Data provision in the games industry in Scotland

This project was initiated to explore data-related issues in Scotland’s games industry, an area that has been subject to debate within industry and government. The importance of Scotland’s games industry has been highlighted by both industry and government organisations in Scotland and the UK. The industry’s success is recognised both nationally and internationally and has been used in various guises to promote Scotland, recruit talent and attract inward investment. However, despite this level of interest and visibility, questions have been raised about how accurately the industry is portrayed given some issues with accuracy, availability and relevance of data about the games industry in Scotland. Industry practitioners, support agencies, public bodies and academic organisations have expressed data-related issues in various forums including committee hearings held by the Scottish and UK governments. While data about the industry do exist, there appears to be a lack of accessible public data that can provide the requisite detail, and limited integration of that data which are available. Such issues can negatively impact on decision-making by policy-makers and industry. For example, the 2015 enquiry by the Scottish Government’s Economic Environment and Tourism Committee indicated that a lack of such data resulted in difficulties identifying the economic impact of Scotland’s games industry

Data provision in the games industry in Scotland

This project was initiated to explore data-related issues in Scotland’s games industry, an area that has been subject to debate within industry and government. The importance of Scotland’s games industry has been highlighted by both industry and government organisations in Scotland and the UK. The industry’s success is recognised both nationally and internationally and has been used in various guises to promote Scotland, recruit talent and attract inward investment. However, despite this level of interest and visibility, questions have been raised about how accurately the industry is portrayed given some issues with accuracy, availability and relevance of data about the games industry in Scotland. Industry practitioners, support agencies, public bodies and academic organisations have expressed data-related issues in various forums including committee hearings held by the Scottish and UK governments. While data about the industry do exist, there appears to be a lack of accessible public data that can provide the requisite detail, and limited integration of that data which are available. Such issues can negatively impact on decision-making by policy-makers and industry. For example, the 2015 enquiry by the Scottish Government’s Economic Environment and Tourism Committee indicated that a lack of such data resulted in difficulties identifying the economic impact of Scotland’s games industry

Use of the last menstrual period (LMP) in timing human pregnancies

No Abstract.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/38146/1/1420230119_ftp.pd

Teratogen update: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors

No Abstract.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/38171/1/1420500606_ftp.pd

The malformed fetus and stillbirth. A diagnostic approach. R. M. Winter, S.A.S. Knowles, F.R. Bieber, and M. Baraitser, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 1988, distributed in North America by Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, 397 pp., $115.00

No Abstract.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/38164/1/1420410313_ftp.pd

Syndromology and craniofacial anomalies, M. Michael Cohen, Jr., Vol. 1 No. 3 Current Advances in Oral Biology, Edited by Harold C. Slavkin and D. Walter Cohen, University of Southern California, School of Dentistry/University of Pennsylvania Schoolf Dental Medicine

No Abstract.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/38137/1/1420210113_ftp.pd

Genetics and the Law–II A. Milunsky and G.J. Annas, eds. Plenum Press, New York, 499 pp., 1980, $25.00

No Abstract.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/38150/1/1420240111_ftp.pd

A Profession at an Inflection Point: Implications of Organizational-Professional Conflict among Valuation Service Providers

In this study, whether a valuation-specific professional ideology exists and, if so, the consequences of valuation service providers’ (specialists, hereafter) association with that ideology. We specifically explore whether the alignment of specialists’ professional and organizational identities result in an identity conflict that we specify as organizational-professional conflict (OPC). Using a survey of 222 specialists with extensive valuation experience and who represent a cross-section of sub-specialties, organizational structures, and career paths to valuation, we identified four primary findings. First, consistent with our expectations, we find that OPC is highest (lowest) when specialists’ professional and organizational identities are both low (high) due to an identity conflict. Second, we find that specialists employed by private and public companies reported significantly higher OPC relative to specialists employed by either accounting or independent valuation firms. Third, we find that specialists who report lower versus higher professional identities and who primarily value financial instruments also reported significantly higher perceptions of OPC. We find no difference in professional attitudes among specialists who primarily value non-financial instruments. Lastly, supplemental analyses show that our professional ideology measure is robust to alternative specifications; that specialists who experience higher OPC were associated with more negative job outcomes such as higher turnover intentions; and that specialists at higher ranks reported lower OPC. Our study includes a discussion on implications of these findings for audit and financial reporting quality and should be of broad interest to specialists, auditors, financial statement preparers, regulators, and standards setters

Pediatric aspects of the Michigan polybrominated biphenyl contamination

In 1973, Michigan cattle feed was accidentally contaminated with polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and subsequently PBB has been found in the serum, body fat, and breast milk of most Michigan residents. Because of numerous complaints of ill health, a survey of Michigan farm children, the most heavily exposed group, was undertaken in 1976 to determine the nature and scope of the problem. Examination of the data from 292 Michigan children showed that the prevalence of symptoms was related to the quarantine status of the farm and to the method of invitation into the study. Serum PBB levels were related to the quarantine status of the farm but not to the method of invitation into the study. No significant effects of age or sex were found on the prevalence of symptoms or serum PBB levels, except that the teenage (13-16) males had somewhat higher PBB levels. Despite the frequent reporting of symptoms of ill health, physical examination failed to reveal any objective alterations that could be attributed to PBB. The most striking finding has been a statistically significant negative correlation between the prevalence of symptoms and the serum-PBB levels. So far, the reason for this negative correlation is unexplained.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/23275/1/0000212.pd