Sentences with phrase «recent years the impact»

This has been of great value to me in giving me first hand experience of East African sleeping sickness and in more recent years the impact of schistosomiasis (bilharzia).

Not exact matches

And while various troubling social factors, including unequal access to health care and the impact of the opioid crisis, have stalled the growth of the average U.S. life expectancy in recent years, odds are that America's higher earners will live longer — maybe much longer — than they expect.

Investors are hoping Brown can do the same for Buffalo Wild Wings, which has struggled in recent years after being impacted by an industry - wide slump in casual dining.

«The large majority of individual major events — ranging from the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand 100 years ago through to 9/11 and recent events in Iraq and Ukraine — impact major stock markets by around 10 % or less, with the effect being fully reversed within a month or so,» he wrote in a note to clients.

The authors of the report examined several local drone ordinances established in recent years and discovered that 135 localities in 31 states have passed drone rules that impact over 30 million people living in those areas.

Other states that would feel the impact of an export slowdown include Southern states like South Carolina and Alabama that have seen a resurgence in manufacturing investment in recent years.

In its most recent quarter alone, it lost $ 748 million, its worst performance in years as comparable sales, which exclude the impact of stores closed in the preceding year.

Recent studies have shown that if Canadian oil were able to reach the U.S. Gulf Coast and Asia, the impact of higher revenues to Canadian producers over a 15 year period would amount to an additional $ 132 billion in Canadian GDP.

Several Thai politicians who attended the Boao Forum for Asia, a kind of China - centered version of the World Economic Forum in Davos, noted that, in recent years, some of the discussions at Boao had shifted from a kind of general talk of globalization and its impact in Asia to more specific conversations about some of the failings of Western economic models exposed by the global economic crisis, and whether China's type of development might be less prone to such risks.

While inflation has been low in recent years, it can have a powerful impact over the course of 20 or 30 years.

Chairman John Kain said earnings in the last six months of the financial year «will also be impacted by unbudgeted costs associated with the response to recent market events».

While there is a strong correlation between growth in gross domestic investment and growth in real GDP, the slope of that relationship is only about 0.2, meaning that even if the growth rate of real gross domestic investment was driven from the recent growth trend of zero all the way back to the previous post-war growth rate of 3.5 %, the overall impact on real GDP growth would only be about 0.7 % annually, placing the level of U.S. real GDP about 2.8 % higher 4 years from today than it would otherwise be.

You can see that our gross profit dollar growth comparisons become easier in the fourth quarter as we fully cycle out of the non-comparable impact of the Duane Reade acquisition, despite year - on - year negative impact from the our recent BioScrip specialty acquisition.

Recent IRS guidance may impact your ability to make more than one IRA to IRA rollover in a one - year period.

Henry H. McVey discusses the «New World Order» for asset allocation in the insurance industry, one where creative solutions are necessary to deal with the adverse impact on current income that QE has created in recent years.

This impact can be seen in the chart above, with forward earnings in Japan closely tracking the dollar / yen rate in recent years.

If you've filed for bankruptcy in recent years, this can have a negative impact on your loan eligibility.

The impact of central bank intervention has already weakened progressively in recent years, because it relies on the ability of fools to constantly raise the ante.

Wymer: The market's strong rally following the November 2016 general election has continued, as global earnings expectations improved during 2017 — a sharp contrast to the weakness in recent years — and have accelerated recently, spurred by reactions to the long - term impacts of the corporate tax cuts.

Several high - profile economists and pundits are both frustrated and perplexed that initiatives like cash - for - clunkers, the $ 800 + billion U.S. stimulus program, and Japan's 20 installments of government spending juice (over recent years) have failed to trigger anywhere close to the expected multiplier1 impact on economic activity.

In the four days of trading in the final week of the year 40.94 tonnes were withdrawn — suggesting around 50 tonnes for a full 5 - day week including Jan 1st — which is pretty much on par with other recent weekly withdrawal figures despite any minor disruption from the big Christian Christmas holiday period which has little, but possibly some very minor, impact on Chinese domestic trade.

Whether you're a fan or a naysayer, no one can ignore the impact it, and similar cryptocurrencies have had on the global conversation in recent years.

While the 10 - year overall star rating formula seems to give the most weight to the 10 - year period, the most recent three - year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods.

Ronald Reagan Since inflation has been tame in recent years, it's easy to forget about it's violent impact.

While financial deregulation a decade ago opened up the way for greater competition in the provision of finance, the full impact was not felt until recent years, particularly for households.

(This also helps explain why all the new payroll jobs that have been created in recent years, driven by low - wage occupations, have not had a commensurate impact on housing.)

