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Magic, Jeanne Marie Laskas

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Three Spheres, Lauren Slater

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Driving, Dashboards And Dromology: Analysing 1980s Videogames Using Paul Virilio’S Theory Of Speed, Alex Wade

Fast Capitalism

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Coming Home After The Surge: Dissecting The Heart Of The Matter Report From The American Academy Of Arts & Sciences, Timothy W. Luke

Fast Capitalism

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Full Issue, Fast Capitalism Editorial Team

Fast Capitalism

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I Give Up Smiling, Donald Morrill

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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How Does A Poet Put Bread On The Table?, Adrienne Rich

Creative Nonfiction Magazine

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Maybe That’S Enough: Towards The Social, And Socially Conscious, Micro-Budget Filmmaker, Brandon Niezgoda

Fast Capitalism

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Biopolitics And The Infected Community: Foucault, Sartre, Esposito, And Butler, Bradley Kaye

Fast Capitalism

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Endangered Humanities At A Time Of Crisis In The Eu And Beyond: Shrinking, Downsize And The Itinerant Academic, Eleftheria Pappa

Fast Capitalism

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About The Authors, Fast Capitalism Editorial Team

Fast Capitalism

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The Specter Of Neoliberalism: Thanatonomics And The Possibility Of Trans-Individualism, Mark Featherstone

Fast Capitalism

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Front Matter, Fast Capitalism Editorial Team

Fast Capitalism

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Fast Capitalism

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May-Thurner Syndrome As A Cause Of Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens, Emma Pierce, Anjeza Cipi, Rebecca Dray

Eastern Virginia Medical Journal

We report the case of a healthy 24-year-old female who presented with acute-onset left leg pain and a clinical exam consistent with phlegmasia cerulea dolens. Imaging revealed extensive occlusive thrombosis of the left common iliac vein with signs of arterial compromise. She was started emergently on intravenous anticoagulation and underwent thrombectomy with angioplasty. Intraoperative findings were consistent with May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) – compression of the left iliac vein by the right iliac artery. This syndrome leads to impaired venous return and thrombosis. The patient was discharged on oral anticoagulation with vascular follow-up for possible iliac vein stenting. Recognition of this …

What Motivates Selectors To Pick A Woman Justice?, Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon, Alice J. Kang, Miki Caul Kittilson, Shan-Jan Sarah Liu

ConLawNOW

This article examines increases in women’s appointment to high courts around the world. It builds on research suggesting that movement by countries to appoint the first women to important benches often influenced neighboring countries. The same authors here look at the related feature that women in advanced industrial countries are appointed to constitutional and supreme courts sooner when subject to electoral pressure. They suggest that electoral pressure is not defined by the left-right ideological spectrum, but rather depends on a more specific support for gender equality.

Cognitive Metaphor In Moroccan Medical Discourse : The Case Of The Hassan Ii University Hospital In Fez, Mouhcine El Bourimi

Faits de Langue et Société (FLS)

The present research was based on an authentic corpus, collected from questionnaires distributed to 15 health professionals at the Hassan II University Hospital in Fez, Morocco, who were asked to give the Moroccan Arabic equivalent of several French medical terms. The aim of the study, based on the "cognitive approach", was to analyse the nature and function of metaphor as a cognitive and communicative tool in the scientific field, particularly in the medical expressions used between health professionals and patients. The aim will be to classify this figure according to his type, his role in the daily communication of users …

A Jeremiad For Ben: Things Fall Apart, Scott G. Mcnall

Fast Capitalism

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Donald Trump, Media Spectacle, And Authoritarian Populism, Douglas Kellner

Fast Capitalism

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The Antinomies Of Brexit, Paul Smith

Fast Capitalism

Author Biography

Paul Smith, George Mason University

Paul Smith was educated at Cambridge and at the University of Kent in the UK and has a PhD in American Studies. Most of his working life has been spent in the US, including posts at Miami University OH, and Carnegie Mellon before his appointment to George Mason University in 1996. Between 1999 and 2002 he was chaired Professor and department head of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex in the UK. At Mason he has been director of the Center for the Study of the Americas and currently teaches …

Twenty-Five Years And Still Recovering: A Brief Reflection On Nafta's Impact On Southside, Virginia, Sandra Via

Fast Capitalism

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has had a detrimental effect on Southside, Virginia. Southside, Virginia, particularly Martinsville, VA and Henry County, VA served as a hub for the furniture and textile industries, such as Bassett Furniture and Bassett-Walker Apparel, in the United States. After NAFTA's implementation, these companies eliminated jobs and moved manufacturing overseas to China or across the border to Mexico where they could exploit low wage workers. Neglecting the social responsibility that these corporations had to the workers that had built their companies and made their products world renown, manufacturers closed their doors leaving workers without …

