Sentences with phrase «increasing numbers of decisions»

And because increasing numbers of decisions are being made by machines, people begin to feel incapable of making decisions on their own.

Which is why the notion of increasing your odds for success by increasing the number of decisions you and / or your managers are making by adopting a tactical asset allocation approach is, in the end, counterintuitive.

Not exact matches

Sales guru and senior vice president Tim Killenberg recently told me, «We are seeing a sharp increase in the number of line - of - business buyers who are empowered to make technology purchase decisions themselves.

We are pleased that increasing numbers of physicians are prescribing Vascepa to help their patients and we are confident that the results from the REDUCE - IT study will lead to better informed decisions regarding patient care.»

Once, such hype might have targeted the uninitiated, but these days, an increasing number of stock trades are driven by computers making split - second decisions about when to buy or sell — often by using sophisticated algorithms to monitor price changes and the flow of news on mainstream outlets and social media.

«US Fleet Tracking was one of the best decisions I made in a long time... Our call volume has only dropped because our first - call efficiency numbers are increasing and the use of GPS has greatly improved our response time and calls per day.»

The number of stakeholders in buying decisions is increasing.

It was the announcement by Mukherji and D' Sousa that the Christian Community had decided to forgo special communal representation in the legislature and other communal safeguards so that there would not be political exploitation of increase of numbers through conversion that there was a spontaneous decision in the Constituent Assembly to include propagation of religion as a fundamental human right of the citizen.

The result for many multinationals is the decision to move increasing numbers of their plants overseas or to the largely nonunion South, where much cheaper labor assures greater profitability.

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According to a number of recent studies [1,2,5,13,18], while the culture of sport (including influences from professional and other athletes), as well as the media and other outside sources play a role in the decision of student - athletes to report experiencing concussion symptoms, it is coaches and teammates, along with parents, who have the strongest influence on the decision to report a concussion during sport participation, with coaches being one of the primary barriers to increased self - reporting by athletes of concussive symptoms.

Leaving aside for the moment that this is the same group who crowed over a 20 % increase in homebirths from from 0.56 % to 0.67 % of US births, does dismissing the absolute number of death as low fully convey what is at stake in the decision to attempt homebirth?

The decision to bedshare, in turn, further reinforces and increases breastfeeding in both the short term (feeds per night and total feeding time) and long term (number of months breastfeeding is maintained).1 In total, this positive bedsharing - breastfeeding connection renders reductionistic and unqualified recommendations against the practice of bedsharing among nonsmoking, non-drug-using mothers especially problematic.1, 29

Unsafe abortions are widely acknowledged as causing 13 % of maternal deaths globally.2 Decisions to exclude family planning increase the number of unsafe abortions causing more women to suffer and die unnecessarily.»

«Do you support measures that increase accountability, transparency and that increase the input of school district parents in the decision to permit and maintain charter schools, as well as measures to reduce the negative fiscal impact on school districts with large numbers of charters?»

The European Court of Human Rights has also attracted controversy recently with concerns increasing about the number of national court decisions that are overturned by the ECtHR and the huge backlog of cases waiting to be heard.

Certainly, the decision to set the minimum number of women at 31.5 % (the current proportion of women MPs) equivalent to 6 out of 19 is disappointing but will undoubtedly be increased in the future.

And while rail transport typically falls under federal purview, the decision by the Cuomo administration reflects an increasing state interest in rail cargo, as the number of oil trains has grown from 10,000 a year to more than 400,000 carloads transported last year.

Debbie Abrahams, the shadow work and pensions secretary, said: «The increasing numbers of zero points assessments raise real concerns about the accuracy of the assessment process, as do the thousands upon thousands of wrong decisions that are overturned at mandatory reconsideration and in the courts.»

The narrow 5 - 4 decision came as an increasing number of Americans and elected officials say they support same - sex marriage, a stunning turnaround from just a few years ago.

Conservationists have condemned Norway's decision to increase the number of minke whales it can kill by 45 per cent, describing the move as unjustified and «political posturing».

Across six experiments, participants were shown photos of comparative products to study the impact that increasing the number of additional photos for each item had on consumer perceptions and the overall decision making process.

After a decision in August 2012 to halt use of the alcohol - impregnated caps previously used on central lines at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center St. Margaret, the 250 - bed community hospital saw an increase in the number of CLABSIs occurring.

The building standards in particular would pose a «substantial obstacle»: «The dramatic drop in the number of clinics means fewer doctors, longer waiting times, and increased crowding,» the decision read.

Sleep deficits increase the number of calories required to stay awake, which compounds poorer decision - making among overtired people, promoting overshooting the calorie mark.

Shopping may never be a pastime for men like it is for many women but there are an increasing number of men who are taking charge of their wardrobe decisions.

