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Caribbean Report 21-02-2003
No full text1. Headlines with anchor Mike Jarvis (00:00-00:26)2. In Dominica, another meeting means another standoff as the Public Service Union and government fail to agree. Thomas Letang, General Secretary of the DPSU says that his members have made concessions and can offer alternatives to cutting public servants’ pay. BBC correspondent Mike Jarvis reports (00:27-02:49)3. In Guyana, controversy overshadows Mashramani, Guyana's annual Carnival which marks the country’s anniversary of becoming a Republic. However, members of the Guyana Indian Heritage Association and others believe that this thirty-third anniversary should be a day of remembrance. Gail Teixeira, Minister of Culture is interviewed. BBC correspondent Colin Smith reports (02:50-05:13)4. As Carnival approaches, there is controversy in Trinidad over the perceived anti-gay lyrics of a calypso (05:14-05:21)5. The merger being proposed for Caribbean Airlines, LIAT, Air Jamaica and BWIA will not of itself improve their competitiveness nor will it save LIAT. According to the UK based Caribbean Aviation website, the airline needs an immediate injection of nine million US dollars as well as the support of its shareholder governments to keep it viable (05:22-08:03)6. The Pentagon says three more inmates attempt suicide at the Guantánamo Bay US detention facility in Cuba bringing the number to ten for the year. Michael Ratner, President of the New York Centre for Constitutional Rights expresses concern about the unsatisfactory human conditions of the inmates. BBC correspondent Karen Weir reports (08:04-09:26)7. Michele Montas, award winning journalist, Director of Radio Haiti and widow of journalist Jean Dominique decides to shut down the station due to threats to journalists. She says the station has already lost three lives, she refuses to lose any more and she does not know when broadcasting will resume. BBC correspondent Mike Jarvis reports (09:27-09:51)8. In cricket, the West Indies has a fully fit squad ahead of its upcoming 2003 ICC World Cup match against Canada. The team desperately needs a victory to boost its points tally having failed to win since the opening game against South Africa. Ricky Skerritt, Team Manager talks about the team’s run rate. BBC correspondent Mike Jarvis reports (09:52-12:37)9. An Antiguan artist whose sobriquet is Wanski comes under criticism in Trinidad and Tobago for allegedly inciting violence by anti-gay lyrics in his song, More Gyal. Peter Minshall, Trinidadian Carnival bandleader and costume designer says this is the same as racial discrimination. BBC correspondents Mike Jarvis and Tony Fraser report (12:38-15:29
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Caribbean Report 19-02-2003
No full text1. Headlines with anchor Bertram Niles (00:00-00:25)2. Political leaders in Saint Kitts and Nevis work towards full autonomy for Nevis and pledge to negotiate a new constitution to govern two islands only two miles apart. Sam Condor, Saint Kitts and Nevis’ Deputy Prime Minister and also Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Reform, explains what the aim is politically. BBC’s Bertram Niles reports (00:27-03:27)3. Dominica’s air and seaports are seriously affected as a thousand public servants go on strike to persuade government to abandon its new austerity measures. Government’s proposal includes a six and a half percent wage cut and layoffs. Thomas Letang, General Secretary of the DPSU says his organization is willing to find a solution and Charles Savarin, acting PM says the government is not withdrawing its proposal. BBC’s Paul Charles reports (03:28-05:07)4. Trade unions in St. Lucia warn of escalating worker agitation in the Caribbean if governments fail to consult more with them and also fail to move apace with the changing global environment. In Jamaica, teachers are asking for a thirty percent increase but the government is offering just three percent while awarding itself a one hundred and three percent pay hike. Judith Spencer-Jarrett, Past President of the Jamaica Teacher’s Association sees this as a negative forecast for the future of industrial relations. BBC’s correspondent Pete Ninvalle reports (05:08-06:54)5. Edward Seaga, leader of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) defends his party’s decision to suspend cooperation talks with the government over the Omar Davies affair. He claims to have had enough of wrongdoing by the government. BBC’s Bertram Niles reports (06:55-09:55)6. Popular Haitian radio station, Radio Métropole stages a broadcast blackout for twenty-four hours in protest for an attack on one of the station’s top journalists. Radio Métropole News Director François Rothschild, believes that pro Jean-Bertrand Aristide government supporters are responsible. Moreover, two journalist have been killed within the last two weeks. BBC’s Karen Weir reports (09:56-11:59)7. The British government announces the postponement of a meeting between Foreign Office Minister Baroness Amos and CARICOM’s tourism ministers. Philip J. Pierre, St Lucia’s Tourism Minister states that this regional industry is facing strong global competition and ministers need to explore joint marketing within Britain to increase the Caribbean’s market share. BBC’s Bertram Niles reports (12:00-14:43)8. A Cuban court sentences two dissidents to eighteen months in prison for resisting the authorities. They were campaigning for the Varela Project, an initiative for political reform in Cuba. Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, project leader and political activist says that the sentences are unreasonable and unjustified. BBC’s Bertram Niles reports (14:44-15:29
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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 18-02-2003
No full text1. Headlines with anchor Bertram Niles (00:00-00:20)2. The deadline is past for Dominica’s government to respond to public servants’ demand to shelve its plan for cutting their pay. Charles Angelo Savarin, Acting Prime Minister says that the letter arrived too late for Cabinet. Thomas Letang, General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union says that the government had enough time and members are not prepared to wait. BBC’s Bertram Niles and Paul Charles report (00:21-04:02)3. In Antigua and Barbuda there is a new skirmish between the Opposition and government on the issue of electoral reform. Government has placed an amendment before the Parliament to permit local elections in Barbuda next month. Baldwin Spencer, Opposition Leader says the government is going down a dangerous and illegal road. Bertram Niles reports (04:03-07:24)4. In 1989, the CARICOM nations pledged to implement a single market and single economy but after several postponements, the new date is 2005. A key announcement at the CARICOM Summit, is that three countries (Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and Jamaica) are ready to remove the barriers on trade, labor, travel and the flow of goods at least one year in advance of the deadline. Owen Arthur, Barbados Prime Minister is optimistic and PJ Patterson, Jamaica’s PM comments on political power. BBC’s Tony Fraser reports (07:25-09:50)5. The visit of a UN official to investigate claims of illegal executions by police is welcomed by Jamaicans for Justice, one of the island’s human rights groups. Jamaica has one of the world’s highest murder rates and the highest rate of unlawful killings by police according to the UN. Dr. Carolyn Gomes, co-founder of the organization says that the UN’s visit will draw international attention and that she will be speaking with the official on the issue. In Guyana, there are also allegations of a high rate of executions by the police. Deputy Superintendent and Police Spokesman David Ramnarine, says that the police have got to react when cornered by criminals. BBC's Bertram Niles reports (09:51-13:30)6. West Indies Captain Carl Hooper, describes himself as disappointed but not despondent after his team’s 2003 Cricket World Cup wash out against Bangladesh. He says that he hopes the loss of two points from a possible four, will serve as inspiration for his team particularly against the Sri Lankans. BBC’s Mike Jarvis reports (13:31-15:26
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe 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
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