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Tracking selves or tracking relationships? Means of measuring time amongst Ethiopian runners (2021)
Journal Article
Crawley, M. (2021). Tracking selves or tracking relationships? Means of measuring time amongst Ethiopian runners. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 27(3), 653-671. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.13556

GPS watches and digital self-tracking devices (DSTDs) have been characterized as ‘self-tracking’ devices, assuming a dyadic relationship between individuals and technologies. Amongst Ethiopian professional runners, such devices have become increasing... Read More about Tracking selves or tracking relationships? Means of measuring time amongst Ethiopian runners.

Fecal glucocorticoids and gastrointestinal parasite infections in wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) involved in ecotourism (2021)
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Shutt-Phillips, K., Pafčo, B., Heistermann, M., Kasim, A., Petrželková, K. J., Profousová-Pšenková, I., …Setchell, J. M. (2021). Fecal glucocorticoids and gastrointestinal parasite infections in wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) involved in ecotourism. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 312, Article 113859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113859

Wildlife ecotourism can offer a source of revenue which benefits local development and conservation simultaneously. However, habituation of wildlife for ecotourism can cause long-term elevation of glucocorticoid hormones, which may suppress immune fu... Read More about Fecal glucocorticoids and gastrointestinal parasite infections in wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) involved in ecotourism.

First Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Wild Frogs from Bangladesh (2021)
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Rahman, M. M., Jahan, H., Rabbe, M. F., Chakraborty, M., & Salauddin, M. (2021). First Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Wild Frogs from Bangladesh. EcoHealth, 18(1), 31-43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01522-2

Global amphibian populations are facing a novel threat, chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which is responsible for the severe decline of a number of species across several continents. Chytridiomycosis in Asia... Read More about First Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Wild Frogs from Bangladesh.

‘Excesses’ of modernity: mundane mobilities, politics, and the remaking of the urban (2021)
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Stefanelli, A. (2021). ‘Excesses’ of modernity: mundane mobilities, politics, and the remaking of the urban. Social Anthropology, 29(4), 1049-1063. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8676.13027

Cars are celebrated as the technical and symbolic epitome of modernity but are also heavily implicated in the making of climate change, imbricated within a seemingly all-powerful global capitalist system. What can an anthropological analysis of traff... Read More about ‘Excesses’ of modernity: mundane mobilities, politics, and the remaking of the urban.

Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of the Impact of Educational Interventions on Pupils Eligible for Free School Meals (2021)
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Ashraf, B., Singh, A., Uwimpuhwe, G., Higgins, S., & Kasim, A. (2021). Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of the Impact of Educational Interventions on Pupils Eligible for Free School Meals. British Educational Research Journal, 47(6), 1675-1699. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3749

Meta-analysis is the synthesis of findings from research projects, which enables an estimate of the average or pooled effect across various studies. This study presents findings from the intention to treat analysis for a series of educational evaluat... Read More about Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis of the Impact of Educational Interventions on Pupils Eligible for Free School Meals.

Containment Matters: Set and Setting in Contemporary Psychedelic Psychiatry (2021)
Journal Article
Noorani, T. (2021). Containment Matters: Set and Setting in Contemporary Psychedelic Psychiatry. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 28(3), 201-216. https://doi.org/10.1353/ppp.2021.0032

Over the past decade and a half, psychedelic drug-induced experiences have been returning to psychiatry as promising new healing modalities. The case of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy can inform how we think about the context of drug use because... Read More about Containment Matters: Set and Setting in Contemporary Psychedelic Psychiatry.

Mobile phone use and the welfare of community health nurses in Ghana: An analysis of unintended costs (2021)
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Abane, A. M., Mariwah, S., Owusu, S. A., Kasim, A., Robson, E., & Hampshire, K. (2021). Mobile phone use and the welfare of community health nurses in Ghana: An analysis of unintended costs. World Development Perspectives, 23, Article 100317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2021.100317

The use of mobile phones is fast transforming the healthcare delivery landscape in Ghana. A substantial number of health facilities are now dependent on mobile phones to facilitate their work. Evidence of the use of mobile phones in Ghana’s healthcar... Read More about Mobile phone use and the welfare of community health nurses in Ghana: An analysis of unintended costs.

No impact of developmental conditions on serum estradiol levels among Bangladeshi women in the UK and Bangladesh (2021)
Journal Article
Chaney, C., Begum, K., Núñez-de la Mora, A., Sievert, L., Muttukrishna, S., Harries, V., …Bentley, G. (2022). No impact of developmental conditions on serum estradiol levels among Bangladeshi women in the UK and Bangladesh. American Journal of Human Biology, 34(3), Article e23631. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23631

Introduction: While many aspects of female ovarian function respond to environmental stressors, estradiol (E2) appears less sensitive to stressors than progesterone, except under extreme ecological conditions. However, earlier studies relied on saliv... Read More about No impact of developmental conditions on serum estradiol levels among Bangladeshi women in the UK and Bangladesh.

Mismatch: A comparative study of vitamin D status in British-Bangladeshi migrants (2021)
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Smith, N., Sievert, L. L., Muttukrishna, S., Begum, K., Murphy, L., Sharmeen, T., …Bentley, G. R. (2021). Mismatch: A comparative study of vitamin D status in British-Bangladeshi migrants. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 9(1), 164-173. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoab001

Background and objectives Low levels of vitamin D among dark-skinned migrants to northern latitudes and increased risks for associated pathologies illustrate an evolutionary mismatch between an environment of high ultraviolet (UV) radiation to which... Read More about Mismatch: A comparative study of vitamin D status in British-Bangladeshi migrants.

Milk’s Flows: Making and Transmitting Kinship, Health, and Personhood (2021)
Journal Article
Malcolm, R. (2021). Milk’s Flows: Making and Transmitting Kinship, Health, and Personhood. Medical Humanities, 375-379. https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2019-011829

Milk provides a way of thinking about how the body is enacted in science, policy and popular culture. This paper follows the currents of moral and biomedical epistemologies circulating around milk, including via notions of inheritance, the practices... Read More about Milk’s Flows: Making and Transmitting Kinship, Health, and Personhood.

“There’s No Constant”: Oxytocin, Cortisol, and Balanced Proportionality in Hormonal Models of Autism (2021)
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Malcolm, R. (2021). “There’s No Constant”: Oxytocin, Cortisol, and Balanced Proportionality in Hormonal Models of Autism. Medical Anthropology, 40(4), 375-388. https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2021.1894558

Autism is a fluid category with a sensory difference recently emerging as a key aspect of the lived experience of the condition. In concert with the “fight or flight response”, sensory sensitivities are used to articulate chronic stress caused by “se... Read More about “There’s No Constant”: Oxytocin, Cortisol, and Balanced Proportionality in Hormonal Models of Autism.