There is a limit to how much you can or should do by way of clumsy state control over consumption of fat or any other nutrients that a current fad happens to label as bad.
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Instead they are regaining control by limiting consumption and living more meaningful lives with less stuff.
Video quality control which gives users control over video quality, allowing them to further control their bandwidth consumption.
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The second premise, that carbon restrictions are necessary for energy consumption control, belies inherent logic of free market economic incentives to advance conservation economies.
And via the exclusive Eco-Mode application which will be provided with the software upgrade, users to manually shut down any of the Tegra 3's cores for even more control over power consumption and performance.
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As part of its smart-grid activities, aimed at achieving a low-carbon society through efficient energy use, TMC is conducting trials in Japan of its Toyota Smart Center pilot program, which plans to link people, automobiles and homes for integrated control of energy consumption.
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According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, consumption of smoked tobacco products fell 27 per cent from 2000 to 2011, as taxes increased and smoking bans at bars and restaurants took hold.
The move by the commodity-consuming juggernaut China was not a big surprise, as its monetary officials are working to control inflation by curtailing domestic consumption.
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He said the new integrated temperature control system was like a giant television remote control which would allow for very tight control of heat and electricity consumption.
The end goal is to provide natural human control over TV-based media consumption, said Berenson, who's working to get cameras in TVs themselves sometime late next year.
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The new software will both automatically reduce battery consumption and give users more control over parts of the phone that are consuming battery.
Systems of rational control are permeating the networks that define our everyday consumption of technology, whether by smart phones or smart cars.
"There is little doubt that China's growing consumption changes what ability we have to control our own destiny within global energy markets, " said David Pumphrey, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The tablet is mostly for content consumption, but can be used as a control point, too.
Under these conditions, climate control combined with higher-speed driving produces increased energy consumption, hence the effect on range.
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Workers know logically that they need to save more for retirement, but they struggle to forgo present consumption, owing to lack of self-control, an emotional bias.
It is likely to be some time before the tobacco-control treaty signed on Wednesday begins to show effects on consumption in the developing countries, where many thousands of youngsters take up smoking each day.
Subsequent experiments showed that stress played an important role in the loss of self-control across a spectrum of behaviors, including gambling and the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and food.
Earlier, the 192 member states of the World Health Organisation voted unanimously to pass the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the first international treaty to clamp down on tobacco consumption.
Since apartheid ended, alcohol consumption in South Africa seems to have got out of control.
Under Wood Dana would build three things: drivelines (which transfer power from the transmission to the axles), sealing systems (which reduce oil consumption and emissions) and thermal-management systems (which control temperatures in batteries and other components).
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While the consumption of sugary drinks contributes to obesity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not name a single largest cause nationally.
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They want to invest where governments control their spending, investments earn solid aftertax profits, living standards rise rapidly along with consumption, labor is educated and flexible, and regulation is transparent, not secretive.
The 2013 Nissan LEAF is offered in three well-equipped models, the LEAF S, LEAF SV and LEAF SL. Standard features include a 6-way manual driver's seat, 4-way manual front passenger's seat, trip computer (instant and average energy consumption, driving time, outside temperature and autonomy range), Automatic Temperature Control (ATC), center console storage and 3.6 kW onboard charger.
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Therefore suppliers, processors, distributors and retailers need to step up their control and visibility across the supply chains, tracking products from raw material to the point of consumption.
The PC acts as a larger, more readable screen for content consumption, a more convenient means to create content, and, yes, also a control point.
Huawei's unique Quick Power Control (QPC) and Automated Discontinuous Reception (ADRX) power-saving technologies, reduces power consumption by 30% and charging time by more than 25% compared to other smartphones.
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People in this group were also the only ones who showed a significant increase in their maximum oxygen consumption (which measures the capacity for aerobic exercise) compared to the non-exercising control group.
At a very fundamental level, to the extent that they can, they should aim to control as much of the value chain as possible, from raw materials and creation through sales and consumption.
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"Core tobacco control measures have long had implications for the poor - most obviously via the use of taxation to reduce consumption, " he wrote in the paper.
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