by Wilmer L. Kerns*. In June, President Reagan signed the Federal Employeesâ Re-. tirement System Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-335), which estab-. lishes the Federal Employeesâ Retirement System (FERS) for em-. ployees hired after December 31, 1983.
By default, metrics are evaluated at the level of the attributes on the report; this is called the report level. For example, a revenue metric is set to the report level by default. When this metric is placed on a report containing Region, the metric calculates regional revenue.one is not an option if the metric level is the report level. The remaining options are only used for nonaggregatable metrics. A nonaggregatable metric, such as an inventory metric, is one that should not be aggregated across an attribute. To use the first value of the lookup table, select Beginning lookup.
It is well-established that natriuretic peptides such as BNP and N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide have become available as useful tools for both the diagnosis of HF and prognostic stratification of patients with HF. 13,14 According to the Heart Failure Society of America (2006) and the American Heart Association (2005), BNP levels >100 pg/mL in conjunction with symptoms of dyspnea are predictive of an acute exacerbation of HF. 5 A number of studies have published a significant ...