Reducing stress of weaning can improve weight gain of beef calves
The animal article of the month for January is Comparison of effects of four weaning methods on health and performance of beef calves by, J.…
The animal article of the month for January is Comparison of effects of four weaning methods on health and performance of beef calves by, J.…
Silicosis is lung disease caused by the inhalation of respirable dust that contains quartz or similar particles. These particles can embed themselves deeply in the lung and the reaction of the tissue is called silicosis.…
Open research aims to offer significant benefits for researchers, authors, institutions, funders, governments and society as a whole by providing greater access to research, data and methodologies.…
Protein from pigs remains the most consumed animal protein globally and with this comes the challenge to produce more with less resources.
My recent research along the relic shorelines of Lake Cahuilla has been somewhat of a tangent for me. I’ve spent most, if not all, of my professional career investigating archaeological shell middens along Pacific coastlines and offshore islands.…
Propofol target controlled infusion (TCI) was developed over 25 years ago. At this time, propofol was expensive, remifentanil hadn’t been launched and the technique seemed relatively complicated compared with the more traditional inhalational techniques that had served us quite well for more than a hundred years.…
The RCPsych Article of the Month for December is from BJPsych International and is entitled ‘Headaches in Moria: a reflection on mental healthcare in the refugee camp population of Lesbos' by Tom Nutting.
The patterns we witness across Catholic fasting literature establish how to fast (rationally eschew one’s socialized body hatred to abstain from food for God alone), who can fast (anyone who purely wills it, abjuring the influence of body hatred), and what results from fasting (spiritual growth and not anything associated with body hatred).
India’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem is recognised as one of the largest in the world, with global integration in terms of technology, financing, human capital, and administration.…
This is the first of a series of interviews with people involved with our new Open Access journal, Experimental Results – a forum for short research papers from experimental disciplines across Science, Technology and Medicine, providing authors with an outlet for rapid publication of small chunks of research findings with maximum visibility.…
On behalf of the scientific and organising commitees of the 14th International Symposium of the Digestive Physiology of Pigs, we are delighted to introduce this Special Topic: Digestive Physiology of Pigs 2018 in animal.…
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is Heterogeneity in helminth infections: factors influencing aggregation in a simple host–parasite system Parasitic worms are rarely distributed randomly or uniformly in populations of their hosts. …
The Materials Research Society (MRS) congratulates MRS Bulletin Editor Gopal R Rao, recently named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).…
We’re asking for your input on criteria for selecting data repositories — Where should I publish my research data? Sometimes there’s an obvious answer to this question.…
In Laudato Si’, Pope Francis writes that the poor and the environment are connected. The poor suffer physically from environmental degradation and cry out along with the earth, and those with power must heed their cry. An examination of the Appalachian region and its people reveals that each of these three themes needs some development
The Batchelor Prize for 2020 is awarded to Professor Alexander J Smits, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Environmental goals are pursued in increasingly complex legal ways that defy our usual approaches to teaching and researching environmental law in siloes.…
WCET Special Issue Issue 36.3 of the British Journal of Music Education is a special edition, focussing on the Whole Class Ensemble Tuition (WCET) programme in England.…
The open access 2019 issue of BJHS Themes addresses the ‘endings’ of scientific collections, telling stories of dispersal, destruction, absorption, re-purposing and repatriation.
The Aeronautical Journal is unusual in ‘covering all aspects of aerospace’. This is something of a rarity nowadays, with conferences and journals aiming to attract high-profile experts by maximising specialist content – more ‘bang for the buck’, as the expression goes.…
From diamonds to volcanic degassing to the deep biosphere and more, scientists within the Deep Carbon Observatory have covered a lot of ground since the initiative’s start 10 years ago.…
This year, Cambridge University Press has the honour of curating and hosting the third biennial University Press Redux Conference, in partnership with The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP).…
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is Let’s go swimming: mermithid-infected earwigs exhibit positive hydrotaxis The term ‘back seat driver’ is used colloquially to describe a passenger in a car who is dissatisfied with the driver’s actions and therefore tries to control or influence them.…
Referencing his FirstView article for the European Journal of International Security (EJIS), Thorsten Wojczewski examines populism in contemporary politics and international relations.…
The kind of research and development in commercial food products that began in this era has clearly shaped our world today, not just in the products that we expect to see on market shelves but in our continual anticipation that there will be new products soon and that they will be improvements on the old ones...
