Sentences with phrase «lowers use in»

In the United States, coal's dominance in the power sector has been eroded by low gas prices; in China, coal demand has fallen due to lower use in the industrial and residential sectors linked to efforts to improve air quality; while in the United Kingdom a recently introduced carbon price floor has rung the death knell for coal use in power generation.

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Regarding intensity, a study published in PLOS ONE found that workout intensity was not affected for individuals talking on the phone, compared to those not using a cell phone, but when it came to texting, workout intensity was significantly lower.
The move is most significant for users of Windows 10 S, which is a more streamlined version of Windows 10 meant for low - cost PCs and laptops used in classrooms, who could not use iTunes because their operating system only lets them download apps available in the Microsoft Store.
Elix's edge in this burgeoning market is that while other systems use an electromagnet, its transmitters and receivers use permanent magnets that rotate in tandem to create a uniquely low - frequency magnetic field that doesn't generate incidental heat and can be scaled.
«This is the parking lot I used to sleep in,» he says as he descends to the lower level.
No - frills air travel has grown worldwide, as passengers seek out the lowest fare in exchange for perks like food, free checked baggage and seat assignments, which used to all come with the cost of a ticket.
At various points in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, new stock market records and historically low unemployment rates were used as a synonym for a booming economy, or after the financial crisis, to signal that the economy was recovering — even though many workers and households experienced stagnating or steadily declining incomes for years or even decades.
However, it never got to a point where it became unusable, mostly because its low weight and contained dimensions made it easy to use in almost any position.
These programs provide free one - on - one mentoring and low - cost training opportunities for their clients in locations around the country, using a combination of federal funds, state and local government contributions, and private sector resources.
In the asthma study, we found increased odds among asthma patients of asthma hospitalizations, emergency department visits and a medication used for mild asthma attacks with higher unconventional natural gas development activity, compared to those with lower activity.
There really isn't much in between,» said Paddy Spence, CEO of Zevia, which makes naturally sweetened, zero - and low - calorie sodas using stevia.
The low tax rate meant they could keep extra capital in their business to invest and ultimately use when they needed it for expansion or other expenses.
This is done through the use of 360 - degree video and / or virtual re-enactments of a scene broadcast onto a headset like the Oculus Rift (which is owned by Facebook (FB)-RRB-, or even using low - tech means like the Google (GOOG) Cardboard viewer, which essentially just holds a smartphone in front of the watcher's eyes.
«The ability to track, navigate, map and recognize both scenes and objects using Movidius» low - power and high - performance SoCs opens opportunities in areas where heat, battery life and form factors are key.»
In contrast, Nest's thermostats are easy to use (turn the dial on the outside of the thermostat left or right to raise or lower the temperature,) look great on your wall, and can be controlled remotely through an app.
High doses of naled itself are toxic if direct exposure to skin or lungs occurs, but experts say the concentration used in the insecticide is too low to have that effect.
In its brick and mortar stores, Blumenthal says, Warby Parker uses technology to «eliminate low - value interactions and amplify high - value ones.»
The study involving about 1000 Facebook users in the US found that those who spent relatively more time on Facebook and had a strong network on social media were more likely to have lower credit scores and more credit card debt compared to those who used it less and had a comparatively weaker network.
Using Ontario as an example, in 2008 the marginal tax rate (the tax owed on the last dollar of income) was 21.1 percent for the lowest tax bracket (up to $ 40,700 of taxable income) and 46.4 percent for the highest tax bracket (above $ 126,300 of taxable income).
While top - down channels are used to communicate vision and strategy in order to get policies and processes aligned with them, bottom - up processes are necessary too, in order for leaders to be aware of the issues faced at the lower levels, as well as to measure the impact of the policies and practices implemented.
Under the RGGI program, the revenues from the credit purchases are used to fund energy efficiency, clean and renewable energy projects, as well as assist low - income residents in paying their electric bills.
The advent of the Internet has presented small businesses with a wealth of additional resources to use in conducting free or low - cost market research.
