An Uneasy Return to the Role of Popular Culture

The editorial for the thematic issue of <em>Media and Communication</em>, “From Sony’s Walkman to <em>RuPaul’s Drag Race</em>: A Landscape of Contemporary Popular Culture,” looks at the prevailing themes of earlier studies of popular culture, from Raymond Williams’ organic culture to the postmodern embrace of commodity culture, in relation to the current cultural moment of disruption and unease. The editorial then synthesizes the articles contained in the issue against where the study of popular culture has been and where we may anticipate it going.

Effectiveness of organic culture media combination on propagation of Gigaspora sp. indigenous to Sorowako, Indonesia

Utilization of arbuscular mycorrhizal spores carrier media which has heavyweight, not optimal utilization of organic material as arbuscular mycorrhiza inoculant carrier, and founded of arbuscular mycorrhizal spores which have wide adaptability and tolerance on land contaminated with heavy metals are the basis for implementation of this research. The aim of this research was to determine combination of organic culture media which is good for increasing the abundance and diameter of indigenous Gigaspora sp. This research was carried out at Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare, and Balai Penelitian dan Pengembangan Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan Makassar. The research was compiled using a completely randomized design. The combination treatment of organic culture media used was a combination of rice husk charcoal, sand, zeolite; rice husk charcoal, sand, sawdust; rice husk charcoal, sand, cocopeat; rice husk charcoal, sand, paddy soil; rice husk charcoal, sand, cold larva. The results showed that combination of rice husk charcoal, sand, cocopeat; and combination of rice husk charcoal, sand, paddy soil gives the best results on growth and development of Gigaspora spores. Combination of rice husk charcoal, sand, and cocopeat, can be recommended as media an effective, efficient, and inexpensive spore carrier medium, but should be used after decomposing into compost.

Use Essential Oil And Power Of Antihelium Tsihanimposa To Eliminate The White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) In Organic Shrimp Culture In Madagascar

The organic culture needs special treatment like treatment of the culture water to rid the different types of bacteria. Nosy Lonjo seawater contains bacteria like Coliforms 770 Npp/100ml, Escherchia coli 700 Npp/100ml, Intestinal Enterococci 2433 Npp/100ml and some viruses with Temperature 26 °C, pH 9, Conductivity 550µS/cm, Turbidity 0.9 NTU. Culture water (Seawater from Nosy Lonjo) also contains dissolved oxygen 6mg/l, Salinity 50mg/l, TCA °f, NO3- 1.8mg/l, Hardness 5780 mg/l, Total iron 0mg /l, Ammonium 0mg/l, Sodium 7006 mg/l, Potassium 350 mg/l, Calcium 488 mb/l, Magnesium 1400mg/l, Aluminum 0mg/l, Copper 0.7 mg/l, Lead 0 mg/l and Chloride 348 mg/l. After treatment with zanthoxylum Tsihanimposa oil and powder, the bacteria have almost disappeared as coliform bacteria with a rate of 10 Npp/100ml much lower compared to the EU 250 standard, Escherchia coli 0 Npp/100ml compared to EU 500, Intestinal enterococci 100 Npp/100ml compared to EU 200. Concerning viruses like Vibrio alginolyticus 1Npp/100ml, Vibrio anguilarum 0 Npp/100ml, Vibrio harveyi 0 Npp/100ml, Vibrio parahaemolyticus 1 Npp/100ml, Vibrio vulnificus 0 Npp/100ml and Vbrio salmonica 0 Npp/100ml, the presence in organic culture is almost null. The oil and powder of zanthoxylum Tsihanimposa also affects Pseudomonas aeruginosa 0 Npp/100ml, Flavoctrrium 2 Npp/100ml and Moraxella 1 Npp/100ml. The treatment of WSSV with zanthoxylum Tsihanimposa is a special case in our study, it lasts 90 days. The test is done every 10 days, after 20 days of culture the shrimp mortality is zero until 90 days of culture and the rate WSSV or White Spot Syndrome Virus is 0Npp/100ml.

