Brain Food: rethinking food-borne toxocariasis
The latest Paper of the Month for Parasitology is “Brain Food: rethinking food-borne toxocariasis” and is freely available. Toxocara canis and T.…
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Boost your publication record and get credit for valid research with negative results
Associate Professor Benjamin Walther at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi reflects on the value of getting a peer reviewed paper out of his research with negative results, while making a positive contribution to his field, boosting his publication record, and helping to secure additional funding to further his research.
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“A Tale of a Man, a Worm and a Snail” – A Book Review
This year a new 275-page book, with 21 chapters, entitled "The Tale of a Man, a Worm and a Snail: The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative" written by Professor Alan Fenwick OBE, with the help of Wendie Norris and Becky McCall, first appeared in January. It is part autobiography, part scientific narrative, with an impressive bibliography. Typical of CABI publishers, the book has a high printed production standard with several colour photographs and schematic graphics that embellish its narrative.
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Are there winds of peace for La Guajira? When wind energy is intertwined with militarisation
Businesses engaging in energy transitions are developing sophisticated tools to report their commitment to tackling environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues.…
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‘The most important time in your life’: quotations in recent science
The history I tell in [my article] exemplifies how indispensable quotations can become... They invoke tradition, generating a sense of belonging and inspiring the young, and are involved in innovation, too.
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From Khyber to Cyber and the Limits of Economic Statecraft
The chaotic scenery during the evacuation of Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul following the withdrawal of U.S. troops in August 2021 documents the limitations of the Western approach to spread human rights and democracy globally.…
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Is Turkey heading for a snap election in 2022?
Despite the fact that the leaders of the current governing alliance (Cumhur İttifakı– People’s Alliance) deny the possibility of a snap election, my short answer to the question in the title is “yes.”…
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‘The troubles of collecting’: William Henry Harvey and the practicalities of natural history collecting in Britain’s nineteenth-century world
By focusing on the example of William Harvey and his travels, my article explores the difficulties encountered by those involved in collecting, preserving and transporting natural history specimens from the field to the museum or laboratory in the nineteenth century.
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Queer Belfast during the First World War
I wrote this article to take this past more seriously on its own terms, and to understand how the political, religious, and economic context of Ireland and its diaspora shaped a culture that, for historians of sexuality, will be familiar yet distinctive.
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Food Labeling is Lacking in Online Grocery Retailers
Nutrition facts, ingredient lists, and allergens—all FDA-required information on food labels—are frequently absent when shoppers buy food online Online food retailers do not consistently display nutrition information on their websites—and U.S.…
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Madrid and the far right 1945-1953
Between 1945 and 1953, scores of former fascists flocked to the Spanish capital; initially, they were just looking for a safe lay-over in their escape from Allied justice.
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GLJ Editorial Message for Issue 22.8
It is my great pleasure to announce the publication of issue 22.8 of the German Law Journal. This bumper issue – delayed as a result of industrial action in the UK, my apologies – contains not one but two special sections (‘Climate Litigation’ and ‘Views from the Bench’) and a selection of excellent articles across topics united by an interest in governance at international level.…
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The Weed Control Balancing Act: Study Shows Preemergent Herbicides Can Reduce Desirable Native Species
It is clear nonnative plant invaders can devastate native plant communities. But weed management efforts can also hold the potential to cause harm.
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ZEOWINE: the synergy between Zeolite and Compost
Due to their ability to perform cation exchange, zeolite applications were found in various industries, such as in the pharmaceutical industry, petrochemical industry.
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Death anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: What’s love got to do with it?
The January BABCP Article of the Month is from Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BCP) and is entitled “OCD, death anxiety, and attachment: what’s love got to do with it?”…
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Our 2021 content highlights
2021 may be over, but we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to sit back, relax, and look back at some of our publishing highlights from the past year! Which books and Elements were you reading in 2021? What articles were being talked about on Twitter? Welcome to our 2021 content roundup!
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Online learning and digital textbooks: the first episode of a new podcast series for librarians
Today we are pleased to announce the launch of the first two episodes of our new podcast series, Cambridge Libraries of the World.…
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It takes just ninety seconds to make women prefer less masculine faces: Video about the epidemic is the key!
There are several studies which investigated how environmental harshness influences mate choice, in particular whether masculine or feminine faces are perceived as more attractive when the environment is harsh.
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Meet the Editors: Q&A with Professor Jonathan Wastling
Thank you so much for agreeing to participate in our Meet the Editors series on the Parasitology blog. We are very grateful for your time and input, and we hope that you enjoy the chance to share your work and a little bit about yourself with our readers.
