THE following are expected to graduate from Abertay University at a ceremony today:
Honorary degrees
Doctor of Science
Professor David P Lane, Professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Dundee and Director of the Cancer Research Campaign Cell Transformation Research Group.
Doctor of Laws
James R G Wright,Vice-Chancellor, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Doctor of Business
Administration
Brian Souter, chairman of Stagecoach Holdings plc.
Doctor of Science
Professor Jozef Mayer, Rector of the Technical University of Lodz,Poland.
Doctor of Philosophy
Eva Y W Wong.
Master Of Science
in Information Technology
with Distinction Richard J Peacham. Pass Lesley M Balfour; Colin G Brown; Yi X Chen; Fraser G Christie; James C Davis; Hugh A J MacMillan; Theresa Ower; Henry P Roberts; Karen Wilson; William Wright.
in Quality Management
Mark A Murphy.
in Software Engineering
with Distinction Richard A Han. Pass Andrew J Calder; Kah W Chee; Colin Hart; Alice M Herd; Kai C Kong; Colin Meikle; Iain R Munro; Watchara Ngarmmuangpak; Xiaolei Si; Jessie P L Teoh.
Postgraduate DiplomaS
in Information Technology
with Distinction - Heather A Coupar. Pass -Shireen M Afifi; Graeme N Bain; Michael D W Beaton; Darren P Carroll; Michael J Carroll; Christopher D H Coutts; Andrew J E Crowe; Yvonne L Dagan; Kevin J Donnelly; Caroline Dryden; Petra Z Fitzpatrick; Mark J Flattery; Elizabeth F Fordyce; Lynsey Gordon; James Grant; Carrie Guthrie; Richard Holligan; Pauline M Howie; Marit Johansson; Stuart G Johnston; Alan T Lawrance; Harriet M J Lenman; Catriona J Lonie; Gordon McDonald; Helen J McGowan; Dermot McLaughlin; Margaret A Merchant; Julie E Miller; Angela O Mowat; Harry A Nelson; Steven J Rodgers; Gordon J Solway; Karen L Stables; Robin S Steedman; John W Stevenson; Jessie Sword; Alison S Warde; Valerie A Watson; Richard A Wilkie; Richard J Woodcock; George H Woods; Robert W Young.
in Information Technology
(Bioinformatics)
Jill Martin.
in Software Engineering
with Distinction - Charles S J Alexander. Pass - Craig Convery; Ahmad H Ebrahimi; Stephen A Massie.
Bachelor of Science
(Honours)
in Biology & Chemistry
II:1 - Susan C Horne. III - Jennifer A Findlay; Julie L Martin.
in Business Computing
II:1 - Kelly Batchelor; Steven M Lilly. II:2 - Aidan P Kelly; Mary M McMullan. III - Brian J King. BSc - John P J Hegarty; Susan A Hurles; Barbara A Wilson.
in Computing
I - Paul J Gardiner. II:1 - Colin Chaplin; Adam J Greatrix; Euan W Pattullo; Vickie M E Pring; Antony E Rogers. II:2 - Ishfaq Ahmed; Kirsteen M Donachie; Murdo R MacLean; Alastair W C Maxwell; Mark McDade; Mark W Page; Thomas J Wilson. III - Steven A J Millar; Kevin J Smith. BSc - Douglas Anderson; Colin H Roberts; Gordon M Stead; Gary V G Stephen.
BSc in Computing (Applications Development)
John K Bernard; Grahame G Davidson; Winston K Flynn; Irfan Hanif; Scott R Smeaton.
BSc (Honours) in Computing & Mathematics
II:2 - Pauline Doig.
BSc in Computing & Mathematics Claire H Watson.
Bachelor of Arts
(Honours)
in Information Management
I - Patricia Crosbie. II:1 - Susan Cowan; Helen Dimou; Vikki Diplexcito; Lynda A Dobinson; Lorraine Honeyman; Kenneth H McIntosh; Austyn J Mitchell; Steven W Thomson. II:2 - Gordon Ednie; Gordon Hutton; Gareth D Reynolds; Claire Stevenson. Ba: with Distinction - Helen J Cargill; Shirley A Fegen; Jacqueline M Watson. Pass - John Bracken; Eleftherios S Kormaris; George McAteer; Lesley-Ann McLaughlan; Karen McLeod.
