Sentences with phrase «not predict the level»

But depressive symptoms did not predict the level of social self - efficacy, except from T3 to T4.

Not exact matches

That is, of course, a pretty dramatic vision of change in the next century, but Hanson is not alone in predicting that radical changes will follow the next major breakthrough in compu ting (whether that's human - level AI or brain uploading).

The report also predicted that, while the worst is over for Tennessee, the state will not see economic activity return to pre-recession levels until 2012 or 2013.

Some of Cross's clients use sophisticated simulation modeling to predict sales at different price levels, but his technique doesn't have to be rocket science.

And I would say that was because — this is just one example — the field of economics, for many years, did not incorporate the fact that humans don't make decisions generally on a one - to - one level the way that their models would predict.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Limiting things to only maths and science will mean you lose perspective on higher level functionality, for the same reason physics doesn't predict the outcome of a cricket match.

We are not so optimistic as to predict that our financial holdings will return to their pre-2008 profitability levels, but at current share prices we believe that the sector is still attractive.

We do not like to spend time trying to predict where the market will go; rather, we show these technical charts simply to give you an idea of where key support levels exist.

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Mike — it makes good headlines to predict imminent collapse as Joe granvile taught us but I will not be a purveyor of pablum but always strive to offer quality analysis that leads to high level dialectic and hopefully profitable opportunities.The central bank fears of of disinflation will be an on going theme.

Our task is not (as it is for positivism) to discover the covering laws that explain and predict observable associations of conditions and events, but to use all available empirical evidence and powers of reason to develop conceptual models that as accurately as possible describe the real capacities and causal processes operating at the deeper, unobservable level of reality.

To take the idea that things get so small, we can no longer predict what will happen because our act of observing them changes them, so things aren't logical at that level is bull.

The author notes that one can not predict the properties of water at a macroscopic level on the basis of knowledge of water molecules.

say, the atomic level do not begin to predict the properties of matter at the cellular level, let alone at the level of complex organisms.

Although sales taxes on soft drinks in Ireland and France have both been associated with a reduction in consumption, the health effects have not been studied.15 16 No significant effect on obesity of US state sales taxes has been found, although the level of taxation there has probably been too low to affect health.13 17 The modelled estimates of the health effect of a 20 % sugar sweetened drink tax in the United States vary, but such a tax has been predicted to reduce obesity by up to three percentage points.13 18 The effect of a sugar sweetened drink tax in the UK has not, until now, been formally estimated.

I would not have predicted the success of the likes of Koeman, Klinsman, Lowe and Martinez (yes I do think he has had some success at a high level) and I thought some one like Roy Keane could be successful.

Regression, in the age of analytics, is always priced into high - level performances, but more often than not, we use it as a cover for things we couldn't have predicted.

are at odds with what the underlying numbers would predict (hint: there ARE skill differences among these teams), and 2) that maybe these models are not quite at the level of sophistication at which we can say with any certainty that, hey, forget the standings (they lie) and that whole 82 games over six months thing... it's all about the successor to Corsi.

We all know that averages don't ALWAYS predict the future results, but if Arsene Wenger (who is a great lover of analysis) had factored in the expected injury levels every season, perhaps he would have bought a few more defenders in the summer?

In the end, until I see more of Fury at what passes for «world» level these days I won't predict him beating either at this time.

This is something I personally can't predict without knowing these players on a more personal level, but I'll at least try to make sense of it.

The betting line isn't designed to predict the outcome of a sporting event instead it's primary function is to force bettors (of all ability levels) into making decisions before they invest.

The method of birth does not predict whether or not the birth itself will be traumatic or a negative, rather it is the treatment of the woman and the level of confidence in herself and her decisions that can be a strong indicator for traumatic birth.

The effect of these kinds of supports on home visitors has not been well studied, but some research on similar interventions indicates implementation of evidence - based practices with fidelity monitoring and supportive consultation predicts lower rates of staff turnover, as well as lower levels of staff emotional exhaustion relative to services as usual.29, 30,31 Moreover, a supportive organizational climate has been associated with more positive attitudes toward adoption of evidence - based programs.32

The President did not insult Nana as he mischievously posted on his wall and carried by some portals.Nana knows Mahama well even than some who are close to the President, his tolerance level and constant display of good manners these were the traits Nana considered when he once predicted Mahama's leadership although he went on further to question why a perfect human being like Mahama should be in the NDC.

