Terrence Blackburn, Paul E. Olsen, Samuel A. Bowring, Noah M. McLean et al.
The end-Triassic extinction is characterized by major losses in both terrestrial and marine diversity, setting the stage for dinosaurs to dominate Earth for the next 136 million years. Despite the approximate coincidence between this extinction and flood basalt volcanism, existing geochronologic dat...
Sven Bacher, Tim M. Blackburn, Franz Essl, Piero Genovesi et al.
Abstract Many alien taxa are known to cause socio‐economic impacts by affecting the different constituents of human well‐being (security; material and non‐material assets; health; social, spiritual and cultural relations; freedom of choice and action). Attempts to quantify socio‐economic impacts in ...
Viren Swami, Ulrich S. Tran, Stefan Stieger, Toivo Aavik et al.
The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations remains limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset - w...
Antonio Fasanella, Giuliano Garofolo, M. J. Hossain, M. Shamsuddin et al.
In Bangladesh from 1 July to 30 September 2010 there were 104 animal cases of anthrax and 607 associated human cases. This investigation was conducted in Sirajganj district in December 2010, on eight farms where animal cases had occurred. Bacillus anthracis was recovered from soil samples and turbin...
Philip E. Hulme, Aníbal Pauchard, Petr Pyšek, Montserrat Vilà et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences.
Hanno Seebens, Laura A. Meyerson, David M. Richardson, Bernd Lenzner et al.
Biological invasions are one of the major drivers of biodiversity decline and have been shown to have far-reaching consequences for society and the economy. Preventing the introduction and spread of alien species represents the most effective solution to reducing their impacts on nature and human we...
Viren Swami, Stefan Stieger, Martin Voracek, Toivo Aavik et al.
The Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) is a widely used self-report measure of subjective well-being, but studies of its measurement invariance across a large number of nations remain limited. Here, we utilised the Body Image in Nature (BINS) dataset-with data collected between 2020 and 2022 -to as...
Viren Swami, Ulrich S. Tran, Martin Voracek, Toivo Aavik et al.
Abstract Objectives The 12-item Self-Compassion Scale–Short Form (SCS–SF) is a widely used instrument for the assessment of self-compassion. To date, there have been few examinations of this instrument’s psychometric properties, particularly across nations and languages. Therefore, we used data from...
Imran Choudhury, C West, L.P. Ormerod
SETTING: Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Local Government areas of England and Wales, the former a high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence district. BACKGROUND: The incidence of tuberculosis in new entrants aged 16-34 with positive tuberculin skin tests but normal chest X-rays after initial entry is...
Mahfuza Talukder Flowra, Muhammad Asaduzzaman
Forced migration is an ancient phenomenon and will continue as long as politics exists. Although it mainly evolves from persecution, development, or exploitation, its public health consequences and effects go far beyond assumption. The ongoing epidemic of a rare and controlled disease like diphtheri...
L.P. Ormerod, Andrew Nunn, S.P. Byfield, Janet Darbyshire
The pattern of tuberculosis in Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi patients in Blackburn (1978-1987) was compared with that for England and Wales (MRC Survey), with particular reference to the proportion with parenchymal lung disease, by a generalized linear model allowing for age, ethnic group and ti...
Viren Swami, Martin Voracek, Stefan Stieger, Toivo Aavik et al.
Time spent in nature benefits human mental and physical well-being. However, much of the variance in outcomes of nature contact remains unexplained, suggesting that new mechanistic pathways need to be considered. Here, we tested a novel conceptual model linking nature contact with life satisfaction ...
Walvisch, Jamie, Blackburn, Amanda, Bartle, Jarryd, Dromey, Kate et al.
Defining consent1.The Code's definition of consent should specify that a person consents to a sexual activity if, at the time of the sexual activity, the person freely and voluntarily agrees to the sexual activity.2. The term 'sexual activity' should be defined as an act of sexual penetration, an ac...
Audrie Lin, Benjamin F. Arnold, Andrew Mertens, Jue Lin et al.
Article Figures and data Abstract eLife digest Introduction Results Discussion Materials and methods Data availability References Decision letter Author response Article and author information Metrics Abstract Background: Shorter childhood telomere length (TL) and more rapid TL attrition are widely ...
Article Figures and data Abstract eLife digest Introduction Results Discussion Materials and methods Data availability References Decision letter Author response Article and author information Metrics Abstract Background: Shorter childhood telomere length (TL) and more rapid TL attrition are widely ...