In the second step, a job having the least completion time on the machine, in relation to the other jobs waiting in the queue, is allocated to the machine, according to the sequence-dependent setup time of that job.
Besides the country variables, all included socio-demographic and offense-related data served as independent variables in the subsequent analyses, whereby the variable "educational background" was dichotomized to 0 = no completion of full secondary education and 1 = at least completion of full secondary education (higher education than compulsory and secondary school attendance).
Environmental groups and many New York City officials have strongly opposed the technique and say the decision to allow it in the Marcellus Shale in New York should at least await completion of a study by the United States Environmental Protection Agency into the potential dangers to groundwater.
This process can be repeated until each partner feels that a satisfactory degree of understanding and/or agreement has occurred and there is a feeling of at least temporary completion shared by both partners.
The purpose of the current study was to determine if a home based parent education program targeting parenting skills and typical developmental milestones was feasible as defined by 50% consent rate for those recruited for the study and at least 50% completion of scheduled home visits.
Twenty-one patients completed all four planned cycles, with 17 having at least SD after completion of the fourth cycle.
Ah, yes, Rem Koolhaas in his seminal 2002 essay Junkspace – but he could've been talking about Trafalgar Square, at least since the completion of Admiralty Arch in 1912.
Certainly Smith's surprise, as expressed yesterday, and his positive comments about his relationship with Arthur seem to suggest a close partnership that he expected to continue at least until the completion of the coach's contract at the end of the 2011 World Cup.
Or at least that its completion would be merely a "hopeful" prospect; the fact that Carter finished the piece, and that it was premiered in full shortly before his 90th birthday, makes it the most significant symphony by any octogenarian in the late 20th century.
While they did not deny some American culpability in the episode, they said expressions of remorse offered by senior department officials and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton were enough, at least until the completion of a United States military investigation establishing what went wrong.
Before joining the Water Cooler Group, Mr. Young held top posts at Mindshare, a media agency owned by the GroupM division of WPP, which is the world's largest family of agencies — at least until the completion of the merger, announced last month, of the Omnicom Group and the Publicis Groupe to form the Publicis Omnicom Group.
