Sentences with phrase «relation to other systems»

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Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

One solution that innovative teams have implemented are crowdsourcing and peer recognition, from the good folks at EverTrue, who use the employee recognition platform Youearnedit.com in conjunction with iDoneThis to give each other rewards to the human relations - oriented employees at Shopify, who use an internal system to crowdsource bonuses.

The problem of evolutionary determinism is often brought up in relation to the hypothetical extraterrestrial life on hypothetical planets in other solar systems.

This involves no assertions one way or another about the value or validity of other cultural - linguistic systems or about the relation of Christian faith to any nonlinguistic reality.

To counter this tendency we may on the other hand attempt to develop a more critical, descriptive, naturalistic account of the relation between mind and nature, thereby avoiding the purely logical demands of system and the self - serving rule of reasoTo counter this tendency we may on the other hand attempt to develop a more critical, descriptive, naturalistic account of the relation between mind and nature, thereby avoiding the purely logical demands of system and the self - serving rule of reasoto develop a more critical, descriptive, naturalistic account of the relation between mind and nature, thereby avoiding the purely logical demands of system and the self - serving rule of reason.

Systems and principles of justice are the servants and instruments of the spirit of brotherhood in so far as they extend the sense of obligation towards the other, (a) from an immediately felt obligation, prompted by obvious need, to a continued obligation expressed in fixed principles of mutual support; (b) from a simple relation of the self and one «other» to the complex relations of the self and the «others»; and (c) finally from the obligations... which the community defines from its more impartial perspective.5

His duty is to so direct his own affairs and so to have regard for all other creatures as to develop a future in which there is peace not only between man and man but between man and animal and between man and the whole delicate system of relations that makes the earth a cradle of life.

The deeper point of the critics of process thought is that subsuming other creatures into the ethical system worked out in modernity to guide relations among people does not change us at the needed level.

CC: If you presuppose a number of accessibility relations, how accessible a number of entities are to each other, you have two systems — on the one hand, morphic resonance, and on the other these accessibility relations.

But if, on the other hand, we refuse to regard human socialization as anything more than a chance arrangement, a modus vivendi lacking all power of internal growth, then (excepting, at the most, a few elementary rules safeguarding the living - space of the individual) we find the whole structure of politico - economico - social relations reduced to an arbitrary system of conventional and temporary expedients.

As Copernicus had initiated a fundamental change in the view of the place of the earth in the solar system so these men, and others, were helping to bring about a change in man's views of himself, his origin and ancestry, and his relations to his fellow men.

The question at issue is whether we can account for everything — e.g., all biological processes, including behaviour (and some people would include, others exclude, mind and / or conscious self - awareness)-- in terms of those entities, as reductionists and mechanists claimed, or do we have to invoke something else, which might be organizing relations» or «system properties,» as anti-reductionists and organicists argued.

Our vision of reality is the system of unquestioned presuppositions in relation to which other ideas appear as plausible or stupid.

The report concludes that «Australia is an outlier» in relation to «how low the pecuniary penalties it imposes are by comparison to all other systems».

The noise about lean finely textured beef (LFTB), commonly known as «pink slime,» is bringing attention to some of the more unsavory aspects of the U.S. political system — public relations spin, the revolving door, and other aspects of power politics.

This relation of the Schrödinger equation to classical waves is already revealed in the way that a variant called the nonlinear Schrödinger equation is commonly used to describe other classical wave systems — for example in optics and even in ocean waves, where it provides a mathematical picture of unusually large and robust «rogue waves.»

Enormous projects such as ENCODE (for humans and mice) or modENCODE (for other lab model systems, such as the fly Drosophila or the worm C. elegans) have been devoted to collecting these data in order to analyse and interpret them in the framework of genomic data and to form hypotheses about functions and relations.

His research interests include cellular lipid and protein degradation systems — and their malfunction — in relation to Parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies.

Chair - sitting splits the system up so that the top and bottom are not engaged — weight goes down through the sitting bones, through the feet and through the back; nothing knows where it's supposed to go in relation to the other parts of the body, in compared to the squat, where everything is constantly working together as one unit.

-- Human Development and Social Relations: Study family systems to compare with the family studies devised by Milton Erickson, Salvador Minuchin, Abraham Maslow and other family therapists.

When it comes to proving compliance in relation to skills training, and other learning, or development activities, there is no better tool than a learning management system.

These assessment work in relation to the levels system we have adopted - see other resources.

Every state needs tests and other assessments that accurately gauge the performance of individual children, schools, and school systems in relation to its standards.

