Sentences with phrase «quality conditions of»

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which eats away at patients» ability to breathe, is a devastating condition that saps quality of life from even people with milder forms of the disorder.

The Index's authors define social progress as «the capacity of a society to meet the basic human needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential.»

Whether they're for your physical condition, emotional outlook, or level of productivity, the things you repeatedly do every day define your quality of life.

Stress and scenario testing: Is the capital structure, quality of earnings and revenue tested under various adverse conditions (including regulatory, competitor and contagion), such as what if or when?

While most winemakers focus on the quality of the grapes and the effect that soil and weather conditions have had on each year's harvest, Lee and his partners — Mardonn Chua (who like Lee has a biotech background) and Josh Decolongon (a sommelier)-- view the creation of wine as a chemistry experiment, bonding a combination of amino acids, sugars, ethanol and other elements together.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

There are different ways to perform facial recognition, but generally the accuracy of it depends on factors such as the quality of the image of your face at authentication time, light conditions, time between the enrollment image and verification, and visibility of occluding objects like a scarf or sunglasses.

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

The country also needs to invest in science that helps predict future temperature and rainfall conditions, so farmers can adopt new cropping practices to ensure yield and quality of coffee beans and other products.

«The lack of high - quality evidence supporting Acthar gel's benefit in a variety of conditions, along with the unconscionable price increase by the manufacturer, should give pause to all practitioners.

In addition to people who are paralyzed, the website for the Eyecan says that the creators of the device hoped to improve the quality of life of people with conditions like Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) and Locked - In Syndrom (LIS).

«On the IPO side, favorable public market conditions and stronger valuations are contributing to better quality IPOs for venture - backed companies as evidenced by the jump in dollars raised on the public markets,» NVCA Head of Research John Taylor said in a statement.

The quality which makes them the scapegoats of Western history is the quality which makes them strangers in Western history — their devotion to their own cultural tradition under conditions of almost impossible hardship and the psychological traits which that devotion has established.

«These adverse effects would weaken the credit quality of bank's loan portfolios and could lead to tighter lending conditions for households and businesses.

It's a natural, almost Darwinian necessity that companies with poor quality, unsafe working conditions, demoralized workers and water - headed managers must go the way of the mighty T - Rex — the dinosaur, not the 1970s glam rock band (they're eternal).

A pocket of influence constitutes both a period of time and a condition where your intentional actions are more likely to affect the quality of the outcomes you get.

10 — Apple gets conditions at least as beneficial — or even more beneficial — as other competitors for the price without contract, quality of service, commissions to salespeople, loaner cost, and limitations on customer service.

We require that all of our manufacturers adhere to a code of conduct regarding quality of manufacturing, working conditions and other social concerns.

The venture debt investor must therefore properly ascertain market conditions, the company's business model, the quality of investors behind the startup, and the likelihood that more funding will take place.

The S9, according to the company, will feature the new ISOCELL sensors — one of which, delivers superior picture quality in low - light conditions by merging for closely related pixels to function as one huge pixel.

The S9, according to the company, will feature the new ISOCELL sensors — one of which, delivers superior picture quality in low - light conditions by merging for closely related pixels to function as...

In particular, banks will have to hold sufficient high - quality liquid assets to be able to withstand 30 days of outflows under stressed market conditions.

«You might want to take pictures of [noncash] items donated so you can substantiate the quality and condition of them,» said Nisall.

Though the Near - Term Tax Free Fund seeks minimal fluctuations in share price, it is subject to the risk that the credit quality of a portfolio holding could decline, as well as risk related to changes in the economic conditions of a state, region or issuer.

«For each year participants defer claiming Social Security, they receive a 6 - 8 % increase in lifetime benefits, under current conditions, which can make a big difference in their quality of life in retirement.»

But the quality of such a signal would be lower than if we got a favorable shift off of an oversold condition.

We have made progress in building the Fund's corporate debt allocation, but this process will take time because of our price and quality requirements, combined with these unusual market conditions.

Observation over many years has taught us that the chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low - quality securities at times of favorable business conditions.»

Overall, the potential return / risk tradeoff isn't terribly compelling here, but again, our investment stance will change if market conditions do, particularly if we observe some improvement in the internal quality of market action.

Established in 1992, Aire Serv ® is a global franchise organization providing installation, maintenance and repair of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and indoor air quality systems.

