A new era for the American Political Science Review
We are honored to officially start our editorship of the American Political Science Review. We do so with great excitement, but also with some solemnity.…
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May 2020
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Q&A with Wearable Technologies Associate Editor: Peter B. Shull
Associate Professor Peter B. Shull of Shanghai Jiao Tong University,answers our questions about his work and Cambridge University Press’s new journal Wearable Technologies
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On the Cover of HPL: Laser-system model for enhanced operational performance and flexibility on OMEGA EP
The ability of high-energy laser systems to provide complex laser pulse shapes has growing importance in many research disciplines such as laser fusion, high-energy-density physics, laboratory astrophysics, and laser conditioning of optical materials.…
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Q&A with Prof. Stefano Camera, Physics and Astronomy Chief Editor for Experimental Results
What is your current job title both within Experimental Results and outside of the journal? Where are you based in the world?…
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On the Front Line: COVID-19 Whistleblowers in China, the USA and Europe
Whistleblowers have become essential watchdogs during the COVID-19 pandemic. In my recent article in the European Journal of Risk Regulation I discuss the main whistleblowing cases in China, the USA and Europe showing how workers, especially medical workers, are not only on the front line of dealing with this global crisis, but also confronting censorship of information by governments and authorities.…
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2019 Gordon E. Pike JMR Paper of the Year awarded
I am pleased to announce that the 2019 Gordon E. Pike JMR Paper of the Year, recognizing excellence in advancing materials knowledge through written scholarship, was recently awarded by the Materials Research Society (MRS).…
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The pitfalls of video calls (and how to avoid them like a pro)
Let’s face it – stepping (sitting) in front of a camera has become a staple component of working from home during the global pandemic.…
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Another Day, Another Gas Leak: Business and Human Rights in India
The recent gas leak from the LG polymer gas plant has wreaked havoc in the town of Visakhapatnam in India. A toxic gas – styrene – leaked at around 3 am on May 7 from LG Polymer, a South-Korean-owned local plastic-manufacturing plant.…
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The regional politics of austerity after the Great Recession: What lessons can we learn from Italy and Spain?
The world is currently facing the most serious health crisis in more than a century. While virtually all countries have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is some variation in the spread of the virus and the extent to which it has disrupted societies and economies.…
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Batchelor Prize 2020
Congratulations to Alexander J. Smits on being awarded the 2020 Batchelor Prize ‘for seminal contributions to our understanding of the structure of wall turbulence at very large Reynolds and Mach numbers, especially through the design of innovative experiments and measurement devices, and also for pioneering work on bio-inspired propulsion and on drag reduction using modified surfaces’.…
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Theological Roundtable: The Responsibility of Theologians and Scholars of Religion to Confront Genocide
A quarter of a century has passed since the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the 1995 genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The anniversaries of these tragedies beckon us to reflect on the responsibility of theologians, scholars of religion, and religious educators to confront genocide.…
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Quebec’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
HEPL blog series: Country Responses to the Covid19 Pandemic Quebec’s response to the coronavirus pandemic Greg Marchildon [1] [2] Amélie Quesnel-Vallée [2] [3] Madeline King [2] Antonina Maltsev [2] [1] Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto [2] North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies [3] McGill Observatory on Health and Social Services Reforms, Department of Sociology and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Background and Scope Quebec has been the hardest hit jurisdiction in Canada yet among the first provinces to begin reopening.…
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Bringing the toll of disasters and trauma on mental health to the forefront of psychiatric discussion and practice
The British Journal of Psychiatry (BJPsych) has collaborated with the World Psychiatric Association to examine the mental health aspects of disasters and trauma, aiming to strengthen the contribution of psychiatrists to reduce distress, illness and suicidal behaviour among vulnerable populations.
