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Digital Developments in Scottish Studies [PDF]
Scottish StudiesBeyond the intricacies of audio recording equipment and the electric typewriter, technology hasn’t always been a big part of Scottish Studies. The past few decades, however, have witnessed the growing impact that digital technologies are having on our ...
William Lamb +2 more
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Attosecond-Angstrom free-electron-laser towards the cold beam limit
Nature Communications, 2023 Free-electron lasers (FELs) can produce bright X-ray pulses, but require high quality electron beams. Here the authors show how to generate and preserve ultrabright electron beams from plasma-based accelerators for ultra-compact, high-brightness X-ray ...
A. F. Habib +15 more
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Dialect variation in Scottish Gaelic nominal morphology: A quantitative study
Glossa, 2020 This paper presents a dialectometric analysis of Scottish Gaelic morphology, with a focus on the noun phrase, using previously unpublished data from the Linguistic Survey of Scotland.
Pavel Iosad, William Lamb
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Open Library of Humanities, 2020 The debate that overtook Scottish society in the run-up to the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence featured the participation of Scottish artists, writers and literary critics in ways that stand in stark contrast to the utter cultural silence with ...
Arianna Introna
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Ethnic differences in Glycaemic control in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus living in Scotland [PDF]
, 2013 Background and Aims: Previous studies have investigated the association between ethnicity and processes of care and intermediate outcomes of diabetes, but there are limited population-based studies available.
A Verma +31 more
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In the footsteps of a quiet pioneer: Revisiting Pearl Jephcott’s work on youth leisure in Scotland and Hong Kong [PDF]
, 2018 Pearl Jephcott’s (1967) research on Scottish teens, Time of One’s Own, is one of the first sociological studies of leisure in the postwar period. This research is remarkable not only for its emphasis on ‘ordinary’ young people but also for its ambitious ...
Batchelor, Susan A.
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Scottish Optometry Pilot Study
, 2021 The Optometry Pilot Study was motivated by three factors: (1) the need to build back better after the pandemic, e.g. by addressing the backlog of referrals to secondary care, (2) the growing pressure on eye-care services because of the aging population and developments in treatment and (3) advances in the AI-powered systems aiding the diagnostic ...
Atkinson, Malcolm +5 more
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Using food intake records to estimate compliance with the Eatwell plate dietary guidelines [PDF]
, 2017 This work was supported by the Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division. The original studies, from which the current data were taken, were funded by the Food Standards Agency, UK, and the Biscuit, Cake,
Clark, H. +4 more
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School and local authority characteristics associated with take-up of free school meals in Scottish secondary schools, 2014 [PDF]
, 2016 School meals are an important state-delivered mechanism for improving children’s diets. Scottish local authorities have a statutory duty to provide free school meals (FSM) to families meeting means-testing criteria.
Chambers, Stephanie +2 more
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