Sentences with phrase «among other contributions»

I enjoyed, among other contributions, being able to provide input on the proposed typefaces and fonts.

In addition to the new codec, they've donated the framework that powers Android's hidden theme engine, among other contributions.

Among other contributions, Susan led the creation of a 100 - page Highlights document designed to inform policymakers and the public of the impacts of climate change.

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Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Now, Google discloses revenue and profits within two categories: Google (comprised of the core ad business as well as revenue from cloud, hardware, and Android), and «Other Bets» (sales from businesses like Nest, investment returns, small contributions from its Verily life sciences business, and the secretive X innovation lab, among other initiatiOther Bets» (sales from businesses like Nest, investment returns, small contributions from its Verily life sciences business, and the secretive X innovation lab, among other initiatiother initiatives).

We do support, however, changes to the funding and management of the federal employees» pension plans, including the move to more equitable contribution rates, changes in retirement provisions for new employees, among others.

Total compensation per employee consists of many different elements, including not only negotiated / imposed wage settlements, bracket creep (employees moving up within their pay range), composition of employment (professional vs clerical), pay equity, pension and other future employee benefit costs driven in part by market conditions, Canada and Quebec Pension Plan contributions (which increase by the annual increase in the industrial wage), among others.

However, organizations like UN Women and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), among others, have reported on studies that show how much of a vital contribution — and even complete shift in society — women make when they are educated and empowered.

(7) He sets the tone by paying attention to the contributions of others, perhaps of reflecting what they are saying with, «Let's see if I understand what you mean...» (8) He helps build group - centered (as contrasted with self - centered) contributions by his linking function in which he points to the relationships among various individuals» contributions to the discussion.

It's a lively volume with contributions by Terry Teachout (drama critic for the Wall Street Journal), Carol Iannone (editor of Academic Questions), and Asia himself (a distinguished composer and professor of composition at U of A), among others, and they all get to the heart of the problem of high culture at the present time in America.

I can see that the «unconditional» version is Jesus» stock in trade, and his great contribution and enduring, fresh - as - a-daisy legacy (among others) was to introduce, understand, promote, live by, and die by, that.

A third contribution comes out more clearly in Schweitzer's other major work among the considerable number he wrote, The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle.8 There he maintains that Paul's conception of the kingdom, though he expected an imminent end of the world, was far from other - worldly in its bearing on the Christian life.

Significant contributions to this pivotal understanding were provided, at least in nuce, by such varied individuals as the Wesley brothers, the American reformer Alexander Campbell, and Søren Kierkegaard, as well as Albrecht Ritschl and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin among others.

Cabazon's AWS Gold certification is reflective of the facility's meeting of advanced - level criteria, including the site's positive contribution to the local groundwater system, best practice of the site's water balance, best practice of the site's water quality, and implementation of a water education program, among others.

As revealed in a Reuters article, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has changed its policy regarding contributions from industry, and among others has accepted $ 150,000 from Nestlé.

Other families tie an allowance to chores, although that's controversial among experts, some of whom believe chores should be done uncompensated as an expected contribution to the family.

UN forces can play an important role in the verification of arms and other agreements, in fostering conditions conducive to the holding of elections, and in creating a secure environment in which civil society can engage, among other positive contributions.

Michael Tolkin, a 32 - year - old tech entrepreneur who is among over a dozen long - shot candidates running to unseat New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, appears to have outspent every other contender in the race, including the mayor, with a $ 5 million in - kind contribution to his own campaign.

Hillary Clinton is consolidating her support among Wall Street donors and other businesses ahead of a general - election battle with Donald Trump, winning more campaign contributions from financial - services executives in the most recent fundraising period than all other candidates combined.

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the united effort to address the effects of climate change, in 2015 the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCC met in Paris, France and entered into a historic agreement in which 195 nations, including the United States, were signatories and agreed to determine their own target contribution to mitigate climate change by holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, among other terms (the «Paris Agreement»);

Adesina said the presidential address would highlight, among other key issues, Nigeria's commitment to implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions and policy actions aimed at tackling climate change through environmental sustainable efforts.

The Comptroller's report included a lengthy chart showing the legislature's inaction on ethics reform, criticizing the fact that, among other things, the budget «intentionally omits» measures such as requiring advisory opinions on legislators» outside income, closing the LLC loophole in corporate political contributions, and extending the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) to cover the Legislature.

The group also claims, among other things, that Gov. Cuomo and the Senate ignored the constitutionally mandated three - day waiting period before a bill can be acted upon and that lawmakers approved the legislation in exchange for campaign contributions from Bloomberg and other high profile «Wall Street financiers.»

Her NASA - funded research satisfies her itch for discovery, but her most important scientific contribution, she says, is helping researchers from other fields — geoscience, engineering, physics, and limnology (among others)-- obtain the data they need.

Instead, he wanted to understand the breakdown of the work among the members of the team she was working with — not what she achieved but what the team achieved, what her contributions were, and how her work benefitted from the contributions of others.