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is Rosetting revisited: a critical look at the evidence for host erythrocyte receptors in Plasmodium falciparum rosetting Malaria claims the lives of almost half a million people worldwide every year, and millions more suffer the consequences of severe disease, including coma and severe anaemia.…
Scientists are increasingly breaking away from the lab or leaving their computer screens to talk to the public about their research.…
In my last post, I discussed the number of academics at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, and the lack of improvement in representation over the past three years.…
An international team of scientific experts has gathered to examine the current status of ultra-high-powered lasers around the world and look to the future to predict what the next generation of laser systems will offer. The culmination of their work is a major review paper ‘Petawatt and Exawatt Class Lasers Worldwide’, which looks at the historical context of this technology, its current and future use, and direction.
I was asked by someone associated with the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights’ organization if I would again do my count of academics and women academics because they thought it was interesting and important.…
Referencing her article in the latest issue of the European Journal of International Security (EJIS), Elspeth Van Veeren blogs on the power of secrecy in security discourses.…
Much is being said, lately, regarding the effectiveness of EU policies, often arguing that their implementation is too poor or uneven throughout the Union.…
Brian Dale is a British reproductive scientist living in Sorrento, Italy. He is the owner and Director of the Centre for Assisted Fertilization with offices in both Naples and Rome as well as being Director of London Fertility Associates Ltd in London.…
The Charleston Library Conference is a collegial gathering of librarians, publishers, and vendors of library materials who discuss issues of importance to them all in a friendly and informal environment.…
On 16th July 2016 I received a message from my parents telling me first not to worry before breaking the news that a military coup had been taking place in my homeland, Turkey.…
School debates are just one example of how the histories of education and childhood can shed light on political change.
The animal article of the month for December is “Evolution of pig intestinal stem cells from birth to weaning” by N.…
Based on her FirstView article in the European Journal of International Security (EJIS), Anna Danielsson reconceptualises the politics of knowledge authority in post/conflict interventions.…
The RCPsych Article of the Month for November is from BJPsych Advances and is entitled ‘Functional cognitive disorders: identification and management’ by Norman Poole, Sarah R. Cope, Cate Bailey and Jeremy D. Isaacs.
Neuroscience is well defined. Its theoretical contents are typically operationalised in terms of specific techniques (e.g., brain activation using functional MRI).…
In this post, Aaron C. Weinschenk expands on his and his co-authors’ article in a recent issue of Politics and the Life Sciences.…
We sent the winner of this year’s Innovation in Librarianship Award, Breanne Kirsch, to EDUCAUSE in Chicago. Bree kindly agreed to write up a recap of the conference for CUP: Attending EDUCAUSE was a wonderful experience.…
The Mental Capacity Act was always meant to be an enabling piece of legislation, providing carers, health and social care professionals, a legal umbrella to support what they have been doing for years when supporting individuals who lack capacity to make such decisions for themselves.
The Nutrition Society Paper of the Month for November is from Nutrition Research Reviews and is entitled ‘Metabotyping and its role in nutrition research' by Lorraine Brennan and Elaine Hillesheim.
In our article, we argue that the future of ‘dates as data’ approaches for paleo demographic research requires precise spatial data, which depends on the development of new heritage management policies concerning the accessibility of archaeological data.
A look through the Contemporary European History (CEH) archives shows that the journal has led the charge to reevaluate the meaning of 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Is what we ought to do strongly related to the kind of beings we are? At the level of social roles, it seems reasonable, or at least plausible, to answer ‘yes’.…
My article explores the different meanings of termites, or white ants, for the British empire in India... and shows how South Asians in the 19th and 20th centuries themselves internalised the British imperial rhetoric of white ants to pursue their own distinct political agendas.
In my article, I bring together theological tracts with those concerning diet (dietaries and regimens) to illuminate a printed discourse in which English Protestants sought to define a new relationship to everyday food and eating in light of the Reformation.
