The odds against winning the nomination in a crowded arena may be very long, but, in a two-party system, the odds that a nominee of any calibre could win the Presidency are about even.
With cardiovascular failure as defined by the SOFA scoring system, the odds of unfavorable neurologic outcome were 7.6 times those in patients with preserved cardiovascular function.
If the number of RSs is equal or less than the number of MSs, the performance of the system will get close to a single-input multiple-output (SIMO) system since the odds to find a suitable RS to cooperate may decrease.
Given that the economic assumptions underlying the projections are quite conservative, defenders of the current system say the odds are strong that Social Security will weather the next three or four decades without needing any major surgery.
It not only documents that students who apply for early decision have a clear advantage over those who do not -- the equivalent of adding 100 points to an applicant's SAT scores overnight -- but it also suggests that the process is unfair because many students at less prestigious high schools do not understand how the system tilts the odds of acceptance.
Here is how the system handicaps the odds in the six major cateogies: BEST PICTURE As I've noted, although "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network" have won a roughly equal number of awards, "The King's Speech" has won those that matter most, like the awards from the directors' and producers' guilds.
More advocates within the system increases the odds of justice being served.
We want to believe otherwise, we strongly resist this reality, we think that experts are smart enough to create an edge, beat the system, overcome the odds.
Here, the legal system plays the odds: out of the many thousands and thousands of people who follow Slender Man, we know of only two girls who allegedly committed a violent act.
In a multivariate analysis (reported in the text below) that excluded measures of prior health system contact, the odds of being diagnosed with stage III/IV disease were 76% higher (OR=1.76; 95% Confidence Interval [CI] 1.37 – 2.28; p < 0.0001) for patients with previously undiagnosed diabetes (compared to previously diagnosed diabetes).
The odds of treatment failure was significantly lower when the GI system was affected as compared to respiratory, multisystemic, musculoskeletal or other body system conditions, and the odds of treatment failure with multisystemic conditions was significantly higher than in reports with no body system recorded.
