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• Why students leave in the UK? an integrative review of the international research literature

  Cameron, J., Roxburgh, M., Taylor, J. & Lauder, W., 2011, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 20, 7-8, p. 1086-1096 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Students
  • Academic Failure
  • Nursing
  • Stereotyping
  • Nurse's Role
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Why Starving Cells Eat Themselves

  Hardie, D. G., 28 Jan 2011, In: Science. 331, 6016, p. 410-411 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Why realism and methodological pluralism matter for robust research and public policy: Perspectives from behavioural economics

  Altman, M., 17 Nov 2020, In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education. 11, 2, p. 130-148 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Methodological Pluralism
  • Research Policy
  • realism
  • research policy
  • pluralism

• Why psychologists need to base treatment recommendations on scientific evidence: methodologies for intervening with disruptive adolescents

  Flynn, B., Hershfield, S. & Topping, K., 2010, Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press. 240 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Psychology
  • Professional Practice
  • Administrative Personnel
  • Research Personnel
  • Therapeutics

• Why policy on contact with children and birth families needs a rethink

  Featherstone, B., Sen, R. & Gupta, A., 13 Feb 2018, Community Care.

  Research output: Other contribution

  • contact

• Why outcome-based education (OBE) is an important development in medical education

  Harden, R. M., 2016, Routledge international handbook of medical education. Abdulrahman, K. A. B., Mennin, S., Harden, R. & Kennedy, C. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 27-42 16 p. (Routledge international handbooks).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Why older people do not participate in leisure time physical activity: a survey of activity levels, beliefs and deterrents

  Crombie, I. K., Irvine, L., Williams, B., McGinnis, A. R., Slane, P. W., Alder, E. M. & McMurdo, M. E. T., May 2004, In: Age and Ageing. 33, 3, p. 287-292 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Leisure Activities
  • Insurance Benefits
  • Knowledge of Results (Psychology)
  • Group Processes
  • Scotland
  254 Citations (Scopus)

• Why not prescribe the best drugs for hypertension now?

  Wong, S. Y. S., McInnes, G. T. & MacDonald, T. M., 24 Jun 2003, In: Journal of Human Hypertension. 17, 7, p. 505-511 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
  • Hypertension
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• "Why not Parties in Russia? Democracy, Federalism, and the State"

  Ross, C., 2008, In: Russian Review. 67, 2, p. 364-364 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

• Why legislation is needed

  Ross, A., May 2012, Wales' Central Organising Principle. Nicholl, A. & Osmond, J. (eds.). Cardiff: Institute of Welsh Affairs, p. 34-44 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Why legislate for sustainable development? an examination of sustainable development provisions in UK and Scottish statutes

  Ross, A., 2008, In: Journal of Environmental Law. 20, 1, p. 35-68 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • statute
  • sustainable development
  • examination
  • decision making
  • parliament
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Why 'knowledge transfer' is misconceived for applied social research

  Davies, H., Nutley, S. & Walter, I., Jul 2008, In: Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 13, 3, p. 188-190 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Shorthand
  • Translational Medical Research
  • Terminology
  155 Citations (Scopus)

• Why is renal impairment associated with poorer cancer specific survival in breast cancer patients? a comparison with patients with other comorbidities

  Evans, A., Petty, R. & Macaskill, J., 1 Oct 2020, In: International Journal of Clinical Oncology. 25, 10, p. 1786-1792 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Comorbidity
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Survival
  • Kidney
  • Neoplasms
  25 Downloads (Pure)

• Why is quinidine an inhibitor of cytochrome P450 2D6? The role of key active-site residues in quinidine binding

  McLaughlin, L. A., Paine, M. J. I., Kemp, C. A., Maréchal, J. D., Flanagan, J. U., Ward, C. J., Sutcliffe, M. J., Roberts, G. C. K. & Wolf, C. R., Sep 2005, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280, 46, p. 38617-38624 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Quinidine
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
  • Catalytic Domain
  • Hydroxylation
  • bufuralol
  64 Citations (Scopus)

• Why inner city mothers take their children for routine medical and dental examinations.

  Hendricks, S. J., Freeman, R. & Sheiham, A., 1 Mar 1990, In: Community Dental Health. 7, 1, p. 33-41 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tooth
  • Mothers
  • Intention
  • Dentists
  • Child
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Why Independence Does Not Equal Individualism

  Campbell, F. K., Mar 2005, In: CRUcial Times. 32, p. 11-12

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Why I became a lecturer - swapping the primary classroom for the lecture theatre

  Robb, A., Holme, R. & Berry, W., 21 Nov 2013.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Why Ethical Behaviour Is Good for the Economy: Towards Growth, Wellbeing and Freedom

  Altman, M., 29 May 2020, Edward Elgar Publishing. 224 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Ethical Behavior
  • Well-being
  • Nudges
  • Economic Growth and Development
  • Alternatives

• Why Engage? Our staff and students on the benefits of public engagement

  Lambert, H. & Stanley-Wall, N., 2019, 16 p. Dundee : University of Dundee.