14 % of respondents believe that insider trading practices in the alternative investment industry have become less prevalent since the FBI arrested Raj Rajaratnam and scared the bejeezus out of everyone, a noticeable drop from January 2016 when 25 % of respondents felt this way; 37 % of respondents think the news of arrests and convictions there has had little impact on insider trading because those who engage in such practices think they are smarter than everyone else and will never get caught, compared with 39 % of respondents in 2016; and 49 % of respondents believe the influx of money into funds in recent years and the explosion in the number of hedge fund firms has put enough pressure on fund managers that there will always be a few desperate enough to try anything, including insider trading, a significant increase from the 36 % of respondents who felt this way in the Roundtable's previous survey on this topic.

One year after stepping into that studio — nearly eight years after putting Jars of Clay in the can — we found ourselves sitting in another coffee shop in another town a little tired and profoundly impacted by this most recent battle victory: self - producing our fourth record.

This irresponsibility in the name of putatively superior moral intentions and sensibilities has gotten worse in recent years, having been goaded to hitherto unimaginable extremes by the distorting psychological impact of what the American left has considered an illegitimate presidency since December 12, 2000.

Recent years have seen some reassessment of this tendency in the Holiness churches, where its impact was less in the first place.

The fall of Iraq and the Arab Spring have had an impact in recent years, according to Albert Hickman of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity.

While increasing costs have had an impact on Encanto's profitability, its sales have increased in recent years.

Although Kaplan says the recent stretch of drought and bad weather will have a noticeable impact on the produce industry as a whole over the next year, Professional Produce stands prepared to increase its presence in the marketplace.

Citing recent intense competitive pressure within the marketplace and rising plastic packaging costs, Wiseman anticipates operating profits will be impacted by around # 7 million in the second half of the year to April -LSB-...]

«As a result of recent intense competitive pressures across all sectors of the market, operating profits will be impacted by around # 7m in the second half of the year to April 2, 2011 and, assuming no improvement in margins or volume gains, by approximately # 16m in the year to March 31, 2012.»

We saw this happen to some South Korean products in recent years and it had a major impact,» wrote Jim Boyce, Beijing - based wine consultant and founder of Grape Wall of China, «although, as noted, the amount of U.S. wine in China is relatively small.»

The company estimates unfavourable exchange rates impacted sales by $ 14.4 million over the 2010 - 11 financial year, but said in its recent results it was putting more effective hedging strategies in place to minimise impact.

Food waste has come under high scrutiny in recent years due to the negative environmental and economic impacts; but could a key solution lie in the overturning our negative perceptions of the frozen food?

Food waste has come under high scrutiny in recent years due to the negative environmental and economic impacts.

«Whilst in recent weeks we have seen some recovery in the market, unfortunately, the overall global dairy commodity markets remain weaker than last year, which continues to impact on our returns.

Devastating as these were, as Colin Hay argued in a recent piece for the drinks business, their impact on the overall quality of the wines that were produced was much less severe than in the bad frost years of 1956 and 1991.

«We estimate CCL's volumes at Woolworths fell about 6 per cent over the year, and based on the recent reductions in front of supermarket shelf space, we believe this customer will continue to impact CCL's volumes through most of 2012,» said Commonwealth Bank «sretail analyst team lead by Andrew McLennan.

«Because of the impact of drought in recent years, many Australians would be well aware that water is a key element of food production and processing, and so water is a key element of thinking about sustainability.

(2) somewhat linked to the previous comment in that we never seem to be prepared to hit the ground running with our best potential lineup come opening day... it's become so common, in recent years, that many fans actually hope we stumble a little in the first couple games just so it forces Wenger to bring in reinforcements... unfortunately this can be problematic, thus one of the most common phrases associated with Wenger, «panic buy»... this situation is also negatively impacted by the ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the summer months... right now I'm watching the Super Cup and not a single player is unavailable to either manager, including Ronaldo, yet somehow we have a list of players half a mile long that haven't seen game - time so far this preseason... I can only assume this is a reactionary policy created due to the multitude of injuries this club has faced over the years... just another sign of the fragility that permeates this club

What is for certain though is that Lukaku will be keen to put Saturday's game behind him as having failed to have a positive influence in another big game, he was unable to silence his critics who continue to point to his poor record against the top six sides in recent years where he has struggled to make a big impact.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

The 27 - year - old previously spent four years with United between 2004 and 2008, although never made an impact on the team and his recent sulking suggests he may have lost the drive to succeed.

The 20 - year - old's form has dipped in recent months after making an impressive initial impact at Vicarage Road, as he remains stuck on five goals and five assists in 37 appearances so far this season.

Height: 6» 11» Weight: 240 Age: 18 Last: 59 Stats (Adriatic League): 11.7 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 2.0 BPG With a strong build and some fluidity to his game, Bitadze has been an impact player for Mega Bemax, which has helped send a number of prospects into the draft in recent years.

But Patrick's on - track struggles in recent years have caused her star power to diminish, impacting her ability to attract the necessary sponsorship to remain associated with top - tier teams.