Education - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Measuring benefit and balancing risk: strategies for the benefit-risk assessment of new medicines in a risk-averse environment.

27 Feb 2009 Measuring the benefits and risks of medicines is the underlying theme whenever the development, review, and regulation of new medicines are discussed. Workshop participants were asked to take the first steps toward defining a framework for ... Read more...

Revisiting Robinson: the perils of individualistic and ecologic fallacy.

26 Jan 2009 BACKGROUND: W S Robinson made a seminal contribution by demonstrating that correlations for the same two variables can be different at the individual and ecologic level. This study reanalyzes and historically situates Robinson's influential study ... Read more...

Educational rights of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

30 Jul 2008 This article describes the evolution of the legal rights of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) under the federal special education law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and under the federal disability ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Education - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Newsmaker interview. Eugenie Scott toils in defense of evolution. Interview by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee. 3 Jun 2009
• Comment on 'When in Rome, reform'. 11 Mar 2009
• Measuring benefit and balancing risk: strategies for the benefit-risk assessment of new medicines in a risk-averse environment. 27 Feb 2009
• When in Rome, reform. Radical reform of the Italian research and education systems is needed to address the lack of autonomy and lack of funding. 30 Jan 2009
• Revisiting Robinson: the perils of individualistic and ecologic fallacy. 26 Jan 2009
• Commentary: Individual, ecological and multilevel fallacies. 25 Jan 2009
• Teaching evolution. Educators decry new Louisiana policy. 21 Jan 2009
• The latest face of creationism. 30 Dec 2008
• Educational rights of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. 30 Jul 2008
• Resident work hours: distinguishing resident service issues from education and safety. 27 Jul 2008
• Resident work hours: isolating one ledger column and missing the point. 27 Jul 2008
• Science education. Louisiana opens school door for opponents of evolution. 18 Jun 2008
• Does childhood schooling affect old age memory or mental status? Using state schooling laws as natural experiments. 30 May 2008
• Evolution in the schools. States push academic freedom bills. 7 May 2008
• Civic biology and the origin of the school antievolution movement. 30 Dec 2007
• [Child neglect and maltreatment, "early aid" and the contribution of early intervention] 30 Dec 2007
• Creating inclusive learning environments: difficulties and opportunities within the new political ethos. 25 Oct 2007
• Academic boycotts and the invisible college. 29 Sep 2007
• Reshaping the methodological identity of education research: early signs of the impact of federal policy. 30 Jul 2007
• Off the grid: vaccinations among homeschooled children. 30 Dec 2006

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Technical information about 'Education'

Definition: Acquisition of knowledge as a result of instruction in a formal course of study.

Descriptor UI: D004493

Alternative terms: Education; Workshops; Workshop; Parenting Education; Education, Parenting; Training Programs; Program, Training; Programs, Training; Training Program; Educational Activities; Activities, Educational; Activity, Educational; Educational Activity; Literacy Programs; Literacy Program; Program, Literacy; Programs, Literacy;

Related Mesh Headings: Learning; Research Support as Topic; Students; Teaching; Training Support;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I02;

Technical Notes: GEN only; prefer /educ: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.28; policy: Manual 30.7+; DF: EDUC