As the publishing industry seeks new ways to reach a consumer marketplace, popular music icons are increasingly being used as a hook to theme philosophical books offering life lessons on self-help, ...economic success and spirituality. 50 Cent's The 50th Law is a compendium of strategy that reinforces the rapper's image as a business man who happens to make hip hop. It equips readers with a specific mindset of entrepreneurialism for an era of flexible accumulation. The 50th Law argues for seeing things "as they are", for self-reliance, strategic opportunism, playing dirty when necessary, connecting with the audience and facing one's deepest fears. Alongside this prioritization of control through independent action, the book is indifferent to the many ways in which class, race, and gender can be aligned with communal value systems that might promote progressive social change. The 50th Law's cultural politics are complicated by the fact that it emerged from a process of collaboration with white co-author Robert Greene. To understand the intricate cultural work carried out in the book, this piece will examine it in relation to issues of racial identity, social mobility, and personal freedom.
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High-quality, adequately powered, randomized controlled trials are needed to inform the care of critically ill children. Unfortunately, such evidence is not always available. Our objective was to ...identify barriers and facilitators of conducting high-quality randomized controlled trials in pediatric critical care, from the perspective of trialists in this field.
Self-administered online survey. Respondents rated the importance of barriers and effectiveness of facilitators on seven-point scales.
Authors of 294 pediatric critical care randomized controlled trials (published 1986 to June 2015).
One hundred sixteen researchers from 25 countries participated.
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Respondents reported a median (Q1, Q3) of 21 years (15, 26 yr) of experience and 41 (36%) had authored more than one randomized controlled trial. More survey respondents, compared with nonrespondents, had published more than one trial (35% vs 26%; p = 0.002) and their trials were more often cited (median citations/yr, 2.4 vs 1.5; p < 0.001). Of the barriers listed, the five most important were primarily related to lack of funding. The five facilitators perceived as most effective were protected time for research, ability to recruit participants 24 hours per day/7 days per week, conducting randomized controlled trials in collaboration with a research network, funding from government agencies specifically for randomized controlled trials in critically ill children, and academic department support for conducting randomized controlled trials. Respondent experience and country income level were associated with differences in importance ratings for eight of 41 barriers. There were fewer such differences for facilitators.
Lack of funding and time are major barriers to conducting pediatric critical care randomized controlled trials worldwide. Although barriers varied among country income levels, the facilitators of such trials were more consistent. In addition to increased funding, respondents identified other strategies such as research networks that are within the purview of the pediatric critical care research community, to facilitate the conduct of rigorous randomized controlled trials.
Research networks in adult and neonatal critical care have demonstrated collaborative and successful execution of clinical trials. Such networks appear to have been relatively recently established in ...the field of pediatric critical care. The objective of this study was to evaluate the productivity and impact of randomized controlled trials conducted by pediatric critical care research networks, compared with nonnetwork trials.
We searched multiple online databases including MEDLINE, reference lists of randomized controlled trials, and relevant systematic reviews. Independent pairs of reviewers identified published randomized controlled trials administering any intervention to children in a PICU and abstracted data. A research network was defined as a formal consortium or collaborative research group established for the purpose of conducting clinical research. Data were independently abstracted in duplicate.
There were 288 pediatric critical care randomized controlled trials published in English between 1986 and July 2015, of which 15 randomized controlled trials (5.2%) were conducted by a total of five research networks. Network randomized controlled trials were more often multicentered, multinational, and larger in size (p < 0.001), compared with nonnetwork randomized controlled trials. Accordingly, their trials took longer to complete (median, 36 vs 21 mo; p < 0.001). Early stopping occurred in 46.7% of network randomized controlled trials (46.7%) and 27% of nonnetwork randomized controlled trials (p = 0.14), most commonly for futility. None of the network, but 45% of the nonnetwork trials found a significant difference in their primary outcome (p < 0.001). Network trials were more frequently cited (median, 6 vs 2 citations per year) and published in higher impact journals (median impact factor, 21.8 vs 3; p < 0.001).
Research networks have conducted a minority of randomized controlled trials in pediatric critical care. They infrequently demonstrate significant differences in their primary outcomes. Despite this, network trials are cited more frequently and appear to have greater impact. There are important lessons to learn from both individual researchers as well as research networks that may guide the successful conduct of collaborative, high-quality randomized controlled trials in critically ill children.
