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Policy Review: Rural and Island Policy in Scotland since the Second World War

This presentation provides a comprehensive review of policy interventions for Scotland’s rural areas and islands since the 1950s. Based on this review, it provides some suggestions for how policies may evolve in future.This review forms the basis of ...
Thomson, Steven; id_orcid, Rural Policy Centre, Scotland's Rural College, Vuin, Ana, Atterton, Jane; id_orcid, Rural Development & Food Marketing   +5 more
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Next‐Generation Water Treatment With Molybdenum Disulfide: Dual‐Functionality in Pollutant Adsorption and Photocatalysis

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has attracted attention as a promising material due to the growing demand for environmentally friendly, cost‐effective, and efficient water treatment techniques. With its physicochemical characteristics, this stratified bidimensional material allows it to be highly effective in adsorption and catalytic performance ...
Pariksha Bishnoi, Gunjan Chauhan, Phil Hart, Samarjeet Singh Siwal, Vijay Kumar Thakur   +4 more
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Barriers and enablers to breast cancer screening in rural South Africa

Curationis
Background: The breast cancer burden on the South African healthcare system is severe, with rural South African women often diagnosed at an advanced stage of the disease.
Nelisha Sarmah, Maureen N. Sibiya, Thandokuhle E. Khoza   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Midwives' competence : is it affected by working in a rural location? [PDF]

, 2007
Introduction: Rising health care costs and the need to consolidate expertise in tertiary services have led to the centralisation of services. In the UK, the result has been that many rural maternity units have become midwife-led.
Caldow, Jan, Kiger, Alice, Tucker, Janet S., Bryers, Helen, Harris, Fiona Margaret, Harris, Fiona, Farmer, Jane, Ireland, Jillian M, Ireland, Jillian C.M., Hundley, Vanora, Caldow, Jan L., van Teijlingen, Edwin R., Tucker, Janet, van Teijlingen, Edwin   +13 more
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A Rare Allele of ST5 From Wild Rice Enhances Salt Tolerance in Rice

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A novel salt‐tolerance gene ST5W, characterized by a unique 36‐bp promoter insertion, is found exclusively in a small subset of Oryza rufipogon and is absent in cultivated rice. Field trials confirm ST5W significantly enhances rice yield across diverse genetic backgrounds under saline conditions.
Meng Xing, Jingfen Huang, Qiaoling Yuan, Ziyi Yang, Yanyan Wang, Mingchao Zhao, Yamin Nie, Rui Xu, Hongge Qian, Wenxi Chen, Qiaoling Zhang, Qi Du, Leiyue Geng, Yapeng Li, Ziyi Chen, Shizhuang Wang, Like Lou, Haiyuan Peng, Chongke Zheng, Xianzhi Xie, Xiaoming Zheng, Lifang Zhang, Lianguang Shang, Jiaqiang Sun, Qian Qian, Qingwen Yang, Weihua Qiao   +26 more
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Caregivers’ expectations of their non-verbal autistic children in rural KwaZulu-Natal

South African Journal of Communication Disorders
Background: Caregiver expectations have been shown to impact child outcomes. There is limited research regarding caregivers of non-verbal autistic children in rural South Africa.
Fatima Haffejee, Jennifer A.H. Pahl, Saira B. Karrim   +2 more
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A Soft, Flexible Implant for Wireless Photothermal–Pyroelectric Neurostimulation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A replication strategy is used to enlarge the exposed surface area of barium titanate within flexible films with embedded carbon nanotubes, enabling efficient photothermal‐pyroelectric stimulation. Polar crystalline nanosheets show superior performance in guiding neural progenitor cells toward neuronal differentiation.
Jiang Wu, Minmin Mao, Beltzane Garcia Cirera, Hao Ye, Xiangzhong Chen, Josep Puigmartí‐Luis, Ni Qin, Salvador Pané   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rural and Agricultural Development – Maximising the Potential in the Islands of Orkney, Shetland & Outer Hebrides - Local Presentations of Findings

Presentation of research findings on Rural and Agricultural Development: Maximising the potential in the islands of Orkney, Shetland and Outer Hebrides to elected Councillors, Local Authority staff and Local Action Group members in Shetland, Orkney and ...
Thomson, Steven; id_orcid, Scotland's Rural College, Rural Development & Food Marketing   +2 more
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Rural Report 2017/18. Infographic 2. Rural/Urban Businesses [PDF]

, 2018
Infographic report examining the characteristics of rural business survey respondents by their rural-urban ...
Atterton, J; id_orcid, Thomson, SG; id_orcid   +1 more
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eQTL Meta‐Analysis Reveals Conserved and Population‐Specific Regulatory Variation Underlying Nutritional Trait Evolution and Domestication in Tomato

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A comprehensive meta‐analysis of expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) across five diverse tomato populations reveals a high‐resolution atlas of transcriptional regulation and uncovers conserved and population‐specific regulatory architectures underlying fruit nutritional quality traits, including flavonoids, sugars, organic acids, carotenoids ...
Jiantao Zhao, Xin Wang, Jing Zhang, Ryan McQuinn, Je Min Lee, Itay Gonda, Ari Feder, Yimin Xu, Baike Wang, Qinghui Yu, Denise M. Tieman, Sanwen Huang, Harry Klee, James J. Giovannoni, Zhangjun Fei   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source