OBJECTIVE The Highlands have one of the highest suicide rates in Scotland. This paper describes suicide and deliberate self-harm in the Highlands in the last 20 years and explores possible reasons for the differences from the Scottish average. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of routine data from the SMRI/SMR01 scheme and information on deaths from the Registrar General. Suicide and undetermined...

In this study, job expectations of X and Y generation teachers were tried to explained. This study is done by using “mixed search” model in which quantitative and qualitative techniques are used together. In this study, 218 participants took place and researchers applied “Job Expectation Scale” to these participants. Besides this, the questions of semi-structured “Expectation from the Job Inter...

1 Centre for Systems Biology at Edinburgh, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JU, Scotland, UK 2 The Microsoft Research University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems Biology, Trento, Italy 3 Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, Scotland, UK 4 Department of Computing Science, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8Q...

: Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland {wpc, gaog, tao}@dcs.gla.ac.uk : Analog Information Systems, Edinburgh, Scotland [email protected] : Depto. de Farmacologia, Terapeútica i Toxicologia. Facultat de Medicina. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain. Ana M. [email protected] : Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, ...

OBJECTIVE Legislation to safeguard children from maltreatment by carers or violence by others was advanced in England and Scotland around 2004-2005 and resulted in different policies and services. We examined whether subsequent trends in injury admissions to hospital related to maltreatment or violence varied between the two countries. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS We analysed rates of all unplann...

OBJECTIVES To examine the "Scottish effect"-namely, the growing divergence between mortality in Scotland and England that is not explained by national differences in levels of deprivation-and, more specifically, to examine the extent to which the Scottish effect is explained by cross national differences in the prevalence of problem drug use. DESIGN Secondary analysis of cohort study (the DOR...

Division of Cell Sciences, CMI, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, United Kingdom 7T MR Facility, University of Glasgow, Wellcome Surgical Institute, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, United Kingdom Clinical Physics, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow G51 4TF, Scotland, United Kingdom *m.bain@vet....

1 UHI Millennium Institute, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban PA37 1QA, Scotland, UK 2 Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban PA37 1QA, Scotland, UK 3 Environmental Systems Research Group, Geography Department, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK * now at: Institute of Marine Geology and Chemistry,...

Department of Psychology and Disability Studies, RMIT University, PO BOX 71, Bundoora, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Cancer Research UK, Edinburgh Oncology Unit, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, Scotland; Director of Training for Psychology Services, NHS Education for Scotland, 2nd Floor Hanover Buildings, 66 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2NN, Scotland; Institute of Publ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS A ban on multi-buy discounts of off-trade alcohol was introduced as part of the Alcohol Act in Scotland in October 2011. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of this legislation on alcohol sales, which provide the best indicator of population consumption. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Interrupted time-series regression was used to assess the impact of the Alco...