Both groups of students performed similarly in reading.39 Notably, this study only analyzes one year
of impact data; however, the results are in sync with the recent longer - term findings discussed above in Louisiana, Indiana, and Ohio.
Beginning in the fall of 2012, the Virginia Tech and Wake Forest researchers began collecting more data on impacts among the youth football population by putting hit sensors in the helmets of over 300 youth football players from ages 6 to 18 in a program they are dubbing KIDS (Kinematics
of Impact Data Set).
Not exact matches
By focusing on outcomes for Canadians and making evidence - based decisions that are anchored in meaningful
data and indicators, the Government is moving to a culture
of measurement and
impact, and is putting in place the tools to deliver on priorities, align resources to programs and activities that deliver real value for Canadians, and provide meaningful information to Canadians and Parliament.
Making decisions on the basis
of data is important, but almost every decision has an
impact on people as well.
«We had been offering our Depression Care service for a number
of years, and we wanted to dig into our
data and measure our
impact... look and see who our end users were,» says Barb Vader, Vice President, Clinical Services at Morneau Shepell, and the study's research lead.
The resulting
data will help shape the details
of the program, and «allow us to focus resources on where the greatest
impact will be,» says Bob Annibale, Global Director
of Community Development at Citigroup.
Executives at the company said they do not expect to be adversely
impacted by the onset
of the
data privacy regime known as GDPR in Europe either.
The
Impact Team is demanding that Avid Life shut down AshleyMadison.com and its corporate cousin Established Men (aimed at aspiring sugar - daddies), or else it will release the trove
of data.
It uses machine learning and cross-references 30 other
data sets — from maps to triangulate users» locations, to patent
data, to stocks» movement — to identify tweets and trends with
impact, based on unusual patterns and «clusters»
of similar tweets.
If it's a choice that doesn't have much
impact, like where to have lunch, then 50 percent
of the
data is plenty.
In other words, a
data breach could seriously
impact the trust
of your customers, leading to lower sales and, in the worst - case scenario, a fatal fall from the marketplace.
Advances in analysis
of visual
data, in addition to increasing speed
of analysis, will have
impacts across various fields.
Can you imagine the
impact when a small - business owner is able to sort through volumes
of internal and external
data about his or her business and then lets any employee, in any role, to make insightful decisions and engage customers more effectively?
The rise
of the cloud is having a dramatic
impact, making big -
data analytics technologies within reach for small businesses and startups.
«Amazing design that's built on deep
data is making a huge
impact — whether it's from who wish to create content for the next generation
of storytelling as well as enterprises who wish to deliver a great experience,» he said.
Sallie Mullins Thompson, CPA, offered some additional questions, such as asking whether a complete
data - gathering process was conducted; whether a holistic, goal - oriented plan has been implemented to meet client objectives; if there's a monitoring mechanism in place; whether the tax
impact of the plan has been evaluated and explained; and whether there is regular follow - up to meetings and reports.
In October, Verizon's top lawyer Craig Silliman said the company has a «reasonable basis» to believe that Yahoo's earlier
data breach
of at least 500 million email accounts represents a material
impact that could allow Verizon to withdraw from the merger.
A rash
of high - profile digital breaches and large - scale
data dumps has affected hundreds
of millions
of users
of prominent websites, with millions more
impacted by breaches
of brick - and - mortar businesses.
«The
data forces a compelling conclusion that Donald Trump's travel ban immediately caused a significant drop in bookings to the USA and an immediate
impact on future travel,» said Olivier Jager, CEO
of ForwardKeys, in a press release.
THREE TOP TRENDS FROM HEALTHCONF 2017: At this year's HealthConf, held in Lisbon, Portugal, BI Intelligence identified three emerging trends that will likely
impact much
of the innovation in the healthcare space over the next year: AI's potential to enhance medical diagnostics, how fitness tracking
data can be used to create actionable insights for diagnostics and prevention, and the emergence
of «Ambient Intelligence.»
«Major (cloud) infrastructure service providers are now also critical points for systemic failure, and any
data breach or significant downtime can have a cascading effect
impacting thousands
of businesses, with a great potential for economic
impacts,» Goddjin observes.
The
data center hiccup primarily
impacted Google (goog) customers
of its cloud - based app development tool Google App Engine.
