Revised Draft: Did States Get a Passing Grade?
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.…
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Schistosomiasis then and now; what has changed in the last 100 years?
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.…
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Helminths and microbes within the vertebrate gut – not all studies are created equal
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.…
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What’s the beef with beef?
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.…
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Where mite flies lay eggs? Environment mediated parasite avoidance during Drosophila ovipositing.
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is Where mite flies lay eggs? Environment mediated parasite avoidance during Drosophila ovipositing.…
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10 things we learned about the History of Reproduction
We brought together experts from several disciplines and challenged them to think about change and continuity in the history of procreation.
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Law and style
In legal discourse, the term ‘style’ is used in a bewildering variety of senses and contexts, mundane and refined, practical and theoretical.…
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China, Europe and the Great Divergence: A Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850
When did Europe first forge ahead of China in terms of productivity and living standards? European economic historians have traditionally assumed that this divergence had already occurred by the sixteenth century or perhaps even earlier.…
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More Policies. More Progress. More Problems.
From the operation of a functioning health care system and the protection of the environment to the provision of jobs, social benefits and decent housing – citizens demand a lot from their elected governments.…
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Reconceptualizing and Redirecting Research on Guanxi
Guanxi is one of the most popular topics in Chinese and Western scholarship concerning social ties in China. However, several problems in research on guanxi persist, and multiple debates are still ongoing without much consensus in sight.…
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Desperate to publish and not succeeding? Keep trying…
After numerous efforts to get some of my research papers published, I was biased about peer review processes and concluded that only new research areas were published.…
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Watch: Cleaning up Oil Spills using Maths
Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, scientists at the University of Cambridge have been studying underwater plumes to try to understand how the Earth’s rotation affects the spread of oil.…
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Another year of peer review at Cambridge University Press…
Improvements, Iterations, and Infrastructure Cambridge University Press has a set of objectives in the peer review space . . . with several question marks still: Objectives: Increase transparency Support reviewer recognition Offer more training resources for reviewers Improve internal processes to make peer review more efficient Questions: What are the evolving challenges to peer review and opportunities in evolving forms of scholarly communication for peer review and how do we respond to them?…
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Into the great wide open – enlightened peer review
The process of peer review is a central element of the scholarly communication process. Peer review follows a traditional model for traditional journal publishing.…
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A Progressing Approach on Conflict-Affected Settings and Situations of Occupation in the Revised Draft of the Legally Binding Instrument, More Needed
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.…
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Research: Into the future
“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.…
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A new draft Business and Human Rights treaty and a promising direction of travel
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.…
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Five ways the new draft treaty on business and human rights can be strengthened
In the second of a two-part article, Doug Cassel outlines the five areas that need addressing to deliver on the promise of the new draft treaty.…
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The materiality of marriage in the artisan community of Renaissance Verona
Building on recent scholarship studying the materiality of the non-elite this article investigates the domestic material culture of the artisan community in sixteenth-century Verona.
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Work Smarter, Not Harder: study shows fewer, targeted treatments can produce better outcomes
When it comes to controlling invasive weeds, it can pay to think before you act. Do you want a quick, short-term reduction in a weed population or longer-term control?…
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Can genetics reduce dairy farming’s nitrogen footprint?
The animal article of the month for October is “Genetic variation in milk urea nitrogen concentration of dairy cattle and its implications for reducing urinary nitrogen excretion” Agricultural industries are addressing the challenges of reducing their environmental footprint while maintaining economic viability for farming families and their communities.…
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Kids’ fast food meals no healthier despite high rates of childhood obesity: new research
New research by Cancer Council NSW, published in Public Health Nutrition has revealed that children’s fast food meals sold in NSW have not improved between 2011 and 2016 even though one in four children are overweight or obese.
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No Effective Post-Emergent Herbicides for Waterhemp?
Corn and soybean growers in Nebraska are now facing their worst nightmare. A research study featured in the journal Weed Science shows a population of waterhemp has evolved resistance to four distinct herbicide sites of action – including PPO inhibitors, ALS inhibitors, EPSPS inhibitors and PS II inhibitors.…
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Online gaming and gaming disorder: more than just a trivial pursuit
Online gaming has come a long way since more humble beginnings in the 1970’s, where games were text-based adventures and played among handfuls of people.…
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Applying dicamba? Pay attention to pH!
Studies show that pH is one of the many factors impacting dicamba volatility. In fact, the EPA now requires a pH of 5.0 or higher in its registration of new dicamba formulations for dicamba-resistant crops.…
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Legal liability for business human rights abuses under the revised draft of a treaty on business and human rights
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.…
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Launching a new cover competition for MRS Communications
MRS Communications aims to be the premier journal for submitting the best research studies and results in a succinct research letter format along with reviews (Perspectives) that are considered vanguards of the development of their respective fields and lay the groundwork for future research directions.
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Ecuador’s Revised Draft Treaty: Getting Down to Business
In the first of a two-part article, Doug Cassel raises certain arguments circling around the significant improvements made in the new draft.…
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Intestinal parasites at the Late Bronze Age settlement of Must Farm, in the Fens of East Anglia, UK (920-790 BC)
The paper ‘Intestinal parasites at the Late Bronze Age settlement of Must Farm, in the Fens of East Anglia, UK (920-790 BC)‘ published in Parasitology this summer has garnered much attention by the media, so we have made it freely available to read and download.…
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BJPsych Open Emerald Programme papers on strengthening mental health systems
The RCPsych Article of the Month for September is from BJPsych Open and is entitled the 'Emerald Series'.
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The 2019 Draft of the Business and Human Rights Treaty: Nothing left to improve?
“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.…
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Watch: How do bees carry pollen?
Pollen is the main source of protein in a honey bees diet and so it’s essential that they are able to carry enough of it safely back to the hive.…
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Can you dig it? Parasites influence the rates of bioturbation in lakes and rivers
The impact of parasites can often reach beyond their individual hosts, shaping populations and communities in their ecosystems. Parasites often control the behaviour of their hosts, leading to their role as “ecosystem engineers,” changing the ways in which the hosts physically shape their environments.
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Watch: Building bio-inspired vehicles to explore Mars
The air density on Mars is 1/100th of that on Earth which means that current airborne vehicles cannot be used to explore the planet.…
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The Revised Draft Business and Human Rights Treaty: Taking Women’s Experiences and Women’s Human Rights Seriously
The revised draft of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group’s business and human rights treaty released on July 16, 2019 is a significant improvement on the Zero Draft in terms of its structure, coherence, and its application to all business activity, not simply transnational.…
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Could cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) deficiency explain the extinction of the dinosaurs?
The Nutrition Society Paper of the Month for September is from the Journal of Nutritional Science and is entitled ‘Why did the dinosaurs become extinct? Could cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) deficiency be the answer?’.
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GLJ Editorial Message for Issue 20.6
Dear readers, We are back after a wonderful summer break – and hope you enjoyed yours. And we are back with a bang!…
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Do infants learn lasting lessons about healthy eating while nursing?
Public Health Nutrition Editorial Highlight: 'Maternal diet during lactation and breast-feeding practices have synergistic association with child diet at 6 years'
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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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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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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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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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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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Race and Inequality in US Politics, Part 3
An interview series with authors Hajnal, Hutchings and Lee Authored by three of the USA’s most well-known scholars on American politics, this undergraduate textbook argues that racial considerations are today-and have always been since the nation’s founding-central to understanding America’s political system writ large.…
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How a nutrition-sensitive agroecological intervention improved women’s mental health
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
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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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