The studies mentioned above are representative of a large amount of data that have led to the establishment of DM as a CHD equivalent mandating aggressive anti-atherosclerotic management [59, 60].
Of course the response to that is: Doing nothing is equivalent to mandating a monopoly by a single fuel (whose price is set by a foreign cartel).
No one's going to "mandate inefficient equipment," but, unless we're willing to do the equivalent — say, by mandating costlier energy — increased efficiency, as Jevons predicted, can only make our predicament worse.
People with eating disorders like anorexia have opened up a new battleground in the insurance wars, testing the boundaries of laws mandating equivalent coverage for mental illnesses.
"The fast food, beverage, and consumer packaged goods sectors … must become actively involved in developing consensus on new, state-level producer responsibility mandates or equivalent policies", he adds.
Instead, Judge Crotty said the same problem applied, as the financial incentives were equivalent to "a de facto mandate".
I'm partial to her view of massive public art installations that are skimpy on meaning, but have come to appreciate even more how her mandate has an equivalent in housework.
In June 1999 (several years after London, for example, had begun its ambitious millennial program), the Spanish government set up the society, also known as Spain New Millennium, with a budget equivalent to $167 million and a mandate to spend it on events of cultural importance (and some fun).
Serbinis says one of the markets that will help its American expansion are employers with less than 50 "full-time equivalent" employees who aren't mandated to provide coverage under the Affordable Care Act, but still need to offer health benefits in order to attract talent.
There are few places in the art world where an equivalent stillness exists: not the socially mandated silence of public museums, but a stillness that seems to have physical weight.
