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Changes in Personal Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) during the Spring 2020 COVID-19 Lockdown in the UK: Results of a Simulation Model

Atmosphere, 2022
Objectives: Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 led to behaviour changes in the UK’s population, including a sudden shift towards working from home. These changes may have affected overall exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), an air
Ruaraidh Dobson, Douglas Eadie, Rachel O’Donnell, Martine Stead, John W. Cherrie, Sean Semple   +5 more
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Reactions to, and trial intentions for, three dissuasive cigarette designs: A cross-sectional survey of adolescents in Scotland

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2020
Background The Scottish Government has identified dissuasive cigarettes, which provide exposure to health warnings at the point of consumption and reduce product attractiveness, as a future tobacco control measure to reduce smoking prevalence and ...
Danielle Mitchell, Nathan Critchlow, Crawford Moodie, Linda Bauld   +3 more
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Social marketing in healthcare

Australasian Medical Journal, 2011
Social marketing is an important tool in the delivery of healthcare services. For any healthcare programme or project to be successful, community/consumer participation is required. The four principles of social marketing can guide policymakers and healthcare providers to successfully plan and implement health programmes.To review the existing ...
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A novel air quality feedback intervention trial using mHealth techniques across four European countries: the TackSHS Project Measuring for Change Study

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2019
Introduction Second-hand tobacco smoke exposure is a cause of serious ill-health for children, and in most European countries this exposure occurs predominantly in the home. There is therefore a great deal of research interest in reducing smoking at home,
Esteve Fernandez, Ruaraidh Dobson, Rachell O’Donnell, Sean Semple, Marcela Fu, TackSHS Project Investigators   +5 more
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Reactions to standardised cigarette packs with varying structural designs, and the association with smoking susceptibility: A post-implementation cross-sectional survey with never-smoking adolescents in Scotland

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2020
Background From 20 May 2017, cigarettes in the United Kingdom must be sold in standardised (plain) packaging, however, in the UK cigarette packs are permitted to have varying shapes (e.g. bevelled-edges and slim) and opening methods (e.g.
Danielle Mitchell, Nathan Critchlow, Crawford Moodie, Linda Bauld   +3 more
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Market orientation practices of Ethiopian seed producer cooperatives

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
The practices of market orientation are context-specific. This paper focuses on the concept and practices of market orientation in Ethiopian seed producer cooperatives (SPCs).
Dawit Tsegaye Sisay, Frans J. H. M. Verhees, Hans C. M. van Trijp   +2 more
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Social learning in market games [PDF]

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2006
Abstract Our experiments test the effect of different information settings on firms’ behaviour in duopoly price and quantity games. We find that when players have full information on their rivals’ choices, the imitation rule prevails, and such learning behaviour induces more competitive outcomes in the Cournot market designs.
SBRIGLIA, Patrizia, ALTAVILLA C., LUINI L.   +2 more
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Process and impact of implementing a smoke-free policy in prisons in Scotland: TIPs mixed-methods study

Public Health Research, 2022
Background: Prisons had partial exemption from the UK’s 2006/7 smoking bans in enclosed public spaces. They became one of the few workplaces with continuing exposure to second-hand smoke, given the high levels of smoking among people in custody.
Kate Hunt, Ashley Brown, Douglas Eadie, Nicola McMeekin, Kathleen Boyd, Linda Bauld, Philip Conaglen, Peter Craig, Evangelia Demou, Alastair Leyland, Jill Pell, Richard Purves, Emily Tweed, Tom Byrne, Ruaraidh Dobson, Lesley Graham, Danielle Mitchell, Rachel O’Donnell, Helen Sweeting, Sean Semple   +19 more
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Community‐derived solutions to increase citizen science participation

Conservation Science and Practice
Citizen science provides members of the public with the opportunity to be involved in conservation. Redlands Coast Koala Watch is funded by local government which partners with citizens and koala researchers.
Liz Foote, Sharyn Rundle‐Thiele
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An explorative study of psychological and social factors impacting littering behavior in Vietnam

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Littering is a worldwide problem and Vietnam is one of the most affected countries. To enact change, not only individual cognitive determinants but also social and natural-, or environment-related variables should be taken into consideration.
Anran Zhang, Bo Pang, Jeawon Kim, Tuyet-Mai Nguyen, Tuyet-Mai Nguyen, Phong Tuan Nham   +5 more
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