This initiative consumes significant resources, and to date there has been disappointing evidence that this investment has been worthwhile in terms of improving outcomes, reduction in cardiac arrests, and unplanned admissions to intensive care.
A buoyant economy fueled job growth and residential construction, which the mayor encouraged, but few initiatives consumed Mr. Giuliani's attention.
As part of its Internet initiative, which consumes half its $4.4 billion R&D budget, Bill Gates's company is spending heavily to make it easier and pleasanter more human for people to interact with computers and the Internet.
Overall, the Chef Initiative schools provided healthier lunches and the percent of foods consumed at Chef Initiative and control schools were similar (61.6% vs 57.3%; P=0.63).
But her first months in the Senate have been consumed with initiatives to shore up North Carolina's sagging economy.
But that costly and sweeping initiative — expected to consume $57.6 million over five years — hinges on a little-watched contracting process that unfolded more than a hundred miles north.
Most of these initiatives target reducing volume of jet fuel consumed, an appropriate goal indeed.
Evaluation of consumer exposure to specific food sources will allow staff to track impact of local food policy initiatives (i.e., the proportion of calories consumed from urban corner stores).
That detailed information was the result of a major computer modeling initiative undertaken by the Fed and the banks that consumed enormous resources during the 1990s.
Of the areas targeted, there was greater whole-grain selection and vegetable consumption; 51% more students selected whole grains (P=0.02) and students consumed 0.36 more vegetable servings/day (P=0.01) at Chef Initiative schools.
