Steve Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3620246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steve Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steve |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Valid International (United Kingdom) |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3364-2344 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Industry standard? Technocapitalist depictions of music production
The term ‘creative industries’ describes a policy-based view of multiple creative sectors, which in turn are linked to higher education and training, digital technology, and economic outcomes. The term ‘creative industries’ (as opposed to cultural industries) is ‘a shorthand reference to the information society and that set of economic analyses and policy arguments to which that term now refers’. The music industry, as part of the broader creativ…
‘Severe malnutrition’
box Malnutrition affects millions worldwide and underlies almost half of deaths in children aged <5 years.1 Progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2 (End hunger) was already slow but coronavirus-related secondary impacts now threaten nutritional crises described as: Biblical, on steroids, across generations .2 Towards effective actions, effective communication matters. Malnutrition involves a plethora of complex technical terminology. Some…
Global mid-upper arm circumference cut-offs for adults
Since 2009, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) has become an accepted measure for screening children for acute malnutrition and determining eligibility for services to manage acute malnutrition. Use of MUAC has increased the reach and enhanced the quality of community-based management of acute malnutrition services. Increasingly, MUAC is also used to assess nutritional status and eligibility for nutrition support among adolescents and adults, inc…
Soya, maize and sorghum ready-to-use therapeutic foods are more effective in correcting anaemia and iron deficiency than the standard ready-to-use therapeutic food
This study was registered on 15 April 2015 ( PACTR201505001101224 )
Mastering 2.0
This article explores mastering–the final stage of the music production process, which until recently has proven resistant to the democratizing characteristics of “Music 2.0.” Musicians are now able to forgo the services of professional engineers in favor of plug-ins such as iZotope’s Ozone and online automated services such as LANDR. This article draws on survey responses from mastering engineers to address the nature and extent of disruption to…
Technologically Mediated Transparency in Music Production
This article argues that several recent developments in popular music make the artist’s production process more transparent to listeners. By using loop pedals, by releasing the recorded stems of songs, or by uploading performative instructional videos on YouTube, producers “reveal” techniques used during the production process. Such revelations partly deconstruct earlier concerns from rock fans regarding the (lack of) authenticity of particular m…
The Digital Rights Movement
Additional informationNotes on contributorsNotes on contributorSteve Collins is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His research focuses on copyright law, creativity and technology. [email: [email protected]]
YouTube and limitations of fair use in remix videos
‘[W]hen a population bombarded with electronic media meets the hardware that encourages them to capture it’, free appropriation and remixes of copyrighted materials are inevitable. This articles ex
Effectiveness of milk whey protein‐based ready‐to‐use therapeutic food in treatment of severe acute malnutrition in M alawian under‐5 children
The cost of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) used in community-based management of acute malnutrition has been a major obstacle to the scale up of this important child survival strategy. The current standard recipe for RUTF [peanut-based RUTF (P-RUTF)] is made from peanut paste, milk powder, oil, sugar, and minerals and vitamins. Milk powder forms about 30% of the ingredients and may represent over half the cost of the final product. The qual…
Comparison of the effectiveness of a milk‐free soy‐maize‐sorghum‐based ready‐to‐use therapeutic food to standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food with 25% milk in nutrition management of severely acutely…
Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition using ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) has revolutionised the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). However, 25% milk content in standard peanut-based RUTF (P-RUTF) makes it too expensive. The effectiveness of milk-free RUTF has not been reported hitherto. This non-blinded, parallel group, cluster randomised, controlled, equivalence trial that compares the effectiveness of a milk-free s…
Development and acceptability of a novel milk‐free soybean–maize–sorghum ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (SMS‐Rutf) based on industrial extrusion cooking process
Peanut milk-based ready-to-use therapeutic food (P-RUTF) primarily used to treat severe acute malnutrition at community setting is expensive. We developed an alternative milk-free soybean-maize-sorghum-based RUTF (SMS-RUTF) using locally grown ingredients that have the potential to support local economy and reduce the cost of RUTF. We describe the production process and results of acceptability of the new product. Acceptability and tolerance of S…
Digital Fair
The key element of Web 2.0 is what O’Reilly refers to as an ‘architecture of participation’. Taglines such as YouTube’s ‘broadcast yourself ’ and Lulu’s ‘publish your words, your art — for fun or profit’ point to the creative empowerment that has accompanied the mass adoption of digital technologies and the rise of Web 2.0 applications. Combined with the ‘rip, mix and burn’ nature of digital technologies, the Web has rapidly become a locus for us…
A View from the Trenches of Music 2.0
