In the second blog in his post-Maria Puerto Rico series, Timothy Dye, Editor-in-Chief of Maternal and Child Health Journal, discusses how the communities in Puerto Rico can adapt and recover from trauma and how rapid assistance can reduce the unnecessary pain and disruption from this process.
Reporting to your boss, who reports to her boss? Business as usual. But some companies are doing things differently, downplaying the role of hierarchy or even eschewing it entirely. One Silicon Valley firm’s story sheds light on what hierarchy (and the lack thereof) means, in practice and over time.
We have known for some time animal agriculture plays an outsized role in our planet’s natural carbon cycle. Until recently, however, we didn’t fully appreciate the scope of that influence. Based on new research published in Carbon Balance and Management, and the revelation that previous estimates were based on old data, we now have a much better understanding of the role livestock plays in annual carbon fluctuations across the planet.
In previous blog posts, we have talked about the benefits of publishing a book open access (OA). But what evidence is there to support these assertions? For the journals market, where open access is now well into its second decade, there has been much analysis to show how publishing OA affects usage and citations. And… Read more »
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Communities are like bodies – they persist through trauma, adapt, and are reborn… we know that hurricanes and similar sudden stressors (like earthquakes) have implications for pregnant women and their fetuses, on stress levels, and on chronic disease. This blog series by Dr. Timothy Dye, Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s Maternal and Child Health Journal, explores the potential impact and the ground experience of recent hurricanes on Puerto Rico, from an ecological perspective.
