Whole body and splanchnic amino acid metabolism in sheep during an acute endotoxin challenge

Acknowledgements The expertise of A. Graham Calder and Susan Anderson for the various stable isotope analyses is gratefully recognised. Ngaire Dennison is also thanked for her surgical expertise with the trans-splanchnic tissue catheter preparations. This study was supported by funds provided to the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen and Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland by the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division of the Scottish Government. S. O. H. was a recipient of a FoRST (NZ) award to study abroad.

Peri-conceptional changes in maternal exposure to sewage sludge chemicals disturbs fetal thyroid gland development in sheep

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The conceptus regulates tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase and superoxide dismutase 2 in the sheep caruncular endometrium during early pregnancy

Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This research project was funded by NHS Grampian R&D (project number RG05/019).

Student-adult mentoring relationships : experiences from a Scottish school-based programme

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Hepatic IGF1 DNA methylation is influenced by gender but not by intrauterine growth restriction in the young lamb

Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank Chaz Mein and Eva Wozniak at the Genome Centre, Queen Mary University of London, who were integral to the development of the DNA methylation assays and processing of samples. Financial Support: This work was supported by Wellbeing of Women (D.J.C., grant number RTF318) and the Scottish Government’s Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division including the Strategic Partnership for Animal Science Excellence (J.M.W., R.P.A., J.S.M. and C.L.A.).

Harmonic Monads : Reading Contemporary Scottish Fiction through the Enlightenment

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A qualitative evaluation of the Scottish Staff and Associate Specialist Development Programme

Acknowledgements Our thanks to all those who took part in the interviews, and to Gillian Campbell for her help in organising these interviews. Our thanks to NHS Education for Scotland for commissioning us to carry out this project. Funding Our thanks to NHS Education for Scotland (NES) for funding this research. JC and PJ received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Life history of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Scottish (UK) waters

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The English and Scottish Journeys of J.B. Priestley and Edwin Muir

Date of Acceptance: 25/01/2015

Association between miscarriage and cardiovascular disease in a Scottish cohort

Funding This work was supported by a grant from the ‘Merel Foundation’, the Netherlands. The AMND receives support from the University of Aberdeen.

Expectations and challenges : the implementation of mobile devices in a Scottish primary school

Acknowledgements Sincere thanks are due to all who have contributed to this study, which was funded in part by the Local Authority. The Head Teacher and Local Authority Officer have been instrumental in encouraging and supporting the research and the teachers and pupils at the school, along with several local authority support staff, have contributed directly. Colleagues from the University of Aberdeen, including Prof Do Coyle, Dr Yvonne Bain, and Phil Marston, helped to guide the project and provided useful feedback.

Life history of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Scottish (UK) waters

Peer reviewed

The English and Scottish Journeys of J.B. Priestley and Edwin Muir

Date of Acceptance: 25/01/2015

Association between miscarriage and cardiovascular disease in a Scottish cohort

Funding This work was supported by a grant from the ‘Merel Foundation’, the Netherlands. The AMND receives support from the University of Aberdeen.

Expectations and challenges : the implementation of mobile devices in a Scottish primary school

Acknowledgements Sincere thanks are due to all who have contributed to this study, which was funded in part by the Local Authority. The Head Teacher and Local Authority Officer have been instrumental in encouraging and supporting the research and the teachers and pupils at the school, along with several local authority support staff, have contributed directly. Colleagues from the University of Aberdeen, including Prof Do Coyle, Dr Yvonne Bain, and Phil Marston, helped to guide the project and provided useful feedback.