Sentence examples for standardisation from inspiring English sources

But concerns over safety, standardisation, interactions with other drugs, as well as extravagant claims and lack of evidence for efficacy have all led to attempts to regulate herbal medicine and its practitioners.

If there was more standardisation across the industry, this would help," Smith added.

In the US, Atul Gawande recently explored whether large, chain-style ownership of hospitals and physician groups might lead to a greater evidence-based standardisation of treatment procedures and drive out some of the over-utilisation that has proved so costly for the US health care system.

One reason why Volkswagen has done so well in recent years is that it has taken such standardisation further than most.

By bypassing middlemen and using existing rural retail networks the founders believe they can win 6m customers and provide direct employment to 11,000 women in the next five years.Yet many similar ventures have failed due to problems ranging from a lack of standardisation to inadequate saleswomen.

Similarly, any "scandal" over Californian watering-back would soon be forgotten, especially if the rationale of the process were properly explained.Much of a muchness?Indeed, the real danger for California's wines is one shared by wine-lovers the world over the standardisation of taste and the loss of individualism.

All eyes will be on him at Shell's fourth-quarter results presentation, due on February 5th if he is there.Shell's error may prompt an industry-wide move towards standardisation, and perhaps firmer regulation, of the booking of reserves, even though Shell's rivals are standing by their own numbers.

Besides increasing liquidity, standardisation also makes it easier for investors who buy the bonds to forecast and deal with prepayment risk.

It will prompt a new round of innovation, from cutting drilling costs through standardisation to new fracking techniques that increase output.

John McCain's plan depends mainly on competition and standardisation to cut costs, while using tax credits to improve access.

The charge is that by breaking the link between those who vet borrowers and those who bear the cost when they default, securitisation led to the lax lending that both fuelled and felled America's housing market.Securitisation is not new, and decades of standardisation in areas such as mortgage finance, car loans and credit cards have removed many of its deficiencies.