Sentences with phrase «factors like lower»

But the reason they're expecting to do well this year has more to do with their marketing efforts, rather than the recovering economy or other factors like low oil prices, according to a small business holiday survey from Constant Contact, an online marketing firm in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Inflation had remained stubbornly low over the past year, due largely to temporary factors like low cell plan phone prices, which stymied officials who expected the very strong pace of hiring would pressure wages and push prices higher.

Even people who are eating organic, nutrient dense diets are at risk for nutrient deficiencies, as factors like low stomach acid, fat malabsorption, and a deficiency in digestive enzymes will result in many of us not being able to properly break down the nutrients from the foods that we're eating.

Positive interactions with the clientele can boost a company's reputation significantly, leaving other comparison factors like low - rates or cost - efficiency practically negligible.

Others blame seemingly obvious factors like low pay, long hours and lack of respect.

«Smart beta» ETFs (also called «strategic beta») select stocks based on specific factors like low - volatility, or high dividends, or value.

For example, there is growing evidence that factors like low per capita incomes, economic contraction, and inconsistent state institutions are associated with the incidence of civil wars, and also seem to be sensitive to climate change.

Other factors like low crime rates also positively influence Wyoming insurance rates.

Not exact matches

The data sets aren't huge — 232 participants in October before the election and 152 after, with a total of 772 negotiations recorded — and there may be some other difference that explains the later group's more aggressive behavior, though Low tried to control for factors, like party affiliation, that might offer alternate explanations for the shift.

Secondly, for maintenance services like plumber, electrician, there is a considerably low loyalty factor due to lack of personal connection & customers are mostly motivated by cheaper cost points & discounts; which is definitely not a sustainable strategy for any company.

These factors allow the firm to analyze things like hours of operation, transportation coverage, reliability, efforts to lower emissions and congestion, and average time spent commuting.

They attribute the sticker shock to two factors: first, there is a proliferation of Web - design freelancers and moonlighters who offer their services at bargain prices on job exchanges like eLance.com; second, some huge companies have run ad campaigns claiming they can build a legit Web presence for a low starting cost.

Economic factors like consumer confidence, financial obligations, and delinquencies are all improving and the consumer may be more insulated than investors think from a back - up in yields, given 75 % of their financial obligations are in the form of a mortgage, close to 90 % of all mortgages are 30 - year fixed, and the average mortgage is termed out at the lowest rate ever... Taking these factors into account, we generally think it pays to remain sanguine.»

One of the reasons is that value factors like price - to - cash flow or price - to - earnings identify companies with very low market expectations.

Its low rank is influenced by factors like delays in preparing documents with exporters, requiring at least a week for processing the documentation.

The gains were driven by strong sales in style, baby, kids and wellness, an increase in digital marketing, as well as an industry factors like improved consumer confidence and lower gas prices.

These factors, together with low levels of transparency, weak financial institutions, and inadequate infrastructure have acted as a deterrent to investment — despite the fact that countries like Guinea or the Democratic Republic of Congo have immense mineral resources.

They're concerned with factors like safe working conditions, giving back to the communities, worker education, lowering agrochemical use, waste management, wildlife protection and ecosystem and water conservation.

why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because when was that ever a factor at this club except when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it for quite some time... even at the end of last season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this club, on the outside looking in

And that's before you start thinking of guys lower down the ladder who could be a factor in future, like Ferrari Driver Academy member Callum Ilott (who'll race in GP3 this year) or Red Bull Junior Dan Ticktum (European F3).

when u see players on his squad with a lower recruiting rank, that just tells u he saw things he liked that don't get factored in straight ability rankings.

* Curiosities about same sex stimulation, I think many men have these curiosities and it messes with them mentally, either they act on it or divulge in gay porn I DO NT THINK THATS TRUE UNLESS THEY ARE IN PRISON * Addiction to porn and / or jacking off ONLY WHEN GETTING IT FROM THEIR WIFE IS SUCH A CHORE * Medical Conditions such as low sex drive, he is older and it has been going down over the years, he has high blood pressure and takes medication, he also has low Vitamin D and takes supplements, he may have some ED issues as well LACK OF SEX COULD CAUSE AS WELL AS BE CAUSED BY THOSE FACTORS * Sexual advances from other woman and him acting on those or seeking out other women for comfort when he is angry and / or depressed A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY * His ADHD doesn't allow him to process issues normally, he is quick to anger, depression, and feeling disrespected that causes his to retreat * He was self raised, came from drug infested household where neglect, torture, and narcissism ruled, and he lost his mother at the age of 7 from drugs, growing up in foster care * I make more money and I control all the money, he is not interested in paying bills at all, this immaculateness him * He is a control freak and sex is his way of controlling me, where he otherwise can't control me as I am more educated and he is more vocational SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU ARE A MATCHED PAIR IN THAT RESPECT.

Alex also recommends that if you're selling lower - priced items like cards, it's important to factor in things like business cards and labels as the cost of these can add up.

Surgeries like this one and similar ones, result in rapid weight loss, lower daily intake and increase the risk factor for nutritional deficiencies.

Your snacks should have a low mess factor like goldfish, cheese sticks, and apple slices with a dash of lemon juice to stop them from browning.

There may also be other factors that make managing anger more difficult for some kids, such as a diagnosis, or aspects of typical childhood development like low frustration tolerance or poor impulse control.

