Sentences with phrase «negative impact of technology»

That's because Smith has since learned more about the negative impact of technology on young learners — thanks in part to her position as a marketing and communications consultant for the Toronto Waldorf School, a private school that famously eschews technology....

Most of the media attention has been on the negative impact of technology on the employment outlook.

Identify three research findings relative to negative impacts of technology on child's play and incorporation in play therapy sessions.

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Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Respondents from 11 out of 12 countries surveyed by Microsoft said that they found the rise of personal technology to have a negative impact on their privacy.

Using lifecycle analysis, a study conducted by Environment Canada and Natural Resources Canada found that while all forms of electricity generation have environmental impacts, solar PV technologies have fewer negative environmental impacts than traditional fossil - fuel - based electricity production.

The proposed acquisition would have substantial impact on the technology industry and may have negative affects on the market, a spokesman for China's Ministry of Commerce said.

These risks and uncertainties include: fluctuations in U.S. and international economies and currencies, our ability to preserve, grow and leverage our brands, potential negative effects of material breaches of our information technology systems if any were to occur, costs associated with, and the successful execution of, the company's initiatives and plans, the acceptance of the company's products by our customers, the impact of competition, coffee, dairy and other raw material prices and availability, the effect of legal proceedings, and other risks detailed in the company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the «Risk Factors» section of Starbucks Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2014.

The major impact of technology on your health is most likely to result from an inability to effectively integrate it into a balanced lifestyle, and the result is twofold: it can have a negative effect on both your mental and physical health.

The petition, which is the first organized by individual scientists in support of GM technology, yielded more than 1,400 signatures from plant science experts supporting the American Society of Plant Biologists» (ASPB) position statement on genetically modified (GM) crops, which states that they are «an effective tool for advancing food security and reducing the negative environmental impacts of agriculture.»

«There needs to be further research to try to more intelligently understand where are the key tipping points in the evolution of the technology, so we can help encourage the beneficial impacts and mitigate the negative impacts.»

Women tended to anticipate greater negative impacts on society from human enhancements, and were more wary than men of embracing the three technologies proposed by the survey.

Americans are concerned by potentially negative impacts of new biotechnological innovations, and yet they expect these technologies to be widespread within the next 50 years, according to a new Pew Research Center study.

The study, published today in Nature Climate Change, demonstrates the potential environmental, economic, and energy impacts of negative emission technologies for addressing climate change.

Clinical examination and imaging technologies are critical elements for detecting and diagnosing breast cancer, yet the high rate of false positives and false negatives resulting from these approaches can significantly impact patient care.

As the impacts of climate change become more pronounced in coming years, BECCS and other negative emissions technologies are looked to as a means of avoiding dangerous future climate scenarios by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

We live in a fast - paced, social media and technology - driven world, and all of these can have a negative impact on your sleep.

Among the public, just 13 % of people think technology has had an negative impact on relationships, compared to 62 % of counsellors.

Recent reports about the potentially negative impacts of social media and screen time have triggered a debate about balancing technology integration with life skills.

So, while the positive impacts of remote training have not completely stepped out of the shadow of its negative associations, its future is bright as technology continues to advance and erase these negative associations.

They both promise to use technology to deliver instruction to meet the unique needs of students, but when various descriptions and words are used interchangeably there is a problem that could impact implementation in a negative way.

In addition, this presentation will identify some of the forces that will have a negative impact on preservice teachers» ability to integrate current technology into the classroom and suggest strategies to bridge the generations within our schools.

ITS apply to a variety of technologies to monitor, evaluate, and manage transportation systems to enhance safety, efficiency and mobility, and to reduce negative environmental impacts.

New technology has often drawn dubious detractors, it's still not uncommon for people to be superstitious about flying for example, and early theories about the negative impact such high - speed travel could have on the female anatomy included; «women's bodies were not designed to go at 50 miles an hour, the uteruses of female passengers will fly out of their bodies if accelerated to that speed.»

Billions of people still lack access to modern energy and technology as they struggle to improve their living standards and reduce the negative health impacts of energy poverty, while billions of others enjoy the conveniences of modern life.

And even better, what if the technology's positive impacts could be maximized and negative ones minimized before the technology is even deployed, as part of the development process?

Conventional CCS technology relies on the use of energy - intensive chemical processes that erect significant economic barriers to widespread deployment, while also creating some negative environmental impacts thanks to toxic chemicals involved in the process.

The faster the world develops the faster resiliance will improve, energy technology transitions will happen, and the negative environmental impacts of energy use will reduce.

A 2009 study on the negative effects of power generation by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), «The hidden costs of electricity: externalities of power generation in Australia» calculated the greenhouse impacts and health damage costs of different power generation technologies including coal, gas, wind, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, geothermal, carbon capture and storage, and nuclear energy, and determined that health costs of burning coal are equivalent to a national health burden of around $ A2.6 billion per annum.

Typically as human populations and per - capita consumption of natural resources increase, so do the negative impacts on Earth unless the activities and technologies involved are engineered otherwise.

It further highlights positive and negative impacts of reform options on renewable energy and provides examples of countries that have implemented these reform options and of the results achieved with respect to renewable energy technologies (RETs).

For some forms of geoengineering, he added, the reverse is even possible: technologies can have local benefits but a net - negative impact on the rest of the world.

Now a new study has been released by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), showing that Internet access and technology use in the classroom is only beneficial up to a point, then it starts to have a negative impact.

Yohe and colleagues from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Industrial Economics Inc say that they are highly confident that impacts caused by hydrologic drought — on agriculture and water availability, for example — will be increasingly negative and widespread over time, despite persistent uncertainty about projected precipitation patterns.

Along with all the improvements and positive impact, technology may also have a negative impact on our society and our system of justice — and most of those revolve around the issue of privacy.

The Legal Cloud Computing Association (LCCA), a group of vendors who provide services to lawyers, and the International Legal Technology Standards Organization (ILTSO) are in the process of writing comments to the NC Bar regarding the negative impact that this opinion will have on legal technology innovation as well as the negative impact that it will have on their customers who practice law in Technology Standards Organization (ILTSO) are in the process of writing comments to the NC Bar regarding the negative impact that this opinion will have on legal technology innovation as well as the negative impact that it will have on their customers who practice law in technology innovation as well as the negative impact that it will have on their customers who practice law in the state.

In this opinion piece, Lukasiewicz reflects on the beginnings of US regulatory oversight, arguing choices made in the technology's infancy have had a lasting negative impact on industry startups.

The messaging solution with built - in parental controls has arrived at a time when there's mounting concern over how use of social media has detrimental impacts on people's well - being, as well as concern over how technology companies have irresponsibly developed products aimed to addict their users without understanding the negative consequences of those actions.

While acknowledging the advantages of technology, the agency also is worried about the negative impact on financial markets and how it should direct its...

Zhou added that China is paying close attention to blockchain technology, but some of its applications are growing too quickly and may have a negative impact on consumers.

• Taught standard third grade curriculum in a technology integrated manner to a classroom with ratio 15:1 wherein 3 students belonged to diverse cultures and 1 was mainstreamed • Successfully prepared and conducted a short theatrical show involving all the kids at the Annual FIPA Science exhibition, depicting the negative impacts of global warming and won second prize for the same • Administered examinations and assignments, and grading exam papers, homework and classwork according to established procedures

I share the concerns of many who witness the negative impact of our increasing, even obsessive and addictive, use of technology, creating dangerously unhealthy relationships.

By remaining well aware of the impacts technology can have on both you and your family, negative effects can be minimized and avoided.