The company also just announced the expansion
of Uber Movement, a program intended to benefit urban planners and fueled by aggregated (and anonymized) Uber ride
data, covering how different times and travel times can be
impacted by major events and road closures.
Science itself can drive our conversations about the importance
of diversity, as it provides us with the
data to understand how systemic bias and discrimination
impact our communities and how best to change it.»
Economic
data has been mixed, and Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said Tuesday that it's too early to assess the
impact of recent market volatility.
In order to test the
impact of strikes and lockouts, sports economists use intervention analysis, meaning they test for disruptions that affect a series
of data — in this case, labour stoppages upon attendance figures.
Cléroux leads a team
of experts who analyze economic
data to identify business and sector trends
impacting Canadian entrepreneurs.
The first two points are limited in the
impact they demonstrate: The Temple study showed no decrease in DUI deaths on weekends, when the cost
of UberX rides tends to rise with demand - based pricing, while the
data from Seattle is only from that one city.
Other newly featured high -
impact trends include «big
data,» the Internet
of Things and natural language question answering.
The mayor says it's unclear yet if the tax has increased rental accommodation, and better
data collection methods are being developed for the city to monitor the
impact of initiates like the tax more closely.
Examples include cleaning up floating plastic debris, slowing down the pace
of ocean acidification, and gathering far more
data about the habitat
impact of illegal overfishing.
These employees also collect
data on the regional
impact of government policies like taxation, international trade, labour markets, transportation or agriculture.
«If you look at more current information, you will see that these
data points are not demonstrative
of our current network, community
impact, and both the direct and indirect job creation near fulfillment centers,» a company representative said previously, adding that «Amazon's investments led to the creation
of 200,000 additional non-Amazon jobs, ranging from construction jobs to healthcare industry positions.»
Smartphones and
data analysis are driving the fintech revolution, and its
impact will be felt by every industry and by millions
of consumers.
Since so many
of these services are new, it's unclear what
impact advertising will have, and I wouldn't want to use them without an all - you - can - eat
data plan.
Wall Street stock futures are lower this morning over renewed fears for the global economy after some weak Japanese economic
data and some routine gloom from the Bank
of England, which is worried, among other things, by the potential
impact of the U.K.'s vote on whether to leave the E.U..
More interesting than the headline - grabbing claim about extending life was the method
of combining search engine
data with wearable
data to investigate the bodily
impacts of augmented reality gaming, which mixes reality with computer graphics.
The
impact of annual conventions like Comic - Con and South by Southwest is probably more predictable because there's more
data and more time to prepare.
Our preliminary
data already show the importance
of certain beliefs for success in physics courses and a student's inclination to continue in or drop out
of physics, and it shows that most teaching practices have a detrimental
impact on all
of these critical beliefs.
They contend that its open policies prove the benefits
of experimenting with
data and using information to establish a «direct relationship between an individual's decisions and their
impact on the business» — something the grocery chain accomplishes by giving each employee high - level access to the company's financial
data, and therefore a greater stake in the business.
Time series analysis could help predict, based on what happens at the London Stock Exchange, how other exchanges will be
impacted using decades» worth
of stock
data.
Apple's plans
of building its first
data center in Ireland is facing obstacles from locals concerned about its
impact on the surrounding environment.
As analysts, investors, and executives in the telecom business debate the growing
impact of unlimited
data plans, one winner is becoming increasingly obvious: consumers.
Recent
data from payroll processor ADP has suggested the
impact of the ACA on hiring as been extremely small.
In the same interview, Sandberg acknowledged that Facebook should have notified as many as 87 million users
impacted by the improper access
of data by Cambridge Analytica and its partners, and that the company may discover other, similar breaches.
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).
January
data, not yet out, should show a clearer picture
of the true
impact of the cliff.
«I think new
data - privacy restrictions and how it
impacts them is a key concern for developers,» Laura Martin, a managing director
of the investment bank Needham & Company, said in an email.
When we launched our online gratitude journal Thnx4.org, we expected to collect solid
data on the
impact of gratitude.
«In Canada as in the U.S. and Europe, the most common question investment consultants are asked by clients about ESG is whether an ESG - based approach will negatively
impact investment performance,» said Andrew Sweeney, Institutional Portfolio Manager at RBC Global Asset Management Inc. «This and other
data from the survey reveal a high level
of interest and curiosity about responsible investing, including areas
of significant uncertainty.