Bachelor of Science
(Honours)
in Mathematical Sciences
II:1 - Andrew A C Scott. II:2 - Greig Kilpatrick; Christopher Pope. III - Derek Townsley.
in Psychology & Biology
II:1 - Emma S White. BSc - Natasha J Mulrooney.
Higher National Diploma in
Computing (Software Development)
Simon J Arnot; Stephen Brown; Wayne M Devine; Rhoderick O Hindmarch; Ian Lynn; James McLean; Mark Miller; Iain A Moore; Gerald Reilly; Cameron D Walker.
Dundee Business SchooL
Master Of Business Administration
Andrea Crockett.
Master Of Business
Administration (Marketing)
Li Chen; Cheng Q Li; Shao F Li; Yu Wang.
European Master Of Business Administration
Celine Bellenger; Innes L Burns.
Master Of Science in Human Resource Management
Irene M Sweeney.
Diploma in Management Studies
Andrew Gavin.
Bachelor of Arts
(Honours)
in Accounting
I - Charles B Douthit. II:1 - Andrew D Beveridge; Evangelia Gavriil; Ashleigh A Hall; Pamela McGivney; Steven S Morrison; Joyce Wilson; Jonathan B Young. II:2 - Neil J Cameron; Andrew Petrie. Ba with Distinction - Peter W Morton; Melanie Riepe. Pass Siu W Ho; Pui C Liu; Judith Nicoll; Lai W Tse; Yuen H Yim.
in Business Administration
I - Victoria Rawnsley. II:1 - Iain A Bell; Roslyn Dillon; Tamara Forgie; Mark McCartney; Jane Mullen; Andrea M Thomson. II:2 - William G Bonner; Susan M Copland; David J Dinsmore; Susan E Ferguson; Christopher Harkin; Ian E Henry; Martin Kearney; Simon Law; Teresa MacLeod; Peter J Mailey; Sonia McGivern; Caroline McGreevy; Aitor Saenz De Urturi; Margaret Sinclair; Shann Stainton; Tecla Wight. III - Kim A Vanderdeyl.
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
with Distinction - Katrina G Bannister; Fiona Bartley-Jones; Cherie Farquhar; Lorraine Morrison; Fiona L Shepherd. Pass - Robert I Bruce; Miguel Cuadra; Carol Diplexcito; Ross Jamieson; Lynsey D Keenan; Michael L Hamilton; Catherine H Harrison; Jillian Lunan; Claire L Lynch; Dermot McLaughlin; Aileen M Morrison; Susan L Noble.
in Business Studies
I - Daniela Lerch. II:1 - Frank Gremme; Fraser C Hill; Leah M Hingston; Shauna N M Mullan; Derek F Walker; Dejon J Yeoman. II:2 - Clare Clements; Angela E Delnevo; Carolyn D Hogg; Trevor K Johnston; Eija K Litmanen; Caroline F Manzie; Donna G Stothers. III - Gillian Bell; Petri Puotinen; Maurice M Spillane; Andre Weidlich.
in Business Studies with Accountancy
II:1 - Lorna J Sneddon.
in Business Studies with Financial Services
I - Martin Grabarczyk; Doreen Schulze. II:2 - Lindsay M McGhie.
in Business Studies with Human Resource Management
II:1 - Jennifer R Brown; David Ferguson. II:2 - Jennifer A Davidson; Janet A Kerrin; Lyndsey E Martin; Sarah McGregor.
in Business Studies with
Information Technology
II:1 - William P Barbour. II:2 - Stuart J Parker; Keith W H Wilson.
in Business Studies with
Management Science
II:1 - Stephanie M Scott.
in Business Studies with
Marketing Management
I - Alison S Christie. II:1 - Susan E Herd; Carolyn J Herst; Jochen Schlageter. II:2 - Gareth W Evans; Michael O Kernaghan; Alan R McMurry; Richard B H Poulter; Alan R Stevenson. III - Robert J Warley.
In Business Studies with
Purchasing & Supply Management
I - Richard Moessel. II:1 - Svenja Buesching.
Ba in Business Studies
Carla Burns; Claire M Gibson.