Giroux caricatures the traditional classroom as one where «students sit in rows staring at the back of each others» heads and at the teacher who faces them in symbolic, authoritarian fashion»; «events are governed by a rigid time schedule imposed by a system of bells and reinforced by cues from teachers»; we «glorify the teacher as the expert [and] dispenser of knowledge»; «social relationships... are based upon power relations inextricably linked to the teacher's allotment of grades»; and tracking «alienates students from schooling.»

They help schools measure how students in a given class, school, or school system perform in relation to other students who take the same test.

To this end, he studies the US labor market, including the role in that relation of race, ethnicity, and gender, the US educational system, and systems in many other countries.

In relation to my comment from Sep 24 I have since had it comfirmed by Haldex that the Golf R uses the same Gen IV system as the Audi S3 (among others).

Being cultivated is a matter not of having read any book in particular, but of being able to find your bearings within books as a system, which requires you to know that they form a system and to be able to locate each element in relation to the others.

New systems might include developing rescue partnerships, leading a comprehensive adoption program, enlisting a public relations strategy to engage community, among others that complimentarily replace the need to kill animals.

Fighting games are always defined by how unique and innovative their fighting system is in relation to others and the Mortal Kombat series has always managed to do that in spades.

The table below uses a points system based on Fallout 4 being the most anticipated game, therefore it has been awarded 100 points with the other games awarded a number of points in relation to how anticipated it is compared to Fallout 4.

The artworks in the Eco-Visionaries exhibition present alternative views and ideas on humans» relation to nature ecologies, social ecologies, and mental ecologies - systems that are inextricably linked and affect each other.

Even when it is possible to detect the impact of climateh3 change on a system, more detailed understanding can be needed to assess the magnitude of this impact in relation to the influences of other external factors and natural variWhat types of approaches are being used in adaptation planning and implementation?ability.

Effects of AGW combined with other large scale problems in the earth system (related or not), in relation to the human system such as peak oil, bees dying, ocean degradation, soil nutrient loss, soil moisture loss all point to the punitive effects of mankind's collective tax upon himself.

In addition to seeking reform, the Coalition is dedicated to empowering, educating, and providing support and resources to families in crisis because of the legal system and impoverished by divorce and other domestic relations matters.

They cover the spectrum of life (and strife) as an attorney, «including but not limited to» ridiculous hours and the other sacrifices lawyers (and their families) make, headhunters and lateral movement, client relations, the adversarial system, the art of negotiating, time records and bills, meeting deadlines, document reviews, legal reasoning and argument, cross-examination, business travel, and year - end bonuses.

In this context, it should be mentioned that, as it has been held by the Constitutional Court, the principle of the supremacy of the Constitution implies also a duty of the legislature and other lawmaking subjects to revise legal acts which were passed before the entry into effect of the Constitution, while taking account of norms and principles of the Constitution, and to ensure a harmonious hierarchical system of legal acts which regulate the same relations (the Constitutional Court's rulings of 3 December 1997, 6 May 1998, 29 October 2003, and 5 March 2004).

Apple, for its part, is alleging copyright, trademark and other claims against Psystar in relation to Psystar's use of Apple's operating system.

Why is it, then, that citation systems for law — whether the Harvard Bluebook, the Chicago Maroon Book, the Canadian McGill Guide, the British OSCOLA: Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities or the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC)-- are so idiosyncratic and radically different from these other citation systems, offering a system of citation that bears little relation to these others, at once more complex and detailed while less comprehensive in scope?

(2.3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations establishing and governing programs to enforce standards prescribed under clause (2)(b) in relation to buildings other than sewage systems, including regulations,

Wales was originally given sparser powers, being permitted to enact legislation only in relation to specific matters, although legislation currently before Parliament will bring the Welsh model into closer alignment with the other systems.

Also, as others have pointed out, these systems are most appropriate to firms dealing with corporate clients, where a premium is placed on such activities as teamwork and client relations.

On the other hand, it provided employers with a measure of stability in their relations with their organized workers, without the specter of intensive state intervention in the economy... These elements... continue to guide our system of labour relations to this day.

Nevertheless, a quality management system reaches its limits when it comes to relations with other businesses.

Thankfully, the judicial system remains as committed to fair trials for those accused of this most serious offence as it does in relation to any other offence on the books.

When these emergent properties of computational monetary systems arise, it changes the way people feel about each other in relation to money.

And that, on the one hand, will allow the ICO participants to receive the super profit, on the other hand, to use other cryptocurrencies as means of payment within the system until the development of final product takes place and that neutralize negative effect of altcoin growth in relation to basic cryptocurrency.

