Meet the Editors: Q&A with Angus O’Ferrall, Social Media Editor for Parasitology
Welcome to our “Meet the Editors” series, where we interview the editorial team about their work and their relationship to the journal.…
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Omega-3 Supplements and Autism: A Closer Look at the Evidence
The Paper of the Month for March is ‘Impact of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on clinical manifestations in autism spectrum disorders: an umbrella review of meta-analyses“.…
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Types of pandemic-induced psychological distress, clarity of responsibility, and support for incumbents
Although the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic now feels like a distant memory, the political consequences of that period remain a critical lens through which we can understand voter behaviour in times of crisis.…
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What wild monkeys in The Gambia can teach us about intestinal parasites (and why it matters to us)
From 99 faecal samples we identified 21 species of intestinal parasites – everything from common worms to various protozoa and amoebae. Overall, seven in ten monkeys harboured at least one parasite, and Guinea baboons averaged nearly three different species apiece.
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A human factors accident analysis framework for UAV loss of control in flight
The number of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or ‘drones’ in UK skies has increased significantly over the last decade and this trend is set to continue.
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Breathing Easier: Our Quest to Transform COPD Management in Primary Care
Our latest article in Primary Health Care Research and Development details the route to successful implementation of a novel programme called CONQUEST across three different primary care networks in the US. Our mission? To improve the quality of care for patients living with the chronic lung disease COPD and share what we’ve learned about driving change in routine clinical practice.
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Conversations with Authors: Institutionalized Police Brutality
This is the first post in our new series: “Conversations with Authors.” For our inaugural post, we asked Dr. Vesla Weaver to meet (virtually) with Dr.…
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The impact of parasite infection on mental illness
More and more research is finding inflammation as a potential contributing factor towards to the development of various mental illnesses. A systematic review was conducted to determine the association between parasitic infection and mental illnesses in various African populations. Two parasite groups were evaluated; helminths and protozoans, and four mental illness classifications; depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizotypal disorders and unspecified mental illnesses.
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Reflections on House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…
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Sluts, Bitches, and Battle-axes: women and insults
The English language contains a wealth of insults and terms of abuse. Personal insults attack the core and immutable aspects of a person, such as their race, ethnicity, appearance, age, or a disability.…
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Types of pandemic-induced psychological distress, clarity of responsibility, and support for incumbents
Although the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic now feels like a distant memory, the political consequences of that period remain a critical lens through which we can understand voter behaviour in times of crisis.…
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How a nutrition-sensitive agroecological intervention improved women’s mental health
Maria is a smallholder farmer in rural Singida, Tanzania. We worked together for the past few years on the Singida Nutrition and Agroecology Project (SNAP-Tz), a nutrition-sensitive agroecological intervention that sought to improve children’s diet. In it, farmers learned about and experimented with sustainable agriculture, nutrition, and gender equity using an integrated and participatory curriculum
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Mona Suleiman Awarded Inaugural Irish Society for Parasitology William C. Campbell Award 2022
This year, Mona Suleiman, who is doing her PhD at the University of Bath, was the winner of the award. The competition this year was high, but Mona’s presentation stood out for the fundamental impacts of her research that were explained in a very comprehensible way.
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Nothing-Burger? U.S. Obligation to Defend the Philippines in the South China Sea – Part 1
It is an article of faith among ordinary Filipinos that American troops will die with Filipino troops defending Philippine claims to the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea (SCS).…
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The impact of parasite infection on mental illness
More and more research is finding inflammation as a potential contributing factor towards to the development of various mental illnesses. A systematic review was conducted to determine the association between parasitic infection and mental illnesses in various African populations. Two parasite groups were evaluated; helminths and protozoans, and four mental illness classifications; depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizotypal disorders and unspecified mental illnesses.
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Reflections on House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…
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Conversations with Authors: Institutionalized Police Brutality
This is the first post in our new series: “Conversations with Authors.” For our inaugural post, we asked Dr. Vesla Weaver to meet (virtually) with Dr.…
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Medieval Ethiopia, ‘Antiquity’, and African Archaeology
The opportunity to showcase some of the exciting archaeological research currently underway on medieval Ethiopia in a journal as widely read as Antiquity is important.
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The 33%: Q&A with Dame Anna Dominiczak
Q&A with Editor-in-Chief of the Precision Medicine Journal, Dame Anna Dominiczak, for International day of Women and Girls in Science
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Experimenting with tablet-making
At the end of the Greek Bronze Age, between c.1400-1200 BCE, the Mycenaean palaces of Crete and mainland Greece used small clay tablets to keep their accounting documents.
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