"Electoral uncertainty induces a decline in G.D.P. portions composed of costly-to-undo investments," according to a widely discussed 2014 study by Brandice Canes-Wrone and Christian Ponce de Leon of Princeton University titled "Elections, Uncertainty, and Economic Outcomes".
The most costly portion of the proposed curriculum is the use of standardized patient exercises or OSCE's, which assist learners in acquiring interview skills and in evaluative feedback, but this form of learning and evaluation is not essential to the curriculum.
More importantly, we achieve a minimum gender prediction accuracy of 74% compared to their 65%, without harnessing the inherent homophily in the network, since features designed based on homophily would require obtaining the true label of a large portion of the full communication network, a costly process as mentioned for [43].
That comes as no surprise; designers generally rely on the standardized markups on costly furnishings for a portion of their fee, if not all of it.
However, it could be that the effectiveness of a CHW-based adherence program after 10 years would be low or simply be more costly given the large portion of screened individuals that might require CHW visits.
Others complain of costly and redundant testing.
There's a growing consensus among economists, investors, academics, and consumer advocates that more "principal reduction" -- writing off a portion of a mortgage that exceeds a home's value in exchange for a higher likelihood of repayment -- can help avoid another wave of costly and economy-crushing foreclosures.
Overuse of costly determinations is undesirable.
Trying to prevent a state takeover of Nassau County's finances, the Democrats who control the County Legislature said today that they would seek a double-digit percentage increase in the county portion of the property tax rate next year and reject costly raises for county police officers and detectives.
Technology has helped with the early part of the process, the discovery of compounds, but not as much with the costliest and most time-consuming portion of drug development -- clinical trials.
