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LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP

a level of control over a person who is deemed incompetent in certain areas of society such as control over…

LINEARITY

the perceived relationship between two separate variables during which one variable is expressed as a function of the other variable…

LINK ANALYSIS

a process which entails looking at worker efficiency and safety in order to improve the sequence through which a worker…

LISTWISE DELETION

the omittion of any missing non-essential data from research results when the dataset is analysed.

LOBOTOMY

a generic term to describe an incision into a lobe in the brain.

LOCOMOTION

the movement of an organism from one place (its point of origin) to its destination.

LOGISTIC FUNCTION

used in looking at the growth rates and longitudinal quantitative data. A typical basic expressed function y = r/( 1…

LONGILINEAL

refers to a body shape which is typically longer than the broader equivalent of the asthenic type in Kretschmer typology.

LOPERAMIDE

a drug of the opiate family which slows down gastrointestinal mobility thereby reducing the effects of conditions such as diarrhoea…

LOW VISION SERVICES

is also know as partial sight, low vision services are provided to those who may suffer from permanent or temporal…

LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS

a collection or network of fibres which derive from the spinal roots of the fourth and fifth lumbar nerves.

LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH)

is a molecule (a gonadotropin) found in the human females which is secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, which stimulates…

LEADERLESS GROUP THERAPY

A form of psychotherapy in which meetings and discussions are held on a regular basis between members of a closed…

LEARNING ABILITIES MEASUREMENT PROGRAM (LAMP)

a cognitive test used to assess the patients level of understanding of specific occupational work skills.

LEARNING TO LEARN

Repetition of a single act, such as learning to play an instrument (the more you play, the better you become),…

LECTURE METHOD

the communication of ideas or information to a group of students or experts led by an expert in the field…

LEMNISCAL SYSTEM

A network of long-reaching ascending neural pathways which lead to the thalamus including the- diailemniscus, lateral lemniscuses and the spinothalamic…

LETHALITY

The likelihood associated with a specific condition or treatment of death.

LEVENE TEST

first proposed by U.S. statistician, it is used as a test for homogeneity based hypotheses.

LEXICAL UNCERTAINTY

any uncertainty which arises from either an ambiguous definition or incorrect use of a word or words in context experienced…