Silage – basically fermented grass – is used widely as a feed source for animals, preserving the pasture for livestock to eat later in the year when the natural pasture is not good and retaining more nutrients than turning it into hay.…
October’s Paper of the Month is from the British Journal of Nutrition ‘Assessment of the World Food Programme Summer Camps in Lebanon: a model of effective interventions for vulnerable adolescents’ and is free to access.…
The paper ‘Framing conservation: ‘biodiversity’ and the values embedded in scientific language, published in Environmental Conservation, has been chosen as the latest addition to the Editor’s Choice Collection We all know that political groups are very thoughtful about how they frame the issues that matter to them.…
Parasitology are delighted that a special issue on Angiostrongylus will be published next year. In this blog post Professor Cowie from the University of Hawaiʻi gives us some insight into this parasite.…
Generation of electromagnetic waves was first demonstrated by Heinrich Hertz in 1887 and since then has become a leading subject of research, with an enormous range of applications covering radio communications, electronics, computing, radar technology and multi-wavelength astronomy.…
The long-awaited Second Revised Draft Treaty on Business and Human Rights was published on 6 August 2020, bringing high hopes for accountability in cases of corporate human rights abuses (the Resource Centre’s unofficial summary of the latest draft is available here).…
The first in a series of posts from our global team on how they have changed how they communicate with our authors, readers and customers during the pandemic and how virtual solutions have opened up new opportunities.
When, in September 2019, the editors of the Journal of Modern African Studies invited Professor Moses Ochonu, a historian at Vanderbilt University, to write a brief on recurrent xenophobia in South Africa, we were unsettled by the apparent contradiction between repeated attacks on individuals from other African countries, and the idea of Ubuntu, a philosophical insistence on Afro-human solidarity championed most vigorously within the South African academy.…
This Open Access week, we profile the German Law Journal (GLJ), which has been a pioneer of open scholarly publishing in law since its foundation in 2000.…
Dragon fruits are nutritious and healthy; also, in addition to the edible pulp, the coloured peels are utilized in the food and cosmetic industry.…
After months of remote learning for students globally, universities across the world are beginning a new method of teaching for the upcoming academic year.…
For about thirty million years in the Late Cretaceous, a shallow salty seaway flooded the interior of North America. This separated eastern and western North America into different landmasses.…
How our author surveys have helped to improve our publishing processes Since August 2018 our Author care team have sent email surveys to our book authors asking for both the likelihood they would recommend publishing with Cambridge University Press to a friend or colleague, and what their reasons were for this answer.…
Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) was only on the statute book for 41 days and not yet in force when Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash introduced a ballot measure asking Californians to exempt them from this key piece of state employment legislation.…
The RCPsych Article of the Month for October is from BJPsych Bulletin and is entitled ‘Placing poverty-inequality at the centre of psychiatry’ by Peter Byrne and Adrian James
This notion of swadeshi capitalism was a cultural, political and economic response to colonialism, one which aimed to secure economic and political sovereignty.
There are no crocodilians in Europe, which is good for the safety of those of us who like to peacefully fish or swim in lakes and rivers, but it is somewhat sad for those who prize biodiversity or simply like these fascinating predators.…
More than a third of people (34%) in Turkey and one sixth of people (17%) in the UK are ‘hesitant’ about a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study by UCL and Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey.…
The number of sea turtles spotted along the coasts of the UK and Ireland has declined in recent years, according to a paper published in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association.…
*UPDATED 17 November 2020* For some time now we have been committed to a transition to totally open research. And therefore we greatly appreciate the commitment that cOAlition S have made to funding the costs of Gold Open Access journal publishing.…
Today we announced our support for Plan S’s transformative journals programme as a welcome new route for our authors to publish Open Access (OA) research articles.…
Prior to the beginning of our tenure, we set out a vision statement for the APSR revolving around six principles. One of these principles is editorial transparency, specifically as it refers to sharing with our community information about our editorial workflow and characteristics of our authors, reviewers, and readership during our tenure.…
“In times of unrest, insecurity, and what feels like unending chaos, we are reminded of the relevance of the study of prehistory.”…
Traditionally, the second Monday of October is observed as Columbus Day in the United States. However, the holiday and its history are controversial.…
Why is there something rather than nothing? The fact of existence cannot be explained by an appeal to any beings, since this would assume what it wants to prove.…
October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives.…
COVID-19 related travel restrictions and social distancing protocols have precluded many archaeological field projects in the past six months. And while conferences and meetings can be taken to the virtual realm, the challenges facing those of us whose work is founded on field-based research are becoming readily apparent.…
The animal Article of the Month for November is “The repeatability of feed intake and feed efficiency in beef cattle offered high-concentrate, grass silage and pasture-based diets” by B.…
The October 2020 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) Article of the Month is from the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT) and is entitled “Remote delivery of CBT training, clinical supervision and services: in times of crisis or business as usual” by Paul Cromarty, Dominic Gallagher and Julianne Watson.…
Months ago, the world became collectively embroiled in the Covid-19 pandemic. Simultaneously, we began to learn and create an entirely new vocabulary together.…
Conversation and visiting could be considered as aids to piety, by encouraging individuals to debate and reflect on religious doctrine and to share their struggles with their faith and receive encouragement.