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The Aeronautical Journal – 125 years not out
The first edition of The Aeronautical Journal predates the first human powered flight by the Wright brothers by some five years. Even back then it knew that there was to be a rich future for man in flight to come.
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Roundworm or whipworm, what are the differences?
When we think of the human roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, or the human whipworm, Trichuris trichiura, we tend to focus upon the similarities between these two parasites. Why is this so?
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Depending on the Planting Design, More Crop Diversity Means More Productivity – No Matter How You Estimate the Yields
As an ecologist, I am interested in conserving forgotten crop landraces and vanishing cropping systems of indigenous agrarian societies. Indigenous food production systems are always polycrop systems, growing diverse food and non-food crops on marginal lands, depending no external materials (e.g. agrochemicals, machiney, fossil fuel). Dozens of experimental studies proved the superior productive efficacy of multiple cropping systems, growing mostly 2 or 3 crops), over monocultures promoted by modern, industrial agriculture.
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Reviewing a new Greek Lexicon
Lexica are the workhorses of Classical Studies. They’re the tomes that come most easily to mind when we joke that we spend our days ‘looking things up’. And so, the launch of a new lexicon for Ancient Greek is an event to be noticed.
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Are populists sore losers?
Donald Trump still claims the election he lost was unfair and rigged. Other populist leaders have equally proven to be sore losers in the contexts of elections and referendums.…
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An interview with JHET Co-Editors Pedro Garcia Duarte and Jimena Hurtado
Firstly, for anyone new to the journal can you briefly explain the journal’s mission and scope? The Journal of the History of Economic Thought (JHET) is the journal of the History of Economics Society and it promotes interest in and inquiry into the history of economics and related parts of intellectual history, facilitate communication and discourse among scholars and disseminate knowledge about the history of economics.…
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JFQA Symposium on the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Firms and Capital Market
In April 2021, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis hosted a symposium for finance research related to the Covid-19 Pandemic.…
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Reflections on the Human and Technological Aspects of Studying Modern Opera
Over the course of my research into Doctor Atomic, I found myself reflecting on this intertwining of the human and the technological, and how this manifested in the opera as well as in my research methods.
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Identifying “Waste Places” – Charcoal Production in Pennsylvania
Authors Benjamin Carter, Jeff Blackadar and Weston Conner joined each other in conversation for this new blog post for Advances in Archaeological Practice.…
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Why is folate a nutrient of great interest for public health?
Folate, also known as vitamin B9, is found naturally in a wide range of foods such as dark green leafy vegetables, beans, citrus fruits, nuts, eggs, liver, and seafood. The synthetic form of this vitamin, folic acid, is used in supplements and to fortify staple foods including flour.
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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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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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The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
How long will humankind survive? Besides the fact that we have been able to eliminate ourselves with nuclear weapons for decades, even without a third world war, the challenge to take care of the resources of our planet remains; we need to use them in a way that our children and their children can have a place on Earth as well. In this blog post Andreas Losch discusses his recent review article in the International Journal of Astrobiology, The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
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Representation Matters in Archaeology
In January, my husband and I (Sam) took our six-year-old daughter to get a flu shot at a local pharmacy. As she became increasingly bored in the waiting room, she began to offer commentary, asking the closed door, “Doctor, when are you coming out?”…
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Manhood, Money and Survival: Rethinking Child Soldiers in Somalia
Why understanding contemporary youth militancy demands history Al-Shabaab fighters patrolling Afgooye-Mogadishu road (2025) In civil war-era Somalia in the early 1990s, global media headlines about ‘stoned teenagers’ cruising Mogadishu on jeeps mounted with machine guns became synonymous with the construction of Somalia as a ‘chaotic African country’ in which one could be killed for nothing more than ‘the clothes on your back’ (New York Times, 1992).…
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Race Isn’t Biological — So Why Do So Many Still Think It Is?
Even though findings from genetics and other sciences unequivocally refute biological conceptions of race, this erroneous viewpoint remains widespread among the general public.…
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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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The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
How long will humankind survive? Besides the fact that we have been able to eliminate ourselves with nuclear weapons for decades, even without a third world war, the challenge to take care of the resources of our planet remains; we need to use them in a way that our children and their children can have a place on Earth as well. In this blog post Andreas Losch discusses his recent review article in the International Journal of Astrobiology, The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
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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 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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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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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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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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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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