Sentences with phrase «limits on attention»

«In particular, in a world with constraints on the funding and dissemination of ideas (e.g., a limit on the number of faculty slots, or, more abstractly, a limit on the attention span of the potential audience), large and sudden increases in the population of producers of knowledge can result in diminishing marginal productivity for a pre-existing worker,» it continues.

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The limits on the system include factors such as Tesla (tsla) being unable to ensure driver attention even when the car is traveling at high speeds, ensuring Autopilot is used only on certain roads and monitoring driver engagement, NTSB said.

I've cut back on carelessly giving away my limited time and attention to my phone.

A nationally known gym could run ads on a podcast to draw attention to limited - time - only deals.

Union Capital Limited, which has been focusing attention on exploration in Papua New Guinea and Queensland, is about to clinch a deal which could lead to development of a large base metals mine in Iran.

The company confirms that there was «limited activity» in Buffalo during this period but explains that «the intended operations in Buffalo were shifting and management attention was squarely focused on this.»

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

According to the first Magic Quadrant report on Content Marketing Platforms (subscription required) from research firm Gartner, the term will be dead within three years — because all content will be marketed as a way of attracting attention - limited audiences.

With a small cap it is hard to get the attention of wall street investors so equity growth will be limited but on the positive side it translates into a low beta.

As always, we construct the portfolio based on our perception of individual dominant investment opportunities, paying little attention to corporate domicile as long as we are within the Fund's prospectus limits.

Fink argues that a key reason for the limited payoff to reform efforts was insufficient attention to forcing through corporate governance changes and implementing capital market reforms that could provide alternative channels for funding and competitive pressure on lagging firms in the services sectors to improve their performance.

The argument of this sermon was open to criticism on the ground that the preacher seemed to take for granted a highly debatable view of the redemptive value of human suffering; yet he was calling attention to something very important, namely, that if we quote Baxter's words as Professor Lampe has done, we must not forget that the scope of Christ's suffering is limited.

Even now when the limits of resources and problems of pollution have forced themselves on the attention of everyone, our inheritance from modernity counts heavily against an adequate response.

That simple possibility goes way past the contemporary attention span time limit... bring on Benny Hinn, Joel Osteen, even Depak Chopra and get your daily dose of foolishness.

One can occupy only one perspective at a time; the field on which one can focus one's attention is limited.

As celebrants of multiculturalism, the editors may protest that they can not limit themselves to biblical faith, since, after all, it has no higher claim on their attention than that it is the religious connection of more than 90 percent of the population and the religio - moral foundation of Western Civilization.

So too, attention to congregations whose practice of worship is necessarily shaped by its cultural setting would not be parochially limited to what goes on «within» congregations but rather have to question the value of any sharp contrast between «inside» and «outside» and attend to what is known about the cultural settings that inescapably shape its enactments of worship.

As attention is focused on more and more limited sub-events, one finds it possible to see why, in just that situation, a person acted as he or she did.

Parents also need the rights to limit family size as they choose, so they can focus their attention on the number of children they can afford, not just financially but emotionally, to raise.

Attention is entirely limited to what he purposed, and hence to what in his purpose as a part of history makes a present demand on us.

These diapers will be sized depending on your child's size and weight so make sure to pay attention to the weight limit in order to be sure they will be a secure fit.

Succinctly, Kitzinger describes the effect of this view: «Women became treated as containers to be opened and relieved of their contents within strictly limited time constraints, and attention was concentrated on a bag of muscle and a birth canal rather than a person.»

But why is it important to pay close attention to the age limits on these products?

Pay close attention to the age and weight limits on the seats you use or purchase.

Multiples place increased demands on parents limiting the amount of one - on - one attention and interaction each child receives.

Reflecting on the evidence, the study's authors wrote, «Despite the media attention and perceived benefits of these therapies, there are still limited data as to efficacy and long - term safety.

If international intervention has a limited place in moulding popular discourses, there is a need to question the extent to which we unduly privilege studying interveners and instead turn towards a nuanced and fine - grained analysis focusing on the inhabitants of war - affected regions, with only proportionate attention to international actors.

