Sentences with phrase «of magnitudes of risks»

On the whole, in terms of magnitudes of risks that we used in our analysis [in the Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change for the U.K. government], my best guess is that we underestimated them.

It is questionable whether investors are truly aware of the magnitude of the risks embedded in traditional investment - grade bonds.

Not exact matches

«There is robust evidence that social isolation and loneliness significantly increase risk for premature mortality, and the magnitude of the risk exceeds that of many leading health indicators,» Holt - Lunstad said in a statement about the research.

Even so, Leatherbarrow added, these men risked their lives to save untold millions of lives during a disaster of unheard of magnitude.

The magnitude and severity of those risks did not become apparent until much later.

If it's not an order of magnitude better or cheaper, customers usually conclude that the risk and cost of change are simply not worth the potential payback over what they have today.

It's unclear whether platforms would be willing to take on that level of risk and whether customers are interested in that magnitude of trade.

The firm wrote in a letter, «The sheer volume, magnitude, and frequency of Facebook's controversies strongly suggests that the company's whack - a-mole approach is insufficient - Facebook needs to institutionalize stronger risk oversight mechanisms.»

[A] mong the elements to be taken into account for purposes of determining what constitutes an «extraordinary» action, which would normally be outside the apparent authority of senior executives, are the economic magnitude of the action in relation to corporate assets and earnings, the extent of risk involved, the time span of the action's effect, and the cost of reversing the action.

In the March 2009 version of their paper entitled «Higher Risk, Lower Returns: What Hedge Fund Investors Really Earn», Ilia Dichev and Gwen Yu measure actual hedge fund investor returns by integrating the returns of the funds they hold with the timing and magnitude of their capital flows into and out of these funds.

This is because you will be able to precisely control your risk exposure since your potential losses will not climb with the magnitude of price movements.

Risk control — Binary Options possess a distinct payout and loss structure so that you will always know exactly the magnitude of your potential profits and losses even before your orders are activated.

So in terms of risk - adjusted returns, OZRK is an order of magnitude more profitable than a large bank like JPM or WFC.

My differences are based on judgements about empirical magnitudes and relative risks not questions of basic logic.

Looking back through history, whenever value stocks have gotten this cheap, subsequent long - term returns have generally been strong.3 From current depressed valuation levels, value stocks have in the past, on average, doubled over the next five years.4 Not that we necessarily expect returns of this magnitude this time around, but based on the data and our six decades of experience investing through various market cycles, we believe the current risk / reward proposition is heavily skewed in favor of long - term value investors.

Morningstar mutual funds rating provides an up - to - date quantitative evaluation of over one thousand three hundred open - end mutual funds» past performance, both in terms of risk and return, using a magnitude of one to five stars.

Admirers of the novel, however, say these criticisms fail to appreciate that Morrison's imaginative risks are necessitated by the magnitude of her topic.

I submit that even if carrageenan turns out to pose a risk in the limited number of organic foods it's used in, consumers face an order - of - magnitude MORE risk from fraud and gross negligence in the organic industry.

This study was based on an uncertainty factor of 100 times or more in magnitude so we are very confident our rice proteins are not a risk to safety.

about him «never coming back», the argument was if the Vikings, the team that we all follow and support, should take the risk of handing an almost complete roster over to a QB that suffered an injury of the magnitude Bridgewater, sadly, suffered.

Despite how valuable Alexis is to this Arsenal team, the board will simply not risk a financial loss of that magnitude to keep one player at the club.

The pass defense was a risk - reward experiment — second in passing success rate, fourth in Adj. Sack Rate, 82nd in passing IsoPPP (which measures the magnitude of the successful plays)-- but the run defense was more reactive than aggressive.

While researchers continue to look for the concussion «holy grail» in the form of specific impact thresholds above which concussions are highly likely and / or the number of impacts or the magnitude of impacts per week or per season that substantially increase the risk of long term brain injury, impact sensor technology is available right now to do what we can to reduce total brain trauma by using impact data to identify kids who need more coaching so they can learn how to tackle and block without using their helmets.

It is determined to be of the same magnitude as the risk of having a baby with a serious chromosomal abnormality.

It is up to parents to make sure that the helmet their child wears fits properly, maintains that fit over the course of a season, and has been properly reconditioned, and, if the football program does not buy impact sensors for the whole team, to consider buying one on their own, weighing the benefits of knowing the magnitude and frequency of the hits that their child is taking to the head against the risk that adding a two - ounce piece of plastic to the inside or outside of their helmet may void the manufacturer's warranty and NOCSAE certification or increase the risk that the protection the helmet's polycarbonate shell provides against skull fractures will be compromised;

«The sheer magnitude of numbers in de Jonge et al. — over half a million midwife - attended low - risk births, either at home or in the hospital — combined with a true comparison group (low - risk, women who chose hospital birth but could have chosen a home birth; both home and hospital groups, attended by the same group of midwives) makes this a valuable study (Freeze, 2010, p 8).»

