Sentences with phrase «decline in efficiency»

Furthermore, they found «increasing evidence (P = 0.89) for a long - term (50 - year) increase in the airborne fraction (AF) of CO2 emissions, implying a decline in the efficiency of CO2 sinks on land and oceans in absorbing anthropogenic emissions.»

We found that nearly half of the decline in the efficiency of the ocean CO2 sink is due to the intensification of the winds in the Southern Ocean.»

If the decline in efficiency is accompanied by the vehicle pulling to one side, the brake system should be inspected immediately.

This viscous cycle may bring on a further decline in efficiency.

Aging can generally be defined as a progressive decline in the efficiency of biochemical and physiological processes after the reproductive phase of life.2 From one birthday to the next we are unaware of the fact that our cells, organs and bones are slowly losing some of their function.

«Until now, we thought that the decline in the efficiency of natural sinks was going to happen during the 21st century and more strongly during [its] second half,» Canadell says.

«If we didn't [include in the assumptions] that this was going to happen [so soon], have we underestimated the decline in the efficiency into the future?»

Not exact matches

It currently ships about 600,000 meals a month, and although Salzberg declined to reveal any specific financials, he said that the company makes a «healthy margin» on each subscription because of the efficiencies in Blue Apron's supply chain.

Comment: «Returning to the quarter, our strong revenue efficiency and the cost reductions that we have made to date resulted in an operating margin including G&A of 43 % despite the continued decline in activity,» said CEO Jeremy Thigpen.

In the 1990s, the chain gave up toasting its buns altogether in exchange for efficiency, but the quality decline didn't go over so welIn the 1990s, the chain gave up toasting its buns altogether in exchange for efficiency, but the quality decline didn't go over so welin exchange for efficiency, but the quality decline didn't go over so well.

The stable outlook reflects our view that ACT's strong market position in North America and Scandinavia and its continued operating efficiency will insulate it from margin pressure in this highly competitive industry, contributing incremental earnings and generating strong free cash flow for debt reduction that should result in leverage declining quickly to about 3x by the end of 2013.

-- The stable outlook reflects our view that ACT's strong market positions and its continued operating efficiency will insulate it from margin pressure, resulting in leverage declining quickly to about 3x by the end of 2013.

* Information efficiency * Economic slack * Contained inflation * Coordinated Central Banks * The growth of China and India and their continued purchasing of US debt * The growing perception that US dollar denominated assets are the safest assets in the world * A 30 + year trend of declining rates that is telling us we're more adept at managing inflation with each new cycle that passes

A simple linear extrapolation of their data suggests that by 2027 the trend in technological improvement in the oilsands will catch up to the declining efficiency of conventional oil production.

The reason efficiency is declining is due to decline in oil reservoir quality the world over as the best reserves of this finite resource were produced first and more recent production is more energy - intensive using enhanced oil recovery techniques.

According to this model, a small amount of deceleration in credit growth can occur as additional credit efficiency is squeezed out of the system, but without a sharp decline in GDP growth, substantial and sustainable credit growth deceleration can not occur except after a major transformation of China's growth model, one condition of which is net wealth transfers from local governments to median households of at least one to two percentage points of GDP annually.

Some reasons for the fall include: the Federal Reserve lowering the Fed Funds rate, declining inflation, improved monetary efficiency, economic slack, the continued global demand for US assets, and relative stability in the US vs. other markets.

Despite a precipitous decline in the U.S. rig count, greater efficiency has allowed U.S. domestic production to rise by roughly 500k barrels since the end of 2014, according to Bloomberg data.

We chose to sell Cisco for tax - efficiency reasons, and also because we had a worthy replacement in TI, whose share price declined after it announced its acquisition of National Semiconductor.

The difference is attributable to higher rig efficiencies, smaller decline in horizontal drilling where proppant is used and well designs with more proppant per well.»

Even as we've begun to improve efficiency in factories and power plants, our cars and trucks have grown bigger and more wasteful: average fuel efficiency actually declined in the 1990s, even as engineers came up with one technology after another that could have saved gas.

Despite a declining turnover as customers moved away from the premium products that had been its traditional area of strength, Finsbury Food Group managed to deliver growth in key areas, increase profitability and restructure the business to achieve operational efficiencies during the year ended July 3rd 2010.

In this environment, Lion reported a revenue decline of 6 per cent to $ 631.8 million in its dairy and drinks business, saying that it «remains a long way from achieving an acceptable return on invested capital, with revenue pressure offsetting efficiency gains»In this environment, Lion reported a revenue decline of 6 per cent to $ 631.8 million in its dairy and drinks business, saying that it «remains a long way from achieving an acceptable return on invested capital, with revenue pressure offsetting efficiency gains»in its dairy and drinks business, saying that it «remains a long way from achieving an acceptable return on invested capital, with revenue pressure offsetting efficiency gains».

This phenomenon has been coined HAROLD (hemispheric asymmetry reduction in older adults) and reflects the reorganisation of the brain as compensation for reduced brain capacity and efficiency due to age - related structural and physiological decline.

Results show that higher levels of fragmented sleep and lower sleep efficiency were associated with a 40 to 50 percent increase in the odds of clinically significant decline in executive function, which was similar in magnitude to the effect of a five - year increase in age.

