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Factors associated with moderate wasting among marginalized 6 to 23-month aged children in Bangladesh: Findings of the Suchana program baseline survey data (2020)
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Raihan, M. J., Choudhury, N., Haque, M. A., Farzana, F. D., Ali, M., Ahmed, S. T., …Ahmed, T. (2020). Factors associated with moderate wasting among marginalized 6 to 23-month aged children in Bangladesh: Findings of the Suchana program baseline survey data. PLoS ONE, 15(8), Article e0236786. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236786

Suchana—a large-scale, 7-year nutrition program that started in 2015—is being implemented in 250,000 households in the marginalized segment in north-east Bangladesh, with the aim of improving childhood nutrition status. Untreated childhood moderate w... Read More about Factors associated with moderate wasting among marginalized 6 to 23-month aged children in Bangladesh: Findings of the Suchana program baseline survey data.

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Breath, Body and World (2020)
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Oxley, R., & Russell, A. (2020). Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Breath, Body and World. Body & Society, 26(2), 3-29. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034x20913103

Breath, the ephemeral materialization of air at the interface of body and world, engages with and alters the quality of both. As a process of inhalation and exhalation that signals its physiological universality, breath is an invisible prerequisite f... Read More about Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Breath, Body and World.

Perinatal mental distress in a rural Ethiopian community: a critical examination of psychiatric labels (2020)
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Molenaar, J., Hanlon, C., Alem, A., Wondimagegn, D., Medhin, G., Prince, M., & Stevenson, E. G. (2020). Perinatal mental distress in a rural Ethiopian community: a critical examination of psychiatric labels. BMC Psychiatry, 20(1), Article 223. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02646-5

Background: Perinatal mental distress poses a heavy burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study investigated perceptions and experiences of perinatal mental distress among women in a rural Ethiopian community, in an effort to advan... Read More about Perinatal mental distress in a rural Ethiopian community: a critical examination of psychiatric labels.

Making Breath Visible: Reflections on Relations between Bodies, Breath and World in the Critical Medical Humanities (2020)
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Macnaughton, J. (2020). Making Breath Visible: Reflections on Relations between Bodies, Breath and World in the Critical Medical Humanities. Body & Society, 26(2), 30-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034x20902526

Breath is invisible and yet ever present and vital for living beings. The concept of invisibility in relation to breath operates in concrete and metaphorical ways to extend ideas about breath and breathlessness across disciplines, in clinical spaces... Read More about Making Breath Visible: Reflections on Relations between Bodies, Breath and World in the Critical Medical Humanities.

Consistency in the flight and visual orientation distances of habituated chacma baboons after an observed leopard predation. Do flight initiation distance methods always measure perceived predation risk? (2021)
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Allan, A. T. L., Bailey, A. L., & Hill, R. A. (2021). Consistency in the flight and visual orientation distances of habituated chacma baboons after an observed leopard predation. Do flight initiation distance methods always measure perceived predation risk?. Ecology and Evolution, 11(21), 15404-15416. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8237

Flight initiation distance (FID) procedures are used to assess the risk perception animals have for threats (e.g., natural predators, hunters), but it is unclear whether these assessments remain meaningful if animals have habituated to certain human... Read More about Consistency in the flight and visual orientation distances of habituated chacma baboons after an observed leopard predation. Do flight initiation distance methods always measure perceived predation risk?.

A comparative assessment on rodent impacts and cultural perceptions of ecologically based rodent management in three Afro‐Malagasy farming regions (2020)
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Constant, N. L., Swanepoel, L., Williams, S. T., Soarimalala, V., Goodman, S. M., Massawe, A. T., …Belmain, S. R. (2020). A comparative assessment on rodent impacts and cultural perceptions of ecologically based rodent management in three Afro‐Malagasy farming regions. Integrative Zoology, 15(6), 578-594. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12447

Rodents generate negative consequences for smallholder farmers in Africa that directly impact household and livestock damage, food security and public health. Ecologically Based Rodent Management (EBRM) seeks sustainable solutions for the mitigation... Read More about A comparative assessment on rodent impacts and cultural perceptions of ecologically based rodent management in three Afro‐Malagasy farming regions.

A mixed-methods investigation to understand and improve the scaled-up infection prevention and control in primary care health facilities during the Ebola virus disease epidemic in Sierra Leone (2021)
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Ho, L. S., Ratnayake, R., Ansumana, R., & Brown, H. (2021). A mixed-methods investigation to understand and improve the scaled-up infection prevention and control in primary care health facilities during the Ebola virus disease epidemic in Sierra Leone. BMC Public Health, 21(1), Article 1603. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11634-7

Background: The 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa became a humanitarian crisis that exposed significant gaps in infection prevention and control (IPC) capacity in primary care facilities in Sierra Leone. Operational partners recognized the nati... Read More about A mixed-methods investigation to understand and improve the scaled-up infection prevention and control in primary care health facilities during the Ebola virus disease epidemic in Sierra Leone.

Assessing the role of a mammalian frugivorous species on seed germination potential depends on study design: A case study using wild samango monkeys (2020)
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Stringer, S., Hill, R., Swanepoel, L., Dalrymple, S., Linden, B., & Koyama, N. (2020). Assessing the role of a mammalian frugivorous species on seed germination potential depends on study design: A case study using wild samango monkeys. Acta Oecologica, 106, Article 103584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2020.103584

Frugivory and seed dispersal contribute to the maintenance and regeneration of plant communities through transportation of seeds and enhancing germination through seed processing mechanisms. The effects of mammalian frugivore seed processing mechanis... Read More about Assessing the role of a mammalian frugivorous species on seed germination potential depends on study design: A case study using wild samango monkeys.

