Frailty was operationalized analogously to the social vulnerability index, in both the CSHA and NPHS, as described elsewhere.[17], [24] In brief, deficits representing self-reported symptoms, health attitudes, illnesses, and impaired functions (Table S1) were identified and given scores mapping to the 0 1 interval as described above, with a greater score corresponding to worse health status.
This technique induces brief functional deficits, allowing the investigation of causal links between neural activity and cognitive performance [27 29].
After a briefing on the deficit and hearing strong pro and con arguments whether or not it should be cut, clear majorities agreed on $10 billion in spending cuts.
In fact, Miliband had simply forgotten the brief passage about the deficit – the one addressing the issue that had hung over parliament like an ominous cloud for the previous four years.
The Nationals did show signs of life, putting a brief dent in the deficit when Ryan Zimmerman and Adam LaRoche blasted back-to-back solo home runs — one to left field, one to right — off Lynn in the fifth inning.
Blahous and I tangled last year over his assertion that Social Security adds to the federal deficit; a brief recap of our debate can be found here.
But Louis Crandall, chief economist at Wrightson Associates, said greater long-term savings could be achieved using lower-yielding maturities, especially if the return to government deficits is brief.
Twice in its recent briefing on the parties' deficit plans it used the deadly word "misleading" of Labour and Tory attempts to wriggle out of deficit reduction by claiming a unique ability to smoke out inefficiency.
Garnett had his best stretch with a 10-point third quarter, helping the Celtics turn a 7-point deficit into a brief 2-point lead.
Even without their second-leading scorer, forward Keith Van Horn, who was home with the stomach flu, they erased an 11-point deficit, held two brief leads, then fell behind by 7 points at halftime.
