At a symposium of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting, I explored how peer learning could help us tackle five critical challenges that limit effectiveness in global health. Performance : How do we move beyond knowledge gains to measurable improvements in health outcomes? Scale and access : How do we reach and include tens of thousands of health workers, not just dozens?

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Understanding the Surge in Orca Attacks on Boats Orca whales, also known as killer whales, have long fascinated scientists and marine enthusiasts alike. However, recent reports have highlighted a puzzling behavior: increased attacks on boats. This begs the question, what is driving orcas to exhibit this unusual behavior?

Summary Classification of Academic Search Tools by Skill and Performance : This post explores a framework for categorizing academic search tools based on their skill cap (the expertise needed to use them effectively) and performance cap (the potential quality of results they can yield), drawing parallels to gaming strategies.

See you at Comics Forum 2024 this 14th and 15th November at Leeds Central Library!

La Paz, Baja California Sur por Paula María Savín Moreno En el siglo XVI Felipe II emitió las “Ordenanzas de Población y Vivienda”. En ellas se estableció la traza que debían tener las ciudades de la Nueva España. Un elemento esencial de este esquema era la Plaza Mayor, el punto central a partir del cual habría de organizarse y orientarse la vida urbana.

In nahezu all unseren Open-Access-Vermittlungsveranstaltungen für Publizierende kommt die Diskussion früher oder später auf die Frage, welche der sechs Hauptvarianten der Creative-Commons-Lizenzen wir eigentlich empfehlen. Wir argumentieren dann für fast alle Szenarien für eine Verwendung der CC-BY-Lizenz, die unter der Bedingung der Namensnennung der Autor*innen eine unbegrenzte Nachnutzung ermöglicht.

The science blog archive Rogue Scholar was relaunched on the InvenioRDM repository platform last week. While there is still a lot of migration work to do in the coming months, this is a good time to start the Rogue Scholar 111 Pledge Drive today.

Nearly a year ago, I got an email from Liam Shen, who was interested in getting seriously involved in palaeontology. He asked for advice on doing a Ph.D part time, and I realised what what I had to say in reply might be of broader interest. Here’s Liam’s question, lightly edited: And my reply (which I did send to Liam the next day, but am only now getting around to posting here): I never set out to do a Ph.D really.

The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change “reveals the health threats of climate change have reached record-breaking levels” and provides “the most up-to-date assessment of the links between health and climate change”. Yet its treatment of experiential knowledge – particularly the direct observations and understanding developed by frontline health workers and communities – reveals both progress and persistent gaps in

A new article by Andy Haines, Elizabeth Wambui Kimani-Murage, and Anya Gopfert, “Strengthening primary health care in a changing climate,” outlines how climate change is already impacting health systems worldwide, with primary health care (PHC) workers bearing the immediate burden of response. Haines and colleagues make a compelling case for strengthening primary health care (PHC) as a cornerstone of climate-resilient health systems.