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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
Caribbean Report 14-12-1990
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:37)2. Days before the elections, a massive crowd gathers in Port-au-Prince in support of Haitian presidential candidate, Jean-Bertrand Aristide . A member of one of the observer groups and General Secretary of the Caribbean Conference of Churches, Rev. Alan Kirton, speaks to Hugh Crosskill via a live telephone interview (00:38-02:40)3. Review of Haiti’s political events in the run-up to the upcoming presidential elections. The special report features Jerry Timmins; Leslie Griffith, Methodist Minister; Louis Roy, Head of the Council of State; Roger Lafontant; Marc Brazin, presidential candidate; Jean-Bertrand Aristide, presidential candidate; Alvin Adams, US Ambassador to Haiti; and John Compton, Prime Minister of St. Lucia (02:41-12:08)4. The live interview with Rev. Alan Kiston reconvenes in which he expounds on the Lafontant factor disrupting the democratic process of free and fair elections (12:09-12:53)5. Controversy is mounting in Guyana over the implementation of the electoral reforms agreed on by President Hoyte following Jimmy carter’s visit to Georgetown. A major row is building between Guyana’s ruling party, the opposition parties and other groups. Sharief Khan reports (12:54-14:50
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 23-01-1990
No full textThe program features the resignation of the Haitian ambassador in Washington over the exiled opposition leaders from Haiti. According to the Charge d’Affaires at the embassy, the ambassador’s resignation was an emotional blunder. The report also covers the views of the supporters of democracy in Port-au-France who claim that the future of Haiti is in a quandary due to the recent state of siege. Following the Financial Market news, the segment examines the upcoming visit of Dan Quayle, US Vice President to Jamaica to meet with Prime Minister Michael Manley on the US invasion of Panama. The final segment addresses a campaign launched by the British government to facilitate the entry of more black recruits into the British armed forces. According to a report by the Ministry of Defence in Britain, the racial discrimination factor was a major deterrent for applicants of ethnic minorities.1. Headlines (00:00-00:30)2. Resignation of the Haitian ambassador in Washington. Interview with Fritz Vougy, Charge d'Affaires at the Haitian Embassy in Washington (00:31-04:46)3. Supporters of democracy in Haiti concerned about the future of the nation. Brian Jarman interviews Jean Sebastian Roy, son of exiled, Dr. Louis Roy (04:47-08:27)4. Financial News. Comments from Neil Buxton, metal analyst of Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. (08:28-09:44)5. US Vice President visits Jamaica for talks with Prime Minister Michael Manley. Leslie Garth interviews David Beckwith, US Press Secretary (09:45-12:25)6. British government launched a campaign for more black recruits in the British armed forces. Harold Briley reports with comments from Sergeant Roy Smith of the Royal Air force (12:26-14:55
Caribbean Report 17-12-1990
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:35)2. Early indications show that Jean-Bertrand Aristide has won the first free and fair elections in Haiti and is set to become the first democratically elected president. Jimmy Carter gave the elections process his seal of approval and lauded the role of the army in maintaining peace. However as supporters of Jean-Bertrand Aristide gathered outside the Saint Jean Basco Church clamoring for his arrival, a pregnant woman was shot and killed. Louis Roy and Neville Duncan are interviewed by Hugh Crosskill (00:36-09:39)3. St. Lucia’s private sector attempts to ensure that the discussions in the Eastern Caribbean are not dominated by politics alone. Adrian O’Jeer, Executive Director of St. Lucia’s Chamber of Commerce, is interviewed of the demands of the private sector on the political union talks (09:40-11:54)4. Michael Norton reports on the shooting of the women in the aftermath of the Haitian elections with claims by eyewitnesses that the shots were fired by a police officer (11:55-14:52
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
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