Sentences with phrase «lower than its environment»

Once the chilling qubit has a temperature lower than its environment, it will draw heat away from its surroundings, Linden notes.

Not exact matches

Besides being a powerbroker, China is widely regarded as having lower standards than the U.S. for labor and the environment.

The low - interest - rate environment has allowed it to borrow to fund operations at levels that are about half the 10 percent interest rate the company paid for its financing more than a decade ago, says Clark Balderson, the company's chairman and chief financial officer.

With that said, the Galaxy S9 phones offer more versatile cameras, as they take good shots in decent lighting, and they can take much better photos in low - light environments than the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL.

«In this environment, the big tech companies try to keep a low profile and play defense rather than take positions that draw attention.

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).

The market environment in 2018 looks more normal than last year, with lower returns and higher volatility.

The private sector often demands rates of return far greater than public sector borrowing costs, especially in the current low interest rate environment.

«Average sales per store appears destined for lower levels than that experienced in Canada, perhaps dictated by a more competitive environment in the U.S.,» David Hartley, an analyst with Credit Suisse, said in a note April 24.

One would have expected that, in this environment, budgetary revenues would be lower than originally forecast.

Baby boomers seem more likely to have fallen prey to these behavioral factors than other generations, driven in part by their desire for an enhanced retirement income stream in the historically low yield environment.

In a low - inflation environment, nominal interest rates are also low, and households are able to service much higher levels of debt than they could in the past.

Cash yields are much lower today than they were back then so it's not exactly the same environment but if / when rates do eventually rise cash will actually be a decent holding.

From our perspective, picking the «right» stocks has the potential to contribute more to investment performance in environments of low stock correlations than high correlation periods.

In our current low interest rate environment, you must save even more than before.

Regulation, risk, a low - interest - rate environment and global economic uncertainty mean treasurers are more dependent than ever before on software systems and services to help them manage their business.

Yet on the whole, given their positive experience both with receiving more income than they could get from the fixed - income sector in recent years and the potential for capital appreciation over the long haul, dividend stocks and the ETFs that own them have demonstrated their long - term value to the investors who've gravitated toward them during the low - rate environment of the past decade.

In that kind of environment, I'd expect - lower - than average price - to - earnings ratios, too.

The current environment of low interest rates and elevated equity valuations has many investors in a tight spot, as return expectations are lower than usual for both bonds and domestic stocks.

However, they remain close to the low level prevailing before the Asian crisis, reflecting the generally benign environment for most emerging markets as well as investor appetite for higher yields than currently prevail in industrial countries.

The low interest rate environment may also have encouraged a shift in investments towards hedge funds as, in the past, hedge funds have achieved higher average returns than traditionally managed investments, albeit in exchange for greater risk.

«Notable was that the demand environment remains strong, with traffic ahead of expectations on lower than expected capacity,» said RBC Capital Markets analyst Walter Spracklin in a note to clients Monday.

The turn higher in the Loonie already reflects this more stable monetary policy environment, and a lift in energy prices may be susceptible to a move lower if the Fed raises rates sooner than anticipated, or if oil swoons.

An inverted yield curve is an interest rate environment in which long - term debt instruments have a lower yield than short - term debt instruments of the same credit quality.

The opportunity cost of holding cash is a lot lower in this environment than it would be in a cyclic bull market.

For instance, according to ValuePenguin's analysis of savings rates, some online banks offer interest rates that are 100 times better than ones at brick - and - mortar ones — although, given today's low - interest environment, you still won't get rich on even those higher rates.

Recall 2000 - 2002 (chart) and 2007 - 2009 (chart): no amount of Fed easing is supportive of stocks or the economy once investors shift to risk - aversion (because in that environment, low interest liquidity is a desirable asset rather than an inferior one).

In today's mortgage market environment, there is a bevy of low - and no - downpayment mortgage options available which make it simpler to purchase a home than during any period this decade.

And while U.S. economic growth today is lower than at points in the 1980s and 1990s, it's still quite remarkable in a global environment beset by only moderate European growth and slowing growth in China and other emerging markets.

