Sentences with phrase «of uncertain risk»

The talk addresses paradigms of uncertain risk, and how to act under conditions of uncertainty.

By choosing organic, one hopes to shift exposures from a range of uncertain risk to more of a range of negligible risk, but even if all we had to eat were the most pesticide - laden of conventional produce, there is a clear consensus in the scientific community that the health benefits from consuming fruits and vegetables outweigh any potential risks from pesticide residues.

You may prefer to choose a US travel insurance plan depending on your pocket size; however, try to make sure you have coverage against all kinds of uncertain risks.

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«These (risks) include the possibility of a sharp tightening of global financial conditions, growing trade tensions, and geopolitical strains — while the outlook for oil prices remains subdued and highly uncertain,» the report said.

Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

While credit risk might seem like a bad idea with the U.S. economy still weak and the rest of the world looking equally uncertain, high - yield bonds do offer bigger returns than government and investment - grade bonds.

All forward - looking information is inherently uncertain and subject to a variety of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including changes in personnel, competitive risks and the availability of financing.

Despite an uncertain economy, more of our students are willing to take the risk of starting up new enterprises,» adds Sanghvi.

Although shareholders have yet to approve the deal, the banks would «re-pay shares at a pre-defined value in next few months, avoiding the risk of uncertain evolution of huge claims by shareholders and clients,» Maria Paola Toschi, global market strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management, told CNBC on Tuesday via email.

«We live in an uncertain world and face not only the risks of the known unknowns but also the unknown unknowns — the ones that we don't know we don't know,» he said.

«These are uncertain times again and there is a risk of another global downturn,» said Stephen Webster, chief European economist at 4CAST.

Analysts said the move represented a good use of the bank's excess cash, but warned it carried some risks given Britain's uncertain economic outlook following the country's vote to leave the European Union in June.

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).

The gamble for a CEO is a risk that must be taken when aspiring to move the business forward, and you must accept the uncertain future of your bet in that it could also result in costing your job.

What makes climate change different, they say, is that there are five new variables: uncertain and fragmented environmental legislation and regulations; the reactions of capital and insurance markets to emerging business opportunities (and matching risks) posed by climate change; stakeholder activism; pending litigation and the rapidly evolving scientific debate over proper responses to climate change.

Moreover, our international expansion efforts have resulted and will continue to result in increased costs and are subject to a variety of risks, including increased competition, uncertain enforcement of our intellectual property rights, more complex distribution logistics, and the complexity of compliance with foreign laws and regulations.

The limitations of macroprudential policies reflect the potential for risks to emerge outside sectors subject to regulation, the potential for supervision and regulation to miss emerging risks, the uncertain efficacy of new macroprudential tools such as a countercyclical capital buffer, and the potential for such policy steps to be delayed or to lack public support.14 Given such limitations, adjustments in monetary policy may, at times, be needed to curb risks to financial stability.15

Although the path for negotiations on the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union (EU) remains uncertain, the French presidential election result has removed another potential political risk that may have been holding back activity in some parts of Europe.

Extra risk for negligible / uncertain extra reward that doesn't fit into an investing strategy isn't really part of the passive investing playbook.

Before any User decides to purchase, hold and use digital tokens, the User should make certain that he fully understood all risks, including but not limited to risk of losing access to tokens due to loss of private key (s), risks associated with the ethereum platform protocol, risk of hacking and security weaknesses, risk of uninsured losses, risks associated with uncertain regulations and enforcement actions.

Meanwhile, US stocks have been regularly charting new highs and appear to be fundamentally underpricing the risks associated with one of the most uncertain and divisive political climates of our lifetime.

Going into 2013, the short - term outlook is uncertain, however, with mounting sociopolitical and security risks in certain countries in the Middle East overshadowing the economic and capital market resilience of the region's oil - rich economies, he notes, most notably Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

We saw considerably reduced trading in TSX and TSXV - listed securities; many investors were left uncertain about the status of their orders; and there was a real risk of mispriced trades.

With these reservations we might well be of the opinion that the Church in Germany, and not only there, is, on the whole, still tempted to defend old conservative positions rather than to surrender them in order to prepare even now for an inevitable future, despite some conciliar courage to start anew and risk an uncertain future.

That and Spong's moving testimony — «The only reward Christ offers, I believe, is the Christian life of openness, vulnerability, expansion, risk, wholeness, love» — scarcely bespeak an uncertain, «dishonest» faith.

Results: In the two groups uncertain about receiving intercessory prayer, complications occurred in 52 % (315/604) of patients who received intercessory prayer versus 51 % (304/597) of those who did not (relative risk 1.02, 95 % confidence interval 0.92 - 1.15).

