Sentences with phrase «controlling exposure to these risks»

«Understanding which risk factors contribute to back pain and controlling exposure to these risks is an important first step in prevention,» explains Associate Professor Manuela Ferreira, Ph.D., with The George Institute for Global Health and Sydney Medical School at The University of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.

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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 KEY point there is capital preservation and money management; properly controlling the amount of money you risk per trade (your leverage and exposure to the market) is the primary thing that will make or break you as a trader; in fact, it will decide the fate of your entire trading career.
This is because you will be able to precisely control your risk exposure since your potential losses will not climb with the magnitude of price movements.
That would likely be a reasonable point to take a speculative exposure at controlled risk.
Rather than try to predict movements in the market, you should focus on the things you can control in this portion of your portfolio such as costs, our exposures to term and credit risks, and diversification.
• A high quality case control study in Northern California found that exposure to paternal preconception smoking alone (as well as in combination with postnatal passive smoking) is highly likely to be important in the risk of childhood leukemia (Chang et al, 2006).
Because the potential risks associated with exposure to dust from worn artificial turf (which may contain lead) are not yet known, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that parents of youth athletes, particularly those under age 6, take certain precautions to minimize any potential risk.
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.»
Mass Audubon generally opposes most nuisance control practices, including spraying of pesticides to kill adult mosquitoes when there is a relatively low risk of mosquito - borne disease, because of the human health risks of pesticide exposures, harmful environmental effects, and unproven effectiveness of these activities.
In utero exposure to opiates (primarily methadone and heroin) has been shown in retrospective studies to be associated with an increased risk of SIDS.223, 224 With the exception of 1 study that did not show increased risk, 225 population - based studies have generally shown an increased risk with in utero cocaine exposure.226, — , 228 However, these studies did not control for confounding factors.
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
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.
Studies suggest that kind of prolonged exposure to high temperatures increases the risk of death for vulnerable groups like the elderly, said Rebecca Noe, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
«This highlights the need to derive new indices to be considered by operational mosquito control programs, categorizing neighborhoods on the basis of both mosquito surveillance counts and human outdoor exposure risk,» the researchers say.
This research team notes that although healthcare exposure to infection was the most important risk factor for the development of MERS - CoV infection, in the ICU setting, where more strict infection control measures were applied (single rooms, dedicated 1:1 nurses, and better compliance with hand hygiene and isolation precautions), only one healthcare worker acquired the infection and no patient - to - patient transmission occurred.
An expectant mother's exposure to the endocrine - disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) can raise her offspring's risk of obesity by reducing sensitivity to a hormone responsible for controlling appetite, according to a mouse study published in the Endocrine Society's journal Endocrinology.
Officials also want to know how much protection is afforded by personal protective equipment, work practices, and other infection - control precautions caregivers use to reduce exposure to pathogens and risk of infection, she said.
In controlled studies, exposure to the weed killer paraquat or the fungicides maneb and mancozeb was associated with two times the risk of developing the disease.
To examine whether physical workload is a possible risk factor for RA, information on different types of self - reported exposure was analysed from a population of 3,680 RA patients and 5,935 matched controls included in the Swedish Epidemiological Investigation of Rheumatoid Arthritis (EIRA).
Frequent exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays for individuals under the age of 35 increases the risk of developing melanoma — the most aggressive and deadliest form of skin cancer — by 75 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cardiovascular risk factors after antenatal exposure to betamethasone: 30 - year follow - up of a randomised controlled trial
Around 40 percent of cancer cases are preventable, which means that 694,000 cases of cancer could be prevented in the U.S. every year by reducing our exposure to the cancer risk factors that we can control — including diet, weight and physical inactivity.
The challenge here is many aren't as confident making duration calls and even less equipped to have risk controls in place for their high yield exposures.
We then overlay strict risk controls that limit the over - or under - exposure of the portfolio to industry and sector concentrations.We also limit exposures in individual securities to ensure the portfolios are broadly diversified, further controlling risk.
In either case, make sure that all your eggs aren't in one basket, so that you can control risk exposure, have greater access to emergency funds and have the opportunity to capitalize on ever - changing market conditions.
The KEY point there is capital preservation and money management; properly controlling the amount of money you risk per trade (your leverage and exposure to the market) is the primary thing that will make or break you as a trader; in fact, it will decide the fate of your entire trading career.
Synergy Risk Management is a multi-disciplinary approach involving underwriting, claims and loss control professionals to help eligible policy holders reduce the frequency and severity of accidents, and the exposures that lead to accidents.
