Sentences with phrase «for accelerating the pace»

Greenland's ice is largely responsible for the accelerating pace of sea - level rise.

This is pretty radical stuff, but it does help to account for the accelerated pace of change sweeping across virtually all industries.

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The controversial May 20 presidential elections could prove to be a catalyst for additional U.S. sanctions, which could accelerate the pace and magnitude of the production declines.

Capital has been fleeing north for the past two years, and the pace is accelerating.

«We look very different today than five years ago — for example, clinical and technology professionals are the first and third largest job categories across UnitedHealth Group — and we will look different again five years from now as we continue to evolve at an accelerated pace,» UnitedHealth CEO David Wichmann said on the company's first - quarter conference call.

«The accelerating pace of technology and change across industries and geographies calls for new ways of working, learning and collaborating.

Experts, however, had been anticipating inflation to accelerate at an even faster pace in March and, earlier this week, the Bank of Canada raised its inflation projections for 2018.

At the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the focus on accelerating the pace and rate of change for women has driven many of the sessions and conversations.

Growth might have accelerated a bit in the fourth quarter, says Bloom, but it was still at 2 % for the year, woefully below the 5 % pace you'd expect in an economy bouncing back from a severe recession.

Businesses are embracing cloud computing services at an accelerated pace — and for good reason.

If it seems like having an advanced business plan for an as - yet unproven technology is putting the cart before the horse, the imposed 20 - year timeline for this project actually represents an accelerated pace — from experimental stage to working prototype and then to commercial 1,000 MW power plants dotting the landscape.

«Insight's investment will help HootSuite capitalize on the global demand for their solutions, and accelerate the company's pace of product innovation.»

Until the advantage for some commercial banks over others is remediated, regional and community banking will continue to shrink at an accelerated pace.

The median forecast of 71 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for the pace to accelerate to 523,000.

Additionally, there is consolidation in the industry for IT services companies that support small businesses and CMIT's systems, support and collaborative environment provide the perfect environment for those independent firms to grow at an accelerated pace.»

But analysts will watch the official statement after the meeting for signs of rising concern about inflation, and hints that the Fed might accelerate its pace of rate increases later this year.

Investors have begun to worry that the Fed might accelerate the pace of its credit tightening if inflation, which has been dormant for years, starts to show signs of accelerating.

China's young children's apparel market is estimated at $ 24 million, according to Footwear News, and it's growing fast — a pace that will only accelerate as the country moves to a two - child policy for families.

The annual rate of decline accelerated for the third month running to a severe pace, with the respective index at its fourth - lowest level in eight - and - a-half years of data collection.

Just as networking computers accelerated productivity and growth in the 1990s, innovations in mobility, sensors, analytics, and artificial intelligence promise to quicken the pace of growth and create myriad new opportunities for innovators, entrepreneurs, and consumers.»

Viewed from the expenditure side, the main reason for the slower growth was a moderation in the pace of gross fixed capital formation, especially business investment which had been accelerating in 2103 - 14, but slowed in 2015.

The pace of change in healthcare and the life sciences sector has been accelerating, creating a demand for professionals who can navigate the strategic, economic, political, and social undercurrents that are changing the face of this global structure.

For the transformation to occur, it has to be driven by leaders across the organization, and we have seen the pace of this change begin to accelerate in every function.

At this rate, ETF flows could potentially surpass last year's total NNB figure of $ 16.6 billion and end the year somewhere close to $ 30 billion — a figure that, if reached, could signal a new phase for the industry whereby broader adoption of ETFs is leading to an even more accelerated pace of growth.

If Greece slides towards exit, even if the impact is adequately contained by the European Central Bank's (ECB's) monetary and liquidity tools, we could see the scope and pace of the drive for deeper integration accelerate.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The information highway is accelerating the pace of enlightenment in a very big way and it spells the beginning of the end for religions.

An update on the accelerating pace of land use for coffee growing in China and its environmental impact.

In this high - octane hybrid, as many as seven riders jockey for position behind a pace motorcycle that accelerates up to 28 mph over 5 1/2 laps of the steeply banked 250 - meter track.

