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The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.

Gallup notes that this positive change is also associated with an increase in standard of living ratings, economic confidence, and job availability.

Tsur Somerville, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business, said he didn't think prices would decline but the rate of increases would slow down.

These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.

A one percentage point increase in the growth rate of productivity has been associated with between two - thirds and one percentage point higher growth in median worker compensation in the period since 1973, and with between 0.4 and 0.7 percentage points higher growth in production / nonsupervisory worker compensation.

Conclusion The substantial increase in e-cigarette use among US adult smokers was associated with a statistically significant increase in the smoking cessation rate at the population level.

That said, a few firms observed a tightening in the form of higher borrowing rates, which some associated with the recent increase in US long - term rates.

In an influential 2006 paper analyzing data in 72 countries across 22 years, he and Mathur estimated that a «1 percent increase in corporate tax rates is associated with nearly a 1 percent drop in wage rates.»

In an influential 2006 paper analyzing data in 72 countries across 22 years, he and his American Enterprise Institute colleague Aparna Mathur estimated that a «1 percent increase in corporate tax rates is associated with nearly a 1 percent drop in wage rates.»

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

The recent increase in participation has been associated with some rise in the measured unemployment rate, which had fallen unusually quickly in earlier months.

The increase of around 1 percentage point in long - term interest rates over the course of this year was associated with a fall in dwelling investment in the September quarter.

An appreciation of the exchange rate means that: the increase in the domestic currency price of commodity exports will be less than the increase in world commodity prices; the income of the other tradable sector will fall; and real income gains flow to the broader economy via the associated decline in the price of imports.

Upward pressures on wages and prices associated with demand from the resource sector, and any excess demand in the non-tradable sector, might require an increase in interest rates in order to contain inflation; this will depend in part on the extent of the exchange rate appreciation.

It should also be noted that there have been other factors, outside of Asian development and the associated large increase in commodity prices and the exchange rate, that have had an effect on economic activity in Australia.

The fall in sentiment and the apparent softness in retail sales in March are likely to reflect several factors including the March interest rate increase, the publication of the weak December quarter national accounts and associated commentary, and the recent steep rise in petrol prices.

We say that each rate rises or falls when the associated average monthly yield increases or decreases during the SACEVS holding month.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Previous analysis illustrated how monthly increases of rates on purchases of newly built homes in excess of two basis points, considered large in historical terms, were associated with, on average, a decline in sales of new homes over the same month.

Ironically, nulliparity, i.e., having no children, is associated with an increased rate of breast cancer, even in nuns, who presumably do not have abortions.

To what extent this reflects a «greater rate of emergence of formerly hidden alcoholism among women» 13 and to what extent a rise in the number of women alcoholics (associated with the increase of women drinkers since World War II) is not really known.

Benefits associated with MCFA's include an increase in HDL cholesterol (that's the good kind, folks), providing an immediate source of energy, increasing satiety, and increasing metabolic rate.

«Eating chili is associated with increases in metabolic rate and thermogenesis,» says John Prescott, a professor at Sussex University and editor of the journal Food Quality and Preference.

«Weight also appeared to be a factor associated with the rate of meniscal tears found at the time of surgery,» comments senior author, Philip Wilson, MD. «Our data demonstrates patient weight over 143 lbs (65 kg) to be associated with an increased rate of medial and lateral meniscal tears at the time of surgery.

Increased awareness of the health risks associated with not breastfeeding has brought about a drive in recent years to improve breastfeeding support and increase breastfeeding prevalence rates.

For instance, a study of American fourth graders reported that increased television watching (both during the day and at night) was associated with higher rates of bedtime problems, including anxiety, sleep - onset delays, and bedtime resistance (Owens et al 1999).

Is the increased maternal mortality caused by the high C - Section rate, or just associated with it and caused by the same factors, such as obesity, GD, high blood pressure, multiples, maternal age, and so on?

Positional plagiocephaly, or plagiocephaly without synostosis (PWS), can be associated with supine sleeping position (OR: 2.5).113 It is most likely to result if the infant's head position is not varied when placed for sleep, if the infant spends little or no time in awake, supervised tummy time, and if the infant is not held in the upright position when not sleeping.113, — , 115 Children with developmental delay and / or neurologic injury have increased rates of PWS, although a causal relationship has not been demonstrated.113, 116, — , 119 In healthy normal children, the incidence of PWS decreases spontaneously from 20 % at 8 months to 3 % at 24 months of age.114 Although data to make specific recommendations as to how often and how long tummy time should be undertaken are lacking, supervised tummy time while the infant is awake is recommended on a daily basis.

One study associated rising obesity rates with increases in twinning, citing that overweight or tall women are more likely to have twins.

These findings would be especially valuable in those developing countries, where the incidence of neonatal hypothermia has been reported to be high and associated with an increased morbidity and mortality rates.

Labor induction has been increasing since the early 1990s, 1 and the rate is running at about 20 % for pregnancies at term.2, 3 Induction of labor compared with spontaneous labor is associated with adverse maternal outcomes, including at least a doubling in the caesarean delivery rate, 4,5 25 — 50 % increase in instrumental vaginal delivery rate, 3,5 higher postpartum hemorrhage rate, 5 and prolonged labor.5 Neonates born after induced labor are more likely to have low Apgar score and low umbilical cord blood pH. 5

However, even after control for confounding and selection factors associated with infant feeding practices, increasing duration of breastfeeding was associated with small but significant increases in scores on standardized tests of ability and achievement, teacher ratings of classroom performance, and greater success at high school.

