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Halsey LG* (2024) Fat homing pigeons don’t use more energy: an excellent animal model for investigating flight physiology in the wild. Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting, Prague, Czechia.
No full text“We weren't listened to”: Practitioners views of navigating challenges and opportunities in special education settings through COVID‐19
No full textAbstractWith the increase of special schools in UK and around the world, this study seeked to explore in‐depth the reality of practitioners working with children with SEND in specialist settings throughout the COVID‐19 pandemic. Utilising semi‐structured interviews with 11 special school teachers and leaders, this study found that professionals working in specialist settings experienced parental conflict, challenges related to personal life and working arrangements during this time, and highlighted concerns and opportunities for the future and sustainability of the SEND system. The professionals highlighted some essential components needed to support the development of meaningful careers and the reduction of attrition in the sector such as an increase in pay and greater appreciation of the role. This study has implications for policy and practice in a time of uncertainty pre‐election and during national crises such as high teacher turnover coupled with low teacher recruitment
Human Rights and the Rights of Nature: Friends or Foes?
No full textThis article explores the connections between human rights and the rights of nature. Rights of nature are emerging as a global movement to re-think and move away from dominant anthropocentric approaches to law. As it is based on the idea that nature has inherent rights, rights of nature are often labelled to be the “human rights of nature”. However, this association with human rights, which are by nature is anthropocentric, is also paradoxical. This article argues that despite the anthropocentric nature of human rights, there could some strong alignments notably on issues concerning the universalism, interdependence, and indivisibility of rights. One interest in linking two movements is that human rights law is enriched by few centuries of legal developments, a diverse jurisprudence, and abundant campaigning and advocacy tools. With rights of nature being much ‘younger’ there might be lessons to be learned from the ‘older’ human rights movement. The argument put forward is that despite some potential clashes between human rights and the rights of nature, there are some legal principles that have been developed under international human rights law that could serve to alleviate these clashes, as well as to serve as a catalyst to support future rights of nature advocacy.<br/
Conditional quashing orders: A missed opportunity for introducing a new relief in judicial review proceedings?
No full textThis article discusses the opportunity for the introduction of a new type of relief in judicial review proceedings called conditional quashing orders (CQOs) to mitigate the effect of quashing orders on the timeline and costs of nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs). The article explores the benefits and disbenefits of their introduction as a new standard relief and as a court case management power as two possible alternatives. In so doing, the article examines how CQOs could operate and attempts to draw clear parameters for them to achieve their aim of introducing more judicial flexibility in judicial review proceedings. In framing the debate and attempting to build a theoretical framework for CQOs to function, this article considers developments in other jurisdictions, notably Kenya, to inform the discussion while engaging critically with the interaction of CQOs in both alternatives with the current legislative framework. Altogether, the article defends a thesis whereby while CQOs have obvious advantages offering more possibilities for judicial flexibility and mitigation of the effect of quashing orders (which are disruptive to the timeline and cost of NSIPs), they carry overwhelming inconveniences. These, in turn, do not warrant their introduction into legislation. However, the article demonstrates that the aims underpinning CQOs remain useful as they call for a complete rethink of judicial review proceedings in England and Wales to ensure a better balance of justice or convenience by reinforcing fairness, flexibility, and judicial restraint and cooperation in the determination of cases. In fine, the article makes several proposals to achieve this and transform the current judicial review blueprint, thus providing food for thought for reforming the system and emphasising proportionality
Diet quality and anxiety: a critical overview with focus on the gut microbiome
No full textAnxiety disorders disproportionally affect females and are frequently comorbidwith eating disorders. With the emerging field of nutritional psychiatry, focushas been put on the impact of diet quality in anxiety pathophysiology andgut microbiome underlying mechanisms. While the relationship between dietand anxiety is bidirectional, improving dietary habits could better facilitatethe actions of pharmacological and psychological therapies, or prevent theiruse. A better understanding of how gut bacteria mediate and moderate suchrelationship could further contribute to develop personalized programs andinform probiotics and prebiotics manufacturing. To date, studies that looksimultaneously at diet, the gut microbiome, and anxiety are missing as onlypairwise relationships among them have been investigated. Therefore, thisstudy aims at summarizing and integrating the existing knowledge on thedietary effects on anxiety with focus on gut microbiome. Findings on theeffects of diet on anxiety are critically summarized and reinterpreted in relationto findings on (i) the effects of diet on the gut microbiome composition,and (ii) the associations between the abundance of certain gut bacteria andanxiety. This novel interpretation suggests a theoretical model where therelationship between diet and anxiety is mediated and/or modulated by thegut microbiome through multiple mechanisms. In parallel, this study criticallyevaluates methodologies employed in the nutritional field to investigate theeffects of diet on anxiety highlighting a lack of systematic operationalizationand assessment strategies. Therefore, it ultimately proposes a novel evidence based approach that can enhance studies validity, reliability, systematicity, andtranslation to clinical and community settings
Does Oil Spin the Commodity Wheel? Quantile Connectedness with a Common Factor Error Structure across Energy and Agricultural Markets
No full textA plasma lipid signature in acute human traumatic brain injury: link with neuronal injury and inflammation markers
No full textRights of Nature on the Island of Ireland: Origins, Drivers, and Implications for Future Rights of Nature Movements
No full textOver the course of 2021, several local councils across the island of Ireland introduced motions recognizing the ‘Rights of Nature’. To date, little research has been conducted into these nascent Rights of Nature movements, even though they raise important questions about the philosophical, cultural, political, and legal drivers in pursuing such rights. Similarly, much remains unclear as to the implications of such initiatives, both in their domestic context and for Rights of Nature movements around the world. This article contributes to addressing this gap by exploring these themes through an analysis of interviews with key stakeholders conducted across the island of Ireland in June 2022. In particular, it explores the impact of international movements, colonial legacies, cultural heritage, and years of inadequate environmental governance, in motivating local councils to pursue a Rights of Nature strategy
Urbá Terra Bartzelona [Screendance]
No full textIntrigued by collectively encountering the Catalan capital Bartzelona, three women immerse themselves in the vibrant atmosphere of this Mediterranean metropolis. In dialogue with street-art murals, colourful mosaics, avant-garde and historic architecture, the dancers are-being-moved by the design of public spaces and the flow of daily life of its inhabitants.US Premiere, with Live Performance, Merge Dance Company Concert “Timeless”, Harrison Theatre, TXST, SMT, 22nd February 202