Constitutionalism, technology, environmental governance and more
The latest issue of the German Law Journal is perfectly timed for the start of the year, as it covers an array of themes poised to dominate the scholarly agenda in 2025.…
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World NTD Day – Progress, Challenges, and the Path to Elimination
On 30th January, we celebrate World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day. This annual celebration highlights the hard work and achievements of the many researchers, medical workers, NGOs and other committed individuals in this field, and acts as a convenient forum to demand and sustain the necessary concerted actions to #BeatNTDs.…
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Early-career researchers sought for mentorship programme on prestigious mental health journal
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health has launched a mentorship programme offering young people the chance to spend a year on the journal’s editorial board.…
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This Toxic Love Affair by Ezinne Ogwumah
This edition of Muses features a moving and exceptionally vulnerable disclosure by Nigerian mental health advocate Ezinne Ogwumah, who reflects on her mental health journey and intermittent cannabis use. An addiction isn't exactly a thing one readily admits to. It is associated with shame, guilt and hard choices. I chose the shame of indulging in cannabis over the crushing stress of work, love, and life.
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Poisonous pitohuis as pets
The latest Paper of the Month for Bird Conservation International is Poisonous pitohuis as pets and is available as open access. In our line of work, we come across new trends in the use of wildlife.…
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From Brexit to Environmental Destruction: Understanding Modern Britain with James Vernon
What inspired you to write a book on the history of Modern Britain? There were two motivations. I was interested in rescuing national histories from the nativism of the right. Of course, in Britain that virulent type of nationalism swept the country with Brexit, but across the world authoritarian populists have also evoked nativist histories that they promise will make their country great again.
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How do bad words turn good?
In my last article I discussed pejoration, the historical process by which words develop negative connotations. Now let’s look at the other side of the coin: amelioration.…
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Strategic Litigation in EU Law
In a new special issue of the German Law Journal, guest editors Pola Cebulak, Marta Morvillo and Stefan Salomon trace the rise of ‘Strategic Litigation in EU law’.…
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Gatekeepers of the Undesired? A systematic literature review on local housing policy and the settlement of vulnerable groups
The right to housing is a key principle in international human rights law, meant to apply to everyone. However, it is often less accessible to vulnerable groups, especially immigrants.…
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Who is generous and to whom? Generosity among Christians, Muslims, and atheists in the USA, Sweden, Egypt, and Lebanon
Today’s societies are increasingly multi-religious. Christians, atheists, Muslims, and people of other religions live side by side, interacting both with people from their religious ingroup and outgroups.…
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Ex Aequo et Bono: The Justice Route in the International Court of Justice
Ex aequo et bono originates from the concept of “fundamental fairness.” Translated from Latin, the phrase means “what is fair and good,” allowing decisions to reflect justice even outside formal legal constraints.…
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Study Shows Seed Impact Mills Clobber Waterhemp Seed Viability
Recent research shows promise for controlling herbicide-resistant weeds, such as waterhemp, in soybean fields by using a seed impact mill at harvest.
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Growing a Reputation for Quality: One Year in as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Nutritional Science
“Professor Bernard Corfe’s strategy for JNS will be to continue to build on JNS’s reputation for quality, to publish work supporting scientific reproducibility (and to support research identifying irreproducibility), and to continue to emphasise the critical place of this mission in a changing world of scientific publishing.”…
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Lodging in Vetch Crops: How Moddus Can Help Boost Resistance
Lodging, where plant shoots band due to environmental factors, is a major problem for crop producers. It results in poor grain filling, pod loss, and increased susceptibility to diseases, all of which impact yield and quality. While breeding for lodging resistance is a long-term approach, researchers are now looking for quicker solutions.
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GLJ looks ahead after 25 years
In September, the German Law Journal had the honour of welcoming former and current editors, friends old and new, contributors and luminaries to our 25th Anniversary event in Berlin.…
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Why forest transitions aren’t always sustainable
Stopping and reversing deforestation is a top priority across the tropics. Numerous policies and programs try to stem forest clearance, encourage tree planting, and restore forest landscapes.…
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Making Trust in Early Modern London
In the bustling streets of medieval and early modern London, trust was a precious commodity, just as it is today. But who did Londoner’s choose to trust?…
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Policing and pension reform in nineteenth-century London
In the late nineteenth century, at the same as large corporations began to emerge as central features of industrial capitalism, parallel developments were taking place in state bureaucracies across western economies.…
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Could Indoor Humidity Levels Help Control COVID-19 Spread?
