THE ASSIGNED NUMBERS Unlike the MPAA we do not assign one inscrutable rating based on age but 3
objective ratings for SEX / NUDITY, VIOLENCE / GORE & LANGUAGE on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest depending on quantity & context more
Not exact matches
More
objective, more detailed, and more expensive is «Software Digest
Ratings Newsletter» (800-223-7093; $ 445
for 15 IBM issues; $ 185
for 12 Mac issues), which runs each product mentioned through exhaustive tests and assigns a relative overall score.
Consider,
for example, the other seven MDG
objectives, such as a proposed 75 % improvement in maternal health outcomes, to a 66 % decline in mortality
rates for children under the age of five.
The bill's main
objective — capping future government spending on healthcare at
rates that won't gobble up a bigger and bigger share of national income, as well as leaving more resources
for investment and entrepreneurship — is exactly what government needs to do.
The fact that the Fed has not been able to achieve its twin
objectives of maximum employment and 2 - percent inflation suggests the need
for lower
rates, he said.
«Just as leaders need to be able to meet their performance
objectives to be
rated as satisfactory,
for example, we recognize that leaders need to be able to stay centered to inspire.
The Fed statement said: «The Committee anticipates that it will be appropriate to raise the target range
for the federal funds
rate when it has seen some further improvement in the labor market and is reasonably confident that inflation will move back to its 2 percent
objective over the medium term.»
If you are invested in bonds or bond funds, make sure that the
objectives, maturity length, yield and credit
ratings make sense
for your particular goals and circumstances.
That some of the forces governing capital flows and asset values are driven not by market - determined expected return but by policy measures directed at,
for example, an exchange
rate objective means that at least some of what we observe in global capital markets may be attributed to these distortions.
Observed security events and configurations, such as communication with a botnet, malware distribution, and email server configuration, are assessed
for severity, frequency and duration and used to generate
objective Security
Ratings.
Generally, our
objective for a fiscal year is to grow operating expenses at a slower
rate than net sales and to grow operating income at a faster
rate than net sales.
Schwab Equity
Ratings and the general buy / hold / sell guidance are not personal recommendations
for any particular investor or client and do not take into account the financial, investment or other
objectives or needs of, and may not be suitable
for, any particular investor or client.
The Airline Quality
Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an
objective method
for assessing airline quality on combined multiple performance criteria.
The
objectives set out in Budget 2008 to make the
rate - setting process truly independent and to ensure that premiums are used exclusively
for the EI program are not enhanced through the creation of the CEIFB.
In determining the timing and size of future adjustments to the target range
for the federal funds
rate, the Committee will assess realized and expected economic conditions relative to its
objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation.
The interest
rate decision is also important, but sometimes the press conference after the bank meeting can make more sense because it reveals the sentiment and the insider atmosphere, which is very important
for an
objective assessment of the economic health.
Brad Sorensen and his colleagues at the Schwab Center
for Financial Research spend much of their time evaluating and
rating stocks and sectors in order to provide Schwab clients with
objective, comprehensive research to help them make informed decisions.
Since 1991, the Government and the Bank of Canada have jointly agreed that the central
objective of monetary policy should be
for the Bank of Canada to target an inflation
rate of 2 percent.
The biotech specialist said that its updated phase 2 data in a study of its poziotinib candidate treatment
for non-small cell lung cancer resulted in a preliminary confirmed
objective response
rate and potential progression - free survival benefit in patients with the EGFR Exon 20 Mutant form of the disease.
That is, given the current state of the economy, and given the
objectives for policy (the inflation target and a preference
for avoiding undue instability in real GDP), the model can be asked: what is the path
for interest
rates over the relevant horizon which will minimise the variance of the
objective variables around their targets?
We believe that a high degree of economic confidence
for the euro zone will lead the ECB to hike
rates next year, even though inflation will likely remain far from the bank's price - stability
objective.
Vetr upgraded shares of Salesforce.com from a «sell»
rating to a «hold»
rating and set a $ 130.00 price
objective for the company in a report on Thursday, March 8th.
The Tuppal Creek landholders greatly assisted NSW environmental water managers to develop the watering
objectives, delivery timing and flow release
rates for the event and were directly involved in the monitoring program.