Neoliberal Fascism As The Endpoint Of Casino Capitalism, Henry Giroux

Fast Capitalism

This article explores neoliberal fascism as a distinctive political formation within the current historical moment. In doing so, it first analyzes neoliberalism as a project that has since the 1970s destroyed all the commanding institutions of democracy while consolidating power in the hands of a financial elite. In addition, it analyzes neoliberalism as a movement, that produces and legitimates massive economic inequality and suffering, privatizes public goods, dismantles essential government agencies, and individualizes all social problems. Under such circumstances, neoliberalism creates the conditions for right wing extremists to mobilize the anger of white disenfranchised working class populations by both appealing …

Full Issue, Fast Capitalism Editorial Team

Fast Capitalism

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Drug Discovery: The Search For The 'Magic Molecules', Khalijah Awang

Archival Material (Undated)

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Aids: Global Impact And The Implications For Se Asia, Rokiah Ismail

Archival Material (Undated)

The AIDS epidemic has been with us for more than a decade. The first AIDS case was reported in 1981 in California, USA, in a gay man. The condition was at first known as the 'gay men's disease' but was very soon seen to be spreading rapidly in the heterosexual population. In the very early stages of the epidemic it was thought that AID was a disease of the Western world, until the African continent was found co be hard hit in the mid-1980 and it was realized that spread to the rest of the developing world- where it will …

Effectiveness Of A Health Literacy Program For Enhancing Self-Care Behavior And Diabetes Prevention Among Pre-Diabetic Buddhist Monks In Upper Northeastern Thailand, Supattra Noo-In, Thidarat Somdee, Chitkamon Srichomphoo, Jirarat Ruetrakul, Chaloemporn Namyota, Le Ke Nghiep, Santisith Khiewkhern

Journal of Health Research

Background: Buddhist monks in Thailand experience distinctive lifestyle constraints—such as dependence on alms-based diets and restrictions on strenuous physical activity—that heighten their vulnerability to type 2 diabetes. This study examined the effectiveness of a structured health literacy program in improving diabetes-preventive self-care behaviors among pre-diabetic Buddhist monks in upper northeastern Thailand.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted with 72 pre-diabetic monks, evenly allocated to intervention and comparison groups. The intervention group completed a 24-week structured health literacy program. Health literacy and self-care behaviors were assessed using validated questionnaires before and after the intervention, and the data were analyzed using descriptive …

Applying Theory To Develop And Validate The Universal Health Coverage Literacy Scale: A New Measurement For The Thai Context, Saowanee Thongnopakun, Sawitree Visanuyothin, Natsariya Chaksomsak, Pongpaka Puntaluck, Saneewan Saneeyut, Aimutcha Wattanaburanon, Yuvadee Rodjarkpai, Tanunchai Boonnuk

Journal of Health Research

Background: Universal health coverage (UHC) literacy is vital for promoting equitable access to healthcare. However, Thailand lacks a validated tool specifically designed to measure UHC literacy within its cultural context. This study aimed to develop and validate such a tool, named the Universal Health Coverage Literacy Scale for the Thai Context (UHCL:TH).

Methods: A two-phase cross-sectional study design was employed. Phase 1 involved a literature review and identification of the tool’s key components through a two-round Modified Delphi Method process conducted with 19 multidisciplinary experts. Phase 2 focused on tool development and validation. Reliability was tested with 60 participants. Exploratory …

“The Monster That Ate Jurisprudence”: The Misfire Of Civil Rico In Third-Party Payor Recovery, Jillian Rae Bloom

University of Miami Business Law Review

A law created to dismantle organized crime is now being misused to target pharmaceutical companies. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), originally intended to combat criminal enterprises, has since expanded far beyond its intended purpose. Third-party payors (TTPs), such as health insurers, have increasingly relied on RICO to sue pharmaceutical companies for deceptive marketing practices that allegedly cause significant financial harm. While it is important to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for their fraudulent conduct, applying RICO in these cases represents a troublesome overreach. The link between the alleged fraud and TPPs alleged harm is too attenuated to meet …

Tracing The Truth: Strengthening U.S. Food Traceability With Lessons From The Eur. Union, Carolina Gomez

University of Miami Business Law Review

The United States (U.S.) has made significant progress in improving food traceability, with the FDA’s Final Food Traceability Rule set to take effect in 2026. This long-overdue regulation aims to improve outbreak response and better protect public health. However, major gaps in the U.S. traceability system remain, leaving consumers exposed to preventable foodborne illness outbreaks. Legislative challenges, including H.R. Bill 7563 and provisions in the Fiscal Year 2025 Agriculture Appropriations bill, threaten to delay or weaken these necessary reforms. Compounding these challenges, on August 7, 2025, the FDA proposed extending the compliance deadline for the rule by 30 months, to …

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University of Miami Business Law Review

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