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Assessing national perspectives on the Arctic : The case of Norway
(Arctic Research Centre, 2015-04-01) - Report -
Assessing non-market benefits of seagrass restoration in the Gulf of Gdansk
(2016-05-25) - Journal articleSeagrass meadows (Zostera marina) are an important ecosystem in the coastal environment of the Baltic Sea. This study employs a discrete choice experiment to value a set of non-market benefits provided by seagrass meadows ... -
Assessing performance of Bayesian state-space models fit to Argos Satellite telemetry locations processed with Kalman Filtering
(2014-03-20) - Journal articleArgos recently implemented a new algorithm to calculate locations of satellite-tracked animals that uses a Kalman filter (KF). The KF algorithm is reported to increase the number and accuracy of estimated positions over ... -
Assessing public engagement with science in a university primate research centre in a national zoo
(2012-04-04) - Journal articleRecent years have seen increasing encouragement by research institutions and funding bodies for scientists to actively engage with the public, who ultimately finance their work. Animal behaviour as a discipline possesses ... -
Assessing quality of spatial models using the structural similarity index and posterior predictive checks
(2014) - Journal articleModel assessment is one of the most important aspects of statistical analysis. In geographical analysis, models represent spatial processes, where variability in mapped output results from uncertainty in parameter estimates. ... -
Assessing recent selection and functionality at long noncoding RNA loci in the mouse genome
(2015-08) - Journal articleLong noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are one of the most intensively studied groups of noncoding elements. Debate continues over what proportion of lncRNAs are functional or merely represent transcriptional noise. Although ... -
Assessing subsidies in the UK energy sector
(International Energy Justice Council, 2014-01-15) - Report -
Assessing the design and power of capture-recapture studies to estimate population growth rate and abundance of the endangered Oceania humpback whale population
(2015) - Journal articleCapture-recapture studies offer a powerful tool to assess abundance, survival and population rate of change (λ). A previous capture-recapture study, based on DNA profiles, estimated that the IUCN-listed Endangered Oceania ... -
Assessing the effectiveness of conservation measures : resolving the "wicked" problem of the Steller sea lion
(2010-07) - Journal article“Wicked” problems are those that are complex and that change when solutions are applied. Many conflicts in conservation fall in to this category. The study approached the problem of how to constrain the apparent wickedness ... -
Assessing the energy justice implications of bioenergy development in Nepal
(2017-03-27) - Journal articleBackground : The emerging concept of energy justice has focused on the justice implications of conventional energy systems (oil, gas, coal, etc.). Instead, we focus on the meaning of energy justice in the context of ... -
Assessing the potential of autonomous submarine gliders for ecosystem monitoring across multiple trophic levels (plankton to cetaceans) and pollutants in shallow shelf seas
(2014-09) - Journal articleA combination of scientific, economic, technological and policy drivers is behind a recent upsurge in the use of marine autonomous systems (and accompanying miniaturized sensors) for environmental mapping and monitoring. ... -
Assessing the psychometric and ecometric properties of neighbourhood scales using adolescent survey data from urban and rural Scotland
(2017-03-28) - Journal articleBackground: Despite the well-established need for specific measurement instruments to examine the relationship between neighborhood conditions and adolescent well-being outcomes, few studies have developed scales to measure ... -
Assessing the societal benefits of river restoration using the ecosystem services approach
(2016-04) - Journal articleThe success of river restoration was estimated using the ecosystem services approach. In eight pairs of restored–unrestored reaches and floodplains across Europe, we quantified provisioning (agricultural products, wood, ... -
Assessing use of and reaction to unmanned aerial systems in gray and harbor seals during breeding and molt in the UK
(2015-09-15) - Journal articleWildlife biology applications of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are extensive. Survey, identification, and measurement using UAS equipped with appropriate sensors can now be added to the suite of techniques available for ... -
Assessment and implications of the supply of Semibalanus balanoides (L.) larvae to shores in Fife, East Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 2007-01-19) - ThesisInvestigations into the supply, settlement and recruitment of the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides (L.) to shores in Fife, East Scotland were undertaken over three consecutive years (2004 – 2006). Several designs of a ... -
Assessment of density functional methods for computing structures and energies of organic and bioorganic molecules
(University of St Andrews, 2011-11-30) - ThesisThe work in this thesis mainly focuses on the assessment of density functional methods for computing structures and energies of organic and bioorganic molecules. Previous studies found dramatic conformational and ... -
Assessment of enzyme inhibition : a review with examples from the development of monoamine oxidase and cholinesterase inhibitory drugs
(2017-07) - Journal itemThe actions of many drugs involve enzyme inhibition. This is exemplified by the inhibitors of monoamine oxidases (MAO) and the cholinsterases (ChE) that have been used for several pharmacological purposes. This review ... -
Assessment of health in human faces is context-dependent
(2016-04) - Journal articleWhen making decisions between options, humans are expected to choose the option that returns the highest benefit. In practice, however, adding inferior alternatives to the choice set can alter these decisions. Here we ... -
An assessment of institutional-learning by the EU in state-building in Afghanistan
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis assesses institutional-learning by the European Union (EU) in Afghanistan. The assessment is carried out by delineating the developments and changes in relevant EU policies through the years 1993-2010 using ... -
Assessment of interpersonal risk (AIR) in adults with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour – piloting a new risk assessment tool
(2012) - Journal articleA new risk assessment tool, Assessment of Interpersonal Risk (AIR), was piloted and evaluated to measure risk factors and compatibility between individuals living in an assessment and treatment unit in one NHS area. The ...