Hyatt, Atlanta, GA (May 2012 — Present) Hotel Switchboard Operator • Receive calls from guests / potential guests and respond to questions regarding room availability and tariffs • Transfer incoming calls to intended recipients and take messages in case of unavailability • Resolve queries or problems over the phone or escalate them to managers or department heads • Route calls to guests after ensuring that the guests are willing to take the calls • Provide limited information to callers regarding guests staying at the hotel by exercising strict confidentiality • Take messages for staff members and guests by accurately writing them on paper or message logs • Route callers to message recording lines and provide them with information on how to use them to record their messages • Make announcements on public address systems regarding emergency situations • Take and service requests for making outgoing calls to other countries and make sure that call cost logs are maintained for each guest • Greet people as they arrive, inquire into their purpose of visit and make them comfortable until a guest relation officer can be assigned to them

Highlights Monitor the progress of various clients and institute adjustments when necessary Effectively communicate with parolees, fellow parole officers and representatives of the court Compile and analyze various court reports Ensure full compliance with State regulations and standard operation procedures of the facility Apply strong problem solving skills in different situations Assist parolees in securing jobs and other necessary resources to transition into civilian life Strong public relations skills Proficient in Microsoft Office Experience Probation Officer 1/1/2010 — Present Central Offender Services — Augusta, GA Manage the cases of several different parolees simultaneously Ensure that parolees have access to needed resources to make a successful transition out of the system Maintain an in - depth understanding of the criminal justice system and current and pending laws Hold periodic meetings with paroles to ensure that they are meeting all requirements for their parole Analyze various court reports to determine appropriate courses of action with clients Receive and address parolee issues to help keep them on the right path

• Arbitrate software application installation and upgrading processes, system inspection and troubleshooting procedures • Execute network channeling, wireless configuration and connectivity set up • Evaluate existing routing, LAN / WAN, network type and security status and take measures to enhance the same • Collaborate with telecommunications department to ensure delivery of highest quality network services to customers • Coordinate with IP service providers for inter and intranet provision and maintenance • Identify hardware and software threats proactively, initiate maximum protection SOPs for the same and recover systems in case of infection • Facilitate users in creating and maintaining new accounts • Conduct regular analysis and maintenance of voice, video and data communication networks • Carryout problem identification, resolution and general troubleshooting of network related issues • Generate and handle email, data distribution and communication systems • Provide help desk support and perform hardware and software installation and network configuration • Take periodic backup of systems and provide the users with same in case of system collapse • Repair and replace faulty or damaged network cabling as and when required • Facilitate the team in development of new network designs and architecture • Connect user servers with other servers at various workstations using localized internet services • Initiate, develop, implement and enhance network security policies • Track and resolve fault tickets using latest TCP based troubleshoot strategies in minimal time • Determine all aging servers and systems and upgrade the same to latest Operating System versions • Maintain productive business relations and effective communication channels with department coordinator and broadband vsystem inspection and troubleshooting procedures • Execute network channeling, wireless configuration and connectivity set up • Evaluate existing routing, LAN / WAN, network type and security status and take measures to enhance the same • Collaborate with telecommunications department to ensure delivery of highest quality network services to customers • Coordinate with IP service providers for inter and intranet provision and maintenance • Identify hardware and software threats proactively, initiate maximum protection SOPs for the same and recover systems in case of infection • Facilitate users in creating and maintaining new accounts • Conduct regular analysis and maintenance of voice, video and data communication networks • Carryout problem identification, resolution and general troubleshooting of network related issues • Generate and handle email, data distribution and communication systems • Provide help desk support and perform hardware and software installation and network configuration • Take periodic backup of systems and provide the users with same in case of system collapse • Repair and replace faulty or damaged network cabling as and when required • Facilitate the team in development of new network designs and architecture • Connect user servers with other servers at various workstations using localized internet services • Initiate, develop, implement and enhance network security policies • Track and resolve fault tickets using latest TCP based troubleshoot strategies in minimal time • Determine all aging servers and systems and upgrade the same to latest Operating System versions • Maintain productive business relations and effective communication channels with department coordinator and broadband vsystem collapse • Repair and replace faulty or damaged network cabling as and when required • Facilitate the team in development of new network designs and architecture • Connect user servers with other servers at various workstations using localized internet services • Initiate, develop, implement and enhance network security policies • Track and resolve fault tickets using latest TCP based troubleshoot strategies in minimal time • Determine all aging servers and systems and upgrade the same to latest Operating System versions • Maintain productive business relations and effective communication channels with department coordinator and broadband vSystem versions • Maintain productive business relations and effective communication channels with department coordinator and broadband vendors