Though the US yield curve remained some way from inversion — which historically is often cited as signaling an impending recession — investors were relatively sanguine about the significance of its flattening, with many arguing that low long - term yields were more reflective of central - bank policies and the weak inflationary environment than dimmer economic prospects.

Instead, the technical and emotional guidance that only a trusted, human advisor (as opposed to robo - advisors, for instance) can offer to investors who are attempting to undertake the complex job of coordinating the accumulation, distribution and transfer of their wealth, is invaluable — particularly in an environment that is likely to deliver lower returns and higher volatility than investors have grown accustomed to recently.

Yet low safety risks, less physical demands than most other careers and peaceful work environment make working with fabric and thread one of the least stressful for 2013.

[13] This said, in animals lower than humans it is morally permissible to thwart the purposes of bodily organs, so that the Church fully permits the sterilisation of animals (if it doesn't cause unreasonable cruelty to them or damage to the material environment).

Pasture - raised, grass - fed beef is gentler on the environment, free from growth - promoting hormones and typically lower in fat and calories than grain - fed beef.

Higher - seeded teams host almost every game on campus, often meaning better fan environments than some March Madness games (unless your fans happen to be unaccustomed to the glories of the lower tourney, of course).

Recent qualitative and quantitative studies have confirmed MomsTEAM's longstanding belief that, more than education about concussion signs and symptoms, it is changing the negative attitude of too many coaches towards reporting and creating a safe concussion - reporting environment that may be the best ways to improve the low rates of self - reporting found in study after study.

Some football helmet manufacturers suggest that players who wear their helmets - especially new models - may be at lower risk of concussion than those who wear competitors» models or older helmets, basing their claims on how well the new or newer helmets absorb and lessen some of the impact forces that cause concussion in biomechanical studies performed in the controlled environment of the laboratory.

«Interest rates are low and if you have to borrow, the environment to borrow today may be better than looking to borrow later on,» Whisler said.

It is important to note that even if a child has global intellectual or developmental deficits, he or she may still score in the normal development range, but lower than what would be expected for his or her environment and background.

Despite the more difficult global environment, with lower commodity prices and domestic power shortages, economic growth in 2015 was close to 4 percent, slightly higher than expected.

«Although school districts more reliant on state aid derive a greater benefit from the current environment of low levy growth and increased state revenues, property taxes have traditionally been a more stable source of revenue than state aid.

Since the price of iron ore dropped to a low of less than $ US90 a tonne last September, prices rebounded strongly reaching a level of around $ US150 a tonne earlier this week, albeit in an environment of continuing volatility.»

However, it has low secondary toxicity and is safer for the environment than some of the other chemicals.

The study, just published in the journal Atmospheric Environment, points out that low hedges reduce the impact of pollution from vehicles in cityscapes where there are large buildings close to roads, far more effectively than taller trees.

«This research is the first of its kind in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics, and will soon enable drones to fly autonomously and faster than ever, including in low - light environments,» says Prof. Davide Scaramuzza, Director of the Robotics and Perception Group at UZH.

Blind mole - rats (genus Spalax) can live more than 20 years, are resistant to cancer and tolerate extremely low - oxygen environments.

A second study showed that training in realistic environments, including practiced encounters with armed - opponent actors in buildings and streets, improved their shooting accuracy under stress Similarly, trials with 66 of the officers revealed that those who trained weekly on their own in a combat sport such as karate or kickboxing performed better under high - anxiety fights than those with no additional training, although both groups suffered performance decreases when conditions shifted from low to high anxiety.

Damage by such pollutants to the environment from renewables is 3 to 10 times lower than damage from fossil fuel based systems, the report says.

Though the environments included in the study could have supported plant populations greater than 32,000 plants per acre, the study concluded that maintaining a lower plant population while supplying the other inputs at the advanced level neither increased nor decreased yield.

It also resembles the most studied exoplanet to date, HD 209458b, but differs because it was formed in an environment low in metals — that is, elements heavier than hydrogen and helium.