Sentences with phrase «of other barriers»

Because of the extensive barriers in other areas, I did not progress far enough to speak definitively regarding the game's accessibility for colorblind gamers, but because of the other barriers to visual accessibility Metal Gear Solid The Phantom Pain probably poses even more barriers for the color blind.
If we can get rid of other barriers, it really will help students improve their test scores.»

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But the lack of privacy for Bitcoin and just about every other cryptocurrency is not only a problem for crooks, it's also a major barrier to adoption for regular people and businesses.
Tax rules and guidelines in other countries become even more complicated where, of course, businesses must contend with language barriers and cultural conflicts.
Whether your dry skin is caused by some kind of condition, like eczema, or if your protective barrier just doesn't work as well as others might, there are certain ingredients to look out for to soothe your chapped face.
«We are inclined to view it as posing greater trade risk for all types of energy, particularly if other nations establish new trade barriers against U.S. products,» Washington - based research firm ClearView Energy Partners LLC said in a report Monday.
«Brazil and other countries in Latin America are really good examples of what it looks like when you set up barriers to access for abortions,» said Mónica Arango, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Center for Reproductive Rights.
It is time to tackle these issues — and a host of other cultural barriers to progress — head on, and I have faith in the mission of the Biden Cancer Initiative to do that.
We have to overcome the geographical barriers that separate cities in the middle of the country, versus the density of startups in Silicon Valley, and to do that we must be intentional about connecting with others.
The approval was based on two clinical trials of the device and lowers the barrier of entry for other similar devices, by establishing criteria that classify these systems as moderate risk medical devices, the FDA announced.
Without net neutrality, the large cable companies and other ISPs would be free to provide multiple levels of service, and there is a concern that new ventures and up and coming entrepreneurs would be faced with a barrier to entry that they simply couldn't afford to clear.
What's more, the ubiquity of tech startups — and the decreased financial barrier to entry — has prompted Philadelphia and Detroit, among other cities, to begin offering venture capital in an effort to boost economic development, create jobs and attract young people, says Archna Sahay, Philadelphia's manager of entrepreneurial investment.
Plans now call for a more modest, 722 - mile barrier that is a mix of wall and fencing, mostly updating what's been in place for decades, while relying on drones and other methods to secure the rest.
But even beyond the basics of food, shelter and feelings of security, there are so many other inherent privileges or barriers that define the course of a life because of myriad factors like race, background, or where we live.
Montier reveals the most common psychological barriers, clearly showing how emotion, overconfidence, and a multitude of other behavioral traits, can affect investment decision - making.»
«Finally,» Johnson adds, «explanation of a company's differentiation usually focuses on the competition that will be encountered, the barriers to entry for potential competitors, and the sustainable long - term advantage of the business over other competitors.
Earlier this summer, the premiers of Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan encouraged the other provinces to follow their lead in breaking down provincial barriers to trade in goods and labour, barriers that impose real costs on the economy.
But these sorts of corporate barriers to women's success are also prevalent in other STEM fields like medicine, according to research by athenahealth arm athenaInsights.
The stock has edged upwards ever since.Lütke's success seems to have broken the psychological barrier keeping tech founders out of the public markets: Several others have since accelerated or hinted at IPO plans.
Zero - rating that content while charging others for the same privilege allows those ISPs to profit regardless of what their competitors do and introduces another potential barrier to the playing field.
Another bonus of moving your emergency savings to a separate account: You draw a mental and logistical barrier between this money and your other savings, so you don't accidentally blow it on a trip to the Bahamas.
The unique feature of a social network is that every node in the network can talk to every other node, and so there are none of these silos or barriers to communication.»
Pai, chosen by Trump in January to head the agency, also has said he wants to dismantle other significant regulations as part of a sweeping review he said would remove barriers to business and modernize rules.
If one party feels threatened by the authority, aggression or some other advantage of the other, it's a major barrier to authentic communication.
Chao told a Detroit auto show forum that the revised voluntary guidelines would address not only self - driving automobiles but «barriers to the safe integration of autonomous technology for motor carriers, transit, trucks, infrastructure and other modes.»
