Sentences with phrase «lead to losses related»

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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.

Concerns on international markets, related to the Fed's decision to keep its rates unchanged while signaling a policy tightening in the future, led to Greek stocks posting significant losses on Thursday, as the euro and the Greek bond prices continued their decline.

In seeking advice relating to waistline - friendly workplace wellness, I connected with diet and fitness industry insider Jimmy Fleming, co-founder of HealthyWage — the industry - leading provider of corporate and team - based weight loss challenges and financially - induced diet contests for individuals.

No adverse effects, such as anemia, excessive bone loss, or menstrual disorders were noted; in fact, both trials led to improvements in mood and health - related quality of life.

For people over 50, age - related macular degeneration (AMD) affects about 15 million Americans and remains the leading cause of vision loss in the entire Western world, according to Abdhish Bhavsar, director of clinical research at the Retina Center of Minnesota.

A recent summary report on the genetics of weight loss, developed by some of the leading experts in this field, finds that the biggest challenge to realizing this dream is the need for better analytical tools for discovering the relationships between genetics, behavior and weight - related diseases.

Dr. Chew leads the Age - Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS), which was designed to investigate a combination of nutritional supplements for slowing age - related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of vision loss among older AmeRelated Eye Disease Study (AREDS), which was designed to investigate a combination of nutritional supplements for slowing age - related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of vision loss among older Amerelated macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of vision loss among older Americans.

«Job loss was not simply a proxy for other aspects of the state's economic climate, but instead represented a meaningful economic shock, which led to changes in girls» and black adolescents» suicide - related behaviors,» Gassman - Pines writes.

AM251 blocked the action of the synthetic cannabinoid on one of the brain receptors and led to a loss of the cannabinoid - related behavioural effects within a few minutes.

«The results surprised us, because, based on other studies elsewhere, we hypothesized that MUFA would be superior to PUFA for weight loss and improvement in heart - related parameters,» says lead author Michael Miller, MD, professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and preventive cardiologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Older people with an age - related loss of muscle mass and strength may be at greater risk of falling and bone fractures, according to new research led by the University of Southampton.

Age - related macular degeneration leads to loss of visual acuity.

There may be a connection between taking vasodilators and developing early - stage age - related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among Americans who are age 65 and older, according to a study published online in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

An international study, involving researchers at the University of Southampton and Southampton General Hospital, has significantly expanded the number of genetic factors known to play a role in age - related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss among people age 50 and older.

Loss of, or diminished, retinal DHA leads to visual impairment and may play an important role in the development of blindness from retinitis pigmentosa and other retinal degenerative diseases, as well as age - related macular degeneration (AMD), the foremost cause of blindness in people older than 50 years.

To do that, he and his colleagues engineered mice with each of the two mutations: The schizophrenia - related mutation results in a truncated version of the Shank3 protein, while the autism - linked mutation leads to a total loss of the Shank3 proteiTo do that, he and his colleagues engineered mice with each of the two mutations: The schizophrenia - related mutation results in a truncated version of the Shank3 protein, while the autism - linked mutation leads to a total loss of the Shank3 proteito a total loss of the Shank3 protein.

This could lead to difficulties in understanding speech during age - related hearing loss which affects up to half of people over the age of 65.

Age - related macular degeneration, a disease that slowly degrades light - sensitive cells in the retina, is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among people 65 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control...

A team of Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers, led by Nobel laureate Eric R. Kandel, MD, has found that deficiency of a protein called RbAp48 in the hippocampus is a significant contributor to age - related memory loss and that this form of memory loss is reversible.

In recent years, researchers have developed so - called «senolytic» drugs that wipe out senescent cells in aging mice and mouse models of age - related disease, exploiting the high dependence of these cells on specific biochemical survival pathways.9, 10 In these studies, senolytic drugs have restored exercise capacity9 and formation of new blood and immune precursor cells11 in aging mice to near youthful norms, and prevented or treated mouse models of diseases of aging like osteoarthritis, 12 fibrotic lung disease, 13 hair loss, 14 atherosclerosis, 15,16 and age - related diseases of the heart itself.9 UNITY Biotechnology is leading a growing charge toward the clinic, with human clinical trials expected to begin in 2019.

How does this relate generally to stratospheric cooling over recent decades and the apparent positive feedback whereby ozone loss causes further cooling which leads to further ozone loss... Here's a good overview news feature Ozone And Climate Change from the Earth Observatory at NASA.

Not only do they aim to determine specific recommendations for healthy aging, but they also hope their research leads to advances in prevention and treatment of «normal» age - related memory loss, and possibly even different forms of dementia as well.

«It seems that developing stable, repeatable behaviors related to food intake and weight loss early on in a weight - control program is really important for maintaining changes over the long term,» said study lead author Emily Feig.

