But the measures were short-lived.
Largely behind the scenes, plans that were drawn up, tested, exercised and refined over more than a decade have begun to swing into place, just as the WHO intended: its definition of phase five includes the warning that a pandemic "is imminent and that the time to finalise the organisation, communication and implementation of the planned mitigation measures is short".
A second research effort by Yore and other colleagues [ 19] indicated that BRFSS occupational physical activity measures were highly replicated, especially when time between repeated measures was short.
But the effect of those measures was short-lived after global stock markets tumbled and investors rushed to safer assets.
Opponents of repealing capital punishment say such measures are short-sighted and will result in more crime and greater costs to states down the road.
All these extraordinary measures are short-term palliatives.
This rigorous assessment method explains why the final set of RESTRAIL measures is shorter than the exhaustive set of known measures identified from reviews of the scientific and grey literature [14, 15, 16].
But while the IOC's new measure was short on detail – there was no indication, for instance, of how many tests an athlete would have to undergo before being trusted – Bach played down the chances of Kenya's star names, including such as the 800m world record holder, David Rudisha and the 1500m world champion, Asbel Kiprop, missing the Rio Games.
The first measure is short-term and largely technical, intended to strengthen trust among banks that had tightened their overnight lending to one another.
For one, the CEO "performance" metric companies often measure is short-term profits -- which is no way to predict a company's sustainable long-term success.
The memo then explained at length that the definition of the word "profound" allowed for a broad interpretation of what measures were acceptable short of that.
