Sentences with phrase «higher levels of concentration in»

He questioned the view that we need not be concerned with heavy concentration, instead preferring «standard economic wisdom» that «mergers resulting in high levels of concentration in markets with substantial barriers to entry will usually reduce competition and cause harm to consumers and our economy.»

As more nodes are added to the network, it has begun to trend towards a higher level of concentration in China.

Not exact matches

Given the concentration in Canada's banking sector, it's likely that at least some of the banks will be designated as such, requiring higher capital levels and putting even more pressure on their return on equity.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

However, readings have regularly exceeded 500 micrograms since mid-December, with fireworks to help celebrate the Chinese new year driving PM2.5 concentrations to their second highest level in five years at the end of January.

While the chip industry is attractive, it also carries a reasonably high level of risk; this includes risks associated with concentration of customers, competition, and the possible failure to create a disruptive technology that can be produced in scale.

«A high level of concentration flies in the face of conventional wisdom which hails the benefits of diversification (typically > 50 companies).

«The results of the tests I initiated show that the drinking water in one of the social housing homes has lead concentration levels that are too high,» said Rice.

Wooldridge characterizes the reticular system as the establisher of an optimal signal - to - noise ratio, so to speak, upon which higher levels of experience are staged:» «Volume - control» signals are generated in the reticular system to reduce our sensitivity to uninteresting or irrelevant stimuli and thereby permit us to achieve the peculiar but highly useful phenomenon of mental concentration» (4:143).

I know of some survivirs of concentration camps who have a high level of self esteem because they hadn't given in to hatred of their captors.

I never in a million years, when I started this journey, I never thought I would get to this point of, what you said, of being «nonchalant» in consuming this high level and high concentration of peppers.

In the first half we decided the game because we had a high level of concentration and wanted to utilise our potential.

we are in a job where of course you want the level of concentration very high and that is what we want to achieve now.

Referees and linesmen are ambitious, especially at the highest levels and that allows the corrupters to profit from their eagerness to advance, in order to influence the results of a game.Add in the already inherent subconscious bias referees bring to every game, the stresses that can disturb their concentration during a game, the fear they have of being demoted, the ubiquitous competition and rivalry that top level officials always have between them and others, and we have a great cocktail that can be easily exploited by dishonest forces.

Now with a clash against Sporting Gijon up next, Navas will be confident of keeping another shut out but the 29 - year old will have to keep his concentration levels high throughout the clash in order to avoid any potential embarrassment.

Winn - Dixie, the grocery store chain popular in Southern states came in with the highest level of BPA concentrations above the sample reporting limits.

Taking supplements during lactation rapidly increases the concentrations of thiamin, riboflavin, and vitamin B - 6 in milk, but increases in vitamin B - 12 levels are small even when high doses are given to the mother for 2 months.

The plasma concentration of pethidine in the infant is almost as high as that in the mother, reaching a maximum after 2 - 3 hours, after which the level falls slowly.

Indeed, babies fed higher levels of breast milk show higher plasma concentration levels of DHA and AA in the brain cortex, cerebral grey and white matter, as well as a higher IQ up to 15 years of age compared to babies fed formula not containing LCPUFA.

It was later discovered that having a high concentration of calcium in the blood without sufficient levels of vitamin D meant it could not be absorbed.

However, in ultra-rapid metabolizers, higher - than - expected concentrations of the active metabolite (morphine) may occur in breast milk, and potentially dangerous levels may be reached in breastfed infants.

Urinary As concentrations in our infants were an order of magnitude lower than the median 35 µg / L of As in a Bangladeshi population exposed to high drinking water As levels (median, 80 µg / L).28, 47 This was expected given the high rate of breastfeeding in our populations29 and the lower proportion of households with tap water As concentrations above the US Environmental Protection Agency standard of 10 µg / L (12.5 % in our study).

The 2008 Mumbai attacks, which saw hundreds of people killed and injured when ten gunmen infiltrated the city by boat and targeted high concentrations of bystanders in hotels, railway stations and public places, have heightened alert levels in security forces across the world.

In addition to the troubling fiscal state, the Consensus report described the stagnant economic development that has plagued Syracuse for decades: low - level economic performance, high concentration of poverty and significant loss of population.

Without the dispersant injection, the model showed that benzene concentrations in the air 2 meters above the sea surface would have been 13 times higher than the levels considered acceptable to breathe during a 10 - hour working day or a 40 - hour work week, based on guidelines by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Researchers from Radboud University in the Netherlands found that in the two decades since Dutch farmers began using the pesticide on a variety of crops, the birds» population declined by an average of 3.5 percent annually in farmlands where local water levels contained high concentrations of the chemical.

