While clozapine has risks, relative risk of fatality is overestimated. The UK pharmacovigilance programme is efficient, but comparisons with other drugs can mislead because of reporting variations. Clozapine actually lowers mortality, partly by reducing schizophrenia-related suicides, but preventable deaths still occur. Clozapine should be used earlier and more widely, but there should be better monitoring and better management of toxicity.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, assessments by video link became a standard and acceptable form of medico-legal evaluation. The various challenges to achieving an accurate and robust medico-legal assessment via a remote platform are explored in this clinical reflection. It is concluded that any limitations to a remotely undertaken assessment must be highlighted to the court and an in-person assessment considered as a reasonable alternative in some cases.

One of the most pronounced features of the war in Ukraine has been the heavy reliance of the Russian forces on convict-soldiers, most notably by the private military and security company (PMSC) the Wagner Group. In this essay, I explore the ethical problems with using convict-soldiers and assess how using them compares to other military arrangements, such as conscription or an all-volunteer force. Overall, I argue that the central issue with using prisoners to fight wars is their perceived expendability. To do this, I present three arguments. First, although many prisoners have been under major duress, using convict-soldiers may be somewhat preferable to using conscripts in this regard. Second, convict-soldiers are more likely to be subject to human rights abuses than other types of soldiers and this should be seen as the main problem with their use. Third, convict-soldiers’ liability to lethal force for fighting in an unjust war does not render it permissible to treat them as expendable.

Collisions with powerlines affect birds worldwide, including countries such as Belgium where a nationwide model indicated high avian collision risk in the IJzerbroeken region (seasonally flooded riverside wetlands). Large numbers of waterbirds winter in this area, which is crossed by a 70-kV transmission line. To manage avian collision risk, the transmission system operator, Elia, installed AB Hammarprodukter’s FireFly™ FF line markers incorporating reflective, glow-in-the-dark, high contrast, and moving elements intended to increase the visibility of the transmission line to flying birds. We evaluated the effectiveness of FireFly line markers by comparing the numbers of avian carcasses found during 11 surveys annually in 2001 and 2018 (22 total surveys) before line markers were installed compared with 11 surveys conducted in 2021 after line marking. Before line marking, we found 30 avian carcasses attributable to collision in 2001 and 113 in 2018. After, we found six carcasses attributable to collision in 2021. In 2021, FireFly line markers correlated with a reduction in collision rate, depending on the pre-treatment year and species group, of at least 85% and up to 100%. The line was composed of two configurations, with half of the spans (two-thirds of the monitored line length) supported by tall pylons with shield wires, and half of the spans supported by shorter pylons without shield wires. After line marking, six collisions (100% in 2021) occurred on spans supported by tall pylons, and none (0%) occurred on spans supported by short pylons. Thus, in 2021, FireFly line markers correlated with an observed mortality reduction of at least 73% and up to 100%, depending on the configuration being considered. These findings suggest FireFly line markers substantially reduced wintering bird collisions in our study area.

We present the second data release for the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky Murchison Widefield Array eXtended (GLEAM-X) survey. This data release is an area of 12 892-deg$^2$ around the South Galactic Pole region covering 20 h40 m$\leq$RA$\leq$6 h40 m, -90$^\circ$$\leq$Dec$\leq$+30$^\circ$. Observations were taken in 2020 using the Phase-II configuration of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) and covering a frequency range of 72–231 MHz with twenty frequency bands. We produce a wideband source finding mosaic over 170–231 MHz with a median root-mean-squared noise of $1.5^{+1.5}_{-0.5}$ mJy beam$^{-1}$. We present a catalogue of 624 866 components, including 562 302 components which are spectrally fit. This catalogue is 98% complete at 50 mJy, and a reliability of 98.7% at a 5 $\sigma$ level, consistent with expectations for this survey. The catalogue is made available via Vizier, and the PASA datastore and accompanying mosaics for this data release are made available via AAO Data Central and SkyView.