Ivory poachers’ use of poison endangers vultures
Conservationists warn ivory poachers’ use of poison is further decimating Africa’s endangered vultures
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Global Health in 2015 – via Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics
This post was written by Anna Louise Barr and originally posted on the Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics blog – read more at: http://journals.cambridge.org/gheg…
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A history of Neospora caninum research
The December paper of the month from Parasitology is ‘Approaches for the vaccination and treatment of Neospora caninum infections in mice and ruminant models’ by Andrew Hemphill et al. …
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An Interview with Ian McFarland, the new editor of Scottish Journal of Theology
Find out more about the new editor of Scottish Journal of Theology (SJT) as he offers advice to authors, discusses where he sees the journal progressing and tells us what the most exciting currents in theology are today.…
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Rising risk of obesity among China’s ‘left behind children’
Some 61 million rural children left behind by parents moving to China’s booming urban centres are at risk from increased fat and reduced protein in their diets.
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An appropriate ‘national living wage’ is likely to have a considerable impact on improving the social quality of the lives of the working poor
In this post Mark Tomlinson, Liam Foster and Alan Walker from the University of Sheffield give us an insight into their latest article in the Journal of Social Policy on the link between the working poor and social quality.…
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Goldstein wins Batchelor Prize 2016
The G K Batchelor Prize for 2016 is awarded to Professor Raymond E. Goldstein FRS, Schlumberger Professor of Complex Physical Systems in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge.
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Investigating the impact of mastitis on dairy cows
Concern about dairy cows welfare is not a new issue, but there is a huge variation among farm producers and veterinarians about their perception of pain in domestic animals.
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What do harbor seals and downhill skiers have in common?
An unexpected similarity between nature’s mechanisms and man’s techniques arise in a new study published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. The paper reveals how harbor seals can detect prey from far away, and it’s related to skiing.
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Social service quality enhances social cohesion, even in tough times
A blog post by Rhys Andrews and Sebastian Jilke based on their article in the Journal of Social Policy Recent debates about the future of the welfare state have gone hand in hand with interest in what shapes Europeans’ perceptions of how well different social groups get along.…
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A Comparison of the Work Capability Assessments in the UK and Norway
Based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy. The Work Capability Assessment (WCA) for measuring the employability of sick and disabled people and deciding their access to incapacity benefits in the UK has been subjected to a barrage of public criticism.…
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Supporting the growth of socio-legal scholarship
Cambridge Journals was proud to support the first early careers workshop held jointly by the International Journal of Law in Context and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies in Oxford, 29-30 June 2015.…
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Markets are not morally neutral
Blog post based on an article in the Journal of Social Policy In his book What Money Can’t Buy, Michael Sandel argues compellingly that we should be paying more attention to the moral limits of markets.…
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Poisoning among older people with dementia
The November International Psychogeriatrics Article of the Month is entitled “Dementia and intentional and unintentional poisoning in older people: a 10 year review of hospitalization records in New South Wales, Australia” by Rebecca J.…
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Young seahorses threatened by coastal development
“I wonder how many of us purchase shellfish from sustainable sources in our weekly shop in the belief that we are supporting the conservation of marine ecosystems.…
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Expanding knowledge of rodent parasites
The October paper of the month from Parasitology is Bank voles (Myodes glareolus) and house mice (Mus musculus musculus; M. m.…
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Running a library on the Caribbean island of Roatan
Your website goes down and the server you host with refuses to restart it due to payment complications; your computer network crashes, completely wiping your digital cataloging software; the budgets that you’re working from are under constant threat of being slashed, or funds withdrawn permanently; sounds like the year from hell for most librarians.…
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Can nutritional intervention delay the passage of time?
In model organisms such as yeast, worms, flies and rodents, reducing energy intake prolongs lifespan.
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Farmers want to improve animal health, really?
Improving animal health status is important since consumers are becoming more critical towards the products they buy. This is even more true for the organic dairy sector were consumers expect a better animal health status compared to the conventional dairy sector.
