A better-quality currency would improve the ease with which eastern and central Europe trade goods and services with the West.
Interest rates for business borrowers were typically in the 13% to 18% range, typical of countries today with low-quality currencies.
Many of the studies Dr. McDougall refers to were published in the 1980s or earlier when standards of clinical research were lower, and this raises some concerns about the quality and currency of the evidence.
To ensure data quality and currency, a variety of methods were used, including manual revision, application of metrics, and building tools for automating processes.
In an elaborate smuggling investigation that ended in 2005, undercover F.B.I. agents infiltrated a ring that included a Macau citizen named Jyimin Horng, who was accused of importing into the U.S. millions of dollars' worth of counterfeit cigarettes, methamphetamines, and high-quality fake currency known as "supernotes," believed to originate in North Korea.
The most obvious operational risk is weather avoidance; but also included in this are our decisions about proper maintenance, currency, quality of training and a host of other factors.
The DDF criteria focus on specific topics or areas of importance (quality and consistency, currency, accessibility, output, technical documentation, data representation standards, data structure standards, user support and versioning) and have three different levels of maturity.
The irreversibility of Bitcoin transactions has often been lauded as one of the most important qualities of virtual currency because it makes it harder for banks and governments to intervene in transactions.
Toyota and Honda also benefit from currency and quality advantages.
This scoping review documented heterogeneity in study designs and analytical methods, inconsistent findings, moderate methodological quality, and lack of currency.