So long as there are other athletic shoes available (and the lack of entry barriers ensures that there will be), Nike and Adidas will have to compete on quality, price, and social responsibility, irrespective of a merger.
For most obstacles, hundreds, thousands or even millions of others faced more daunting barriers and overcame them.
Cost and technical barriers to creating and delivering rich media have become virtually non-existent — fueling the growth of compelling, interactive sales content, videos and other types of media, and the ability to track how they're being used.
There are other barriers — the league's constitution states that no NHL team can be located within 50 miles (80 km) of each other, but that rule's been broken — the New York Islanders and Rangers play less than 25 miles apart and only 30 miles separate the Anaheim Mighty Ducks from the Los Angeles Kings.
Delbanco worked with eight employers and other health care purchasers, including AT&T, Equity Healthcare, and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 775 Benefits Group, to better understand how barriers to mental health care play out in the lives of employees.
But if you can put that aside, it reduces a lot of the friction and doesn't introduce other barriers to getting things done.»
Other important factors include how much the industry is regulated, whether it is dominated by a handful of extremely large companies, and the steepness of the financial barrier to entry.
We are creating tools to make it easier for busy professionals to remember their commitments, family members from other countries to talk to each other in spite of language barriers, and multitasking smartphone users to send texts more quickly.
[As trade barriers have come down over the past half - century,] small countries can now gain the advantages of large markets through trading with other nations.
But American SMEs are dissuaded from entering China by the complexities of cross-border payment and deliveries, language barriers, customs complications, and other obstacles.
Recent immigrants make far less than their Canadian - born counterparts due to a lack of recognition of foreign credentials and other socioeconomic barriers.
Finally, the Speech from the Throne stated that the Government would «work with provinces and territories» in a number of areas, including credential recognition, labour market mobility, removal of trade barriers, among others.
Following the Second World War global leaders, determined to avoid future trade wars, came together in 1947 to negotiate the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), with the purpose of achieving a «substantial reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers and the elimination of preferences, on a reciprocal and mutually advantageous basis.»
If a physical, technological or other type of barrier prevents the use of an assistive device on the premises, we will seek to remove that barrier.
In numerous other business sectors Chinese regulators have an established pattern of maintaining barriers to entry that keep foreign companies tightly reined until a time when local Chinese firms have grown to positions of strength.
In textbook examples, commodities are usually sold for their marginal cost of production, though in the real world the price may be higher due to tariffs and other trade barriers.
If negotiators believe China would not follow up on its commitments, Canada could use a form of regulatory reciprocity to phase out tariffs or other barriers to trade based on whether each party has successfully implemented its previous commitments.
Based on the above, UKTI commissioned the ECR program in combination with the PIB service to, among other things, allow companies to employ foreign - language - speaking students at U.K. universities and other British institutions of higher learning to address issues related to language and cultural barriers that companies may face in entering particular foreign markets.
Having already shattered the $ 9,000 barrier, the cryptocurrency is at the moment headed in direction of hurdling one other necessary psychological fence — the $ 10,000 worth level.
Other approaches that can create a barrier to entry like economies of scale, regulatory expertise, intellectual property and brand still matter, but they are relatively less important than they once were, especially in the case of software startups.
The RCEP, which includes ASEAN plus China, India, Japan and Korea and others, will lead to gains of $ 500 billion — the larger gains coming from reduction or elimination of higher existing barriers.
Other factors can create moats and sometime it is the combination of factors that produces the barrier to entry.
This style of «nontariff barrier» — a protectionist stratagem the U.S. has long condemned in other countries — is designed to reduce the relative cost of cars manufactured in the U.S., by American workers, the officials said.
If not, you will no longer be able to rest on the laurels of barriers to entry, high distribution costs, incumbent advantages like shelf space, bigger advertising budgets, switching costs, or just about any other advantage that you used to enjoy in years past.
Other economic policies include reducing the regulatory burden for small businesses and northern development; a new $ 75 million venture capital fund to help businesses commercialize new technology developments; a $ 900 million Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative and a $ 250 million Automotive Innovation Fund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategies.
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