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Watching their weight: the effect of eating, while viewing television, on childhood obesity
It’s well known that obesity in children is one of the foremost public health problems that we face today and there is compelling evidence to suggest that one of the causes of this epidemic is excess screen-based sedentary time (i.e. TV viewing).
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The effect of inflammation on residual feed intake in piglets
Selection of animals for improved feed efficiency can affect sustainability of animal production because the most efficient animals may face difficulties coping with nutritional, environmental, social, or sanitary challenges.
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Struggling to make Indian Curry…. Early indication of dementia?
The September International Psychogeriatrics Article of the Month is entitled “Discriminative power of the advanced activities of daily living (a-ADL) tool in the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment in an older population” by P.…
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Major gaps in understanding the risks and benefits of eating fish
Source: Researchers find major gaps in understanding risks, benefits of eating fish | EurekAlert! Science News Fish tissue is rarely measured for concentrations of both harmful contaminants and healthful nutrients across a range of species and geographic regions, say a Dartmouth researcher and her colleagues who reviewed the risks and benefits of eating seafood.…
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Reducing Livestock methane emissions: A review of genetic possibilities
The livestock sector, particularly ruminants, is estimated to contribute up to 18% of total global anthropogenic Green House Gas emissions.
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Nutritional approaches to muscle loss in the elderly
One of the most striking changes that we associate with ageing is the increasing development of frailty, which in later years can become so debilitating that it impacts on an individual’s ability to lead an independent life.
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Perovskite solar cells: A new paradigm in photovoltaics
The recent August issue of MRS Bulletin – a flagship journal of the Materials Research Society – is dedicated to one of hottest topics in the world of materials science: perovskite photovoltaics, which have taken the photovoltaic world by storm in recent years, promising solar cells that deliver the highest possible efficiencies at the lowest possible cost.
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Cocoa flavanols good for heart health
An EU-funded study published this week in British Journal of Nutrition (BJN) shows that consuming cocoa flavanols improves cardiovascular function and lessens the burden on the heart that comes with the ageing
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Ancient skull of Bede, the ‘Father of English History’, rediscovered
A long-lost cast of the skull of Bede – the ‘Father of English History’ – has been rediscovered within the anatomical collections of the University of Cambridge.…
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A smartphone test for delirium assessment in hospital
The August International Psychogeriatrics Article of the Month is entitled “Development of a smartphone application for the objective detection of attentional deficits in delirium” by Zoë Tieges, Antaine Stíobhairt, Katie Scott, Klaudia Suchorab, Alexander Weir, Stuart Parks, Susan Shenkin and Alasdair MacLullich.…
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Wising up to Caribbean frankincense
David Gill, Guest Editor of the Tree Conservation special issue of Oryx-The International Journal of Conservation, has chosen ‘Making business scents: how to harvest incense sustainably from the globally threatened lansan tree Protium attenuatum‘ as one of his editor’s picks from the issue. …
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Dimensions of Family Empowerment in Work with So-Called ‘Troubled’ Families
Blog post based on an article in Social Policy and Society In the Prime Minister’s speech on 22nd June 2015, David Cameron declared that the Troubled Families Programme established under the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition was “a real government success” with almost all of the 117,000 families involved in the programme having now been “turned around” and plans to replicate this success with a further 400,000 families over the next 5 years.…
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JOIE Editor Geoff M. Hodgson introduces a significant new issue
The September 2015 issue of the Journal of Institutional Economics has articles and comments grouped around three themes, covering the general nature of institutions, and the relationship between institutions, on the one hand, and entrepreneurship, judgment and knowledge, on the other.…
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Importance of vitamin E when dietary PUFA is increased
A new paper, from DSM and published in British Journal of Nutrition, examines vitamin E function and requirements in relation to polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs).
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The 70th anniversary of World War II
No matter what inscrutable socio-biological function they may serve, all anniversaries are constructs. This is a point worth recalling as we celebrate for the 70th time the end of World War II.