Even though we may receive renumeration
for recommending a wine club, we still take a truly
objective approach to our star
rating system.
I know that a lot of Arsenal fans and other people who follow football will be quick to say that our France international star is not going to be completely
objective about Kylian Mbappe and the transfer rumours linking him with Arsenal among a host of other big clubs, because the arrival of this highly
rated young striker would surely make it harder
for the big man to get a game
for the Gunners next season.
The problem is that no such programs yet exist (although this is going to be a key
objective of our SmartTeams program, and our pilot program
for the NCAA and Department of Defense under our Mind Matters Challenge grant), and even if were implemented on a widespread basis (which, once again, I hope will happen once we launch the full SmartTeams program in 2016), it is unclear whether such a shift in emphasis in concussion education will achieve any meaningful increase in
rates of self - reporting, at least in the short term.
Objectives are: less hungry children, lower
rates of childhood obesity and better nutritional intake
for French kids.
BFHI has been shown to be very effective in increasing breastfeeding initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration in many countries, as well as improving mother's health care experiences and reducing
rates of infant abandonment.12 Given the short and long - term benefits of breastfeeding to the infant, mother and society, implementing BFHI — alongside with the other
objectives stated in the Global Strategy
for Infant and Young Child Feeding - continues to have an important role to play in health services worldwide.
«In the Romanian context, SNE advocates
for a comprehensive and
objective impact assessment of the proposed restrictions, taking into account the impact that these measures would have on breastfeeding
rates, and the nutritional status of infants and young children.
OBJECTIVES: To characterize the indications
for primary cesarean delivery in a large national cohort and to identify opportunities to lower the U.S. primary cesarean delivery
rate.
I'm not sure that this question can be answered in an
objective way: IMHO it is a subjective distinction to separate tax breaks or stated exemptions from lower tax
rates for low income.
The strategies
for achieving these broad macroeconomic
objectives include the following: • Promoting inclusive growth without compromising fiscal consolidation; • Anchoring fiscal policy on reducing the fiscal deficit to low and sustainable levels, sufficient to reduce the overall public debt burden; • Strengthening the inflation targeting regime and pursuing complementary monetary policy to promote monetary discipline; and • Pursuing complementary external sector policies to ensure exchange
rate stability and favourable current account balance.
Mr. Speaker, based on our policy
objective of ensuring macroeconomic stability, and growing the economy
for job creation, whilst protecting social spending, the following macroeconomic targets are set
for the 2018 fiscal year: • Overall GDP growth
rate of 6.8 percent; • Non-oil GDP growth
rate of 5.4 percent; • End period inflation
rate of 8.9 percent; • Average inflation
rate of 9.8 percent; • Fiscal deficit of 4.5 % percent GDP; • Primary balance (surplus) of 1.6 percent of GDP; and • Gross Foreign Assets to cover at least 3.5 months of imports of goods and services
The HMP
objective is to significantly increase college completion
rates for students attending both two and four - year institutions by 20 %.
Writing
for the ConservativeHome website today, he said: «The
objective of any new migration policy must be to get this into balance, so that the UK can continue to be able to attract those needed to work, but do so at a sustainable
rate that can be absorbed whilst adding value to the economy.»
«The
objective overall response
rate for the single agent pembrolizumab was up to 35 percent, but why shouldn't more patients respond?»
All three measures —
objective rating by Chou, subjective
rating by patients, and digital data from the device's connection to a computer — showed improvement
for eating and transferring items when the device was turned on, compared to when it was off.
In addition to helping patients live longer, more patients treated with pembrolizumab responded to treatment and
for a longer duration than those treated with chemotherapy; the
objective response
rate — the percentage of patients whose tumours shrank or disappeared — was almost twice as high with pembrolizumab: 21 % compared to 11 % on chemotherapy.
In the pooled analysis, the
objective response
rate was 11 %
for nivolumab and 22 %
for nivolumab plus ipilimumab.
The
objective response
rate for the combination was 23 %;
for nivolumab monotherapy, it was 11 %.
The Neuroimaging Center is accelerating the
rate of research advances by gathering
objective evidence of a treatment's success in an effort to make a case
for third - party reimbursement and make the treatment widely accessible to those who need it.
