Parasuicide, Scotland, and the World Cup.

'The Cup of Kindness’? Dominant Social Norms and Muslims’ Social Integration in Scotland

Since the 9/11 bombings in New York, and the 7/7 bombings in London,Muslims’ integration in the UK has been under intense scrutiny. Muslimintegration, however, has long been a matter of debate in Britain, revolvingaround the maintenance of Muslims’ distinctive identity and practice. Forinstance, David Cameron (Cameron, 2011), Britain’s then Prime Minister,announced...

Dengue and the World Football Cup: A Matter of Timing

The possibility of a dengue fever outbreak during the FIFA Football World Cup raised controversies about the use of health data and the impact of climate on dengue dynamics. One example of this debate is the article ‘‘Football fever could be a dose of dengue’’ recently published in Nature by Simon Hay and its repercussion in media and scientific forums. The risk map presented by Hay appears to ...

World Cup 2010 and acute pain in the neck.

Depression and Accuracy: Evidence from the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Before and during the 2010 Soccer World Cup, participants made probabilistic forecasts for the outcomes of the tournament. We examine the relationship between depression levels and performance in this real-world forecasting task. Across two different waves of predictions, for both continuous and categorical classifications of depression, and with multiple measures of prediction accuracy, we fin...

Rugby World Cup 2015: World Rugby injury surveillance study.

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence, severity and nature of injuries sustained during the Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2015 together with the inciting events leading to the injuries. DESIGN A prospective, whole population study. POPULATION 639 international rugby players representing 20 countries. METHOD The study protocol followed the definitions and procedures recommended in the consensus sta...