Sentences with phrase «measured potential benefits»

They measured potential benefits, like more agricultural opportunities, and weighed those gains against environmental impacts.

Not exact matches

Once they understand the benefits of initial energy - efficiency improvements, they become aware of the potential to implement appropriate measures as they expand to additional locations.

Any software in your stack should be providing greater benefit than the cost — what makes entrepreneurs hesitate on support software is that it's harder to measure the potential gains on time, organization, and social capital.

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).

Here are several potential measures that could come before Congress in 2017 that would negatively impact the tax benefits...

The UK Government and the devolved administrations published the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on 17 July 2007 - setting out a way forward for work and planning on air quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objectives.

Heastie, asked about the potential amendments to the governor's bill, says he still thinks the Assembly measure is better, because it provides enough money so that low wage workers can also take advantage of the benefit.

The phase I and phase I / II trials aimed to measure the safety of adding HCQ to either chemotherapy, radiation therapy or targeted therapies, its effectiveness at inhibiting autophagy, and the potential clinical benefit of HCQ combination therapies.

NSABB also recommended that both manuscripts be revised to explain the potential public health benefits of the studies and the safety and security measures at the labs.

The study was the first randomized - controlled trial to examine the potential benefits of the low fat diet on the management of MS.. The study found no significant differences between the two groups in brain lesions detected on MRI brain scans or on other measures of MS.. But while the number of trial participants was relatively small, study leaders believe the significantly improved fatigue symptoms merited further and larger studies of the diet.

Even better, by analyzing some 400 potential soot - and methane - emission control measures, the international team of researchers found that just 14 deliver «nearly 90 percent» of the potential benefits.

A series of six articles appearing in the March issue of The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences finds new correlations between a Mediterranean diet and healthy aging outcomes — while also underscoring the need for careful approaches to the use of data in order to measure the diet's potential benefits.

You'll learn about Jimmy's personal story, the history of the ketogenic diet, the basics of ketone biochemistry, all the potential health benefits, and the different ways to measure ketones.

While administering the test later in the year has potential benefits in measured performance, grading the tests over a shorter time frame costs more, estimated at some $ 3.9 million annually in Colorado.

For example, while we have ample evidence of unintended consequences of test - based accountability — as well as evidence of some potential benefits — we know less about the consequences of using value - added measures to encourage educators to improve.

Here are several potential measures that could come before Congress in 2017 that would negatively impact the tax benefits...

Dispersion, in fact, is a systematic measure of the weighted standard deviation of index component returns, and gives us a way to gauge the potential benefit of active stock selection.

IFAD will implement the following four key actions in order to improve its strategy: take all possible measures to climate - proof IFAD operations; develop climate change strategy to ensure common understanding of potential effects of climate change; use core funding, plus new sources of funding and scale up engagement in climate change issues; work with partners to (a) support development of post-Kyoto regime that responds to needs of poor rural communities, and (b) work with them to benefit from the new regime once in place.

The report highlights: Trends in domestic energy demand and supply prospects to 2040, broken down by fuel and sector The outlook for the power sector and the increasing share of coal in the region's electricity generation The role that Southeast Asia will play in international energy trade and the implications for its energy expenditures The potential energy and environmental benefits of implementing pragmatic measures that would help limit the rise in the region's greenhouse - gas emissions An in - depth analysis of energy prospects in Malaysia to 2040 A focus on four key issues that will shape the direction of the region's energy system: power grid interconnection, energy investment, energy access and fossil - fuel subsidies

I'm no fan of measures that invade citizens» privacy, but the proposed regulation applies only to a very specific segment of the population, it offers a significant potential benefit to the general public, and we can hope, along with the privacy commissioner, that the CBSA will use the powers «very judiciously».

• Create, plan and implement account plans to direct sales efforts • Confer with new and potential clients to determine their needs and provide them insight into the company's services • Develop and maintain lasting relationships with clients with a view to ensure recurring business • Maximize cross selling opportunities within existing client relationships • Educate clients about the company's products and services and answer questions and queries • Ensure appropriate utilization of resources such as budget, time and collateral • Assist marketing and sales teams in marketing and sales plans • Research market trends and create reports for the benefit of decision making • Maintain constant contact with clients to ensure satisfaction • Receive complaints from clients and take serious measures to resolve them • Create and maintain client records and sales and prospecting activities such as presentations, closed sales and follow up activities • Ensure that effective relationships are established and maintained with all key workers associated with account management • Create price quotations for clients and make amendments according to clients» ability to pay • Develop a database of strong leads through referrals, networking and email marketing • Ensure that «do not call» lists are respected completely

However, there are major advantages to exploring the contribution from a large prospective population study in which detailed clinical measures can be prohibitively expensive; and the study benefited from having the potential to contrast the three outcomes.

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Given that there is a literature on the effectiveness of some of these measures, there is scope for modelling work to look at the potential economic costs and benefits of these measures.

Being clear about the potential and real risks, costs and benefits of the proposed measure.