In helping to formulate the President's spending plans, the OMB evaluates the effectiveness of agency programs, policies, and procedures, assesses competing funding demands among agencies, and sets funding priorities.

Measuring glycated hemoglobin assesses the effectiveness of therapy by monitoring long-term serum glucose regulation.

CERDEC's product manager for C4ISR On-the-Move assesses the effectiveness of inserting new technologies into an operationally relevant environment.

Phase 2 assesses the effectiveness with which the legislation is applied.

LAFCo assesses the feasibility of a new city according to three standards: it is likely to be feasible ; it is not likely ; or it may be feasible.

A small portion of the workers leave the swarm to search out new nest sites, and each worker assesses the quality of the cavity it finds.

" Strategic management is an ongoing process that evaluates and controls the business and the industries in which the company is involved ; assesses its competitors and sets goals and strategies to meet all existing and potential competitors ; and then reassesses each strategy annually or quarterly regularly to determine how it has been implemented and whether it has succeeded or needs replacement by a new strategy to meet changed circumstances, new technology, new competitors, a new economic environment., or a new social, financial, or political environment.

It assesses the baby's capabilities across different developmental areas ( autonomic, motor, state and social-interactive systems ) and describes how infants integrate these areas as they adapt to their new environment. This approach was innovative for recognizing that a baby is a highly-developed organism, even when just newly born.

Its role is to conduct applied social research on the scope and causes of social needs — specifically those related to aging, health policy, children and youth, people with disabilities, and new immigrants — and assesses various approaches to addressing them.

His essay " The Epistemological Movement in Late 20th century Art " assesses what he sees as the new artistic trends in the contemporary art world and its context in new thinking about fractal geometry, quantum mechanics, historical will, and epistemological and analytic traditions.

They may also be more indirect: retirement compensation based on salary in the last few years of employment ( which can encourage excessive overtime among older workers who may be less able to obtain adequate sleep ), or screening and hiring of new shift workers that assesses adaptability to a shift work schedule.

The institute also assesses current economic policies and proposes new ones that protect and improve the living standards of working families.

The Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change assesses an individual's readiness to act on a new healthier behavior, and provides strategies, or processes of change to guide the individual through the stages of change to Action and Maintenance.

The IRS then evaluates new debts and liabilities accumulated in the next year, and assesses the taxpayer ’ s new net worth at the next year ’ s end.

It also assesses the effect of globalization ( previously raised in The Global Media ) and provides one of the first comprehensive treatments of how the Internet was affecting media.

His book, The Philosophy of Schopenhauer, ( first published in 1983 ), remains one of the most substantial and wide-ranging treatments of Schopenhauer ; it is particularly appreciated for its several essay-appendices in which Magee assesses in depth his influence on Wittgenstein, Wagner and other creative writers.

The pawnbroker assesses an item for its condition and marketability by testing the item ( in the case of electronics or instruments ) and examining it for flaws, scratches or other damage.

The judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the parties of the case, assesses the credibility and arguments of the parties, and then issues a ruling on the matter at hand based on his or her interpretation of the law and his or her own personal judgment.

The organization ’ s annual Freedom in the World report, which assesses each country ’ s degree of political freedoms and civil liberties, is frequently cited by political scientists, journalists, and policy-makers.

The Committee assesses complaints on a closed basis in accordance with Article Five of the First Optional Protocol and for that reason only the original written complaint, the response from the State and the reply by the author will be considered.

At the beginning of the Upadesasahasri Samkara provides a list of criteria by which the guru assesses prospective disciples.

* Climate change: Impact on agriculture and costs of adaptation A report by the International Food Policy Research Institute that presents research results that quantify the impacts of climate change, assesses the consequences for food security, and estimates the investments that would offset the negative consequences for human well-being.

* Inter-rater reliability assesses the degree to which test scores are consistent when measurements are taken by different people using the same methods.

It assesses change in English and the reasons for its borrowings from other tongues down through history, all without resorting to the obscure sets of symbols so unhappily relied on by specialized linguistics.

The PILT payments were based on the assessed value as calculated by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, which assesses all property for the province of Ontario.

#: BLAST next assesses the statistical significance of each HSP score by exploiting the Gumbel extreme value distribution ( EVD ).

A forensic analysis assesses the age, sex, stature, ancestry, and evidence for an estimate of the predominant geographical ancestry of the individual, as well as determine if the individual was affected by accidental or violent trauma or disease prior to or at the time of death.

* Trinity College London ESOL offers Integrated Skills in English ( ISE ), series of 5 exams, which assesses Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening accepted by academic institutions in the UK.

The modes also gives the player a rank for effort after winning a battle on that map, which assesses by the speed, power and technique in that battle.

An example of an inventory that assesses knowledge of such concepts is an instrument developed by Odom and Barrow ( 1995 ) to evaluate understanding of diffusion and osmosis.

A second publication in 2011 by the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb assesses the importance of Gliha's work within Croatian Contemporary art.

COSEWIC, by contrast, investigate wildlife only in Canada, so assesses only the risk of a Canadian local extinction even for species which cross into the United States or other countries.

It also assesses the pressures applied to judges and courts by politicians, society and economic conditions.

Taught jointly by Vesalius College, the Belgian Royal Military Academy, the Institute for European Studies ( IES ) and University of Kent, the course provides students with unique insights into the causes of major contemporary conflicts and crises, and critically assesses the responses of NATO, the EU and United Nations.

Allen assesses the strength of planets but had been coming to Earth by mistake for decades.

The RCO Red Team assesses current and future threats to U. S. combat operations by providing independent technical assessments.

Through its program of certification, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates ( ECFMG ) assesses the readiness of international medical graduates to enter residency or fellowship programs in the United States that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education ( ACGME ).

Using the tools provided by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the NMFS assesses and predicts the status of fish stocks, ensures compliance with fisheries regulations and works to end wasteful fishing practices.

Roper's assertion leads one to believe that rather than delete or disregard activities of daily living, it can benefit the individual being assessed if the nurse uses the model more thoroughly and assesses the ADL fully, using the 5 factors, irrespective of the area in which the care is being received.

The Intelligence, Defense, Homeland Security, and natural disaster assistance communities would all benefit from this unifying structure of foundation feature data, current and historical imagery, and the data, information and knowledge that each intelligence discipline gathers, analyzes, assesses, and presents on a globe.

The statement should use an interdisciplinary approach so that it accurately assesses both the physical and social impacts of the proposed development.

An ARPA assesses the risk of collision, and enables operator to see proposed maneuvers by own ship.

The first meeting, which takes place in conjunction with the TC, assesses activities proposed for the ensuing year, in terms of relevance to members and the industry as a whole.