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The decline of 6‐thioguanine nucleotides is not linked to impaired efficacy or safety of thiopurines in pregnant women with inflammatory bowel disease

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background Thiopurines are used to maintain remission in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These drugs are metabolized into 6‐thioguanine nucleotides (6‐TGN), associated with efficacy, and 6‐methylmercaptopurine ribonucleotides (6‐MMPR), associated with adverse drug reactions. Pregnancy has been linked to a shift in thiopurine metabolism, characterized
Dianne G. Bouwknegt, Paola Mian, Femke Groen, Denise van den Berg‐Zuiddam, Andrea E. van der Meulen, Femke Crouwel, Nanne K. de Boer, Debbie S. Deben, Dennis R. Wong, Luc J. J. Derijks, Gerard Dijkstra, Arno R. Bourgonje, C. Janneke van der Woude, Marijn C. Visschedijk   +13 more
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UTILIZING CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES IN DEVELOPING PRICE EXPECTATIONS FOR SELECTING OPTIMAL MARKETING ALTERNATIVES FOR FIXED RESOURCE COW/CALF OPERATORS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE [PDF]

The beef cattle enterprises for most of the 91% of producers in Texas with less than 100 cows represent secondary or supplemental enterprises utilizing discretionary labor and fixed physical resources.
Almas, Lal K., Colette, W. Arden
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Fast and Effective Change Management [PDF]

, 2009
{Excerpt} When embarking on a change initiative, one should rapidly implement change that results in the higher levels of performance that were envisioned when the decision to make the changes was made.
Ash, Phillip
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To protect and preserve? Explaining the gap between structural and superficial racial equality regimes in North Atlantic Rim universities

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how UK and US universities manage racial equality regimes through governance structures that prioritise institutional reputation over substantive racial justice reform. Drawing on Bourdieu's field, habitus and capital theory, the study demonstrates how universities neutralise racial justice efforts through bureaucratic ...
David Roberts
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual Assault Case Processing: A Descriptive Model of Attrition and Decision Making [PDF]

, 2006
The outcomes of sexual assaults involving one suspect and one victim reported to the Anchorage Police Department (APD) in 2000 to 2003 were examined.
Snodgrass, G. Matthew
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Lost learning: Prevalence, inequalities and outcomes of internal exclusion in mainstream secondary schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Internal exclusion (isolation) is a behaviour management approach involving the temporary relocation of a pupil from their classroom to a designated isolation space as a consequence of disruptive behaviour. We present the first study of prevalence (i.e., what proportion of young people are isolated?), inequalities (i.e., who is more likely to ...
Emma Thornton, Qiqi Cheng, Ola Demkowicz, Neil Humphrey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethics and the decision-making inertia of the public agent in discretionary spaces

Revista Eletrônica de Ciência Administrativa
This essay addresses the ethical dimension of the phenomenon of decision-making inertia in public administration, characterized by the agent's option to give up the power to deliberate in the spaces of discretion for fear of possible liability, even if ...
Sandro Trescastro Bergue
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Against rigid rules: Keynes's economic theory [PDF]

This paper provides textual evidence of Keynes's position on monetary policy and shaping international monetary relations. One result of my contribution is that the famous dichotomy rules versus discretion is of no relevance to his economic theory ...
Muchlinski, Elke
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Inequalities in school spending across local authorities in England: A time‐trend analysis

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Investment in schools has wide‐ranging implications for society, from improving learning outcomes to economic growth and social cohesion. Addressing inequalities in school funding is important, as part of an effort to guarantee equal opportunities.
Lateef Akanni, Davara Bennett, Yu Wei Chua, Alexandros Alexiou, Oluwaseun B. Esan, Hanna Creese, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, G. J. Melendez‐Torres, Dougal Hargreaves, Benjamin Barr, David Taylor‐Robinson   +10 more
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Explaining Discretionary Judicial Decisions Using Answer Set Programming

Legal Knowledge and Information Systems
We introduce a method for analyzing discretionary judicial decisions by testing the internal consistency of judges’ reasoning and uncovering their underlying assumptions. The approach represents both the facts of a case and the judge’s stated evaluation in Answer Set Programming (ASP) and uses a Python analysis to examine the resulting answer sets ...
openaire   +1 more source