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The blood service should ask donors about practice, not just partners
(2011-09-14) - Journal article -
Blood, sex and trust: : The limits of the population-based risk management paradigm
(2014-03) - Journal articleBlood screening is imperfect so Donor Health Check questionnaires (DHC) are used to defer those whose ‘behaviour’ suggests disproportionate risk of Blood Borne Infection (BBI). Taking the UK case, we compare deferment of ... -
'Blossoming spirits': communication despite dementia
(St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, 2008-06-01) - Journal articleDespite the very real barriers faced by those caring for people with severe dementia, Jane Blackley argues that communication is not only possible, but for Christians is an imperative. While being realistic about the extent ... -
Blowup dynamics of coherently driven polariton condensates : experiment
(2015-11-30) - Journal articleWe report an experimental verification of the recent prediction that sharp transitions between steady states in multistable cavity-polariton systems are mediated by intermode parametric scattering that triggers the ... -
The 'Blue Rose' movement and Russian symbolist painting
(University of St Andrews, 1972) - ThesisThe object of this essay is two-fold: firstly, to present an examination of the "Blue Rose" group of artists in the context of Russian Symbolism and secondly, to indicate its importance to the evolution of modern Russian ... -
Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar
(2013) - Journal articleMid-frequency military (1–10 kHz) sonars have been associated with lethal mass strandings of deep-diving toothed whales, but the effects on endangered baleen whale species are virtually unknown. Here, we used controlled ... -
Blue-green emissive cationic iridium(III) complexes using partially saturated strongly-donating guanidyl-pyridine/pyrazine ancillary ligands
(2015) - Journal articleA new class of cationic iridium(III) complexes of the form [(C^N)2Ir(N^N)][PF6] is reported, where C^N = cyclometallating 2-phenylpyridinato, ppy, or 2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-5′-methylpyridinato, dFMeppy, and N^N = ... -
Blue-to-green emitting neutral Ir(III) complexes bearing pentafluorosulfanyl groups : a combined experimental and theoretical study
(2017-07-03) - Journal articleA structure-property relationship study of neutral heteroleptic ( 1 and 2 , [Ir(C^N)2(L^X)]) and homoleptic ( 3 and 4 , fac-[Ir(C^N)3]) Ir(III) complexes [where L^X = anionic 2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dionato-κO3,κO6 ... -
Bluetongue virus NS4 protein is an interferon antagonist and a determinant of virus virulence
(2016-06-01) - Journal articleBluetongue virus (BTV) is the causative agent of bluetongue, a major infectious disease of ruminants with serious consequences to both animal health and the economy. The clinical outcome of BTV infection is highly variable ... -
BODIPY star-shaped molecules as solid state colour converters for visible light communications
(2016-07-06) - Journal articleIn this paper we study a family of solid-state, organic semiconductors for visible light communications. The star-shaped molecules have a boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) core with a range of side arm lengths which control ... -
Body and space: discovering the compositions of Paul Burman
(School of Art History, University of St Andrews, 2003) - Journal articleThis article will discuss some aspects of Paul Burman's compositions. The creative endeavour of Paul Burman (1888-1934) belongs to the earliest period of Estonian art history. Born into a Baltic-German family, living mainly ... -
Body and text in the Greek and Roman novels
(Cambridge University Press, 2008-05) - Book item -
Body art as branded labour : at the intersection of employee selection and relationship marketing
(2017-01-06) - Journal articleUsing mixed methods, this paper examines the role of body art as a form of branded labour in customer-facing jobs. It brings together employee selection and relationship marketing into one framework, and uniquely conceptualizes ... -
Body density and diving gas volume of the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
(2016-08-17) - Journal articleDiving lung volume and tissue density, reflecting lipid store volume, are important physiological parameters that have only been estimated for a few breath-hold diving species. We fitted 12 northern bottlenose whales with ... -
Body mass index relates weight to height differently in women and older adults : serial cross-sectional surveys in England (1992–2011)
(2015-06-01) - Journal articleBackground Body mass index (BMI) tends to be higher among shorter adults, especially women. The dependence of BMI–height correlation on age and calendar time may inform us about temporal determinants of BMI. Methods Series ... -
Body reserves in intra-African migrants
(2016-01) - Journal articleAvian migration has been shown to be a life history strategy for surviving environmental resource variability, but it requires increased body reserves for long distance flight. Fat reserves make excellent energy stores for ... -
Body size as a driver of scavenging in theropod dinosaurs
(2016-04-12) - Journal articleTheropod dinosaurs dominated Earth’s terrestrial ecosystem as a diverse group of predators for more than 160 million years, yet little is known about their foraging ecology. Maintaining a balanced energy budget presented ... -
The Bohemian Bookshelf : supporting serendipitous book discoveries through information visualization
(ACM, 2012-05-05) - Conference itemSerendipity, a trigger of exciting yet unexpected discoveries, is an important but comparatively neglected factor in information seeking, research, and ideation. We suggest that serendipity can be facilitated through ... -
The Bohemian Bookshelf : supporting serendipitous discoveries through visualization
(University of Calgary, 2011) - Working or discussion paperSerendipity, a trigger of exciting discoveries when we least expect it, is currently being discussed as an often neglected but still important factor in information seeking processes, research, and ideation. In this paper ... -
Boko Haram – terrorism against the leadership in Nigeria
(St Andrews Africa Summit, University of St Andrews, 2017-01-31) - Journal article