For a certain something, there are the beforehand said cheats — these individuals aren't reluctant to pay for a first - rate enlistment remembering the true objective to show up at the most astounding purpose of any request, so guarantee the individual you will contact is a checked customer and not a computerized crimin
For a certain something, there are the beforehand said cheats — these individuals aren't reluctant to pay
for a first - rate enlistment remembering the true objective to show up at the most astounding purpose of any request, so guarantee the individual you will contact is a checked customer and not a computerized crimin
for a first -
rate enlistment remembering the true
objective to show up at the most astounding purpose of any request, so guarantee the individual you will contact is a checked customer and not a computerized criminal.
The
objective was to gain a better understanding of click through
rates (CTR) and both conversions
rates and costs (CPA or cost per acquisition), based on the first touch point
for the visitor.
The
objective was to gain a better understanding of click through
rates (CTR), conversions
rates and costs (CPA or cost per acquisition), based on the first touch point
for the visitor.
When asked in the spring of 2003, just as the pilot program was ending, to
rate whether setting measurable
objectives for bonuses of up to $ 1,500 had an impact on «cooperation among teachers,» 53.2 percent of the participating teachers said the impact was positive; only 2 percent said the impact was negative.
This is a 20 - point printer - ready checklist
for rating each authoring tool you evaluate
for your custom eLearning development goals and
objectives.
Analysis carried out by National Foundation
for Educational Research (NFER) found that teachers of Ebacc subjects have a «particularly high
rate» of leaving the profession, which could make it difficult
for the government to achieve its
objective for 90 per cent of pupils to be entered in a GCSE
for one of these subjects.
Included in the PowerPoint: Macroeconomic
Objectives (AS Level) a) Aggregate Demand (AD) and Aggregate Supply (AS) analysis - the shape and determinants of AD and AS curves; AD = C+I+G + (X-M)- the distinction between a movement along and a shift in AD and AS - the interaction of AD and AS and the determination of the level of output, prices and employment b) Inflation - the definition of inflation; degrees of inflation and the measurement of inflation; deflation and disinflation - the distinction between money values and real data - the cause of inflation (cost - push and demand - pull inflation)- the consequences of inflation c) Balance of payments - the components of the balance of payments accounts (using the IMF / OECD definition): current account; capital and financial account; balancing item - meaning of balance of payments equilibrium and disequilibrium - causes of balance of payments disequilibrium in each component of the accounts - consequences of balance of payments disequilibrium on domestic and external economy d) Exchange
rates - definitions and measurement of exchange
rates - nominal, real, trade - weighted exchange
rates - the determination of exchange
rates - floating, fixed, managed float - the factors underlying changes in exchange
rates - the effects of changing exchange
rates on the domestic and external economy using AD, Marshall - Lerner and J curve analysis - depreciation / appreciation - devaluation / revaluation e) The Terms of Trade - the measurement of the terms of trade - causes of the changes in the terms of trade - the impact of changes in the terms of trade f) Principles of Absolute and comparative advantage - the distinction between absolute and comparative advantage - free trade area, customs union, monetary union, full economic union - trade creation and trade diversion - the benefits of free trade, including the trading possibility curve g) Protectionism - the meaning of protectionism in the context of international trade - different methods of protection and their impact,
for example, tariffs, import duties and quotas, export subsidies, embargoes, voluntary export restraints (VERs) and excessive administrative burdens («red tape»)- the arguments in favor of protectionism This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked about.
For which purpose, let us return to 30,000 feet and suggest that the two essential sets of data for tracking America's progress or lack thereof in revitalizing the high school are objective test scores and graduation rat
For which purpose, let us return to 30,000 feet and suggest that the two essential sets of data
for tracking America's progress or lack thereof in revitalizing the high school are objective test scores and graduation rat
for tracking America's progress or lack thereof in revitalizing the high school are
objective test scores and graduation
rates.
However, they did note a principle concern
for parents was that «there is a lack of
objective standards [in student reports] that parents can use to determine their children's attainment and
rate of progress», suggesting a desire
for more than grades, scores and marks to be able to monitor their child's growth in learning over time.