Welcome to the St Andrews Research Repository

This is the official institutional research repository for the University of St Andrews. The repository contains electronic theses and research publications including articles, conference proceedings, working papers and some research monographs. It also contains material and publications affiliated to the University and arising from specific projects. Full text content is provided for all research publications in the repository, and wherever possible (following embargoes) for electronic theses.

The University requires submission of an electronic version of theses. For help with electronic thesis deposit see Library webpages on how to submit your electronic copy or contact Digital-Repository@st-andrews.ac.uk.

The full text of research papers can be submitted to the repository via Pure, the University's research information system. For help see our guide: How to deposit in Pure or contact the Open Access team at openaccess@st-andrews.ac.uk.

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  • Towards polariton blockade of confined exciton–polaritons 

    Delteil, Aymeric; Fink, Thomas; Schade, Anne; Höfling, Sven; Schneider, Christian; Imamoğlu, Ataç (2019-03) - Journal article
    Cavity–polaritons in semiconductor microstructures have emerged as a promising system for exploring non-equilibrium dynamics of many-body systems1. Key advances in this field, including the observation of polariton ...

  • The influence of mood and attitudes towards eating on cognitive and autobiographical memory flexibility in female university students 

    Mang, Luisa; Ridout, Nathan; Dritschel, Barbara (2018-11) - Journal article
    Cognitive flexibility, as measured through set-shifting ability, appears to be impaired in patients with eating disorders (EDs). Thus, it is important to determine if the switching deficit seen in clinical eating disorders ...

  • Should a Christian adopt methodological naturalism? 

    Torrance, Andrew B. (2017-09) - Journal article
    It has become standard practice for scientists to avoid the possibility of references to God by adopting methodological naturalism: a method that requires scientists to assume that the natural world is all that exists. In ...

  • Pervasive aerobic nitrogen cycling in the surface ocean across the Paleoproterozoic Era 

    Kipp, Michael A.; Stüeken, Eva E.; Yun, Misuk; Bekker, Andrey; Buick, Roger (2018-10-15) - Journal article
    Nitrogen isotope ratios in marine sedimentary rocks have become a widely used biogeochemical proxy that records information about nutrient cycling and redox conditions in Earth's distant past. While the past two decades ...

  • Sperm is a sexual ornament in rose bitterling 

    Smith, Carl Hendrik; Spence, Rowena Grace Alison; Reichard, Martin (2018-08-17) - Journal article
    In many taxa, odour cues mediate mating decisions. A key question is what these odours comprise, where they are produced, and what they signal. Using rose bitterling, fish that spawn in the gills of freshwater mussels, we ...

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