In recent history, the music industry has been built on a small number of relationships, largely driven from the top down. While the actual music forges a direct link between musicians and their fans, the reality of the industry is that a number of intermediaries interrupt that relationship, forcing musicians to communicate through their management companies and record labels. The promise of the new technologies is to reconfigure the possibilitie…
Determinants of coverage in Community‐based Therapeutic Care programmes
One of the most important elements behind the success of Community‐based Therapeutic Care (CTC) programmes for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition has been their ability to achieve high levels of coverage. In CTC, coverage is measured using the Centric System Area Sampling (CSAS) method, which provides accurate and reliable estimates of programme coverage as well as information on the primary reasons for non‐attendance. Another important f…
Actors and act-ers
The Third-Person Effect in Controversial Product Advertising
This research seeks to determine if there is a third-person effect in the realm of controversial product advertising. Survey participants rated their perceived levels of personal offense to product categories as well as the expected offense levels of other groups of people. The results show a significant third-person effect for five of six product categories where an effect was expected. In the case of advertising for racial extremist groups, a f…
A comparison of the programme coverage of two therapeutic feeding interventions implemented in neighbouring districts of Malawi
Objective To compare therapeutic feeding programme coverage for severely malnourished children achieved by a community-based therapeutic care (CTC) programme and a therapeutic feeding centre (TFC) programme operating in neighbouring districts in Malawi. Design Two surveys were implemented simultaneously one in each of the two programme areas. Each survey used a stratified design with strata defined using the centric systematic area sample method.…
Activity frames and complexity thinking
Management of severe acute malnutrition in children
Complexity science and student teacher supervision
An Ongoing Omission
Prolonged famine causes malnutrition in all age groups. The under five age group is systematically targeted for nutritional interventions in the majority of complex emergencies where famine is a major component. Older children and adults however, are often not targeted systematically or are excluded completely. This is despite the past experience in Somalia, Angola and more recently southern Sudan, of sustained high adolescent and adult mortality…
Reason, nature and order’
Social Stereotypes and the Likelihood of Criminal Conviction in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse
Rock-Engravings of the Danielskuil Townlands
Complexity science and student teacher supervision
A View from the Trenches of Music 2.0
In recent history, the music industry has been built on a small number of relationships, largely driven from the top down. While the actual music forges a direct link between musicians and their fans, the reality of the industry is that a number of intermediaries interrupt that relationship, forcing musicians to communicate through their management companies and record labels. The promise of the new technologies is to reconfigure the possibilitie…
Digital Fair
The key element of Web 2.0 is what O’Reilly refers to as an ‘architecture of participation’. Taglines such as YouTube’s ‘broadcast yourself ’ and Lulu’s ‘publish your words, your art — for fun or profit’ point to the creative empowerment that has accompanied the mass adoption of digital technologies and the rise of Web 2.0 applications. Combined with the ‘rip, mix and burn’ nature of digital technologies, the Web has rapidly become a locus for us…
Actors and act-ers
Activity frames and complexity thinking
Rock-Engravings of the Danielskuil Townlands
Social Stereotypes and the Likelihood of Criminal Conviction in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse
Reason, nature and order’
An Ongoing Omission
Prolonged famine causes malnutrition in all age groups. The under five age group is systematically targeted for nutritional interventions in the majority of complex emergencies where famine is a major component. Older children and adults however, are often not targeted systematically or are excluded completely. This is despite the past experience in Somalia, Angola and more recently southern Sudan, of sustained high adolescent and adult mortality…
Management of severe acute malnutrition in children
Complexity science and student teacher supervision
A comparison of the programme coverage of two therapeutic feeding interventions implemented in neighbouring districts of Malawi
Objective To compare therapeutic feeding programme coverage for severely malnourished children achieved by a community-based therapeutic care (CTC) programme and a therapeutic feeding centre (TFC) programme operating in neighbouring districts in Malawi. Design Two surveys were implemented simultaneously one in each of the two programme areas. Each survey used a stratified design with strata defined using the centric systematic area sample method.…
Activity frames and complexity thinking
The Third-Person Effect in Controversial Product Advertising
This research seeks to determine if there is a third-person effect in the realm of controversial product advertising. Survey participants rated their perceived levels of personal offense to product categories as well as the expected offense levels of other groups of people. The results show a significant third-person effect for five of six product categories where an effect was expected. In the case of advertising for racial extremist groups, a f…
Actors and act-ers
Digital Fair
The key element of Web 2.0 is what O’Reilly refers to as an ‘architecture of participation’. Taglines such as YouTube’s ‘broadcast yourself ’ and Lulu’s ‘publish your words, your art — for fun or profit’ point to the creative empowerment that has accompanied the mass adoption of digital technologies and the rise of Web 2.0 applications. Combined with the ‘rip, mix and burn’ nature of digital technologies, the Web has rapidly become a locus for us…
A View from the Trenches of Music 2.0
