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ef·fec·tu·al

 (ĭ-fĕk′cho͞o-əl)
adj.
Producing or sufficient to produce a desired effect. See Synonyms at effective.

[Middle English effectuel, from Old French, from Late Latin effectuālis, from Latin effectus, result, effect; see effect.]

ef·fec′tu·al′i·ty (-ăl′ĭ-tē) n.
ef·fec′tu·al·ly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.effectuality - power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"
incisiveness, trenchancy - keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
efficaciousness, efficacy - capacity or power to produce a desired effect; "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine"
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effectuality

noun
The power or capacity to produce a desired result:
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Those countries deal with similar ever changing needs and demanding situations too: health targets and priorities (Benisheva-Dimitrova et al., 2008): a) make out the costs, benefits and losses and profits as an analysis of effectuality; b) reform in structure and content; c) health educative promotion, population-based health approach; d) migration flow consequences; e) "switch from norms" and good standards to "performance indicators" (Kalinichenko et al., 2013).
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We hypothesize that: i) the Vietnamese diet is the main driver of this diversification apart from the host genotype; ii) ratio between Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes is an important indicator to assess the effectuality of lignocellulose degradation: a lower ratio indicates the presence of more diverse lignocellulolytic GH enzymes originating from Bacteroidetes.
The utilization of reproductive healthcare services was under the intensive effectuality of the socio-cultural environment, in which the family was a constitutive component.
In 2015, the inter-governmental body Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has released its report on the effectuality of Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime.