They're a good marketing success but shallow.
Their work, which seemed flimsy at first, has developed an impressive rigor, and one of the key findings is that, just as the old sages predicted, worldly success has shallow roots while interpersonal bonds permeate through and through.
The new find helps shed light on the evolution of beaked whales as well as their competition: Soon after M. gregarius swam the region's seas, dolphins appeared on the scene, and their success in shallow coastal waters (where they now dominate), may have driven ziphiids to abandon foraging in surface waters.
Outcome measures: Data were extracted regarding: inspiratory muscle strength and endurance; the rapid shallow breathing index; weaning success and duration; duration of mechanical ventilation; reintubation; tracheostomy; length of stay; use of non-invasive ventilation after extubation; survival; readmission; tolerability and adverse events.
Recent theoretical work has demonstrated that large variance in reproductive success produces shallow mitochondrial genealogies in species with high reproductive potential (e.g., Hedrick, 2005; Sargsyan & Wakeley, 2008; Hoban et al., 2013).
Despite the success of shallow-water drillers in avoiding a continued ban on their end of the industry, executives and industry analysts say the daily images of oil wafting onto the coastline will make it tougher for them to fend off calls for tougher regulations that extend far beyond BP and the Deepwater Horizon spill.
"What I Am" propelled Edie Brickell & New Bohemians out of Dallas's Deep Ellum neighborhood and into the shallow waters of overnight chart success in 1988.
The Montebello clan prospers by running drugs from Papua New Guinea to the northern tip of Australia across the shallow, shipwreck-dotted Torres Strait, and success requires that both family and business straddle two cultures, island tribal and mainland white.
Young's book may be shallow and shticky, but its success — it became a best-seller and was made into a movie with Jeff Bridges and Megan Fox — opened the door for other local-boy-makes-bad narratives.
While their offense remains a puzzle and their recent success has been shallow, the Mets at least have something to build on as they enter a week in which they will play four games against the Atlanta Braves and three against the Yankees.