  Research output: Other contribution

  Open Access

  File
  268 Downloads (Pure)

• Why DRAWING matters

  Taylor, A., 1 Apr 2020, In: Drawing: Research, Theory, Practice. 5, 1, p. 5-10 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Why do women not return family history forms when referred to breast cancer genetics services? a mixed-method study

  Hanning, K. A., Steel, M., Goudie, D., McLeish, L., Dunlop, J., Myring, J., Sullivan, F., Berg, J., Humphris, G. & Ozakinci, G., 2014, In: Health Expectations.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Genetic Services
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Appointments and Schedules
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Why don't consumers want to give more information to pharmacy staff?

  Fearn, P., Entwistle, V. A., Bond, C. M., Johnston, M. & Watson, M. C., 2008, In: International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 16, S1, p. A40-A41 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Why do general practitioners take blood? A cross-sectional study of use of blood tests in UK general practice

  Guthrie, B., Jul 2001, In: European Journal of General Practice. 7, 4, p. 138-160 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hematologic Tests
  • General Practice
  • General Practitioners
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Routine Diagnostic Tests
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Why does work cause fatigue? A real-time investigation of fatigue, and determinants of fatigue in nurses working 12-hour shifts

  Johnston, D. W., Allan, J. L., Powell, D. J. H., Jones, M., Farquharson, B., Bell, C. & Johnston, M., Jun 2019, In: Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 53, 6, p. 551-562 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Fatigue
  • Nurses
  • Reward
  • Time and Motion Studies
  • Energy Metabolism
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  185 Downloads (Pure)

• Why does spironolactone improve mortality over and above an ACE inhibitor in chronic heart failure?

  Struthers, A. D., May 1999, In: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 47, 5, p. 479-82 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Why does ingroup identification shield people from death anxiety?

  Herrera, M. & Sani, F., 2013, In: Social Psychology. 44, 5, p. 320-328 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Identification (Psychology)
  • Shield
  • Anxiety
  • mortality
  • Mortality
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Why Does Digital Learning Matter? Digital Competencies, Social Justice,and Critical Pedagogy in Initial Teacher Education

  Coker, H., 30 May 2020, In: Journal of Teaching and Learning. 14, 1, p. 133-141 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • social justice
  • student teacher
  • teacher
  • learning
  • education
  69 Downloads (Pure)

• Why Digital Literature has always been "Beyond the Screen"

  Roberts, A., 2010, Beyond the Screen: Transformations of Literary Structures, Interfaces and Genres. Schafer, J. & Gendolla, P. (eds.). Transcript Verlag, p. 153-177 25 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Why did filamentous plant pathogens evolve the potential to secrete hundreds of effectors to enable disease?

  Thordal-Christensen, H., Birch, P. R. J., Spanu, P. D. & Panstruga, R., 1 Apr 2018, In: Molecular Plant Pathology. 19, 4, p. 781-785 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  204 Downloads (Pure)

• Why did Donders, after describing pseudotorsion, deny the existence of ocular counterrolling together with Ruete, Volkmann, von Graefe and von Helmholtz, until Javal reconfirmed its existence?

  Simonsz, H. J. & Wade, N. J., 2 Oct 2018, In: Strabismus. 26, 4, p. 211-222 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Eye
  • Astigmatism
  • Shoulder
  • Ocular Physiological Phenomena
  • Anatomists
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  124 Downloads (Pure)

• Why developing countries have failed to increase their exports of agricultural processed products

  Mohan, S., Khorana, S. & Choudhury, H., Feb 2013, In: Economic Affairs. 33, 1, p. 48-64 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • agricultural product
  • Developing countries
  • developing world
  • tariff
  • Market Access
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Why Community Development Values Matter

  McEwan-Short, J., Jul 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • community development
  • oppression
  • social change
  • individualization
  • reflexivity

• Why colorectal screening fails to achieve the uptake rates of breast and cervical cancer screening: a comparative qualitative study

  Kotzur, M., McCowan, C., Macdonald, S., Wyke, S., Gatting, L., Campbell, C., Weller, D., Crighton, E., Steele, R. J. C. & Robb, K. A., 26 Dec 2019, In: BMJ Quality & Safety. 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Early Detection of Cancer
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
  • Breast
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Scotland
  63 Downloads (Pure)

• Why Champion got it wrong

  Sen, R., Nov 2017, In: Professional Social Work Magazine.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Why be an evidence-based dentistry champion?

  Clarkson, J. E. & Bonetti, D., Sep 2009, In: Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice. 9, 3, p. 145-50 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Evidence-Based Dentistry
  • Dental Care
  • Thinking
  • Practice Guidelines
  • Dentistry
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Why babies don't drown at birth?