In a May 6 paper published in Health Affairs, David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, and co-author Nikhil Sahni, a senior researcher in Harvard's Economics Department, point to several factors, including a decline in the development of new drugs and technologies and increased efficiency in the health care system, to explain the recent slowdowIn a May 6 paper published in Health Affairs, David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, and co-author Nikhil Sahni, a senior researcher in Harvard's Economics Department, point to several factors, including a decline in the development of new drugs and technologies and increased efficiency in the health care system, to explain the recent slowdowin Health Affairs, David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, and co-author Nikhil Sahni, a senior researcher in Harvard's Economics Department, point to several factors, including a decline in the development of new drugs and technologies and increased efficiency in the health care system, to explain the recent slowdowin Harvard's Economics Department, point to several factors, including a decline in the development of new drugs and technologies and increased efficiency in the health care system, to explain the recent slowdowin the development of new drugs and technologies and increased efficiency in the health care system, to explain the recent slowdowin the health care system, to explain the recent slowdown.

She notes that a similar decline in gray matter volume occurs during adolescence, when neural networks are fine - tuned for more efficiency and more specialized functions.

In a previous study of civilians with insomnia, Taylor and his research team discovered that cognitive behavioral therapy led to significant improvements in sleep efficiency, with the research subjects» use of sleep medication declining from 87.5 percent before therapy to 54 percent afterward, although the subjects weren't required to stop taking their medicatioIn a previous study of civilians with insomnia, Taylor and his research team discovered that cognitive behavioral therapy led to significant improvements in sleep efficiency, with the research subjects» use of sleep medication declining from 87.5 percent before therapy to 54 percent afterward, although the subjects weren't required to stop taking their medicatioin sleep efficiency, with the research subjects» use of sleep medication declining from 87.5 percent before therapy to 54 percent afterward, although the subjects weren't required to stop taking their medication.

With the economic downturn and increasing energy efficiency, French electricity demand has remained level or declined in some instances.

Although the High Plains Aquifer will continue declining, researchers anticipate even greater efficiencies in water use during the next 15 - 20 years.

Intriguingly, the efficiency of viral transmission declined during estrus in mice, providing evidence that the hormonal environment in the female reproductive tract can impact on host susceptibility to HIV infection.

For every one - degree Celsius (1.8 degree F) increase in temperature, the efficiency of a solar cell declines by about half a percent.

In the healthy brain, stem cell - like glial progenitors can divide, migrate to an injured site, and become mature oligodendrocytes after myelin loss, but, unfortunately, the efficiency of remyelination declines with age.

Human cells» ability to produce energy declines with age, prompting scientists to suspect that the steady loss of efficiency in the body's energy supply chain is a key driver of the aging process.

The flux calibration of HST instruments is normally specified after removal of artifacts such as a decline in charge transfer efficiency (CTE) for CCD detectors and optical throughput degradation.

Initial tests with pre-SM4 default voltages and timing patterns showed that WFC's performance matches or exceeds its pre-failure levels, notwithstanding the expected increases in dark current and hot pixels and the decline in charge - transfer efficiency due to prolonged exposure to HST's radiation environment.

This is further compounded by elevations in metabolic efficiency (whereby energy expenditure declines beyond that predicted from the change in metabolic mass) and appetite which accompany weight - loss, and may ultimately predispose to weight re - gain.82 Moreover, changes in neural activity within brain regions known to be involved in regulatory, emotional and cognitive control of food intake have also been observed following weight - loss.83

M&A history in luxury has shown that mergers don't obviously help in regaining brand traction and desirability, while cost efficiency in the face of declining brand momentum are often just a way to run in order to stand still.»

Changes to school funding, rising costs, declining reserves and increasing numbers of schools in deficit all indicate a need to ensure maximum efficiency and value for money across all areas of school budgets.

This can lead to a lack of power as well as a big decline in fuel efficiency.

Could it be that, unlike music, there's a real decline in utility when you choose e-books over printed ones — and only a marginal gain in efficiency?

Costs decreased mainly as a result of print distribution efficiencies as well as declines in depreciation and amortization, raw materials and outside printing expenses.

Recordkeeping fees for jumbo plans have declined significantly in recent years due to increased technological efficiency, competition, and increased attention to fees by sponsors of other plans such that fees that may have been reasonable at one time may have become excessive based on current market conditions.

-- The world is investing > $ 300b / y in energy efficiency (the electric fraction is unknown but significant), and some major economies like the US and Germany show pretty steady declines in electricity use even as their economies grow.

Now comes this fascinating paper in Environmental Science & Technology: «Peak Oil Demand: The Role of Fuel Efficiency and Alternative Fuels in a Global Oil Production Decline.»

In the Sustainable Development Scenario, low - carbon sources double their share in the energy mix to 40 % in 2040, all avenues to improve efficiency are pursued, coal demand goes into an immediate decline and oil consumption peaks soon thereafteIn the Sustainable Development Scenario, low - carbon sources double their share in the energy mix to 40 % in 2040, all avenues to improve efficiency are pursued, coal demand goes into an immediate decline and oil consumption peaks soon thereaftein the energy mix to 40 % in 2040, all avenues to improve efficiency are pursued, coal demand goes into an immediate decline and oil consumption peaks soon thereaftein 2040, all avenues to improve efficiency are pursued, coal demand goes into an immediate decline and oil consumption peaks soon thereafter.

There are a variety of causes, including manufacturing efficiencies, a steep decline in polysilicone prices from their high levels a decade ago (a material used by the photovoltaic solar industry) and fierce competition among manufacturers.

The City of Eugene has developed and is implementing strategies include increasing water conservation; increasing investment in the urban forest; removing essential services from the 100 - year flood zone; and increasing energy efficiency to reduce demand for hydroelectricity, a resource that is expected to decline with climate change; conducting a food security assessment

The rapid expansion of solar power in California is a result of substantial subsidies, improved efficiencies and its declining cost.

Increased efficiency is achieved by means of a longer trading period (8 years instead of 5 years), a robust and annually declining emissions cap (21 % reduction in 2020 compared to 2005) and a substantial increase in the amount of auctioning (from less than 4 % in phase 2 to more than half in phase 3).