Skeptics say doctors should be able to care for many more patients in the future with more efficient group practices, greater reliance on physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and "telemedicine" done via the phone and online.
In 2004 an official study group said efficient water management through micro-irrigation could help many save on fertilizer and labor, as well as the precious liquid itself.
One pathway, known as the ventral route, is direct and efficient: We see a group of letters, convert those letters into a word and then directly grasp the word's meaning.
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The campaign group said that there were more efficient methods of burning gas for power which would reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and could create more jobs.
In the Lower Ninth Ward, for instance, construction workers were on the scene Friday at several odd-shaped, energy-efficient homes going up with funding from a group led by actor Brad Pitt.
Cordiant also said that it would restructure some of its business, bringing several units together as Bates Group to create "an inherently more efficient and effective service structure for clients".
Malkiel was in essence embracing the efficient markets theory that says fund managers as a group cannot outperform the market, so investors who pay big commissions and other management expenses are cheating themselves.
The basic argument of the first group is that the stock market is largely efficient so the only way an investment manager can beat the market is through random chance.
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Rolls-Royce's relies on more efficient engine technology - jointly developed with others within the BMW group.
Moreover, if free market is efficient, then why is individual insurance market more expensive than group insurance.
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Avery Dennison has a 1-year ROE of 12.4%, higher than its peer group average of 11.9%, reflecting efficient capital deployment.
The old-fashioned sailing vessels remain an integral part of trade in the emirate enabling the fast and efficient transport of dates and other foodstuffs, says Khaldoun Asmar, CEO of Barari Group.
About once every month, the group schedules a large "operation" in which dozens of volunteers descend upon a local neighborhood to do massive group service, such as yard cleanup or a sweeping installation of energy-efficient lighting.
It is an efficient way to tease out trends and sentiments by extrapolating information from a relatively small sample group, as long as the sample is representative of the population that you want to learn more about.
He and his colleagues had decided to book Swissair, the airline he regarded to be the most efficient and reliable, and based on intelligence information about staffing at the airport, the group was booked on an early morning flight.
The North Staffordshire clinical commissioning group said it had chosen the firm because it would provide a "cost effective and efficient" service.
The winner in that category: Pasteurization Technology Group, a San Leandro, Calif. startup that treats wastewater using an energy-efficient process that recycles the methane produced by wastewater treatment.
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