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Orientations of professional discretion in the welfare service state

open access: yesSocial Work and Society, 2019
The idea of discretion has re-emerged as a positive attribute of professional practice in policy in the welfare service state. Flexibility and a consumer orientation have given rise to a new discourse of professionalism as a service orientation, which ...
Tony Evans
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The Specific Evidence Rule. Reference Classes – Individuals – Personal Autonomy

open access: yesQuaestio Facti, 2022
This paper grapples with the issue of naked statistical evidence in general and the reference class problem (RCP) in particular. By analysing the reasoning patterns underlying the RCP, I will show, first, that the RCP rests on theoretical presuppositions
Kyriakos N. Kotsoglou
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Discontinuous Tradition of Sentencing Discretion: Koon\u27s Failure to Recognize the Reshaping of Judicial Discretion under the Guidelines, The [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Can a judge exercise discretion and follow the law? Some think it impossible, seeing discretion as the opposite of law. Others have harmonized the two ideas, viewing discretion as the exercise of judgment according to and within the bounds of the law ...
Weinstein, Ian
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bad (good) news and delay (anticipation) of financial statements’ disclosure [PDF]

open access: yesRAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas, 2020
Managers have discretion over the timing of accounting information disclosure; existing literature has investigated the potential determinants regarding this choice.
Anderson Brito Vivas   +2 more
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Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Enforcement: Legal Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This report begins by discussing the sources of federal power to regulate immigration and, particularly, the allocation of power between Congress and the President in this area.
Garvey, Todd, Manuel, Kate M
core   +3 more sources

Characterizing the salivary RNA landscape to identify potential diagnostic, prognostic, and follow‐up biomarkers for breast cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study explores salivary RNA for breast cancer (BC) diagnosis, prognosis, and follow‐up. High‐throughput RNA sequencing identified distinct salivary RNA signatures, including novel transcripts, that differentiate BC from healthy controls, characterize histological and molecular subtypes, and indicate lymph node involvement.
Nicholas Rajan   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discrete torsion [PDF]

open access: yesPhysical Review D, 2003
In this article we explain discrete torsion. Put simply, discrete torsion is the choice of orbifold group action on the B field. We derive the classification H^2(G, U(1)), we derive the twisted sector phases appearing in string loop partition functions, we derive M.
openaire   +2 more sources

Developing evidence‐based, cost‐effective P4 cancer medicine for driving innovation in prevention, therapeutics, patient care and reducing healthcare inequalities

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The cancer problem is increasing globally with projections up to the year 2050 showing unfavourable outcomes in terms of incidence and cancer‐related deaths. The main challenges are prevention, improved therapeutics resulting in increased cure rates and enhanced health‐related quality of life.
Ulrik Ringborg   +43 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Practice of Discretion in Implementing Forest-Rehabilitation Policy in Forest Management Unit

open access: yesJournal of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, 2019
This study analyzed the implementation of discretion in forest and land rehabilitation policy (RHL) on street-level bureaucracy (SLB). The study conducted at Forest Management Unit (KPHL) Rinjani Barat, used Michael Lipsky's conception about street-level
Adi Dzikrullah Bahri
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