The importance of discovering, describing and cataloguing poorly known species in herbarium collections is discussed. It is a spur to efforts at rediscovery and consequent conservation efforts. The problems faced in describing species from limited material are discussed and our methods and criteria in making a decision are described. Prospects for future novelties are briefly assessed. Fifteen ...

The combination of low fertility, decreasing mortality and the baby-boom generation entering retirement will dramatically increase the share of elderly people in Slovenia in future decades. Without further changes in the pension system this will bring about strong pressure on the public pension system. In the analysis we use a cohort-based model to project the share of public expenditure on pen...

a School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Health, Education and Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, High St., Paisley Campus, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, United Kingdom b School of Computing, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley Campus, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland, United Kingdom c School of Psychological Sciences and Health, Faculty of Huma...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the size of mortality differentials in men by social class in Scotland as compared with England and Wales, and to analyse the time trends in these differentials. SUBJECTS Men from England and Wales and Scotland around each census from 1951 to 1981. METHODS Poisson regression analysis was used to calculate relative indices of inequality for disease specific and all ...

1 Innogen Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 3 Institute for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genetic and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland Correspon...

Scotland has a mortality rate from coronary disease which is one of the highest in the world. There is also a considerable variation in this mortality rate within Scotland. Data on water hardness throughout Scotland have been collected from Regional Water Authorities to see whether variations in coronary mortality rates can be explained by variations in water hardness. Analysis demonstrates a m...

Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, WestCHEM, School of Chemistry, College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow...

1Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group, Centre for Public Health and Population Health Research, University of Stirling, Scotland, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK 2 Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK 3Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, Scotland, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK 4 Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Sco...