For this experiment, the scheduling policy and the number of context switches are fixed.
Optimisation variables are bus fare, congestion toll, bus frequency, bus size, fare collection system, bus boarding policy and the number of seats inside buses.
In our experiments, the scheduling policy and the number of context switches are varied and the energy consumed is measured when a context switch occurred.
In discussions with the stakeholders, which considered the temporary character of this national policy and the number of requests for exemption, the PFFn of 15% was judged to be rather conservative.
While the level of data did not allow a statistical analysis of the correlation between the PCT policy status and the number of SCS procedures funded, some evidence of an association between regions with an existing policy and the number of patients being funded for SCS was apparent.
* A Asian, AA African American, HW Hispanic white, M multi racial, NH/PI Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, NHW non Hispanic white, O other We conducted unobtrusive observations at each store (for groceries, we randomly selected one store in the chain), noting product types, signs advertising the tobacco-free policy, and the number of tobacco retailers within a three-block radius.
The health law aimed to cover as many people as possible in two main ways: creating marketplaces where people who don't have insurance through an employer could buy affordable private policies; and expanding the number of people covered by Medicaid, which mostly has covered children and pregnant women.
School officials across the country responded to a surge in juvenile crime during the 1980s and the Columbine High School shootings a decade later by tightening disciplinary policies and increasing the number of police patrolling public schools.
Even though it's hard to point to hard data, it's likely that more widespread refusal to pay ransoms really would strengthen the policy and reduce the number of hostage situations, just like Cohen and others claim.
