And those with lower sleep efficiency, the amount of time they spent in bed asleep, were at higher risk too.
Some silicon solar cell makers have been able to hit 21% on their best days, but doing so consistently and in high volumes are far more difficult. (Panel efficiency is usually a bit lower than cell efficiency).
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Ranked in a lower tier for efficiency, I might get 97 cents for every dollar I was expecting from Medicare.
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In generation, lower procurement costs and improved efficiency levels compensated for 20% lower output, due in part to plant outages.
The drive to efficiency and lower CO2 emissions will boost the U.S. economy, not strangle it, Rogers said.
The result of combining these processes in a single system is higher efficiency, lower emissions and greater productivity.
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And overall efficiency is lower, mainly because of a less skilled workforce.
Nor is it by any means certain to happen, despite the advantages of a rationalised system greater efficiency and lower requirements for collateral from its users.
The panel also said the universities must control costs to the inflation rate or lower "through improved efficiency and productivity, " including the greater adoption of online education.
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Consumers and business purchasing agents can now easily compare prices of products and services proffered by merchants and suppliers and apply pressure for more efficiency and lower costs.
Implement best practices to enhance efficiency and lower cooling costs.
Airbus' A380 superjumbo and Boeing's upcoming 787 Dreamliner both use new engine designs, lightweight composite materials and advances in aerodynamics to improve performance, increase fuel efficiency and lower emissions.
While each area is seeing distinct innovations, certain trends cut across them all increased efficiency, lower costs, the ability to get results with astonishing speed, and perhaps most importantly, a new inclusiveness.
Silver Spring operates a hardware and software network designed to help utility companies create what is known as a "smart grid, " or a responsive electrical infrastructure that can provide data on usage to help lower costs and maximize efficiency.
Matthew Fitzmaurice, whose fund of hedge fund group AWJ Capital Partners manages a leading sustainable-focused fund, already has money on the table in those auto industry companies that are leading the way toward higher fuel efficiency and lower emissions.
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My firm's research suggests that business and consumer confidence there is high, that there is not too much leverage in China's marketplace (leverage, not high prices, is what causes dangerous real estate and stock bubbles) and that the government is investing smartly in infrastructure projects like rail lines, subways and clean technology initiatives that improve economic efficiency and lower the costs of doing business.
Other suggested cuts include reducing management numbers, greater efficiency and a lower level of expenses.
Furthermore, these gains are dependent on boosting efficiency, a lower polysilicon price, and thinner wafers, all factors that might not be successfully achieved.
The analysis by the Taxpayer's Alliance, which lobbies for lower taxes and greater government efficiency, found little apparent correlation between pupil funding and academic achievement.
Sound money is good policy, and economic efficiency (including lower taxes and free trade) will do most of the heavy lifting in a free, capitalist system.
When female workers become more confident, vendors see business returns like improved efficiency and productivity, and lower rates of absenteeism.
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As conventional photovoltaic module prices plunged, thin-film companies found themselves under increasing pressure to raise the efficiency of their products and lower manufacturing costs to remain competitive.
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And if 2009 sees the inauguration of a greener president, he or she will now have the power to dictate stricter fuel efficiency, in the form of lower CO2 emissions, without reference to Congress.
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The obvious way, apart from improving the efficiency of the tax office, to lower France's high rates of income tax would be to broaden the tax net.
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Why is it, I asked, have the power firms meekly accepted the government's requirement to deliver Whitehall policy on the shift to lower carbon and renewable power, while funding energy efficiency measures, smart metering and the social tariffs that support poorer customers?
Thus while the core micro finance is a for-profit model all other life quality supporting services are rendered either free or non-profit basis. and on core micro finance, through our focus on efficiency we probably offer a rate which is lower than not-for-profit NGOs too!
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While improving our efficiency ratings, the reduced scale of outreach would lower the amount of funds we could raise.
Statistician Ken Pomeroy's ratings which rank teams based on their offensive and defensive efficiency rank all of the unbeatens even lower than the AP does, save Indiana.
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In fact, there is a difference of more than 300% between the highest cost-per-win on both respective levels, a statistic that gives significant relevancy to the efficiency of the coaches who are successful at the lower resource level.
By doubling the number of StemCell Media processors compared to the previous ZMS-20, the ZMS-40 delivers twice the peak media performance, while running the larger array at lower clock speeds to achieve the same performance leads to greater energy efficiency and a reduction in power consumption of up to 50 percent.
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