Periodic government shutdowns of cell phones and the internet received a great deal of international attention during the recent post-election protests, but apparently Iranian authorities have long imposed limits on networked information, for instance throttling access to video sites to the extent that YouTube is often unusable in the country.

Kasich and Carly Fiorina have filled the space that Pataki seeks, the back - of - the pack candidate on an upward spiral of interest, attention and support, and each positive moment for them reduces the already limited prospect of Pataki going on a similar rise.

They also note that insufficient attention was paid by ministers to the effect the smoking ban would have on personal liberty - arguing that the idea that the risks of passive smoking might be offset by possible limits on people's freedom to smoke was not properly considered.

Personality cults are designed to limit public debate by focusing attention on the alleged strengths of the leader.

Our Presidential system produces attention on the White House and its» occupants, but the role of the President is limited in so many ways.

Whilst Vince Cable is paying more attention to the diplomatic implications: «There are many in Europe, notably in France, who would be happy to see the back of the UK,» he is set to warn, «and even the UK's allies on market reform, notably Germany, have limited political capital to spend getting a more favourable arrangement for the UK.»

If someone thinks subsidy means passing a law limiting liability, they aren't worth paying attention to based on their complete lack of understanding of what words mean.

«Our attention as solicitors to Mr. David Adeleke aka Davido, has been drawn to statements and comments both on the social, electronic and print media including but not limited to a very recent publication by national daily, wherein various statements credited to the Acting Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr. Edgal Imohimi, insinuating inter alia that our client has a case to answer in the unfortunate demise of one Mr. Tagbo Umeike.

Meanwhile, the elimination or limits on federal tax exemptions for municipal bonds has received less attention, but could have cost local governments $ 45 billion in higher interests costs if it had not been in place.

President Akufo - Addo also recounted how in July 2008, Ghana began preparations for the establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, and highlighted the unique role played by the then Minister for Lands, Forestry and Mines, Prof. Dominic Fobih, who discovered and brought to the attention of President Kufuor's administration, the conditionality of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea's (UNCLOS) approaching deadline of 13th May, 2009.

While his push comes late in the year's legislative session, which is scheduled to end June 21, the governor has been successful in his first 17 months in office at focusing attention on a limited number of legislative priorities and persuading lawmakers to address them quickly.

«VR, especially immersive VR, draws heavily on the limited cognitive resource of attention by drawing the user's attention away from the hospital environment and the medical procedures and into the virtual world,» said Gold who is also a professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Put a limit on the time you spend preparing for class and anguishing over tomorrow's — worse, yesterday's — lecture; the best way to improve as a teacher is to stay relaxed and pay attention while you're in the classroom.

«Our latest research findings support a newly emerging model of how the brain focuses attention on a particular task, using neurons in the thalamic reticular nucleus as a switchboard to control the amount of information the brain receives, limiting and filtering out sensory information that we don't want to pay attention to,» says senior study investigator and neuroscientist Michael Halassa, MD, PhD.

Satellite communications, along with orbiting weather and GPS systems, are so widespread now that consumers largely take them for granted, whereas human spaceflight, limited to low Earth orbit, rarely gets a degree of attention even close to that on the night before Christmas 1968.

According to Dai, most attention has focused on lithium - ion batteries, despite their limited energy density (energy stored per unit volume), high cost and safety problems.

The question of how to limit warming to 1.5 C has been gaining a lot of media attention, especially its almost guaranteed reliance on «negative emissions» technologies.

No planet was directly detected but we set upper limits on the mass up to 7... ▽ More The recent discovery of an earth - like planet around Proxima Centauri has drawn much attention to this star and its environment.

While other transportation modes, such as the maritime industry, are also discussing ways to limit emissions, the world's attention is centered on aviation - a sector that would be the world's seventh - largest carbon emitter if it were a country.

The limits have always evaporated on closer approach and attention.

Recently, exceptional environmental releases of antibiotics have been documented, but the effects on the promotion of resistance genes and the potential for horizontal gene transfer have yet received limited attention.

We all fall somewhere on this scale and need to pay attention to limiting our exposures when we do have control.