Sentences with phrase «drops by a factor»

The cost of getting the first product out the door for an Internet commerce startup has dropped by a factor of a 100 or more in the last decade.

«When upper stage & fairing also reusable, costs will drop by a factor > 100.»

Between 150 and 350 kilometers above Earth's surface, the density of free - floating electrons should drop by a factor of two as they rejoin atoms, the researchers say.

«It's predicted that once the magnetic field drops by a factor of 10 - 100 in the inner solar system, which we've now shown, the solar nebula goes away really quickly, within 100,000 years,» Weiss says.

«When upper stage & fairing also reusable, costs will drop by a factor > 100.»

Another intriguing piece of evidence comes from measurements of sulfur dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, which were found to drop by a factor of ten between 1978 and 1986.

When just considering the impact of the CPP, combined wind and solar annual capacity additions drop by a factor of 4 from 2015 levels bottoming out at 4 GWs and don't begin to recover until 2022.

Absorption doesn't change when the concentration of absorbers drop by a factor of 2X and the path length during which absorption increases by a factor of 2X.

Not exact matches

Although much of the recent drop in oil prices has been due to the prospect of higher exports from Iran in the coming months (the International Energy Agency forecasts an extra 300,000 barrels a day by the end of March), the dumping of stored oil is essentially a short - term factor, and its influence on crude prices should logically pass quite quickly.

The median net effective rent in Manhattan — which factors in concessions — slipped year - over-year by 0.1 % to $ 3,369, while the number of new leases signed dropped by 5 % to about 3,200.

«Taking into account all these factors, the index actually dropped by 0.002 to 0.473 from 0.475 in 2011, the first decline over the past decades,» he argued.

«While we see a potential drop in total number of U.S. jobs created in 2017, as reported by Kiplinger, as well as an overall expected drop in GDP growth, the cannabis industry continues to be a positive contributing factor to growth at a time of potential decline,» says De Carcer in a statement.

The authors point to reporting in the Wall Street Journal from 2015 that Google executives» frequent visits to the White House under Mr Obama may have factored in a decision by the Federal Trade Commission to drop its antitrust investigation into the internet giant.

The problem with Earnings per share is that it's an accounting number, meaning earnings can be drop by non-real financial factors such as amortization.

Several factors contributed to the drop, including a fresh warning from the SEC targeting digital currency exchanges and the unloading of $ 400 million worth of bitcoin by a renowned Tokyo whale.

UTZ farmers» greater adoption of good agricultural practices meant in spite of external factors effecting yields, UTZ farmers» yields dropped by just 1 % by year 4 compared to a 52 % drop by non-certified farmers.

The dramatic drop by the six - month mark reflects the interplay of a number of factors: struggles with the mechanics at the beginning; the need to attend to older children; the difficulties of maintaining breast - feeding upon the return to work; the embarrassment of baring a breast in public places.

While father absence has been associated with a host of negative children's outcomes, including increased risk of dropping out of school and lower educational attainment, poorer physical and mental health, and behavioural problems,36 - 40 higher levels of involvement by nonresident fathers may assuage the negative effects of father absence on children's outcomes.41, 42 Quality of the parents» relationship before divorce, or of the pre-divorce father / child relationship, can also be an important factor: children fare worse following divorce when pre-divorce relationships were good and fare better when pre-divorce relationships were poor, 43,44 suggesting children are sometimes better off without a father if the father's relationship to the child or the mother was not good.

Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.

That may not seem surprising, but the team did note one shocker: Craters left by high - speed drops started out with relatively steep sides but within seconds they avalanched to form slopes with a more stable configuration — a previously unstudied process that widened the crater and made it shallower (image above, where depth is exaggerated by a factor of three).

The team reported on arXiv.org on November 20 that IC 2497's heart is as bright as 50 billion to 100 billion suns, meaning it dropped in brightness by a factor of 50 in the past 100,000 years — a less dramatic drop than previously thought.

GM couldn't care less whether that investment increases by a factor of ten or drops to zero — they spend a million dollars a minute, says MacCready.

Depending on the person, the amount of factor VIII — the protein missing in haemophilia A — in the bloodstream drops by half in a mere 8 — 12 hours.

These loops became the primary limiting factor of carbon fiber's vaunted strength; they reduced it by up to a factor of four and effectively dropped the theoretical estimates of fiber strength closer to what has been observed experimentally, the researchers reported.

