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potential and performance
Studies have, however, alluded to potential differential underlying brain mechanisms in these populations given performance differences.
Dylan attempts to address potential performance issues by introducing " natural " limits to the full flexibility of Lisp systems, allowing the compiler to clearly understand compilable units ( i. e., libraries ).
This lack of a performance history in space meant that despite the potential savings in propellant mass, the technology was considered too experimental to be used for high-cost missions.
In some funds, particularly in the US, some of these functions are performed by the investment manager, a practice that gives rise to a potential conflict of interest inherent in having the investment manager both determine the NAV and benefit from its increase through performance fees.
The service sector consists of the " soft " parts of the economy, i. e. activities where people offer their knowledge and time to improve productivity, performance, potential, and sustainability.
Because organizational employees are frequently structured in the form of teams, leaders need to be aware of the potential benefits and pitfalls of working in teams, how teams develop, how to satisfy team members ' needs, and ultimately how to bring about team effectiveness and performance.
This Act was created to promote employment of older persons based on their ability rather than age ; to prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in employment ; to help employers and workers find ways of meeting problems arising from the impact of age on employment because in the face of rising productivity and affluence, older workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs ; the setting of arbitrary age limits regardless of potential for job performance has become a common practice, and certain otherwise desirable practices may work to the disadvantage of older persons ; the incidence of unemployment, especially long-term unemployment with resultant deterioration of skill, morale, and employer acceptability is, relative to the younger ages, high among older workers ; their numbers are great and growing ; and their employment problems grave ; and the existence in industries affecting commerce, of arbitrary discrimination in employment because of age, burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce.
In 2006, U. S. National Academy of Sciences released the report of a study of molecular manufacturing as part of a longer report, A Matter of Size: Triennial Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative The study committee reviewed the technical content of Nanosystems, and in its conclusion states that no current theoretical analysis can be considered definitive regarding several questions of potential system performance, and that optimal paths for implementing high-performance systems cannot be predicted with confidence.
* The primary technical reference work on this topic is Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation, an in-depth, physics-based analysis of a particular class of potential nanomachines and molecular manufacturing systems, with extensive analyses of their feasibility and performance.
Historically, drivers were less of a problem, as the number of devices was small and trusted anyway, so having them in the kernel simplified the design and avoided potential performance problems.
* Project tracking with events: Even if a project is partially completed and data about the project duration, cost, and events occurred is available, it is still possible to refine information about future potential events and helps to forecast future project performance.
In an organizational structure, the Peter Principle's practical application allows assessment of the potential of an employee for a promotion based on performance in the current job ; i. e., members of an hierarchical organization eventually are promoted to their highest level of competence, after which further promotion raises them to incompetence.
For employee performance management, using integrated software, rather than a spreadsheet based recording system, may deliver a significant return on investment through a range of direct and indirect sales benefits, operational efficiency benefits and by unlocking the latent potential in every employees work day ( i. e. the time they spend not actually doing their job ).
* Improved performance ( attempting to bypass potential bottlenecks with a " direct " path ).
This concentration provided OUP two mutually reinforcing benefits: a niche in music publishing unoccupied by potential competitors, and a branch of music performance and composition that the English themselves had largely neglected.
It was later revealed that the potential performance was to be November 2007 London as a tribute to Ahmet Ertegün.
After seeing her dance in a matinee performance of Swan Lake, Lermontov realises her potential and invites Vicky to go with the company to Paris and Monte Carlo.
A cache is a simple example of exploiting temporal locality, because it is a specially designed faster but smaller memory area, generally used to keep recently referenced data and data near recently referenced data, which can lead to potential performance increases.
Some computer chess operators have pointed out that endgame tablebases have the potential to weaken performance strength in chess computers if incorrectly used.
Some are mainly intended to increase thermal performance, some are focused on preserving and utilizing daylight potential and some are designed to enhance strength, durability, fire resistance and other performance measures.
This rig is the most popular for recreational boating because of its potential for high performance.
Initially, Woolley naively sees his job as the disinterested implementation of the Minister's policies, but gradually finds that this conflicts with his institutional duty to the department and sometimes ( since Sir Humphrey is responsible for formally assessing Woolley's performance ) his own potential career development.
Parapsychologists have investigated certain personality traits and characteristics as potential psi-conducive variables, suggesting that most researchers share the view that these variables play an important role in ESP performance.

potential and gains
Poor usability and low usage rates lead many companies to indicate that it was difficult to justify investment in the software without the potential for more tangible gains.
The rebound of oil prices in 1999 helped growth, but drops in production hampered Gabon from fully realizing potential gains.
Although leverage can increase potential returns, the opportunity for larger gains is weighed against the possibility of greater losses.
The other argument was that by slighting potential strong points in ones own territory, an enemy expeditionary force, or local enemy rising, would find it more difficult to consolidate territorial gains against an inevitable counter attack.
From an investor's point of view, shares offer the potential for higher returns and capital gains if the company does well.
It was known that a moving body exchanges its kinetic energy for potential energy when it gains height.
Spread betting carries a high level of risk, with potential losses or gains far in excess of the original money wagered.
The potential for big gains needs to be weighed against equally likely losses.
Conventional radar typically has a much poorer cross-range resolution compared to down-range resolution, thus there is potential for gains through the intersection of constant bistatic range ellipses.
In September 2009, the city council was weighing the numerous negative impacts against the potential economic gains.
Algorithms designed for this class of processor therefore require more care if they are not to unwittingly disrupt the potential gains.
Cumann na nGaedheal regained most of the ground lost in June, winning 62 seats and 39 % of the vote, although most of these gains were from potential allies.
Mechanically driven supercharging has the disadvantage that some of the output power is used to drive the supercharger, while power is wasted in the high pressure exhaust, as the air has been compressed twice and then gains more potential volume in the combustion but it is only expanded in one stage.
As most 3D rich games are now mostly GPU-limited ( i. e. limited by the power of the graphics card ), the potential slowdown due to translation overheads of higher level languages becomes negligible, while the productivity gains offered by these languages work to the game engine developers ' benefit.
In practice this additional power may not be fully realized as the additional " dead space " ( unswept volume ) and pumping loss inherent in practical regenerators reduces the potential efficiency gains from regeneration.
The theory says that people make decisions based on the potential value of losses and gains rather than the final outcome, and that people evaluate these losses and gains using interesting heuristics.
It describes how people choose between probabilistic alternatives and evaluate potential losses and gains.
His relation with the Habsburgs was relatively strong ; although he was not above carrying some negotiations with their enemies, like France, he refused Cardinal Richelieu's 1635 proposal of an alliance and a full-out war against them, despite potential lure of territorial gains in Silesia.
Load balancing is often used to achieve further gains from a distributed system by intelligently selecting which machine to run an operation on based on how busy all potential candidates are, and how well suited each machine is to the type of operation that needs to be performed.
Some have suggested that the greatest benefit of the takeover of the American embassy was the acquisition of intelligence information contained within the embassy, including the identity of informants to the U. S. government, which the new Islamic republic could use to remove potential dissenters and consolidate its gains and stabilize its place.
Allenby ’ s successes, culminating in the Fall of Jerusalem ( 9 December 1917 ), demonstrated the potential of attacks in the Middle East, particularly compared to Haig ’ s offensive at Cambrai in November ( initial success followed by retaking of gains ).
Shifts from private to public transport ( train, trolleybus or tram ) have the potential for large gains in efficiency in terms of individual miles per kWh.
This means any magnetic object which moves in a closed-loop path in the field, like the ball in this device, gains no energy from the field, and in the absence of friction ends with the same total energy ( kinetic plus potential ) it started with.

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