States are running out of options for cuts that produce real savings, Mr. Smith said, and are increasingly turning to efficiencies like quality improvements, managed care and computerization.
Short food supply chains (SFSCs) have been central to recent research on the emergence of alternative forms of agriculture and food supply in Western countries, as they are often understood as a consequence of the so-called turn to quality expressed by consumers in the food domain (Goodman, 2003).
Indeed, in the mind of consumers they are associated with more traditional, locally embedded and sustainable farming practices (Ilbery and Maye, 2005), although this perception may sometimes be incorrect, as "local" is not in itself a guarantee of "a strong turn to quality based production" (Winter, 2003).
On this basis, many studies have turned to subjective quality assessment, usually directly measuring a user's satisfaction with video quality, and representing performance by the mean opinion score (MOS [12].
This may also make the app more attractive to users who have been turning to Flickr for high-quality uploading.
DETROIT, Oct. 17 - J.D. Power & Associates, the company millions of people turn to for quality rankings on everything from cars to cameras, is exploring the possibility of putting itself up for sale.
Over the course of the interview, conversation turns to the quality of the dialogue in Gravity (not great, says Mozgawa), synaesthesia (Kokal claims that Warpaint, to her, is "deep purple – not the band") and whether Kanye West is as horrible in person as on record (Wayman met him once and thinks not).
My complaining then turned to the quality of the video itself.
Worn down by food safety scandals and crowded supermarkets, shoppers are turning to online stores to buy quality products and demanding increasingly speedy shipments.
In "Transparent Strokes," Mr. Hussain has turned to the qualities of the watercolor medium to convey that it is not impossible to reclaim memories of a world that was once whole.
