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Assignment
The act by a teacher of allotting specific mental or physical tasks to be completed within a specified time line. an agreement in which a patient assigns to another party, usually a provider, the right to receive payment from a third-party for the service the patient has received. Assignment is used instead of a patient…
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Assessment techniques
Methods of observation and measurement used to profile a person’s psychological and behavioral traits. Assessment supports diagnosis, intervention, and research.
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Assessment center
A place that provides programs in which participants engage in and are evaluated on a number of individual and group exercises constructed to simulate important activities at the organizational levels to which these participants aspire. In education, an area of a school or a separate facility primarily devoted to administering various kinds of tests, generally…
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Assertion training
Behavior therapy procedures that attempt to help a person express more easily thoughts, wishes, and beliefs, and to legitimate feelings of resentment or approval.
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Assertion
In psychology, standing up for one’s basic rights without violating the basic rights of other, nonassertive aggressive.
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Assembly
In politics, the legislature made up of a certain number of members elected from districts apportioned on the basis of population.
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Assault
A threat or attempt to inflict bodily injury where the victim has reason to believe the injury may be inflicted. In the law, a threat to cause deliberate or reckless physical injury to someone, as opposed to battery, which is actual physical violence or offensive contact. Simple assault is a threat the person did not…
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Assassin
Pertaining to a hired killer. The term is derived from a hashish-using cult, the hashishiyya.
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Asrt
An acronym for American Society of Radiologic Technologists.
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Aspirin
One of the most frequently used analgesics can relieve pain, lower body temperature, reduce inflammation and prevent the formation of blood clots. However sometimes produces adverse effects such as stomach irritation and bleeding is the common name for acetylsalicylic acid. A common pain-killing drug, or a tablet containing this drug. Anti-inflamatory drug that is an…