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Relationships between postpartum depression, sleep, and infant feeding in the early postpartum: An exploratory analysis (2023)
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Rudzik, A. E., Robinson-Smith, L., Tugwell, F., & Ball, H. L. (2023). Relationships between postpartum depression, sleep, and infant feeding in the early postpartum: An exploratory analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1133386

Introduction: The study objectives were to determine the relationships between postpartum depression and maternal and infant sleep parameters and to examine the impact of infant feeding method on infant and maternal sleep and postpartum depression sy... Read More about Relationships between postpartum depression, sleep, and infant feeding in the early postpartum: An exploratory analysis.

Beyond collective intelligence: Collective adaptation (2023)
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Galesic, M., Barkoczi, D., Berdahl, A. M., Biro, D., Carbone, G., Giannoccaro, I., …Stein, D. L. (2023). Beyond collective intelligence: Collective adaptation. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 20(200), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0736

We develop a conceptual framework for studying collective adaptation in complex socio-cognitive systems, driven by dynamic interactions of social integration strategies, social environments and problem structures. Going beyond searching for ‘intellig... Read More about Beyond collective intelligence: Collective adaptation.

Estimating mesocarnivore abundance on commercial farmland using distance sampling with camera traps (2023)
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McKaughan, J., Stephens, P., & Hill, R. (2023). Estimating mesocarnivore abundance on commercial farmland using distance sampling with camera traps. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4(2), Article e12229. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12229

1. Mesocarnivores are of particular interest in wildlife management. Their adaptability makes them a focus of public attention globally, as negative interactions with people occur regularly, but their importance to wider ecosystem function is increas... Read More about Estimating mesocarnivore abundance on commercial farmland using distance sampling with camera traps.

Childhood environment influences epigenetic age and methylation concordance of a CpG clock locus in British-Bangladeshi migrants (2022)
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Stöger, R., Choi, M., Begum, K., Leeman, G., Emes, R. D., Melamed, P., & Bentley, G. R. (2023). Childhood environment influences epigenetic age and methylation concordance of a CpG clock locus in British-Bangladeshi migrants. Epigenetics, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2022.2153511

Migration from one location to another often comes with a change in environmental conditions. Here, we analysed features of DNA methylation in young, adult British-Bangladeshi women who experienced different environments during their childhoods: a) m... Read More about Childhood environment influences epigenetic age and methylation concordance of a CpG clock locus in British-Bangladeshi migrants.

The impact of swaddling upon breastfeeding: A critical review (2023)
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Dixley, A., & Ball, H. L. (2023). The impact of swaddling upon breastfeeding: A critical review. American Journal of Human Biology, 35(6), Article e23878. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23878

Introduction Many parents swaddle their infants to promote sleep and reduce night-waking, however lack of definitive evidence about the pros and cons of swaddling when breastfeeding hinders postnatal recommendations regarding this infant care practic... Read More about The impact of swaddling upon breastfeeding: A critical review.

‘We work for the Devil’: oil extraction, kinship and the fantasy of time on the offshore frontier (2023)
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Destrée, P. (2023). ‘We work for the Devil’: oil extraction, kinship and the fantasy of time on the offshore frontier. Critique of Anthropology, 43(1), 24-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308275x231156713

In the offshore oil industry of Takoradi, Ghana, white expatriate workers describe oil extraction as both ‘the work of the Devil’ and a ‘labour of love’. While companies strive to produce the offshore as a timeless and spaceless fantasy of ‘frictionl... Read More about ‘We work for the Devil’: oil extraction, kinship and the fantasy of time on the offshore frontier.

Global drivers of variation in cup nest size in passerine birds (2022)
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Vanadzina, K., Street, S. E., Healy, S. D., Laland, K. N., & Sheard, C. (2023). Global drivers of variation in cup nest size in passerine birds. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13815

The size of a bird's nest can play a key role in ensuring reproductive success and is determined by a variety of factors. The primary function of the nest is to protect offspring from the environment and predators. Field studies in a number of passer... Read More about Global drivers of variation in cup nest size in passerine birds.

Contentious connections: infrastructure, dignity, and collective life in Accra, Ghana (2021)
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Destrée, P. (2022). Contentious connections: infrastructure, dignity, and collective life in Accra, Ghana. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 28(1), 92-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.13654

Infrastructural systems have emerged as productive ethnographic sites for analysing political subjectivities and rationalities. Through the case of shared electricity and prepaid meters in the compound housing system of Accra, Ghana, I suggest that i... Read More about Contentious connections: infrastructure, dignity, and collective life in Accra, Ghana.

