Intel, the world's leading maker of chips, said the Chinese standard presented substantial technical challenges that would prevent it from meeting Beijing's deadline.
Although it does not have investigative powers, it conducts in-depth interviews with whistle-blowers to determine whether their complaints meet a standard of "substantial likelihood".
Agreement between automatic ED surveillance and the 'AllClin' reference standard was substantial with Kappa = 0.73 (95% CI: 0.58 - 0.87) (Table 4).
On paper, Nigeria has one of the most capable militaries in sub-Saharan Africa, with a budget of over two billion dollars (one estimate for the entire security budget places it as high as $5.8 billion), an army of a hundred and thirty thousand, and, by regional standards, a substantial air force.
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] easy as ABC?SIR – Your article on education described how some industrialised countries are finding it difficult to improve standards despite substantial increases in spending on schools ("The race is not always to the richest", December 8th).
The differences between the eGovernments' usability standards are substantial and the results are partially suboptimal.
11 The financial incentives for doctors to achieve the quality standards were substantial; the UK National Health Service committed £1.8bn (€2.1bn; $2.8bn) in funding.
Although contemporary birth weight for gestational age standards have substantial face validity [ 1, 47, 48], their development would benefit from greater empirical support and validation.
As a basis for establishing radiation protection standards, a substantial amount of quantitative information is now available on the frequency with which malignant diseases are induced in man by moderately high doses of radiation.
Mr. Barth sounds excellent here, fully committed to the tunes: three standards (real standards, like "Out of Nowhere," not geeky modern-jazz-musician standards) and seven originals, substantial and thoughtful.
The corresponding standard deviations indicate substantial variation between patients.
