Not exact matches
Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment
by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders
by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending
by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our
exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30)
exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
The ideal portfolio optimization algorithm perfectly balances trading costs, instruments, asset classes,
factor exposure (but only when needed), strategies, and does it all under constraints imposed
by risk management.
The consumer ratings agency compared the cost of a Tesla solar roof in New York, Texas and California and deemed that — depending on
factors such as electricity cost and sun
exposure — the numbers generated
by Tesla's Solar Roof calculator check out.
Specifically, they construct portfolios that scale
exposure to a stock
factor portfolio or a currency carry trade
by the inverse of expected variance.
The product is derived from Morningstar's Global Risk Model, released in 2016, which tracks portfolio risk
by monitoring each stock's underlying economic
exposure to 36
factors.
Rather than relying solely on market
exposure to determine a stock's performance relative to its index, smart beta strategies allocate and rebalance portfolio holdings
by relying on one or more «
factors.»
Specifically, a recent analysis
by Graham Secker, MS & Co.'s European equity strategist, found that recent disappointments in European corporate profits are a function of at least three important
factors that may be reversing: idiosyncratic issues related to heavily skewed index
exposure to financials and commodity - linked industries; weak operating profit leverage linked to declining emerging market sales; and less aggressive use of buybacks, tax optimization and non-operating cost reductions versus U.S. peers.
By systematically and deliberately setting
exposure factors such as momentum, quality, or value, managers can utilize smart beta strategies to improve returns, reduce risk or enhance diversification.
By adding alternative asset classes, we can enhance diversification by selecting exposure to factors that don't typically come from a traditional balanced portfolio of stocks and bond
By adding alternative asset classes, we can enhance diversification
by selecting exposure to factors that don't typically come from a traditional balanced portfolio of stocks and bond
by selecting
exposure to
factors that don't typically come from a traditional balanced portfolio of stocks and bonds.
VIDI allocates to countries based on their perceived ability to withstand economic shocks as determined
by multiple
factors, an approach that can produce significant and unusual differences from market - weighted country
exposure, including a bias to emerging countries.
If anything, the first few weeks of the year have served as a valuable reminder that investing in public markets is inherently volatile and that our main defense against that volatility is to diversify our risk
exposures by owning a variety of asset classes and risk
factors.
Over production of androgen / testosterone can be caused
by a number of
factors, both environmental (such as
exposure to a man who uses testosterone gel) or biological
factors such as a thyroid or pituitary problem.
Involvement in the multitudinous problems of a rapidly expanding urban area or
exposure to the increasingly bitter struggle between labor and management or entanglement in the luxuriant and rank growth so abundantly fostered
by the new wealth of the «gilded age»: these and other
factors caused many men to re-examine their roles as ministers and to seek more effective ways of ministering to the needs of their time.11 Perhaps the most important thing that happened to such men was that they became aware of the many
factors bearing on human welfare and thus of importance to the Christian gospel.
In 2008, the Journal of Sports Economics published a study that suggested a recruit's decision on where to attend college is «governed
by a handful of primary
factors» including «the opportunity for individual success and
exposure, a team's recent on - field success and the distance to the school from his hometown.»
It's also probably true that the increased incidence of all of these problems is a result of decreased
exposure to nursing which is influenced
by societal perceptions of nursing (and older maternal age can be a
factor in milk production).
He described the goal of reducing the overall number of head impacts that high school football players sustain in a season as «logical» and «appealing,» but noted that, «until the risk
factors for chronic traumatic encephalopathy [25](CTE) are better defined
by carefully designed and controlled research,» and research determines «what the advisable limit to head impact
exposure should be,» employing contact limits or establishing «hit counts [4]» will remain «educated guesses, at best.»
These symptoms usually are triggered
by an
exposure to an allergen, virus or other
factor such as pollution or cold air.
It is also influenced
by some as yet unknown environmental
factors (some speculate a susceptibility to certain viruses such as coxsackie, others implicate
exposure to certain very specific chemicals, most certainly not included in baby formula).
The most recent study report described in these same regions decreased tissue levels of 5 - HT and tryptophan hydroxylase, the synthesizing enzyme for serotonin, and no evidence of excessive serotonin degradation as assessed
by levels of 5 - hydroxyindoleacetic acid (the main metabolite of serotonin) or ratios of 5 - hydroxyindoleacetic acid to serotonin.30 A recent article described a significant association between a decrease in medullary 5 - HT1A receptor immunoreactivity and specific SIDS risk
factors, including tobacco smoking.40 These data confirm results from earlier studies in humans39, 41 and are also consistent with studies in piglets that revealed that postnatal
exposure to nicotine decreases medullary 5 - HT1A receptor immunoreactivity.42 Animal studies have revealed that serotonergic neurons located in the medullary raphe and adjacent paragigantocellularis lateralis play important roles in many autonomic functions including the control of respiration, blood pressure, heart rate, thermoregulation, sleep and arousal, and upper airway patency.
Breastfeeding helps protect against these and other infections
by providing antibodies and other protective
factors, minimizing
exposure to pathogens, and ensuring optimum nutrition.
Researchers determined the extent of relative climate sensitivity in the reserves
by looking at five
factors: social, biophysical, and ecological sensitivity, and
exposure to temperature change and sea level rise.
Environmental risk
factors and
exposures can also contribute to BD risk, according to the analysis
by Ciro Marangoni, MD, at the Department of Mental Health, Mater Salutis Hospital, Legnato, Italy; Gianni L. Faedda, MD, Director of the Mood Disorder Center of New York, NY, and Co-Chairman of a Task Force of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders on this topic; and Professor Ross J. Baldessarini, MD, Director of the International Consortium for Bipolar & Psychotic Disorders Research of the Mailman Research Center at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass..
