Table 1 lists the types of tests suggested for use in the field and are grouped by tiers; with Tier I being the least complex in terms of equipment, training, and affordability and Tiers II and III increasing in complexity.
Tiered networks, in which providers are grouped into tiers based on cost or efficiency, are also being adopted by some employers and insurers.
For each of the groups in tier 1, a person earns points according to different criteria: English language ability.
For this purpose storage providers are assumed to be grouped into tiers, reflecting their access speed, ranging from fast disc-based storage (high) to magnetic tape (low).
They are often grouped in tiers; the tier that your medication falls in determines the amount of money it will cost you.
Some studies indicate that grouping can damage students' self-esteem by consigning them to lower-tier groups; others suggest that it produces the opposite effect by ensuring that more advanced students do not make their less advanced peers feel inadequate.
Tier 3 entities have been grouped into tier 1 and 2 entities, which, on a consensus basis, were felt to be homogeneous form the clinical standpoint.
According to analysts at Salomon Smith Barney, an investment bank, the combined group's tier-one capital ratio (a measure of its soundness) would be around 6% at the current bid level already dangerously low.Judging by BoS's share price, investors are rather relieved that it now seems unlikely to win.
QUINCE If you aspire to secretly blend in with groups several economic tiers beneath you, Vince promotes the look and feel of popular casual shapes, but in the best fabrics available.
The fruit bodies grow singly or in groups, sometimes in tiers, in the wounds of living trees.
