Asilids Feeding on Bumblebees in New England

Challenges Facing Healthwatch, a New Consumer Champion in England

This article engages with debates about the conceptualisation and practical challenges of patient and public involvement (PPI) in health and social care services. Policy in this area in England has shifted numerous times but increasingly a consumerist discourse seems to override more democratic ideas concerning the relationship between citizens and public services. Recent policy change in Engla...

Travel optimization by foraging bumblebees through readjustments of traplines after discovery of new feeding locations.

Animals collecting resources that replenish over time often visit patches in predictable sequences called traplines. Despite the widespread nature of this strategy, we still know little about how spatial memory develops and guides individuals toward suitable routes. Here, we investigate whether flower visitation sequences by bumblebees Bombus terrestris simply reflect the order in which flowers...

Latinos in New England

A new mode of information transfer in foraging bumblebees?

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The cost of infant feeding in Liverpool, England.

OBJECTIVE To investigate feeding practices in infants under the age of 4 months in Liverpool, England with particular reference to the cost of infant feeding. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey consisting of self-completion questionnaires and interviews. SETTING Subjects' homes within Central and South Liverpool Primary Care Trust areas. SUBJECTS One hundred and forty-nine women (aged 18 to ...