Monthly Archives: May 2014

Bubbles and kittens and puppies, oh my. Or exam worries and woes

Some innovative ways universities have introduced or are thinking of introducing to help relieve the stress of exams include: bubble wrap popping stations (University of Leicester student union),petting zoos (University of Bath) and even bouncy castles and massages (PETA’s alternatives … Continue reading

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Why Trypanosoma brucei is sensitive to human serum

Cathepsin-L can resist lysis by human serum in Trypanosoma brucei brucei. PLoS Pathogens 10: e1004130 Featured at: LSHTM, Wellcome Trust See also: commentary in Microbial Cell 1:270-2 Most African trypanosomes, including the veterinary species Trypanosoma brucei brucei and T. congolense (causative agents of the … Continue reading

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Top 5 downloaded papers from LSHTM Research Online – April 2014

Image caption: Count and Spell Color Recognition Beanbags – NUMBERS by Cheryl. License: some rights reserved_CC_BY_SA 2.0 Last month we had over 16, 500 downloads of full text papers from LSHTM Research Online with Germany, China and the US the … Continue reading

La suppression du paiement direct : en savons nous (vraiment) assez?

Valéry Ridde et Emilie Robert «Je pense que la Banque était idéologique». Dans un entretien au Guardian début avril 2014 [i], le président de la Banque Mondiale surprit tout le monde en affirmant que son institution avait promu pendant des … Continue reading

Abolition of user fees: do we (really) know enough?

By Valéry Ridde and Emilie Robert, University of Montreal “I think the bank was ideological”, in an interview with The Guardian last month the President of the World Bank surprised everyone by acknowledging that his institution had for years promoted … Continue reading

BLOG: Modelling human behaviour and social interactions can help evaluations to explain the unexpected

Modelling human behaviour and social interactions can help evaluations to explain the unexpected  Zaid Chalabi and Theo Lorenc discuss why simulations based on known human behaviour could help us to understand complex interventions like Glasgow’s urban regeneration programme. When big sports … Continue reading

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SEMINAR: Can Agent-Based Models Inform the Evaluation of Complex Natural Experiments?

SPHR@L Seminar Series NIHR School for Public Health Research @ LSHTM ‘Can Agent-Based Models Inform the Evaluation of Complex Natural Experiments’ Speaker: Dr. Zaid Chalabi (LSHTM) Dr. Theo Lorenc (UCL) Read the seminar abstract! Read the seminar blog! Date: Tuesday, 20th May 2014 Time: 12.45-14.00 … Continue reading

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