The company said the shift, which is expected to spur even more major companies to move away from traditional defined-benefit pension plans, would save it as much as $3 billion through the next few years and provide it with a "more predictable cost structure".
Based on these results, we conclude that (1) reliable network flows can contribute to persistence only if switching is possible; (2) asymmetrical interactions increase persistence, independently of the switching effect but it indicates persistence in Holling II model; (3) switching makes the relationship much more predictable between structure and dynamics.
In this work, we examine a wide range of other sulfonates with distinctly simpler structure and more predictable reactivity.
Some of these have their actual business assets in China, but have retained their headquarters in Hong Kong or Taiwan, or perhaps used intricate off-shore structures, so as to enjoy a more predictable legal regime.
His view is that most companies are trying to deal with complexity by instituting further formalisms such as highly structured processes, to help make things more predictable and organized.
Music with a complex structure and rhythm won out over repetitious, more predictable music, Dr. Hetland said.
These major advances foster the understanding of structure activity relationship of these receptors and structure-based rational design of new ligands having more predictable activity.
Performance-Based Design (PBD) methodologies is the contemporary trend in designing better and more economic earthquake-resistant structures where the main objective is to achieve more predictable and reliable levels of safety and operability against natural hazards.
But the more rapid pace of change now also affects projects that used to be more predictable, like creating or improving policies and procedures, procuring and implementing new systems, or re-structuring and integrating new organizations.
Mr. Bush and Mr. Ashcroft have seemingly made a safer and more predictable choice with Mr. Mueller, choosing a career prosecutor who for nearly two decades has worked within the traditional management structure of the Justice Department.