If others can confirm that deformational plagiocephaly is associated with increased rates of behavioral and learning problems during the school - age years, then the question to be asked is: «Is plagiocephaly an early sign of subtle brain dysfunction or does early brain molding lead to subtle brain dysfunction?»

Table 1 shows clear and highly significant (P <.0001) tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with higher scores on measures of cognitive ability, teacher ratings of performance, standardized tests of achievement, better grades in School Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualifications.

A study of infants in England indicated that supine sleeping is not associated with an increase in significant morbidity outcomes, and the risk of respiratory problems was reduced compared with that of prone sleepers.17 In Asian countries, aspiration is not a problem despite the traditional practice of placing newborns to sleep in the supine position.18 The review by Malloy19 of US vital statistics mortality files for the years 1991 to 1996 showed no significant increase in the proportion of postneonatal mortality rate associated with aspiration, asphyxia, or respiratory failure.

Adjusted analyses demonstrate that attendance in the clinic offering only PC services was significantly associated with an increased breastfeeding initiation rate (42).

The health risks associated with formula feeding for premature infants include increased incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis, 5 delayed brainstem maturation, 6 decreased scoring on cognitive and developmental tests,7 - 10 and decreased visual development.11, 12 Thus, human - milk feeding of premature infants is desirable, and effective strategies to increase breastfeeding rates in this population are needed.

Breast cancer survival rates have increased, and the number of deaths associated with this disease is steadily declining, largely due to factors such as earlier detection, a new personalized approach to treatment and a better understanding of the disease.

In general, the results suggest that after adjustment for confounding, there were small but consistent tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with increased IQ, increased performance on standardized tests, higher teacher ratings of classroom performance, and better high school achievement.

Recent research has found that epidural medications during labor and delivery are associated with 0.5 % greater weight loss by the newborn, and increased rates of supplements in hospitals, along with fewer babies being fully breastfed on discharge from hospitals.

For instance, it has been suggested that the physical restraint associated with swaddling may prevent infants placed supine from rolling to the prone position.299 One study's results suggested a decrease in SIDS rate with swaddling if the infant was supine, 182 but it was notable that there was an increased risk of SIDS if the infant was swaddled and placed in the prone position.182 Although a recent study found a 31-fold increase in SIDS risk with swaddling, the analysis was not stratified according to sleep position.171 Although it may be more likely that parents will initially place a swaddled infant supine, this protective effect may be offset by the 12-fold increased risk of SIDS if the infant is either placed or rolls to the prone position when swaddled.182, 300 Moreover, there is no evidence that swaddling reduces bed - sharing or use of unsafe sleep surfaces, promotes breastfeeding, or reduces maternal cigarette smoking.

The prone or side sleep position can increase the risk of rebreathing expired gases, resulting in hypercapnia and hypoxia.54, — , 57 The prone position also increases the risk of overheating by decreasing the rate of heat loss and increasing body temperature compared with infants sleeping supine.58, 59 Recent evidence suggests that prone sleeping alters the autonomic control of the infant cardiovascular system during sleep, particularly at 2 to 3 months of age, 60 and can result in decreased cerebral oxygenation.61 The prone position places infants at high risk of SIDS (odds ratio [OR]: 2.3 — 13.1).62, — , 66 However, recent studies have demonstrated that the SIDS risks associated with side and prone position are similar in magnitude (OR: 2.0 and 2.6, respectively) 63 and that the population - attributable risk reported for side sleep position is higher than that for prone position.65, 67 Furthermore, the risk of SIDS is exceptionally high for infants who are placed on their side and found on their stomach (OR: 8.7).63 The side sleep position is inherently unstable, and the probability of an infant rolling to the prone position from the side sleep position is significantly greater than rolling prone from the back.65, 68 Infants who are unaccustomed to the prone position and are placed prone for sleep are also at greater risk than those usually placed prone (adjusted OR: 8.7 — 45.4).63, 69,70 Therefore, it is critically important that every caregiver use the supine sleep position for every sleep period.

A prospective cohort study found the SIDS rate to be significantly increased for infants exposed in utero to methadone (OR: 3.6 [95 % CI: 2.5 — 5.1]-RRB-, heroin (OR: 2.3 [95 % CI: 1.3 — 4.0]-RRB-, methadone and heroin (OR: 3.2 [95 % CI: 1.2 — 8.6]-RRB-, and cocaine (OR: 1.6 [95 % CI: 1.2 — 2.2]-RRB-, even after controlling for race / ethnicity, maternal age, parity, birth weight, year of birth, and maternal smoking.229 In addition, a meta - analysis of studies that investigated an association between in utero cocaine exposure and SIDS found an increased risk of SIDS to be associated with prenatal exposure to cocaine and illicit drugs in general.230

So essential thinking behind austerity is that you cut spending now to reduce (or at least control the rate of increase of) total debt and the associated interest payments.

She cited an increase in illiteracy rate, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, obstetric fistula, maternal and infant mortalities as some of the dangers associated with the menace.

So how has the county managed to stay under the state - imposed tax cap and reduce tax rates while still increasing spending to covering costs associated with county programs, services and personnel?

They found that neutering before 37 weeks of age was associated with a slight increase in the rate of growth, whilst neutering after 37 weeks was associated with a slight slowing of the growth rate.

If a shift in public health policy were to result in an increase in male vaccinations, experts say, at the very least rates of females» HPV - associated cancers would decrease as a result of fewer infections acquired from men.

«Cold weather, fewer sun hours are associated with increased rates of alcoholic cirrhosis: Alcoholic cirrhosis is a disease which causes nearly half a million deaths every year.»