«Two other circadian biology laboratories in the department, those of Seung - Hee «Sally» Yoo, Ph.D., and Cheng Chi Lee, Ph.D., also made important contributions to this work, highlighting the collaborative spirit among our faculty and our research expertise in this fascinating area of biology,» he added.

At Merck, Diversity Awards highlight the contributions of African - American scientists, among others, and the Black Employee Network offers a range of networking and support opportunities.

Among other things Østergaard describes a widespread feeling that «the university is shooting itself in the foot by not identifying and getting rid of those researchers whose scientific contribution is minimal.»

Among other types of genetic inheritance known to affect risk and not detected in this study are contributions from rare variants not associated with common sites of genetic variation.

Among other major contributions to our understanding of osteoporosis, the Dubbo Study has enabled the development of the Garvan Fracture Risk Calculator (GFRC), one of two major algorithms worldwide that is used clinically to determine an individual's risk of osteoporotic fracture.

The study also led to several other discoveries: the first multicomponent pheromone, synergism among inactive components in pheromones, the contribution of the host plant to aggregations, and the chemical interplay between several species of bark beetles and their associated predators.

1972 Andrew Alm Benson for his discovery of ribulose among products of photosynthetic carbon dioxide assimilation and for his other contributions to the elucidation of this process

The significance of Jessell's contributions has been widely recognized: He has received the March of Dimes Prize in developmental biology, the inaugural Kavli Prize in neuroscience and the Canada Gairdner International Award, among others.

He has made several important contributions in this area including identifying a new strain of CHIKV virus, identification of host cellular targets of HIV accessory genes, new novel DNA vaccine approaches for HIV, CHIKV, RSV, Dengue, MERS and Zika among others.

Collins asked that his visit focus on â $ œhow CTSAs are enabling science.â $ It was an opportunity for the ACTSI, a partnership among Emory, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology and others, including Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia Research Alliance, Georgia BIO, Kaiser Permanente, CDC, the Atlanta VA Medical Center and the Grady Health System, to showcase the unique contributions the ACTSI makes to enabling clinical and translational research.

Numerous Puerto Ricans born and raised in the United States made notable contributions in government, science, military, television, music, sports, art, law enforcement, modeling, education, journalism, religion, science, among other areas.

Includes the last works of Carl Sagan and Jonas Salk, and contributions by Director - General of UNESCO, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, President of the European Parliament, Director - General of the World Health Organization, and the Ministers of Health from the United Kingdom, France, Japan, India and Russia, among others.

Abecasis leads the University's Biostatistics department, which is training a new generation of scientists and making contributions to the statistical and computational machinery for the analysis of diverse types of biomedical data — including not only genomic data but also electronic health records, registry data and health surveys, a variety of imaging data types, and environmental exposures, among others.

With her own NYC based interior design studio, regular appearances on the OWN network's Home Made Simple, and contributions to Domino.com (among numerous other media outlets), Nicole has seamlessly designed a multi-faceted career that utilizes her expertise and passion for everything interior design and media related.

And the effort shows: The history and images congeal together beautifully to tell the tale with the contributions from the likes of Mikhail Piotrovsky, Zelfira Tregulova, Andrei Konchalovsky, Matthew Macfayden, Tom Hollander, James Fleet, among many others.

Contains a foreword by James Cameron, an afterword by Tom Cruise, and contributions from other luminaries, including Neil Gaiman and John Landis, among others.

Comprehensive account of the production of this seminal 1973 portmanteau film containing contributions from directors Fred Schepisi, Tim Burstall, John B. Murray, David Baker, and writers Thomas Keneally and David Williamson, among others.

It makes for many somber moments, but the humor isn't neglected in other scenes, thanks to the contributions of, among others, Sean Patrick Thomas as the sensitive Jimmy, J.B. Smoove as the opportunistic One - Stop, and, of course, Cedric the Entertainer.

4.7 by 2030 ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contribution to sustainable development

Reference target 4.7: By 2030, ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among other through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contribution to sustainable development.

The specification of musical timbre appears when in the system is considered its complexity and the contribution of other sound attributes, among which is the height (frequency), rhythm (time) and volume (intensity).

Among the other honors presented at Convocation were the Morningstar Family Teaching Award, the Alumni Council Award, the Phyllis Strimling Award, and the Intellectual Contribution / Faculty Tribute Awards, along with the presentation of the 2016 class gift.

Rather than accept a future of low - skill, low - wage work for our impoverished young people, we aspire to build their «human capital» — their knowledge, skills, capabilities, talents, habits, character, however you want to phrase it — so that, among other things, the labor market will one day repay their contributions to society with a wage that far exceeds any minimums.

The reasons are unclear, but in many states — California, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Illinois, among others — pension contributions must be set by state legislators every year.

A bill introduced this legislative session in the state capital would have gradually raised teacher contributions to 7.5 percent of their salary, among other factors.