Over the past decade, there has been a massive scale-up of primary and secondary prevention services to reduce the population-wide incidence of HIV. However, the impact of these services on HIV incidence has not been demonstrated using a prospectively followed, population-based cohort from South Africa—the country with the world’s highest rate of new infections. To…Continue Reading Declines in HIV incidence among men and women in a South African population-based cohort
Year: 2019
A Monkey’s Balancing Act: How species in the wild are managing the risks and rewards of sharing space with humans
The study, which looks specifically at the behaviour of an endangered monkey species, reveals that even in national parks where human presence is reduced and regulated, the animals carry out careful calculations and modify their natural behaviour to balance the pros and cons of living in close proximity to humans. University of Lincoln, College of…Continue Reading A Monkey’s Balancing Act: How species in the wild are managing the risks and rewards of sharing space with humans
A Legal-Historical Chronicle of Rule-of-Law Narratives in Hong Kong. In: Global Legal History: A Comparative Law Perspective.
“For the past five months (since June 2019), the city of Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, has been the scene of large-scale anti-government protests. Originally, these protests were against an extradition bill tabled in the Legislative Council, and which would have allowed for the extradition of suspects, not…Continue Reading A Legal-Historical Chronicle of Rule-of-Law Narratives in Hong Kong. In: Global Legal History: A Comparative Law Perspective.
Warfare in an evolutionary perspective
The importance of warfare for human evolution is hotly debated in anthropology. Some authors hypothesize that warfare emerged at least 200,000–100,000 years BP, was frequent, and significantly shaped human social evolution. Other authors claim that warfare is a recent phenomenon, linked to the emergence of agriculture, and mostly explained by cultural rather than evolutionary…Continue Reading Warfare in an evolutionary perspective
Facial Trustworthiness and Criminal Sentencing: A Comment on Wilson and Rule
Our first impressions of others, whether accurate or unfounded, have real-world consequences in terms of how we judge and treat those people. Previous research has suggested that criminal sentencing is influenced by the perceived facial trustworthiness of defendants in murder trials. In real cases, those who appeared less trustworthy were more likely to receive death…Continue Reading Facial Trustworthiness and Criminal Sentencing: A Comment on Wilson and Rule
Dance teachers’ perceptions of boys and girls in their dance classes
Dance, particularly ballet, is often considered a feminised activity and gender traditionally tends to be drawn along binary lines. Traditional notions of idealised gendered bodies in dance are often valorised. Psychologically, girls are expected to be passive, by unquestioningly accepting the instructions of the dance teacher, whereas boys are encouraged to be challenging, energetic and…Continue Reading Dance teachers’ perceptions of boys and girls in their dance classes
Somnophilia: Examining Its Various Forms and Associated Constructs
Somnophilia refers to the interest in having sex with a sleeping person. Using an online sample of 437 participants, the present study provides the first empirical examination of somnophilia, its various forms, and theorized correlates. Participants completed the newly developed Somnophilia Interest and Proclivity Scale, which comprises three subscales (active consensual, passive consensual, and active…Continue Reading Somnophilia: Examining Its Various Forms and Associated Constructs
Recent levels and trends in HIV incidence rates among adolescent girls and young women in ten high-prevalence African countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The roll-out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has changed contexts of HIV risk, but the influence on HIV incidence among young women is not clear. We aimed to summarise direct estimates of HIV incidence among adolescent girls and young women since ART and before large investments in targeted prevention for those in sub-Saharan Africa. We…Continue Reading Recent levels and trends in HIV incidence rates among adolescent girls and young women in ten high-prevalence African countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Television Consumption Drives Perceptions of Female Body Attractiveness in a Population Undergoing Technological Transition
Perceptions of physical attractiveness vary across cultural groups, particularly for female body size and shape. It has been hypothesised that visual media propagates Western ‘thin ideals’. However, because cross-cultural studies typically consider groups highly differentiated on a number of factors, identifying the causal factors has thus far been impossible. In the…Continue Reading Television Consumption Drives Perceptions of Female Body Attractiveness in a Population Undergoing Technological Transition