"We have not been served with or seen a copy of the complaint, but we are confident that there is no meritorious claim that can be made against the N.H.L.P.A. in regard to Derek's tragic death.
But Professor Cox and other experts say that the number of cases filed is an inadequate measure, and one can just as easily conclude that "a lot of meritorious cases that should have gone forward haven't, particularly in light of the speculative bubble and tremendous number of earnings restatements".
The kathina celebration culminates in the making and presentation of the mahakathina ("great robe"), a particularly meritorious gift that requires the cooperation of a number of people who, theoretically at least, must produce it from spinning the thread to stitching the cloth in a single day and night.
Cell homing and cell transplantation are both scientifically meritorious approaches that show promise to completely and reliably reconstitute all tissue and connections damaged through periodontal disease, and hence research into both directions should continue.
The proposed FIR model has some meritorious properties that are preferred in applications: the filter coefficients are independent of the signal samples; it is capable of interpolating or extrapolating at an arbitrary point in the sampling domain; it is adaptive to uniform or non-uniform sampling scenarios.
Still, there's going to be a paper trail if the AG is shutting down meritorious cases that should be going forward.
The proposed model is meritorious in that it considers the synergy as well as the individual role of the k hyperplanes in constructing a decision surface and exploits the advances in theory and algorithms and the advent of powerful softwares for MILP for its solution.
It didn't get the prize; the judges explained that, meritorious as the production was, the two lads who played Cassius and Mark Antony were both too mature to be bona-fide students.
"Although we all wish to believe that appointments are only the product of merit, the harsh reality is that the support of community groups is critical to insuring that meritorious candidates are not overlooked or victimized in the appointment process," she said.
"NIH will be using multiple approaches, and the first will provide immediate infusion by choosing among already reviewed, highly meritorious R01 applications that have a reasonable expectation of making progress in 2 years.... NIH will also be targeting research through supplements and a program of Challenge Grants," he added.