-- Schneiderman lawyer «confident» he won't face criminal charges — New York Daily News» Erin Durkin, Ken Lovett and Larry McShane: «The defense attorney for ex-state attorney general Eric Schneiderman predicted Thursday that her client would avoid prosecution despite the abuse charges leveled by four women.

We will measure the things that really count: reoffending levels compared to a predicted rate; employment outcomes for prisoners; whether or not the offender went into permanent accommodation; and what progress was made on basic literacy and key skills.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, predicts that there will be some kind of token reform passed before lawmakers leave for the summer, but he says the real changes are coming not from the state level, but form the federal prosecutor's office.

Through his brain child, the NPP was able to predict victory for its presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo eight hours after the close of poll, at a time the Electoral Commission seemed not to have the full complement of the needed data at the national level as results were still trickling in from across the 275 Constituencies.

Even if high levels of these amino acids are not causing diabetes, evidence suggests they are useful biomarkers for predicting who is at risk, enabling such people to adjust their lifestyle before they get sick.

But evidence is growing that A-beta levels in the blood can be used to predict whether or not a person has these brain plaques, researchers report online January 31 in Nature.

Measuring levels of the molecule in a person might predict whether or not the treatment will be effective, says Turecki (Nature Medicine, doi.org/s5v).

«The important point here is that smooth projections of sea level rise do not capture this variability, so adverse effects of sea level rise may occur before they are predicted to happen,» Dutton said.

«Experts agree that this level can not be sustained for many decades without potentially catastrophic consequences,» reports the Geos Institute, an Oregon - based non-profit and consulting firm that uses science to help people predict, reduce and prepare for climate change.

As seas rise, it won't be pretty, said Sam Purkis and Gregor Eberli, marine geologists at the University of Miami who offered to explain the area's geologic history and how it could help predict the effects of sea - level rise in the coming decades.

Although the economic costs for control efforts have not reached the widely - reported $ 4 billion level predicted by government officials in the early 1990s, control costs of $ 120 million have been documented.

Carbon burial is an important metric when it comes to predicting future atmospheric carbon dioxide levels because, once carbon is in the sediments, it has the potential to remain there and not contribute to the greenhouse effect.

This way we can not only specify what image quality and dose are appropriate, but we can also predict the scanner settings needed to achieve those levels.»

This is distinctly alarmist... It is common ground that if indeed Greenland melted, it would release this amount of water, but only after, and over, millennia, so that the Armageddon scenario he predicts, insofar as it suggests that sea level rises of 7 metres might occur in the immediate future, is not in line with the scientific consensus.

He also predicted that the United Nations» history of pushing countries to cut more carbon doesn't bode well for diplomats» ability to raise the level of ambition before 2020.

But despite a common belief that testosterone is the molecular pathway to the podium, you can not rank people's abilities by testosterone level nor use it to predict the results of competition.

In contrast to previous studies of Proteaceae in Australia and South Africa, the best - fit model for predicting the number of cluster roots in this study did not contain any soil P factor; foliar P levels correlated with cluster root formation.

And it finds that, while this winter's unusually strong Arctic Oscillation - which funnels cold northern air to the East Coast and pulls warm mid-latitude air up to the Arctic - is predicted as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise, seasonal temperature anomalies associated with it aren't enough to blunt long - term warming trends.

«They are getting small by coopting bacterial genes in the host, a level of complexity that we would not have predicted.»

«We found that not only do these biomarkers predict the development of AKI but, at high levels, they also tell us about long - term prognosis,» said senior investigator John Kellum, M.D., a critical care physician at UPMC and director of the Center for Critical Care Nephrology at the University of Pittsburgh.

Applying its new methods to the 2015 gas turbine, the team predicted a low instability level in the latest design that was acceptable for operation and would not affect performance.

He says previous predictive models of Greenland's ice loss did not adequately take into account the faster movement of its southern glaciers, which is accelerating the amount of ice entering the ocean: «Greenland is probably going to contribute more to sea level rise, and faster than predicted by these models.»

In basic analyses reported in the paper, there were several other factors in the study that also predicted a greater likelihood of adopting PrEP: older age, higher perception of HIV risk, sex (either protected or not) with partners outside the main relationship, and having less than a bachelor's degree level of education.

The model predicts that conservationists wouldn't have any incentive to buy shares of minke whales until hunters deplete the population to a level of concern, which could take 10 years.