Outputs (123)

Does sleep play a role in memory consolidation? A comparative test (2009)
Journal Article
Capellini, I., McNamara, P., Preston, B., Preston, B., Nunn, C., & Barton, R. (2009). Does sleep play a role in memory consolidation? A comparative test. PLoS ONE, 4(2), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004609

Sleep is a pervasive characteristic of mammalian species, yet its purpose remains obscure. It is often proposed that ‘sleep is for the brain’, a view that is supported by experimental studies showing that sleep improves cognitive processes such as me... Read More about Does sleep play a role in memory consolidation? A comparative test.

Female reproductive signaling, and male mating behavior, in the olive baboon (2009)
Journal Article
Higham, J. P., Semple, S., MacLarnon, A., Heistermann, M., & Ross, C. (2009). Female reproductive signaling, and male mating behavior, in the olive baboon. Hormones and Behavior, 55(1), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.08.007

“I am a farmer”: Young women address conservation using photovoice around Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone (2009)
Journal Article
Thompson, J. A. (2009). “I am a farmer”: Young women address conservation using photovoice around Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone. Agenda, 23(79), 65-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2009.9676224

You can express a different story through art. What happens when you use arts-based inquiry to explore environmental knowledge? How can artistic expression value and construct alternative knowledges that might otherwise be overlooked or silenced? Hol... Read More about “I am a farmer”: Young women address conservation using photovoice around Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone.

Privatization: jokes, scandal and absurdity in a time of rapid change. (2009)
Book Chapter
Alexander, C. (2009). Privatization: jokes, scandal and absurdity in a time of rapid change. In K. Sykes (Ed.), Ethnographies of moral reasoning: living paradoxes of a global age (43-65). Palgrave Macmillan

Volatile signals during pregnancy: A possible chemical basis for mother-infant recognition (2009)
Journal Article
Vaglio, S., Minicozzi, P., Bonometti, E., Mello, G., & Chiarelli, B. (2009). Volatile signals during pregnancy: A possible chemical basis for mother-infant recognition. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 35(1), 131-139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-008-9573-5

Human pheromones play a role in regulating relationships and apparently influence partner choice and mother–infant recognition. We analyzed the chemical content of volatiles from sweat patch samples from the para-axillary and nipple–areola regions of... Read More about Volatile signals during pregnancy: A possible chemical basis for mother-infant recognition.

Market institutions, trust and norms: exploring moral economies in Nigerian food systems (2009)
Journal Article
Lyon, F., & Porter, G. (2009). Market institutions, trust and norms: exploring moral economies in Nigerian food systems. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 33(5), 903-920. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bem008

Informal market institutions and small-scale traders are responsible for feeding Nigerian cities. This study analyses a range of economic relationships and institutions that have evolved in the context of inadequate formal institutions such as banks... Read More about Market institutions, trust and norms: exploring moral economies in Nigerian food systems.

Community diversity at Ban Lum Khao, Thailand: Isotopic evidence from the skeletons (2009)
Journal Article
Bentley, R., Cox, K., Tayles, N., Higham, C., Macpherson, C., Nowell, G., …Hayes, T. (2009). Community diversity at Ban Lum Khao, Thailand: Isotopic evidence from the skeletons. Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, 48(1), 79-97. https://doi.org/10.1353/asi.0.0017

Isotopes of strontium, carbon, and oxygen were analyzed in human tooth enamel from the Bronze Age site of Ban Lum Khao (c. 1400 B.C.–500 B.C.) in Thailand. The strontium and oxygen isotopes, which generally reflect place of origin, delimit discrete g... Read More about Community diversity at Ban Lum Khao, Thailand: Isotopic evidence from the skeletons.

De/geneticizing caste: population genetic research in South Asia (2009)
Journal Article
Egorova, Y. (2009). De/geneticizing caste: population genetic research in South Asia. Science as Culture, 18(4), 417-438. https://doi.org/10.1080/09505430902806975

Recent years have witnessed a number of population genetics studies aiming to explore the ‘genetic profile’ of the South Asian population and of the caste system. This paper examines four genetic studies and their mass media representations, and disc... Read More about De/geneticizing caste: population genetic research in South Asia.

Biomedical research in South Asia : ethical review, remit and responsibility (2009)
Other
Simpson, R., Dissanayake, V., Douglas-Jones, R., & Sariola, S. (2009). Biomedical research in South Asia : ethical review, remit and responsibility

Children, (im)mobility and transport in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for meeting the MDGs (2009)
Book Chapter
Porter, G. (2009). Children, (im)mobility and transport in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for meeting the MDGs. In M. Grieco, M. Ndulo, D. Bryceson, G. Porter, & T. McCray (Eds.), Africa, transport and the millennium development goals : achieving an internationally set agenda (177-195). Cambridge Scholars

Improving mobility and access to health and education facilities for both girl and boy children is crucial to many of the Millennium Goals, notably achieving universal primary education (MDG 2), promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment throu... Read More about Children, (im)mobility and transport in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for meeting the MDGs.