Although many people often assume premature babies are just small infants who eventually catch up, the reality is, extremely low birth - weight children like Madeleine and Reid have their own unique struggles and risk factors.

But it's difficult to isolate drug use as the cause of those problems because drug use tends to be associated with other factors like poverty, poor nutrition, poor maternal health, low socio - economic status, continuing to smoke / drink during pregnancy — and all of these are associated with poor outcomes.

For DEMs the income range generally is lower, and depends on factors like the location (urban or rural), which state (legal or not, insurance coverage or not), and how many births a DEM does in a given period of time.

I also did not expect her to mention ALL the reasons for a low milk supply, but her writing style clearly gives off the impression that if you have a milk supply problem it's cause is because of external factors like stress, fatigue, anxiety, etc. i.e. «it's all in your head».

Another factor to consider with low - price lights like this one is the lack of switches to control the power or different sections of the LEDs.

Our modern food system is not driven by taste but instead by factors like consistency, predictability, low cost, and high yield.

To rule out other factors that could lead to poor health outcomes, including race and socioeconomic status, the team removed babies born in urban areas like Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, which have comparatively high rates of lower birth weight babies.

Previous studies have identified many factors that contribute to the risk of heart disease: traditional ones, like low income or smoking but also psychological ones, like stress.

The researchers are now looking at possible relationships between low social intelligence and psychological factors like conduct disorder and autistic spectrum tendencies.

The analysis indicates that — once you control for all other place - specific factors like political institutions and levels of economic development — warmer than normal temperatures in the year prior to an election produce lower vote shares for parties already in power, driving quicker rates of political turnover.

Further testing found these mice had lower - than - expected growth hormone and insulin - like growth factor (IGF1) levels in the blood, potentially explaining the small stature and delayed development seen in human patients.

This fluctuation, also known as Kondo resonance, increases the Seebeck coefficient with keeping metal - like high electrical conductivity at low temperature, and therefore the power factor.

These figures illustrate why it's essential for advocates and policymakers to understand the long - term impact of child poverty and the factors — like parental education and race / ethnicity — that appear to distinguish low - income and poor children from their more economically advantaged peers.»

Risk factors like oxidative stress and low - density lipoproteins can accelerate endothelial dysfunction and arteriosclerosis.

One intriguing clue, gleaned from previous studies, is that small dogs have lower concentrations of the growth hormone IGF - 1, or insulin - like growth factor 1, in their blood than large dogs.

«The researchers controlled for a host of psycho - social factors, which greatly reduced the strength of these associations — this suggests that psycho - social factors (things like history of drug problems, parental loss (divorce or death), poor family environment, low self - esteem, social deviance, personality disorders) play an important role in mood and addictive disorders.

Abbreviations: ASC, apoptosis - associated speck - like protein containing a caspase - recruitment domain; ATM, adipose - tissue - resident macrophage; BAT, brown adipose tissue; CCR2, CC chemokine receptor 2; CHOP, C / EBP (CCAAT / enhancer - binding protein)- homologous protein; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; GPCR, G - protein - coupled receptor; HIF, hypoxia - inducible factor; IFNγ, interferon γ; IKK, inhibitor of nuclear factor κB kinase; IL, interleukin; IRS - 1, insulin receptor substrate - 1; JNK, c - Jun N - terminal kinase; LDL, low - density lipoprotein; Ldlr, LDL receptor; LXR, liver X receptor; MCP - 1, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; miRNA, microRNA; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; NF - κB, nuclear factor κB; NLRP3, NLR (nucleotide - binding - domain - and leucine - rich - repeat - containing) family, pyrin - domain - containing 3; oxLDL, oxidized LDL; PKR, double - stranded RNA - dependent protein kinase; PPAR, peroxisome - proliferator - activated receptor; STAT6, signal transducer and activator of transcription 6; SVF, stromal vascular fraction; TLR, Toll - like receptor; TNFα, tumour necrosis factor α; UPR, unfolded protein response; WAT, white adipose tissue

Although vaccination induces an inflammatory response during pregnancy, the magnitude and the duration of response is much lower and shorter, respectively, for influenza vaccination than viral infection.27 Like infection, influenza vaccination during pregnancy has been reported to induce a transient increase in the levels of a number of proinflammatory cytokines, including interleukin 6, tumor necrosis factor α, and C - reactive protein.27 - 30 Studies on mice found an association between high interleukin - 6 levels during pregnancy and abnormal behavior and brain structure.19 However, in epidemiological studies, associations between maternal cytokine levels and ASD have been mixed.

A study has shown that men who are on a high - protein diet experienced higher levels of IGF (Insulin - like Growth Factor) as opposed to men who were on a low - protein diet, despite the total caloric intake being the same for both groups.

«It's a mystery as to why, but a mix of factors may be involved: genetic susceptibility, low vitamin D levels, environmental factors like smoking or exposure to viruses like the Epstein - Barr virus,» says Robert Keenan, MD, an RA specialist at Duke University.

Like olive oil, they're rich in the monounsaturated fats that may lower heart disease risk factors, such as cholesterol.

What they discovered: Those on the low - carb, high - fat diet not only lost the most weight but also had the most favorable changes in heart - disease - related factors, like levels of triglycerides and HDL cholesterol.

One caution: the sun protection factor is low since I like to absorb some of the benefits of sun.

Research over the years has linked a variety of early lifestyle factors, like having pets, eating fish, and living on a farm to a significantly lower risk of developing allergies.