Sentences with phrase «on standard criteria»

Even dog registries don't agree on standard criteria for Toy dogs expect the size.

The committee evaluates all books on standard criteria with an especially critical eye for their appeal and viability for school and public library users.

Not exact matches

Some insurers, for example, have created standards for the repair industry, and shops that meet the criteria are put on a preferred service provider list.

Our environmental laws are based on a partnership that requires EPA to set national standards and gives states latitude when implementing them so long as certain minimum criteria are satisfied.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Neiman Marcus, Inc.'s internal control over financial reporting as of July 28, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated September 18, 2012 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Presently, if the Market Climate was to improve based on our standard post-war criteria, we would move 40 - 50 % in the direction of that exposure.

Admission to the program is based on criteria that ensure high standards of academic quality and student achievement, as well as diversity.

Important Note: Your Premiere Money Market account will earn the highest rate available to you (Rate Offer, Standard or Relationship Rate) for which you qualify based on the applicable balance tier and the criteria above.

'» Sadly, Catholic priests are suspended from their priestly ministry — in effect, treated as guilty — on the basis of neither of these judicial standards, but on the basis of the weakest possible criterion, mere «credibility.»

Interesting that atheists hold high the APA when they claim ho - m0 $ exuals are normal based on criteria of mental stability and socially adjusted behavior yet are mum to Christians, Jews and other believers normal according to APA standards.

It has been standard practice in adjudicating the psychopathological status of a behavioral syndrome to focus on four criteria: statistical infrequency, distress, maladaptiveness, and violation of societal norms.

As the Lausanne Covenant asserts, the Bible is «without error in all that it affirms» Although detailed inerrantists like John Montgomery and Harold Lindsell resist referring to the writer's intentions as a criterion for Biblical judgment, sensing, rightly, that its adoption undermines their position, they nevertheless use such a standard on occasion (see Lindsell's discussion of differences in Biblical numbers [Num.

A major deficiency in recognizing the spiritual component in the field of addictions has been the lack of clearly defined criteria, based on hard data, that measure up to social, psychological, and medical standards.

Accordingly, human choice must decide not only «what is true but what criteria shall be used to determine the truth, and what standards shall be used in choosing between competing criteria, and what judgments shall be employed in deciding on the standards ad infinitum» (Van Cleve Morris, Philosophy and the American School).

I have treated the general issue of the «criteria» or «standards» for regarding something as an appropriate candidate for the attribution to it of the quality of divinity at greater length in «Divinity and Dipolarity: Thomas Erskine and Charles Hartshorne on What Makes God «God»» Journal of Religion 62 (October 1982): 335 - 58.

There are NO absolutes, when it comes to these things, unless you begin to define a thing by basing it on a certain agreed upon standard or criteria.

Carrefour published its Sourcing Policy on Sustainable Palm Oil in 2014 which includes the RSPO standard and additional criteria such as protection of peat lands and high carbon stock areas.

The standard is a rigorous set of environmental, social, and economic criteria that promote sustainability on farms around the world.

Two theme examples provided by PIRSA in their «Guidelines and Assessment Criteria September 2016» document noted the example projects as «Achieving non-GM or organic standard third - party certification to meet the requirements of an identified new or potential customer (s)» and «achieving non-GM or organic standard third - party certification on products to distinguish optimum qualities from other similar competitors.

The Nespresso AAA program uses criteria that are based on the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) standards used for Rainforest Alliance certification, but which criteria and how they are scored or evaluated is not publicly disclosed.

The Group Standard on Colouring Foods for Food Industry has strict criteria for Colouring Foods; to be compliant they must be produced from natural food raw materials, such as fruits, vegetables, plants and algae by only using physical processes.

In this post, I'll disregard coffee purchased under Fair Trade (which does not have strong environmental standards) and the 4C Code (see this post on Nestlé and deforestation for information on this bottom - rung system, which does not include environmental criteria any of us would consider as being meaningfully «eco-friendly»).

Previous criteria stated a minimum of 40 % shade cover, now the standard specifies this minimum only on cultivated land.

SMBC's criteria are mandatory, while RA has no required criteria for shade management — the standards below are one of the optional criteria (more on the RA standards and scoring can be found here).

Previous studies regarding positive impacts of Rainforest Alliance certification were conducted on farms using one of the previous versions of the standard which included stricter shade criteria.

The proposed criteria 2.5 (agroforestry system for all crops) and 2.6 (protection of big trees) of the next Sustainable Agriculture Standard provide an effective framework for combining biodiversity protection on coffee farms with productivity targets.

