Not exact matches
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.
While the company should see some benefits in gross margins from direct sourcing and
improved pricing analytics
over time, gross margin pressure will likely continue
through fiscal 2018.
So let me talk a little bit about that and what some of the reasons why, you know, love is actually good for you, things that we've found that and ways that we,
through Robert's research and others can
improve [our] techniques for maintaining that commitment and love
over time.
With every scan passing
through, along with feedback from stroke specialists, the application will
improve on its accuracy
over time.
«Mounds that are better adapted to local environments will, as a rule, have more offspring; thus,
improved building rules that are genetically encoded will spread
over time through a population.»
A follow - up study found the same thing:
improved bone density in those that consumed the most phytates, but this is the most convincing study to date, actually measuring phytate levels flowing
through women's bodies and following bone mass
over time.
6 Ways to
Improve your Diet
Through Science By: Brad Dieter, PhD Read
Time: 8 minutes Science has taught us a lot about diets
over the past few years.
Over time, the master teacher has the capacity to
improve the whole - school culture
through excellence in teaching.
The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to
improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce
time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families
through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control
over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal
This has the advantage of showing how the benefits can be assured
over time in terms of
improved attainment and more efficient use of resources as much of this takes two or three school years to work
through, with noticeable improvements year on year.»
All of this is done
through a strategic planning, capacity building, professional development, and technical assistance process that helps students, staff, schools, and systems to continuously
improve and become independent
over time.
For example, IQ gains
over time can be produced by
improving harmful environments (e.g.,
through improved education and better nutritional practices) in low - IQ individuals at risk.
In Mills Teacher Scholars inquiry sessions, teaching practices are tinkered with and
improved over time based on what teachers learn
through the student learning data.
People with a growth mindset, however, understand that they can develop their intelligence and abilities
over time through effort and persistence, so they embrace failure as an opportunity to learn and
improve.
Over the course of her career, she has studied how to
improve teacher effectiveness (
through professional development, coaching, education); the development of systems for out - of - school -
time programs; the implementation and impact of test - based promotion policies; and the effects of federal accountability policies on schools, classrooms, and students.
Critics will argue that none of these add - ons are as good as what consumers can find
through other competitors; the difference is Amazon offers them for free, as part of Prime, and you can bet these add - ons will continue to
improve over time.
MoneyLion offers «LionLoans» usually to consumers with FICO scores lower than 640; consumers can build their credit profile with MoneyLion and
over time improve their chances of obtaining larger loans at much cheaper rates
through good financial habit building.
Economic data has
improved, tax cuts appear to be moving
through Congress and investors are, for the first
time in
over a decade, contemplating a more hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed).
Through this example, we see that the use of asset allocation to produce a diversified portfolio has
improved returns
over time, as well as limited the portfolio's downside.
While repairing credit is not an overnight task, you can
improve your credit score by large margins
over a period of
time if you practice consistency and follow
through in your repair efforts.
North American investors have moved billions into these index funds that mitigate risk
through diversification, while offering reduced fees — which can help
improve returns
over time.
The breed has evolved
over time with
improved genetics
through selective breeding for the conditions of pastoral farming.
Our ability to provide exceptional care to ill and injured animals has advanced
over time through the efforts of many groups and individuals with a passion to
improve veterinary care.
