Computational infrastructure for reprenting persons and citations has been available in R for several years, but has been restructured through enhanced classes "person" and "bibentry" in recent versions of R. The new features include support for the specification of the roles of package authors (e.g.,maintainer, author, contributor, translator, etc.) and more flexible formatting/printing tools among various other improvements. Here, we introduce the new classes and their methods and indicate how this functionality is employed in themanagement of R packages. Specifically, we show how the authors of R packages can be specified along with their roles in package 'DESCRIPTION' and/or 'CITATION' files and the citations produced from it. (author's abstract) / Series: Research Report Series / Department of Statistics and Mathematics

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The thesis deals with Jakub Demlʼs works published in newspapers, magazines and periodic anthologies. It offers a chronological review of this part of Demlʼs work and tries to establish its major periods based on its changes, considering also his books and life. The thesis also attends to the functions and genres of these texts, particularly in relation with the concept of journalism. It further examines selected affairs associated with Jakub Deml which are to be found in contemporary journals. The pivotal part of the thesis is a bibliography of all accessible texts which encompasses their latter editions and references to other related works and people. Key words: Jakub Deml, journalism, bibliography.

The number of manuscript theses presented for graduate degrees is increasing each year. Many of them record the results of important and useful projects. Knowledge of the existence and location of these contributions to scholarship is important to all research workers in order to prevent duplication of study, to bring salient facts into focus and otherwise to facilitate research.

The purpose of this study was to develop and apply an experimental grading system to sonatas written by American-born composers from 1950 to 1975. Although several authors have addressed the problem of grading or classifying piano music, there are generally no precise criteria provided to substantiate the validity of their systems. The present author discovered some significant and innovative yet generally neglected piano sonatas.The grading system in this research was based on the physiological factors effecting the pianist's development. These factors include: 1) Equality of Fingers (finger independence and mobility); 2) Passage of the Thumb (scales and arpeggios); 3) Double-Note and Polyphonic Playing; 4) Extensions (stretches between the fingers); and 5) Arm Rotation (execution of chords and octaves). In addition, since factors such as retuning of the instrument., polyrhythms, and improvisation can make a moderate or intermediate piece into a difficult one, a Special Problem category was added.Each of the six physiological divisions are assigned a numerical. difficulty level from one to ten. The divisions are then averaged and assigned a final "grade" as follows:Easy 1 (E-1)=1.0-1.9; Easy 2 (E--2)=2.0-2.9; Moderate 1 (M-1)--3.0--3.9; Moderate 2 (M-2)=4.0-4.9; Intermediate 1 (I-1)=5.0--5.9; Intermediate 2 (I-2)=6.0-6.9; Difficult. 1 (D-1)=7.0--7.9; Difficult 2 (D-2)=8.0-8.9; Virtuoso (V)=9.0.Eighty--six sonatas were reviewed and graded. These compositions represent a broad selection of works of various degrees of difficulty. By knowing the student's abilities and needs, the piano instructor may use this study to select sonatas that correspond to the appropriate level of attainment.Of the works reviewed, the majority fall into the Moderate category. This was not an unusual finding in that certain pianistic development is required before being able to play the scores. The grading system differs from previous systems in that it provides criteria for the placement of the works into a difficulty rating based on the physiological factors affecting the pianist's development.

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This book was written with the assistance of Patrick Julig, a professor of Anthropology at Laurentian University. / This publication has been assisted by an Ontario Heritage Book Award from the Ontario Heritage Foundation, an agency of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation.

Bilingual First Language Acquisition is not a new concept in the field of bilingualism but it is one that has become increasingly prevalent today. Inspired by my own BFLA background, this report is designed to grant some insight into this phenomenon that is presently observable worldwide. It is designed as an annotated bibliography in that it presents literature summaries of twenty-three articles concerning the BFLA theme. It is meant as a guide for parents and educators who are raising bilingual children in a world where bilingualism is not only prevalent and essential but also incredibly admirable. / text

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