An increasing number of single people are making snap decisions and signing up to online dating sites.

However, the study shows the decision to delay is becoming more common, with the number of «delayed entry» students increasing each year so that the proportion among all public school students almost doubled from 1.5 per cent in 2010 to 2.9 per cent in 2014.

Adding to this positive picture as suggested earlier, the growth in the number of data sources will increase as technology advances making the profiling of customers and competitors all the more precise to the point where predictions about future habits of such groups gain in accuracy making decision making more effective.

We are already seeing more challenges to appraisal decisions made by schools because increasing numbers of women teachers in their 50s are suddenly being told their teaching is not up to scratch and are being replaced by younger, cheaper teachers.

NACSA Members — including school districts, education agencies, independent boards, universities, and not - for - profits — work to increase the number of great charter schools across the nation, and some must make tough decisions to close poor - performing schools.

New evaluation systems, new standards, online assessments, personalized staff development, data driven decision - making and many more — in the last few years, districts around the country have had to adopt and integrate an increasing number of initiatives.

Across the country, states are adopting a number of different strategies to improve outcomes for students: third grade reading requirements, literacy initiatives, new assessment and accountability systems, plus an increased focus on data - driven decision - making are changing how districts approach teaching and learning for all students.

A DfE spokesperson said: «The role of the RSCs is to make decisions on whether schools can convert to academy status, increasing the number and effectiveness of academy sponsors, and tackle underperformance in all schools using academy measures where appropriate.

States may then create policies to increase the number of credentialed principals, superintendents can use the credential in hiring and promotion decisions and principals strive to obtain their credential.

The same names keep being bandied about — the Bella Andres, the Hugh Howeys, the Barbara Freethys — but there are an ever - increasing number of authors who are not only pleased with their self - publishing decisions, but they're being hailed as savvy businesspeople for not being tricked into turning over their entire livelihoods to the traditional model and its sad royalty share.

Until now, the Rakuten Kobo e-Book Store had handled some of Kodansha's manga magazines, but with Kodansha's decision to expand the number of publications it releases in e-Book format, the number of titles available on the Rakuten Kobo e-Book Store will increase.

I'm sitting here imagining the number of details and decisions you've already put into this project and the increasing number now that you've gone public with it.

The rate of digital comics sales appears to be growing rapidly, and ICv2 attributed the past year's increase to three factors: DC's decision to release its New 52 titles digitally the same day as print; the industry - wide trend toward same - day digital and print releases; and the growing number of digital platforms available to comics fans.

And then there is the decision to be made — among the increasing number of offerings of target date mutual funds — of a specific fund.

ESG factors have started to be recognised in fixed income investing as value - adding indicators of economic performance; an increasing number of portfolio managers and investment specialists are now beginning to incorporate some form of ESG into their decision - making process.

The 2008 decision to begin enforcement of the Tulsa pet sterilization ordinance has also resulted in a decrease in intakes, and an increase in adoption costs have not reduced the number of animals leaving the shelter to go to new homes.

In the interview, Mike Schumacher, who handles many of the policy decisions for animal control, said that the new «performance standards» won't increase the number of animals brought into the shelter.

Stephen George, the museum's executive director, said the decision was made to increase the number of people who see the artwork.

Finally, Hurley and her team were responsible for an increase in the number of cats killed in Wisconsin's Dane County Humane Society in 2007, after the shelter eviscerated the foster care program and made the decision to keep every other cat cage empty (thereby cutting capacity in half and resulting in the killing of cats already on the adoption floor)-- all at Dr. Hurley's suggestion.

United explains: «We're increasing miles required in these markets for the first time in several years to account for the increased cost of providing transportation, particularly in the premium cabin and particularly on the MileagePlus partner carriers... We faced a decision other airlines have faced — to either increase the number of miles required for partner awards or to eliminate them altogether.»

The number of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian and Singaporean tourists to Lombok increased significantly in 2016, with Malaysian tourists comprising the largest number with 12,000 per month because of Air Asia's decision to schedule flights three times a day from Kuala Lumpur to Lombok, Lalu said.

Johnson also had this parting shot to add in the interview: «We faced a decision other airlines have faced — to either increase the number of miles required for partner awards or to eliminate them altogether.»

An increasing number of travelers, roughly eight in ten in 2013, said that complimentary Wi - Fi is important to them and influences their decision of which hotel to stay at, according to research published by Frequent Business Traveler.

The freedom you're offered as to how to develop your empire doesn't feel restrictive in any way (you can spend cash increasing the economy, industry or research capability of each star system), but intelligent decisions on the home front aren't anywhere near as powerful as those hard numbers you have at your disposal: how many ships you have, how many you produce every day, how fast your ships move and how hard they hit.