Complications occurred in 59 % (352/601) of patients certain of receiving intercessory prayer compared with the 52 % (315/604) of those uncertain of receiving intercessory prayer (relative risk 1.14, 95 % confidence interval 1.02 - 1.28).

The problem is that this process is unprecedented, will take considerable time to complete and it outcome is necessarily uncertain — points of risk were spelled out pretty clearly in the latest bidder statement Murray Goulburn offered the market on Monday.

In turn, their hopes of finishing in the top four and securing qualification for the Champions League are at real risk and coupled with Wenger's future still being uncertain, it has led to criticism from supporters and protests against him staying on beyond this season.

With the futures of De Gea, Valdes and now Lindegaard uncertain, United are running the risk of being left with only summer arrival Romero to lead in between the posts at the Theatre of Dreams.

Meanwhile, Calciomercato claim that two strikers struggling this season could be at risk of being offloaded this summer, with Andre Silva and Nikola Kalinic facing uncertain futures.

Will Bilic, given his uncertain position, take the risk of blooding any young players?

Not only was that assertion completely at odds with the uncertain state of the existing science, but it was contradicted by the study itself, in which Dr. McKee and her colleagues acknowledged that several other factors, besides prior participation in football, may influence CTE risk and disease severity, including factors other than cumulative hits to the head, and admitted that it was even «unclear» what roles concussions and repetitive subconcussive hits play in CTE risk, disease severity, and progression.

... [D] isclosure by the [provider] to the patient of adequate clear information about the patient's diagnosis; the alternatives available to treat the patient's problem, including surgical and nonsurgical management; the benefits and risks of each alternative, including nonintervention... and a frank explanation of those factors about which the medical profession, and the individual [provider] in particular, are uncertain and can not provide guarantees...

You can share this article to all moms out there who are facing the same uncertain thoughts in connection to risks of baby sleeping face down!

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) issued new recommendations to help reduce the use of many common labor and birth interventions that offer limited or uncertain benefit to low - risk women.

Sleeping position - While it's still uncertain, some researchers believe that sleeping in a supine position (on your back) may be associated with an increased risk of stillbirth.

Many politicians and climate reports now talk about risk, which works for some audiences — particularly in the business sector — who deal every day with assessing investment, insurance and other types of uncertain outcomes.

To go back in history, the French Revolution of 1789 represented an uncertain event to the other European powers; its outward expansion constituted a risk for them.

«We are engaging an interdisciplinary team to figure out how to improve resilience and preparedness in these situations where the risks are ongoing and the exact nature of the hazards that people are facing is uncertain.»

Since 1994, dozens more genes have been found that increase a woman's risk of hereditary breast cancer, but by how much is uncertain, confounding already complicated issues in genetic testing and counseling.

The results for breast cancer are in line with previous research, but the true effect of alcohol on risk of ischaemic heart disease remains uncertain, say the editorial authors.

The study estimates that new nuclear plants carry a heavy risk premium because of uncertain construction costs.

The earlier Cochrane analysis found Tamiflu cut the risk of complications by 67 per cent, but the new one cuts this to 45 per cent, although the finding is statistically uncertain because of the much smaller sample size.

That meant the balance of risk and harm from HRT was still uncertain, they said, and it was ethical to keep enrolling women provided they were fully informed about the risks.

But researchers are uncertain if smoking induces those abnormalities or if they already exist and contribute to risk of nicotine addiction.

«Limiting the use of electronic fetal monitoring to the very highest risk labours may be justifiable, but even then the balance of benefits and harms is uncertain,» he adds.

Until now, the risks of this exposure known as «third hand tobacco smoke» have been highly uncertain and not considered in public policy.

«The risk of losing funds stored at exchanges is real but uncertain,» write Moore and Christin in «Beware the Middleman: Empirical Analysis of Bitcoin - Exchange Risk,» which was invited for presentation at the 17th International Financial Cryptography and Data Security Conference held in Okinawa, Japan, April 1 risk of losing funds stored at exchanges is real but uncertain,» write Moore and Christin in «Beware the Middleman: Empirical Analysis of Bitcoin - Exchange Risk,» which was invited for presentation at the 17th International Financial Cryptography and Data Security Conference held in Okinawa, Japan, April 1 Risk,» which was invited for presentation at the 17th International Financial Cryptography and Data Security Conference held in Okinawa, Japan, April 1 - 5.

COFFEE BREAK Drinking coffee has a number of health benefits that may outweigh its uncertain cancer risks, studies have shown.