One idea gaining ground is the imposition of a "hurdle rate," which sets a specific benchmark a manager must overcome to receive his incentive fee at the end of the year.
Accordingly, as a first step, we compute the experimental throughput of the aforementioned stand-alone OFDM transmission, to obtain a specific benchmark to evaluate the performance of the primary transmission, when coexisting with the secondary CIA transmission.
ARM An acronym for adjustable rate mortgage, a type of mortgage in which the interest you pay on your outstanding balance rises and falls based on a specific benchmark.
The effect size could be used as a specific benchmark or standard for interpreting difference in changes between two groups.
The joint NIH-DOE five-year plan released in 1990 set specific benchmarks: a resolution of 2 to 5 centimorgans (cM) for genetic linkage maps and physical maps with sequence-tagged site (STS) markers (unique DNA sequences 100 200 base pairs long) spaced approximately 100 kilobases (kb) apart and 2-megabase (Mb) contiguous overlapping clones ("contigs") assembled for large sections of the genome.
They all have a very specific benchmark of beauty: as in the image of the woman with the weights, women to aspire to are young, blonde, white, toned, tanned and thin.
After his meeting with Secretary Powell yesterday, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher of Jordan said that although he and his Arab colleagues remained committed to working out specific benchmarks and a "work plan" that would lead to Palestinian statehood within three years, devising the specifics would take more time.
Famously, Star Trek had a black woman on the bridge in 1966, had a black commander in 1993 and a female captain in 1995, but coming as I did from a left-leaning family, these specific benchmarks were meant to educate the bigots for who couldn't envision such faces in a true meritocracy.
Mr. Mocarsky said Arbitron seeks a representative sample of each local market, with specific benchmarks for ethnic groups, genders and ages.
Beyond calling for a higher minimum wage, he has not identified specific benchmarks companies should meet in order to win his approval.
