Towards an improved estimation of animal feed efficiency

The animal article of the month for June is ‘Isolating the cow-specific part of residual energy intake in lactating dairy cows using random regressions ‘ Improving feed efficiency is essential for sustainable livestock farming: it is expected to reduce feed resources use and to decrease waste and environmental impacts.…


LIBRARIAN PERSPECTIVES: Myrna Lee, UPR Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

In the aftermath of Hurricane María, there were many problems faced by libraries and librarians in Puerto Rico, says Myrna Lee, librarian in charge of the Magazine Room and Databases at Universidad de Puerto Rico en Bayamón.…


Q&A with Tünde Fülöp

Professor Tünde Fülöp, of the Division of Subatomic and Plasma Physics at Chalmers University of Technology, the newly appointed editorial board member of the Journal of Plasma Physics, participates in a Q&A; with the Journal.


Jan Haywood – my favourite articles from JHS

I am delighted to join the Journal of Hellenic Studies team, working jointly as Reviews Editor with Dr Fiona Hobden, Senior Lecturer in Greek Culture at the University of Liverpool.…


The TEF, Brexit and More: ABT Conference 2018

This year’s Academic Book Trade (ABT) Conference was held in Stratford-upon-Avon on two gloriously sunny days (May 10th and 11th). The theme of the conference was The TEF, Brexit and More: what’s happened, what’s happening, what to do next.…


IT, books and bookbots: Dr Jomkwan Polparsi on Thai libraries

Dr Jomkwan Polparsi was welcomed to the Cambridge Asian Librarian Advisory Board for the first time in 2018. Dr Polparsi works in Bangkok, at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce [UTCC].…


PERSPECTIVAS BIBLIOTECARIAS: Myrna Lee Torres-Pérez, UPR en Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Las dificultades para bibliotecas de Puerto Rico causadas por el huracán María, un proyecto para entender hábitos de lectura y el papel de la biblioteca universitaria como punto de encuentro y piedra angular de la educación son algunos de los temas que tratan en esta entrevista Myrna Lee Torres-Pérez, encargada de la Sala de Revistas y bases de datos de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Bayamón.…


Do your genes determine whether coffee is good or bad for you?

  The Nutrition Society Paper of the Month for June is from the British Journal of Nutrition and is entitled  ‘Postprandial glycaemic and lipaemic responses to chronic coffee consumption may be modulated by CYP1A2 polymorphisms’.…