This paper describes the work done by the Information Retrieval Research Group at Océ Technologies B.V., for the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum (CLEF) 2001. We have participated in the Dutch Monolingual task and submitted three runs. In this paper we introduce a new method for relevance computation using two new query operators. This method is meant to be applied to Multilingual Retrieval in t...

School inspections are a common feature of education systems across the world. These involve trained professionals visiting schools and reaching judgements about quality they provide. Yet there is currently little academic research investigating consistency school inspections, including how vary inspectors with different characteristics. We present new empirical evidence on this matter, drawing...

Using the recession recovery point equal to month when private payrolls first exceeded their previous peak level, this paper argues that it was negative secular trend in manufacturing jobs most important determinant of length and depth last three recessions/recoveries. This changed layoff/recall pattern into permanent displacements, a malady lengthened periods is not explicit target either trad...