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Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) and associated risk factors in M’passa department, Southeast Gabon (2024)
Journal Article
Makouloutou-Nzassi, P., Longo-Pendy, N. M., Nguema, L. K. A., Lendzele, S. S., Bangueboussa, F., Bouchedi, B., Maganga, G. D., & Boundenga, L. (2024). Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) and associated risk factors in M’passa department, Southeast Gabon. Open Veterinary Journal, 14(12), 3232-3240. https://doi.org/10.5455/OVJ.2024.v14.i12.8

Gastrointestinal parasites (GIPs) pose a significant global challenge to the poultry industry, affecting health, welfare, and production performance. Few studies have been conducted in Gabon on the prevalence of these infections in chickens. This cro... Read More about Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) and associated risk factors in M’passa department, Southeast Gabon.

Asymptomatic Malaria Infection and Hidden Parasitic Burden in Gabonese Schoolchildren: Unveiling Silent Co-Infections in Rural and Urban Settings (2024)
Journal Article
Makouloutou-Nzassi, P., Kouna, L. C., Mbani Mpega Ntigui, C. N., Longo-Pendy, N. M., Bourobou Bourobou, J. A., Bangueboussa, F., Atiga, N. C., Lekana-Douki, J. B., Boundenga, L., & Oyegue-Liabagui, S. L. (2024). Asymptomatic Malaria Infection and Hidden Parasitic Burden in Gabonese Schoolchildren: Unveiling Silent Co-Infections in Rural and Urban Settings. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed10010011

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of co-infection with malaria and intestinal parasites and assess its association with anemia in school-aged children from rural and urban settlements in Gabon. This cross-sectional study involved afebrile... Read More about Asymptomatic Malaria Infection and Hidden Parasitic Burden in Gabonese Schoolchildren: Unveiling Silent Co-Infections in Rural and Urban Settings.

Epidemiology and diversity of Plasmodium species in Franceville and their implications for malaria control (2024)
Journal Article
Boundenga, L., Sima-Biyang, Y. V., Longo-Pendy, N. M., Bignoumba, M., Mbou-Boutambe, C., Moukagni-Mussadji, C. J., Wora, D. M., Kassa-Kassa, F., Onanga, R., Bisseye, C., Ntoumi, F., Adegnika, A. A., & Lekana-Douki, J.-B. (2024). Epidemiology and diversity of Plasmodium species in Franceville and their implications for malaria control. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 31977. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83487-0

Malaria is a significant public health challenge in Gabon, with high prevalence rates in rural and semi-urban areas. This study investigated Plasmodium infection prevalence among outpatients at a medical laboratory in Franceville, Gabon, in 2020. Dat... Read More about Epidemiology and diversity of Plasmodium species in Franceville and their implications for malaria control.

Meta-analysis of the red advantage in combat sports (2024)
Journal Article
Peperkoorn, L. S., Hill, R. A., Barton, R. A., & Pollet, T. V. (2024). Meta-analysis of the red advantage in combat sports. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 30822. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81373-3

Research has previously documented that across a range of Olympic combat sports, wearing red is associated with a higher probability of winning contests, especially when bouts are close. Yet, the hypothesis for a red advantage has not been systematic... Read More about Meta-analysis of the red advantage in combat sports.

Interpreting statistical significance in hominin dimorphism: Power and Type I error rates for resampling tests of univariate and missing-data multivariate size dimorphism estimation methods in the fossil record. (2024)
Journal Article
Gordon, A. D. (2025). Interpreting statistical significance in hominin dimorphism: Power and Type I error rates for resampling tests of univariate and missing-data multivariate size dimorphism estimation methods in the fossil record. Journal of Human Evolution, 199, Article 103630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2024.103630

The degree of sexual size dimorphism in fossil hominins is important evidence for the evaluation of evolutionary hypotheses, but it is also difficult/impossible to measure directly. Multiple methods have been developed to estimate dimorphism in univa... Read More about Interpreting statistical significance in hominin dimorphism: Power and Type I error rates for resampling tests of univariate and missing-data multivariate size dimorphism estimation methods in the fossil record..

