Interesting Links for 30-05-2024
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andrewducker- 1. Corsica, Sardinia, and accidents of history (and why a Europe of The Regions is a good thing)
- (tags:Europe history Italy France viaPatrickHadfield )
- 2. Decoding the EU AI Act
- (tags:europe regulation ai Technology )
- 3. How North Korea infiltrates large tech companies
- (tags:NorthKorea espionage fraud technology USA )
- 4. Police Scotland apology to the LGBTQI+ communities of Scotland
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- 5. Road planners embrace an unconventional intersection
- (tags:roads design USA )
- 6. infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii makes wolves 46 times more likely to become a pack leader
- (tags:wolves ToxoplasmaGondii behaviour viaPatrickHadfield )
- 7. Tory, Labour, Lib Dem and Green environment pledges, ranked by experts
- (tags:environment uk politics )
- 8. Risky business: Linking Toxoplasma gondii infection and entrepreneurship behaviours across individuals and countries
- (tags:business behaviour ToxoplasmaGondii fear )
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8.
Date: 2024-05-30 12:09 pm (UTC)IIRC, T. gondii infection in humans has different effects dependent on sex of human - if I do recall right, it makes men more "risk taky" but women more "friendly and eager to please". But do please check me on that.
The effect on risk-taking behaviour has been known for along time of course.
Also slows reaction time! (if you are a mouse, means you get caught by cats, which is good for the lifecycle of T. gondii!)
Re: 8.
Date: 2024-05-30 12:14 pm (UTC)"Similarly, infected females had 25 percent chance of leaving their pack within 30 months, compared with 48 months for those who weren't infected."
possible mechanisms...
dopamine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5579228/
also testosterone: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2526142/
I can imagine "dopamine hits" varying in humans dependent on T levels and social stuff...
Re: 8.
Date: 2024-05-30 12:15 pm (UTC)https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2334-2-11
Re: 8.
Date: 2024-05-30 12:18 pm (UTC)The search identified 152 published studies that examined a total of 648,010 subjects. From these, 166,255 were seropositive for T. gondii infection indicating an average global seroprevalence rate of 25.7% (95% CI: 25.6 - 25.8%).
The overall range of seroprevalence was determined to be 0.5 - 87.7%.
African countries had the highest average seroprevalence rate of 61.4%, followed by
Oceania with 38.5%,
South America with 31.2%,
Europe with 29.6%,
USA/Canada with 17.5%, and
Asia with 16.4%.
Numerous environmental and human factors affect the differences in T. gondii seroprevalence rates observed between the various countries and continents. Monitoring the source and transmission may assist public health authorities to clarify the risk factors involved, as well as focus on implementing optimal state-specific health policies targeting T. gondii transmission control."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33597463/
Re: 8.
Date: 2024-05-30 06:44 pm (UTC)Re: 8.
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