The European Journal of Applied Mathematics and Cambridge University Press are pleased to award the 2016 John Ockendon Prize to S. J Chapman and S. E McBurnie for their winning article ‘Integral constraints in multiple-scales problems’ published in EJAM’s Special Anniversary Issue, October 2015.
Blog post written by André de Waal, Béatrice van der Heijden, Christopher Selvarajah and Denny Meyer Based on an article in Journal of Management & Organization National cultures have a strong influence on the performance of organizations and should be taken into account when studying the traits of High Performing Managers (HPMs).…
In this blog Dr Dirk Erpenbeck talks about his co-authored paper Nothing in (sponge) biology makes sense – except when based on holotypes which featured in the New Frontiers in Sponge Science special issue from Journal of the Marine Biological Association.…
To ensure children get the best start in life the World Health Organization recommends that infants are exclusively breastfed to six months of age with ongoing breastfeeding for up to two years of age and beyond. Yet worldwide the prevalence of infants exclusively breast fed to six months hovers at around 37% and has improved only marginally in recent decades.
In this blog Dr Marcio Custódio talks about the co-authored paper Reduction of RBL–2H3 cells degranulation by nitroaromatic compounds from a Bacillus strain associated to the Amazonian sponge Metania reticulata which featured in the New Frontiers in Sponge Science special issue from Journal of the Marine Biological Association.…
From terrorist attacks to riots and residential burglaries, the latest special issue of the European Journal of Applied Mathematics – published by Cambridge University Press – includes a series of cutting-edge articles that show how maths can be used to predict a broad range of problems related to crime and security.
very little research has examined the impact of the recession and the ‘age of austerity’ on the income of voluntary organisations – despite considerable public concern about the potential impact on the voluntary sector
MRS Energy & Sustainability is a scientific review journal addressing broad perspectives in energy and sustainability with relevance to materials research.
Two sets of scientists have written commentaries in the latest issue of the British Journal of Nutrition querying the findings of a recent article published in the same journal by scientists from Newcastle University that suggested potential nutritional benefits of consuming organic milk.
Dr Janine Coulthard and Dr Gerda Pot, researchers at King’s College London, have found no significant link between eating the evening meal after 8pm and excess weight in children, according to a paper published this month in the British Journal of Nutrition.
How have you found your first 18 months as Editor of JMO? Genuinely enjoyable. It is a great honour and responsibility to lead the development of JMO into a truly global journal with growing impact, building on the founding work of the previous editors. …
Researchers from the Julius Centre University of Malaya (JCUM) have found a relationship between vitamin D deficiency and depressive symptoms among urban Malaysian women. More than two-thirds of the women who participated in the study, published in Public Health Nutrition, were vitamin D deficient, and those with vitamin D deficiency were at a higher risk for depression and reported poorer mental health.
Public Health Nutrition Editorial Highlight: 'Food variety consumption and household food insecurity coping strategies after the 2010 landslide disaster – the case of Uganda' Peter M Rukundo, Arne Oshaug, Bård A Andreassen, Joyce Kikafunda, Byaruhanga Rukooko and Per O Iversen
Feed unit systems (FUS) have been a major factor of progress in livestock production for calculating optimal diets. For more than a century and a half, these systems have been periodically updated to take account of advances in scientific knowledge and new demands of farm to fork chains.
Extinct flagships: linking extinct and threatened species, by Peter M. Kyne and Vanessa M. Adams Extinct species as conservation champions The Earth is in the midst of its sixth mass extinction event.…
The latest Parasitology Paper of the Month is Microdiversity of Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto in Australia by C. A. Alvarez Rojas et al.…
Stress and negative emotions pose a major threat to public health, by increasing the risk of obesity. The Nutrition Society Paper of the Month for May is from Nutrition Research Reviews and discusses how Emotional Regulation (ER) could help combat and treat childhood obesity.
Cambridge University Press works with several international aid programs to secure sustainable access to research for people living in developing countries.…
Peter Wiseman, University of Exeter, discusses his forthcoming article ‘Maecenas and the Stage’, which is due to be published in Papers of the British School at Rome later this year.
The April International Psychogeriatrics Article of the Month is entitled “Subcortical volume changes in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease.…
Kelsey's James' article addresses growing concern over the effects of fishery's non-target catch on sharks, rays and skates worldwide.
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.…
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.
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.…
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.…
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
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.…
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.
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).…
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.
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.…
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.…
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.
Q&A with Editor-in-Chief of the Precision Medicine Journal, Dame Anna Dominiczak, for International day of Women and Girls in Science
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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