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The current global cycle of glaciation dates to this period and might have been triggered by a transformation of the world's ocean currents, which a slender rib of land separating Atlantic and Pacific would naturally explain.

A new study of the global cycle of these uranium isotopes brings additional perspectives to the debate on how Earth has changed over billions of years as revealed in a recently published study in the journal Nature.

Her interest is in understanding the mechanisms of metalloenzymes, especially those important in the global cycling of elements.

Because of their combined mass, these animals also play a major role in the global cycling of carbon from the atmosphere to the seafloor, she added.

Hynes noted that these represent huge steps forward but their effectiveness in protecting human health may be limited without an increased understanding of the global cycling of atmospheric mercury.

Elbert, W., Weber, B., Burrows, S., Steinkamp, J., Büdel, B., Andreae, M.O., and Pöschl, U.: Contribution of cryptogamic covers to the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen, Nature Geoscience, 5, 459 - 462, 2012.

However, despite their importance in biogeochemical processes, some of the paths comprising the global cycles of N and P are not completely known30, 31.

According to new research by Thomas Weber, an assistant professor of Earth and environmental sciences at the University of Rochester, small microenvironments in the deep ocean may hold key clues to the global cycling of nitrogen in seawater.

It's titled «The Evolution and Future of Earth's Nitrogen Cycle» and builds on earlier work showing how human activities have become a dominant influence on the global cycling of a variety of substances.

Not exact matches

If we assume a 2 - year average upgrade cycle for smartphones and growth trends remain the same, the global smartphone installed base will grow from 2.2 billion in 2014 to about 4.2 billion by the end of 2017, according to our estimates.

Low volatility shows that investors believe that long - term global economic trends of modest growth and tepid inflation will also define shorter - term cycles.

Lakos - Bujas said he and his team view «normalizing inflation and declining global deflationary risks as a positive for equities at this stage of the cycle, and believe there has been some overreaction to inflation headlines lately.»

But with monthlong high - tech - product life cycles, just - in - time manufacturing operations, and overnight global currency crashes, the business world might just be coming around to the marines» point of view.

Pinker's extensively researched thesis is that global violence has decreased throughout human history, as wrong as that may feel given the 24 - hour news cycle that came into being not long after two world wars and matured during an age of regular terrorist attacks and mass shootings.

This cycle was partly caused by the explosion of credit in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis.

This past November, the San Francisco - based Strava announced a huge update to its global heat map of user activity that displays 1 billion activities — including running and cycling routes — undertaken by exercise enthusiasts wearing Fitbits or other wearable fitness trackers.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

The Q&A column looks at «Seven Questions on Turning Points of the Global Business Cycle.»

While we still believe the global expansion has room to run, we're also actively monitoring early signs of potential overheating in the late cycle environment.

Fears of a global trade war have been heating up in recent weeks... We've seen a cycle of the U.S. announcing tariffs and investment restrictions on Chinese

Meanwhile, exports and investment are still weaker than one would expect at this stage of the business cycle, even though growth in the global economy has also surprised on the upside.

As TMM mentioned last week there is a regional flavour as to opinion on China so perhaps we just need to get through a complete trading day cycle before we get a true representation of reaction, but TMM are going to stand by their guns as far as China goes and if we are going to start seeing some spurious euro trashing we will play this as a regional cross trade rather than a global play.

Traditionally, global equities do not peak until after the yield curve has inverted, he adds, but «given the very low - rate nature of this cycle, we'd expect a flat curve to weigh more heavily on sentiment and encourage a more defensive rotation.»

Yet, with key economies in different stages of the business cycle, «the risk of the global economy, or any of its major constituents, running too hot over the next 12 months is contained,» says Elga Bartsch, Co-Head of Global Econglobal economy, or any of its major constituents, running too hot over the next 12 months is contained,» says Elga Bartsch, Co-Head of Global EconGlobal Economics.

Rather, measures of early improvement in market action that were effective across every post-war market cycle quickly proved insufficient during the global financial crisis.

That is exactly what happened, the lenders exhausted the pool of borrowers, the reflexive impact of rising demand pushing prices higher began to wane, and the virtuous cycle turned dramatically (as they always do eventually) into a vicious cycle that triggered the Global Financial Crisis and those same banks that made all the ill - advised loans were crushed by massive losses Then, yet again, what were the «Masses» doing at the peak?

