The key index used to assess passenger train performance is the Public Performance Measure, which combines figures for punctuality and reliability.

In terms of the 2008 Environmental Performance Index ranking, Costa Rica is 5th in the world, up from the 15th place in 2006.

Performance status is often used as a measure to determine whether a patient can receive chemotherapy, or whether dose reduction is required.

Customer Operations Performance Center Inc. ( COPC ) is the globally recognised performance management framework for the contact centre and BPO industry.

) In large implementations, the planned value curve is commonly called a Performance Measurement Baseline ( PMB ) and may be arranged in control accounts, summary-level planning packages, planning packages and work packages.

If a project has a Management Reserve ( MR ), it is typically not included in the BAC, and respectively, in the Performance Measurement Baseline.

The published research resulted in a Technical Performance Management ( TPM ) methodology and software application that is still used by many DoD agencies in informing EVM estimates with technical achievement.

Performance is high because the components switch quickly and consume little power ( compared to their discrete counterparts ) as a result of the small size and close proximity of the components.

Performance appraisal or performance evaluation is the process of measuring an individual's work behaviors and outcomes against the expectations of the job.

Performance appraisal is frequently used in promotion and compensation decisions, to help design and validate personnel selection procedures, and for performance management.

Performance management is the process of providing performance feedback relative to expectations and improvement information ( e. g., coaching, mentoring ).

Performance is commonly broken into two major categories: in-role ( technical aspects of a job ) and extra-role ( non-technical abilities such as communication skills and being a good team member ).

According to Campbell's Model of The Determinants of Job Performance, job performance is a result of the interaction between declarative knowledge ( knowledge of facts or things ), procedural knowledge ( knowledge of what needs to be done and how to do it ), and motivation ( reflective of an employee's choices regarding whether to expend effort, the level of effort to expend, and whether to persist with the level of effort chosen ).

* Performance of duties normal to the grade, branch, specialty or assignment, and experience of an individual is not an adequate basis for this award.

Opel established Opel Performance Center ( OPC ) in 1997, which is responsible for the development of high-performance cars.

The Alliance for Performance Excellence is a network of state and local organizations that use the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Criteria at the grassroots level to improve the performance of local organizations and economies.

) The two most common handicap systems are the IRC and the Portsmouth Yardstick, while the Performance Handicap Racing Fleet ( PHRF ) is very common in the U. S. A.

* Advanced Distributed Learning Job Performance Lab ( Alexandria, Virginia ): Their mission is to act as a catalyst for the advancement of research, development and implementation of dynamic capability-based job performance technology solutions across the Department of Defense

The Ekstrom Collection of the Diaghilev and Stravinsky Foundation is held by the Department of Theatre and Performance of the Victoria and Albert Museum ..

The " state of the art " Clinical Performance Lab is located in the James Tower of Swedish Cherry Hill, a few blocks away from the main campus.

He was a board member of Australasian Performing Right Association ( APRA ) ( 1997 – 2000 ) and Phonographic Performance Company of Australia ( PPCA ) ( 2001 – 2006 ), and is an intellectual property lawyer.

The album won a Grammy in 2000 ; as an indicator of how difficult it is to classify Waits's music, he was nominated simultaneously for Best Contemporary Folk Album ( which he won ) and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ( for the song " Hold On "), both different from the genre for which he won his previous Grammy.

" The Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance is a Creative Arts and not handed out during the primetime telecast and, prior to 2009, was a juried award without nominations.

Performance management systems consist of the activities and / or processes embraced by an organization in anticipation of improving employee performance, and therefore, organizational performance.

* Lisa Fischer and Patti LaBelle both tied in the category of Best Female R & B Vocal Performance, therefore both won awards.

Yes, Gentlemen, I venture to call it a Duty ; ’ tis the Duty of the first and great Command of Nature, and of Nature ’ s God, Increase and multiply: A Duty, from the steady Performance of which nothing has ever been able to deter me ; but for it ’ s Sake, I have hazarded the Loss of the public Esteem, and frequently incurr ’ d public Disgrace and Punishment ; and therefore ought, in my humble Opinion, instead of a Whipping, to have a Statue erected to my Memory.

Performance errors for thousands to millions of individual catoms are hard to detect and debug, therefore, claytronics matrix operations require a dynamic and self-directed process for identifying and debugging errors.

Performance based design takes into account the potential conditions during a fire.

In 2009 his book, The Secret of TSL: The Revolutionary Discovery That Raises School Performance was published which explores the revolutionary potential of reducing total student load, the number of students a teacher interacts with on a daily basis over the course of a semester.

* The network of state, regional, and local Baldrige-based award programs known as the Alliance for Performance Excellence provides potential award applicants and examiners, promotes the use of the Criteria, and disseminates information on the award process and concepts.

Performance Driving is categorized as a driver of an automobile utilizing specific techniques to maximize the performance potential ( See also vehicle dynamics ) of the automobile during acceleration, turning, and braking maneuvers, typically while driving at a facility dedicated —— and specifically constructed —— to host automobile motorsport competitive events.

Performance testing by Florida Solar Energy Center conclusively proved that the increase in temperature at the hottest part of the day was no more than about 5 degrees F. In fact, this study showed that radiant barrier had the potential to decrease the roof temperature once the sun went down because it was preventing the heat loss through the roof.

The TAPAS ( the “ Train Automatic Performance Analysis System ”) program was written by Tessella for Southern Rail to monitor their systems and highlight any behaviour that could indicate potential problems.

* Performance was also affected for some operations, but assembly language helped with the speed issue.

Another asset management firm, ProFunds, issue other related DJIA ETFs through ProShares such as the Inverse Performance () for a bearish strategy on the average.

* Alderfer, Clayton P., An Empirical Test of a New Theory of Human Needs ; Organizational Behaviour and Human Performance, volume 4, issue 2, pp. 142 – 175, May 1969

Down Beat Magazine, the internationally recognized industry standard trade publication for jazz music, recognized the work of the 2010 UNLV Jazz Ensemble as " Outstanding Large Jazz Ensemble Performance " among graduate college-level jazz bands in their annual Student Music Award issue of that year.

The February 2002 issue of HCI: Hot Compact & Imports magazine featured the Chevrolet Malibu Cruiser concept that GM Performance Division built for the SEMA show in 2001.

Governing was the recipient of a 2002 Folio: magazine Editorial Excellence Award, recognizing the magazine for its February 2001 Government Performance Project issue that graded the states in five categories of management.

* Alan Moore and Kevin O ' Neill's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century, makes several references to Performance in its second issue, " Paint it Black ", prominently featuring Mick Jagger's Turner character.

The Board's mission is to determine the root causes of chemical accidents and issue safety recommendations to prevent future Safety Performance Indicators.

The first issue was produced in November 1998 as an unofficial successor to Performance Car, which had been closed and integrated into Car Magazine by publisher Emap.

Evo is famous for their year-ending Car of the Year issue, inherited from Evo's predecessor publication Performance Car, in which members of the staff take the top performance cars of the year to locations suited to high-performance driving and evaluation.