Different levels of neophilia and hence readiness to explore novel options have been suggested to be underlying factors accounting for behavioural flexibility in a problem-solving experiment comparing kea and New Caledonian crows, Corvus moneduloides (Auersperg, von Bayern, Gajdon, Huber, & Kacelnik, 2011).
Among their cues for readiness include current crop diversification options, adjusted livestock feeding techniques, as well as attuned key household diets, with their most desired adaptation options being improved crop varieties, livestock feeding techniques and crop diversification.
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S apparent readiness to backtrack on the public insurance option in his health care package is not just a concession to his political opponents — this fixation on securing bipartisan support for health care reform suggests that the Democratic Party has forgotten how to govern and the White House has forgotten how to lead.
Today, Butterfield told The Australian that "About three to four months ago we started an internal campaign for IPO readiness because we want to have the option in the future and there's quite a bit of work that goes into it".
Stage of change was assessed using the readiness-to-quit ladder with 10 response options.
He welcomed Dmitri's rich English vocabulary, his offering multiple options for difficult locutions, and his readiness to let his father have the last word.
George Bush refuses to take any option off the table, implying a readiness to react with military force.
Such options include: Astia, which offers an investor readiness programme in both the UK and SiliconValley (applications now open); the new Illuminate Ventures of Cindy Padnos in the Valley, and in the UK, the Aspire Fund which matches the amount injected by a co-investor.
Finally, the proposed framework enhances flexibility of decision-makers with regard to future unexpected changes that may occur in the external environment, by preparing their readiness for 're-orienting' the policy path, based on the policy options presented for each future state and the attributes of the environment within which policy decisions have to be made.
Third, since the YPT program acknowledges that DDKT and LDKT are two separate treatment options and choices, it addresses patients' individual fears and readiness for DDKT and LDKT separately.