A recent study published in QRB Discovery sheds light on the impact of humidity on the infectivity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for COVID-19 transmission. The study found that there was a notable decrease in the infection rate as the surrounding air's relative humidity increased.
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Introducing Minh Huynh, new Editor-in-Chief of PASA as it shifts to Gold Open Access
I am very excited and extremely honoured to be the new Editor in Chief of the Publication of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA).
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Planting Soybean Green Proves Effective for Waterhemp and Palmer Amaranth Suppression
Recently published research in the journal Weed Science shows planting soybean into a green, living cover crop effectively suppresses two problematic Amaranthus weed species – waterhemp and Palmer amaranth – when integrated with pre-emergence (PRE) herbicides.
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The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
How long will humankind survive? Besides the fact that we have been able to eliminate ourselves with nuclear weapons for decades, even without a third world war, the challenge to take care of the resources of our planet remains; we need to use them in a way that our children and their children can have a place on Earth as well. In this blog post Andreas Losch discusses his recent review article in the International Journal of Astrobiology, The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
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The 33%: Q&A with Dame Anna Dominiczak
Q&A with Editor-in-Chief of the Precision Medicine Journal, Dame Anna Dominiczak, for International day of Women and Girls in Science
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Conversations with Authors: Institutionalized Police Brutality
This is the first post in our new series: “Conversations with Authors.” For our inaugural post, we asked Dr. Vesla Weaver to meet (virtually) with Dr.…
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How a nutrition-sensitive agroecological intervention improved women’s mental health
Maria is a smallholder farmer in rural Singida, Tanzania. We worked together for the past few years on the Singida Nutrition and Agroecology Project (SNAP-Tz), a nutrition-sensitive agroecological intervention that sought to improve children’s diet. In it, farmers learned about and experimented with sustainable agriculture, nutrition, and gender equity using an integrated and participatory curriculum
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National Endowment for the Humanities-Funded Archaeological Archive of Huhugam Archaeology Delivers Lasting Impact in the Southwest
In an era of shrinking research budgets and political pressure to justify public investment, federally funded digital archives in archaeology are delivering measurable, lasting benefits to scholars, land managers, Indigenous communities, and the public.…
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Revisiting the Cinema Special Topic
In the May 1991 issue of PMLA, then editor John W. Kronik begins his “Editor’s Note” by announcing that the current volume of the journal “has elicited strong responses, praise as well as reproof, even before the year is out” (393).…
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Elements in Victorian Literature, Science, and the Environment
Many eco-scholars today have lamented our current tendency to soft denial. We acknowledge major environmental concerns such as climate change while continuing to go about our lives as if they don’t exist.…
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The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
How long will humankind survive? Besides the fact that we have been able to eliminate ourselves with nuclear weapons for decades, even without a third world war, the challenge to take care of the resources of our planet remains; we need to use them in a way that our children and their children can have a place on Earth as well. In this blog post Andreas Losch discusses his recent review article in the International Journal of Astrobiology, The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability
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Nothing-Burger? U.S. Obligation to Defend the Philippines in the South China Sea – Part 1
It is an article of faith among ordinary Filipinos that American troops will die with Filipino troops defending Philippine claims to the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea (SCS).…
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The impact of parasite infection on mental illness
More and more research is finding inflammation as a potential contributing factor towards to the development of various mental illnesses. A systematic review was conducted to determine the association between parasitic infection and mental illnesses in various African populations. Two parasite groups were evaluated; helminths and protozoans, and four mental illness classifications; depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizotypal disorders and unspecified mental illnesses.
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Conversations with Authors: Institutionalized Police Brutality
This is the first post in our new series: “Conversations with Authors.” For our inaugural post, we asked Dr. Vesla Weaver to meet (virtually) with Dr.…
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Reflections on House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…
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The 33%: Q&A with Dame Anna Dominiczak
Q&A with Editor-in-Chief of the Precision Medicine Journal, Dame Anna Dominiczak, for International day of Women and Girls in Science
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Medieval Ethiopia, ‘Antiquity’, and African Archaeology
The opportunity to showcase some of the exciting archaeological research currently underway on medieval Ethiopia in a journal as widely read as Antiquity is important.
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