The 2012 UK Government's Alcohol Strategy for England and Wales has been welcomed broadly and resulted only in muted criticism within the UK public health community. This is despite strong continuities with previous alcohol industry constructions of the nature of the problem and preferred policy responses. This is probably because the strategy shows progress on the public health lobby's key iss...

Many gender scholars have welcomed the new theoretical and empirical work on men. But there have certainly been voices of caution and dissent, though thus far these have been somewhat muted. In her article Catriona Macleod expresses doubts about my approach to the study of men in South Africa. In this article I respond to her concerns. While my response indicates disagreement, I think Macleod’s...

Calycopis sullivani Robbins & Duarte is described from wet lowland rain forest on the Atlantic Coast of Central America, and Calycopis cicero Robbins & Duarte is named from cloud forest on the eastern slope of the Andes of Ecuador. Both new species and C. caesarieshave the ductus ejaculatorius entering the penis ventrally, a character state that has not been reported for the Eumaeini. These thr...

In its ideal form, electronic democracy would empower citizens to vote online with convenience, security, reliability, and accessibility. However, electronic vote fraud can prevent citizens from exercising their basic rights in a democracy. Inaccessible e-voting systems also can deny citizens their rights. Unfortunately, attention to these problems generally is muted in the popular media, as th...

Near-term macroeconomic prospects continue to improve in the context of higher oil prices and a gradual global recovery from pandemic shock, but medium-term outlook remains challenging highly uncertain. Oil production muted, debt inflation remain elevated, non-oil activity is expected recover only gradually. However, continued strong fiscal performance (aided by revenues), exchange rate stabili...

High-altitude anorexia leads to a hormonal response pattern modulated by both hypoxia and caloric restriction (CR). The purpose of this study was to compare altitude-induced neuroendocrine changes with or without energy imbalance and to explore how energy sufficiency alters the endocrine acclimatization process. Twenty-six normal-weight, young men were studied for 3 wk. One group [hypocaloric g...