Simulations that don't include the effect of CH2Cl2 suggest that high - altitude ozone in the Antarctic will return to pre-1980 levels, the concentration measured before CFCs and other ozone - destroying chemicals were recognized as a problem, in 2065.

When the fish grew up in fresh water and seawater with high concentrations of CO2, they lost weight at double the rate of fish that were only exposed to salt water with higher CO2 levels.

The odds of failed implantation doubled among women with the highest blood level of PCB - 153 (the form of the chemical, on average, present in the highest concentration) compared to women with the lowest levels.

In places where sea - floor oxygen levels are a bit higher — about 0.5 — 3 % of concentrations at the sea surface — animals are more abundant but their food webs remain limited: the animals still feed on microbes rather than on each other.

A study published in January in Environmental Health Perspectives reported that daily deaths over a decade in metropolitan Boston peaked on days when concentrations of three common air pollutants were at their highest, even though those levels would currently satisfy the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

In a typical urban area with a high level of background air pollution — for example, around 15 micrograms of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) per cubic metre, or a nitrogen dioxide concentration around 33 micrograms per cubic metre — an extra 300 trees per square kilometre was associated with around 50 fewer emergency asthma cases per 100,000 residents over the 15 year study period.

Children exposed to higher levels of PCBs in the womb, score lower on focus and concentration tests

In this study in Timothy grass, researchers led by environmental health scientist Christine Rogers of the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) determined the interactive effects of CO2 and ozone at projected higher levels on pollen production and concentrations of a Timothy grass pollen protein that is a major human allergeIn this study in Timothy grass, researchers led by environmental health scientist Christine Rogers of the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) determined the interactive effects of CO2 and ozone at projected higher levels on pollen production and concentrations of a Timothy grass pollen protein that is a major human allergein Timothy grass, researchers led by environmental health scientist Christine Rogers of the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) determined the interactive effects of CO2 and ozone at projected higher levels on pollen production and concentrations of a Timothy grass pollen protein that is a major human allergen.

In the adjusted analysis, the lowest quartile of cotinine concentration — below the detectable level — was associated with 5.6 YLL while the highest quartile was linked to 7.5 YLL.

About 460 million years ago, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere ranged somewhere between 14 and 22 times the current level, and the average global temperature was about 5 °C higher than it is now.

In earlier studies, the investigators discovered that while high levels of vitamin C will kill actively dividing cells, lower concentrations will stimulate respiration and prevent the formation of persisters, said Dr. Jacobs.

To isolate the effects of oxygen concentration, researchers from the University of Colorado compared the rate of SIDS in infants living at high altitudes, where the air is thin, to those living closer to sea level.

Concentrations of plasma proteins were between 5 and 20 times higher than levels found at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

The team found that the blood of Tibetans had more than 10 times the concentration of biologically active nitric oxide breakdown products, such as nitrate and nitrite, than did blood from people who lived at sea level, signifying a high level of nitric oxide in their bloodstreams.

They found thousands of places with air concentrations significantly above the 2 parts per million background level typically found in cities, with some areas as high as 100 ppm.

But the highest concentrations of heat in the Persian Gulf would be out over the waters of the Gulf itself, with lesser levels over inhabited land.

Although plants grown in high levels of carbon dioxide — say, double the current atmospheric concentrations — initially grow rapidly, the growth tapers off within weeks and the plants wind up with a low protein content.

However, spironolactone was associated with increased serum creatinine levels and a doubling of the rate of hyperkalemia (high potassium concentration in the blood), but conversely led to reduced hypokalemia (low potassium concentration in the blood).

The concentrations of dissolved phosphate the researchers found in the Leverett Glacier meltwater — which is just one form of phosphorus found in the meltwater — were similar to concentrations found in Arctic rivers, and among the highest levels recorded in glacial meltwaters worldwide.

Oxytocin levels were lower in the blood than in the CSF in all subjects, but the concentrations in the two compartments followed similar patterns: People with relatively low blood oxytocin also had low CSF oxytocin, while those with high levels of the hormone in one compartment also had high levels in the other.

People with another form of progeria, called Werner syndrome, also have high levels of HA, and its concentrations creep up in elderly people, too.

As this only happened in specific precise areas and at relatively high levels — it could also be deduced that the elusive sites of calcium concentration in neurons had finally been found.

Peak levels of ropivacaine in the circulation were similar between groups — even though the drug concentration was eight times higher for the proliposomal product.

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