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The U.S. Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
From time to time, until the crisis has passed, the HEPL blog series authors will be given the opportunity to provide short updates on their country/region’s continuing response to this worldwide catastrophe and their further reflections on those responses.…
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Albania’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
HEPL blog series: Country Responses to the Covid19 Pandemic Albania’s response to the coronavirus pandemic Andi Hoxhaj, University of Warwick The coronavirus pandemic officially started in Albania on 8th of March when the Ministry of Health announced the country’s first cases – a father and son who had travelled from Italy to Albania.…
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Poland’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
HEPL blog series: Country Responses to the Covid19 Pandemic Poland’s response to the Coronavirus Pandemic Michał Zabdyr-Jamróz, Iwona Kowalska-Bobko As of 8th May Poland has reported a total of 15,200 confirmed COVID-19 cases; 5,184 recoveries; 9,260 active cases (2% being serious or critical) and 756 deaths associated with the disease (20 deaths per 1 million inhabitants).…
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Meet the Editors: Q&A with Professor Andrew Hemphill, Editor for Parasitology
Welcome to our “Meet the Editors” series, where we interview the editorial team about their work and their relationship to the journal.…
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Paths towards Coalition Defection: Democracies and Withdrawal from the Iraq War
Drawing upon his Open Access article in vol.5, no.1 of the European Journal of International Security, Patrick A. Mello explores the withdrawal of democracies from the Iraq war as a form of coalition defection.…
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Comparing the First and Second Gilded Ages
Asking whether this era is a Second Gilded Age similar to the First Gilded Age, which began at the end of the Civil War and extended into the early twentieth century, creates a blind man and the elephant problem. Examining different parts of the era can yield disparate conclusions.
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Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on research output: a survey of the academic panel
In the past few months Universities around the world have had to adapt considerably. With home working becoming the norm teaching and learning has shifted to Zoom, Google Hangouts and other online video conferencing software.…
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Over harvesting could wipe out water frogs in parts of Turkey
Water frogs could become regionally extinct in part of their native Turkey in a little over a decade because too many are being taken for food. …
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Processed supermarket meals gives food for thought
With more people eating at home due to COVID-19, New Curtin research published in Public Health Nutrition has found more than half of Australian supermarket own brand chilled ready-made meals are unhealthy and 94 percent are ‘ultra-processed’ – yet more than 80 percent are labelled with a ‘pass mark’ under the Health Star Rating system.…
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10 Years of Ebooks from Cambridge University Press
2010 was a big year; 4G was rolled out for commercial use; we saw the launch of technological game changers in the first iPad and the iPhone 4 as well as the first mass-produced mainstream electric car, the Nissan Leaf.…
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Libraries and sustainability: Mariann Løkse, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway
This is the second blog in a series in which we ask libraries around the world about their sustainability policies and experiences.…
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Nidotherapy; your chance to find out more
What is Nidotherapy? Peter Tyrer Author of 'Nidotherapy: Harmonising the Environment with the Patient' tells us more.
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Mental Health in Malawi
The RCPsych Article of the Month for May is from BJPsych International and is entitled ‘Mental Health in Malawi’ by Philippa Lilford.
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Legal Liability of Corporations under International Criminal Law and International Human Rights Law: An Interlinkage under the Revised Draft
Conflict-driven societies are the most difficult places for exercising even basic human rights and are more prone to gross violations of human rights.…
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Future climate scenarios predict change in Bhutanese rice areas
Rice is the most important cereal crop in Bhutan and annual production is often equated to the country’s food security. Rice is cultivated throughout Bhutan and its agro-ecology ranges from 100 m above sea level (masl) in the southern lowlands to elevations as high as 2700 masl in the north.…
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Sensors and machine learning to predict calving
The animal article of the month for June is “Using animal‐mounted sensor technology and machine learning to predict time-to-calving in beef and dairy cows” by G.…
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Can residues from cover crops contribute to extended weed control?
