But when the prime minister, Abdullah Badawi, introduced a new, five-year "Malaysia plan" on March 31st, he gave warning that the road to riches will be steeper in future, given the competition from China, India and other fast-improving Asian neighbours.The new plan puts less emphasis on grand infrastructure projects and more on the human side of development than earlier ones.
A bipartisan group of budget experts called Wednesday for steep cuts in future military spending, just as leaders of a presidential debt-reduction commission proposed last week.
Shadow ministers have previously expressed concerns that the scheme is stoking demand but doing nothing for supply, which could result in a future steep rise in prices.
The best versions already have refinements such as "hill hold" (which prevents run-back as a driver prepares to drive uphill from standstill) and "hill descent control" (which slows, straightens and avoids wheel-locking as a car descends a steep hill).In future, the trick will be to link stability control with other rapidly advancing car safety systems.
Studies show that men receive lower performance ratings and experience steeper reductions in future earnings than women after taking time away from work for family reasons.
Discount factor γ (0≤γ<1) controls the time scale of reward prediction; a smaller γ results in steeper discounting of future rewards, leading to short-term reward prediction.
In contrast, during day 2 of the experiment, declines were less steep in the future-rescued populations (significant effect of rescue: F1,40 = 1210, P < 0.0001, Table S2; Fig. 3B), in particular at higher streptomycin doses (significant rescue × dose interaction: F3,40 = 11.20, P < 0.0001, Table S2; Fig. 3B).
Human and natural forces are rapidly modifying the global distribution and structure of terrestrial ecosystems on which all of life depends, altering the global carbon cycle, affecting our climate now and for the foreseeable future, causing steep reductions in species diversity, and endangering Earth's sustainability.
Similarly, BYD's house of the future is steeped in practicality, not look-at-me tree hugging or science fiction.
Pregnant smokers have several characteristics associated with steeper discounting of the future in addition to being smokers, namely being younger, having less education and lower income compared with pregnant non-smokers [ 15, 16].
