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THRESHOLD THEORY [3 records]

Record 1 2025-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents
CONT

A second response to the question of how to determine legislative intent is currently labelled intentionalism. Like textualism, this theory makes the legislature's intention the primary touchstone of interpretation. But unlike textualism, it does not rely exclusively on the text of the legislation for evidence of that intent. Intentionalists are willing to consider and, in a proper case, rely on any evidence of legislative intent, so long as it meets a threshold test of relevance and reliability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiation Protection
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

Biological effects of ionizing radiation. ... at the upper end of the scale, there is no radiation exposure so high it will guarantee that every exposed individual will suffer the effect. Nor at the lower end is any exposure so low that it will carry no risk to anyone of inducing the effect. These radiation effects are therefore said to have "no threshold." Logically, it follows that any exposure to radiation, no matter how small, carries some risk and that any reduction in exposure, even from an already very low level, confers some benefit. However, it is not always appreciated that the absence of a "safe" threshold is a theoretical assumption and a safety precaution rather than something that can be proven. It is also not well understood that the toxic effects of radiation, for which there is no defined safe level, may not differ fundamentally from those of some chemical toxins for which a "safe" level in the body or in the environment has been declared.

CONT

Complicating the problem of public perceptions of the level of risk associated with radioactive wastes is the confusion induced by two fundamental principles of radio-biological and radiation protection theory. The first is the "no-threshold" hypothesis, and the second is the "as low as reasonably achievable, "or ALARA, principle. The first principle holds that there is no threshold below which exposure to radiation is entirely safe. The "no threshold" hypothesis-that any exposure to ionizing radiation, no matter how small, will increase the probability of a harmful consequence to an exposed individual-is an important scientific concept.... it is generally agreed that it is wise to err on the side of safety and work from the assumption that there is no safe level.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radioprotection
  • Déchets nucléaires
OBS

Voir aussi le terme anglais «threshold limit value».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Protección contra la radiación
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 3 1994-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

... she is somewhat avoidant, in that here dependency needs are experienced by herself as painful and intense, yet in her primary relationships she learned to expect lack of support and rejection ... Her abilities to relate in primary relationships such as in a couple thus remained impaired as a result of her childhood ....

CONT

... dissatisfaction with primary relationship maladjustment... the failure of a primary relationship with a mother who is incapable of leading the child to the threshold of Oedipus... review of the theory of aggression reveals that Freud's death instinct based theory has been questioned by many theorist-clinicians who increasingly have seen the need to account for a primary nondestructive aspect of aggression as well as a primary relationship between aggression and adaptation... [Source : PASCAL database].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

[La] confiance s'acquiert dans l'enfance, dans les toutes premières relations mère-enfant, dans un vécu verbal et non verbal (basic trust).

Key term(s)
  • toute première relation
  • toutes premières relations

Spanish

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