Lead author Smelov and colleagues write, in this letter to a medical journal, about a careful investigation that may (and may not) have small or nonexistent implications: “Are human papillomavirus DNA prevalences providing high-flying estimates of infection? An international survey of HPV detection on environmental surfaces,” Vitaly Smelov [pictured here], Carina Eklund, Laila Sara Arroyo […]
Tag: Denmark
The Three Dimensions of Fresh Air
The Journal of Material Culture is “concerned with the relationship between artefacts and social relations irrespective of time and place”. And, as part of this remit, the June 2013 issue of features one of the few academic studies of ‘Fresh Air’. ‘The air from outside: Getting to know the world through air practices’. “The article […]
Stress Test for Vicars
What’s special about vicars? This study, from Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, looked into the question: “Psychosocial stress among Danish vicars,” F. Gyntelberg, H. O. Hein and P. Suadicani, Occupational Medicine (2012) 62 (1): 12-16. The authors explain: “No studies have analysed whether differences in psychosocial workloads between vicars and others explain their higher prevalence of stress-related […]
When Ig winners came to Odense
Last week’s show at Syddansk Universitet in Odense—part of the first Ig Nobel Tour of Denmark—prompted this brief report by TV2. The video features two of the four Ig winners (one of whom, Magnus Wahlberg, of herring-fart fame, is based partly at the university) who were on the tour: