These tools assume decision makers are neutral agents, with little or no personal incentives, values and external influences guiding their decisions[ 3, 8].
In 1997 the British government, with the support of the Welsh electorate, provided Wales with a measure of autonomy through the creation of the Welsh Assembly, which assumed decision-making authority for most local matters.
In a directive to his regional forest managers, the chief, Dale N. Bosworth, said he chose to assume decision-making authority because a Clinton administration rule restricting commercial operations in so-called roadless areas was tied up in at least eight lawsuits involving seven states.
Mrs. Teitelbaum's husband, Joel, the Satmars' rebbe, or grand rabbi, suffered a stroke 36 years ago, causing her to be a behind-the-scenes power in much the way President Woodrow Wilson's wife Edith assumed decision-making responsibility after he suffered a stroke in 1919.
The main limitation of our methodology is that we assume decisions made by the workers (retirement age or educational level) are exogenous.
Finally, we assume decisions about whom to treat is "First Come First Served".
They assume decision-makers in the administration are rational and righteous and will bend in front of hard scientific and/or epidemiological evidence or will react to outrageous injustice.
A durable power of attorney is a document that empowers an individual surrogate (appointed by the patient) to assume decision-making authority as soon as the patient loses decisional capacity.
The sample size calculation was based on decision implementation, assuming one decision for each patient.
As it is, assuming the decision survives an inevitable appeal, Mr. Emanuel, who is leading handily in public polls, can now look forward to the election.