Bachelor of Arts
(Honours)
in Commerce
II:1 - Andrew W Doig; Mereoni Gray; Mark R Guild; Gwen E Hunter; Shyue T Lim; Kathleen Lyall; Jennifer S Stephen; Kok C Teoh. II:2 - David Annobil; Lucita C Faria; Ciara M McGuigan; Laura C Scott; Jan Shepherd; Carol Whyte. III - Sandra Allan.Ba with Distinction - Louise Clark; Laehann Dunn; Sonia J Graham; Victoria McGregor; Wendy P Sinclair. Pass - Isobel M Anderson; Andrea A D Frost; Gillian McCulloch; Derek D Meek; Suzanne K Smith.
in European Business Law
II:1 - Lisa F Furey; Rebecca Henderson; Paul A Sutherland. II:2 - Olivia C F Murray; Sarah M Peebles. Pass at Honours - Simon Ward. Ba: Torsten Muenster.
in European Business Management with Languages
I - Sally Milne. II:1 - Eleanor Clarke; Ruth Thomson. II:2 - Rona Brown; Leigh T F Gillies; Suzanne C Gollan; Norma E Hunt; Denise Irwin; Christopher I King; Kate McNally; Lesley A Paxton; Alex Robinson; Janet Trolland; Aine E Vance; Claire G Whitelaw; Stephen Young. III - Jenny E Bell; Silvia Jimenez Garcia; Gillian S Rushford.
in Financial Services
II:1 - Yang Liu. II:2 - Jennifer A Logan. Ba:
Scott Collington; Walker J McPherson; Wendylee Newman.
in General Studies
(Business Administration)
II:2 - Francisco J Dura Canovas; Francisco J Fernandez-Saiz. III - Francisco Conesa Palomares.
Ba in General Studies (Commerce)
with Distinction - Friedemann Bay; Stephanie Scholz; Filippa Smonson. Pass - Gwenda S Minto.
Ba with Honours in Law
I - Bruce Spence. II:1 - Ruth Balbirnie; Ross A Linn; Yvonne Lubczynskyj; Louise A Martin.
II:2 - Carri Cusick; Natasha Mitchell; Mubushra Ramzan; Clare C Wallace; Leona Westland. Ba in Law: Stephanie F Belfield; Pamela J Daley; Deborah A Jones.
in Management
III - Luis-Carlos Velilla Lorente. Ba with Distinction - Fredrik Olsson; Franziska Stender. Pass - Tanja Gruhn; Nelly Morin; Marie-Christine Nogueira; Marianne Thiebaut.
in Marketing
II:1 - Luis B Roman Ruiz. Ba - Audrey Garland.
Ba in Marketing & Design
with Distinction -Lorna Whitehill. Pass - Fiona J Rattray.
in Marketing, Management
& Consumer Electronics
II:1 - Farrah M L Baskerville; Lindsey Bell; Sharif G K Elmershati; Eleanor Lobban. II:2 - Janice Robertson.
Bachelor of Science
(Honours)
in Marketing, Management
& Consumer Electronics
II:1 - Murray D Christie; Steven C Geddes; Tracy A Hardie; Sarah L MacFarlane. II:2 - Barclay R Dakers. BSc - Neil M Cargill.
Ba In Marketing with
Retail Management
Kevin A Adair.
Bachelor of Arts
(Honours)
in Retail & Distribution Management
I - Susan C Owen-Jones. II:1 - Malcolm B Watt. II:2 - Thomas F McGregor. Ba - Jaideep Chand; Mark A Keenan.
Higher National Diploma in Accounting
Alison Barclay; Scott L Brough; Martin A Burke; Graham D Clark; Barry A Collie; Blair E Cormack; Duncan R Greig; Leanne Letford; Nicola L MacEwan; Michael J Milne; Joseph Rice; Alistair J Watson; Hilary Weller.
Diploma in Continuing Professional Development (Law)
with Distinction - Iain G C Annand; Ian Armstrong; Elizabeth L Brash; Lesley Cameron; Martin Corbett; Christine Cowan; Jane Dick; Deborah Durkin; Belinda Fearnley; Nicola Fisher; Cheryl Gedling; Karin Haig; Colin A Harvey; Kay L Hawkshaw; Fiona Johnston; Patrick J Lynch; Mandy Reid; David D Robertson; Hamish Scott; Andrew J R Smith; Gordon Williamson; Diane Young.