Austerity's implications: Parasitism and charity in an English village (2024)
Journal Article
Anyadike‐Danes, C. M. (2025). Austerity's implications: Parasitism and charity in an English village. Economic Anthropology, 12(1), Article e12346. https://doi.org/10.1002/sea2.12346

English political discourse has long featured accusations of parasitical behavior. In this article, I provide insight into how discussions of parasitism feature in English people's daily lives. Specifically, I discuss how more than a decade of auster... Read More about Austerity's implications: Parasitism and charity in an English village.

Afterword: Time and Politics (2024)
Journal Article
Ringel, F. (2025). Afterword: Time and Politics. Time & Society, 34(1), 147-152. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463x241308961

Novel Scent Enrichment Enhances Socio‐Sexual and Olfactory Behaviors in Zoo‐Housed Gentle Lemurs (2024)
Journal Article
Fontani, S., Glendewar, G., Cowen, R., Callagan, G., Costantini, A. B., Elwell, E., Dubreuil, C., Palframan, M., & Vaglio, S. (2025). Novel Scent Enrichment Enhances Socio‐Sexual and Olfactory Behaviors in Zoo‐Housed Gentle Lemurs. American Journal of Primatology, 87(1), Article e23716. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23716

The Alaotran gentle lemur (Hapalemur Alaotrensis) is one of the most endangered primates in the world and shows a low success rate in captive breeding programmes. We tested a novel scent enrichment, made up of a synthesized mixture likely conveying i... Read More about Novel Scent Enrichment Enhances Socio‐Sexual and Olfactory Behaviors in Zoo‐Housed Gentle Lemurs.

Freedoms of Speech: Anthropological Perspectives on Language, Ethics, and Power (2024)
Book
Candea, M., Fedirko, T., Heywood, P., & Wright, F. (Eds.). (2024). Freedoms of Speech: Anthropological Perspectives on Language, Ethics, and Power. University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487552978

This collection brings together leading anthropologists and fresh new voices in the discipline to consider freedoms of speech with a wide comparative lens.

Introduction: Anthropologies of Free Speech (2024)
Book Chapter
Candea, M., Fedirko, T., Heywood, P., & Wright, F. (2024). Introduction: Anthropologies of Free Speech. In M. Candea, T. Fedirko, P. Heywood, & F. Wright (Eds.), Freedoms of Speech: Anthropological Perspectives on Language, Ethics, and Power (1-32). University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487552978-002

Fascism, Real or Stuffed: Ordinary Scepticism at Mussolini’s Grave (2024)
Book Chapter
Heywood, P. (2024). Fascism, Real or Stuffed: Ordinary Scepticism at Mussolini’s Grave. In M. Candea, T. Fedirko, P. Heywood, & F. Wright (Eds.), Freedoms of Speech: Anthropological Perspectives on Language, Ethics, and Power (131-147). University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487552978-008

Burying Mussolini: Ordinary Life in the Shadows of Fascism (2024)
Book
Heywood, P. (2024). Burying Mussolini: Ordinary Life in the Shadows of Fascism. Cornell University Press

Burying Mussolini addresses the global resurgence in authoritarian and nationalist populism and its connection with valorizations of ordinary life. Predappio is the birthplace and burial site of Benito Mussolini and Italy's premier neo-fascist touris... Read More about Burying Mussolini: Ordinary Life in the Shadows of Fascism.

Association of childhood dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate concentration, pubertal development, and DNA methylation at puberty-related genes. (2024)
Journal Article
Sudman, M., Stöger, R., Bentley, G. R., & Melamed, P. (2024). Association of childhood dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate concentration, pubertal development, and DNA methylation at puberty-related genes. European Journal of Endocrinology, 191(6), 623-635. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejendo/lvae156

High concentrations of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) often precede premature puberty and sometimes polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). We hypothesized that the underlying mechanisms might involve DNA methylation. As an indicator of the downstr... Read More about Association of childhood dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate concentration, pubertal development, and DNA methylation at puberty-related genes..

Hominin brain size increase has emerged from within-species encephalization (2024)
Journal Article
Püschel, T. A., Nicholson, S. L., Baker, J., Barton, R. A., & Venditti, C. (2024). Hominin brain size increase has emerged from within-species encephalization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(49), Article e2409542121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2409542121

The fact that rapid brain size increase was clearly a key aspect of human evolution has prompted many studies focusing on this phenomenon, and many suggestions as to the underlying evolutionary patterns and processes. No study to date has however sep... Read More about Hominin brain size increase has emerged from within-species encephalization.

Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections in Non-Human Primates at Gabon’s Primatology Center: Implications for Zoonotic Diseases (2024)
Journal Article
Mapagha-Boundoukou, K., Mohamed-Djawad, M. H., Longo-Pendy, N. M., Makouloutou-Nzassi, P., Bangueboussa, F., Ben Said, M., Ngoubangoye, B., & Boundenga, L. (2024). Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections in Non-Human Primates at Gabon’s Primatology Center: Implications for Zoonotic Diseases. Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 5(4), 733-744. https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg5040048

Parasites and infectious diseases pose significant threats to primate populations, especially in captive non-human primates (NHPs). This study aimed to assess the diversity and prevalence of intestinal parasites in NHPs at the CIRMF Primatology Cente... Read More about Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections in Non-Human Primates at Gabon’s Primatology Center: Implications for Zoonotic Diseases.

Social tolerance and success-biased social learning underlies cultural transmission in a wild tool-using primate (2024)
Journal Article
Coelho, C., Garcia-Nisa, I., Ottoni, E., & Kendal, R. (2024). Social tolerance and success-biased social learning underlies cultural transmission in a wild tool-using primate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(48), Article e2322884121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2322884121

Significance
The influence of social tolerance in animal social learning has been scarcely investigated empirically. Social tolerance determines who is allowed in proximity to whom and granted access to resources such as food or social information.... Read More about Social tolerance and success-biased social learning underlies cultural transmission in a wild tool-using primate.

How cultural innovations trigger the emergence of new pathogens (2024)
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Pooladvand, P., Kendal, J., & Tanaka, M. (2024). How cultural innovations trigger the emergence of new pathogens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(48), Article e2322882121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2322882121

Cultural practices perceived to be adaptive-from clearing land for food production to medical innovations-can disseminate quickly through human populations. However, these same practices often have unintended maladaptive effects. A particularly conse... Read More about How cultural innovations trigger the emergence of new pathogens.

Social learning is triggered by environmental cues in immigrant birds (2024)
Journal Article
Harrison, R. A. (2024). Social learning is triggered by environmental cues in immigrant birds. PLoS Biology, 22(11), Article e3002904. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002904

After dispersal, what cues trigger social learning in immigrants? A new study in wild-caught great tits in PLOS Biology suggests that changes in the physical environment, rather than the social environment, are key in prompting social learning by imm... Read More about Social learning is triggered by environmental cues in immigrant birds.

Time, Materiality, and History in UK-based Interfaith Solidarity Work (2024)
Journal Article
Egorova, Y. (2024). Time, Materiality, and History in UK-based Interfaith Solidarity Work. Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief, 20(5), 372-383. https://doi.org/10.1080/17432200.2024.2424719

In this paper, building upon ethnographic fieldwork conducted among members of one initiative of Jewish-Muslim dialogue in the UK, I will discuss how my interlocutors thematize the temporal dimension of anti-minority discrimination and perceive remai... Read More about Time, Materiality, and History in UK-based Interfaith Solidarity Work.

Occurrence of multiple infections of rodents with parasites and bacteria in the Sibang Arboretum, Libreville, Gabon (2024)
Journal Article
Makouloutou-Nzassi, P., Nze-Nkogue, C., Makanga, B. K., Longo-Pendy, N. M., Bourobou Bourobou, J. A., Bikie Bi Nso, B. C., Akomo-Okoue, E. F., Mbazoghe-Engo, C.-C., Bangueboussa, F., Sevidzem, S. L., Ebang Ella, G. W., Mangama Koumba, L. B., Nguelet, F. L. M., Mintsa Nguema, R., & Boundenga, L. (2024). Occurrence of multiple infections of rodents with parasites and bacteria in the Sibang Arboretum, Libreville, Gabon. Veterinary World, 17(11), 2506-2516. https://doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2024.2506-2516

Rodents are carriers or reservoirs of various bacteria, protozoa, viruses, and ectoparasites. Given the proximity of various rodent species and humans, there is a potential for the transmission of pathogens. Data on ecto- and endo-parasite prevalence... Read More about Occurrence of multiple infections of rodents with parasites and bacteria in the Sibang Arboretum, Libreville, Gabon.