| assumption of risk |
In tort law, a defense to a personal injury suit. The essence of the defense is that the plaintiff assumed the known risk of whatever dangerous condition caused the injury.
Ãâó: www.utcourts.gov/resources/glossary.htm
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| assault |
A willful attempt to illegally inflict injury on or threaten a person.
Ãâó: www.utcourts.gov/resources/glossary.htm
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| association |
Objects found near one another in the same context are said to be in association.
Ãâó: www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php
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| association of ideas |
a view, especially important to Hume, explaining the patterned occurrence of out ideas according to laws of assocation. Philosophers today generally seek to maintain what is important in Hume while rejecting this mechanism.
Ãâó: www.filosofia.net/materiales/rec/glosaen.htm
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| assay |
laboratory test for measuring the amount of virus in blood plasma. The test detects an amplified luminescent signal whose brightness depends on the amount of viral RNA present. bias: When a point of view prevents impartial judgment on issues relating to the subject of that point of view. In clinical studies, bias is controlled by blinding and randomization [See Blind and Randomization].
Ãâó: www.opendoorclinic.org/hivglossary.htm
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