James Smith

ORCID: 0000-0002-8827-2005
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  • Biotechnology and Related Fields
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Intelligence, Security, War Strategy
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Contemporary Literature and Criticism
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
  • Digital Games and Media
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Science, Research, and Medicine
  • Crime and Detective Fiction Studies
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

University College London
2025

Columbia University Irving Medical Center
2024

Environment and Climate Change Canada
2024

University of Waterloo
2024

Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command
2022

Dartmouth College
2021

Artistic Realization Technologies
2021

University of Edinburgh
2005-2020

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
2008-2020

Augusta University Health
2020

Chronically depressed neurotic women outpatients were randomly assigned, after a two-week placebo washout period, to receive one of three medications (imipramine, diazepam, or placebo) and either weekly group psychotherapy biweekly brief supportive sessions at two clinics. Analyses covariance for the first 16 weeks active treatment (N = 146) indicated marked therapeutic advantage imipramine on most outcome measures. No therapy was detected these Patients who showed improvement continued in...

10.1176/ajp.131.2.191 article EN American Journal of Psychiatry 1974-02-01

The focus of the health sector in most countries remains almost exclusively on care services, and potential multisectoral collaboration untapped many low-and middle-income countries.• Different sectors have different contributions to make towards solving specific problems.In each case, profile, interests, incentives, relationships key individuals must be mapped analysed inform design approaches systems tackle a shared problem.• Collaborative distributed leadership is for effective governance...

10.1371/journal.pmed.1002285 article EN public-domain PLoS Medicine 2017-04-25

Background The recent emergence of zoonotic diseases such as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) have contributed to dominant Global Health narratives around health securitisation pandemic preparedness, calling for greater co-operation between the health, veterinary environmental sectors in ever-evolving One movement. A decade later, advocates face increasing pressure translate approach from theory into action. Methodology/Principal Findings...

10.1371/journal.pntd.0002884 article EN cc-by PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2014-05-22

Despite concerns about racial differences on adherence to prescribed medication rigimens among older adults, current information nonadherence underserved elderly African Americans with co-morbidities is limited. This study examines the association between drug regimens and an array of medication-related factors, including polypharmacy, regimen complexity, use Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM), knowledge therapeutic purpose instructions use. Four-hundred Americans, aged 65 years...

10.1186/s12877-017-0558-5 article EN cc-by BMC Geriatrics 2017-07-25

Purpose. This study investigated the effects of objective and subjective socioeconomic status (SES) indicators on two health behaviors, cigarette smoking alcohol drinking, among African American older adults. Methods. community-based recruited 619 economically disadvantaged adults (age ≥ 65 years) residing in South Los Angeles. Structured face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect data. Data demographic factors gender), SES (financial difficulties), (educational attainment), living...

10.3390/ijerph16101826 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019-05-23

Abstract An independent evaluation of methane emissions data from GHGSat, a private company that operates constellation small microsatellites flying Fabry‐Perot spectrometers operating at 1.6 µm, was performed. Data multiple GHGSat commercial satellites, consisting retrieved methane, diagnostics, and, where detected, plume and information roughly 250 scenes across Canada were analyzed. From these, 10 contained plumes with 2% detection rate for oil gas scenes, 10% landfills. Methane precision...

10.1029/2023jd039906 article EN cc-by-nc Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 2024-08-07

Journal Article Biofuels, food security, and Africa Get access Thomas Molony, Molony Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar James Smith African Affairs, Volume 109, Issue 436, July 2010, Pages 489–498, https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adq019 Published: 20 April 2010

10.1093/afraf/adq019 article EN African Affairs 2010-04-20

The recent adoption of the World Health Assembly Resolution 66.12 for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in May 2013 is an important turning point advocacy regarding a number endemic zoonotic infections, defined by Organization as (NZDs). In addition to NTD-listed zoonoses such rabies, echinococcosis (hydatid disease), leishmaniasis, Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) and Taenia solium cysticercosis, NZDs also include bacterial anthrax, bovine tuberculosis brucellosis. To...

10.1093/heapol/czu059 article EN Health Policy and Planning 2014-07-07

Investment in biotechnology has yielded relatively disappointing results and illustrates the gap between promise reality of new science. This begs question: Does research on 'life' bring different complexities uncertainties that act as a barrier to application biology global health agriculture? There been high-quality social ethical impacts economics but few systematic integrated attempts undertake interdisciplinary address these constraints. paper provides an original empirical analysis...

10.1093/scipol/scs116 article EN Science and Public Policy 2013-01-18

In a previous article, we outlined the efforts of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) lobby to overcome diseases' snub in 2000 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and campaign for inclusion post-2015 development agenda [1]. doing so, noted extraordinary achievements made by despite its view from outside MDG juggernaut, which singled out just three diseases special consideration (HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and, latterly, Tuberculosis), leaving group previously disparate be formulated within plan...

10.1371/journal.pntd.0004719 article EN cc-by PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2016-07-07

Academics in high-income countries are increasingly launching development studies programmes through online distance learning to engage practitioner-students low-income countries. Are such initiatives providing opportunities critically tackle social injustice, or merely 'mirroring' relations of global inequality and re-entrenching imperial practices? Building on recent scholarship addressing efforts 'decolonise studies' the complex power dynamics they encounter, we reflect this question by...

10.1080/01436597.2016.1256767 article EN Third World Quarterly 2016-12-22

Historical tensions between Nigeria's pastoralist Fulani and settled indigenous farmers have intensified in recent years, with dwindling natural resources land availability greatly contributing to the ongoing, escalating conflict north of country. The urgent requirement engage with, rather than isolate, from various socioeconomic environmental management strategies is fundamental peace agricultural productivity region. This requires a greater understanding formal informal governance...

10.1186/s13570-014-0012-7 article EN cc-by Deleted Journal 2014-09-11

The United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire in 2015. A high-level panel, appointed to discuss the global development agenda post-2015, reported back May 2013 with its recommendations. These are likely prove extremely important for determining health budget over coming decade. Who “winners”—those who will benefit from UN endorsement and enhanced funding—and “losers”—those not receiving such recognition or resources—will be new is yet decided, but certain parties hope...

10.1371/journal.pntd.0002529 article EN cc-by PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2013-12-12

The continent of Europe is terminated on the south and that Africa north by a secondary formation considerable extent, which cut into two Straits Gibraltar. prevailing rock both sides siliceous sandstone, generally yellowish brown colour, associated with limestone shale in different states induration, also subordinate beds chert coal. Judging from external character I should pronounce it to belong true coal-measures, but indications furnished organic remains point rather Jurassic group....

10.1144/gsl.jgs.1846.002.01-02.18 article EN Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 1846-02-01
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