Sentences with phrase «u.s. quality factor»

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The trade spat with the U.S. is a concern, but China's strong savings and quality growth are positive factors, says Thomas Poullaouec of T. Rowe Price.

Tampa is the seventh - best U.S. city in which to flip houses (factoring in renovation costs and quality of life), and it is also the seventh - best city in terms of house - flipping market potential (independent of those factors).

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

Forty - one percent of FMI's 2013 U.S. Grocery Retail Trends consumer respondents ranked better quality and variety of fresh foods, inclusive of produce, as the third-most influential factor behind price and selection for choosing a primary store, a supermarket that may not be the closest in proximity to the shopper's home.

<< hrough such factors as innovation, consistency and quality control, DiMare Fresh Inc. has successfully grown to have the capability of serving 90 percent of the U.S. population.

Today in U.S. News & World Report, Chef Ann Cooper asks what will happen if that financial pressure increases due to a variety of factors looming on the horizon, including rising wages and immigration reform: «The Perfect Storm that Threatens the Quality of Healthy School Meals.»

Meta - analyses of this expanded research base confirm the model's impacts on a range of risk and protective factors associated with child maltreatment.7, 8,9 In addition, all of the major home visitation models in the U.S. are currently engaged in a variety of research activities, many of which are resulting in better defined models and more rigorous attention to the key issue of participant enrolment and retention, staff training and quality assurance standards.10 For example, recent findings emerging from the initial two - year follow - up of the Early Head Start National Demonstration Project confirm the efficacy of home visitation programs with new parents.

The authors contend that the Parkinson's community must come together and focus its activism in support of: developing a better understand the environmental, genetic, and behavioral causes and risk factors for Parkinson's to help prevent its onset; increasing access to care — an estimated 40 percent of people with the disease in both the U.S. and Europe do not see a neurologist and the number is far greater in developing nations; advocating for increases in research funding for the disease; and lowering the cost of treatments — many patients in low - income countries do not have access to drugs that are both lifesaving and improve quality of life.

Schools, teacher quality and family income all play a large role in student success, but these factors do not fully explain the academic differences seen in the U.S. between whites and disadvantaged racial / ethnic minorities, including blacks and Hispanics.

In addition, the poor quality of the standard U.S. diet — including high levels of red and processed meat and low levels of fruits and vegetables — is a major factor in a number of preventable diseases.

Dr. Kris - Etherton stated that a report on «Effects of Omega - 3 Fatty Acids on Cardiovascular Risk Factors and CVD» is pending from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Many have identified variations in teacher quality as a key factor in international differences in student performance and have urged policies that will lift the quality of the U.S. teaching force.

The J.D. Power rankings are determined by measuring service satisfaction of owners and lessees of vehicle one to five years old in the U.S. Five factors make up service satisfaction for the CSI Study: service initiation, service advisor, service facility, vehicle pick - up and service quality.

Style - savvy smart beta strategies to build a balanced U.S. portfolio include iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF (MTUM), iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL) and iShares Edge MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (VLUE).

Our current allocation of 45 % -50 % stock — only large - cap U.S. stock — is spread across ETFs holdings such as iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility ETF (NYSEARCA: USMV), iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (NYSEARCA: QUAL) and Vanguard High Dividend Yield (NYSEARCA: VYM).

Franklin has created its own quality - based indexes, such as the LibertyQ U.S. Large Cap Equity Index, which is composed of 246 U.S. mid and large cap companies that have favorable exposure to four investment style factors — quality, value, momentum, and low volatility.

As of February 2018, the iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF holds 125 large - and mid-cap U.S. stocks.

This mutual fund tracks the Russell 1000 Comprehensive Factor Index, which is designed to capture exposure to large - cap U.S. equities using five factors: quality, value, momentum, low volatility and size.

The LibertyQ U.S. Large Cap Equity Index utilizes a multi-factor selection process that is designed to select equity securities from the Russell 1000 ® Index that have exposure to four investment style - factors: quality, value, momentum and low volatility — while seeking a lower level of risk and higher risk - adjusted performance than the Russell 1000 ® Index over the long term.

DGRW tracks the WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index, which employs quality and growth fQuality Dividend Growth Index, which employs quality and growth fquality and growth factors.

Once those three factors came together, interest in high - quality pet products made in the U.S. spread like wildfire, carrying over into almost every other pet category on the market.

There are several factors that are important in monitoring global or U.S. temperature: quality of raw observations, length of record of observations, and the analysis methods used to transform raw data into reliable climate data records by removing existing biases from the data.

EIA's carbon dioxide emission factors were derived from data in the EIA Coal Analysis File, one of the most comprehensive data sources on U.S. coal quality by coalbed and coal - producing county.

Conference: International Society on Early Intervention (ISEI) Date: June 2016 Presenters: Kathleen Hebbeler & Abby Winer Schachner This poster presents the current approaches to child outcomes measurement in the U.S. and key factors and strategies for identifying data quality concerns.

Sperling's BestPlaces recently ranked cities with populations of 500,000 or more based on the «Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S.» Researchers factored in a range of criteria, including economic stability, crime stats, extreme weather, natural disaster risk, housing depreciation, air quality, life expectancy, car fatalities, among other factors.

52 percent of U.S. adults said the quality of the television (e.g., size and resolution) is a critical factor to throwing a successful party for watching the game at home.