How central banks assess risks to price and financial stability will determine the pace at which they will withdraw monetary accommodation, one of the key risks to the global growth cycle.

ECRI uses a highly nuanced «many - cycles» view to understand the complex dynamics of the global economy.

Nimble short term tilts that seek to capitalize on opportunities or manage risks, based upon the strategic disciplined discussion cycle of our global investment committee.

We are in the early stages of a global reflation cycle that started in mid-2016.

Global tech leadership for the next decade is at stake and ONLY the New T - Mobile will have the network and spectrum capacity to quickly create a broad and deep 5G network in the first few years of the 5G innovation cycle.

By: Victor Moolman 11th November 2016 South Africa is behind the global curve when it comes to the integration of mine closure and rehabilitation in the mining life cycle with the historical approach of mining companies being to focus predominantly on driving production, state consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting.

While this added flexibility gives managers the potential to outperform, it also requires a comprehensive understanding of macroeconomic conditions and the experience managing flexible global fixed income strategies across multiple market cycles.

The great victory of the Federal Reserve in the half - cycle since 2009 was not ending the global financial crisis; the crisis actually ended in March 2009 with the stroke of a pen that changed accounting rule FAS157 and eliminated mark - to - market accounting for banks (instantly removing the specter of widespread insolvencies by allowing «significant judgment» in valuing distressed assets).

The slowing in activity has been largely concentrated in the business and external sectors, consistent with the moderation of the global ITC cycle and the easing in demand seen in other countries.

Goldman's Global Leading Indicator's January reading and the latest revisions to previous months paint a significantly softer picture of global growth placing the global industrial cycle clearly in the «Slowdown» Global Leading Indicator's January reading and the latest revisions to previous months paint a significantly softer picture of global growth placing the global industrial cycle clearly in the «Slowdown» global growth placing the global industrial cycle clearly in the «Slowdown» global industrial cycle clearly in the «Slowdown» phase.

Financial constraints, investor bearishness, and the ever - lengthening time cycle to build new mines will in our opinion lead to a moderate to severe decline in global gold - mining output before the end of the decade.

Michael Rawlinson, Global Co-Head of Mining and Metals at Barclays, commented that while the sharp drop in oil prices has reduced costs for mining companies it has also added to uncertainty in the market and could prolong the wait for the commodity cycle to turn upwards again.

Trading FX and CFD products brings a number of advantages, for example allowing investors to trade the full global macro cycle and hedge their market exposure in a flexible and efficient way.

The consolidation of the global resources industry may help to reduce the «cobweb cycles» (or «hog cycles») that periodically occur in commodity markets, but they are unlikely to eliminate such cycles entirely.

However, the Fed's emphasis on downside risks is injecting a degree of uncertainty — and volatility — into markets, a factor not lost on global policymakers that are calling on the Fed to end its handwringing and begin the tightening cycle.

Some investors now fear that the first quarter will be the peak earnings quarter of the cycle, given some one - off impacts from US tax reform and a modest slowdown in global economic growth.

We have seen an expansion of global high - yield debt issuance, particularly in European and emerging markets during this cycle (as shown in Exhibit 1).

Future credit cycles may not conform to historical patterns due to the growth and diversity of global credit markets, financial innovation and regulatory changes.

Global oil producers were able to earn attractive full - cycle rates of returns on capital employed above $ 85 per barrel, but at current prices, the industry is being forced to significantly pare back drilling activity.

One may argue performance leadership of Canadian versus global equities runs in cycles, which is a valid point.

The impact of this global expansion will likely be felt over subsequent cycles, embedding new systematic risk factors for high - yield spreads.

Seventy percent of investors polled by Bank of America Merrill Lynch this month believe the global economy is in «late cycle» — the highest percent since January 2008.

During the last Fed tightening cycle, long - term yields were held down by what former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke dubbed a «Global Savings Glut» — a substantial excess of desired savings over desired investment.

However, if the recovery in the global private - investment cycle, particularly in the U.S., proves stronger than we currently expect, it would support productivity growth, lift neutral real rates and encourage the Fed to take up an even faster pace of rate hikes than we currently pencil into our base case.