The criteria used for Rainforest Alliance certification (the Sustainable Agriculture Network standards) are now being worked on.

All stakeholders can comment on the Rainforest Alliance Standard for sustainable agriculture at any time, as well as provide feedback on draft versions of updated criteria during public consultation periods.

All about UTZ Certified standards and certification, with an emphasis on environmental criteria.

[Update: Post on the new standard and lack of shade canopy criteria here] The Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) is revising the standards used for Rainforest Alliance certification; this review process -LSB-...]

IFOAM — Organics International recommends to any program that relies on «organic» products or ingredients to consider referencing the IFOAM Family of Standards as a criterion for what constitute a trustworthy organic standard.

The winning locations must meet tough criteria, including operating with high values and integrity, embracing the company brand standards, exceeding all profitability expectations, and ranking as a top performer on guest feedback scores.

There is a preliminary version of the document with evidence, standards and criteria for the steps and guiding principles, on the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) website at http://www.ilca.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4214

After receiving human subject approval, women meeting these criteria were asked a standard set of questions on the telephone and / or mail.

(3) urgently to complete work currently under way on addressing the risk of microbiological contamination of powdered infant formula and establish appropriate microbiological criteria or standards related to E. sakazakii and other relevant microorganisms in powdered infant formula; and to provide guidance on safe handling and on warning messages on product packaging;

It provides guidelines and tools for external assessors to use initially to assess whether hospitals meet the Global Criteria and thus fully comply with the Ten Steps, and then to reassess on a regular basis whether they continue to maintain the required standards.

In 1984, Conservative Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph decided to proceed with a merger, on the premise that the new qualifications should be based on general and subject - specific criteria approved by himself; that the O Level exam boards should take responsibility for carrying forward the O Level A to C grade standards into the new scale, while the CSE boards should do the same for grades D to G, which were to be based on CSE grades 2 to 5 respectively; and that most subjects should be examined through tiered papers focusing on different parts of the grade scale, ensuring that each grade reflected «positive achievement» on appropriate tasks, rather than degrees of failure.

Under the proposal, half of the expected 300 students would have to meet the higher performance standards while the others — who could be admitted by taking a school tour or signing up for information at a fair, for example — could gain entry based on less stringent criteria, the notice stated.

The Wisconsin Senate president on Wednesday questioned Gov. Scott Walker's criteria for approving a new tribal casino, saying the standards contradict the free market system.

In response to the clear desire of New Yorkers for fair representation, the Legislature should instruct the Legislative Task Force on Research and Reapportionment, the existing body responsible for redistricting, to adhere to the following standards, in addition to the criteria required by federal law and the state constitution:

By length of tenure and in great majorities a safe seat status emerged for Labour (on the basis of these standard criteria) in the 1950s and 1960s.

First off, you need a detailed understanding of your institution's tenure process (timelines, procedures, clock - stopping policies, and so on); criteria (the particular balance of the three key criteria — research, teaching, and service — and what counts for which); standards (the performance threshold for each criterion, especially research); and the evidence needed to document your accomplishments (what needs to be in the tenure dossier).

Although the Harvard criteria were based on zero patients and no experiments were conducted either with humans or animals, they soon became the standard for declaring people dead in several states, and in 1981, the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) was sanctioned by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

Her department signed off on an endless procession of development proposals, based on the notion that as long as they met the standard water efficiency criteria she had helped the county set up, all projects were equal.

The committee was split evenly on whether the development of a vaccine to prevent hepatitis C would also meet the standard, but agreed that under the criteria neither development of a therapeutic vaccine nor of drugs to treat hepatitis C could justify the use of chimpanzees.

Once you feel that your application meets the standard for each of those five criteria, send it on to a mentor or one or more close colleagues.

In comments on the 2019 budget proposal, the GOP majority on the Science panel led by Smith suggested that EPA's funding should be contingent on the administrator's «requiring that all scientific and technical information and data relied on to support a risk, exposure, or hazard assessment; criteria document; standard; limitation; regulation; regulatory impact analysis; or guidance issued by the EPA is made publicly available.»

As Olin's scenario suggests, there is no medical consensus on gold - standard diagnostic criteria for dysfunctional breathing.

In order to allow all children and families access to ECE, federal and state governments should set uniform family payment standards that increase progressively across low -, moderate -, and higher - income groups, so families pay either no fee or an amount they can reasonably afford, based on established income criteria.

In a letter to the petitioners, DEA acting administrator Chuck Rosenberg acknowledged that marijuana is not as dangerous as many drugs listed as Schedule I. However, Rosenberg said, based on the standards used for drug approval by FDA, marijuana does not meet the criteria for rescheduling.