Pass - Isabella H Anderson; William D Ballantyne; Ailso E Beattie; Heather M Cartledge; Susan Currie; Shenagh E Dewar; John M Dodd; Alexander Dundas; Anne Grzybowski; Stephen Hagan; Derek Hand; Brian Harrison; Michael J Hollingsworth; Moira J Holmes; Gina Johnson; Gillian Kellett; Hazel Maguire; Alan Malone; Fiona C Martin; Elizabeth J McCoach; Margaret McCue; Sarah L McEwan; Barbara J McKnight; Gordon J McLaren; John Metrustry; Gerard Mullen; Alan Paterson; Mark A Paterson; Stuart Reed; Marion J Reid; Colin Sime; Nick Simmonds; Paula Smith; Sandra C Smith; Andrew M Stevenson; Fiona A H Stewart; Karen Thomas; Carol Thomson; Anne Ward; Elaine Wilson; Mark D Wood.
Doctor of Philosophy
David A Carus; Robert A Finan; Allan M MacLeod.
Master Of Philosophy
Richard J Irvine.
School of Science
& Engineering
Division of Construction & Environment
Master Of Science
in Wastewater & Environmental Management
Michael May; Satnam S Ner.
Bachelor of Engineering
(Honours)
in Civil Engineering
I - Martyn Harvie; Yean S Lim; James D McIlquham; Chin B Ng; Mark Reed; Simon M Tinley. II:1 - Mikel Eceolaza Uriz; Murray D Fearn; Colin R Forrester; Michael J Freeman; Matthew D Grimmond; Nicola Swinton; Jerome Tiberghien; Raymond J A Tully. II:2 - Jorge Arbues Arbea; Natalia Bagan Aznar; Lindsay R Cunningham; Matthew A Greene; Seng T Lim; Stephane Maillefert; Maria J Muniesa Burillo; Berta Serrano Aullo; Sharon C Wilson. III - Sara Murria Martin. BEng - with Distinction - Yao Huang. Pass - James Kiely.
Bachelor of Science
(Honours)
in Building Surveying
II:1 - Stewart Arbuckle; Colin J C Earnshaw; Cathal A Steele; Craig S Wilson. II:2 - Nigel W Hoskins; Gareth J Knox; Delwyn A Warke. III - Duncan J Nay. BSc - Grant A Allison.
in Construction Management
II:1 - Minna E Eerikainen; Peter MacNab; Tiina J Vuorenmaa.
in Environmental Technology
I - Adolf Spitzer. II:1 - Kenneth L Black; Dominic A McBennett; Jacqueline McHugh; Michael R Smith. II:2 - Geoffrey M Smith.
in Quantity Surveying
I - Grant J Simpson. II:1 - Steven J Brand; Jonathan A Christie; Barry Galloway; Brian W Hutchison; Peter McIlhagger; Grant F McIntosh; Eamonn White; Russell Wilkie; Geoffrey Yeoman. II:2 - Michael G Cafferkey; Choon M Thian. BSc with Distinction - Colin Culross; Colin Girdwood; Oliver Keown. Pass - Alister C Dalziel; Andrew D Noble.
Higher National Diploma in
Building Maintenance Management
Iain A Byrne; Alexander G Richardson.
Division of Engineering
Master Of Science
in Mechatronics
Craig S Nicol; Tiina K Raikamo.
Bachelor of Engineering
(Honours)
in Electronic
& Electrical Engineering
I - Stewart W Adam. II:2 - A Rahim Mohd A Rahim. III - Mehmet Altundal.
in Electrical Engineering
II:1 - Brian R Gibb; Derek Jones. II:2 - Keith D Sanderson. III - Paul Bowman; Euan A MacDonald.
BEng in Electronic & Electrical
Engineering
with Distinction - Jagdish P S Karpal Singh.
in Mechanical Engineering
I - Ekku Raikamo. II:1 - Barbara Garty; Craig H Rutherford; Robert Young. II:2 - Amjad Farooq. III - Kavita K Gorcharan Singh; Stephen J Simpson; Kyle E R Stewart. BEng - Sheena C Mathers; Tony H K Ngai; Kenneth J S Ritchie; Antony Simpouras.
Bachelor of Science
in Electronic Systems
Moira Hall; Jonathan Kelly.
in Engineering
with Distinction - Graeme Alexander; Alisdair S McGregor; Maureen Thomson. Pass - Nicholas J Connor; Steven A Dunn; Shelly A J Innes; David B Russell.
in Integrated Engineering
& Manufacture
with Distinction - Gavin Lee; Craig G Marr.
in Mechatronics
with Distinction - David Hamilton; Murdo N B MacLeod; Aleem Siddique. Pass - Andrew Ogilvie.