A typical star outshines a planet in visible light by a factor of 10 billion to one, but in infrared light the ratio drops to 10 million to one, making the planet 1,000 times easier to see.

Between 2008 and 2010 the mid-IR luminosity of this system dropped dramatically by at least a factor of 30 suggesting a loss of dust mass of an order of magnitude or more.

By 2020, the typical 18 - year - old will gain 0.31 years due to the drop in smoking rates (above and beyond life span increases caused by other factorsBy 2020, the typical 18 - year - old will gain 0.31 years due to the drop in smoking rates (above and beyond life span increases caused by other factorsby other factors).

Aging is caused by many factors, from free radical damage to cells to shortening of the telomeres in your genes, but one widely accepted factor is a persistent drop in collagen that begins after age 25.

After adjusting for lifestyle and dietary risk factors, a major study involving 131,342 participants found that for every 3 - percent increase in plant protein the participants worked into their diets, they saw their risk for death from causes including heart disease drop by 10 percent over a 32 - year period.

Distance is also a factor; move a school a mile farther away from a family and its odds of being top - ranked drop by 40 percent.

According to a study by Masie Center, one of the two biggest factors in determining whether a learner dropped out or completed a course relates to the course's design; the other being the learner's motivation

«This recent drop in arts entries is driven by several factors, including changes to the way school performance is measured, financial pressures on schools, and, of course, local decisions taken by school leaders.»

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According to a study by Masie Center, one of the two biggest factors in determining whether a learner dropped out or completed a course relates to the courseâ $ ™ s design; the other being the learnerâ $ ™ s motivation

Along with important changes in people's behaviour spurred by cultural and legislative shifts - notably a reduction in alcoholimpaired driving and wider use of seat belts - the improved safety of vehicles has been a key factor in this drop.

The drop was attributed to various factors, including slower foot traffic in stores, the declining sales of adult coloring books, and no bestselling album by Adele.

This is because these lists not only derive from the sales numbers provided by ebook publishers, but have also taken into consideration those important factors such as «different rankings (power law curve; sales drop sharply as ranks drop) and different account sales power (number five on Amazon almost certainly sells more than number five anywhere)».

You can say what you want about bad service and computer glitches but at least Qtrade isn't arbitrarily droping the margin loan percentage by a huge factor for no particular reason and putting their customers into incredibly difficult margin calls.

While dropping $ 5,000 on a new furnace can seem steep, you need to factor in how much you'll save on your heating bills by upgrading to a high efficiency furnace — and your energy audit will help you understand those savings.

This is generally seen as a negative factor by credit agencies, so your credit score may drop accordingly.

Age of accounts is a pretty significant factor in the FICO calculation, and it's quite possible that it just dropped by a couple of years.

if you do it will harm your FICO score again because they also factor in the lenghth of open lines ie even tho they can drop your FICO by 60 points by reducing a limit from 6000 to 305, if you get mad and close it, your FICO could drop another 30 points depending on the lenght of time you have had the reduced limit account open.

The problem with Earnings per share is that it's an accounting number, meaning earnings can be drop by non-real financial factors such as amortization.

It's certainly true that perhaps 70 % of the dispersion of returns over a 5 - to - 10 year period are driven by macro-economic factors (Putin invades - > the EU sanctions - > economies falter - > the price of oil drops - > interest rates fall) but that fact is not useful because such events are unforecastable and their macro-level impacts are incalculably complex (try «what effect will European reaction to Putin's missile transfer offer have on shadow interest rates in China?»).

Find the reason for a sudden 100 - point credit score drop — Start by reviewing «credit score factors» listed on your report... (See Drop)

All the dogs, whether dropped from the race due to illness or other factors, plus every dog that finishes the Iditarod must go to the dog lot to be checked out by a veterinarian and to rest.

In the face of price drops, new form factors and massive marketing expenditure by the competition, Xbox 360 still grew full - year market share in EMEA from 2008 to 2009.»

Take everything I just said about Final Fantasy VI, drop the part about the opera scene, add a trial sequence, multiply things by a factor of 1.1, and you have my love for Chrono Trigger's soundtrack.

But when the variables are differenced, the a and b are negative, since changes in one direction tend to be counteracted by changes later in the opposite direction (for example, if a short - term factor caused x to increase in time 1 and went away before time 2, then x would drop in time 2, all else equal).

By accounting for that additional «some, but not all» trend from the AMO, the scaling factor required to align the KOE dataset with the North Hemisphere data would drop.