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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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’.…
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. …
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.…
The latest issue of Theatre Survey includes ‘Competition and Community: Mary Tickell and the Management of Sheridan’s Drury Lane’, by Robert W.…
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.…
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.…
Samuel Shearn is studying an MPhil in Modern Theology at the University of Oxford on an Ertegun Graduate Scholarship in the Humanities.…
“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.…
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.…
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. …
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.…
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).’…
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.…
‘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.…