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Instead, Pickles has "a vision of self-funded councils that keep their business taxes with central grant dependence scaled back".

Of those who reported using methamphetamine in the past 12 months in 2008, 53% met criteria for dependency on the Substance Dependence Scale (SDS, a screening tool developed to assess opiate dependence [ 25] and subsequently validated by the DSM III for assessing amphetamine dependence [ 26]).

The majority (82%) of the sample was heroin dependent according to the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS), and approximately one-third were cocaine (36%) and cannabis (32%) dependent (Table 3).

Therefore, we chose to assess dependency using the 16-item Betel-quid Dependence Scale (BQDS) [ 19, 20].

To assess dependency like behaviour, we used the The Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS), which includes five questions designed to measure psychological dependence (Table 1) [13].

Diagnostic validity of the MAST and the alcohol dependence scale in the assessment of DSM-III alcohol disorders.

A score 9 on The Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS; Ross et al, 1990) defined problem drinking; a score <8 defined nonproblem drinking.

The Betel Quid Dependence Scale (BQDS) is the first instrument designed specifically to measure betel quid dependence.

It can be used to visualize local deviations from self-similar, long-range dependence scaling and to provide reliable local estimates of the Hurst exponents.

The objective of the present study was to validate the Exercise Addiction Inventory (EAI; Terry, Szabo, & Griffiths, 2004), and the Exercise Dependence Scale (EDS; Hausenblas & Downs, 2002b), and to estimate the prevalence of exercise addiction in general population.

A high Severity of Dependence Scale score increased the probability for contact with a physician.