Sentences with phrase «failure rate by»

Implemented methods decreasing manufacturing failure rate by 5 % within 6 months.

Go approve my story about the REAL Xbox failure rate by MS engineers, please.

Though the result varied by grade and year, the summer program succeeded in cutting the test failure rate by a third.

«We believe we are developing a tool that can help with personalized decision - making to help refine patient selection and thus reduce the failure rate by saving candidates with low potential benefit from futile procedures and complications,» says senior author Hiroshi Ashikaga, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Each year a founder lived in the region reduced the failure rate by nearly 2 %, and each additional year of tenure translated into $ 1,362 more in profits in each year of operation.

A published survey showed that companies that implemented a quality system for QS 9001 reduced failure rates by 40 percent and customer returns by 54 percent, reducing total cost of nonconformance by 53 percent.

Decreased failure rates by an average of 3 % which resulted in multimillion dollar savings in warranty costs.

Not exact matches

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.

Among respondents, 79 percent of franchisees and 73 percent of franchisors believe failure by Congress to extend current tax rates at all levels will have a negative impact on hiring and growth plans moving forward.

The meta - analysis, published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, concluded that teaching approaches that turned students into active participants rather than passive listeners reduced failure rates and boosted scores on exams by almost one - half a standard deviation.

The reason Keynesianism got such a boost post-crisis was not for any real - world examples of its success — the list of its failures, by contrast, is lengthy — but because of the assertion, accepted far too quickly with far too little evidence, that monetary policy, at the fabled Zero Lower Bound (interest rates of near zero) had lost its effectiveness.

To illustrate, Leblanc points to companies rated highly by the proxy advisory firms that have also had corporate governance failures, such as CP Rail, which was given a governance award by the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance.

This failure can be attributed to the assumption made each year by the Finance Department that interest rates would decline over the forecast period.

Because I think China's nominal GDP growth has been overstated by a substantial amount because of its systematic failure to write down bad loans, I usually have subtracted 2 - 4 percentage points from the nominal GDP growth rate before I did my very rough calculation.

Although most scenarios resulted in portfolio success (the portfolio was able to sustain a 4 percent withdrawal rate over the 35 - year period), we were surprised by the proportion of scenarios that resulted in portfolio failure — 18 of the 100 scenarios.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

It is important to recall that the cash rate was reduced by 75 or 100 basis points at each meeting of the Board in late 2008 and early 2009, for a total of 375 basis points in five months after the Lehman failure in September.

Why is it, then, that although we developed governance rating criteria in response to failures by widely - held corporations, family - controlled companies are the ones that are judged most harshly?

Yet somehow, despite policy failures that are made obvious by the lowest interest rates ever recorded in human history, a persistent narrative still dominates financial markets: all - knowing, omnipotent central bankers are still in full control of the situation and will do «whatever it takes» to maintain order.

(Masturbation, mono or mutual, 0 % failure rate) Followed by: One - month injectable and Implant (both at 0.05 percent) Vasectomy and IUD (Mirena)(both at 0.1 percent) The Pill, Three - month injectable, and the Patch (all at 0.3 percent) Tubal sterilization (at 0.5 percent) IUD (Copper - T)(0.6 percent) Periodic abstinence (Post-ovulation)(1.0 percent) Periodic abstinence (Symptothermal) and Male condom (both at 2.0 percent) Periodic abstinence (Ovulation method)(3.0 percent)

The most effective forms of contraception, ranked by «Perfect use»: --(Abstinence, 0 % failure rate)--(Masturbation, mono or mutual, 0 % failure rate) Followed by: One - month injectable and Implant (both at 0.05 percent) Vasectomy and IUD (Mirena)(both at 0.1 percent) The Pill, Three - month injectable, and the Patch (all at 0.3 percent) Tubal sterilization (at 0.5 percent) IUD (Copper - T)(0.6 percent) Periodic abstinence (Post-ovulation)(1.0 percent) Periodic abstinence (Symptothermal) and Male condom (both at 2.0 percent) Periodic abstinence (Ovulation method)(3.0 percent)

- Failure rate statistics provided by the Gut - tmacher Inst - itute.

--(Abstinence, 0 % failure rate)--(Masturbation, mono or mutual, 0 % failure rate) Followed by: One - month injectable and Implant (both at 0.05 percent) Vasectomy and IUD (Mirena)(both at 0.1 percent) The Pill, Three - month injectable, and the Patch (all at 0.3 percent) Tubal sterilization (at 0.5 percent) IUD (Copper - T)(0.6 percent) Periodic abstinence (Post-ovulation)(1.0 percent) Periodic abstinence (Symptothermal) and Male condom (both at 2.0 percent) Periodic abstinence (Ovulation method)(3.0 percent)

- Failure rate statistics provided by the Gut - tmacher Inst - itute (perfect use and typical rates).

I don't have to go into all the characteristics of the failure of that particular account; it can most aptly be summed up by the fact that in the late sixties and especially the early seventies there was a marked and sudden increase in the adolescent suicide rate.

And the failure rates are published yearly by the Guttmacher Inst - itute in the their annual contraceptive guide.

The most effective forms of contraception, ranked by «Perfect use» as opposed to the typical / actual failure rate noted previously.

The most effective forms of contraception, ranked by «Perfect use»: (as opposed to the actual failure rates noted above)

The study, commissioned by CST Wastewater Solutions, finds industry is convinced about the potential financial viability of sustainable energy and water initiatives, if sanguine about the failure rate in Australia and New Zealand so far.