The double-edged sword of ‘community’ in community-based psychosocial care: Reflections on task-shifting in rural Nepal (2023)
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Chase, L. (2023). The double-edged sword of ‘community’ in community-based psychosocial care: Reflections on task-shifting in rural Nepal. Anthropology and Medicine, 30(3), 294-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2022.2161765

Research in the field of Global Mental Health has stoked hopes that ‘task-shifting’ to community workers can help fill treatment gaps in low-resource settings. The fact that community workers inhabit the same local moral worlds as their clients is wi... Read More about The double-edged sword of ‘community’ in community-based psychosocial care: Reflections on task-shifting in rural Nepal.

The influence of task difficulty, social tolerance and model success on social learning in Barbary macaques (2023)
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Garcia-Nisa, I., Evans, C., & Kendal, R. L. (2023). The influence of task difficulty, social tolerance and model success on social learning in Barbary macaques. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 1176. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26699-6

Despite playing a pivotal role in the inception of animal culture studies, macaque social learning is surprisingly understudied. Social learning is important to survival and influenced by dominance and affiliation in social animals. Individuals gener... Read More about The influence of task difficulty, social tolerance and model success on social learning in Barbary macaques.

Convergent evolution of elaborate nests as structural defences in birds (2022)
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Street, S. E., Jaques, R., & De Silva, T. N. (2022). Convergent evolution of elaborate nests as structural defences in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1989), Article 20221734. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1734

The pendent nests of some weaverbird and icterid species are among the most complex structures built by any animal, but why they have evolved remains to be explained. The precarious attachments and extended entrance tunnels characteristic of these ne... Read More about Convergent evolution of elaborate nests as structural defences in birds.

Sleep deprivation among adolescents in urban and indigenous-rural Mexican communities (2023)
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Silva-Caballero, A., Ball, H. L., Kramer, K. L., & Bentley, G. R. (2023). Sleep deprivation among adolescents in urban and indigenous-rural Mexican communities. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 1058. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28330-8

Comparing the nature of adolescent sleep across urban and more isolated, rural settings through an ecological, cross-cultural perspective represents one way to inform sleep nuances and broaden our understanding of human development, wellbeing and evo... Read More about Sleep deprivation among adolescents in urban and indigenous-rural Mexican communities.

Prehabilitation in elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomised control trial (THE PrEPS TRIAL) – a study protocol (2023)
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Akowuah, E., Mathias, A., Bardgett, M., Harrison, S., Kasim, A. S., Loughran, K., …Maier, R. H. (2023). Prehabilitation in elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomised control trial (THE PrEPS TRIAL) – a study protocol. BMJ Open, 13(1), Article e065992. https://doi.org/10.1136/+bmjopen-2022-065992

Introduction: Prehabilitation prior to surgery has been shown to reduce postoperative complications, reduce length of hospital stay and improve quality of life after cancer and limb reconstruction surgery. However, there are minimal data on the impac... Read More about Prehabilitation in elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomised control trial (THE PrEPS TRIAL) – a study protocol.

Preventing cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer and lymphoma: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (PROACT) (2022)
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Maier, R. H., Plummer, C., Kasim, A. S., Akhter, N., Ogundimu, E., Maddox, J., …Austin, D. (2022). Preventing cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer and lymphoma: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (PROACT). BMJ Open, 12(12), Article e066252. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066252

Introduction: Anthracyclines are included in chemotherapy regimens to treat several different types of cancer and are extremely effective. However, it is recognised that a significant side effect is cardiotoxicity; anthracyclines can cause irreversib... Read More about Preventing cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer and lymphoma: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (PROACT).

Habits Over Routines: Remarks on Control Room Practices and Control Room Studies (2022)
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Silvast, A., Virtanen, M., & Abram, S. (2022). Habits Over Routines: Remarks on Control Room Practices and Control Room Studies. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-022-09460-5

The evolution of computer tools has had profound impacts on many aspects of control rooms and control room studies. In this paper, we discuss some key assumptions underpinning these studies based on a new case of the electricity distribution control... Read More about Habits Over Routines: Remarks on Control Room Practices and Control Room Studies.

Identification of potentially zoonotic parasites in captive orangutans and semi-captive mandrills: phylogeny and morphological comparison (2023)
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Nosková, E., Modrý, D., Baláž, V., Červená, B., Jirků-Pomajbíková, K., Zechmeisterová, K., …Pafčo, B. (2023). Identification of potentially zoonotic parasites in captive orangutans and semi-captive mandrills: phylogeny and morphological comparison. American Journal of Primatology, 85(4), Article e23475. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23475

Cysts and trophozoites of vestibuliferid ciliates and larvae of Strongyloides were found in fecal samples from captive orangutans Pongo pygmaeus and P. abelii from Czech and Slovak zoological gardens. As comparative material, ciliates from semi-capti... Read More about Identification of potentially zoonotic parasites in captive orangutans and semi-captive mandrills: phylogeny and morphological comparison.