But the committee also parses 13 elements to judge a team's worthiness -- including its performance in the last 10 games and the Ratings Percentage Index, or R.P.I., which measures strength of schedule and how a team performs against it.
While the N.C.A.A. selection committee says the index is just one of 13 elements it uses to judge a team's worthiness -- including overall and conference records and its performance in the last 10 games of the season -- the R.P.I. ranking has historically reflected the makeup of the tournament field.
Self-esteem is related to the evaluative judgments children make about their characteristics and qualities, including their attitude about themselves and their sense of worthiness [ 37].
Later this year his team is planning to test the space-worthiness of their design by subjecting it to various trials, including the vibrations of a simulated launch, and, they hope, lofting it high into the atmosphere on a weather balloon to ensure it can operate remotely on the edge of space.
As borrowers began to default, the credit-worthiness of CDO's was called into question, saddling their holders — including banking giants like Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns — with huge losses, paper and realized alike.
Infants of insensitive or unresponsive mothers, like many mothers with PPD, are thought to develop a negative 'internal working model' of the relationship, including negative expectations regarding the child's own competence and love-worthiness [ 19].
He has appeared as a commentator and a makeover specialist on Dubai satellite channels and on the covers of celebrity magazines, including OK! Middle East and Mondanité, which have treated Mr. Khan's arrival as validation of the worthiness of the United Arab Emirates as a stylish destination.
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