Sentences with phrase «number of action potentials»

«The number of action potentials informs [the plant] about the size and nutrient content of the struggling prey,» Hedrich said.

«The plant can judge, by simply counting the number of action potentials spreading over the trap, whether useless dead material has landed inside it or if useful animal prey has been caught,» says Sönke Scherzer, an electrophysiologist at the University of Würzburg in Germany, and one of the study's co-authors.

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«Because Mylan's Board has determined that risk oversight is the responsibility of the full board, all incumbent directors should be considered accountable for material failures of risk oversight over a number of years, when warning signs were available to the company but no actions appear to have been taken to mitigate or head off the significant potential risks that have since materialized.

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).

More immediately, there are a number of steps that a proactive employer can take, including putting together a comprehensive safety and health program, conducting regular safety and health audits and / or risk assessments, ensuring that employees are properly trained relative to their roles and responsibilities, and taking prompt action to respond to and address incidents (whether an accident or a near miss) by correcting any potential hazards, as well as issuing discipline if it has been determined that an employee or manager violated company safety rules.

The New York state budget might end up in court under some potential scenarios, as state lawmakers are discussing possible legal action against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget, and his proposal to link a number of unrelated items, like ethics reform and education changes, to the spending plan.

As many as 7,000 potential candidates reached out to 314 Action, though the realities of running have winnowed that number down.

Functionally, docking sites limit the maximum number of vesicles that can be released at each action potential, this determines the strength of the synapse.

Among the nanomaterials under consideration for application in neuronal action potential imaging are quantum dots (QDs)-- crystalline semiconductor nanomaterials possessing a number of advantageous photophysical attributes.

Moreover, models of experimental carcinogenesis in animals have shown the potential to modify a number of metabolic actions and steps in the cell cycle in a way that early events in the cascade of cancer development may be counteracted while stages of progression may be slowed down.

From 2014 to 2016, OST worked with the OAs to identify opportunities to make a number of potential safety practice improvements, a process called the Safety Posture Review (SPR), and actions were taken on many recommendations.

While this makes it easier for you to identify potential targets, stalking specific players across the map is near impossible because of the constant action and number of pathways.

The IPCC study, which has been leaked to a number of news agencies, reportedly added that the potential economic losses following average global temperature rise of 2.5 degrees Celsius could reach 2 percent of global income, but delaying action will increase both risks and costs.

Subsidence can have a significant impact on the potential sale of the property and the building insurance required, so understanding the risk, and being aware of the number of practical actions possible to reduce it is invaluable knowledge.

Central to the decision was a finding that the potential of a number of class members wishing to opt out of an action should not be a bar to certification, lawyers say.

Sheriffs and police chiefs, whose ideas will be packaged and presented to Scott for potential action, bluntly talked of the need to increase funding to expand the number of school - resource officers, along with revamping how emergency drills are conducted.

Each action offers a unique number of entries and each entry has the potential to be the winning one.

Production Line Worker — ABC Manufacturing — St. Louis, MO — 6/2013 to Present • Stand for over eight hours and handle equipment weighing up to 80 pounds everyday • Inspect and analyze production line units to predict potential obstacles and recommend preventative action, resulting in a 10 percent increase in daily productivity • Assist with the loading, unloading, and organization of production equipment and finished products • Follow safety protocols and meet environmental codes while maintaining a consistently high and accurate production rateProduction Line Worker — Econ Developments — St. Louis, MO — 9/2008 to 6/2013 • Worked individually and within the production line crew to fabricate and install various pieces on a daily basis • Performed assembly with a 95 percent accuracy rate, the highest in the company • Reported daily production numbers and machinery malfunctions to the factory supervisor • Completed quality control checks upon product completions and helped sort and load orders for shipping

The notice is required to include the following information: • A brief description of the breach, including the date of the breach and the date of its discovery, if known; • A description of the type of Unsecured Protected Health Information involved in the breach; • Steps you should take to protect yourself from potential harm resulting from the breach; • A brief description of actions we are taking to investigate the breach, mitigate losses, and protect against further breaches; • Contact information, including a toll - free telephone number, e-mail address, Web site or postal address to permit you to ask questions or obtain additional information.

The notice is required to include the following information: • a brief description of the breach, including the date of the breach and the date of its discovery, if known; • a description of the type of Unsecured Protected Health Information involved in the breach; • steps you should take to protect yourself from potential harm resulting from the breach; • a brief description of actions we are taking to investigate the breach, mitigate losses, and protect against further breaches; • contact information, including a toll - free telephone number, e-mail address, Web site or postal address to permit you to ask questions or obtain additional information.

Nonetheless, less research has examined the role that ACEs may play when it comes to parenting outcomes for individuals who have experienced a significant number of ACEs, particularly with regard to the potential mechanisms of action that may best explain this relationship.

Nonethe-less, it is even more important to begin to understand potential mechanisms of action that may be promoting mothers» nega - tive parenting behaviors when these mothers have experienced a significant number of ACEs themselves.

Accordingly, a number of potential follow - up actions are suggested in this section.

A number of studies have examined whether parenting and family interventions increase parental knowledge, and there is evidence that this is the case.25, 26,27,28 However, in general these studies have been uncontrolled, with small sample sizes, examining very high risk samples, and with no examination of the mechanism of action between increased knowledge and potential child outcomes.

A number of studies of marital conflict have examined both parent - and child — reports of marital conflict and child outcomes, but additional research is needed to provide evidence for potential mechanisms of action explaining the association between marital conflict and child internalizing and externalizing outcomes.

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