I'll wager many Canadians will do the same and — just like Netflix lowered BitTorrent's popularity — the greater availability of content via legitimate streaming options will lead to a corresponding decline in VPN use.
Read more about using YouTube as a low - cost marketing tool in this second part of our two - part series.
Hence, it is imperative that businesses that use social media campaigns keep in mind the low investment costs needed here.
The converse applies in down turns, cut production to maintain price value and cut costs and improve efficiencies, Additionally use low cost debt to buy assets for future development with debt to be repaid in booms.
After being elected in 2007 using the slogan «Work more to earn more,» Sarkozy inherited a nation with a sluggish economy, high unemployment, declining competitiveness and low productivity.
In backhaul scenarios, 5G microwave series products are able to offer 10 Gbps high data rate and 25 µs low latency when traditional microwave frequency bands are used.
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This in turn has led power companies, as well as tech startups, to look at how this new low cost energy storage source could be used in new ways.
The late winter and early spring are periods of low demand for electricity, because air conditioners aren't in heavy use, making it easy for solar to get larger market share.
Using the drug as an anti-aging treatment makes sense, since it helps the body be more sensitive to insulin, which in turn lowers the amount of blood sugar in the body and helps things run more smoothly.
The concept of using online communities to solve problems for big companies is intriguing — the wisdom of crowds has been tapped at a low cost in a variety of industries and has proved surprisingly accurate.
Trump said he used to invest in U.S. stocks but got out because «I don't like what I'm seeing at all,» pointing to U.S. immigration policies, Syrian refugees, and what he said were «artificially low» interest rates.
Using the 15 GHz and 28 GHz bands, the high frequencies known as millimeter wave, the signals in the test can transmit a large volume of information but don't travel as far or penetrate obstructions as easily as lower frequencies.
Last year, median household income in the United States was $ 59,039 — lower than the $ 59,992 median in 2007 or the $ 60,399 median income in 2000 — based on calculations by the Economic Policy Institute using Census data.
The importance of touch screens over keyboards, combined with simple - to - use graphical interfaces, is hard to overstate in countries where literacy rates are still low, she adds.
The emergence of low - cost natural gas in the U.S., largely uncovered through fracking techniques, is one of the major reasons that the country has been able to lower its carbon emissions and has started to ween itself off of coal use.
Regulators in 47 states have been allowing businesses to raise up to $ 1 million a year through shares priced as low as $ 1 using a financing technique called the small corporate offering registration, or SCOR.
Now employees use the space to test everything from barcode - scanning algorithms in low light, to running Supermarket Sweep style speed contests.
The fact that the average salaries provided in their H - 1B application filings are mostly in six figures seems to refute the notion that those firms are using the visas for low - skill positions.
Normally many of the object - oriented programming languages clean up for you because they notice when you are running low on memory and haven't used a bit of code in a while, but in the case of these terascale systems, it would be like having a kitchen the size of a football field, so by the time you ran out of room, it would take weeks to clean it up.
Furthermore, the companies will need to play an active role in boosting smartphone use in the region, which ranges from a low of 32 percent in the Philippines to a high of 72 percent in Singapore.
These improvements were partially offset by lower than expected results in used vehicle sales.
Expect higher highs and lower lows than we grew used to in the years leading up to 2014, says Greg Pardy, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets.
If you add the lower of these tolls into the calculation, and assume we'd have received similar prices on the west coast as the landed U.S. prices I used above, you're still looking at $ 8 to $ 12 million per day in transportation costs.
The changes considered were a reduction in revenue, cuts to Medicare, and reductions in taxes and in subsidies for low - income people who use private insurers.
Yet Twitter acknowledged in IPO filings that low use of smartphones in emerging markets such as India could hamper the ability of advertisers to deliver compelling advertisements and hurt its earnings potential.
I used to live behind a slaughterhouse, and what I remember most about growing up in the country is the sound of cattle lowing in the night as they were waiting to be offed.
Consumers are enjoying extra money in their pockets thanks to lower gas, but at least one politician has an idea how that windfall should be used.
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