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The role of cation chloride co-transporters (CCCs) as potential neuroprotective targets in ischaemic stroke (2018)
Thesis
Martin-Aragón Baudel, M. Á. S. The role of cation chloride co-transporters (CCCs) as potential neuroprotective targets in ischaemic stroke. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1499901

Stroke is one of the major causes of death and disability worldwide. The area that surrounds the infarcted core is the location of the continuing damage that takes place hours and days following an insult, and is referred to as the penum... Read More about The role of cation chloride co-transporters (CCCs) as potential neuroprotective targets in ischaemic stroke.

Developing guidance to inform a clinically meaningful and feasible suicide risk assessment measure for use in emergency departments (2018)
Thesis
McClatchey, K. Developing guidance to inform a clinically meaningful and feasible suicide risk assessment measure for use in emergency departments. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1256366

Introduction: Over 800,000 people die by suicide each year, and despite being a global public health issue, limited research exists exploring suicide risk assessment practices in emergency departments. The current thesis investigated emergency depart... Read More about Developing guidance to inform a clinically meaningful and feasible suicide risk assessment measure for use in emergency departments.

An overview of diffuse pollution inputs and their impacts upon organisms in the River Almond, Scotland (2018)
Thesis
Lawson, D. An overview of diffuse pollution inputs and their impacts upon organisms in the River Almond, Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1256210

The Water Framework Directive (WFD), published by the European Union in 2000, implemented by SEPA in Scotland, has been the main force behind changes to river environments within Scotland. The main focus is on improving water quality by not just cons... Read More about An overview of diffuse pollution inputs and their impacts upon organisms in the River Almond, Scotland.

An Investigation into the Nature of Physical Activity in Young People within a Scottish Context (2018)
Thesis
Young, S. D. An Investigation into the Nature of Physical Activity in Young People within a Scottish Context. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255648

Researchers have linked physical activity (PA) with positive health outcomes. Unfortunately, PA in young people continues to be reported as a concern with many not achieving the recommended guidelines. Further, participation... Read More about An Investigation into the Nature of Physical Activity in Young People within a Scottish Context.

The Effects of Anthropogenic Noise Playbacks on Marine Invertebrates (2018)
Thesis
Wale, M. A. The Effects of Anthropogenic Noise Playbacks on Marine Invertebrates. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255476

Anthropogenic sound has profoundly changed the acoustic environment of aquatic habitats, with growing evidence that even a short exposure to man-made sound sources can negatively affect marine organisms. Marine invertebrates have received little atte... Read More about The Effects of Anthropogenic Noise Playbacks on Marine Invertebrates.

Interpersonal trauma, substance misuse and pregnancy: A phenomenological exploration of pregnant women and midwives in Scotland (2018)
Thesis
Waddell, N. M. Interpersonal trauma, substance misuse and pregnancy: A phenomenological exploration of pregnant women and midwives in Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255223

Background: The relationship between interpersonal trauma (IPT) and substance misuse is complex and multi-factorial, but has not been examined fully in the existing few studies involving pregnant women who misuse substances. UK based midwifery educat... Read More about Interpersonal trauma, substance misuse and pregnancy: A phenomenological exploration of pregnant women and midwives in Scotland.

Characterisation of GABAA receptors and cation-chloride cotransporters in the uterus and their role in pre-term labour (2018)
Thesis
Sutherland, M. L. Characterisation of GABAA receptors and cation-chloride cotransporters in the uterus and their role in pre-term labour. (Thesis). Edinburgh napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255142

GABAA receptor (GABAAR) function may be inhibitory or excitatory in the brain depending on the chloride electrochemical gradient over the neuronal membrane. This gradient is tightly regulated by cation-chloride transporter (CCC) expression.
Prematur... Read More about Characterisation of GABAA receptors and cation-chloride cotransporters in the uterus and their role in pre-term labour.

Is the jury still out? The decision making processes of jurors (2018)
Thesis
Curley, L. J. Is the jury still out? The decision making processes of jurors. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1254168

The current thesis aimed to identify the process through which jurors reach their decisions, and to investigate the factors that may make the trial by jury process unfair for the individuals involved in criminal trials (i.e., the defendant, the prose... Read More about Is the jury still out? The decision making processes of jurors.

Cationic host defence peptides as novel therapeutics for chlamydia infection (2018)
Thesis
Cozar Fernandez, B. Cationic host defence peptides as novel therapeutics for chlamydia infection. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1254078

Chlamydia represents a group of Gram-negative bacteria which can infect and cause disease in a diverse range of organisms. The most well-known member of the family is Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection acr... Read More about Cationic host defence peptides as novel therapeutics for chlamydia infection.