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A therapeutic environmental enrichment programme for managing pathological behaviour in the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) (2013)
Journal Article
Grisa, R., Bertelé, M., Vaglio, S., & Spiezio, C. (2013). A therapeutic environmental enrichment programme for managing pathological behaviour in the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox). The Journal of zoo and aquarium research, 1(1), 41-43

This study is based on an adult male fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) that arrived at Garda Zoological Park (Italy) exhibiting stereotyped and self-injuring behaviours and follows its subsequent rehabilitation through a long-term environmental enrichment p... Read More about A therapeutic environmental enrichment programme for managing pathological behaviour in the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox).

The importance of farmland for the conservation of the brown hyaena Parahyaena brunnea (2013)
Journal Article
Kent, V., & Hill, R. (2013). The importance of farmland for the conservation of the brown hyaena Parahyaena brunnea. Oryx: The International Journal of Conservation, 47(03), 431-440. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605312001007

The conservation of wide-ranging, territorial carnivores presents many challenges, not least the inadequacy of many protected areas in providing sufficient space to allow such species to maintain viable populations. As a result populations occurring... Read More about The importance of farmland for the conservation of the brown hyaena Parahyaena brunnea.

Health impacts of pedestrian headloading: a review of the evidence with particular reference to women and children in sub-Saharan Africa (2013)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Dunn, C., Hall, R., Levesley, M., Burton, K., …Panther, J. (2013). Health impacts of pedestrian headloading: a review of the evidence with particular reference to women and children in sub-Saharan Africa. Social Science & Medicine, 88, 90-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.04.010

Across sub-Saharan Africa, women and children play major roles as pedestrian load-transporters, in the widespread absence of basic sanitation services, electricity and affordable/reliable motorised transport. The majority of loads, including water an... Read More about Health impacts of pedestrian headloading: a review of the evidence with particular reference to women and children in sub-Saharan Africa.

Arthropod Predation by a Specialist Seed Predator, the Golden-backed Uacari (Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary, Pitheciidae) in Brazilian Amazonia (2013)
Journal Article
Barnett, A., Ronchi-Teles, B., Almeida, T., Deveny, A., Schiel-Baracuhy, V., Souza-Silva, W., …MacLarnon, A. (2013). Arthropod Predation by a Specialist Seed Predator, the Golden-backed Uacari (Cacajao melanocephalus ouakary, Pitheciidae) in Brazilian Amazonia. International Journal of Primatology, 34(3), 470-485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-013-9673-0

Could parental rules play a role in the association between short sleep and obesity in young children? (2013)
Journal Article
Jones, C. H., Pollard, T. M., Summerbell, C., & Ball, H. L. (2014). Could parental rules play a role in the association between short sleep and obesity in young children?. Journal of Biosocial Science, 46(3), 405-418. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932013000291

Short sleep duration is associated with obesity in young children. This study develops the hypothesis that parental rules play a role in this association. Participants were 3-year-old children and their parents, recruited at nursery schools in socioe... Read More about Could parental rules play a role in the association between short sleep and obesity in young children?.

War, Peace and Stabilisation: Critically Reconceptualising Stability in Southern Afghanistan (2013)
Journal Article
Carter, W. (2013). War, Peace and Stabilisation: Critically Reconceptualising Stability in Southern Afghanistan. Stability: International Journal of Security and Development, 2(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.5334/sta.bi

This article critically treats stabilisation theory and programming through a perspective of peace and conflict, and argues for stabilisation’s reconceptualisation. Through tracking the concept’s emergence, it outlines that stabilisation is theoretic... Read More about War, Peace and Stabilisation: Critically Reconceptualising Stability in Southern Afghanistan.

Sex-biased sound symbolism in English-language first names (2013)
Journal Article
Pitcher, B., Mesoudi, A., & McElligott, A. (2013). Sex-biased sound symbolism in English-language first names. PLoS ONE, 8(6), Article e64825. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064825

Sexual selection has resulted in sex-based size dimorphism in many mammals, including humans. In Western societies, average to taller stature men and comparatively shorter, slimmer women have higher reproductive success and are typically considered m... Read More about Sex-biased sound symbolism in English-language first names.

Transport and mobility constraints in an aging population: health and livelihood implications in rural Tanzania (2013)
Journal Article
Porter, G., Tewodros, A., Bifandimu, F., Gorman, M., Heslop, A., Sibale, E., …Kiswaga, L. (2013). Transport and mobility constraints in an aging population: health and livelihood implications in rural Tanzania. Journal of Transport Geography, 30, 161-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.05.001

This paper offers a rare examination of older people’s mobility in a developing country context. It presents findings from a recent mixed-methods study of the transport and mobility constraints faced by older people in 10 settlements in Kibaha distri... Read More about Transport and mobility constraints in an aging population: health and livelihood implications in rural Tanzania.

Modelling alcohol problems: Total recovery (2013)
Journal Article
Walters, C., Straughan, B., & Kendal, J. (2013). Modelling alcohol problems: Total recovery. Ricerche di matematica, 62(1), 33-53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11587-012-0138-0

Binge drinking in the UK is an increasing problem, resulting in negative health, social and economic effects. Mathematical modelling allows for future predictions to be made and may provide valuable information regarding how to approach solving the p... Read More about Modelling alcohol problems: Total recovery.