Recently, the publication of several studies investigating the use of commercial providers for weight loss have shown relatively successful results in the short-term and merit further evaluation (38, 39, 43).
Populations facing very high, short-term extinction risks might merit use of an artificial propagation program designed to increase abundance in spite of those risks.
It did nothing to reconcile widening divisions, particularly between Europeans and Americans, over the merits of short-term budget austerity.
"Reagan's tax cuts, whatever their merits as short-term fiscal policy, left large and growing budget deficits when combined with increased spending, and added to the national debt".
The news was made public today at the company's big annual conference, EC4, where Libin talked eloquently on the merits of short-term and long-term decisions and how that applies to life and also to Evernote.
As a result, the policy-making community has evolved a variety of short-term proxies for evaluating the merits of a scientific work.
The Oscars, by contrast, diverge drastically from the actual consideration of merit, both in the short-term eyes of enthusiasts and in the long span of movie history.
A reader has written to ask about the merits of long-term versus short-term corporate bonds.
It's about distinguishing short-term motivations from long-term motivations, and thinking explicitly about the merits".
Research on merit pay, she said, shows that student achievement is "a product of a lot of different variables," including developmental ones, and that any gains under merit pay plans had proved to be sporadic and short-term.
