Outcomes based research on quality of life improvements and psychosocial benefits associated with breast reconstruction served as the stimulus in the United States for the 1998 Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, which mandated health care payer coverage for breast and nipple reconstruction, contralateral procedures to achieve symmetry, and treatment for the sequelae of mastectomy.

PBX networking vendors such as Cisco promote the adoption of handsets that use VoIP over local Wi-Fi as the replacement for DECT, but this imposes significant overhead on the design and complexity of the Wi-Fi network in order to provide roaming, coverage and reservation of bandwidth, not to mention quality of service.

The judges look at speed, ice coverage, the quality of the lady's position, position changes, and the man's stability and cleanness of turns throughout.

A self-described liberal media watchdog group, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting ( FAIR ), in consultation with the Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University, sponsored an academic study in which journalists were asked a range of questions about how they did their work and about how they viewed the quality of media coverage in the broad area of politics and economic policy.

Switzerland consistently ranks high on quality of life indices, including per capita income, concentration of computer and internet usage per capita, insurance coverage per individual, and health care rates.

The ability of the registration system to fulfil these original objectives can be measured in terms of the breadth of its coverage and the quality of the information provided.

It has a tradition of providing quality arts coverage, and is noted for its visual art critic, Brian Sewell, more recently also a television personality, who is renowned for his outspoken dismissal of Britart and the Turner Prize.

The quality of this coverage was recognized specifically by the Canadian Journalism Foundation ; editor-in-chief Tony Burman later accepted the Excellence in Journalism Award ( 2004 ), for " rigorous professional practice, accuracy, originality and public accountability ", on behalf of the service.

These factors led to a more highly-publicised race in 1839 which attracted a larger field of top quality horses and riders, greater press coverage and an increased attendance on race day.

The instrument functions with high spectral resolution in an extended spectral band, which allows coverage across the Earth in all seasons and at equal quality night and day.

* 1952: John M. Hightower, Associated Press, " for the sustained quality of his coverage of news of international affairs during the year.

* 1958: Staff of the New York Times, " for its distinguished coverage of foreign news, which was characterized by admirable initiative, continuity and high quality during the year.

In 2007, DaimlerChrysler indicated its intention to increase warranty coverage to 20 % biodiesel blends if biofuel quality in the United States can be standardized.

Continued efforts are needed to reduce urban-rural disparities and inequities associated with poverty ; to dramatically increase coverage in countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania ; to promote global monitoring of drinking water quality ; and to look beyond the MDG target towards universal coverage.

Instead, it must take all aspects of the problem — insurance coverage, medical costs, quality of care and information technology — into simultaneous consideration.

The Company will be able to forecast the duration of service coverage at any particular location in its service area and intends to make this information available without charge to its service providers, including its wholly owned operating subsidiaries, so that they may work with their subscribers to reduce the impact of the degradation in service quality in their respective service areas.

* Health Reform-Broaden health coverage and the use of evidence-based practices to increase access to appropriate and high quality care ; also, to reduce existing disparities between: the availability of substance abuse and mental disorders ; and, those for other medical conditions.

Improving access, coverage and quality of health services depends on the ways services are organized and managed, and on the incentives influencing providers and users.

* Fold coverage, quality of a DNA sequence

100 % stuck-at fault coverage does not necessarily guarantee high quality, since faults of many other kinds — such as bridging faults, opens faults, and transition ( aka delay ) faults — often occur.

These include universal health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid coverage, tobacco, AIDS, air and water quality standards, pesticides, nursing home quality standards, women's health research and reproductive rights, the availability and cost of prescription drugs, and the right of communities to know about pollution levels.

Human-edited Web directories have the distinct advantage of higher quality and reliability, while those produced by algorithms can offer more comprehensive coverage.

The idea of a network system which would distribute programming to many stations simultaneously, saving each station the expense of creating all of its own programs and expanding the total coverage beyond the limits of a single broadcast signal, was devised.

* radio system coverage or adequate signal strength, and ;

In broadcast engineering, it is required that phased arrays be used by many AM broadcast radio stations to enhance signal strength and therefore coverage in the city of license, while minimizing interference to other areas.

Curvature of the earth limits the reach of the signal, but due to the high orbit of the satellites, two or three are usually sufficient to provide coverage for an entire continent.

Antenna design must consider the coverage desired and stations may be required, based on the terms of their license, to directionalize their transmitted signal to avoid interfering with other stations operating on the same frequency.

The higher the NIF value, the stronger the local signal must be to override nighttime interference, resulting in a smaller coverage area and fewer listeners able to hear the station without interference.

In 2008 viewers in the Scottish Borders had their analogue signal switched off and their Freeview signal boosted, and coverage increased to minor relays.

The longwave signal on 1500 metres was transmitted from Droitwich in the Midlands ( as it still is now for Radio 4 ) and gave fairly good coverage of most of the UK, but some medium-wave frequencies were added later, using low-power transmitters to fill in local blank spots.

The Broadcast type of radio network is a network system which distributes programming to multiple stations simultaneously, or slightly delayed, for the purpose of extending total coverage beyond the limits of a single broadcast signal.

Because of this, the FCC requires U. S. TV stations to replicate their analog coverage with their digital signal as well.

* Cancellation of signal: In addition, many AM stations, including but not limited to the clear channel stations, often experience cancellation of their own signals within the inner and outer fringes of their normal groundwave coverage areas at nighttime due to the stations ' individual skywave signals reaching the listeners ' receivers at or near equal strength to the stations ' individual groundwave signals ; this phenomenon is very similar to the multipath interference experienced on FM Radio in the VHF band within mountainous regions and urban areas due to signals bouncing off of mountains, buildings, and other structures, except that the groundwave-skywave cancellation occurs almost exclusively at nighttime when skywave propagation is present.

The height above average terrain for VHF and higher frequencies is extremely important when considering ERP, as the signal coverage ( broadcast range ) produced by a given ERP dramatically increases with antenna height.

Null fill is used in radio antenna systems which are located on mountains or tall towers, to prevent too much of the signal from overshooting the nearest part of intended coverage area.

The power increase made the coverage area much larger, and made it easier for tiny receivers with simple antennas to receive the signal.

In the early days, Grampian struggled as viewers in a key part of its transmission area, the city of Dundee, were still tuning into coverage from STV via the strong signal of the Black Hill transmitter.

In traditional mobile cellular network systems, the base station has no information on the position of the mobile units within the cell and radiates the signal in all directions within the cell in order to provide radio coverage.

While the station was an initial moderate success among the young adult audience in the region ( especially inner-city Atlanta ), WHTA suffered a setback with its signal coverage.

Another criticism was the high ratings come by default only because WVEE is the only urban station to have a full market signal based on its location and coverage.

In late 2005, WYAY changed transmitters to a new tower that they are sharing with 104. 7 WFSH which improved south metro coverage for the 106. 7 signal.

Cameron fought Radio One for a stronger frequency since 97. 5 had weak signal coverage.

KCSM ’ s 1. 5 million watt broadcast signal has a coverage area that includes San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Solano, Sonoma and Napa counties.

Within a few years, WBZ was a top 40 rock and roll station, and with its combination of hit music, popular hosts, powerful signal, and top-notch news coverage, WBZ was the dominant radio station in the market.

The system utilises a FM signal, providing coverage to all seats in the venues via headphones or neckloops, and is available from the venue ushers.