Higher National DiplomaS
in Electronic Systems
John Edwards; Neil W McGill.
in Engineering
David E Grant; Ross Gourlay; Andrew J Leech; Gilbert S MacNaught; Darren S McLeod; Martin Morrow; Ashley J Wyper.
in Integrated Engineering
& Manufacture
Kevin G Leeper; James W Rennie; Craig G Small.
in Mechatronics
Hamish J Banner; Christopher D Hutcheon; Mark Shering; Ronald Stewart; Lachlan W Webster.
Division of Molecular
& Life Sciences
Bachelor of Science
(Honours)
in Animal & Plant Cell Biotechnology
II:2 - Craig S Scott.
in Applied Chemistry
(Environmental)
II:2 - Kirsty G Bell; Pamela A Watson. III - Fiona E Myles.BSc - Steven G Dora.
in Biotechnology
I - Deborah S Feeney; Claire Johnstone. II:1 - Katja R Allen; Carla D Clark; Julie Diplexcito; Janet K Hazlett; Rachel E McGillivray; Alison D McLaren; Jillian B Perkins; Catherine E J Pollitt; Lorna J Richardson. II:2 - Richard Allan; Karen A Bollan; Kelly Connolly; Lorraine O Gow; Audrey R Johnston; Barbara Murphy; Donna E J Robb; Graham Sherlock; John Wilson. BSc - Annika B Ainslie; Nicholas J Cook; Susan Donaldson; Fortunate K Chaka; Sarah K Firth; Mary K Oruh; Marianne C Watt; Adnan Zia.
in Environmental Biotechnology
II:1 - Daire C Tennyson. BSc - Paul L Davie.
in Environmental Science
I - Garry J Riddoch; Andrew A F Tollin. II:1 - Stella Apostolaki; Julia J Wright. II:2 - Sarah Croucher; Ross I Pettigrew.
in Forest Products Technology
I - Craig Herdman.
in Microbial Biotechnology
II:1 - Daniel Ward. II:2 - John S Mulligan.
School of Social & Health Sciences
Bachelor of Science
(Honours)
in Advanced Nursing Practice
I - Lynda Allison; Jeanette E Fyfe; Maureen Lilley; Jill P Logan; Janet Lumley; Caroline MacKinnon; Janice A Reid. II:1 - Carol Bews; Margaret W Bremner; Karen M Brown; Nan D McIntosh; Sandra Tumath. II:2 - Fiona M L Murdoch; Linda Thomson.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Sandra C Legon; Carol A Topping.
Bachelor of Arts in Community Health Studies
Linda Mitchell; Eva E Stirling; Deborah J Voigt.
Bachelor of Science in Midwifery
with Distinction - Gwenda J Smith; Dawn E Sturrock; Heather Wright. Pass Kirsten R J Sawers.
Pre-Registration Bachelor of
Science with Honours in Nursing
I - Elizabeth J Danks. II:1 - Emma L Hudson. II:2 - Sarah C Doig; Catriona M Geary; Hayley A Innes; Kevin Kirby; Suzanne J Magee; Helen E Maunsell; Margaret E McCaughey; Debbie O'Reilly; Alison M Scott; Laura J Sutherland. III - Lorna D S Bishop. Pass at Honours - Gail L Andrew; James G Barnett.
Pre-Registration Bachelor
of Science in Nursing
Sandra Cocker; Catrina M Harrison; Donna F MacPherson; Karen McCarroll; Claire A Miller; Susan D Oosenbrugh; Natascha J Shiels.
Post-Registration Bachelor of Science in Nursing
with Distinction - Gail B Pennington. Pass - Valerie Baldwin; Isabel M George; Susan M MacQueen; Evelyn Milne; Maureen E Steel; Doreen Young.
Post-Registration Bachelor of Nursing
with Distinction - Eleanor C Russell. Pass Katrina M Falconer; Sally P Hall; Lorraine M Jolly; Muriel MacRae; Vanessa M Sandison.
Diploma of Higher Education in Forensic Psychiatry
Judith M Hill; Thomas McGlone; Zoe A Watt.