  Olver, R. & Walters, D., Oct 2008, In: Acta Paediatrica. 97, 10, p. 1324-1326 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Why are we still here? Experiences of successful women in computing

  Dee, H. M., Petrie, K. E., Boyle, R. D. & Pau, R., 2009, ITICSE 2009 Proceeding of the 14th ACM SIGSE Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Brezillon, P. (ed.). New York: Association for Computing Machinery, p. 233-237 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• 'Why are they doing this to me?' Student professional development ' managing behaviour, developing perceptions and practices

  Knight, M. J., Jun 2013.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Why are some people more successful at lifestyle change than others? Factors associated with successful weight loss in the BeWEL randomised controlled trial of adults at risk of colorectal cancer

  Stead, M., Craigie, A. M., Macleod, M., McKell, J., Caswell, S., Steele, R. J. C. & Anderson, A. S., Jun 2015, In: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 12, 12 p., 87.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Weight Loss
  • Life Style
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
  • Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Demography
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Why are people afraid of the dentist? Observations and explanations

  Beaton, L., Freeman, R. & Humphris, G., Jul 2014, In: Medical Principles and Practice: International Journal of the Kuwait University Health Science Centre. 23, 4, p. 295-301 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Dental Anxiety
  • Dentists
  • Learning
  • Personality
  • Libraries
  26 Citations (Scopus)

  205 Downloads (Pure)

• Why are patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) not given chemotherapy?

  Khan, M. I., Brown, E. J., Lord, H., Allan, C., Sim, L., Buckle, F. & Rankin, E. M., Jan 2012, In: Lung Cancer. 75, p. S59-S59 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Why are older people excluded from clinical research

  McMurdo, M., Apr 2006, In: Geriatric Medicine. p. 21-25 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • clinical treatment
  • Clinical Trials
  • health service
  • illness
  • university teacher

• Why are flare ribbons associated with the spines of magnetic null points generically elongated?

  Pontin, D., Galsgaard, K. & Démoulin, P., Aug 2016, In: Solar Physics. 291, 6, p. 1739-1759 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • spine
  • flares
  • ribbons
  • fans
  • Q factor
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  170 Downloads (Pure)

• Why are children still having preventable extractions under general anaesthetic? A service evaluation of the views of parents of a high caries risk group of children

  Olley, R. C., Hosey, M. T., Renton, T. & Gallagher, J., 23 Apr 2011, In: British Dental Journal. 210, 8, p. E13

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • General Anesthetics
  • Oral Health
  • Parents
  • Tooth
  • Child
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• Why are accreting T Tauri stars observed to be less luminous in X-rays than non-accretors?

  Gregory, S. G., Wood, K. & Jardine, M., 1 Jul 2007, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 379, 1, p. L35-L39 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • T Tauri stars
  • accretion
  • x rays
  • stars
  • magnetic signatures
  40 Citations (Scopus)

• Why are accreting T Tauri stars less luminous in X-rays than non-accretors?

  Gregory, S. G., Wood, K. & Jardine, M., May 2007, Star-Disk Interaction in Young Stars: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Bouvier, J. & Appenzeller, I. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Vol. 243. p. 163-170 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • T Tauri stars
  • magnetic signatures
  • magnetospheres
  • radiative transfer
  • x rays

• Why and How Empirical Study in Commercial Law

  Hwaidi, M., 10 Apr 2014, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Socio Legal Study Association (SLSA). Socio-Legal Studies Association, 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  Open Access

  File

  • Commercial Law
  • Empirical Study
  • Office System
  • Trade Practices
  • Market Regulation
  125 Downloads (Pure)

• Why a London museum should return the stolen bones of an Irish giant

  Muinzer, T., 6 Jun 2018, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

  • funeral
  • museum

• Why a clearer ‘green industrial policy’ matters for India: Reconciling growth, climate change and inequality

  Gopinath, D., 1 Dec 2016, In: Local Economy. p. 830-835 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Industrial Policy
  • Climate Change
  • India
  • Sustainable Energy
  • Energy Resources
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  297 Downloads (Pure)

• Why, when and how to investigate primary ciliary dyskinesia in adult patients with bronchiectasis

  Contarini, M., Shoemark, A., Rademacher, J., Finch, S., Gramegna, A., Gaffuri, M., Roncoroni, L., Seia, M., Ringshausen, F. C., Welte, T., Blasi, F., Aliberti, S. & Chalmers, J. D., 9 Aug 2018, In: Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. 13, Suppl 1, p. 29-38 10 p., 26.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Ciliary Motility Disorders
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Guidelines
  • Routine Diagnostic Tests
  • Kartagener Syndrome
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  148 Downloads (Pure)