By «chance» Tomasetti meant the roll of the dice that each cell division represents, leaving aside the influence of deleterious genes or environmental
factors such as smoking or
exposure to radiation.
These pathways are associated with
exposures in childhood, and amplified
by factors in adulthood, according to a cohort study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal.
This can be provoked
by a number of
factors, but one of the clearest is
exposure to death - related imagery.
Indeed,
exposure of the protein produced
by the nanoparticle - based gene therapy to the gut mucosa prevents inhibitor development and restores clotting -
factor activity in mouse models of both haemophilia A and B. «This approach really could hold big benefit for patients,» says Jörg Schüttrumpf, a transfusion - medicine specialist who led one of the studies performed at the German Red Cross Blood Donor Service in Frankfurt.
While the biological mechanism
by which
exposure to pollution causes lower birth weights are not fully understood, the scientists speculate that several
factors could play a role, including maternal inflammation, altered placental function, and reduced nutrient delivery to the fetus, which may impede fetal growth.
Lupus is considered a genetic disease and is triggered not only
by inhaling crystalline silica toxicants, but also
by other environmental
factors such as sun
exposure.
Because most cases of Parkinson's disease appear to be at least partially caused
by environmental
factors such as pesticide
exposure, these findings support the approach that targeting α - synuclein could slow or stop the progression of Parkinson's in most people with the disease, said study lead author Jeff Bronstein, a professor of neurology and director of movement disorders at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
In addressing the first question, the study showed that the brain's immune cells, microglia, which are known to become activated
by LPS
exposure as well as in most brain injuries and diseases, begin spewing out pro-inflammatory
factors that change astrocytes» behavior.
«
By studying these families we could determine multiple - generational
exposure to nutritional
factors and genetic interactions that occur due to famine.»
«But these single
factors don't paint a comprehensive picture of what a person is exposed to in their environment — and may not be as helpful in predicting cancer risk, which is impacted
by multiple
factors including the air you breathe, the water you drink, the neighborhood you live in, and your
exposure to myriad toxins, chemicals and pollutants.»
Environmental mercury and other heavy metal
exposure, contaminated water, pesticides, a greater reliance on antibiotics — and even extensive television viewing
by very young children — may be
factors in mounting autism rates.
For those younger than 30, this
exposure is associated with a risk increased
by a
factor of 7.7.17
Myriad control switches help to arbitrate how genes get expressed in different cells and tissues, and those switches are often triggered
by maternal diet, toxic
exposures and many other environmental
factors.
Scientists are still trying to explain how this microbial diversity comes about, but it is likely influenced
by factors including diet, environment, host genetics and
exposure to microbes early in life.
New genetic tests being developed
by companies provide the hope that eventually people who are genetically predisposed to schizophrenia can be identified before hand - which would then allow families the knowledge that allows them to minimize
exposure to the environmental
factors associated with schizophrenia — so as to minimize the number of people who actually develop the disorder.
ref Damage may also be driven
by disturbance history, level of coral cover, type of coral community, and environmental
factors such as
exposure and circulation.
Here we have identified another source of human cells that can be efficiently reprogrammed into human iPS cells
by the ectopic
exposure of only two
factors, namely OCT3 / 4 and KLF4.
We now show that astrocytes generated from the same population of human fetal glial precursor cells,
by exposure to either bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) or ciliary neurotrophic
factor (CNTF), promote widely divergent outcomes with respect to repairing the injured adult spinal cord.
They'll also be studying the involvement of the immune system in the disease and whether this can be affected
by exposure to certain environmental
factors, such as the sun.
Although smoking is the main risk
factor, adenocarcinoma is also the most common type of lung cancer among lifelong non-smokers, and the risk of lung cancer is increased
by 20 to 30 percent
by exposure to secondhand smoke.
«There are differences in asthma prevalence in these three groups, so it's important to understand whether these are caused
by environmental
exposures or
by differences in genetic risk
factors.»
But some
factors might be impairment to the immune response, compounded
by exposure to environmental toxins.
But experts suggest that the disorder is likely driven
by several
factors, including
exposure to a traumatic event (like a car crash) and / or
exposure to repetitive injuries.
These manufacturers don't
factor in
exposure to multiple sources, which brings the total amount absorbed
by the body, including through the skin and through the lungs, much higher.
So, it is essential that we support our adrenal glands as best we can
by either removing or reducing the stressful
factors in our lives and our
exposure to the offending foods or allergens that cause our immune systems to react.
Glycation is a
factor of glucose concentration
exposure and time, with more AGEs forming upon longer
exposure to higher concentrations of glucose.33 It follows that in a body that is hyperinsulinemic, and a brain that is insulin - resistant, the peripheral hyperinsulinism will inhibit the clearance of soluble Aβ
by IDE, thereby causing it to remain in the extracellular space for an extended amount of time, and the functional «hyperglycemia» in the brain will provide an elevated level of glucose — the perfect storm for glycation of Aβ and its aggregation into insoluble plaques.
While there clearly isn't just one cause when it comes to rosacea, the research in combination with my own clinical experience suggests that rosacea is at its root an immunological disorder that is precipitated
by a variety of
factors, including diet, gut health, and lifestyle
factors including skin care and sun
exposure.
Heals dry, itchy skin caused
by poor diet, skin allergies, chemical
exposure or other damaging environmental
factors