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SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland
Population-level data on COVID-19 vaccine uptake in pregnancy and SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes are lacking. We describe COVID-19 vaccine uptake and SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women in Scotland, using whole-population data from a national ...
Sarah J Stock+2 more
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Curriculum differentiation and social inequality in higher education entry in Scotland and Ireland
This paper examines the relative importance of upper secondary subject choice and attainment in explaining social inequalities in access to higher education (HE) in Scotland and Ireland.
Emer Smyth, Markus Klein
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Evaluating the impact of the Alcohol Act on off-trade alcohol sales: a natural experiment in Scotland [PDF]
<b>Background and aims</b> A ban on multi-buy discounts of off-trade alcohol was introduced as part of the Alcohol Act in Scotland in October 2011.
Beeston, Clare+6 more
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Background: The BNT162b2 mRNA (Pfizer-BioNTech) and ChAdOx1 (Oxford-AstraZeneca) COVID-19 vaccines have demonstrated high efficacy against infection in phase 3 clinical trials and are now being used in national vaccination programmes in the UK and ...
E. Vasileiou+31 more
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Paradoxical Oddities in Two Multiwinner Elections from Scotland [PDF]
Ranked-choice voting anomalies such as monotonicity paradoxes have been extensively studied through creating hypothetical examples and generating elections under various models of voter behavior. However, very few real-world examples of such voting paradoxes have been found and analyzed.
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Developing Climate Risk Assessments for World Heritage: the Climate Vulnerability Index
Climate change is recognised by ICOMOS and the IUCN as the fastest growing threat to World Heritage (WH) properties. The Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI) was first piloted at the Natural WH property of Shark Bay, Western Australia, in 2018; the first ...
Rebecca H. Jones+3 more
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THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY: NEW LEADER, OLD ISSUES [PDF]
On March 27, 2023, the election of the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) ended with the victory of the Health Secretary, H. Yousaf, who outperformed his rivals, the Secretary for Finance and the Economy, K. Forbes, and the former Minister for
Oleg V. Okhoshin
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Over the past 5 years, Scotland has seen numbers of refugees and asylum-seekers increase significantly. Churches and other faith-based organisations have been key players in aiding with the reception and integration of these “New Scots”.
Megan Douglas
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Background: To help alleviate the global pressure on primary care, there has been an increase in the number of clinical pharmacists within primary care. Educational resources are necessary to support this workforce and their development within this role.
Kate Preston+4 more
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Citizen social science has been developing in meaning and prevalence over the past few years, building on experiences with both citizen (natural) science and established social science methods such as participatory action research.
Anke Fischer+5 more
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