Welcome to STORRE: Stirling Online Research Repository
STORRE holds a continually growing collection of the full text of the research outputs of University of Stirling authors. It includes published journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, working papers, etc. As a result of the University policy encouraging open access, the repository will continue to develop as an important source of free full text access to Stirling's research.
STORRE also holds the full text of all University of Stirling research theses from September 2006 onwards; covering PhDs, Masters of Philosophy and Masters by Research plus Professional Higher Degrees by Research. A small collection of our older theses is also included, and is continually added to, due to our involvement in the British Library's EThOS service.
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Applications of behavioural economics to health: three studies in health decision making and behaviour
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To maximise the health of society within a limited budget, decision makers in public health systems need to decide which health treatments to fund and how best to support engagement by patients with treatments. Current practice is heavily influenced by rational choice theory. In this thesis we apply an alternative behavioural economics perspective to inform decisions on which treatments to fund and how to support engagement with services.
Decisions on which treatments to fund are often infor...
Andresen AM, Taylor RS, Grimholt U, Daniels RR, Sun J, Dobie R, Henderson NC, Martin SA, Macqueen DJ & Fosse JH (2024) Mapping the cellular landscape of Atlantic salmon head kidney by single cell and single nucleus transcriptomics. <i>Fish & Shellfish Immunology</i>, 146, Art. No.: 109357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109357
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Single-cell transcriptomics is the current gold standard for global gene expression profiling, not only in mammals and model species, but also in non-model fish species. This is a rapidly expanding field, creating a deeper understanding of tissue heterogeneity and the distinct functions of individual cells, making it possible to explore the complexities of immunology and gene expression on a highly resolved level. In this study, we compared two single cell transcriptomic approaches to investi...
Wright C (2024) Science Denial, Cognitive Command and the Theory-Ladenness of Observation: A Postscript for a Time of ‘Post-Truth’. <i>International Journal of Philosophical Studies</i>. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2024.2302522
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One worrying aspect of contemporary Western Society is the increasing prevalence of instances of ‘Science Denial’ in popular culture. Examples include both cases where well-attested scientific hypotheses are rejected and conversely, where scientifically discredited ideas are stubbornly retained. The paper raises the question whether the kind of argument for an anti-realist conception of empirical scientific theory considered in my contribution to the inaugural issue of this journal could in p...
Sveen LR, Robinson N, Krasnov A, Daniels RR, Vaadal M, Karlsen C, Ytteborg E, Robledo D, Salisbury S, Dagnachew B, Lazado CC & Tengs T (2023) Transcriptomic landscape of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) skin. <i>G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics</i>, 13 (11). https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkad215
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In this study, we present the first spatial transcriptomic atlas of Atlantic salmon skin using the Visium Spatial Gene Expression protocol. We utilized frozen skin tissue from 4 distinct sites, namely the operculum, pectoral and caudal fins, and scaly skin at the flank of the fish close to the lateral line, obtained from 2 Atlantic salmon (150 g). High-quality frozen tissue sections were obtained by embedding tissue in optimal cutting temperature media prior to freezing and sectioning. Furthe...
Matz H, Taylor RS, Redmond AK, Hill TM, Ruiz Daniels R, Beltran M, Henderson NC, Macqueen DJ & Dooley H (2023) Organized B cell sites in cartilaginous fishes reveal the evolutionary foundation of germinal centers. <i>Cell Reports</i>, 42 (7), p. 112664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112664
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The absence of germinal centers (GCs) in cartilaginous fishes lies at odds with data showing that nurse sharks can produce robust antigen-specific responses and affinity mature their B cell repertoires. To investigate this apparent incongruity, we performed RNA sequencing on single nuclei, allowing us to characterize the cell types present in the nurse shark spleen, and RNAscope to provide in situ cellular resolution of key marker gene expression following immunization with R-phycoerythrin (P...
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