By reducing the subjectivity of site selection, rigorously selecting the set of reference sites, and following a standardized metric screening method, we developed a robust MMI to assess and monitor ecological condition in neotropical savanna streams.
More rigorously selected, 23 of these added up to £33.53 million.
This was accomplished by Citigroup's misrepresenting that the Fund's assets were attractive investments rigorously selected by an independent investment adviser, whereas in fact Citigroup had arranged to include in the portfolio a substantial percentage of negative projected assets and had then taken a short position in those very assets it had helped select.
Responding to the allegations, Huayou Cobalt told Amnesty International that "our company has not been aware that any of our legitimate suppliers has hired child labour in their mining sites or operated in unsafe working conditions … CDM has rigorously selected its ore suppliers to ensure the procurement of raw materials through legitimate channels".
And not just in the short term: the WEF rigorously selects and nurtures "Young Global Leaders" to form a "next-generation leadership community that is mission-led and principle-driven .The rise of the rootlessThe cult of the global leader is sprinciple-driven .The
The values in parentheses are calculated from a more rigorously selected paleointensity data set (see text for details).
The winemaker, Pierre Seillan, "builds" his wine by blending rigorously selected grapes from individual blocks, what he calls micro-crus, within the several dozen Jackson Family Farms vineyards.
They were rigorously selected out of the 29 submitted manuscripts and the reviewers have put much effort into supporting the review process that, for most of the manuscripts, had three iterations.
In order to check for consistency from a more rigorously selected data set, a second group of paleointensity data was selected from the PINT database by applying two additional criteria (e.g., Biggin et al., 2009): (1) at least three samples should be used to calculate the VDM or VADM; and (2) the standard deviation should not be greater than 25% of the mean paleointensity.
From April 20th - May 1st, the city's downtown theaters will hold screenings of 93 rigorously selected films, host panel talks involving a number of famed directors, celebrate with a family festival and even and screen an old-time "drive in" movie.
