Article: Estimating the effects of changing Social Security benefit formulas. (adapted from paper presented at Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting of Industrial Relations Research Association, Dallas, Texas, December 1984)
Monthly Labor Review;  July 1, 1985 ;     700+ words ......at age 68 and the early retirement reduction factor remains at 6-2/3 percent per year...the same as the early retirement reduction factor. The multiple for retirement at age...which changes the early retirement reduction factor. This proposal reduces early benefits...

Article: Don't hold the onions.(Neighborhood Heart Watch)(Brief Article)
Medical Update;  May 1, 2004 ;     79 words ......those who eat few or none of the vegetables. A separate study confirms that onions are the strongest dietary risk reduction factor for prostate cancer. Eating fatty meat and dairy products is associated with a higher risk for prostate cancer.

Article: Court Upholds Application of Payment-Reduction Factor to Part B Ancillary Services.
Healthcare Financial Management;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......HCFA may apply a 5.8 percent payment-reduction factor in determining Medicare Part B payments...coverage. [a] Although the payment-reduction factor does not expressly apply to Part B...the regulation applies a 5.8 percent reduction factor to the reasonable costs of outpatient...

Article: CMS reverses application of payment-reduction factor to Part B inpatient ancillary services. (Medicare/Medicaid).(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services law for Medicare B)
Healthcare Financial Management;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......agency's policy of applying a payment-reduction factor to the costs of hospital inpatient...had applied a 5.8 percent payment-reduction factor for operating costs of Part B inpatient...CMS's final rule regarding the payment-reduction factor specified only that the factor was...

Article: Mayfran fastpac[TM] briquetter. (Products).(Brief Article)
Recycling Today;  May 1, 2002 ;     87 words ......Forms a briquette with every machine cycle * Requires little attention aside from keeping load hopper full * Provides a reduction factor of six to eight times depending on material * Suitable for paper and corrugated scrap, wood, plastics and aluminum beverage...

Article: Surgical and hygienic hand antiseptic. (New Products).
Healthcare Purchasing News;  June 1, 2003 ;     115 words ......and virus inactivating. The company says the product reduces coated viruses like Herpes simplexl, RSV, influenza and HIV by a reduction factor > 4 within 15-30 seconds. Garrett Medical Systems Circle 87 or visit www.rsleads.com/305hp-087

Article: Successful commercial application tests to domestic aromatics adsorbent.(New Technology)
China Chemical Reporter;  December 6, 2004 ;     286 words ......the domestic market are produced in China, an investment of over RMB200 million can be reduced a year due to the price reduction factor alone. RAX-2000A adsorbent is developed by Beijing Research Institute of Petroleum Processing and produced by Sinopec Hunan...

Article: Abalone resource decline and a recovery attempt in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Journal of Shellfish Research;  December 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Therefore, decrease of purple sea urchin may not be a major reduction factor (Tanaka 2001). Sedimentation Flux Increase There is a report...Thus, on the Chiba coast, water temperature may not be a reduction factor because ocean dynamic change and resource change do not...

Article: 3 Building blocks for categorization.(Object Categorization)(Report)
Foundations and Trends in Computer Graphics and Vision;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......image pyramid can be specified by three properties. The reduction factor denotes the change in image size between two successive...the regular pyramid can be specified by 'reduction window/reduction factor', for instance a '2 x 2/4' pyramid, and the construction...

Article: Partner Communications Reports Ministry Of Communications Considering Changes In Regulations Which If Adopted Will Have A Material Adverse Effect On The Company.
Business Wire;  July 29, 2004 ;     394 words ......starting on January 1st, 2007, according to the consumer price index. For call termination rates will incorporate a 1% reduction factor. 5. Billing units will be changed from 12 seconds to one-second units. The Ministry of Communications invited the Company...

Article: Frozen Food Packaging from TiroPak Protects What's Inside, Projects Outside.
Quick Frozen Foods International;  July 1, 1999 ;     653 words ......growing in Europe for this type of recyclable, ultra-thin transparent silicon oxide film packaging, which has a source reduction factor of 40%. It is designed to-go straight into the microwave oven after the consumer pokes a few holes in the lid to vent steam...

Article: Utility settlements. (Developments in Industrial Relations)
Monthly Labor Review;  August 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......between the premium costs for their plan and those of the preferred provider plan. Other settlement terms modify the pension reduction factor for early retirement; enhance the normal retirement formula; establish a tax-deferred 401(k) savings plan for production...

Article: MAKE Technologies Launches Strategic Modernization Assessment Service and Teams up with IBM to Offer Supporting Webinar Series.(Company overview)
Business Wire;  May 7, 2007 ;     592 words ......Corporation, means that attendees will fully understand the nature of a strategic assessment, and why it is a key risk reduction factor that should be conducted prior to any significant modernization expenditures. About MAKE Technologies MAKE Technologies...

Article: Capital PPS: trekking through the labyrinth. (Health Care Financing Administration's new method in prospective payment system)
Healthcare Financial Management;  November 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ......reporting period ending before Jan. 1, 1991. The net update factor for Federal FY90-FY92 is 16.45 percent. The exceptions reduction factor, 98.13 percent for FY92, reflects a system-wide downward adjustment of 1.87 percent for additional payments set aside for...