The FWO's investigation found a 76 per cent failure rate from the 25 stores it had audited, a figure that would do nothing to help the Caltex brand, which has already been battered by a wage fraud scandal exposed by Fairfax Media in late 2016.

The most recent study of Australasian business attitudes to environmental issues, commissioned by CST Wastewater Solutions, finds industry is convinced about the potential financial viability of sustainable energy and water initiatives, if sanguine about the failure rate in Australia and New Zealand so far.

HUMVN, Machine?He made a funny comment in one of the justarsenal stories earlier.He said Arsenal don't need a new CB.Can someone slap me.I was even shocked at the thumbs up he got.I feel so sorry for Arsenal and fans as well.We are really suffering.Till today how people rate Mertesacker is beyond me.The guy is not even a leader by example.I wonder why Hayden was sold as I think he could have surely done better and if Isaac Hayden solves his injury problems we gonna regret selling him.Even aliens know arsenal needs a CB.Aren't you guys tired of always starting the season short of players in positions where needed.It's like some of you want failure but you don't know you want.Arsenal should complete the squad this season.It's a must.

Should this even be a topic?Giroud is a player of average quality always surrounded by good players.I just don't get.It's as if only Arsenal fans rate him.This was a player who was bought to be the leading striker at Arsenal and after his years of failure which many deny he's now become a super sub?How laughable is that.From failure to super sub.If the so called world class striker we're signing goes out with an injury for about five months who comes in then.It seems to me people lack vision.Why is it always Giroud Giroud Giroud?After so many seasons people are still debating what souldn't even be debatable.I've lost count of the number of times he's been talked about here.This is the problem with our club.It's just not ruthless.This is a player who should have been gone long ago but due to him being French he still gets the chances.We won't miss him when he goes and I'd like to see if he'd stand out in a smaller club.

Another howler by another third rate keeper mannone that has been biggest blunder of wenger's failure not to buy a quality last man of defence whose one mistake could mean curtains.

The book has been setting the cat among the parental pigeons by pointing out that over-assiduous parenting is associated with rising rates of anxiety, depression and failure.

This tactic was created by the formula companies to prey on the fears of new moms and to increase the rate of early supplementation which can actually lead to breastfeeding failure.

A study of infants in England indicated that supine sleeping is not associated with an increase in significant morbidity outcomes, and the risk of respiratory problems was reduced compared with that of prone sleepers.17 In Asian countries, aspiration is not a problem despite the traditional practice of placing newborns to sleep in the supine position.18 The review by Malloy19 of US vital statistics mortality files for the years 1991 to 1996 showed no significant increase in the proportion of postneonatal mortality rate associated with aspiration, asphyxia, or respiratory failure.

Under a new bill introduced at the NYC Council, the Independent Budget Office would have to prepare annual reports tracking job numbers and wages at businesses impacted by the extended paid sick leave law and failure rates for small businesses.

Parents and local school administrators have panned the Common Core testing, arguing that it takes the learning out of the classroom by setting unrealistic educational guidelines for success due to the high rate of failure on standardized tests.

The state's Board of Regents acknowledged that failure rates are running far too high — at 23 percent — on a teacher - licensing exam taken so far by about 22,000 college students and others statewide.

Under the «progressive» failures DeBlasio Dinkins we had 1990 anti-Asian anti-Korean Boycotts, the 1991 anti-Jewish riots in Brooklyn (which Gov Cuomos Girgenti report called the worst in NYC history, directed at Jews), the 1992 riots that tore apart Washington heights, and the crazy mugging and murder rates in the inner city brought on by the ivory tower left wing progressives who inflict criminals on all of us law abiding citizens of all races.

Atrial fibrillation, diagnosed in 3.4 million Americans and the most common heart rhythm condition in the United States, is marked by irregular and sometimes extremely rapid heart rates that cause fatigue and shortness of breath, and significantly increase the risk of heart failure and stroke.

Their findings suggest that «long - term injection may have been responsible for a gradual loading of the fault to the point where it primed the fault for failure triggered by the short - term high - rate injection...» the authors write.

A 2012 ProPublica investigation of more than 700,000 injection wells across the country found that wells were often poorly regulated and experienced high rates of failure, outcomes that were likely polluting underground water supplies that are supposed to be protected by federal law.

Rates of kidney failure as a coexisting condition increased four-fold since 2000 and reached 12.3 percent by 2010.

We get heavily hyped drugs like Avastin, which shrank tumors without adding significant time to cancer patients» lives (and increased the incidence of heart failure and blood clots to boot); Avandia, which lowered blood sugar in diabetics but raised the average risk of heart attack by 43 percent; torcetrapib, which raised both good cholesterol and death rates; and Flurizan, which reduced brain plaque but failed to slow the cognitive ravages of Alzheimer's disease before trials were finally halted in 2008.

The overwhelming fraction of undergraduate science courses are taught by a professor lecturing to students, even in the face of many hundreds of studies showing that alternative teaching methods demonstrate much greater student learning and lower failure rates.

In adults with persistent asthma and low vitamin D levels, treatment with vitamin D3 did not reduce the rate of treatment failure or exacerbation of symptoms, according to a study published by JAMA.

This is supported by the recent characterisation of trimethylamine N - oxide (TMAO), a metabolic product of gut bacteria, as an independent risk factor for the mortality rate in patients with heart failure.

ULTRA seeks to reduce facility - related costs by combining a small physical footprint with reduced operational costs enabled by an integrated automation of the manufacturing process, to minimize labor costs and failure rates.