INTRODUCTION The conference was planned around four themes: life expectancy and health outcomes in Scotland in a European context; causes of health and disease in Scotland; health services in Scotland; and suggestions for improvement of Scotland’s health. Dr Harry Campbell planned the conference but could not be present. The conference was opened by Dr Niall FInlayson, President of the College ...

INTRODUCTION The longitudinal ITC Scotland/U.K. survey was used to investigate adult smokers' support for smoke-free legislation and whether this support was associated with higher quit intentions at follow-up, either directly or indirectly, via the mediation of perceived social unacceptability of smoking. METHODS Structural equation modeling was employed to compare differences between the tw...

BACKGROUND Suicide rates in Scotland have increased markedly relative to those in England in recent decades. AIMS To compare changing patterns of suicide risk in Scotland with those in England & Wales, 1960-2008. METHOD For Scotland and for England & Wales separately, we obtained national data on suicide counts and population estimates. Gender-specific, directly age-standardised rates were ...

BACKGROUND Scotland has been dubbed 'the sick man of Europe' on account of its higher mortality rates compared with other western European countries. It is not clear the length of time for which Scotland has had higher mortality rates. The root causes of the higher mortality in Scotland remain elusive. METHODS Life expectancy data from the Human Mortality Database were tabulated and graphed f...

BACKGROUND Scotland has higher mortality rates than the rest of Western Europe (rWE), with more cardiovascular disease and cancer among older adults; and alcohol-related and drug-related deaths, suicide and violence among younger adults. METHODS We obtained sex, age-specific and year-specific all-cause mortality rates for Scotland and other populations, and explored differences in mortality b...

Raising concerns The NHS Scotland Confi dential Alert Line for NHS employees who wish to raise concerns about practices in NHS Scotland is to be extended for another two years. In the fi rst 11 months, 159 NHS Scotland employees contacted the helpline. Six of these cases were referred to Healthcare Improvement Scotland for further investigation, while the others were advised on further action. ...

Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breading Research, 50829, Germany, Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS), James Hutton Insti...

Customer Relationship Management (CRM), social selling, and other sales technology innovations have the potential to generate an overwhelming amount of data that may prove useful to those who understand how to analyze it. The next generation of sales professionals will need to have a well-developed analytical skill set in order to analyze available data and identify areas needing improvement, t...

Developing technological applications, entering exploitation alliances, and choosing between a researchor service-focused strategic orientation are decisions that high-tech firms must manage concurrently. This paper explores systematically the contrasting effects of these strategic determinants on rent-generation and rent-appropriation using the entire population of French biotech firms (1994-2...

The aim of the paper is to determine empirically through quantitative research the satisfaction levels of employees from the different age generation groups. This focus is on the perceptions of Millennials, Generation Xers and Baby-Boomers in an organisation with a population of 27 611 employees. Structural equation modelling was used to confirm the reliability and validity of the questionnaire...