When asked, none of them could tell me the magnitude of the risk.

The difference between that and even a conservative number like the 1.06 per 1000 for vertex intrapartum death would add another order of magnitude more risk.

Both studies reported some increased risk in morbidity among women with more than one prior cesarean delivery, although the absolute magnitude of the difference in these risks was small (eg, 2.1 % versus 3.2 % composite major morbidity in one study)(74).

The prone or side sleep position can increase the risk of rebreathing expired gases, resulting in hypercapnia and hypoxia.54, — , 57 The prone position also increases the risk of overheating by decreasing the rate of heat loss and increasing body temperature compared with infants sleeping supine.58, 59 Recent evidence suggests that prone sleeping alters the autonomic control of the infant cardiovascular system during sleep, particularly at 2 to 3 months of age, 60 and can result in decreased cerebral oxygenation.61 The prone position places infants at high risk of SIDS (odds ratio [OR]: 2.3 — 13.1).62, — , 66 However, recent studies have demonstrated that the SIDS risks associated with side and prone position are similar in magnitude (OR: 2.0 and 2.6, respectively) 63 and that the population - attributable risk reported for side sleep position is higher than that for prone position.65, 67 Furthermore, the risk of SIDS is exceptionally high for infants who are placed on their side and found on their stomach (OR: 8.7).63 The side sleep position is inherently unstable, and the probability of an infant rolling to the prone position from the side sleep position is significantly greater than rolling prone from the back.65, 68 Infants who are unaccustomed to the prone position and are placed prone for sleep are also at greater risk than those usually placed prone (adjusted OR: 8.7 — 45.4).63, 69,70 Therefore, it is critically important that every caregiver use the supine sleep position for every sleep period.

Breastfeeding is associated with about 10 % lower maternal risk of several major cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in later life, and the magnitude of the inverse association was stronger among those with a longer duration of breastfeeding, according to a large, prospective, observational study among Chinese women.

Women who plan out - of - hospital birth to avoid obstetrical interventions now have important information on the associated rates of perinatal complications, and those who choose hospital birth to minimize their risks of perinatal complications now have a better idea of the magnitude of the actual reduction in risk.

Yet these very same professionals offer formula samples with the other hand — when the magnitude of health risks associated with the use of formula is 500 times greater.

There is a great discrepancy between this document and the list that Wyeth released in June in major newspapers, showing an attempt to cover - up the magnitude of the risks to which children were exposed.

«This estimate reflects the view that although receipts growth is expected to continue in FY 2017, a large degree of uncertainty exists as to the magnitude of this growth in light of the risks noted below.

It leaves out the very substantial contribution that 2 - 2.5 % annual growth would make to cutting the deficit, and indeed imposes spending cuts of such a magnitude as would significantly ratchet down growth potential and risk a double - dip recession.

«The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is still relying on 40 - year - old data that suggests that the risk of seismic activity is somewhere between a 1.0 magnitude earthquake and a 3.0.»

«People who think, «I'm not at risk,» are really not understanding the magnitude of this virus,» says cancer epidemiologist Electra Paskett of Ohio State University in Columbus.

It focuses on these younger players and the head impacts they sustain throughout the football season and offers suggestions to reduce the risk of high - magnitude head impacts.

The alarm warned of an increased risk of an earthquake larger than magnitude 5.0 striking Oklahoma.

The magnitude of the association between NTM and SjS risk was greatest among those patients aged between 45 and 65 years.

«Our primary aim was to establish the magnitude of risk that each component operation, both liver and colon, contributed to synchronous resections in order to determine which combination of colon and liver operations were most safe to be performed at the same time,» says Dr. Nagorney.

In this study, published in Neuron last year, Greene and Shenhav observed that as the subjects made their decisions, they tapped a fascinating selection of brain areas: the insula, normally used to manage probability and risk, and the ventral striatum, which tracks magnitude.

These estimates are orders of magnitude higher than those for the so - called general population in Britain, but comparable with figures for certain other groups at high risk of infection, such as gay men attending clinics for sexually transmitted disease.

Thorough examination of variations among practice drills with respect to the number of head impacts, their magnitude, and the location on the head where they occur provides researchers with information on what drills are more likely to increase risks of injury.

Having only three days, we focused on the science, the magnitude of risks, and how we could do the science safely.

But studies such as this provide a way to better characterize earthquakes in advance in terms of location, magnitude and rupture progression, and therefore allow a better assessment of damage risk.»

A drop of that magnitude could translate to a 25 percent reduction in heart attack risk.

He also thinks that although the current risks are real, they are unlikely and would be of low magnitude if they did occur.

In a linked editorial, Rebecca Burch from Harvard Medical School and Melissa Rayhill from The State University of New York at Buffalo caution that «the magnitude of the risk should not be over-emphasized,» as «it is small at the level of the individual patient, but still important at a population level because migraine is so prevalent.»