Sentences with phrase «negative impacts of the development»

Multipliers are frequently used in offsetting to compensate for the risk of failure of the offset measures and the time lag between when negative impacts of the development project are felt and the positive impacts of offsetting come to fruition, often a period of many years.

Not exact matches

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.

Many of the metrics that drive CEO pay are short - term and provoke decisions with negative long - term impact; underinvestment in research and development and choices that have long - term negative environmental impact.

As the World Commission on Environment and Development noted in its report Our Common Future, decentralization of industry reduces levels of pollution and other negative impacts on the local environment.

«Diageo is committed to minimising our environmental impact and we are, like many of our consumers, increasingly concerned about the negative environmental impact associated with the irresponsible disposal of plastic straws,» said David Croft, Diageo's global sustainable development director.

That understanding has led Maddon to take swift action whenever he sees a potential negative impact on the development of his young players.

* Preliminary results from an Oxford - based study suggest a higher proportion of infant - directed negativity in the way depressed fathers talk about, and to, their infants (Sethna et al, 2009) * Depressed fathers are less likely to read, sing songs and tell stories to their babies than other fathers — and than depressed mothers (Paulson et al, 2006), which may explain why fathers» depression has a more powerful negative impact than mothers» depression on their infants» language development in the first year.

Such experiences can have negative impacts on child's bonding with the family and threaten his / her feeling of security essential for his / her healthy development.

Furthermore, since the impact of father absence on child development is often negative; since absent fathers can loom large in their children's imaginations, often unhelpfully as «heroes or villains» (Kraemer 2005); and, since father absence can cause their children substantial distress and self - doubt (Laumann - Billings and Emery 1998), current thinking is moving away from the idea of severance of unconstructive father - child relationships as a simple solution.

Numerous studies have identified possible negative outcomes of screen time to include: irregular sleep patterns, behavioral issues, focus and attention problems, decreased academic performance and negative impact on socialization and language development.

There's plenty of anecdotal evidence that marijuana use doesn't have a negative impact on a child's development, but studies have conflicting results.

If marketed to the age of 36 months, they risk being bottle fed for this duration and seriously damaging oral development, normal growth and other negative health impacts.

Whether infants cry intensely for a few months or fuss frequently for the first year of life, a systems approach to development would suggest that the impact of extremes in crying on the infants» immediate environment may have negative consequences for the dynamics of the parent - child relationship, which in turn would have implications for the child's psychosocial development.

Research overwhelmingly shows that screen activities have a negative impact on early development (language, motor, attention, social, etc.) and nearly every professional organization devoted to the health and development of children has made recommendations against screentime below 2 years of age.

A variety of studies suggest that fathers» engagement positively impacts their children's social competence, 27 children's later IQ28 and other learning outcomes.29 The effects of fathers on children can include later - life educational, social and family outcomes.1, 2,26 Children may develop working models of appropriate paternal behaviour based on early childhood cues such as father presence, 30,31 in turn shaping their own later partnering and parenting dynamics, such as more risky adolescent sexual behaviour32 and earlier marriage.33 Paternal engagement decreases boys» negative social behaviour (e.g., delinquency) and girls» psychological problems in early adulthood.34 Fathers» financial support, apart from engagement, can also influence children's cognitive development.35

These findings are all consistent with the growing body of literature on the impact of adverse childhood experiences on neurological, cognitive, emotional and social development, as well as physical health.38 Although some studies have found no relation between physical punishment and negative outcomes, 35 and others have found the relation to be moderated by other factors, 12 no study has found physical punishment to have a long - term positive effect, and most studies have found negative effects.17

Many nations other than India have experienced negative environmental impacts as a result of Chinese dam development — including the Southeast Asian nations on the Mekong River, Kazakhstan, and Bangladesh.

He explained that the rise in the level of violent crime across Nigeria was having a negative impact on the development of the country.

Participants took part in a real - time electronic poll which explored their views on a series of issues relating to their profession: Among the results were: over three quarters of BME teachers considered themselves to be ambitious, yet stated they are being held back by racial discrimination, and the attitude of senior colleagues; nearly two - thirds (62 %) of BME teachers felt their school or college was not seriously committed to addressing their professional development needs and aspirations; 63 % of BME teachers said their employers were not committed to ensuring their mental and physical wellbeing at work, with workload cited as the single most negative factor impacting on their wellbeing; the vast majority of BME teachers felt the Government does not respect and value teachers and does not understand the day to day realities of teaching (99 %); three quarters of BME teachers said they were not confident that their headteacher will make professional and fair decisions regarding their future pay.

He explained that the rise in the level of violent crimes across Nigeria was having a negative impact on national development.

«Reasonable people can and do disagree on just how negative the impacts may be, or whether there are benefits of development which outweigh its impacts, but the idea that there are NO negative impacts is, frankly, ridiculous,» Elizabeth Lorris Ritter, president of the Hudson Heights Owners Coalition, wrote in an email.

«I believe that the development will go a long way in educating the upcoming ones on the negative impact of corruption on the society,» Sanga said.

Briefing newsmen in Awka yesterday, the Anambra State Chairman of IPAC, Chief Bartho Igwedibia, said the council was disturbed by the obvious negative impact the development would have on the election.

