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FASD and Intellectual Disability Equivalence: A Meta‐Analysis of Suggestibility During Forensic Interviews

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Intellectual disability (ID) equivalence describes conditions in which individuals function cognitively and adaptively at levels comparable to ID without meeting IQ‐based diagnostic criteria. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is characterised by impaired executive and adaptive functioning despite IQs often above the ID threshold ...
David J. Gilbert, Stephen Ikechukwu Azumara, Jacqueline M. Wheatcroft, Karen Steele, Penny Cook, Raja Mukherjee, Gisli Gudjonsson, Natalie Novick Brown   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Features requirement elicitation process for designing a chatbot application

IET Networks, EarlyView., 2022
This article seeks to assist the chatbot community by outlining the characteristics that a chatbot needs to possess and explaining how to create a chatbot for a bank. In order to determine which capabilities are most crucial to ending users, a study of a small sample of chatbot users was conducted.
Nurul Muizzah Johari, Puteri N. E. Nohuddin, Ahmad Hanif Ahmad Baharin, Noor Azuddin Yakob, Mohammad Javad Ebadi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Sexual Recidivism Rates of Women Are Still Low: An Updated Meta‐Analysis

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Compared to men, women are less likely to sexual offend. Previous reviews found low rates of sexual recidivism among women. The last published meta‐analysis was based on studies from before 2010. Aims Conduct an updated meta‐analysis of the sexual recidivism rates of women returned to the community.
R. Karl Hanson, Franca Cortoni, Jeffrey Sandler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medical Management of Problematic Sexual Arousal for People With a Sexual Conviction in England and Wales: Challenges, Learning and Progress

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background In England and Wales, the primary treatments for individuals convicted of sexual offences are psychological. However, medication to manage problematic sexual arousal (MMPSA) is gaining importance as an alternative. This article reviews the current evidence surrounding the MMPSA approach.
Belinda Winder, D. Grubin, M. Underwood, Z. Antoniadis, M. Carvalheiro, E. Marshall, C. Norman, R. Bourne, A. Kaul   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Waste activated sludge high‐rate treatment of septage: Biodegradability studies and contact phase trials towards a cleaner environment

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract The waste activated sludge high‐rate (WASHR) process, developed in our previous study, is used for septic wastewater treatment. This high‐rate contact stabilization pre‐treatment uses typical waste streams found in wastewater treatment plants to reduce a portion of the loadings on the main treatment trains.
Arman Shirali, Melody Blythe Johnson, Mehrab Mehrvar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Citizenship education and gender equality: A critique of action plans in Greek secondary schools

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In the sociology of education, gender education follows current policies developed and promoted through citizenship education. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations addressing global social inequalities include gender equality (SDG 5).
Aikaterini Peleki, Sousanna‐Maria Nikolaou   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethyl Glucuronide in Hair: A 10‐Year Overview

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
The present study builds on a unique collection of more than 68,000 hair EtG results collected in the Northen Italy between 2013 and 2022. We investigated trends in alcohol consumption in terms of age, gender, recidivism, applicants, sampling region, sampling length, across seasons, and the COVID‐19.
Sara Casati, Alessandro Ravelli, Roberta F. Bergamaschi, Caterina Fabbri, Erika Palmisano, Andrea Ostinelli, Gabriella Roda, Giuseppe Facchi, Marica Orioli   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Statistical Discrimination of Urinary Steroid Biomarkers in the Athlete Biological Passport: A Novel Approach to an Abnormal Steroid Profile Score (ASPS)

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
The study developed a single Abnormal Steroid Profile Score (ASPS) to improve interpretation of the Athlete Biological Passport steroid module. Using Bayesian modelling and logistic regression, biomarker patterns from laboratory and doping control data successfully discriminated between doped and clean individuals, with improved classification ...
James G. Hopker, Jim E. Griffin, Matthew N. Fedoruk, Laura A. Lewis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Strategies Designed to Reduce Sales of Alcohol and Tobacco to Underage Persons: A Preliminary Report [PDF]

, 2012
Alaska has one of the highest per capita alcohol consumption rates in the nation, and the prevalence of alcohol dependence and alcohol abuse at 14 percent is twice the national average of seven percent. Of special concern is the prevention of alcohol use
Parker, Khristy, Rivera, Marny
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Defamation and Political Comment in Post-Soviet Russia [PDF]

, 2013
The law of defamation in Russia has a long history. Its roots are in the European tradition, but the discontinuity of its historical development has meant that there have been particular difficulties in reconfiguring the law for the new human rights era ...
Reid, Elspeth
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