In June 2009 a flyposter that morphed singer Susan Boyle's face on to the jumpsuited body of a 1970s Elvis appeared in Manchester. The poster raised questions about the cultural politics of Boyle's ...performance on the television show "Britain's Got Talent" and how her image related to that of Elvis Presley. Compares Susan Boyle's reception to that of Elvis, and suggests a full understanding of their success as celebrity commodities must include attention to the connectedness of their embodiment with other elements of their image. (Quotes from original text)
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•We compile multidisciplinary geoscientific data to construct a 3D geology model.•Advanced 3D inversion of potential field data can improve geometry of units at depth.•Subregion ...approach used here can simplify inversion of regional scale complex models.•Refined models improve subsurface geology boundaries directing future investigations.
In this study, a regional model that defines the three-dimensional geometry of the subsurface geology beneath the complex, prospective northwestern Tasmania has been developed. This has been achieved using a series of potential field inversions constrained by surface geology, geological sections, seismic interpretations and a newly extended petrophysical dataset. Three major episodes of granitic magmatism are preserved in Tasmania: in the Neoproterozoic, Cambrian and Devonian. Granite bodies are hence considered important indicators of mineralization for explorers in an area of challenging vegetation, topography and cover sequences. Forward modelling and property-based inversions of the pre-existing geological model show that the previously interpreted subsurface geometry is not compatible with potential field data. Four sub-regions displayed a large discrepancy between calculated and observed data. This study redefines the subsurface geometries of these sub-regions through individual geometry inversions. The density and magnetic susceptibility ranges of units are further refined through property inversions. The modified geometry of the Devonian granites in the four sub-regions may be summarized as follows: 1) the Housetop Granite is relatively thin (≤5 km thickness), whereas 2) the Heemskirk and Meredith Granites are very thick and granite extends to a shallower depth between these bodies than previously interpreted. This region between plutons is thus a more prospective region than previously thought. 3) For the first time, an intrusive body underlying the eastern part of the Rocky Cape Group has been identified. Its petrophysical properties are similar to that of a granite, and its top is interpreted at a depth of >3 km. This interpreted low density (granitic) unit may be either Neoproterozoic or Devonian. 4) A new non-magnetic, low density Cambrian granite, with a minimum burial depth of 1 km, is also modelled in 3D, within the Mount Read Volcanics, in the south of the study area. Our approach, whereby sub-regions are identified for more detailed modelling, enables new constraints to be introduced in a computationally efficient way, and has general application to refining the geometry of key structures in prospective regions.
Heckling has rarely been examined in popular music studies. The argument of this piece is that audience members heckle in an attempt to alter the balance of power in live musical performance. To ...understand this I introduce the idea of the "symbolic economy," a framework of assumptions and interpretations held by audience members that gives stars their social value. My argument is that each musician's aura is perceived when his or her performance is both recognizably popular and emotionally meaningful to each fan. Heckling can potentially damage the aura by shifting attention away from the star, condemning the content of his or her performance, and forcing him or her to make an impromptu response.
Drawing on theory from sociology and literary studies, the article supplies examples to help us understand the potentials of this process by creating a typology of different heckles. Finally, it explores the ways in which musicians have carefully managed any threats posed by cries from the audience.
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Purpose - The aim of this research paper is to examine why concert promoters sometimes advertise sold-out live music shows when nobody can buy tickets any longer.Design methodology approach - ...Durkheim's theory of religion as a thrilling social activity is used to hypothesize that the advertising of sold-out events reminds audiences that star performers are popular and therefore helps to generate the "buzz" around them. Interviews with a series of promoters from the USA, UK and Canada revealed, however, that they see more immediate and mundane reasons for advertising sold-out shows, including building the artist's career profile and training consumers to buy next time round.Findings - It was found that promoters could also organize the sales and advertising process to bring sold-out events into being. While their explanations diverged from a Durkheimian schema, the results of their actions did not. In effect they serendipitously did cultural work to further the Durkheimian process without being consciously concerned by it as an explanation of motives.Originality value - This paper suggests that the Durkheimian model illuminates a point of connection between commerce and affect in the reception of star performances. Further research on live music using the model as a hypothesis may therefore be useful.
