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

A 3D geometric morphometric analysis of the bovid distal humerus, with special reference to Rusingoryx atopocranion (Pleistocene, Eastern Africa) (2024)
Journal Article
Anderson, S. C., Kovarovic, K., & Barr, W. A. (2024). A 3D geometric morphometric analysis of the bovid distal humerus, with special reference to Rusingoryx atopocranion (Pleistocene, Eastern Africa). Journal of Anatomy, https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.14062

The family Bovidae [Mammalia: Artiodactyla] is speciose and has extant representatives on every continent, forming key components of mammal communities. For these reasons, bovids are ideal candidates for studies of ecomorphology. In particular, the m... Read More about A 3D geometric morphometric analysis of the bovid distal humerus, with special reference to Rusingoryx atopocranion (Pleistocene, Eastern Africa).

Leopard density and determinants of space use in a farming landscape in South Africa (2024)
Journal Article
McKaughan, J., Stephens, P., Lucas, C., Guichard-Kruger, N., Guichard-Kruger, F., & Hill, R. (2024). Leopard density and determinants of space use in a farming landscape in South Africa. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 10562. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61013-6

Protected areas are traditionally the foundation of conservation strategy, but land not formally protected is of particular importance for the conservation of large carnivores because of their typically wide-ranging nature. In South Africa, leopard (... Read More about Leopard density and determinants of space use in a farming landscape in South Africa.

Trends in the implementation of biopesticides in the Euro-Mediterranean region: a narrative literary review (2024)
Journal Article
Fusar Poli, E., & Fontefrancesco, M. F. (2024). Trends in the implementation of biopesticides in the Euro-Mediterranean region: a narrative literary review. Sustainable Earth Reviews, 7(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42055-024-00085-8

This article explores the global commitment to achieving sustainable solutions for addressing hunger, emphasizing the urgent need to transform the agricultural sector in the face of escalating global population growth and threats to the food system.... Read More about Trends in the implementation of biopesticides in the Euro-Mediterranean region: a narrative literary review.

Improving care pathways for children with severe illness through implementation of the ASPIRE mHealth primary ETAT package in Malawi (2024)
Journal Article
Desmond, N., Henrion, M. Y. R., Gondwe, M., O’Byrne, T., Iroh Tam, P., Nyirenda, D., …Lalloo, D. G. (2024). Improving care pathways for children with severe illness through implementation of the ASPIRE mHealth primary ETAT package in Malawi. PLOS Global Public Health, 4(4), Article e0002786. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002786

Providing emergency care in low resource settings relies on delivery by lower cadres of health workers (LCHW). We describe the development, implementation and mixed methods evaluation of a mobile health (mHealth) triage algorithm based on the WHO Eme... Read More about Improving care pathways for children with severe illness through implementation of the ASPIRE mHealth primary ETAT package in Malawi.

Pesticide: A Contemporary Cultural Object (2024)
Journal Article
Fusar Poli, E., & Fontefrancesco, M. F. (2024). Pesticide: A Contemporary Cultural Object. Encyclopedia, 4(2), 720-734. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia4020045

The article provides a narrative review of the social and cultural interpretation of pesticides in contemporary society. In so doing, it highlights the main fields of exploration investigated by social scientists concerning the perception and role pl... Read More about Pesticide: A Contemporary Cultural Object.

Investigating the effects of social information on spite in an online game (2024)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Morgan, T., Kendal, R., Van de Vyver, J., & Kendal, J. (2024). Investigating the effects of social information on spite in an online game. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 6, Article e26. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2024.18

While humans are highly cooperative, they can also behave spitefully. Yet spite remains understudied. Spite can be normatively driven and while previous experiments have found some evidence that cooperation and punishment may spread via social learni... Read More about Investigating the effects of social information on spite in an online game.

Diversity, population structure and palaeoecology of the Pleistocene large cervids from the Padang Highlands, Sumatra (2024)
Book Chapter
Gruwier, B., de Vos, J., Wirkner, M., Hertler, C., & Kovarovic, K. (2024). Diversity, population structure and palaeoecology of the Pleistocene large cervids from the Padang Highlands, Sumatra. In J. Louys, P. C. Albers, & A. A. van der Geer (Eds.), Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra (121-143). ANU Press. https://doi.org/10.22459/ta56.2024.06

This chapter deals with the dentognathic remains of the Late Pleistocene large cervids from the Padang Highlands caves in Sumatra. We used linear and geometric morphometric techniques to investigate variation, taxonomic position and body size trend... Read More about Diversity, population structure and palaeoecology of the Pleistocene large cervids from the Padang Highlands, Sumatra.

Piloting Eyes on the Baby: A Multiagency Training and Implementation Intervention Linking Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention and Safeguarding (2024)
Journal Article
Ball, H. L., Grieve, L. M., Keegan, A., Cooper, L., Lovell-Kennedy, S., Newbury-Birch, D., …Healy, A. (2024). Piloting Eyes on the Baby: A Multiagency Training and Implementation Intervention Linking Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention and Safeguarding. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2024, Article 4944268. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/4944268

We describe the coproduction, pilot implementation, and user evaluation of an evidence-based training intervention addressing prevention of Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy (SUDI) for the multiagency workforce supporting vulnerable families with b... Read More about Piloting Eyes on the Baby: A Multiagency Training and Implementation Intervention Linking Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Prevention and Safeguarding.

