third day. Debbie Ransome reports from the San Fernando Court that the lawyers appear to be economically benefiting from the long, drawn-out motion (11:21-13:27)6. At the West Indian Committee Annual Lecture in London, David Core, Jamaican Foreign Minister, states that the IMP and the World Bank programmes are doing more to hurt Caribbean economies than to help them (13:28-14:55
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