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Profile: Mandy Hill – MD of Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press
Mandy Hill took up her role of Managing Director of CUP’s Academic Product Group in September 2014. She has kindly agreed to be interviewed about her first year at Cambridge University Press.…
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Caveats about the use of ‘resilience’ concept in social sciences
Blog post based on an article in Journal of Social Policy What are the differences between an unemployed person in some of the poorest countries and the richer countries?…
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What’s killing the green menace?
“The late Peter de Groot, a highly respected forest entomologist, likened the emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis to the green wrestling persona of the character Bubbles on the TV comedy series the Trailer Park Boys.…
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Suitable Sheep Selection
The type of sheep that farmers breed for need to be suited to the farm they are managed on. To pick the best type of sheep, farmers need to know how their sheep can make more money for their farm.
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Raptors in West and Central Africa threatened by trade for bushmeat and fetish
Wageningen, The Netherlands: 14 August 2015—The trade in vultures and other raptors for traditional medicine and bushmeat is likely to be contributing to the serious declines of these birds in West and Central Africa. …
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Better Diet Quality may Improve Cognition in Children
A recent Finnish study shows that better diet quality is related to better cognitive performance among 6–8 year old children.
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Parallel concepts coming together – Food Security meets Sustainability
The development of the concepts of Food Security and of Sustainability have run in parallel over the past 40 years or so. Food Security originally had three elements – Availability, Accessibility and Utilization.
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Saving the Unloved, One Crowd at a Time > WCS Newsroom
Source: Saving the Unloved, One Crowd at a Time > WCS Newsroom A newly released study from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) offers hope of conservation to the world’s low-profile and more unloved members of the animal kingdom.…
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Introducing a New Generation of Nuclear Reactors
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) lists 440 operating nuclear plants in 31 countries providing 11% of the world’s electricity.
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Breaking the taboo: The case for a greenhouse gas tax on meat consumption
The April 2015 issue (4:1) of Transnational Environmental Law (TEL) includes a contribution by Cordelia Bähr, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich examining the taboo of a greenhouse gas tax on meat consumption, she comments further on this issue in the blog post below.…
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On the trail of a dangerous heart and lung worm; diagnosing A. vasorum in dogs
The latest Paper of the Month from Parasitology is ‘Comparison of coprological, immunological and molecular methods for the detection of dogs infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum before and after anthelmintic treatment‘. …
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Introducing the Editor-in-Chief of GHEG
I am delighted to introduce you to our website dedicated to building an interactive forum for our new online and open access journal, ‘Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics (GHEG)’ which will be formally launched in autumn 2015.…
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Majority of packaged foods unhealthy
The majority of packaged food available in New Zealand supermarkets is ultra-processed and so also the unhealthiest.
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Royal Historical Society’s: Constitution Maker – Selected Writings of Sir Ivor Jennings
Royal Historical Society’s volume 46 of its Camden Fifth Series is focused on the remarkable contributions made by the prolific and prominent scholar of British and constitutional history, Sir William Ivor Jennings (1903-65).…
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Wind and solar power: integrating renewable energy sources into the electricity grid
In the latest issue of the new journal MRS Energy & Sustainability—A Review Journal , Professor Jay Apt of Carnegie Mellon University turns the spotlight on one of the planet’s most pressing problems—how renewable energy sources can be better integrated into the existing electricity grid.
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The Secret Life of Trees
This month’s issue of Oryx-The International Journal of Conservation is dedicated to tree conservation. In this blog, Dave Gill and Rob Loveridge discuss the special issue and pay tribute to the scientists whose work is guiding the conservation of the ‘charismatic megaflora’.…
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Spiritual and religious interventions as additional tools to promote health?
