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Least Squares Percentage Regression
(University of Hertfordshire, 2007)The percentage error, or error relative to the observed value is usually felt to be more meaningful than the absolute error - yet is rarely used in the fitting of least squares regression models. We therefore explore least ... -
Lecturers and students as stakeholders for education commissioning for learning disability nursing : Focus group findings from a multiple method study
(2013-10)In England, the numbers of learning disability nurses are declining; a need for urgent attention to workforce planning issues has been advocated. This paper considers views of lecturers, students and potential students as ... -
Left Agency and Class Action : The Paradox of Workplace Radicalism
(2011-10)This paper seeks to examine the valuable concept of left agency and interrogate it in terms of an inherent paradox not immediately apparent to many who support the role of politicised activists in the workplace. This paradox ... -
Left, Right, Hand 'n Space
(Nova Science Publishers, 2012-03)A finger tapping task was employed to investigate fine motor performance rate by healthy adult right (RH) and left (LH) handers in right versus left hemispace. Eighty healthy adults tapped rapidly with the right or left ... -
The legacy of the Carpe Vitam LfL project : helping schools to collaborate in a climate of competition.
(Australian Council for Educational Leaders, 2008)This paper provides an account of the way in which a group of schools in a single town in the UK have used the legacy of the Carpe Vitam project to aid them with their attempts to collaborate. The paper describes how the ... -
Legal and historical geographies of the Greenham Common protest camps in the 1980s
(2023-10-30)This article examines the women's protest camps at RAF Greenham Common cruise missile base, Berkshire, England, between 1981 and 1990. Using new evidence from government correspondence in the Home Office archives, it argues ... -
Legal highs : a problem of definitions?
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Legal highs and lows
(2016-02)As new psychoactive substances (NPS) flood the market and “designer drug” sales are on the rise, we are faced with significant – and growing – social and analytical challenges. Here, I offer an overview of a quietly ... -
Legal highs: safe and legal heavens? : A study on the diffusion, knowledge and risk awareness of novel psychoactive drugs among students in the UK. ["Legal highs": paradisi sicuri e legali? Uno studio sulla diffusione, conoscenza e consapevolezza del rischio delle nuove droghe psicoattive tra gli studenti del Regno Unito].
(2014-03)Background. The recent emergence of new recreational drugs, combined with the ability of the Internet to disseminate information quickly, have raised a number of concerns in the fields of drug policy, substance use research, ... -
“Legal highs” on the net—evaluation of UK-based websites, products and product information
(2010)Background: A vast array of substances are marketed as “legal highs” in the UK. These products are mainly marketed online and are packaged and produced to mimic illicit drugs. Little is known about the full range of products ... -
Legal Institutionalism : Capitalism and the Constitutive Role of Law
(2017-02-01)Social scientists have paid insufficient attention to the role of law in constituting the economic institutions of capitalism. Part of this neglect emanates for inadequate conceptions of the nature of law itself. Spontaneous ... -
Legal Nature of Emails: A Comparative Perspective
(2016-02-21)There is currently a conflict between laws and the market in their treatment of email. Laws mandate that emails are not protected as property unless copyrightable or protected by another legal mechanism. But the market ... -
The Legal Nature of the Firm and the Myth of the Firm-Market Hybrid
(2002-02)Many past economists drew a sharp conceptual distinction between the firm and the market. For example, Smith and Marshall recognised the legal nature and structure of the firm, and saw it as having important economic ... -
Legal Origin and Social Solidarity: : The continued relevance of Durkheim to comparative institutional analysis
(2017-06-01)By using the classic works of Durkheim as a theoretical platform, this research explores the relationship between legal systems and social solidarity. We found that certain types of civil law system, most notably those of ... -
Legal Personhood and the Firm: Avoiding Anthropomorphism and Equivocation
(2016-09-01)From the legal point of view, ‘person’ is not co-extensive with ‘human being’. Nor is it synonymous with ‘rational being’ or ‘responsible subject’. Much of the confusion surrounding the issue of the firm's legal personality ... -
Legal Risk Management, Governance & Compliance - Interdisciplinary Case Studies from Leading Experts
(Globe Law and Business, 2016-10-31)Charting key cases that have occurred internationally over the past two decades, the case-study companion-volume to Wild and Weinstein’s Guide to Best Practice provides the next level of critical analysis and legal commentary ... -
Legal Risk Management, Governance and Compliance : A Guide to Best Practice from Leading Experts
(Globe Law and Business, 2013-05)While identifying risks and regulatory challenges, chapters also explore how professionals can manage processes; implement change; track issues and loss events; screen potential clients, partners, employees and contractors; ... -
The Legal Underpinnings of Medical Discipline in Common Law Jurisdictions
(2019-05-29)Medical regulators have a responsibility to protect, promote, and maintain the health and safety of patients. Here, we compare and contrast the processes for addressing concerns about doctors in four countries with legal ...