In recent history, the music industry has been built on a small number of relationships, largely driven from the top down. While the actual music forges a direct link between musicians and their fans, the reality of the industry is that a number of intermediaries interrupt that relationship, forcing musicians to communicate through their management companies and record labels. The promise of the new technologies is to reconfigure the possibilitie…
Determinants of coverage in Community‐based Therapeutic Care programmes
One of the most important elements behind the success of Community‐based Therapeutic Care (CTC) programmes for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition has been their ability to achieve high levels of coverage. In CTC, coverage is measured using the Centric System Area Sampling (CSAS) method, which provides accurate and reliable estimates of programme coverage as well as information on the primary reasons for non‐attendance. Another important f…
Development and acceptability of a novel milk‐free soybean–maize–sorghum ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (SMS‐Rutf) based on industrial extrusion cooking process
Peanut milk-based ready-to-use therapeutic food (P-RUTF) primarily used to treat severe acute malnutrition at community setting is expensive. We developed an alternative milk-free soybean-maize-sorghum-based RUTF (SMS-RUTF) using locally grown ingredients that have the potential to support local economy and reduce the cost of RUTF. We describe the production process and results of acceptability of the new product. Acceptability and tolerance of S…
Comparison of the effectiveness of a milk‐free soy‐maize‐sorghum‐based ready‐to‐use therapeutic food to standard ready‐to‐use therapeutic food with 25% milk in nutrition management of severely acutely…
Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition using ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) has revolutionised the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). However, 25% milk content in standard peanut-based RUTF (P-RUTF) makes it too expensive. The effectiveness of milk-free RUTF has not been reported hitherto. This non-blinded, parallel group, cluster randomised, controlled, equivalence trial that compares the effectiveness of a milk-free s…
The Digital Rights Movement
Additional informationNotes on contributorsNotes on contributorSteve Collins is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His research focuses on copyright law, creativity and technology. [email: [email protected]]
YouTube and limitations of fair use in remix videos
‘[W]hen a population bombarded with electronic media meets the hardware that encourages them to capture it’, free appropriation and remixes of copyrighted materials are inevitable. This articles ex
Effectiveness of milk whey protein‐based ready‐to‐use therapeutic food in treatment of severe acute malnutrition in M alawian under‐5 children
The cost of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) used in community-based management of acute malnutrition has been a major obstacle to the scale up of this important child survival strategy. The current standard recipe for RUTF [peanut-based RUTF (P-RUTF)] is made from peanut paste, milk powder, oil, sugar, and minerals and vitamins. Milk powder forms about 30% of the ingredients and may represent over half the cost of the final product. The qual…
Technologically Mediated Transparency in Music Production
This article argues that several recent developments in popular music make the artist’s production process more transparent to listeners. By using loop pedals, by releasing the recorded stems of songs, or by uploading performative instructional videos on YouTube, producers “reveal” techniques used during the production process. Such revelations partly deconstruct earlier concerns from rock fans regarding the (lack of) authenticity of particular m…
Soya, maize and sorghum ready-to-use therapeutic foods are more effective in correcting anaemia and iron deficiency than the standard ready-to-use therapeutic food
This study was registered on 15 April 2015 ( PACTR201505001101224 )
Mastering 2.0
This article explores mastering–the final stage of the music production process, which until recently has proven resistant to the democratizing characteristics of “Music 2.0.” Musicians are now able to forgo the services of professional engineers in favor of plug-ins such as iZotope’s Ozone and online automated services such as LANDR. This article draws on survey responses from mastering engineers to address the nature and extent of disruption to…
‘Severe malnutrition’
box Malnutrition affects millions worldwide and underlies almost half of deaths in children aged <5 years.1 Progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2 (End hunger) was already slow but coronavirus-related secondary impacts now threaten nutritional crises described as: Biblical, on steroids, across generations .2 Towards effective actions, effective communication matters. Malnutrition involves a plethora of complex technical terminology. Some…
Global mid-upper arm circumference cut-offs for adults
Since 2009, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) has become an accepted measure for screening children for acute malnutrition and determining eligibility for services to manage acute malnutrition. Use of MUAC has increased the reach and enhanced the quality of community-based management of acute malnutrition services. Increasingly, MUAC is also used to assess nutritional status and eligibility for nutrition support among adolescents and adults, inc…
Industry standard? Technocapitalist depictions of music production
The term ‘creative industries’ describes a policy-based view of multiple creative sectors, which in turn are linked to higher education and training, digital technology, and economic outcomes. The term ‘creative industries’ (as opposed to cultural industries) is ‘a shorthand reference to the information society and that set of economic analyses and policy arguments to which that term now refers’. The music industry, as part of the broader creativ…
Computer Science (11 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (8 works) · Malnutrition (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Context (archaeology (6 works)