Sentences with phrase «improved by a factor»

Indeed the incorporation of Rockwell Automation products has resulted in much better productivity and a return on investment that has improved by a factor of 80 %.»

Now the accuracy of measurement has been improved by a factor of 10,000.

Average detection rate was improved by a factor of almost 20 times at the end of the second phase.

We improved by a factor of four the measurement of the radius of the planet WASP - 45 b, and found that WASP - 46 b is slightly less massive and smaller than previously reported.

In fact, Mike says that the mobility of those organic materials improved by a factor of 1 million over the past 25 years, and it keeps getting better.

Qualcomm claims the graphics are improved by a factor of 3 — 4 times over its predecessor the Adreno 225 GPU.

-- The protection in all the dyke rings must be improved by a factor of 10 by 2050.

Famously, Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam noted in an analytical blog post that the Ethereum network must improve by a factor of 100-fold in regards to scalability just to serve decentralized applications with millions of users.

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On - boarding programs have been shown to increase retention by 50 percent, a key factor in improving employee performance.

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.

This new strategy, based on survey data we collected, increased employee satisfaction by 40 percent and improved two factors specifically: performance related to employee concentration and employees» ability to meet face to face and hold phone conversations.

At Plato Web Design, we know how to maximize search engine optimization, or SEO, by improving your sites on - the - page and off - the - page factors.

These traders could help improve even further by considering the many fundamental factors that influence commodities, currencies, and other futures.

Overall, our work suggests that stability in financial markets might be improved by considering how social, environmental and procedural factors such as the release of important financial information may impact the hormone levels of traders participating in those markets, and therefore could be of benefit to policymakers intent on developing more efficient institutions.

Among the factors which may have contributed to this rise were the European sovereign - debt crisis — particularly the 2012 — 2013 Cypriot financial crisis — statements by FinCEN improving the currency's legal standing and rising media and Internet interest.

By systematically and deliberately setting exposure factors such as momentum, quality, or value, managers can utilize smart beta strategies to improve returns, reduce risk or enhance diversification.

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.

This factor is the one where there's the biggest difference between boards that respondents say need to improve or improve significantly (44 percent prioritize it) and boards rated by their directors as excellent or very good (26 percent highlight this need).

[U] nderpinned by an improving labor market, better household balance sheets, favorable financial conditions, a healthier housing market as household formation gradually returns to levels that are more closely aligned with demographic factors, higher nonresidential investment as firms finally upgrade aging capital stock, and a smaller fiscal drag.

«By implementing the home working solution [with Arise], npower has been able to uplift service level performance across critical service intervals thereby improving the speed in which we answer customer calls... which was a contributing factor causing customer dissatisfaction.»

By enormously extending the range of factors weighed and the possibilities explored, and by dramatically accelerating the execution of component judgments in a complex decision, the efficiency and reliability of choice - making can be greatly improveBy enormously extending the range of factors weighed and the possibilities explored, and by dramatically accelerating the execution of component judgments in a complex decision, the efficiency and reliability of choice - making can be greatly improveby dramatically accelerating the execution of component judgments in a complex decision, the efficiency and reliability of choice - making can be greatly improved.

The first thing to give us pause, as we survey the progress of human collectivization, is what I would call the inexorable nature of a phenomenon which arises directly and automatically out of the conjunction of two factors, both of a structural kind: first, the confined surface of the globe, and secondly, the incessant multiplication, within this restricted space, of human units endowed by ever - improving means of communication with a rapidly increasing scope for action; to which may be added the fact that their advanced psychic development makes them preeminently capable of influencing and inter-penetrating one another.

«By weaving together these components, we build a strong platform to address upstream health factors and improve health outcomes in the community,» PUC says.

Sports are improved by minimizing the impact of subjectivity on the games, it's always going to be there just don't allow it to become the deciding factor.

Some may argue that it is the lack of Champions League football that has led to Liverpool missing out on key targets such as Teixiera, Mkhiratyan, Willian, Costa, Konoplyanka etc. but the signing of both Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan by Manchester United clearly illustrates that Champions League football is not the most important factor in signing high quality players — and these players obviously improve the team, and allow teams to challenge at the top.