«Traumatic avoidance symptoms have been shown to have a negative impact on the cognitive and emotional development of children,» said Kristin Valentino, Notre Dame assistant professor of psychology who specializes in the development of at - risk and maltreated children.

«If we can preserve these important cells, we may be able to decrease the negative impacts of traumatic brain injury,» said first author David Cantu, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scholar at Tufts University School of Medicine, and member of the NIH - funded Institutional Research Career and Academic Development Awards (IRACDA) Program, Training in Education and Critical Research Skills (TEACRS), at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts.

«If public communication is not done properly, it would have a major negative impact on China's future nuclear power development,» said Lin Boqiang, professor and director of the China Center for Energy Economics Research at Xiamen University.

Grommet tube placement surgery is carried out in an operating theatre with the use of general anaesthetic, which is a major point of concern for parents who worry about its potential negative impact on brain development in young children.

«Our results show that the negative impacts of ecotourism - based economic development on the environment outweighed conservation efforts,» says lead author Jodi Brandt, a postdoctoral researcher at Dartmouth and formerly at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and University of Michigan.

Because LINGO1 has be shown to have a negative impact on neuronal development and survival, inibiting it with a small molecule drug may provide an effective approach for developing a treatment for the severe forms of essential tremor.

The researchers suggested the negative impact antacids and antibiotics have on gut bacteria, also called the gut microbiome, play a role in the development of allergies and other immune disorders such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism.

«Wakanda is an interesting look at where African nations could have been had it not been for colonialism,» wrote HuffPost contributor Dwayne Wong (Omowale) in a 2016 essay, «but the reality is that every African nation has been impacted by the negative legacy of colonial domination and this has hindered Africa's development ever since.»

Some negative social and environmental impacts are prevented through legislation requiring environmental impact assessments from proponents of big projects as well as through social and environmental safeguard requirements of multilateral development financing institutions.

A new study has found «text speak» - such as shortening words and leaving out punctuation - does not have a negative impact on the development of children's grammar and spelling.

Such an environment can have a negative impact on the self - esteem, academic achievement, career development, and income of targeted groups.

Hard experiences of conflict, war and trauma have inevitable and negative impact on social, economic and political life of individuals and communities, with long term effects on their function and development, creating number of dysfunctional individuals and traumatized societies, and trauma transfer on generations.

An article by the Hechinger Report discussed the negative legacy of NCLB and the impact it has had on the development of ESSA.

In response to the negative impact on English Learners from over 10 years of «drill and kill», narrowly focused reading and math curricula and limited access to social science, science and the arts, Californians Together has issued a policy brief to delineate research - based teaching practices with policy recommendations for accelerating the language development and academic growth of English Learners.

What is the negative impact of low student graduation rates on students» personal lives and society's development?

SRI understands that as long as race, class, sexual orientation, immigration status, gender, gender identity, ability, religion, and ethnicity continue to predict the future life chances of children in our nation, we must work with schools and school systems to identify related barriers and obstacles to opportunity and development, disrupt their negative impact, eliminate the persistent disparities, and implement new policies and practices that support significant learning outcomes for each and every student.

All our conservation programs and activities work toward the following goals: Protected high conservation value marine and coastal areas, low - impact sustainable fisheries, reduced negative impacts and risks of shipping, doubling of the wild tiger populations of Nepal, responsible development solutions that conserve wildlife, community - level habitat - friendly renewable energy, land - use management to support a low - carbon economy, and one in 10 Canadians caring for nature.

These are just a few of the negative impacts irresponsible tourism development has had in the Mexican Caribbean.

Its mission is: «To promote the sustainable development of tourism in Guyana that produces maximum economic, social, cultural and environmental benefits, while minimizing negative impacts as part of an integrated national development strategy through the optimal use of human resources and the provision of a product of the highest quality.»

The beauty of these stays is that they do not require any new development, there is no negative impact to the land or community, and they are environmentally responsible.

«The much bigger negative impact that could happen is if Capcom stops further development of DLC characters and patches.

Good to see the development and commercialization of natural forms of fertilizer as fertilizer is so important to food production and getting rid of some of the negative impacts of conventional fertilizers that are mass produced while getting more production out of crops is a double benefit that should help drive this product's use

First, as I said above, the veracity of those arguments depends, to some extent, on the ratio of positive and negative externalities, as they relate to non-climate related impacts but also w / r / t the range of sensitivity to ACO2 emissions and the unknowable pace of technological development (that to some degree is affected by the groundwork laid by current - day investment of human capital, intellect, resources, and finances).

Furthermore, history is replete with examples of so called socio - technical lock - in: technological developments which cause belatedly - discovered negative impacts which are nearly impossible to halt or reverse.

However, as students of Northwestern Oklahoma State University, and members of the community, we have questions about potential negative impacts that wind energy development could bring.

Dr Elyakim Kassel, co-ordinator of the AQUASUN project and development manager of Solaris Synergy, pointed out that this was an environmentally friendly project that had no negative impact on flora and fauna and that even dry countries have industrial waters that are not rain dependent.

These countries can learn from the experience of Indonesia — what the negative impacts are of development on peatlands, and how expensive it can be to restore peatlands after they have been degraded,» says Research Ecologist Erik Lilleskov from the US Forest Service.