Creatures When dropping Toki in a nest, birds now have a «cooldown», so they won't instantly pick you up again when walking out of the nest Birds don't stop anymore when they sense vibration, making them less annoying when accidentically stomping near them No more random sorting of creatures: they all appear on their assigned depth value, preventing smaller creatures from sometimes getting lost behind bigger creatures Fixed the «spawning multiple camera birds» bug Slug corpses can't kill anymore, so no more accidentally walking into them and dying Bugs When stomped, berrybugs and copybugs now always hop the same distance (3 tiles), making their behavior more predictible Berrybugs now briefly stop if they detect an edge above their heads while walking on the floor, making it easier to stomp them onto a wall Copybugs and berrybugs get stunned when they're in the trajectory of a to be spawned bubble, so they can't hop / roll away before bubble is spawned Glowy berrybugs now use the same turn animation as normal berrybugs, so no more faster glow bugs Frogs and bubbles Bubbles now prioritize Toki Tori
over other entities, so no more accidental berrybug ballooning Added a small delay before catching an entity in a bubble to allow for catching Toki Tori, even if he's a little further away than an entity Added possibility to queue a «turn by whistle» while the frog is running towards a berrybug, so you don't have to wait before being able to let the frog face the desired direction Fixed a problem where a fat frog won't belch anymore Achievements In - menu achievements system, including progress achievements Added a number of new achievements Tokidex completion is now a progress achievement (you can see how far along you are) Fixed the Fried Chicken achievement, so it's less hard to get All electrocuted entities now count for the X-Ray Enthusiast achievement Menu Completely new, streamlined and fast to access menu system Ability to set language from menu New font Graphics
Improved presentation of telepathic Ancient Frog messages, fixed a problem where sometimes they'd spawn multiple times Fixed black flickering when buttonbashing during fades and level transitions Screenfades are now 100 % black Added button prompts to the first time you need to use whistle and stomp Areas and puzzles Added l - ife area for Ife < 3 Added an extra landing stone in the wasteland area Added more snow globes: — RRB - Water mountain approach: berrybug in the «pro» puzzle can no longer be lost Water mountain top: frog for Ancient Frog puzzle now starts bloated, added light to make «pro» puzzle easier to execute Shaft top: Small tweak to make sure berrybug isn't killed by the slugs midway through the level Water cave: made the light shaft where you need to whistle the hermit crab a bit wider, created hole for frogs at end of level to prevent them from falling down, made some «pro» puzzles a bit more forgiving Dark forest: lowered warp when entering dark area, so it's easier to travel up with a bubble Lava cave: improved bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at b
Improved presentation of telepathic Ancient Frog messages, fixed a problem where sometimes they'd spawn multiple
times Fixed black flickering when buttonbashing during fades and level transitions Screenfades are now 100 % black Added button prompts to the first
time you need to use whistle and stomp Areas and puzzles Added l - ife area for Ife < 3 Added an extra landing stone in the wasteland area Added more snow globes: — RRB - Water mountain approach: berrybug in the «pro» puzzle can no longer be lost Water mountain top: frog for Ancient Frog puzzle now starts bloated, added light to make «pro» puzzle easier to execute Shaft top: Small tweak to make sure berrybug isn't killed by the slugs midway
through the level Water cave: made the light shaft where you need to whistle the hermit crab a bit wider, created hole for frogs at end of level to prevent them from falling down, made some «pro» puzzles a bit more forgiving Dark forest: lowered warp when entering dark area, so it's easier to travel up with a bubble Lava cave:
improved bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at b
improved bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at beginning
These are games designed to be played
over a period of months, honing your craft &
improving your scores &
times, not rushed
through to see what happens at the end of the story.
Leidy Churchman: «The Meal of the Lion» Murray Guy 453 W. 17th St.,
through June 6 On a handful of occasions
over 20 years of teaching, I've walked into a student's studio and had to catch my breath at the kind of raw, sheer talent I felt, at the same
time thinking that since there's almost nothing I could say to this artist to
improve his or her game, I fell almost instantly into listening as carefully as I could, learning things I never knew I needed to know until I was told them.
Subsequent three - axis - stabilized operational GOES - I - class sounders significantly
improved upon VAS's precision and have collected long - term records of atmospheric variables and diurnal cycles
over the Western Hemisphere
through the present
time.
The existing GCMs have gone
through this iterative process,
improving each iteration, at least six
times over the last 20 years or so.
Given Amazon's ability to
improve the Cloud Cam
through firmware updates to its system - on - chip architecture, the device should last well into the future and only get more capable
over time.
Improved typing history management in Japanese IME: You can now choose to store your typing history to a temporary repository and have it cleared automatically to avoid an inadvertent exposure to other people
through the IME candidate window, without losing the important typing history you had accumulated
over time.
Maintained records of injuries
through an organized spreadsheet that tracked trends and analysis
over a year
time frame allowing the commander to decide on where to focus and to
improve safety records
Seasoned equipment engineering professional with
over 35 years of sub-micron wafer fab experience, striving to continuously
improve production availability
through Best Known Methods (BKM) programs focused on reducing MTTR (Meantime
Time To Repair) and increasing MTBF (Mean
Time Before Failure).
With the use of mediation, anger can be diffused
over time, and the lessons that are learned
through the mediation process will naturally
improve the co-parenting relationship
over time.
But as they explain the mechanics and the results
improve over time, you'll be that guy muttering to himself beside me, running
through every lesson he ever took.