Development of an Organic Culture Medium for Autotrophic Production of Chlorella vulgaris Biomass

Microalgal biomass has gained increasing attention in the last decade for various biotechnological applications, including human nutrition. Certified organic products are currently a growing niche market in which the food industry has shown great interest. In this context, this work aimed at developing a certified organic culture medium for the production of autotrophic Chlorella vulgaris biomass. A preliminary assay in 2 L bubble column photobioreactors was performed in order to screen different commercial organic substrates (OS) at a normalized concentration of N (2 mmol L−1). The highest growth performance was obtained using EcoMix4 and Bioscape which showed similar biomass concentrations compared to the synthetic culture medium (control). In order to meet the nutrient needs of Chlorella, both OS underwent elemental analyses to assess their nutrient composition. The laboratory findings allowed the development of a final organic culture medium using a proportion of Bioscape/EcoMix4 (1:1.2, m/m). This organic culture medium was later validated outdoors in 125 L flat panel and 10 m3 tubular flow through photobioreactors. The results obtained revealed that the developed organic medium led to similar microalgal growth performance and biochemical composition of produced biomass, as compared to the traditional synthetic medium. Overall, the formulated organic medium was effective for the autotrophic production of organic C. vulgaris biomass.

Matiushin, Mikhail Vasilevich (1861–1934)

The musician, painter, and theoretician Mikhail Matiushin is best known for his music for the Cubo-Futurist opera Pobeda nad Solntsem (Victory over the Sun), which he wrote in 1913. Together with Elena Guro, he founded the artists’ group Soiuz Molodezhi (Union of Youth), in December 1909, and was one of the main organizers of the publications, exhibitions, and events of the St. Petersburg avant-garde in 1912–13. Matiushin stands at the center of what we today refer to as the Organic School of the Russian avant-garde. He developed the concept of Organicheskaia Kultura (Organic Culture), first with his students at the reformed Petrograd Art Academy (SVOMAS), from 1918 to 1926, and then in his research groups at the State Institute of Artistic Culture (GINKhUK), from 1923 to 1926, and the State Institute of Art History (GIII), from 1926 to 1929. In the late 1920s and 1930s he worked on a color theory, parts of which were published in 1932 as Zakonomernost izmentaemosti tsvetovykh sochetanii: Spravochnik po tsvetu (The Laws Governing the Variability of Color Combinations: A Handbook of Color). Matiushin was an influential teacher; among his students were the Ender siblings, Nikolai Grinberg, Valida Delakroa, Elena Khmelevskaia, and Nikolai Kostrov.

Production of some Colored Potato Genotypes in Organic Culture

The purpose of this study was to identify the cultivars of potatoes with good production capacity and high nutritional value under ecologically culture conditions. The biological material consisted of five new potatoes cultivars: Brasovean, Carpatin, Cranberry Red, Montain Rose, Purple Majesty and Blue Congo. These new, highly pigmented varieties have yellow, pink or red peel and pulp, due to its high anthocyanin content. In order to achieve the objective, the productivity elements were determined: number of tubers and medium weight/plant, productivity as well as starches, carbohydrates, vitamin C content and antioxidant capacity. The obtained results were statistically interpreted by the analysis of variance, and the differences between genotypes were estimated by the threshold of significance at p≤0.05%. Cultivar Carpatin recorded the best production (32.7 t/ha) and Cranberry red and Montain Rose cultivars recorded the highest content in vitamin C (17.6 respectively 18.64 mg/100g f.m) and Blue Congo with highest antioxidant capacity (162.65 DPPH μMTE/100g).

Culture and intellectual capital: towards a conceptual framework

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to represent the findings from the first phase of an ongoing research project whose primary goal is to identify the most significant organizational internal and external cultural variables that leverage and enable a firm’s intellectual capital (IC) to make it more competitive in the marketplace. Design/methodology/approach The authors build on their earlier work in which Ulrich’s definition of IC as Competence × Commitment was expanded to include two additional dimensions, Creativity and Culture. The previous model explored the relationship between IC and the following five critical variables: Competence, Commitment, Control, Creativity and Culture. Here, the authors identify the most significant organizational internal and external cultural variables that leverage and enable a firm’s IC to make it more competitive in the marketplace. Findings This paper demonstrates the interplay between different cultural types and levels of business volatility on IC. The authors argue that the more volatile the industry is, the greater the need to secure and capitalize on IC, and the more critical it is for firms to adopt a flexible and adaptive organic culture that encourages the creation and leveraging of IC. Originality/value This framework is original and expands on Ulrich’s classical work on IC. It helps senior leaders and managers explore how to effectively and proactively capitalize on IC and leverage complex IC assets. The preliminary exploration into these convergent strands has provided a foundation to further develop and establish the interrelationships between organizational culture and IC.