From 1990 to present, momentum typically outperformed quality during normal market conditions, defined as periods of falling, stable or gently rising volatility.

Changes in the financial condition of an issuer or counterparty, changes in specific economic or political conditions that affect a particular type of issuer, and changes in general economic or political conditions can increase the risk of default by an issuer or counterparty, which can affect a security's or instrument's credit quality or value.

Our mission is to represent all workers in the building, construction, fabrication and maintenance industry and support their efforts to improve their working conditions and quality of life.

Given the favorable quality of market action, it may or may not be time to panic yet, but we do know that even while market action is generally favorable, we have overvalued, overbought, and overbullish conditions that have generally been associated both with poor short - term returns (as a result of the overbought, overbullish features), and disappointing long - term returns (as a result of overvaluation).

They compare the property to nearby recent sales of similar houses — square footage, condition, site (nicer views are worth more), quality of construction, and both desirable and undesirable features that affect the property marketability if the lender has to foreclose and sell.

Considering the quality level of their assistance and the top notch trading conditions their offer, it is not surprising that this broker reaches incredible results in terms of popularity.

The emotive quality of Wasserstein's charges is indicative of his problems, not Arendt's, with the Jewish condition under Nazi rule.

Among this group, top reasons for leaving were working conditions (for example staffing levels and workload), cited by 44 per cent, a change in personal circumstances (such as ill health), cited by 28 per cent and disillusionment with the quality of care provided to patients, cited by 27 per cent.

These it takes as the conditions for nurturing «qualities of mind and character» (ICC 25) that have enabled and should again serve to enable «generations of men and women to grasp a vision of the good life, a life of responsible citizenship and human decency» (ICC 6).

Necessarily unintelligible insofar as the very conditions for the production of novelty (viz. disjunctive syntheses of incompossibles) entail that intensive (potential) differences will always already be cancelled within the novel extensities and qualities in which they are actualized --(through the conjunctive syntheses of compossibles; in Whitehead's terms: through a demand for «balanced complexity» — the integration of incompatibilities into realizable contrasts, cf. PR 278).

Actually was enjoying the show until the heartless act of giving up a 15 year old well behaved devoted dog and left to people that had so many dogs and vet bills (or should have high vet bills by the amount of dogs and their conditions) that the dog will hardly have a quality final years left.

Every quality of a person is what it is by virtue of a genetic potential operating within appropriate environmental conditions.

The body is how we relate to the world, and the quality of our relating is partly dependent on the condition of our bodiliness.

I am certainly aware of the fact sin has been a part of the human condition since time began.The effects are catastrophic causing physical, emotional, and mental deterioration.Striving to make healthy choices that will enhance our overall quality of life is our responsibility.

Israel's rebellion against God is shared by all peoples, to be sure, but her rebellion is uniquely and totally conditioned by the quality of her relationship to God and is therefore, in prophetic judgment, the more heinous.

These qualities and conditions, which constitute the materials and contexts with which and in which the exemplifications of relational power must fulfill their ambiguous destinies, run the gamut from triumphant breakthroughs to crippling regressions, from life - restoring laughter to life - denying despair, from the beauty of the gracious heart to the debasing cruelty of the small mind and smaller soul.

The communities will specify the conditions under which all producers operate, conditions that favor the quality of life in terms of health, environment, and working conditions.

I maintained that, contrary to the commonly expressed or tacitly accepted view, the era of active evolution did not end with the appearance of the human zoological type: for by virtue of his acquirement of the gift of individual reflection Man displays the extraordinary quality of being able to totalize himself collectively upon himself, thus extending on a planetary scale the fundamental vital process which causes matter, under Certain conditions, to organize itself in elements which are ever more complex physically, and psychologically ever more centrated.

And even more fundamentally, if we are bearers of inviolable dignity and a basic right to life in virtue of our humanity, and not in virtue of accidental qualities such as age, or size, or stage of development or condition of dependency --- if, in other words, we believe in the fundamental equality of human beings --- how can a right to abortion (where «abortion» means performing an act whose purpose is to cause fetal death) be defended at all?

Finally, once we realize that most FWTs do not claim that «God in fact deliberately creates conditions producing suffering in order to stimulate moral and spiritual qualities,» we see that there is no basis for maintaining that the affirmation of a free - will theodicy «could promote callousness» in the sense that it could cause FWTs «to belittle the importance of liberating persons from conditions producing suffering» (ER 19).