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Fukushima exposed the need for regulators to perform regular stress tests, evaluating the ability of nuclear facilities to stand up to various contingencies affecting their safety.
They attract talent, perform efficiently, and continually upgrade their systems and services.
By uttering the verb we actually perform an act: we christen a ship, we pronounce a couple man and wife.
Despite this huge concentration of powers in the presidency, or perhaps because of it, the Fifth Republic has failed to perform better than more democratic Western regimes.
In describing the success of the Toyota and Linux networks, the Boston Consulting Group concludes that the hard power of monetary carrots and accountability sticks motivates people to perform narrow, specified tasks, but that the soft power of admiration and applause are far more effective stimulants of extraordinary behavior.
Eventually, everything that is inessential will be gone, and you will be left with only the components necessary for it to perform its basic functions.
Genes do not function like fenders or brakes; they cannot be mounted on a chassis to perform a function independently of other components.
Towards a Green NanotechnologyThe advent of nanotechnology, the branch of engineering that seeks to build objects molecule by molecule – indeed, atom by atom – has evoked futuristic images of self-replicating “nanobots” that perform surgery, or that convert the planet into a mass of “grey goo” as they consume everything in sight.
The key takeaway is that the timing of elections can reveal how well incumbents expect to perform in the future.
The Resource Curse RevisitedThere is a curious phenomenon that economists call the resource curse - so named because, on average, countries with large endowments of natural resources perform worse than countries that are less well endowed.
Yet some countries with abundant natural resources do perform better than others, and some have done well.
Why do Indian athletes perform so badly?
A Hundred Years of SuperconductivityCHICAGO – The world’s first “quantum” computer – a machine that harnesses the magic of quantum phenomena to perform memory and processing tasks incredibly faster than today’s silicon-based computer chips – was recently sold by D-Wave Systems of Canada to Lockheed-Martin.
With 30% of foreign workers believing that they are overqualified for the job they perform, Italy is losing its appeal, especially to skilled professionals.
In a meeting this month, finance ministers of G-8 countries agreed to follow the US and perform stress tests on their banks.
And actively managed portfolios are increasingly being replaced by passive robo-advisers, which can perform just as well or better than conflicted, high-fee financial advisers.
These elements perform crucial functions, such as transporting oxygen, nutrients, and immunoglobulins (which defend against infection), and regulating water content, temperature, and pH level.
Should the education minister be assessed according to how much overtime work teachers are made to perform?
Or even better, many people will submit a saliva sample to a consumer genomics company, which will analyze all of their pharmacogenomic data and perform an extensive panel of genotypes, updated every month, and store the data on their smart phones.
Whether China’s economy can continue to grow rapidly will depend far more on its ability to reform than on how its stock markets perform.
In parallel, the European Banking Authority will continue to perform its existing tasks, namely developing the single rulebook for the entire single market and ensuring convergent supervisory practice throughout the EU.
More to the point, they shed light on why doctors continue to perform medically unnecessary, high-risk procedures on intersex children who are too young to consent, even though the practice has been controversial for decades within the medical community.
This applies especially to medical practitioners who perform cosmetic surgery on intersex infants.
The Myth of Chinese MeritocracyCLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Political scandals sometimes perform a valuable function in cleansing governments.
They perform worse in school and lead poorer adult lives.
What has largely been left out of the discussion is whether it is ever appropriate to perform invasive, dangerous, and expensive surgery on 97-year-olds – even if they want it.
The ILO contends that children suffer greatly when they are forced to perform as "small adults."
Europe, by contrast, can use its agility to perform a “smart pivot.”
The world needs a new type of plastic – one that will perform well, but will also biodegrade much faster than the plastics we use today.
Or does the state take charge when the market fails to perform socially necessary functions – such as fighting wars or maintaining full employment?
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