The British Mental Health Act 1983 has a number of sections that provide powers for involuntary detention, hospitalization or other medical treatment for people affected by mental illness. The use of these sections of the Act is known as sectioning.
To protect the interests and rights of people subject to sectioning, the act sets up the Mental Health Act Commission.
The Scottish equivalent is under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984.
External links
BBC sectioning FAQ (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2204983.stm)
However, if thick slices or whole-mounts are examined, structures in the interior of the specimen are usually obscured by interference from structures at either side of the plane of focus.
Techniques have been developed that enable whole-mount samples to be examined by optical sectioning.
Optical sectioning microscopy permits the internal three dimensional structure of living tissue to be visualized.
When you have finished sectioning a citrus fruit, you have removed the tough and bitter segments from the citrus and you have extracted all of the fruit's luscious juices.