There are currently many published scientific studies reporting the benefits of religiosity/spirituality on people’s health. However, most of these studies are observational, which indicates an association between the spiritual dimension and clinical improvement, but does not demonstrate a cause-effect relationship.…
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The role of hormones in those at risk for eating disorders
Women have it tough. Every month, we face a recurring cycle that throws our bodies out of whack and makes some of us really grumpy.…
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Workfare – a Blast from the Past? Contemporary Work Conditionality for the Unemployed in Historical Perspective
Based on an article in Social Policy and Society The development of illiberal social policies across North America and much of Western Europe has become a defining feature of the modern period.…
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A review of non-invasive techniques to measure livestock body composition
The ability to accurately measure body or carcass composition is an important application for farm animal breeders, producers, abattoirs, butchers, meat (and fat) processors.
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Community social cohesion may help improve child and adolescent mental health and behaviour
Have you ever borrowed a cup of sugar from a neighbour? Would you trust them to keep an eye on your child while playing outside?…
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Running one of the world’s great research libraries
Stockholm University is among the world’s top 100 HEIs. 70,000 students, 1,800 doctoral students and 5,000 staff work within the full spectrum of disciplines.…
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Gladiatorial games in the Greek East
Professor Stephen Mitchell, council member of the BIAA, discusses the article Gladiatorial Games in the Greek East: A Complex of Reliefs from Cibyra in the latest issue in Anatolian Studies.…
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Does social investment reduce or increase poverty?
In February 2013, the European Commission urged the member states of the European Union to ‘Better reflect social investment in the allocation of resources and the general architecture of social policy’ (European Commission, 2013: 9).…
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Do higher vitamin E levels have a protective effect on pulmonary condition in Cystic Fibrosis?
It has been suggested that higher vitamin E levels, expressed as serum α-tocopherol levels, have a protective effect on pulmonary condition in CF.
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Cambridge Journals: 2014 Impact Factor Results
This blog post is a detailed summary of the Cambridge Journals performance in the 2014 Thomson Reuters JCR® Impact Factor results.…
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A Tale of Two Farms
Imagine two farms. Farm A produces 400 acres of cabbage and beans, which it has under contract to sell to a processor in the state.…
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Citizen Carer: Carer’s Allowance and conceptualisations of UK citizenship
Blog post based on an article in the July issue of Journal of Social Policy Carers (people who provide unpaid care for sick and disabled friends or relatives) are increasingly becoming recognised as playing a crucial role in many modern societies.…
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Seaweeds form extensive habitats in British coastal waters
This month’s Editor’s Choice from the Journal of the Marine Biological Association is entitled The distribution and environmental requirements of large brown seaweeds in the British Isles. …
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Machine learning helps computers predict near-synonyms
Choosing the best word or phrase for a given context from among candidate near-synonyms, such as “slim” and “skinny”, is something that human writers, given some experience, do naturally; but for choices with this level of granularity, it can be a difficult selection problem for computers.…
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Chamber pots and table cloths: William Gell and the domestic life of Pompeii
Rosemary Sweet, University of Leicester, discusses her forthcoming article, William Gell and Pompeiana (1817-19 and 1832), in Papers of the British School at Rome (2015) which is due to be published later this year.…
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An interview with the Editors-in-Chief of Journal of Benefit Cost-Analysis (JBCA), new to Cambridge for 2015
Journal of Benefit Cost-Analysis Editors Glenn C. Blomquist and William H. Hoyt answer our questions… For anyone new to the Journal of Benefit Cost-Analysis please can you provide us with a brief overview of the title?…
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20 Years of Organised Sound: A Brief History
Issue 20/1 of Organised Sound marks the start of the journal’s twentieth year, offering the perfect opportunity to take a closer look at the formative years of OS and how the journal has developed into the focal point of electroacoustic music studies that it is today.…
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The 2014 China Quarterly Gordon White Prize Winner: Dr Brian C. H. Fong
The China Quarterly is pleased to award the 2014 Gordon White Prize to Brian C.H. Fong for his article “The Partnership between the Chinese Government and Hong Kong’s Capitalist Class: Implications for HKSAR Governance, 1997–2012” (No.…
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London Book Fair 2015: The International Excellence Awards
Cambridge University Press has received one of The International Excellence Awards at this year’s London Book Fair. The Press was awarded the Accessible Book Consortium’s Award for Accessible Publishing.…
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Emerald Ash Borer – marking 10 years of research
To mark the publication of the Emerald Ash Borer special issue from The Canadian Entomologist, guest editors Chris MacQuarrie and Krista Ryall from Natural Resources Canada have co-authored this blog post about the issue.…
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Early Islamic History: A Workshop in Honour of Professor G. R. Hawting
Gerald Hawting came to SOAS in 1963 to study for an undergraduate degree in History, “with special reference to the Near and Middle East”.…
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Cambridge launch new open access journal – Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics
Cambridge unveils new Open Access journal – Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics (GHEG) Cambridge University Press is delighted to announce a major new open access journal, Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics (GHEG), dedicated to publishing and disseminating research that addresses and increases understanding of global and population health issues through the application of population science, genomics and applied technologies.…
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Understanding meal patterns
The June Nutrition Society Paper of the Month is from Nutrition Research Reviews entitled, ‘Understanding meal patterns: definitions, methodology and impact on nutrient intake.’…
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Do biased assessments and stereotyping explain gaps in primary attainment?
