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Pvn-Cat-202-Em-021-001-Ptstnd, Edward M. Schortman Jan 2004

Pvn-Cat-202-Em-021-001-Ptstnd, Edward M. Schortman

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.


Search Engine Coverage Bias: Evidence And Possible Causes, L. Vaughan, M. Thelwall Jan 2004

Search Engine Coverage Bias: Evidence And Possible Causes, L. Vaughan, M. Thelwall

FIMS Publications

Commercial search engines are now playing an increasingly important role in Web information dissemination and access. Of particular interest to business and national governments is whether the big engines have coverage biased towards the US or other countries. In our study we tested for national biases in three major search engines and found significant differences in their coverage of commercial Web sites. The US sites were much better covered than the others in the study: sites from China, Taiwan and Singapore. We then examined the possible technical causes of the differences and found that the language of a site does …


New Versions Of Pagerank Employing Alternative Web Document Models, M. Thelwall, L. Vaughan Jan 2004

New Versions Of Pagerank Employing Alternative Web Document Models, M. Thelwall, L. Vaughan

FIMS Publications

Introduces several new versions of PageRank (the link based Web page ranking algorithm), based on an information science perspective on the concept of the Web document. Although the Web page is the typical indivisible unit of information in search engine results and most Web information retrieval algorithms, other research has suggested that aggregating pages based on directories and domains gives promising alternatives, particularly when Web links are the object of study. The new algorithms introduced based on these alternatives were used to rank four sets of Web pages. The ranking results were compared with human subjects' rankings. The results of …


2004-4 Human Capital Specificity: Direct And Indirect Evidence From Canadian And Us Panels And Displaced Worker Surveys, Maxim Poletaev, Chris Robinson Jan 2004

2004-4 Human Capital Specificity: Direct And Indirect Evidence From Canadian And Us Panels And Displaced Worker Surveys, Maxim Poletaev, Chris Robinson

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2004-1 Technological Change In The Production Of Human Capital: Implications For Human Capital Stocks, Wages And Skill Differentials, Audra J. Bowlus, Chris Robinson Jan 2004

2004-1 Technological Change In The Production Of Human Capital: Implications For Human Capital Stocks, Wages And Skill Differentials, Audra J. Bowlus, Chris Robinson

Centre for Human Capital and Productivity. CHCP Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2004-1 Should The Canadian Federation Be Rebalanced?, Robin Boadway Jan 2004

2004-1 Should The Canadian Federation Be Rebalanced?, Robin Boadway

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2004-2 Transformation Of The South Korean State: Structural Changes Of The State After The 1997 Financial Crisis, Bum-Soo Chon, Erick Duchesne, Sunkyuk Kim Jan 2004

2004-2 Transformation Of The South Korean State: Structural Changes Of The State After The 1997 Financial Crisis, Bum-Soo Chon, Erick Duchesne, Sunkyuk Kim

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2004-3 For Sale: Barriers To Riches, Benjamin R. Bridgman, Igor D. Livshits, James C. Macgee Jan 2004

2004-3 For Sale: Barriers To Riches, Benjamin R. Bridgman, Igor D. Livshits, James C. Macgee

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2004-4 How Does Free Trade Become Institutionalized? An Expected Utility Model Of The Chrétien Era, Michael Lusztig, Patrick James Jan 2004

2004-4 How Does Free Trade Become Institutionalized? An Expected Utility Model Of The Chrétien Era, Michael Lusztig, Patrick James

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2004-5 Woodford And Wicksell On Interest And Prices: The Place Of The Pure Credit Economy In The Theory Of Monetary Policy, David Laidler Jan 2004

2004-5 Woodford And Wicksell On Interest And Prices: The Place Of The Pure Credit Economy In The Theory Of Monetary Policy, David Laidler

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2004-6 Risks, Institutions And Common Pool Governance: The Case Of Water Management In The Murray-Darling Basin, B Timothy Heinmiller Jan 2004

2004-6 Risks, Institutions And Common Pool Governance: The Case Of Water Management In The Murray-Darling Basin, B Timothy Heinmiller

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2004-7 The Re-Regulation Of Irrigated Agriculture, B Timothy Heinmiller Jan 2004

2004-7 The Re-Regulation Of Irrigated Agriculture, B Timothy Heinmiller

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2004-8 Central Banks As Lenders Of Last Resort - Trendy Or Passé?, David Laidler Jan 2004

2004-8 Central Banks As Lenders Of Last Resort - Trendy Or Passé?, David Laidler

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


2004-9 The Foreign Property Rule: A Cost-Benefit Analysis, David Burgess, Joel Fried Jan 2004

2004-9 The Foreign Property Rule: A Cost-Benefit Analysis, David Burgess, Joel Fried

Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers

No abstract provided.