For this reason, goji berries are said to help prevent age - related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in people over the age of 65.

It is likely that a combination of several factors (e.g. age - related changes at the level of gene expression, infectious agents, toxic compounds, and head trauma) affects the neuronal milieu and initiates neuropathological processes leading to the formation of toxic tau and amyloid β species, reduction of synaptic plasticity, and neuronal loss resulting in development of sporadic AD.»

Hippocampal cells often degenerate in age - related brain diseases, leading to cognitive dysfunction and memory loss.

Squatting makes full use of the body's range of movement, stretching, exercising and healing — it is precisely the fact that Western society is socialised into sitting rather than squatting at a young age that leads to joints and the spine atrophying over a lifetime, leading to the stiffness and fusing of bones, arthritis, and a multitude of things from middle age onwards; a general loss of youthfulness — older people who have squatted all their lives appear more youthful, and they suffer fewer of the toilet - related ailments of Western society, but I suspect fewer joint and mobility related ailments too, relating to the spine in particular.

It relates to a recently discovered protein PCSK9 and tells a story of how age - related loss of LDL receptors leads to increase in LDL, associated uncontrollable cardiovascular inflammation, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease — the main killer -LSB-...]

This research, coupled with the fact that it has been used in traditional medicine for hundreds of years, has led to a surge in marketing of the plant and its compounds, along with widespread online discussion of its benefits relating to the treatment of hair loss, and a huge increase in sales, particularly in North America.

This muscle loss leads to many related undesirable physiological changes such as a decrease in basal metabolic rate, maximal oxygen intake, glucose tolerance, and bone density and an increase in body fat.

Furthermore, Google is already burdened with many other risks, for instance: (1) increased competition from general purpose search engines and information services (page 7); (2) dependency on remaining competitive and providing value to advertisers (page 7); (3) being subject to increased regulatory scrutiny which may negatively impact business (page 8); (4) being «regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings that may result in adverse outcomes» (page 8); (5) «Privacy concerns relating to our technology could damage our reputation and deter current and potential users from using our products and services» (page 12); (6) «Web spam and content farms could decrease our search quality, which could damage our reputation and deter our current and potential users from using our products and services» (page 13); (7) «Internet access providers may be able to restrict, block, degrade, or charge for access to certain of our products and services, which could lead to additional expenses and the loss of users and advertisers» (page 16); (8) «New technologies could block online ads, which would harm our business» (page 16).

Taking on new debt, even for furniture or other household related items, will change the state of your credit and add additional debts that leads to the loss of your mortgage approval.

Richard Haden proposes to articulate the exhibition through TAZ and the ways in which it has to do with recreating an «intentional community» (IC) which relates to how past communities purposefully organized in various forms as collectives, to succeed as small villages or townships, guilds, radical groups, et cetera, that eventually gave way to controlling socio - economic structures, which eventually led to the loss of authentic empowerment.

How does this relate generally to stratospheric cooling over recent decades and the apparent positive feedback whereby ozone loss causes further cooling which leads to further ozone loss... Here's a good overview news feature Ozone And Climate Change from the Earth Observatory at NASA.

Application of these Guidelines should help to minimise climate change related loss to public, private and combined public / private investments, leading tomore robust investment projects and, ultimately, more resilient economies.

An injury in a motorcycle wreck in Goldsboro can quickly lead to a variety of losses, from expenses related to rehabilitation costs to medical bills and pain and suffering.

Disasters, whether weather - related or man - made, can lead to substantial financial losses for your Augusta business.

Weather - related disasters, like hurricanes; and man - made disasters, like accidental explosions, can lead to loss or damage to your business - owned property.

It will provide you with compensation if falling objects, weather - related events, fires, vandalism or theft lead to loss or damage to your vehicle.

Two major factors might have led to the losses: the new regulations by South Korea, and the declaration by Facebook that it would ban crypto - related ads.

Australia's national consumer watchdog has reportedly received over 1,200 complaints related to cryptocurrency scams last year leading to estimated losses of AUD $ 1.2 million.