Ultimately, investors need to look at strategies that stabilize portfolio volatility (so - called «managed volatility» strategies) and control exposure to loss — those who fail to do that expose themselves to tail risk.
Choosing — and maintaining — an appropriate asset allocation is the best way to control your risk exposure.
MFIP can take advantage of these different kinds of bonds, but the portfolio also includes important risk controls, such as limiting exposure to riskier bond funds like high yields and emerging market bonds.
It also describes the use of derivatives in order to control risk exposures.
Reviewed by the California EPA, it was determined to have insignificant human exposure risk associated with application.Effective: University tests show one remarkable result is the long term effectiveness The Ecology Works DustMite and Flea Control has on lowering the dust mite populations.
The cause of TCC is not known, however, exposure to insecticide dips (to kill fleas and ticks) and sprays to control mosquitoes (in marshy, wetland areas) may increase the risk.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides tips to reduce your risk of environmental exposure to toxoplasma:
Notably, in providing recommendations for reducing the zoonotic risk associated with pet bites and other exposure to pet saliva, urine and feces, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Public Health Service suggest simple measures such as sanitation, hygiene, careful selection of pets and changes in animal contact.
McGreevy PD, Wilson B, Starling MJ, Serpell JA (2018) Behavioural risks in male dogs with minimal lifetime exposure to gonadal hormones may complicate population - control benefits of desexing.
According to scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cats are consistently the number - one carrier of rabies among domestic animals and pose a «disproportionate risk for potential human exposure
Senior management will need to have «sufficient knowledge of the institution's money laundering and terrorist financing risk exposure and sufficient seniority to take decisions affecting its risk exposure», and will be responsible for approving the policies, controls and procedures put in place.
«This prosecution should act as a reminder, not just to schools but to all persons in control of the repair and maintenance of non-domestic premises, of the need to ensure that a suitable and sufficient assessment of risk from asbestos is carried out, and that correct control measures are put in place to ensure that exposure to asbestos is prevented, so far as is reasonably practicable,» commented HSE Inspector Glyn Davies.
With the holiday season fast - approaching, we thought it would be a good reminder to review risk control methods that may help to reduce your company's exposure to liability.
Strategic Planning: Every step of a formulated marketing campaign requires strategic planning in order to decide upon target audiences, anticipate performance, and control a company's risk exposure.
Analyze market trends to control financial risk and offset the probability of a financial loss and exposure to financial uncertainty.
My continued dedication to the field, combined with previous managerial and administrative experience, makes me the ideal candidate for the senior software engineer position.Your job listing indicates that you are interested in an individual who is capable of assisting your company in assessing risk and controlling exposure to potential loss and financial uncertainty.
With my prior administrative and managerial experience, along with my proven dedication to this field, your open partner position is ideally suited to me.According to your job listing, you require capable assessment of risk to control the exposure of your company to potential financial uncertainty.
And, because many forms of hormonal birth control contain types of estrogen, and exposure to estrogen is a risk factor for breast cancer, many people wonder if hormonal birth control might increase users» chances of developing breast cancer later in life.
Next, we will capitalize on the prospective, longitudinal design to examine (2) how the developmental timing of violence exposure may affect changes in offspring adjustment across adolescence; (3) risk and protective factors (e.g., effortful control, parent monitoring) that may mediate associations between violence exposure in childhood and adolescence adjustment; (4) intergenerational transmission of IPV (and parent aggression) and the circumstances whereby parents» developmental risk factors (e.g., exposure to IPV during childhood) increase the occurrence of IPV (and parent aggression) in adulthood and the risk of child adjustment difficulties.
Results: Among both overweight males and females, risk factors for disordered eating included exposure to weight loss magazine articles, higher weight importance, and unhealthy weight control behaviors, while family connectedness, body satisfaction, and regular meals were protective factors, although there were some differences in predictors of prevalence (total cases) versus incidence (new cases) of disordered eating.
In either case, however, regulation and self - control are not fully developed until adulthood, and adolescence — as compared to childhood — is a period of heightened risk due to increased opportunities and exposure to contexts of drug use and other risky behaviors (e.g., deviant peer networks [58]-RRB-.
Based on these mixed results and limitations in generalizability, more studies are needed with (a) adequate controls for key socioeconomic and family composition factors known to be associated with behavior problems in children, (b) early assessment of temperament, (c) samples that include higher risk children (e.g., low - income families, children with health problems, etc.), and (d) controls for behavior problems that predate the exposure to recent family conflict.
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