In this book I mention the patient who first inspired me to become a psychiatrist. He was an elderly gentleman admitted to a vascular ward for an elective repair of his aortic aneurysm.
We kick-off our blog post series looking at how Cambridge University Press works with Cambridge University by talking to the Director of Syndicate Affairs, Kevin Taylor, about the the role of the Syndicate at Cambridge University Press.…
The Viking Age (c. AD 790-1050) represents the very notion of uprootedness and social transformation. Yet there are signs of inherent nostalgia in Scandinavian Viking Age communities; hundreds of rune stones scatter the landscape with tales of genealogies and memories, and older burial mounds are reused for new graves.…
Welcome to September’s Library Newsletter featuring upcoming events, noteworthy new products and launches within the library community. New Journals Homepage design Over the last year, the Cambridge Core team have been working on new designs for our journal content landing pages.Following…
Molly Keener is the Director of Digital Initiatives & Scholarly Communication at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University, a private university situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.…
As per 28 September, the total COVID-19 cases in Indonesia reached 278,722, following a single day increase of 3,509 in new cases.…
There is evidence that self-harm is becoming more common among young people. It’s therefore increasingly important to identify the factors associated with self-harm so that help can be provided earlier to young people who may be most at risk.…
‘Big Data on BHR: Innovative Approaches to Analysing the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre Database’, a recently published article in the Business and Human Rights Journal, provides new insights into the study of business and human rights (BHR).…
We asked our Librarian Advisory Boards about the impact of Covid-19 on research, teaching and learning, and Open Access.
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It was the summer of 2017 and we had just discovered a partial Clovis point at the La Prele Mammoth site in a test unit 20 meters from the mammoth.…
In the last 4000 days scientists have discovered more than 4000 new planets. Thousands of other candidate planets are currently being investigated.…
Horseweed is undoubtedly one of the most troublesome weeds in the world. Herbicide-resistant populations are now found in 18 countries, and many are resistant to multiple herbicide sites of action.…
The biggest lesson we can learn from the Covid-19 pandemic is that we need to avoid the polarized extremes of either tight coupling or full de-coupling in favor of loose coupling as a new form of globalization with a proper balance between localization and globalization to manage the paradox of global interdependence.…
Last month, Homerton College Library at the University of Cambridge reopened their doors after six months of being closed due to the pandemic.…
Epping Gardens, an aged care home in Melbourne, Australia, scored zero out of eight in a government quality assessment last year.…
We are delighted to have won the inaugural Sustainability Award at this year’s UK Independent Publishing Awards!
Socio-Legal Studies in Germany and the UK: Theory and Methods Dear Readers, We hope that the beginning of the academic year has been kind to you, and that you are all staying safe and healthy through the challenges of virtual, blended, and face-to-face teaching.…
Seven studies describe progress thus far and challenges ahead for a revolutionary zero-emissions power source. Chandler, David L. “Validating the Physics behind the New MIT-Designed Fusion Experiment.”…
Drawing upon her article in the European Journal of International Security (EJIS), Laura J. Shepherd explores ‘The Paradox of Prevention in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda’.…
As a Society Member your engagement with your publications is incredibly important. Here are 5 ways you can support your Society Publications.
MRS Bulletin is pleased to announce that Ritu Raman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been selected to receive the 2020 MRS Bulletin Postdoctoral Publication Prize.
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is A comparative study of parasites in three latrines from Medieval and Renaissance Brussels, Belgium (14th–17th centuries) In modern times intestinal parasites such as protozoa that cause dysentery and multicellular helminths (worms) are largely a problem for people in low-income countries in the tropics where sanitation and food safety are poor.…
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 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.…
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.…
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.…
Welcome to our “Meet the Editors” series, where we interview the editorial team about their work and their relationship to the journal.…
The Paper of the Month for March is ‘Impact of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on clinical manifestations in autism spectrum disorders: an umbrella review of meta-analyses“.…
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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