1. To pay no attention or too little attention to 2. To be remiss in the care or treatment of e.g. to neglect one's family, to neglect one's appearance. 3. To omit, throug…h indifference or carelessness e.g. to neglect to reply to an invitation. 4. To fail to carry out or perform orders, duties etc. An act of neglecting is to disregard or to be negligent. (MORE)
These elements may be proved by direct evidence alone, such as the child victim's testimony; but usually additional evidence, such as expert testimony, is needed to establish …the facts to a sufficient degree of certainty. When the alleged offender asserts some type of defense or extenuating circumstances (e.g., reasonable use of parental discipline), it is his/her burden to establish this defense, and rebuttal evidence then may be introduced. While the child's testimony can be helpful you should obtain additional evidence such as testimony from neighbors, teachers, relatives, etc., testimony by experts, medical records and reports, photos of injuries, x-rays, observations by social workers, etc. (MORE)
Contralateral neglect is a disturbance of the patient's ability to respond to stimuli on the side of the body opposite (contralateral) to the side of brain lesion, in the abse…nce of simple sensory or motor deficits. Patients with contralateral neglect often behave as though the left side of their world does not exist and they often fail to appreciate that they have a problem. The disturbance is often associated with large lesions of the right posterior parietal lobe. In one example, Mrs. T acquired contralateral neglect following a massive stroke in the posterior portion of her right hemisphere. (MORE)
Yes, the word neglect is both a verb (neglect, neglects, neglecting, neglected) and a noun (uncountable). Examples: Verb: Please ignore the mess, we neglect the housework w…hen we both work extra shifts. Noun: The neglect of this park must be brought to the city's attention. (MORE)
For too long the responsibility for protecting consumers has been fragmented among various federal regulators whose primary focus was the safety and soundness of the banking s…ystem. Consumer protection often went neglected, if anything, an afterthought or a box to check. Federal regulators' failure to restrain abuses that led to today's credit crisis demonstrates the need for a single agency focused on protecting consumers to ensure financial institutions flourish in a sustainable way. To succeed in protecting consumers, this agency must have the complete set of tools necessary, which are now spread across different agencies. This agency will need: the power to write rules, the ability to examine all financial institutions to ensure they are complying with the rules, and the power to enforce the law when those rules are violated. A consolidated single agency focused on consumer protection will also benefit financial institutions. Financial institutions will be able to rely on a single baseline of protections for all providers, which will eliminate regulatory arbitrage on one hand and a race to the bottom to compete with the worst lenders on the other. (MORE)