We also factor in quality of life issues like crime rates, cultural and recreational opportunities and net migration patterns.
Psychosocial job quality is a pivotal factor that needs to be considered in the design and delivery of employment and welfare policy.
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Going back and reading Matt's why HD DVD will prevail, I noticed that not once does he mention picture quality as a deciding factor.
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Ditto with many manufacturing components, where price is only one factor, alongside quality and reliability, that drives purchasing decisions.
Ms. CHRISTOPHER: Now, that question has many dimensions, and quality is certainly a key factor, and we forget that.
Intercultural education and the use of local languages along with bilingual education must also be recognized as an important factor in the quality of learning.
For some, the quality of competition is an important factor.
The Nikon D600 offers a remarkable value, merging the perfect combination of a lightweight, compact form factor and superior image quality, making the leap into FX-format photography more attractive than ever.
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The phenomenon was a large factor in 44 credit-quality downgrades by Moody's last year.
The role of mother tongues is reaffirmed as a key factor for promoting literacy and quality education in multilingual contexts.
"The Optimus G Pro was developed specifically to deliver vivid and superb picture quality in a large display smartphone form factor, " said Dr. Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company.
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And what would you say, Iain, what is the magic X factor, what is the quality, what is the characteristic that will make you, if you become leader of the Conservative Party, more successful, less unsuccessful than William Hague, what's the difference that will pay off for the Conservatives?
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That's the key factor in our ratings of earnings quality for 28 growth companies.
The assembly's rural affairs sub-committee recently published a report on the future of rural schools, which made it quite clear the main and only factor to be considered was the quality of education offered to children.
By monitoring the line voltage, frequency and power factor, you can check the quality of the electricity you are being charged for and yell at the utility for delivering a shoddy product if it is below specification (not that it will do you any good).
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The caveats to our methodology notwithstanding, our study shows that there are big differences in the quality of education relative to spending among counties and is further proof that money is not the only--or perhaps even the most important--factor when it comes to the quality of education.
"We are not going to be able to make Downton Abbey or the X Factor, but we will produce good quality local programming, " she says.
The rapid rise of such high-quality programs is, one expert believes, a factor of the desire in Asian countries such as China and India for rapid economic modernization.
Beyond starting with a quality product, it may be the single most important factor and often the most abused lever on the mixing machine.
He points to the quality that cannot be taught - determination - as a major factor in his success.
The new LIVE 5000 has been engineered from quality components to provide the most punch in an attractive form factor.
However, Darren Grayson, from the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, said the quality of care on offer at the hospital was the most critical factor.
In my experience, there is a key discriminating factor when selecting an agency , and that is the quality of the people working directly on your business.
Internal restructuring is not the only reason for this slowdown (the bank is also in the midst of an overdue effort to improve the quality of its loans), but it is certainly a big factor.
Tablets are now an established category: the distinguishing features for the next gen have to do with form factor, speed bumps, eye-candy, and camera quality.
The company line up to now has been that walling off content allows for a sort of quality control, assuring that apps are developed specifically for the unique form factor of its devices.
Once they factor in rising shipping and transportation costs, the addition of increased quality control and the management of unreliable fulfillment dates, they may find that they're not actually saving any money.
The other factor likely to influence currency values in the coming months is the flight to quality or the search for a safe-haven currency.
The dominant factor for me, and for the other members of my founding team, is the quality of the day to day experience.
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