Blog post based on an article in Journal of Social Policy Early experiences can set children up for life. A plethora of research indicates that pupils’ development and performance at the beginning of their education can carry through to adulthood – so this formative stage is crucially important.…
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Do ewe make the best nutritional choice? A study on sheep food selection
Past feeding experiences can change animals’ perception about foods.
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New welfare, new policies: towards preventive worker-directed active labour market policies?
Post based on an article from Journal of Social Policy The last decade has seen an intensification of public, political and academic debates about the future of the welfare state, both within and beyond the countries of the European Union.…
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New in vitro drug assay system to fight coccidiosis in poultry
Researchers funded by Australian Research Council and the Phibro Animal Health Corporation have taken the first steps in identifying new drug targets to protect chickens against Eimeria parasite, one of the most important pathogens of commercial poultry.…
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Corporate Responsibility: All Eyes on Human Rights
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is losing steam. Many – perhaps too many? – corporations have embraced it, but too often they seem to look at it merely as a new source for growth and profits or as an act of charity, rather than as a philosophy that transforms the way they do business.…
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Mysterious Anti-electron Clouds found Inside Thunderstorm
A terrifying few moments flying into the top of an active thunderstorm in a research aircraft has led to an unexpected discovery that could help explain the longstanding mystery of how lightning gets initiated inside a thunderstorm.…
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Can your phone make you laugh?
Examples of humorous and sometimes awkward autocorrect substitutions happen all the time. Typing ‘funny autocorrect’ into Google brings up page upon page of examples where phones seem to have a mind of their own.…
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Everything but the kitchen sink? Combating species extinction using multiple functional traits
The present biodiversity crisis should come as no surprise to conservationists and ecologists alike, but an often unacknowledged aspect of the increasingly rampant number of extinctions– both local and global – is that we are losing different kinds of species.…
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Victims of childhood bullying at higher risk of cardiovascular disease in later life « King’s College London
People who experienced bullying in childhood are more likely to be overweight and show higher levels of blood inflammation in later life, finds new research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London.…
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Profile: Frances Pinter and Knowledge Unlatched
Frances Pinter is the Founder of Knowledge Unlatched, an Open Access pilot project for ebooks, which includes CUP titles. Frances says that Knowledge Unlatched was an idea born out of frustration with a business model that ‘just skimmed the market and only got important foundational books into a handful of wealthy libraries’.…
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The demand-side of active labour market policies: a regional study of employer engagement in the Work Programme
Jo Ingold and Mark Stuart, Leeds University Business School Post based on an article in Journal of Social Policy The Work Programme for the long-term unemployed introduced by the Coalition government in 2011 has attracted much publicity – largely around the number of job outcomes being less than expected and that it is a ‘policy failure’.…
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Pregnant women lack guidance on iodine intake levels
Pregnant women are not getting enough information about the need to include iodine in their diets, despite high awareness of general advice for pregnancy nutrition.
