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Coining Meaning: Melville, Money, and American Literature
For anyone interested in the crucial role of money in American literature, it cannot seem anything other than eminently fitting that at the very “navel” of the vessel at the centre of the greatest of all Great American Novels sits a gold coin.…
Reinach and the Foundations of Private Law
Before his death on the battlefields of the First World War, the young philosopher Adolf Reinach was a rising star—prime assistant to Edmund Husserl; mentor and friend to a generation from Max Scheler to Edith Stein. Since then, his influence has wa…
Why were ancient Christians enslaved to God?
Slavery was an inextricable part of Christianity from its origins. Within the earliest gatherings of Jesus-followers in the eastern Mediterranean, enslaved persons and enslavers read sacred texts and participated in communal meals. Enslaved persons themse…
From Data to Discovery: Your Complete Guide to Mastering Sociolinguistic Variation Analysis
Have you ever heard someone say: I hate it when people say ‘___’? When a sociolinguist hears that kind of comment, they take it as a good indication there’s something interesting going on. This book shows you how to uncover the hidden pa…
“Untied Hands: How States Avoid the Wrong Wars and Why the Sky is NOT Falling”
My new book, _Untied Hands: How States Avoid the Wrong Wars_ opposes conventional wisdom in in international relations scholarship. Contra widespread thinking, it proposes that states do not “tie their hands” when they wish to make threa…
Celebrating the Illustrative Career of Jay Belsky in Evolutionary Developmental Psychology
To call Jay Belsky a pioneer or trailblazer would be a gross understatement. He was an evolutionary psychologist before there was evolutionary psychology, and he was an evolutionary developmental psychologist before there was evolutionary developmen…
From “Eating Bitterness” to “Lying Flat”: China’s New Generation of Migrant Workers
The rise of the gig economy and precarious labor has caught both academic and media attention. What happens to the largest workforce in the world? The over 200-million rural-to-urban migrant workers have been behind the engine of China’s manufacturi…
Borders and long-term change in international order
Today the international order appears to be falling apart. War in Eastern Europe is continuing to escalate, militarism is on the rise in Western Europe, and the USA seems to be increasingly disinterested in playing by the rules which helped support its gl…
Mapping the World: How Cartography Shaped Global Science
In 1785, King Louis XVI of France commissioned Jean François de Galoup, comte de Lapérouse, to explore the Pacific Ocean, seeking to bolster French scientific prestige and imperial ambitions. The Académie des Sciences prepared a list …
Introducing A first course in Magnetohydrodynamics
Summary: A First Course in Magnetohydrodynamics offers a much-needed resource for undergraduate physics education. Despite the fact that magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) can be used to describe more than 99.99% of the visible universe, it is usually rele…
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French European Diplomacy post-2024 – the Little Entente Revisited?
French president Emmanuel Macron outlined his new vision for French foreign policy in a speech on 5 March 2025. He argued that the Russian invasion of Ukraine posed a threat to all of Europe.…
Eclipse of Identity: Reflections on Netflix’s Adolescence
The July edition of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International – features a belated review of the multiple Emmy-nominated TV series, Adolescence, and an accompanying artwork painted by one of the authors, Dr Sravanti.…
Eve O’Kelly Awarded Irish Society for Parasitology William C. Campbell Award 2025
Eve O’Kelly Awarded the Irish Society for Parasitology William C. Campbell Award 2025. Eve O’Kelly is a PhD candidate in the Molecular Parasitology Laboratory (MPL) lead by Prof. John P. Dalton at the University of Galway, Ireland. Her work fo…
Facing the Mask: How Anxiety Shapes Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Our recent study, published in the Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice (Daniels, Kyei, and Agyei, 2025), dives into this very experience, uncovering a startling reality: nearly 94% of patients feel anxious when using these masks.
Accompanying blog post for ‘Keratin-based topical cream for radiation dermatitis during head and neck radiotherapy’
For patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy, radiation dermatitis, or the skin irritation that occurs during and toward the end of the course of radiotherapy, can be one of the most painful and bothersome side effects.
Accompanying blog post for “Time spent in the radiotherapy department for breast cancer treatment, pre-, mid- and post-COVID-19 pandemic”
This article explores how long patients spend in the radiotherapy department for breast cancer treatment—before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic—using six years of data from a single centre. It forms one part of a bigger picture; Swans…
Experience with Extracorporeal Radiotherapy in Intermediate-Grade Vascular Neoplasm of Bone Tumour: A Function-Preserving Approach
Intermediate-grade vascular neoplasms of the bone are rare and clinically challenging entities. Traditional management often involves wide surgical resections or even amputation, both of which can significantly impair function and quality of life.
Into the Heart of the San José Galleon: Where Gold Meets Archaeology
Many sites around the world have been harmed because they were targeted for profit rather than for research. When objects are valued mainly for their economic worth, we miss out on the reach and diverse stories they can tell.…
Electric Weed Control Proves Shockingly Effective
A recently published article in the journal Weed Science shows electric control technologies can eradicate weeds just as effectively as herbicides or mechanical methods, with minimal risks to the crop, soil or the environment.
An Interview with Religious Studies Editor Yujin Nagasawa
Tell us about Religious Studies. When was the journal launched, and what is its scope? Religious Studies is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted to the philosophy of religion, engaging with both classical and contemporary debates across a wide…