Human-animal entanglements in bushmeat trading in Sierra Leone: An ethnographic assessment of a potential zoonotic interface (2024)
Journal Article
Jenkins, J., Lawundeh, W., Hanson, T., & Brown, H. (in press). Human-animal entanglements in bushmeat trading in Sierra Leone: An ethnographic assessment of a potential zoonotic interface. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0298929. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298929

‘Bushmeat’ markets are often portrayed as chaotic spaces where exotic wild animals are sold. They are hypothesized to be important sites for zoonotic disease transmission, given the prolonged and intense nature of the cross-species encounters that oc... Read More about Human-animal entanglements in bushmeat trading in Sierra Leone: An ethnographic assessment of a potential zoonotic interface.

Anthropogenic nest material use in a global sample of birds (2024)
Journal Article
Sheard, C., Stott, L., Street, S. E., Healy, S. D., Sugasawa, S., & Lala, K. N. (2024). Anthropogenic nest material use in a global sample of birds. Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14078

As humans increasingly modify the natural world, many animals have responded by changing their behaviour. Understanding and predicting the extent of these responses is a key step in conserving these species. For example, the tendency for some species... Read More about Anthropogenic nest material use in a global sample of birds.

On-primate cameras reveal undocumented foraging behaviour and interspecies interactions in chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) (2024)
Journal Article
Walton, B. J., Findlay, L. J., & Hill, R. A. (in press). On-primate cameras reveal undocumented foraging behaviour and interspecies interactions in chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). International Journal of Primatology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-024-00423-9

Historically, direct observation by human observers has been the primary method for studying primate behaviour. However, human observation may alter the behaviour of even habituated primates and that of other animals in their environment (LaBarge et... Read More about On-primate cameras reveal undocumented foraging behaviour and interspecies interactions in chacma baboons (Papio ursinus).

Construction of the Views oN Infant Sleep (VNIS) Questionnaire (2024)
Journal Article
Boedker, I., Ball, H. L., Richter, M., South, T. L., & Roberts, S. G. (2024). Construction of the Views oN Infant Sleep (VNIS) Questionnaire. Early Human Development, 191, Article 105989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.105989

Parents' beliefs about infant sleep behaviour vary over time and across cultures. No validated instrument exists to understand parents' pre- and postnatal views on infant sleep behaviours, which may influence their caregiving decisions. The Views oN... Read More about Construction of the Views oN Infant Sleep (VNIS) Questionnaire.

Reconsidering the link between past material culture and cognition in light of contemporary hunter-gatherer material use. (2024)
Journal Article
Stibbard-Hawkes, D. N. E. (in press). Reconsidering the link between past material culture and cognition in light of contemporary hunter-gatherer material use. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1-53. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x24000062

Many have interpreted symbolic material culture in the deep past as evidencing the origins sophisticated, modern cognition. Scholars from across the behavioural and cognitive sciences, including linguists, psychologists, philosophers, neuroscientists... Read More about Reconsidering the link between past material culture and cognition in light of contemporary hunter-gatherer material use..

“Punching is a sickness”: Temporal work, violence, and unsettled care among men who box in Accra (2024)
Journal Article
Hopkinson, L. (2024). “Punching is a sickness”: Temporal work, violence, and unsettled care among men who box in Accra. American Ethnologist, 51(2), 221-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.13271

Men who box professionally in Accra recognize that bouts are physically harmful and that they involve violently subordinating one another. Yet they also share a sense that bouts can be spaces of mutual becoming and affirmation. To navigate the tensio... Read More about “Punching is a sickness”: Temporal work, violence, and unsettled care among men who box in Accra.

Infant sleep and anxiety disorders in early childhood: Findings from an Australian pregnancy cohort study (2024)
Journal Article
MacMillan, K. K., Bourke, D., Watson, S. J., Lewis, A. J., Teti, D. M., Ball, H. L., & Galbally, M. (2024). Infant sleep and anxiety disorders in early childhood: Findings from an Australian pregnancy cohort study. Infant and Child Development, Article e2501. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2501

Emphasis on continuous infant sleep overnight may be driven by parental concern of risk to child mental health outcomes. The Mercy Pregnancy and Emotional Wellbeing Study (MPEWS) examined whether infant sleep at 6 and 12 months postpartum predicts an... Read More about Infant sleep and anxiety disorders in early childhood: Findings from an Australian pregnancy cohort study.

Scars for survival: high cost male initiation rites are strongly associated with desert habitat in Pama-Nyungan Australia (2024)
Journal Article
Learmouth, D., Layton, R., & Tehrani, J. (2024). Scars for survival: high cost male initiation rites are strongly associated with desert habitat in Pama-Nyungan Australia. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45(2), 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.02.003

Costly ritual behaviours have frequently been of interest to evolutionary researchers seeking to understand whether they have an adaptive benefit. Here we examine the costliness of initiation rituals across a large group of hunter-gather societies in... Read More about Scars for survival: high cost male initiation rites are strongly associated with desert habitat in Pama-Nyungan Australia.