On Wednesday 30th October, the London Library (a most appropriate venue) was filled with the chatter – and, no doubt, some more serious conversations – of 250 eminent and very diverse representatives of the bookselling and publishing industries, some from overseas, to celebrate the life’s work and achievements of Tim Godfray, who is standing down from his role as Chief Executive of the Booksellers Association after 47 years working at the BA, most of them as its CEO. …
Many know the International Review of the Red Cross as an academic publication dedicated to issues of international humanitarian law, policy and action produced by the ICRC and published by Cambridge University Press.,…
Paleontologists say these fossils can now help us understand the ancient history of these insects in our region. Six fossil dragonfly species, dating from about 50 million years ago, are the first from British Columbia and Washington to receive scientific names.…
When it comes to weed control, today’s growers face a double whammy. Weeds have developed resistance to many of our existing herbicide options at a time when new herbicide discoveries have plummeted.…
2020 Democratic presidential candidates are attacking charter schools, education vouchers, and test-score-based teacher accountability schemes, even backtracking on their past support.…
Referencing his article in the latest issue of the European Journal of International Security (EIS), Rune Saugmann writes on ‘military techno-vision’.…
Kochia has become one of the most problematic weeds in the U.S. – now resistant to at least four herbicide sites of action.…
Referencing his article in the latest issue of the European Journal of International Security, Professor Roland Bleiker examines how everyday aesthetic sensibilities can open up new ways of thinking about security dilemmas.…
Until 30th November 2019 get FREE access to Lora Walsh’s full article ‘Lost in Revision: Gender Symbolism in Vision 3 and Similitude 9 of the Shepherd of Hermas’ from Harvard Theological Review, Volume 112, Issue 4 If you’re a writer, how long do you spend in the revision stage?…
This special issue of Business History Review uses medieval, 19th century and 20th century examples to show that the union of entrepreneurship and philanthropy has a long history.
The last decade has seen a remarkable opening of new job opportunities for people who are neurodiverse – a subset of the general population that historically has experienced un- and underemployment rates as high as 85–90%.…
The population in Central America is rising rapidly, but staple crop production seems unable to keep up with increasing food demand.…
By improving our understanding of turbulent flow over canopies we can design better cities to improve air quality. This is just one of the applications of the work of Alfredo Pinelli, a professor at City University of London working on Large Eddy Simulations (LES) of turbulence.…
Using the League of Nations and United Nations as case studies, my article identifies the women involved in Irish diplomacy and the roles they undertook between 1923 and 1976.
I was first approached about editing at Evolutionary Human Sciences (EHS) at the EHBEA meeting in Pecs, Hungary. I’d recently started submitting my own Registered Reports (RRs) and was enthusiastic about helping to spread what I was finding to be an incredibly valuable new format for doing and reporting science.…
Current underwater vehicles are rigid in structure which limits their suitability for many tasks required for ocean exploration. Francesco Giorgio-Serchi is working with a team at the University of Southampton to design new robots based on squids and octopuses that are made entirely from silicone.…
European Psychiatry is the official journal of the European Psychiatric Association. Launched in 1986 by Patrice Boyer, Julien-Daniel Guelfi and Yves Lecrubier, European Psychiatry has achieved a dynamic presence in the field by publishing cutting-edge clinical and biological research, by disseminating key policy and guidance documents and by stimulating and fostering debate amongst all stakeholders in mental health and neuroscience.…
Drawing upon original oral histories and reflective testimonies collected as part of the Mass Observation Project, my article explores the ways in which teenage girls’ friendship groups and extended network of classmates and peers shaped their sexual lives.
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences (EPS) is an international, peer-reviewed journal established in 1992 by Michele Tansella. It was originally intended to promote the use of an epidemiological approach to the study of all aspects related to the promotion of mental health, and to the prevention and treatment of mental disorders.…
Cambridge University Press is pleased to announce a major new open access journal, Wearable Technologies, the first journal dedicated to publishing original research and industrial developments related to wearable devices.
Removing water from your ear canal by shaking requires an acceleration 10 times that of gravity according to research from Sunny Jung at Virginia Tech (now Cornell).…
Data science is a broad, interdisciplinary field being that in the UK is being shaped by the activities of the Turing Institute.…
The RCPsych Article of the Month for October is from BJPsych Bulletin and is entitled ‘Personal resilience in psychiatrists: systematic review’ by Ranjita Howard, Catherine Kirkley and Nicola Baylis.