What Are The Chances? Evaluating Risk/Benefit Information In Consumer Health Materials, Jacquelyn Burkell Jan 2004

What Are The Chances? Evaluating Risk/Benefit Information In Consumer Health Materials, Jacquelyn Burkell

FIMS Publications

Much consumer health information addresses issues of disease risk or treatment risks and benefits, addressing questions such as ‘‘How effective is this treatment?’’ or ‘‘What is the likelihood that this test will give a false positive result?’’ Insofar as it addresses outcome likelihood, this information is essentially quantitative in nature, which is of critical importance, because quantitative information tends to be difficult to understand and therefore inaccessible to consumers. Information professionals typically examine reading level to determine the accessibility of consumer health information, but this measure does not adequately reflect the difficulty of quantitative information, including materials addressing issues of …


Health Information Seals Of Approval: What Do They Signify?, Jacquelyn Burkell Jan 2004

Health Information Seals Of Approval: What Do They Signify?, Jacquelyn Burkell

FIMS Publications

Much of the health information available to consumers on the Internet is incomplete, out of date, and even inaccurate. Seals of approval or trustmarks have been suggested as a strategy to assist consumers to identify high quality information. Little is known, however, about how consumers interpret such seals. This study addresses this issue by examining assumptions about the quality criteria that are reflected by a seal of approval. This question is of particular importance because a wide variety of quality criteria have been suggested for online health information, including core aspects of quality such as accuracy, currency, and completeness, proxy …


A Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Hollow Water First Nation’S Community Holistic Healing Process, Ed Buller Jan 2004

A Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Hollow Water First Nation’S Community Holistic Healing Process, Ed Buller

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Aboriginal Sexual Offending In Canada: A Review Of The Evidence, John H. Hylton Jan 2004

Aboriginal Sexual Offending In Canada: A Review Of The Evidence, John H. Hylton

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Aboriginal Resource Access In Response To Criminal Victimization In An Urban Context, Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M. Cohen, Jesse L. Cale Jan 2004

Aboriginal Resource Access In Response To Criminal Victimization In An Urban Context, Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M. Cohen, Jesse L. Cale

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Childhood Experiences Of Aboriginal Offenders, Shelley Trevethan, John-Patrick Moore Jan 2004

Childhood Experiences Of Aboriginal Offenders, Shelley Trevethan, John-Patrick Moore

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Unstated Paternity: Estimates And Contributing Factors, Stewart Clatworthy Jan 2004

Unstated Paternity: Estimates And Contributing Factors, Stewart Clatworthy

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Aboriginal Single Mothers In Canada, 1996: A Statistical Profile, Jeremy Hull Jan 2004

Aboriginal Single Mothers In Canada, 1996: A Statistical Profile, Jeremy Hull

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Urban Aboriginal Women In British Columbia And The Impacts Of Matrimonial Real Property Regime, Karen L. Abbott Jan 2004

Urban Aboriginal Women In British Columbia And The Impacts Of Matrimonial Real Property Regime, Karen L. Abbott

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Matrimonial Real Property Issues On-Reserve, Wendy Cornet, Allison Lendor Jan 2004

Matrimonial Real Property Issues On-Reserve, Wendy Cornet, Allison Lendor

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


La FéCondité Des Indiennes À 15 À 19 Ans, De 1986 À 1997, Norbert Robitaille, Ali Kouaouci, Eric Guimond Jan 2004

La FéCondité Des Indiennes À 15 À 19 Ans, De 1986 À 1997, Norbert Robitaille, Ali Kouaouci, Eric Guimond

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Social Capital In First Nations Communities: Concept And Measurement, Javier Mignone, Janet Longclaws, John O'Neil, Cameron Mustard Jan 2004

Social Capital In First Nations Communities: Concept And Measurement, Javier Mignone, Janet Longclaws, John O'Neil, Cameron Mustard

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Transferring Whose Knowledge? Exchanging Whose Best Practices? On Knowing About Indigenous Knowledge And Aboriginal Suicide, Michael J. Chandler, Christopher E. Lalonde Jan 2004

Transferring Whose Knowledge? Exchanging Whose Best Practices? On Knowing About Indigenous Knowledge And Aboriginal Suicide, Michael J. Chandler, Christopher E. Lalonde

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


A Framework For Aboriginal Health Systems, Laurel Lemchuk-Favel, Richard Jock Jan 2004

A Framework For Aboriginal Health Systems, Laurel Lemchuk-Favel, Richard Jock

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Aboriginal Development: The Process Is Critical To Success, Cynthia Chataway Jan 2004

Aboriginal Development: The Process Is Critical To Success, Cynthia Chataway

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Situation De Faible Revenu De Long Terme Des Autochtones Hors RéServe Au Canada: Une ÉTude Sur Les Groupes À Risque D’Exclusion Sociale, Dominique Fleury Jan 2004

Situation De Faible Revenu De Long Terme Des Autochtones Hors RéServe Au Canada: Une ÉTude Sur Les Groupes À Risque D’Exclusion Sociale, Dominique Fleury

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.