Synopsis We present new interpretations of Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data and marine fossils collected from three sites on the Rhins of Galloway which, contrary to recent proposals, suggest that the landforms and deposits of the region do not represent evidence for a readvance during the Lateglacial Period. Rather we suggest that the higharctic fauna found in the region are representative o...

Introduction The aim of this review is to provide insight and analysis of a government tourism initiative within the geographic context of Scotland. It highlights the centrality of public-private partnership and the catalytic role of key government agencies in channelling investment, energies, events and marketing effort for a nationally focused tourism theme of Homecoming Scotland 2009 (HS09)....

Study objective—To assess the size of mortality diVerentials in men by social class in Scotland as compared with England and Wales, and to analyse the time trends in these diVerentials. 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 cause ...

In this study, we compiled existing records of fouling marine non-native species in Scotland, and created a national checklist of these species. We then targeted a selection of these species (excluding those that could not be reliably identified) in a rapid assessment survey of 27 harbours in the north of Scotland. Collation of existing records revealed that 23 fouling marine non-native species...

R. D. Houston † , C. S. Haley, A. L. Archibald, N. D. Cameron, G. S. Plastow and K. A. Rance * Division of Genetics and Genomics, Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Midlothian, EH25 9PS, Scotland UK † Aberdeen Centre for Energy Regulation and Obesity (ACERO), Energy Balance and Obesity Division, Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland UK ‡ School of Biological Sciences, University of ...

McKay is with the Dept. of Sport, Culture, and the Arts, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Niven is with the School of Life Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Lavallee is with the Dept. of Sport and Exercise, Aberstwyth University, Wales, UK. White (now deceased) was with the Dept. of Sport, Culture, and the Arts, Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, ...