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Caribbean Report 16-11-1990
No full text1. Headlines (00:00-00:39)2. Antigua in political turmoil in the wake of the Blom-Cooper Report on the arms scandal as Cabinet remains divided on the implementation of the report’s recommendations. Brian Gonzales, Chairman of the Private Sector Organization comments on the response by the private sector, the succession of Vere Bird Sr., and the role of Antigua in Caricom regional integration (00:40-06:18)3. Dominican Republic’s President may call early elections if strike actions continue. Separate organizations on the island have called for a national strike and the resignation of President Balaguer (06:19-07:30)4. The president of the Barbados Hotel Association forecasts a weak tourist season in the winter period. Sandra Baptiste reports that the larger hotels are more optimistic and also interviews Gordon Seale, BHA President; David Page, General Manager of Heywoods Hotel; and Bernie Charles, Manager of Golden Beach Hotel (07:31-11:43)5. Montserrat is still attempting to rebuild itself thirteen months after Hurricane Hugo. A team from a British College, Wolverhampton Polytechnic Post Hurricane Task Force will arrive on the island to assist in the rebuilding process. Interview with the manager of the project in Britain, Irving Fisher (11:44-14:55
Caribbean Report 22-04-1992
No full textReport starts midway into first news item.1. In St. Lucia, further to the allegation of Prime Minister John Compton’s writing love letters to a teenager, the Canadian High Commission has confirmed the existence of official correspondence from Mr. Compton on behalf of the teenager whom he stated was his niece. Opposition leader Julian Hunte says he intends to pursue the matter (00:00-02:55)2. Keith Smith, editor of the Trinidad and Tobago Express comments on Prime Minister John Compton’s statement regarding the separation of his public life from his private life (02:56-04:07)3. The United States government issues a travel warning to its citizens planning to travel to Barbados due to an increase in criminal activity on the island. President of the Barbados Hotel and Tourist Association, Gordon Seale talks about the effect of this advisory on the tourist industry (04:08-06:25)4. Barbados’ Central Bank Governor, Kurleigh King forecasts small growth for the island’s economy (06:26-06:50)5. Caribbean shippers are worried about a United States government decision to put pressure on foreign ships trading with Cuba. President of the Trinidad and Tobago Shipping Association, Raoul Badaloo says that the matter will be discussed at the upcoming meeting of the Caribbean Shipping Association in the Cayman Islands (06:51-10:34)6. Guyana born British Member of Parliament, Bernie Grant enters the race for the deputy leadership of Britain’s labour party in a bid to swing the opposition party back to its former ideals (10:35-12:18)7. The Organization of American States halts plans for a visit by a five member mission to Haiti as the Haitian parliament admits that it cannot guarantee the safety of the delegation (12:19-12:48)8. In boxing, Frank Bruno knocks out Cuban Jose Ribalta in the second round of their ten round fight at Wembley (12:49-13:00
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
No full text“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
No full textWe 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
No full textWe 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 27-02-1992
No full textAntiguan Police fires tear gas into a crowd of demonstrators calling for the resignation of the prime minister amid allegations of financial impropriety in public office. The Barbados Board of Tourism and the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association are to meet to discuss the impact of crime on tourism. This follows on an attempted armed attack on a bus carrying American tourists. A Guyanese financial delegation led by Finance Minister Carl Greenidge, is to meet in Port of Spain with finance officials from Trinidad and Tobago to settle Guyana’s $314 million debt. The US Congress is considering a bill to halt the repatriation of Haitian refugees for six months or less depending on how soon political stability is restored in Haiti. After a decade and a half, Calypsonian Might Sparrow re-enters the Calypso Monarch Competition. England beats the West Indies Cricketers by 3 runs with the loss of 4 wickets and 40 overs to spare in Melbourne, Australia. Guyanese born boxer, Dennis Andries will fight against Frenchman Akim Tafer in a bid to capture the European Cruiserweight title. Finally, Antiguan political parties are scheduled to meet to discuss the tear gassing of demonstrators outside parliament.1. Headlines (00:00-00:31)2. Antiguan police fires tear gas on a group of demonstrators outside the Antiguan parliament causing injuries to a dozen or so protestors. Opposition leader Baldwin Spencer voices condemnation of the act (00:32-03:37)3. The Barbados Board of Tourism and the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association to meet following an attempted armed attack on a bus carrying American tourists. President of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association, Gordon Seale emphasises the importance of tourist advisories (03:38-06:41)4. Finance officials from Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago are carded to meet in two weeks to settle Guyana’s 314 million dollar debt to Trinidad and Tobago (06:42-07:21)5. The US Congress is considering a bill to halt the repatriation of Haitian refugees from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba as well as on US coastguard ships. Clips are played featuring opposing viewpoints from Congressman Charles Rangel and Republican Congressman David Dreier (07:22-08:57)6. Calypsonian Mighty Sparrow is set to return to the Calypso Monarch Competition. Sparrow shares his reason for his return in an interview with correspondent Tony Fraser (08:58-12:08)7. The West Indies Cricket Team loses to England in its first match of the World Cup Tournament. Jonathan Agnew reports from Australia (12:09-13:56)8. Guyanese born boxer, Dennis Andries will pair off with Frenchman Akim Tafer in France to win the European Cruiserweight title (13:57-14:24)9. An update on the lead story. Political parties to meet presently to discuss the tear gassing of demonstrators outside the Antiguan Parliament (14:25-14:50
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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