Cover crops are a proven tool for suppressing many troublesome weeds. But what about the residues they leave behind? Research featured in the journal Weed Science shows the composition of those residues matters – influencing both the control of summer annual weeds and the yields produced by crops.…
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New Zealand’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic – Now updated
From time to time, until the crisis has passed, the HEPL blog series authors will be given the opportunity to provide short updates on their country/region’s continuing response to this worldwide catastrophe and their further reflections on those responses.…
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Scratching the Iceberg – Undiscovered Lichen Diversity at Glacier Bay National Park
In this post we talk to Dr Alan M. Fryday and Dr Toby Spribille, Editors for The Lichenologist, about their Glacier Bay Special Issue which is available Open access.…
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Ecotourism transforms attitudes to marine conservation
An Oryx study has shown how ecotourism in the Philippines has transformed people’s attitudes towards marine conservation. Researchers from the University of Victoria in Canada and Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines (LAMAVE), visited three sites where tourists pay to swim with whale sharks in the wild.…
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Always Connect
“Always Connect” seems more fundamental than “Always Historicize,” at least for the long eighteenth century (pace Jameson and Foucault). People characterized themselves and others through their multiple relations and positions relative to each other, as master-servant, master-slave, patron-client, parent-child, sister, brother, friend, daughter, feme sole or wife.…
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Different mosquito species are not equally efficient at transmitting avian malaria parasites
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is Plasmodium transmission differs between mosquito species and parasite lineages Mosquitoes are one of the main vectors of pathogens such as Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, that affect humans and other animals.…
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Evaluation of Botrytis infection risk on grapevine
Grey mould, caused by the fungus Botrytis cinerea, is one of the major diseases that affects vineyards across the globe and is the cause of an important reduction in yield.…
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Alfalfa silage inoculants: A worldwide meta-analysis
The utilization of microbial additives for the purpose of achieving proper fermentation and improving digestibility has generated great interest, which is evidenced by the fact that inoculants have been developed as silage additives for over 40 years.…
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Food-shopping behaviors in the Northeast: results from the EFSNE project
There is a multitude of assumptions among food system practitioners about where people shop for food and what they choose to buy.…
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Ontario’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
HEPL blog series: Country Responses to the Covid19 Pandemic Ontario’s response to the coronavirus pandemic Greg Marchildon[1][2] Sara Allin[1][2] Karen Born[1] [1] Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto [2] North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Background and Scope With 39% of Canada’s population (14.7 million residents), Ontario is home to the country’s largest city, Toronto, and its national capital of Ottawa.…
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Malaysia’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
HEPL blog series: Country Responses to the Covid19 Pandemic Malaysia’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic YingYing Yew University of Oviedo, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Unit for Research in Emergency & Disaster, Campus del Cristo, E-33006, Oviedo, Spain On the 23rd January 2020, the Singapore Immigration Checkpoints Authority alerted its counterpart neighbour regarding foreign visitors that tested positive for COVID-19 and managed to get across to the Malaysian border.…
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Jordan’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
HEPL blog series: Country Responses to the Covid19 Pandemic Jordan’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic Elise Tancoigne University of Geneva Jordan reported 453 cases and 8 deaths from COVID-19 as of April 30, among the lowest number in the world.…
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Libraries and sustainability: Roxanne Missingham, Australian National University (ANU)
This is the first in a series of posts in which we ask libraries around the world about their sustainability policies and experiences.…
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Too Old to Fail: Banking on Cultural Heritage
“In this blog (my first!), I share the backstory to the Advances in Archaeological Practice article I prepared with my co-author, Meng Ying, in which we examine safeguard policies used by private-sector banks to protect and manage cultural heritage.”…
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Caught between coronavirus and starvation: supply chain behaviour in the time of pandemic
In this time of coronavirus crisis, we are seeing many of the less well-off workforce in the UK and the West under stress.…
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Reflections on the decade
In the past ten years, there have been major developments in technology that have transformed the way libraries operate. With the rise of e-publishing, libraries have had to adapt to remain functional and useful to students, researchers and staff.…
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Early-life programming of adipose tissue
The Nutrition Society Paper of the Month for May is from Nutritional Research Reviews and is entitled ‘Early-life programming of adipose tissue’ by Ericka Moreno-Mendez, Saray Quintero-Fabian, Cristina Fernandez-Mejia and Maria-Luisa Lazo-de-la-Vega-Monroy.…
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GLJ Editorial Message for Issue 21.4
Dear Esteemed Reader, It is my pleasure to announce the most recent issue of the German Law Journal and remind you of our most recent Call for Special Issue Proposals (submission deadline 31 July 2020).…
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Why we can’t afford to ignore the vulture crisis
Why are vulture populations collapsing, what can we do to stop this, and why is it crucially important that we do?…
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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 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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Types of pandemic-induced psychological distress, clarity of responsibility, and support for incumbents
Although the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic now feels like a distant memory, the political consequences of that period remain a critical lens through which we can understand voter behaviour in times of crisis.…
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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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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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How did Down syndrome get its name?
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.…
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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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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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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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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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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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