Sentences with phrase «a deficiency»

Jim Orlando, a managing director at OMERS Ventures, contends the deficiency is actually greater at Series B.

For many, these deficiencies are nonstarters.

For example, if you have a mortgage, falling behind by even one month can prove to be a deficiency that you are unable to make up for many months.

, but despite their deficiencies.

The critics themselves have been roundly criticized for their opposition, given that an estimated 600,000 to 2 million people — mostly children — die each year from vitamin A deficiency.

U.S. federal health regulators have proposed banning Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes from the blood - testing business for at least two years after determining that the company failed to fix deficiencies at its California laboratory, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Now the company is facing the possibility of regulatory sanctions in the wake of deficiencies discovered last month at its California laboratory, after findings that its Edison devices often fell short of the company's accuracy claims.

The product that Aronin cites, Sarepta Therapeutics» Exondys 51, is the only cleared treatment to treat the protein deficiency which causes Duchenne in the U.S., and has also enjoyed its fair share of controversy.

But the leader who asks this question of employees sees something even greater: the patterns of strengths, the early warning signs of deficiencies, and the opportunities and possibilities yet to be seized across the organization.

It is very rare that an employee can improve upon a deficiency, especially if that deficiency is a part of their nature.

The type of corrective action required to act on a single metric deficiency (or opportunity) naturally varies depending on the metric in question.

It will not recognize deficiencies, weak benches, red flags, product and service distribution channels, or even many basic opportunities (like using social media to fundraise).

You need to decide if they do the rest of their job well and if so, partner them with someone else who can help shore up their deficiency.

As a result, common diagnoses made in the 37 - foot RV include mental - health issues associated with chronic stress and anxieties, eye and back complaints and deficiency in vitamin D — even though the area sees 260 days of sunshine per year.

But one way to untether from those original numbers is to review the benefits package for deficiencies,» says Doody.

«Theranos has made substantial progress toward correcting the deficiencies CMS identified, including appointing new laboratory leadership; enhancing Theranos» clinical policies and procedures; and revamping training programs,» the company said in a release.

An independent review released in December found that leadership and management deficiencies led to inadequate security at the U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi, despite repeated requests for additional security staffing from diplomatic personnel in Libya.

After Health Canada demanded a recall of Apotex's mispackaged birth control pills (they contained too many placebos and not enough medication), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration threatened to block Apotex products for «repeated deficiencies,» including bacterial contamination.

In the real world: In 2010, the environment commissioner's office alleged deficiencies in the federal government's ability to respond to tanker spills.

While there's currently no solution for solving this problem, you can compensate for this deficiency in other areas of the business.

If the CFPB reforms fix the deficiencies in those companies» operations, consumers will benefit to the tune of potentially billions of dollars, the National Consumer Law Center said.

They create nearly insurmountable blind spots about their own deficiencies and overestimate their mastery of topics.

As with regulatory examinations, however, it's important to realize that a deficiency letter is by no means an indication that your advisor is a bad guy.

Essentially, they want to see that all these materials adequately and accurately reflect the operations of the firm; that the advisor is meeting his or her fiduciary duty by ensuring that the activities being undertaken in client portfolios are, at all times, in the client's best interests; and that the firm is supervising the activities of its staff and taking corrective actions when and if any deficiencies are found.

Then the U.S. Department of Justice slapped the company with a wide - ranging consent decree, citing the company's quality deficiencies.

Remember that persistence makes up for a lot of deficiencies you may have.

GlaxoSmithKline's Strimvelis, which provides a cure for a fatal immune deficiency, is a treatment now approved in Europe.

It represents your deficiencies, your failures, and your selfish drives.

For example, in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, where both men and women tend to cover up in public, Vitamin D deficiencies are common.

Today, for example, quality supervisor Steve Shadwick notes a drop in the «average monthly deficiency rate» on General Motors diesel engines for the year to date — from 26 % to 9 %.

Regularly surveying your customers can provide a direct insight into how happy your products and services make your customers, what deficiencies hurt your bottom line, and on what kind of new product development you should focus your efforts.

The 150 - page report from the Office of the Inspector General revealed significant deficiencies, including:

Israeli startup Prospera recently attracted $ 7 million to fund its approach, which is to install cameras along with other sensors in fields and compare crops «leaf by leaf» with its database of thousands of plants to identify problems like pests, parasites and nutrient deficiencies.

«These accountants engaged in shocking misconduct — literally stealing the exam — in an effort to interfere with the PCAOB's ability to detect audit deficiencies,» SEC enforcement co-chief Steven Peikin said.

In one study, «the number of books «liked» on Facebook profiles was negatively correlated with [psychopathy]-- a finding the authors suggested might indicate that an interest in books contradicts psychopathic tendencies such as thrill seeking, impulsivity, and affect deficiencies,» reports Psychology Today.

In many parts of the world, people — many under the age of five — suffer from vitamin A (beta - carotene) deficiency because they don't get enough of the nutrient in their diets.

They can no longer rely on oil prices to cover governance deficiencies, as could Chávez during much of the 2000s.

A 2012 PCAOB inspection report of KPMG deficiencies cited its failures to question management judgment, including failure to test management's assumptions on loan loss reserves.

In addition to these operational deficiencies, he blames Kelly and Van de Ven for «unprecedented labor strife» and «continued culture erosion at the company.»

A new study by Ceridian indicated that 53 percent of organizations surveyed create schedules that actively encourage sleep deficiency.

The most worrying deficiency is the tendency of the tanker's boom — where the fuel flows — to scrape the surface of the aircraft receiving fuel.

So if you're constantly negative, you'll soon excel at spotting problems and deficiencies, while if you make it a point to regularly count your blessings, you'll teach your brain to tune into all the good in the world.

When you candidly acknowledge your deficiencies and solicit advice, you show your strength, and people may well respond with helpful counsel.

Shares of Agios Pharmaceutical shed 12 percent Monday amid concern about the safety of one of the molecules in its drug to treat pyruvate kinase deficiency, a rare, genetic anemia.

Scientists note that «the use of light - emitting devices immediately before bedtime is a concern because of the extremely powerful effect that light has on the body's natural sleep / wake pattern and how that may play a role in perpetuating sleep deficiency.»

One of the major deficiencies of the U.S. patent system is actually something that doesn't come up very often: poor recordkeeping.

Sanwal told me he recognized that content marketing was one of the best ways for his company to grow its brand after he noticed a deficiency of original, high - quality content targeting the VC industry.

For many companies, having relay runners is the ultimate solution; a team of good runners would enhance each athlete's performance and compensate for the deficiencies of individual team members.

IT has been interesting to see how the world's biggest sporting event, the Olympic Games has highlighted the deficiencies in our support of science.

Unlike Sarepta, Marathon's product doesn't actually address the protein deficiency at the heart of the disease, but rather has shown promise in improving muscle strength.