Sexual minorities vulnerable to psychosis?
Lesbians, gays and bisexuals (LGB’s) report more psychiatric symptoms which may be associated with psychosis, possibly this is due to experiences of discrimination and social exclusion.…
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Talking Tweets: Sentiment Analysis in Twitter
The birth of Web 2.0 supposed a breaking down of the barrier between the consumers and producers of information. In other words, the web changed from a static container of information into an active element in which any user, in a very simple manner, could publish any type of information.…
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Livestock depredation by lions (Panthera leo) in Waza National Park, Cameroon
A recent publication in Oryx, The International Journal of Conservation by Tumenta et al., 2013 (Leiden University) on human-lion conflict over livestock depredation in Waza National Park, Cameroon has demonstrated that the human-lion conflict remains an important factor in the depletion of lion populations.…
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Introducing The Journal of African History forum
The latest issue of the newly redesigned The Journal of African History (JAH) includes the first special Forum on Health and Illness in African History.…
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Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women and Newborn infants
Pregnant women, in Germany, are not sufficiently supplied with Vitamin D – and not just in winter. This is the result of a study, published in British Journal of Nutrition, by Prof.…
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The chronicles of Oryx: a history of conservation – part four (1934-1943)
This year, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) marks its 110th Anniversary. To celebrate, Elizabeth Allen has been searching through the archives, looking at how conservation has changed over the decades.…
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An insight into the public acceptance of nutrigenomic-based personalised nutrition
The May Nutrition Society Paper of the month is from Nutrition Research Reviews and is entitled ‘An insight into the public acceptance of nutrigenomic-based personalised nutrition’.…
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The Theatrical Scrapbook: Librarian’s Nightmare or Researcher’s Dream?
Image 1 The latest issue of Theatre Survey includes an essay by Sharon Marcus which considers the importance of the theatrical scrapbook as a key to understanding the history of performance and spectatorship. …
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Making the most out of a conference: A practical guide to writing and delivering a paper
This post has been adapted from Dr Liz Gloyn’s post ‘Getting the most out of the CA conference’ posted on The Classical Association Blog in February 2012.…
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Behind the scenes at Sheridan’s Drury Lane
The latest issue of Theatre Survey includes ‘Competition and Community: Mary Tickell and the Management of Sheridan’s Drury Lane’, by Robert W.…
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Publishing Your First Journal Article: an Academic Publisher’s view – 2
You’ve got an idea for a paper, but aren’t sure about how to get your scholarship to the right audience. Melissa Good, Commissioning Editor for Cambridge Journals, completes her overview.…
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Father absence in early childhood linked to depression in adolescent girls
New research from the Children of the 90s study at the University of Bristol shows that girls whose fathers were absent during the first five years of life were more likely to develop depressive symptoms in adolescence than girls whose fathers left when they were aged five to ten years or than boys in both age groups (0-5 and 5-10), even after a range of factors was taken into account.…
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God and Suffering: are theodicies immoral?
Samuel Shearn is studying an MPhil in Modern Theology at the University of Oxford on an Ertegun Graduate Scholarship in the Humanities.…
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The web was made for sharing – share articles via the CJO Facebook App
“The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information” Tim Berners Lee As internet usage continues to rocket, with everyday online activity such as shopping and entertainment forming a fundamental part of basic day-to-day human routine, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that the web was created with sharing in mind.…
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The art of Joe Overstreet: Why is it important?
Who is Joe Overstreet, and what were his contributions to the art world and American culture and society? We ask Graham Lock, an expert on Joe Overstreet and his work, to explain: The painter Joe Overstreet will be 80 in June.…
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Publishing Your First Journal Article: an Academic Publisher’s view – 1
You’ve got an idea for a paper, but aren’t sure about how to get your scholarship to the right audience. Melissa Good, Commissioning Editor for Cambridge Journals, gives an overview. …
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A better diagnostic method for early-onset dementia
Older adults misdiagnosed as showing early signs of dementia by poor diagnostic methods Older people may slip through the net when it comes to early treatment of dementia because the current approach to diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment — an intermediate clinical state between normal aging and dementia — may be inadequate, new research shows.…
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Music – Politics – Semiotics: Aspects of the Legacy of David Osmond-Smith (1946–2007)
The 9th volume of Twentieth-Century Music is a special double issue entitled ‘Music – Politics – Semiotics: Aspects of the Legacy of David Osmond-Smith (1946–2007).’…
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New Report Highlights the Complexity of Climate Change Across the Antarctic
A new report by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) reveals that while large climatic changes are taking place in parts of the Antarctic, such as the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica, much of the continent has experienced little change.…
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Is fraudulent behaviour increasing in the academic community?
‘Retraction is a mechanism for correcting the literature and alerting readers to publications that contain such seriously flawed or erroneous data that their findings and conclusions cannot be relied upon’ – (COPE Retraction Guidelines) The process of retraction is nothing new.…
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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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The Forgotten First Woman Candidate for U.S. President
Long before Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2016, or Kamala Harris became the first woman vice president and launched her own presidential bid in 2024, another woman set her sights on the White House, at a time when women couldn’t even vote.…
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Exploring the Arrival of Domestic Cats in the Americas
Plenty has been written about the dog. Slobbery, goofy, embarrassingly friendly, with… well, everyone. Dogs are prominently featured in historic accounts and paintings, loaded down with ingratiating platitudes like “man’s best friend”.…
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How did Down syndrome get its name?
Some disability-related names have dropped out of usage, because they are now considered to be offensive due to their origins. Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) is one example.…
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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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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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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 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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