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Caribbean Report 05-04-1999
No full text1. Headlines with anchor Keith Stone Greaves (00:25)2. British media report that the US commitment to the refugee crisis and war in the Balkans in Kosovo could involve the movement of 20, 000 Albanians to the US navy base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and the Pacific island of Guam. Professor Bert Thomas, Director of Caribbean Studies at City University in New York comments on the movement of war refugees to Cuba. Kimberly Andrews Thomas reports (00:26 - 03:26)3. Trinidad and Tobago Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj discusses the legal rulings by the Privy Council preventing the country from implementing the death penalty. Keith Stone Greaves reports (03:27 – 06:46)4. In Antigua/Barbuda tourism is viewed as the main economic sector and main foreign exchange income earner, providing jobs for 75 percent of the population. The Antiguan government estimates the sector growth at 7 percent annum. Antigua hotel and tourism consultant Nova Alexander speaks on the absence of Antiguans in top level management positions in the tourist industry. Keith Stone Greaves reports (06:47 – 11:23)5. Trinidad and Tobago is at the forefront in calls for a Caribbean Court of Justice which will replace the Privy Council in London and act as a final court of appeal for Caribbean judicial matters. Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj discusses the regional position and CARICOM commitment to establishing the court of appeal. Keith Stone Greaves reports (11:24 – 14: 58
Caribbean Report 05-03-1999
No full text1. Headlines with anchor Keith Stone Greaves (00:23)2. High level talks on the US European Union dispute continue in London with the US Secretary of State Madeline Albright scheduled to meet with UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cooke. The World Trade Organization will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the current impasse. CARICOM negotiator Shridath Ramphal condemns US actions. Ken Richards reports on the ongoing consultations on US retaliatory tariffs (00:24 – 02:52)3. Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Kenny Anthony will meet with government officials to discuss the ongoing banana trade war between the US and European Union and will continue to lobby for a Caribbean banana regime. Saint Lucia is a major producer of bananas to the EU (02:53 – 5:44)4. Wakefield Richardson reports on polling results in Anguilla national elections. The Anguilla National Alliance captured three seats, Anguilla United Party and Anguilla Democratic Party each picked up two seats. The former coalition government led by Chief Minister Hubert Hughes will form the next government in Anguilla (05:45 - 6:58)5. A Commonwealth Observer Group arrives in Antigua ahead of the general election. The Group’s mandate is to meet with political parties, election officials, independent candidates and all interest groups and report its findings to the Commonwealth Secretary General. Keith Stone Greaves reports (06:59 – 08:16)6. In Guyana, stores remained closed after crowds attacked police and started a fire, riot police used tear gas to disperse a crowd attending a political meeting organised by the opposition People National Congress (PNC). PNC General Secretary Oscar Clarke comments on the incident as an act of disruption and an attempt to injure PNC leader Desmond Hoyte. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Roger Luncheon called on Hoyte to decrease inflammatory comments. Colin Smith reports from Guyana. (08: 17 – 10:21)7. Increasing political tension in Haiti and recent murders draw condemnation from the UN Security Council. The Council calls on political leaders to form a credible electoral council and host open, free, and fair elections. Haitian expert Professor Bert Thomas from Brooklyn College comments on the chaotic situation. Kimberly Anderson Thomas reports (10:22 - 12:22)8. Creators of the animated TV show Bart Simpson have developed a black version of the series drawing a black audience in the US. Film director Spike Lee denounces the show as perpetrating racial stereotype. Professor Robin Means Coleman author speaks out on the portrayal of African Americans. BBC correspondent Jane Hughes reports (12:23 – 15:22
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
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 30-08-1999
No full text1. Headlines with anchor Keith Stone Greaves (00:00 - 00:30)2. Caribbean community leaders at a Summit in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago reached a consensus to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice to replace Britain’s Privy Council. A leading Caribbean economist and academic Grenadian Alister McIntyre shares his views on the establishment of the Caribbean Court and adjudication regarding the death penalty. Lou Smith reports (00:31 - 02:16)3. In Haiti the opposition parties are welcoming a US decision to withdraw approximately 450 troops and replace these troops with technical teams relocated to rural areas. Professor Bert Thomas Director of Caribbean Studies at New York City University shares his thoughts on the decision and what he describes as premature celebrations by the opposition and the effects on the security of the island (02: 17 - 05:01)4. Caribbean athletes and officials are returning to their individual countries following what has been described as a successful world track and field championships in Seville Spain despite the drug scandals which have marred the games. BBC Sport journalist Alex Capstick reports on the regional standings (05:02 – 08:23)5. BBC reporter Orin Gordon profiles the multicultural event carnival and its transformative effect on residents of Notting Hill. Jessica Robertson reports on the conclusion of what has been described as the two biggest street festivals in Europe attended by over two million revelers (08:24 - 15:55
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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