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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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”.…
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.…
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.
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.…
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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