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Cardiovascular risk factors extremely high in people with psychosis « King’s College London
Extremely high levels of cardiovascular risk factors have been found in people with established psychosis, with central obesity evident in over 80 per cent of participants, in a study by researchers from the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and King’s College London.…
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Tougher laws to reduce wildlife trade ‘not enough and can backfire’
Western conservation groups are seeking stricter law enforcement to tackle a trade in endangered wildlife, but an Oxford University researcher warns that this is not a ‘silver bullet’ solution.…
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Profile: Matt Day, Head of Open Publishing and Data at Cambridge University Press
Matt Day says that his newly-created role of Head of Open Publishing and Data at CUP, although it focuses strongly on Open Access journals, is about openness more generally, including transparency and the reproducibility of the content that CUP receives from authors.…
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School meals have an effect on children’s performance in class
The May Nutrition Society Paper of the Month is from British Journal of Nutrition entitled, ‘The effects of Nordic school meals on concentration and school performance in 8- to 11-year-old children in the OPUS School Meal Study:a cluster-randomised, controlled, cross-over trial’ The cognitive performance of children has been associated with dietary quality in several studies.…
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New method of predicting feed digestibility
The valorization of a feed resource within an animal species depends on its intrinsic physico-chemical characteristics, but also on its actual utilization by the animal to which it is offered. However, the characterization of feeds is often done through their potential value (e.g. digestibility of nutrients) without considering the variability of animal responses.
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How do we account for human impact in the management of our oceans?
Humanity is greatly dependent on our ocean ecosystems. Oceans regulate our climate, protect our coastlines, and provide revenue, energy, food, recreation, and a sense of well-being.…
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Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue and the Visual Arts
Luke Houghton discusses his article and explains how he conducted his research. This article is forthcoming in Papers of the British School at Rome, and will be published later this year.…
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Meet the new Editor-in-Chief of The Canadian Entomologist
My name is Kevin Floate. Back in 1985, I became a member of the Entomological Society of Canada (ESC) and found it to be a warm and supportive organization. …
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Cambridge Asia Librarians’ Day 2015
This year’s Cambridge Asia Librarians’ Day was kindly hosted by the Universiti Kebangsaan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and attended by almost 100 librarians from every part of the country.…
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Unimagining conservation
The EC Perspectives paper from the March issue of Environmental Conservation is entitled Ecological history of Lachlan Nature Reserve, Centennial Park, Sydney, Australia: a palaeoecological approach to conservation by Rebecca Hamilton and Dan Penny.…
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Psychotic symptoms in frontotemporal dementia: a diagnostic dilemma?
The April International Psychogeriatrics Article of the Month is entitled “Psychotic symptoms in frontotemporal dementia: a diagnostic dilemma?” by Maria Landqvist Waldö, Lars Gustafson, Ulla Passant and Elisabet Englund.…
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Celebrating Iraq’s Cultural Heritage
Eleanor Robson, Voluntary Chair of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq’s governing Council and Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History at University College London, discusses Iraq’s cultural heritage.…
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From mechanisms to meaningful interventions: the latest insights from the field of the early life origins of disease
“You are what you eat” may be a truism but you may also be what your parents ate too. This is important because despite genetics contributing to health and disease, so does environment and although we can change our environments for the better, we were most susceptible to environment during the first 1,000 days of our lives.
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Dietary survey results from Brazil
Results of the first Brazilian nationwide individual dietary survey reveal low diet quality, especially among high income individuals Similar to many other countries, dietary patterns in Brazil have changed rapidly and drastically in recent decades.…
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Citizen Science on a continental scale
The Editor’s pick from the Feburary issue of The Canadian Entomologist is Crowdsourcing for large-scale mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) sampling by Elin C.…
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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
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The impact of parasite infection on mental illness
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Sluts, Bitches, and Battle-axes: women and insults
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Race and Inequality in US Politics, Part 3
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Nothing-Burger? U.S. Obligation to Defend the Philippines in the South China Sea – Part 1
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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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Medieval Ethiopia, ‘Antiquity’, and African Archaeology
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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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