Function is not ignored in these modish redesigns -- of toothbrushes or tennis shoes or kitchen tools -- but they introduce products to a cycle that reduces its importance; when design is glamorized, it begins to solve problems of image first, and problems of use -- living -- second.
If the identity is ascribed, and emphasized, by the larger society, it may be difficult to reduce its importance in one's own practical reasoning.
However, this fact does not reduce its importance one whit.
But there is one important factor that makes Iowa a problem state for Republican candidates — and perhaps does greatly reduce its importance.
Our DEA method has not uncovered the impact of health technologies on health care efficiency, which significantly reduces its importance in the process of quantifying and evaluating efficiency in the future.
The fact that this finding may be rather obvious does not in any case reduce its importance in light of the policy implications that could be derived from it.
Overall, the study demonstrates that, by using a Quality-by-Design approach centered on the appropriate use of mathematical modeling, quality can indeed be built "by design" into the final product, whereas the role of end-point product testing can progressively reduce its importance in product manufacturing.
As cancer is generally a disease of the elderly, only a modest delay in its onset is required to reduce its importance compared to other causes of mortality.
TNF α early disappearance might reduce its importance for severity or outcome assessment, with contradictory results reported in the literature [ 6] and, in our study, its discriminative power was negligible.
In contrast, in unadjusted analyses from a small study of 19 children, Inal et al. (2007) found no significant associations between total indoor molds or four specific genera including Penicillium, and symptom or lung function outcomes; limitations of this study reduce its importance.
