Geography & Geosciences (Previous name for currents schools of Earth & Environmental Sciences and ...): Recent submissions
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Rethinking deindustrialization and health across time and space
(University of St Andrews, 2014-12-01) - ThesisThe transition towards a service-based society, defined as deindustrialization, has led to an extensive body of research exploring the socio-economic and health impacts of industrial decline. The literature has been mainly ... -
Does area regeneration improve residents' health and well-being?
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis investigates the implications of area-based regeneration for residents’ health and well-being. The last three decades have seen significant investment in area-based initiatives in the UK to regenerate declining ... -
Assessing Arctica islandica as a proxy for Scottish marine climate change
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis investigates the potential of the bivalve Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) from fjordic sites in NW Scotland for reconstructing past marine environmental /climatic variability. Using dendrochronological and ... -
Transcriptional Response of Selenopolypeptide Genes and Selenocysteine Biosynthesis Machinery Genes in Escherichia coli during Selenite Reduction
(2014-04-15) - Journal articleBacteria can reduce toxic selenite into less toxic, elemental selenium (Se0), but the mechanism on how bacterial cells reduce selenite at molecular level is still not clear. We used Escherichia coli strain K12, a common ... -
Challenging the Norm? The 'EthoPolitics' of Low Cost Homeownership in Scotland
(2011-12) - Journal articleInfluenced by Nikolas Rose’s concept of ‘ethopolitics’ this paper explores attitudes to home and tenure amongst low-cost homeowners in Scotland. In doing so, it seeks to highlight the contested nature of contemporary ...