Analyze pipeline and lead data, deliver periodic reporting to the sales and marketing teams providing key business insights: typical reporting relates to Demand Generation, Pipeline Forecast and Trends, Conversion Rates, Target Account, Market Segmentation, Win / Loss, Age

• Reorganized budgeting and expenses processing systems by overhauling both procedures and introducing efficient modules • Implemented an automated VAT returns systems which decreased tax return inefficiency by 50 % • Introduced a dynamic, online income and sales systems which increased ease of calculations as opposed to the regular standalone one • Reconciled a lengthy income report, spanning 15 years within the record time of 3 days • Identified a discrepancy in the profit and loss account, saving the company $ 15000 in income unaccounted for • Introduced the concept of «suspense accounts», effectively ensuring compliance with standards accounting principles • Singlehandedly managed petty cash disbursement and bookkeeping for 5 departments across 15 offices, 3 of which were in countries outside the US • Audited an entire paper bookkeeping system within 15 days, well within the deadline of 25 days • Converted the paper accounting system into electronic, resulting in increased efficiency at 88 % • Led a series of training sessions to provide a solid accounting background to trainees and accounting interns • Suggested incorporation of client - related accounting information into the main client database, making it easy to follow up on defaulted clients • Acquired 85 % of all outstanding debits within 5 months, following dedicated follow - up procedures

Early Loss Mitigation Supervisor (9/2008 — 4/2010) • Managed unit of approximately 8 to 15 collectors while ensuring the achievement of unit objectives and related standards • Compiled and analyzed statistical data relative to unit productivity, monitoring live calls while providing feedback to staff • Provide advice and question resolution concerning collection activities, reviewing the status of severely delinquent accounts and handling all loss mitigation efforts • Advised staff of any changes in policy and procedures, allocated critical resources, and developed work schedules • Train current and new staff members as well as conduct performance reviews, making recommendations as needed regarding corrective actions and suggested dismissals • Assist departmental manager with training course scheduling for entire department • Create and distribute various reports to staff and peers on a regular and ad - hoc basis • Traveled to Chatsworth, CA as supervisor, developing observations and recommendations which led to facility improvements • Acted as representative to the Washington Mutual conversion to early loss mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices from CLoss Mitigation Supervisor (9/2008 — 4/2010) • Managed unit of approximately 8 to 15 collectors while ensuring the achievement of unit objectives and related standards • Compiled and analyzed statistical data relative to unit productivity, monitoring live calls while providing feedback to staff • Provide advice and question resolution concerning collection activities, reviewing the status of severely delinquent accounts and handling all loss mitigation efforts • Advised staff of any changes in policy and procedures, allocated critical resources, and developed work schedules • Train current and new staff members as well as conduct performance reviews, making recommendations as needed regarding corrective actions and suggested dismissals • Assist departmental manager with training course scheduling for entire department • Create and distribute various reports to staff and peers on a regular and ad - hoc basis • Traveled to Chatsworth, CA as supervisor, developing observations and recommendations which led to facility improvements • Acted as representative to the Washington Mutual conversion to early loss mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices from Closs mitigation efforts • Advised staff of any changes in policy and procedures, allocated critical resources, and developed work schedules • Train current and new staff members as well as conduct performance reviews, making recommendations as needed regarding corrective actions and suggested dismissals • Assist departmental manager with training course scheduling for entire department • Create and distribute various reports to staff and peers on a regular and ad - hoc basis • Traveled to Chatsworth, CA as supervisor, developing observations and recommendations which led to facility improvements • Acted as representative to the Washington Mutual conversion to early loss mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices from Closs mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices from Chase

Claims Management Duties & Responsibilities Utilize efficient workflow organization to improve departmental efficiencies while ensuring effective client response and diligent analysis of claims, with extensive experience in both commercial and personal lines Provide relevant administration and direction to multi-million dollar staff budgets, quality control, fraud investigations, and complex claims reviews, earning denial authority over high - level claims cases Identify and develop talent among team members with focused training efforts, performance reporting and analyses, and operational efficiency initiatives Deliver continuous assessment of work force, while furnishing oversight and guidance regarding effective service strategies and techniques, loss liability monitoring, and claim litigation assistance Develop and implement the marketing and sales efforts of customer service team while tracking progress versus established internal and external benchmarks, providing disciplinary actions when necessary Construct customer service and claims team through effective staff hiring to aid in efficient operations and execution, delegating important tasks / assigments to line supervisors while providing branch - level guidance Aid in strategic planning and capital budgeting based on improving operating efficiency and reducing service - related production losses, collaborating effectively with senior - level management Maintain a strong working knowledge of important industry topics, company programs and policies, and overall regulatory environment, including state - level responsibility for process changes in casualty / PIP Address important client and staff queries, resolving them in an expedited manner Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude and professionalism

I have experience facilitating support groups and leading workshops related to grief and loss in addition to various other dynamics.»

Eight years of treating women with eating disorders and anxiety has led me to a particular interest in reproductive mental health, including; infertility, perinatal and postpartum depression and anxiety, parenting adjustment, grief and loss, and issues related to menopause.

The role change associated with the loss of the father's job and the increased importance accruing to the mother in family decision making might weaken family unity and increase marital tension.29 Stress related changes in parent — child interactions lead to increasingly coercive parenting, with a resultant increase in childhood behavioural problems and future delinquency.30