Mr Chivers said he was encouraged by reported improvements in the survey in areas such as availability and comfort of seats on trains.
Various factors influence this relationship such as the availability of cheaper substitutes like coal and natural gas as well as total refining capacity.
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You can also measure areas such as resource availability, talent constraints, and priority level.
Their biggest gripes have nothing to do with typical business concerns, such as the availability of good staff or high costs.
Mr Persson said that other issues such as the availability of energy and regulation were important but meant little without skilled workers.
Dr Rossetti wondered if external factors, such as the availability of food in the environment, might affect the amount of leptin produced.
The laptops also have the enterprise features businesses and IT administrators require such as global availability, image stability, a three year battery warranty and docking.
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The CHC has said it does have reservations about some of the health board's plans, such as the availability of capital investment for proposed new primary care developments.
This process also helped me identify which specific features were most important to potential customers (such as weekend availability and the unmet need for study space open to students).
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The prosecution had initially rejected calls for a delay, but now admits that "operational constraints", such as the availability of court space, may make an April date "untenable", reports the BBC's Anna Holligan from The Hague.
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Qantas won the Skytrax award for Best Economy Class Catering in 2008 partly as a result of simple enhancements such as the availability of fresh fruit between meals and from the self-serve bar in economy on its A380 aircraft.
He said measures have been put in place to address the issue, such as increasing mechanic availability.
Only once the product has been chosen do criteria such as price and availability come into play.
Even though details such as pricing or availability were left out, JPMorgan analyst John DiFucci believes the device has a chance to reach commercial success, as it has several features to differentiate itself.
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Finally, in some places, such as Sunderland, the availability of private rented accommodation for families has jumped as recently created universities have built flats and halls of residence for their students.
The potential locations include Africa, he said, but added that factors such as local taxes and the availability of parts would need to be considered before deciding on a site.
For example, in matters such as export license applications and foreign availability assessments, Commerce is only required to consult with the Defense Department, rather than obtain DoD concurrence.
Environmental factors already influence investment decisions to some degree, as corporations and indeed individuals have to take projections of things such as sea level rise and water availability into account.
He was questioned on the mining and future availability of metals such as cobalt, platinum and titanium, as well as so-called "rare earth metals" which as used in magnets and nanotechnology.
And it is not surprising that the study found that individual managers matter, because it measured employee satisfaction in terms of things that are controlled by individual managers, such as clear performance targets, the availability of proper equipment for a job, the presence of competent colleagues, and the attention of a caring supervisor.
The report found chances of seeing specialist nurses and the availability of different treatment such as surgery or chemotherapy or hospital admission times all varied depending on where a patient lives.
Global health commodities obey the same laws of economics as any other commodities: shaping markets to bring supply and demand into alignment will yield significant improvements in the delivery and availability of key products such as oxytocin and magnesium sulfate.
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The availability of premium VOD services such as Hulu Plus, Pandora, Netflix and YouTube is on the rise.
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The availability of online translation services such as Google Translate has not put a dent in the demand for human services.
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Presently, TVET in Pakistan is confronted with multitude of problems and issues such as low quality and relevance, non-availability of duly qualified and motivated teachers, inadequately equipped workshops and inadequate funding.
These elements, made possible by the availability of open operating platforms such as Android, have created a perfect storm that is now spilling over into TV, challenging the dominance of the traditional console business.
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"Prospective students also need to know far more about the academic experience on offer, " he added, declaring that ministers aimed to "transform" the availability of information on courses such as contact time with tutors and future job prospects.
Last week, the outage effected the availability of several popular services, such as Netflix, Reddit, Pinterest, Foursquare and Imgur.
Disruption in the supply of critical products, such as rare earth elements, could also affect the availability of information technology equipment.
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The maths study examined the availability of resources at home - such as books - with pupils in South Korea, Norway, Sweden and the US being the best equipped.
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