Sentences with phrase «in uncertain conditions»

Because sweet potatoes are cheap, easy to grow in uncertain conditions, and able to provide much - needed nutrients like vitamins C, A and B6 to undernourished children, ONE created a petition to help fund farmers in the developing world to make sweet potatoes more widespread.

However, they discovered that the participants in the uncertain condition we're the most smitten - even more so than those who knew the men were already keen on them.

Not exact matches

What they found was that 70 % of the participants in the uncertain - reward condition successfully completed the task, but only 43 % of the participants in the certain - reward condition.

Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

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).

Also, on account of the uncertain economic conditions in 2009, there was a reduction to the employee stock purchase program (capping employee contributions at 5 % rather than 10 % of eligible compensation).

Anchoring involves creating a mental reference point that influences our appraisal of subsequent conditions, and this influence can assume particular gravity in our decision - making processes when we confront uncertain environments.

Natalia Orlova, head economist at Alfa Bank, said the central bank might now take more time over interest rate cuts that could boost growth: «Based on economic logic... it seems to me that it is dangerous to hurry with a rate cut in such uncertain conditions.»

In its target's statement, expected as soon as Tuesday, WCB will point to the uncertain value and timing of Murray Goulburn's $ 9.50 - a-share cash bid, as well as its competition approval condition, as reasons to reject the offer.

saying that the keynesian conception is about spending what you earn is the opposite of what it stands for (its actually what you haplessly describe as the neoclassical position) beyond the even more meaningless claim that wenger adheres to it... keynes broke with the idea that the economy was simply a collection of perfectly informed individuals and firms responding rationally to price incentives generated by market forces and that the big variables that frame an economies performance — output, employment, price level, wages, etc — tend to move in cycles and are shaped by decisions and judgements made under hugely uncertain conditions that if left to markets generate bad outcomes..

PUZZLE PLANT After bursting on the scene in the 1960s, marijuana remains a substance with uncertain effects on mental health and medical conditions.

A sector like FMCG is always going to be at the mercy of changing market conditions, and in an uncertain economic climate P&G are not recruiting a great deal at the moment.

Halliburton said in its statement that the chapter acknowledged that cementing an oil well is an inherently uncertain process where things can go wrong even under optimal conditions.

However, researchers were still uncertain of what dichloramine was reacting with to form NDMA until five years ago when researchers in Toronto found that certain pharmaceuticals, like the antacid Zantac, can form NDMA when chlorinated in wastewater - like conditions.

La Niña's are also like snowflakes so its impacts are still uncertain, though they could include an increased number of Atlantic hurricanes, as well as cool and wet conditions during the winter in the Pacific Northwest.

Long - term (decadal and multi-decadal) variation in total annual streamflow is largely influenced by quasi-cyclic changes in sea - surface temperatures and resulting climate conditions; the influence of climate warming on these patterns is uncertain.

Similar fructose increases have been reported in healthy volunteers who consumed fructose loads between 0.5 and 0.75 g / kg34 and in individuals who consumed fructose - sweetened beverages with mixed meals.35 Leptin and ghrelin levels were indistinguishable following acute ingestion of glucose or fructose, a finding possibly attributable to the short time interval of observation; leptin levels typically change 4 to 6 hours after glucose administration.36 Although fructose was previously reported to be less effective than glucose in suppressing ghrelin, such differences may be attributable to the different conditions and timing of ghrelin measurements.10 Little is known about the acute PYY response to fructose ingestion compared with glucose ingestion, although 1 study in rats found higher rather than lower PYY levels after 24 hours of glucose but not fructose feeding.11 Whether such disparities are related to study design or species differences remains uncertain.

It invests in companies in troubled or uncertain financial condition.

It is a simple, but counterintuitive idea: Under the right conditions, losing stocks — those in crisis, with apparently failing businesses, and uncertain futures — offer unusually favorable investment prospects.

Utilities are designed for volatile conditions, when the degree of inflation is uncertain, because utilities have inflation passthrough on rates, while they are defensive in deflation.

Bonds with long maturities also carry more risk since conditions years in the future are more uncertain than in the short term.

Some of these cases suggest copper storage disease similar to West Highland and Bedlington Terriers but we are uncertain if excessive copper causes the condition or if the disease simply causes excess copper to be stored in the liver.

I go with the idea that anxiety can be about uncertainty and relates to our freedom and hence responsibility to make decisions and act in our uncertain world / condition.

Artes Mundi's focus on the human condition finds a unique resonance in these uncertain times.

Granted, in our uncertain post-election moment, artists and curators feel the need to respond to the imperiled conditions of life that many now face, especially people of color, refugees and immigrants, queer and trans people, women, and the poor — indeed the list stretches to include the entire planetary ecosystem, which is to say, all of us.

While mitigation climate change is essential adapting to and through centuries of warming is paramount... the stories of animals, plants and people adapting to a warming world express trust in our ability to adjust to changing conditions, even radical ones, and to establish a voice for resilience in uncertain times.

Over the Arctic Ocean and neighboring seas conventional temperature obser vations are often of uncertain quality, however, owing to logistical obstacles in making measurements over sea ice in harsh environmental conditions.

«A science is in the post-normal condition when the facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and decisions urgent.

Computer models of a warming climate indicate that conditions may become more conducive to severe thunderstorms in some regions.11 Thunderstorms provide a favorable environment for tornado formation; but tornadoes also require wind shear, a highly uncertain element in climate models.

No - I also don't doubt that ACO2 will warm the climate if all other conditions remain unchanged (which is highly unlikely to happen in the actual system), but am uncertain about the magnitude / timing of the effect in the real climate system and whether any change will lead to conditions that are better or worse for the US or the planet overall.

These additional datasets will also help individuals understand how the changing climate affects public health in their area, risk factors that make a person more vulnerable to climate - related health effects, and how to plan for uncertain future conditions.

Only found in a tiny sliver of forest around a shared border between Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the scant 720 Mountain Gorillas left in the world live in vastly uncertain conditions.

In a court case with a jury, many of those selected may be unaware of the reasons for the defendant's actions, mainly because they are uncertain how much the condition impacts on that individual's view of the world.

The report predicts significant change in the market and potentially uncertain economic conditions.

An agreement whose only substantive term in any language is that the marriage has been made in accordance with «Islamic law» is hopelessly uncertain as to its terms and conditions.

«Nothing entitles the Defendant to engraft his own conditions on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the Local Rules of this Court, or to dispense with them where they fail to suit his counsel's teaching style,» she said in no uncertain terms.

As law firms continue to confront uncertain economic conditions, there is a renewed, intensified interest in performance and profitability in every aspect of the internal operations of a legal practice.

However, due to the sometimes uncertain conditions of vacation time with an employer, many travelers are specifically interested in the Cancel For Work Reasons benefit.

If you are uncertain of some costs but want to purchase your policy sooner rather than later in order to receive plan benefits such as pre-existing condition waivers or cancellation benefits, round up when estimating the costs.

Car Insurance for Low - Income Drivers With the national economy in a prolonged slump and conditions across the country uncertain at best, the need for car insurance for low - income read more...

This uncertain scenario can be changed with the few changes in the economic conditions of United States.

The scenario of uncertain conditions in the American economy has remained same in Indiana.

Children who are behaviorally «inhibited» — a condition at the extreme of the behavioral inhibition dimension — experience distress in uncertain social situations.