The CALIBER model includes an extensive set of all-cause mortality predictor variables, including sociodemographics, CHD severity and phenotype, primary CVD risk factors, CVD and non-CVD comorbidities, psychosocial factors, and biomarkers.
"This style is very costly to brew, because it requires the highest caliber of quality assurance and consistency, and extensive cold-tank conditioning," McKay says.
Now consider the Knicks' extensive list of needs: a defensive-minded center, a starting-caliber shooting guard, a point guard to replace the aging Chauncey Billups (whose contract expires in 2012) and a power forward to spell Stoudemire, at the very least.
Of course, it helps that Tarlos Thomas, a senior, and Brett Williams, a sophomore, are pro-caliber tackles and that the senior guards Justin Amman and Jerry Carmichael have extensive starting experience.
The video's extensive text also bemoans the fact that postwar "Europe never had any politicians of the McCarthy caliber".
In the high-caliber housing market of Los Angeles, every neighborhood brandishes a distinct style, offering an extensive list of pros and cons that can leave even the surest of buyers second-guessing.
In a statement Tuesday night, Hal Luftig, one of the producers, said: "Our extensive search for a new cast presented the significant challenges of not only replacing a high-caliber trio of stars but also synchronizing the schedules of potential replacements with that of the production.
- New York : Berkley Caliber, 2014.