We’re making the roadmap for Cambridge Open Engage public. Here’s the explanation for why we’re doing this: What is Cambridge Open Engage?…
Throngs of young (and not so young) people refusing to pretend that the human race is not in the most serious crisis it has ever faced.…
The upcoming year sees exciting change for Cambridge University Press’s journals line-up. In this blog post is a preview of brand new launch titles, titles that are switching to a fully Open Access model, and changes to how the Journal of Fluid Mechanics is published.…
An interview with Professor Katsunori Iino, Library Specialist, the University of Bukkyo, Japan Q: You have an unusual job title, at least to Western eyes.…
The animal article of the month for November is “Transfer of passive immunity in dairy calves: the effectiveness of providing a supplementary colostrum meal in addition to nursing from the dam” by Lora et al.…
Copyright © Nobel Media 2019. Illustration: Niklas Elmeh Congratulations to John B. Goodenough, The University of Texas at Austin, M.…
Welcome to our “Meet the Editors” series, where we interview the editorial team about their work and their relationship to the journal.…
A new open access journal from Cambridge University Press, published in partnership with The Nutrition Society, will explore the vital interaction between people and the complex community of microorganisms that live in our digestive systems The journal, Gut Microbiome, will look at the factors that influence this gut microbiota and how they in turn affect our health and development.…
The international context of business has shifted markedly in recent years, with globalization under US hegemony giving way to the twin forces of de-globalization and a growing Sino-American rivalry.…
The editors of Renaissance Quarterly are pleased to provide free access to the following selection of articles relating to Islam and the Middle East during the Early Modern period.
People with low emotional control and low scores on intelligence tests in adolescence run a higher risk of suicide later in life.…
MRS Bulletin is pleased to announce that Ognjen Ilic has been selected to receive the 2019 MRS Bulletin Postdoctoral Publication Prize.
Whenever an African president is elected, re-elected, leaves power or dies in office, the almost unlimited scope of presidential power in African countries is, once again, on the agenda.…
At Cambridge, we’re committed to creating Open Access publications and we’re keen to experiment and explore all options for making this happen.…
This post is part of the symposium that the BHRJ Blog is running on the revised binding treaty on business and human rights, which was released in July 2019.…
Until 5th November 2019, get free access to Joel Kaminsky and Mark Reasoner’s full article ‘The Meaning and Telos of Israel’s Election: An Interfaith Response to N.T.…
Today almost every adult in Sweden has a digital BankID, issued by banks for the purpose of ensuring safe payments. However, a BankID is also a pre¬requisite for contacts with for example municipal schools, and the public healthcare system.…
Before we know if the impeachment attempt of President Trump will go anywhere, the American voters seem to face the choice of two presidential hopefuls, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, both accused of exercising undue influence over the judiciary in another country, Ukraine.…
This article explores the history of what was surely one of the strongest elements of that social apparatus, and one of the most innovative: the first and most effective ‘crash course’ in theoretical physics, the Les Houches School of Theoretical Physics, a summer school founded in 1951 by the young Cécile Morette (1922-1971), in a small alpine village.
Two young women in villages less than ten miles apart drew international attention from devout Catholics and sensation seekers.
Co-creation is not a new idea. For years companies have been seeking advice from their customers about how they can improve their products and services, either by asking directly, by quietly listening, or by learning from data.…
The Nutrition Society Paper of the Month for October is from the British Journal of Nutrition and is entitled ‘Programme National Nutrition Santé – guidelines score 2 (PNNS-GS2): development and validation of a diet quality score reflecting the 2017 French dietary guidelines’
This post is part of the symposium that the BHRJ Blog is running on the revised binding treaty on business and human rights, which was released in July 2019.…
Centennial Reflections – a distinguished parasitologist reflects on a paper published in their field in Parasitology 100 years ago A paper entitled “Bilharziasis in Natal”, published in Parasitology in 1918 by Dr F.…
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is Helminths and microbes within the vertebrate gut – not all studies are created equal Gastrointestinal (GI) helminths, commonly known as parasitic worms, are a diverse group of organisms inhabiting the gut of vertebrates.…
It’s fair to say that beef is getting a bad press at the moment. Hundreds of column inches have been dedicated to the argument that – whichever way you slice it – beef is bad for the planet.…