 Security of Supply: to identify the transmission capacity from England to Scotland needed to secure the Scottish demand over a range of credible generation scenarios, both pre and post commissioning of Western HVDC Link, Beauly-Denny and other transmission reinforcements.  System Operability: to identify the level of reactive compensation investment required within Scotland to ensure that th...

In Scotland, between 1995 and 2000 there were between 4 and 10 cases of illness per 100000 population per year identified as being caused by Escherichia coli O157, whereas in England and Wales there were between 1 and 2 cases per 100000 population per year. Within Scotland there is significant regional variation. A cluster of high rate areas was identified in the Northeast of Scotland and a clu...

This research investigates the perceptions of a group secondary science teachers (26) from six schools in remote part northern Scotland opportunities afforded to them for effective professional learning. Focus groups were conducted, and findings identified number key areas they perceived as learning, including availability wide range learning providers, their own collaboration with colleagues. ...

A second epidemiological study of multiple sclerosis (MS) in north-east Scotland has confirmed that the area has the highest prevalence rate in the world for any population of comparable size. On 1 December 1973 the prevalence was 144 per 100000 population. The age and sex specific prevalence rates are the highest ever recorded, one in every 306 of the population aged 40 to 59 years being affec...

'A cairn supported at its edge by large stones may be removed .... The ring which is left looks like a stone circle.' (Thorn, 1967, 65). Professor A. Thorn has surveyed a large number of archaeological sites (Thorn, 1967; 1971). These surveys provide the basis from which he deduces the existence of the Megalithic Yard (MY), Megalithic Geometry and Megalithic Astronomy. In considering his eviden...

Paragonite has been found in two chloritoid-chlorite-mica schists from the Dalradian, north of Stonehaven. The principal bulk-chemical constraints on the occurrence of this mineral within the chloritoid zone appear to be the ratios of soda to potash and the A1203 contents of the rock. The composition of paragonite coexisting with muscovite indicates a crystallization temperature of 550 ~ for ro...

The youth market is a highly coveted consumer segment that is difficult to both reach and influence. The current youth market has been called the Echo Boom Generation, but it is most commonly known as Generation Y. This generation of Americans consists of individuals born between 1982 and 2003 (Howe & Strauss, 2000). Generation Y makes up almost 25% of the United States population, while Genera...

IN 1993 THE ADMINISTRATION’S first job was to get the economy moving. The deficit reduction package enacted that year helped to reduce interest rates and restore business confidence. Since then the Federal deficit has been cut by more than half, and the economy has expanded robustly. The next task is to complete the work of deficit reduction. In 1995 and 1996 the Administration and the Congress...

Centre for HIV Research, Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, and Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh, Waddington Building, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JN Scotland: Department of Public Health Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3, England; Infectious Diseases Unit, City Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland; King’s Cross Hospital, Dundee, Scot/and; Ruchill...

Authors A.H. Cardy1§, S. Barker2, D. Chesney3, L. Sharp4, N. Maffulli5, Z. Miedzybrodzka6 Author affiliations 1Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, Scotland; 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aberdeen University School of Medicine, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, Scotland; 3Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road, ...