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Dec 4, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Scott Ritchie
Both the Scottish and the UK governments have produced
regulations that are intended to improve the energy efficiency of
existing buildings in the UK, and so reduce carbon emissions,
helping towards our national emissions reduction targets. But the
respective administrations have approached the issue in very
different ways.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
bizjournals.com | Scott Ritchie
Starting in early 2025, all government contractors' ability to win new bids could be at risk unless they have taken steps to meet anticipated requirements for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). Starting in early 2025, all government contractors' ability to win new bids could be at risk unless they have taken steps to meet anticipated requirements for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
medrxiv.org | Carles A. Foguet |Xilin Jiang |Scott Ritchie |Elodie Persyn
A.S.B. reports institutional grants from AstraZeneca, Bayer, Biogen, BioMarin, Bioverativ, Novartis, Regeneron and Sanofi. J.D. serves on scientific advisory boards for AstraZeneca, Novartis, Our Future Health and UK Biobank, and has received multiple grants from academic, charitable and industry sources outside of the submitted work.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
scnow.com | Scott Ritchie
FLORENCE, S.C. -- The Greater Florence Chamber will again host the Women in Commerce Luncheo…
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
nature.com | Yang Liu |Scott Ritchie |Karin Verspoor |Veikko Salomaa |Aki S Havulinna |Guillaume Meric
AbstractMultiomics has shown promise in noninvasive risk profiling and early detection of various common diseases. In the present study, in a prospective population-based cohort with ~18 years of e-health record follow-up, we investigated the incremental and combined value of genomic and gut metagenomic risk assessment compared with conventional risk factors for predicting incident coronary artery disease (CAD), type 2 diabetes (T2D), Alzheimer disease and prostate cancer.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
nature.com | Youwen Qin |Aki S Havulinna |Scott Ritchie |Alex Tokolyi |Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza |Susan Cheng | +2 more
Correction to: Nature Genetics https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00991-z, published online 3 February 2022. In the version of the article initially published, the descriptions of two FUT2 genotypes were inverted. In Fig. 4c and Extended Data Fig. 7b and their legends, “rs601338:GG/GA” and “rs601338:AA” previously read “rs601338:AG/AA” and “rs601338:GG”, respectively.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
scotsman.com | Scott Ritchie
Can you ever have too much of a good thing? In certain areas of Scotland, there is a feeling that you can when it comes to tourism. Local authorities in hotspots such as Edinburgh and Skye have been lobbying central government for extra resources to cope with the surge in visitors arriving on their doorstep each year. In response, the Scottish Government’s Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill has recently been through a public consultation process.
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Jun 21, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Scott Ritchie
"The penalty for poor drafting is litigation"
is a remark made by a Scottish judge in a recent property related
dispute.
As slogans go, it's not bad. It's maybe not as catchy as
Nike's "Just Do It" but it's a good one
for real estate lawyers.
The court case in question (Sheriff v O'Rourke - 13
April 2023 - Sheriff Appeal Court) involved a disagreement as
to the nature of a contract for the use of a residential property. Was it only a "licence to occupy" or was it a
"lease"?
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Jun 20, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Scott Ritchie
In this article, Scott Ritchie, Partner in our Property and Infrastructure Team, examines a recent property court case in which a Scottish judge remarked that "the penalty for poor drafting is litigation" to demonstrate the key differences between a "lease" and a "licence" and why this matters. "The penalty for poor drafting is litigation" is a remark made by a Scottish judge in a recent property related dispute. As slogans go, it's not bad.
