Sentences with phrase «conducted time studies»

I conducted time studies and spoke with customers to better understand their concerns regarding cleanliness.

Conducted time studies to expose bottlenecks in processes and changed them to maximize throughput.

Conducted time study on each vehicle operations from taking out and replacing the engine, to changing the oil filter.

Not exact matches

In the first decade of the century, the large integrated oil companies traded at an average discount of between 11 % and 12 % compared to their pure - play competitors, according to a study conducted at the time by Citi Investment Research and Analysis.

He explained that some time ago he was conducting an empirical study of street prostitutes in the city of Chicago, and, through a connection at a company he was consulting with, met a high - end call girl who had read «Freakonomics,» and who was willing to help him with his study by providing data.

In 2012, a study conducted by the Los Angeles Times found that roughly 94 % of the organization's members were white and that a significant majority were men with a median age of 62.

Author and researcher Morten Hansen conducted a five - year study of more than 5,000 managers and employees to determine exactly how top workers maximize both their time and performance.

A recent study conducted by the Harris Poll found that one - third of respondents decided to steer clear of the leadership track to avoid further diminishing their personal time.

Within the last year, only about four in 10 mid-market companies have conducted a formal cost analysis on payroll, time and attendance and employee benefits administration alone, according to the 2014 TCO study.

Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

A sleep study conducted by Dr. Marcel Hungs on patients with chronic back pain using Celliant found the median time patients spent awake after falling asleep was reduced by 18.3 minutes.

In fact, 91 percent of employees work more than 40 hours a week at least some of the time, according to a study conducted by Staples in March.

They've conducted studies in mice, which showed that the device was able to improve the results of the drug by twelve times.

A study conducted at Stanford and University of Pennsylvania revealed that when books penned by unknown writers were reviewed in the New York Times, sales of their work increased by a third, even if the reviews were negative.

But inside, these trucks emit pollution 43 to 55 times the level of a 2014 and 2015 model year, according to studies conducted by the EPA.

Indeed, according to a recent study conducted by my company, Xero, about 11.4 million workers - or nearly one - third of the full - time labor force in the U.S. - are using platforms like Uber, Upwork, Freelancer.com, and others.

According to a study (PDF) of 1,000 full - time office workers commissioned by Energy Focus and conducted by Wakefield Research, 69 percent of participants reported problems with office lights including glare, brightness, and excessive flicker.

According to a study conducted by The New York Times, 65 percent of companies» new business comes from referrals.

Blacks in Minneapolis were 8.7 times more likely than whites to be arrested for low - level offenses, such as trespassing and disorderly conduct, according to a study of arrests from 2012 to 2014 that the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota published last year.

To figure out what can relieve our sense of time pressure, Norton conducted a series of experiments that gave some study subjects an unexpected block of free time, by sending them home 15 minutes early from an experiment they were told would take an hour for example.

The San Diego - based Telework Research Network pointed to a Cisco study that found that telecommuters put in extra hours: Allowed to work from home, they give back 60 percent of the time they'd have spent travelling conducting business.

In a study conducted by NewsCred, my company — which surveyed about 500 U.S. millennials — found that 47 percent of them open company communications most, if not all, of the time.

Based on the study conducted the technology sector of the IDC, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s leadership in the tablet market will end for the first time since the introduction of the iPad.

Despite the fact that this study was conducted in resistance trained males, the observation that insulin and blood glucose levels decreased significantly indicates that time - restricted feeding like leangains method could also improve health markers related to patients such as diabetics and obese patients.

One of the most recent published studies and easily to access for free, was conducted by Moro and her colleagues and investigated the effects of eight weeks of time - restricted feeding on metabolic factors, body composition, strength and other markers in resistance - trained males.

As I wrote back in August, recent studies conducted by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Information Technology and Information Foundation (ITIF) have demonstrated convincingly that blocking offshore pirate websites works in terms of changing consumer behaviour (i.e. directing consumers away from infringing content to sources of legitimate content) while at the same time not interfering with normal internet operations.

Each time this study is conducted, SBI!

Studies conducted by the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council have forecasted that the gains from an FTAAP — approximately US$ 2 trillion by 2025 — would be eight times that projected from the TPP.