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health)- Factors other than medical history and risk may influence women with cancer in one breast to have both breasts removed even if it doesn't improve their odds of survival, suggests a new study.

They found that exercise may help cognition by increasing blood and oxygen to the brain, increasing levels of norepinephrine, and endorphins to decrease stress and improve mood, and increasing growth factors that help create new nerve cells and support synaptic plasticity.

For one thing, the researchers looked only at the three factors of depression, drug use and delinquency, but there are many other behaviors which are likely improved by regular family dinners, from a child's eating habits to table manners to conversational skills.

While some consider the particular sleep habits of a baby to simply be a natural part of their character, more and more people are having success with improving the quality of a baby's sleep by taking into consideration factors like the type of pillow they're using.

To examine whether improved room ventilation by use of a fan or an open window affects the risk of SIDS, we analyzed data from a population - based case - control study of risk factors for SIDS that included detailed information on sleep environment.

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

For some kids it seems to be a huge factor in negative behavior, and ocne their systems are clear of the chemicals they gain control of the actions like any other 3 - year - old has (which is to say in a limited by improving way).

On if the improvement of power supply in the country is as a result of raining season or improvement on the part of Discos, Fashola said, «what is interesting is that for the first time in a long time, our gas fired plants and our hydro power plants driven by water have converged together, and when you factor that to the improvement that the Gencos investors have made into their plants and are still making, it explains the improved power supply that you have.»

Oneida County Health Ranking Improves The newly released county health rankings compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI) show an improvement in health outcomes and health factors for Oneida County.

The number of grants that will be reviewed face - to - face will be increased «by a factor of 10,» Beaudet said, adding that he believes the hybrid system will «improve the quality of peer review.»

Importantly, in patients whose liver disease improved, there was also an improvement in kidney function even after several adjustments by potential confounding factors such as diabetes, hypertension, concurrent medications and weight loss by itself.

The members of the initiative hope to improve early detection of cancer by making an impact in a variety of areas, including doing epidemiologic studies on risk factors, developing new and improved methods of diagnostic imaging, discovering and verifying new biomarkers as indicators of cancer, and developing new technologies to aid early detection.

Shapiro and colleagues are now building even more powerful X-ray microscopes at the Advanced Light Source to improve the platform's spatial resolution by a factor of ten.

«Over time we've improved the sensitivity by a factor of 100.»

«It will be valuable to learn whether improvements in earnings by families with pregnant women, improved maternal nutrition or reduced maternal stress — all factors associated with higher birth weight — also translate to better cognitive outcomes in childhood,» said Figlio, IPR faculty fellow and Orrington Lunt Professor of Education and Social Policy and of Economics at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy.

In those tests, users improved their retention of factual material by a factor of three compared to a visually identical system that didn't run the spacing algorithm.

«Thus, by enhancing neurotrophic factor signalling it may be possible to improve memory functions without altering brain amyloid burden.»

Better understanding of these factors can help mitigate future societal harm, for instance, by improving risk communication campaigns that encourage preparation for hazardous weather events.

The new result, which comes exactly 50 years after the discovery of the antideuteron at CERN and in the US, improves on existing measurements by a factor of 10 - 100.

In the first image, details only about 20 km (12 miles) across can be seen, but that improves by almost a factor of 10 in the last image!

«The growth factor released by these genetically engineered cells will bath the other cells in the growth factor, slow down the degeneration and thereby improve, or slow the decline in Alzheimer's disease,» Tuszynski explains.

In as yet unpublished work, «we have already improved performance by a factor of at least 50,» he says.

Researchers aim to improve the devices» sensitivity by a factor of two in the next few years.

says, «and we estimate we can improve the output power limit of such lasers by a factor of at least 10.»

Boyd, his PhD student at Ottawa, M. Zahirul Alam, and then research associate Israel De Leon (currently a professor in Monterrey, Mexico) were able to improve on the previous record for optical nonlinearities by a factor of 100.