A Perfect Storm

Digital Direct-to-Consumer Advertising: A Perfect Storm of Rapid Evolution and Stagnant Regulation; Comment on “Trouble Spots in Online Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Promotion: A Content Analysis of FDA Warning Letters”

The adoption and use of digital forms of direct-to-consumer advertising (also known as “eDTCA”) is on the rise. At the same time, the universe of eDTCA is expanding, as technology on Internet-based platforms continues to evolve, from static websites, to social media, and nearly ubiquitous use of mobile devices. However, little is known about how this unique form of pharmaceutical marketing impa...

Managing Online in Perpetual Perfect Storms: Insights from IndyMac Bank

A storm that was three storms rolled into one, and more powerful than any in recorded history, hit the Atlantic Ocean coast near Gloucester, Massachusetts, in October 1991. It was formed when Hurricane Grace collided with two strong storm fronts, forming what has become known (through a book and a popular movie) as the “Perfect Storm.” This extraordinary storm whipped the sea to insurmountable ...

The Perfect E - Storm emerging technology , enormous learner demand , enhanced pedagogy , and erased budgets Part 1 : Storms

Many demands are currently placed on online learning in higher education. While we may not realise it, we have entered the perfect electric storm, where technology, the art of teaching, and the needs of learners are converging. As such, this paper explores dozens of emerging learning technologies that are generating waves of new opportunities in online learning environments. In addition, this m...

Assimilating Radar and Surface Network Data using EnKF

*Ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) is an emerging advanced method that can be applied to storm-scale atmospheric data assimilation. Since its rather successful use in observation system simulation experiments (OSSEs, e.g., Snyder and Zhang 2003; Zhang et al. 2004; Tong and Xue 2005; Xue et al. 2006) at the convective storm scale, much efforts has been made to apply it to real cases (Dowell et al. 2...

The Perfect Storm for Obesity

Obesity rates have risen steadily in the United States and around the world over the past century, with a marked escalation within the past two decades. Conventional wisdom within the medical community is that the burgeoning obesity epidemic is the product of poor nutrition and lack of exercise, but increasingly researchers are questioning whether those factors are wholly responsible. Emerging ...

The Perfect Storm of Primary Care