Communal therapeutic mobility in group walking: a meta-ethnography (2020)
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Pollard, T., Guell, C., & Morris, S. (2020). Communal therapeutic mobility in group walking: a meta-ethnography. Social Science & Medicine, 262, Article 113241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113241

Increased attention to links between walking, health and wellbeing have contributed to a growth in the number of walking groups meeting on a regular basis to offer short, social walks. Walking group interventions are known to increase physical activi... Read More about Communal therapeutic mobility in group walking: a meta-ethnography.

Envisioning a sustainable future for water (2020)
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Strang, V. (2021). Envisioning a sustainable future for water. Journal of water supply: research and technology. Aqua, 70(4), 404-419. https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2020.101

The water sector has a major leadership role to play in addressing the global water crisis. How can it make the radical shifts in approach that are needed? This paper highlights the reality that the management of water, and the ways in which water fl... Read More about Envisioning a sustainable future for water.

The impact of school exclusion zone planning guidance on the number and type of food outlets in an English local authority: A longitudinal analysis (2021)
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Brown, H., Kirkman, S., Albani, V., Goffe, L., Akhter, N., Hollingsworth, B., …Lake, A. (2021). The impact of school exclusion zone planning guidance on the number and type of food outlets in an English local authority: A longitudinal analysis. Health & Place, 70, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102600

The use of planning policy to manage and create a healthy food environment has become a popular policy tool for local governments in England. To date there has been no evaluation of their short-term impact on the built environment. We assess if plann... Read More about The impact of school exclusion zone planning guidance on the number and type of food outlets in an English local authority: A longitudinal analysis.

The life history of human foraging: Cross-cultural and individual variation (2020)
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Koster, J., McElreath, R., Hill, K., Yu, D., Shepard, G., van Vliet, N., …Ross, C. (2020). The life history of human foraging: Cross-cultural and individual variation. Science Advances, 6(26), Article eaax9070. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax9070

Human adaptation depends on the integration of slow life history, complex production skills, and extensive sociality. Refining and testing models of the evolution of human life history and cultural learning benefit from increasingly accurate measurem... Read More about The life history of human foraging: Cross-cultural and individual variation.

“I realised it weren’t about spending the money. It’s about doing something together:” The role of money in a community empowerment initiative and the implications for health and wellbeing (2020)
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Townsend, A., Abraham, C., Barnes, A., Collins, M., Halliday, E., Lewis, S., …Popay, J. (2020). “I realised it weren’t about spending the money. It’s about doing something together:” The role of money in a community empowerment initiative and the implications for health and wellbeing. Social Science & Medicine, 260, Article 113176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113176

Community initiatives aiming to reduce health inequalities are increasingly common in health policy. Though diverse many such initiatives aim to support residents of disadvantaged places to exercise greater collective control over decisions/actions t... Read More about “I realised it weren’t about spending the money. It’s about doing something together:” The role of money in a community empowerment initiative and the implications for health and wellbeing.

A review of factors to consider when using camera traps to study animal behavior to inform wildlife ecology and conservation (2020)
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Caravaggi, A., Cole Burton, A., Clark, D. A., Fisher, J. T., Grass, A., Green, S., …Rivet, D. (2020). A review of factors to consider when using camera traps to study animal behavior to inform wildlife ecology and conservation. Conservation Science and Practice, 2(8), Article e239. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.239

Camera traps (CTs) are an increasingly popular method of studying animal behavior. However, the impact of cameras on detected individuals—such as from mechanical noise, odor, and emitted light—has received relatively little attention. These impacts a... Read More about A review of factors to consider when using camera traps to study animal behavior to inform wildlife ecology and conservation.

Developmental instability in wild Nigerian olive baboons (Papio anubis) (2021)
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Hoover, K. C., Gelipter, E., Sommer, V., & Kovarovic, K. (2021). Developmental instability in wild Nigerian olive baboons (Papio anubis). PeerJ – the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences, 9, Article e11832. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11832

Background Developmental instability in archaeological samples can be detected through analysis of skeletal and dental remains. During life, disruptions to biological internal homeostasis that occur during growth and development redirect bodily resou... Read More about Developmental instability in wild Nigerian olive baboons (Papio anubis).

Fatty acid oxidation is required for the respiration and proliferation of malignant glioma cells (2016)
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Lin, H., Patel, S., Affleck, V. S., Wilson, I., Turnbull, D. M., Joshi, A. R., …Stoll, E. A. (2017). Fatty acid oxidation is required for the respiration and proliferation of malignant glioma cells. Neuro-Oncology, 19(1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/now128

Background. Glioma is the most common form of primary malignant brain tumor in adults, with approximately 4 cases per 100 000 people each year. Gliomas, like many tumors, are thought to primarily metabolize glucose for energy production; however, th... Read More about Fatty acid oxidation is required for the respiration and proliferation of malignant glioma cells.

Culture and mental health in Nepal: an interdisciplinary scoping review (2018)
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Chase, L., Sapkota, R., Crafa, D., & Kirmayer, L. (2018). Culture and mental health in Nepal: an interdisciplinary scoping review. Global Mental Health, 5, Article e36. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2018.27

Efforts to address global mental health disparities have given new urgency to longstanding debates on the relevance of cultural variations in the experience and expression of distress for the design and delivery of effective services. This scoping re... Read More about Culture and mental health in Nepal: an interdisciplinary scoping review.