Specific plans for the research will remain to be developed, but potential areas under discussion include accelerating the pace of discovery to support the most innovative and promising science of the brain, including: chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE); concussion management and treatment; and the understanding of the potential relationship between traumatic brain injury and late - life neurodegenerative disorders, especially Alzheimer's disease.

Speaking at the sod cutting ceremony to officially commission an ultra-modern computer laboratory for the Kongo SHS, the CEO of NPA, Mr. Asaga, underlined some policy interventions by government to accelerate the pace of development in ICT education.

GNPC, the President said, was set up to be a strategic, commercial vehicle to help accelerate the pace for the exploration of oil and gas, and under the leadership of Tsatsu Tsikata, played a pioneering role in gathering, analysing and interpreting data for oil and gas exploration, and beginning to attract other companies to participate in the exploration.

The PACE group believes if more parents have their children tested, the demand for accelerated programs will grow in The Bronx.

For the second year in a row, the Office of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and PACE (Parents» Alliance for Citywide Education) will co-host a Gifted & Talented Education Open House providing information about New York City's Citywide Gifted & Talented (G&T) elementary schools, Bronx district G&T programs and other accelerated education optioFor the second year in a row, the Office of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and PACE (Parents» Alliance for Citywide Education) will co-host a Gifted & Talented Education Open House providing information about New York City's Citywide Gifted & Talented (G&T) elementary schools, Bronx district G&T programs and other accelerated education optiofor Citywide Education) will co-host a Gifted & Talented Education Open House providing information about New York City's Citywide Gifted & Talented (G&T) elementary schools, Bronx district G&T programs and other accelerated education options.

Since taking office last year, Stefanik sponsored the Flexible Pell Grant for 21st Century Students Act, which allows students to draw Pell Grants «at an accelerated pace for additional courses within a given award year,» according to the news release.

Many members of the conference would like to see the agency accelerate its pace, arguing hydrofracking could be a major economic booster for the Southern Tier, home to the gas - rich Marcellus Shale formation.

The report identifies potential opportunities for advancing scientific discovery and accelerating the pace of innovation by taking advantage of science and technology connections.

Such a transition has been made possible by the convergence of several factors: a stream of new science showing an accelerating pace of climate change and its impacts; the everyday experience of people witnessing the change around them (and seeing it on the evening news); the compelling portrayals of what is happening and why, such as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national security).

This year the average temperature hovered near the freezing point — typical for the area — yet ice still disappeared at an accelerated pace.

As the pace of drug approvals accelerates and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) faces potential budget cuts, a new research design from Perelman School of Medicine scientists offers a new way to successfully assess safety of newly approved drugs, as well as drugs that have been on the market for a long time and have had a marked rise in their use.

So for decades engineers have tried to accelerate the pace of conventional, electricity - based computer chips by melding them with laser - based signal processors (like those used to send Internet data blazing through fiber - optic cables).

Scientists can readily obtain extensive genetic information for any plant species of interest, at a relatively low cost, rapidly accelerating the pace of genome sequencing.

As life sciences become the fourth pillar of the nation?s economy, and with the pace of development in this sector accelerating rapidly, science education is taking on an increasingly greater role in preparing students for many of tomorrow's challenges.

«Expanded access to these drafts can dramatically accelerate the pace of discovery, and, in turn, our understanding of health and disease,» wrote neuroscientist Cori Bargmann, president of Science for CZI in Palo Alto, California, in a Facebook post.

We aim to accelerate the pace and success rate of mRNA discovery research efforts for both our ventures and our partners.

And with astronomers now on the lookout for the starnge pulses of radio energy, Vandenbroucke expects the pace of discovery to accelerate as the world's radio telescopes continue their searches and as new radio interferometers come on line.

Because changes to microbes appear to happen far more quickly than changes to the actual genome, these kinds of changes might accelerate the pace at which different populations are pushed apart, setting the stage for the evolution of new species.

We need to accelerate the pace at which we develop an early detection blood test for pancreatic cancer and more effective therapies.

It will help accelerate the pace of developing improved rice varieties around the globe to feed a growing population, estimated to reach more than 9.6 billion by 2050, with half of humanity relying on rice for sustenance and livelihood.

Students choose an accelerated, traditional, or extended pace for a particular course, taking extra time if needed to review and receive additional guidance on lessons.