Bachelor of Science
(Honours)
in Behavioural Science
I - Paul A Hutchison; Lesley J Jessiman; Fiona J MacLeod. II:1 - Alison J Boynton; Elizabeth Browne; Katherine A Edwards; Susanne F Elliott; Angela N Greene; Catherine A L Hanna; Moyna Kilbride; Kareen S McLean; Angela M O'Doherty; Gary Walker; Tracy L Wallace; Sally J Wasp. II:2 - Dennis Bence; Hayley A Boland; Caroline Cocozza; Hazel Donald; Susan C A Fisher; Frances C Harvey; Arlene Hay; Derek May; Katy Nachman; Sarah Paterson; Elaine S Pettigrew; Fiona A Ramsay; Carole Reilly; Janice Robertson; Kirsty M Singleton; Victor W White; Sharon-Leigh F Whyte; Richard Young; Sameena K Yousaf.
III - Jill Duke; Louise Fisher; Nina B Jeffries; Pamela Ross. Pass at Honours - Joanne Hendry. BSc - Gillian E Kiddie; Julie A Martin; Jillian Neilson; Eileen D A O'Flaherty; Caroline P Parkinson; Lisa Penna; Pauline Weir; Jan C Wilson.
Bachelor of Arts
(Honours)
in Economics
I - Rogelio A Ferrol Muniz; Lesley McMahon.
II:1 - Diane E McSkimming. II:2 - Juan J Becerra Ponte; Diane Benjamin; George Gardelis; Kirsteen J Hogg; Christos Papanikolaou; Carolyn Vincent; Martin V Webster. Ba with Distinction - Bettina E Langer; Sybille Merbitz; Oliver Titjen. Pass - Oliver Setzer.
in European Economy & Society
II:1 - Christan Hunter. Ba - Stephane Caracci; Lisa McKenzie.
in General Studies
II:2 - Petteri Lansman.
in General Studies (Economics)
II:2 - David M Murray.
in General Studies (European Economy & Society)
II:1 - Stephanie Ferrero.
BACHELOR OF SCience
(Honours)
in General Studies
(Behavioural Science)
II:1 - Kirsten S Bain.
in General Studies (Psychology)
II:1 - Heather M A Stephen. II:2 - Tracey Shaw.
in Psychology with Biology
II:1 - Lynne M Oliphant; Karen A Smith. II:2 - Jennifer C Cameron; Linda Dakers; Ryan L Davidson; Suzanne M Scott; Lindsey A Walker; Nicola J Will; Glenda Wylie. BSc - Susan J Murphy.
in Psychology with Computing
II:1 - Jennifer A MacLeod. II:2 - Jill E Thompson; Lynne E J Willox.
in Psychology with Mathematics
II:2 - Faye-Johanna Stoneman.
in Social Science
I - Shaun F H McQuade; Claire Stewart. II:1 - Leona McCully; Lindsay E McRae. II:2 - Nicola Allan; Edel K Cooper; Teresa C Cunningham; Lesley J Dewar; Laura Gilchrist; Nichola Hall; Claire S Harrower; Julie Higginson; Shireen M Jawas; Jennifer Mair; Yvonne McDougall; Greg B Moran; Anthony Reilly; Anne Thomson; Lesley-Anne Trayner. III - Fiona A Athron; Robert G Brady; Louise Walkup.
Bachelor of Arts
in Social Science
with Distinction - Karen A M Murray. Pass - Jacqueline M Burns; Lyndsey Campbell; Laura A R Frew; Alan C Kearns; Ulva A Latimer; Sara MacConnachie; Louise R Marshall; Fiona C Martin; Margaret R McCluskey; Norma H McGregor; Sharon O'Donnell; Jacqueline L Parkinson; Jill C Raeburn; Amit L Sarkar; Sheenagh A Scott; Stephanie R Whyte.
Bachelor of Arts
(Honours)
in Tourism
II:1 - Matthew A Constable; Linda J Dougary; Stuart Hart; Carol E Lindsay; Roisin M Timlin.
II:2 - Orietta Bergamino; Jonathan S Brown; Judith Carstairs; Nicola A Finlay; Rachel James; Lesley A Lumsden; Lynsey I Shepherd; Shirley Stark. Ba - Mark Henderson; Kirsty D Lund; Paula R McMenamin.
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