A study conducted by The New York Times Customer Insight Group found that sharing is about connecting with others and maintaining relationships.

«There is a small decline in church attendance over time, but not nearly as large as suggested in popular culture, or even by some social scientists,» said University of Nebraska - Lincoln sociologist Philip Schwadel, who conducted the study.

Since we did not conduct a longitudinal design (a study conducted over time tracking the same people) we are unable to validate this assumption.

Another headline from the study, conducted by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: For the first time since 2007, neither the Roman Catholic Church nor religion's role in U.S. politics were the No. 1 topic of faith coverage among major news media.

A. H. Raskin, former assistant editor of the editorial page of the New York Times, conducted a study of U.S. papers during that period.

Conducted by Dr. Edward Jaenicke, Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics at Penn State University, the study for the first time singles out organic equivalency policy to scientifically evaluate whether the policy is having its intended results.

I would have much greater faith in the study if it had a sampling of ten times that many people, had been conducted over a two - decade time frame in different parts of the country, and was based on greater ethnic diversity.

Several large meta - studies conducted in recent times have completely shown that this myth is false.

The laboratory study, conducted by NSF International under the direction of Maryann Sanders, senior regulatory specialist and microbiologist at Haley & Aldrich, Inc. and sponsored by the Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA), evaluated both temperature and time to determine if typical corrugated manufacturing processes, which combine a fluted or arched layer of paper sandwiched between two smooth layers, were sufficient for sanitization.

As reported by the New York Times, the President of the company that makes the product in question (SimplyThick) claimed, «There was no need to conduct studies (for use of the product in infant formula), as the use of thickeners overall was already well established.

The NFL was strangely quiet for the longest time, and when commissioner Paul Tagliabue finally took action on Oct. 1 by appointing Philip Heymann as special counsel to investigate the locker room incident and its aftermath, the story stayed alive as a lengthy study was conducted.

Or at least, Time magazine and the sociologists who conducted this study believe so.

According to a study conducted at the University of Aberdeen, organic cow's milk contains more than 71 percent Omega3 fatty acids and has up to three times higher concentrations of antioxidants than conventional cow's milk.

The University of California at San Francisco recently conducted a study where they discovered that early formula use can help women breastfeed for a greater length of time, even if doses are only in small amounts.

An article by The New York Times revealed a study conducted in 2009 by the marketing company Onepoll, where five thousand male respondents reported that they ate more as the pregnancies of their partners continued to progress.

A handicapped - accessible playground is being added, the number of parking spaces is being increased and an environmental study of the wetland in the 26 - acre park will be conducted, said Greg Bates, Inverness» director of parks and recreation, and the only full - time Park District employee..

As reported by Anderson Cooper in a «360 Degrees» interview in 2005, Professor Constance Ahrons conducted a 20 - year longitudinal study, interviewing parents three times over five years, then interviewing their adult children 20 years later.

The study — conducted by Hio Wa Mak, doctoral student of human development and family studies — examined how parental rejection, as well as the overall well - being of the family unit, were related to changes in adolescents» social anxiety, friendships and feelings of loneliness over time.

For the first time in more than 60 years, the most extensive sizing study was recently conducted by Lane Bryant.

Sonya Lunder, MPH, a senior analyst with Environmental Working Group, has conducted several studies of PBDE exposures — including one that found toddlers had three times the PBDEs in their blood that their mothers had.

Kenya Infant Feeding Assessment: Eastern and Western Provinces Author (s): Israel - Ballard K, Waithaka M, Greiner T, Authoring organization (s): IYCN, PATH, Published: 2009 Summary: This study was conducted in the Eastern and Western Provinces in Kenya in 2008 to assess the experiences of HIV - infected mothers» and their infants» during the time they were stopping breastfeeding.

A recent UK study [8] covering a limited selection of these costs suggested that by age 28, costs for individuals with a clinical diagnosis of conduct disorder were 10.0 times higher than for those with no problems (CI: 3.6 to 20.9) and costs for those with conduct problems not meeting diagnostic criteria were 3.5 times higher (CI: 1.7 to 6.2).