Sentences with phrase «reduced high concentrations»

She also led the district and community conversation that ultimately changed the way students were assigned to schools and reduced high concentrations of students of poverty in many schools.

Not exact matches

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.
Wooldridge characterizes the reticular system as the establisher of an optimal signal - to - noise ratio, so to speak, upon which higher levels of experience are staged:» «Volume - control» signals are generated in the reticular system to reduce our sensitivity to uninteresting or irrelevant stimuli and thereby permit us to achieve the peculiar but highly useful phenomenon of mental concentration» (4:143).
It has high concentrations of the amino acid, L - theanine which helps to improve cognition and mood while reducing physical and mental stress.
They have a high concentration of oleic acid an omega - 9 fatty acid that is known to prevent cancer, reduce blood pressure, prevent strokes and help lower bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol that helps prevent heart attacks.
He questioned the view that we need not be concerned with heavy concentration, instead preferring «standard economic wisdom» that «mergers resulting in high levels of concentration in markets with substantial barriers to entry will usually reduce competition and cause harm to consumers and our economy.»
It seems reasonable to suggest that rather than simply maintaining a high work rate until the RPE does rise to reach near - maximal levels, the exercising athlete would instead reduce the work rate under conditions of elevated body temperature8 — 10 or depleted muscle glycogen concentrations, 13 giving rise to the possibility that the regulation of self - paced exercise may utilise the RPE as an important mediator of pacing strategy.
School social workers can help increase school breakfast participation by encouraging schools in their district to implement a breakfast after the bell program and to offer breakfast for free to all students (particularly in schools or school districts with high concentrations of students certified for free and reduced - price school meals).
School nurses can help increase student nutritional intake through school breakfast participation by encouraging their school (s) to implement a breakfast after the bell program and to offer nutritious breakfasts at no cost to all students, particularly in schools or school districts with high concentrations of students certified for free and reduced - price school meals.
For breastfed infants, there is no evidence of an increased risk of methemoglobinemia from maternal ingestion of water with nitrate nitrogen concentrations as high as 100 ppm, because these mothers do not produce milk with high nitrate concentrations.16 Furthermore, the predominant organism in the gastrointestinal tract (Lactobacillus species) of the breastfed infant does not reduce nitrate to nitrite (see following section).14
New research from the University of Copenhagen and Herlev and Gentofte Hospital shows that high vitamin C concentrations in the blood from the intake of fruit and vegetables are associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and early death.
Although high sodium levels appear to slightly decrease uric acid concentrations, Juraschek cautions against jumping to the conclusion that to reduce blood uric acid it's a good idea to purposely consume lots of sodium.
Traditionally, people allergic to grass pollen are advised to be aware of high pollen concentrations during the day, and to reduce their outdoor activities during this period.
BPTES has been used in animal models for a variety of cancers but has not substantially reduced tumor sizes, probably because the drug concentration in tumor tissue is not high enough when using conventional drug formulation methods, say the scientists.
In particular, cold waters of the Southern Ocean show higher concentrations of CO2 and lower in CaCO3, and this reduces the availability of the carbonate required for the calcification process.
After more than six years of research, the research team led by María Soengas, head of CNIO's Melanoma Group, showed that RAB7 acts as an orchestra director, determining the fate of melanoma cells: at high concentrations of RAB7, cellular autodigestion is very active, and this allows tumor cells to obtain energy, prevent the accumulation of toxic components and thus divide and proliferate; when RAB7 is reduced, cells use endosomes to recycle metastatic proteins, favouring their dispersal throughout the body.
It reduced the pulse frequency of the cultivated mini hearts; the higher the odorant concentration, the more significant the reduction.
The increased production in these crops is driven by higher precipitation predicted to occur in the central U.S., combined with higher concentrations of carbon dioxide, which reduces a plant's water requirements.
However, spironolactone was associated with increased serum creatinine levels and a doubling of the rate of hyperkalemia (high potassium concentration in the blood), but conversely led to reduced hypokalemia (low potassium concentration in the blood).
This brought about an improvement in blood sugar, whilst at the same time reducing so - called sugar spikes, that is phases with particularly high blood glucose concentrations.
Researchers in New York City last year reported lower IQ scores in toddlers and preschoolers and reduced motor skills in 12 - month olds with higher prenatal concentrations of the penta compounds.
The climate scientists calculated various scenarios with the models, including a very high - warming scenario in which no measures were taken to reduce CO2 emissions, so that CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere rise unabated to 2100.
Those effects will only get worse if nothing is done to stop dumping CO2 into the sky, much less to begin to reduce concentrations that have now reached more than 400 parts per million in the air — higher than that breathed by any members of our fellow Homo sapiens in the last 200,000 years.
Whereas high concentrations of this gas were recorded in the mesocosms were Emiliania was blooming, they were greatly reduced in the mesocosms simulating future conditions.
Women with higher urinary concentrations of a common type of flame retardant had reduced likelihood of clinical pregnancy and live birth than those with lower concentrations, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
On average, compared to women with lower concentrations of these metabolites, women with higher concentrations had a 10 % reduced probability of successful fertilization, 31 % reduced probability of implantation of the embryo, and a 41 % and 38 % decrease in clinical pregnancy (fetal heartbeat confirmed by ultrasound) and live birth.
«The health hazards associated with high contaminant concentrations can therefore be avoided while at the same time reducing energy consumption in buildings by about fifty percent, which is highly significant in terms of existing carbon emission targets,» says Schütze.
The observation of reduced calsequestrin in the muscles of IL - 15Rα — KO mice is interesting inasmuch as calsequestrin concentrations are reported to be higher in fast muscles (52) and fast muscles from calsequestrin - 1 — null mice display contractile characteristics similar to those of slow muscles, including longer contraction times and half - relaxation times (ν RTs)(53).
The study also identified several new lipid metabolites whose high concentrations were associated with improved insulin resistance and reduced risk of diabetes.
High concentrations result in acid forming hydrogen bonds and more structure, reducing dissociation
Higher insulin concentrations (> 1 nmol / l) significantly reduced the ΔA0.5 in control as well as diabetic cultures (P < 0.05) in a parallel manner.
Higher insulin concentrations (> 1 nmol / l) significantly reduced the ΔFV0.1 in control as well as diabetic cultures (P < 0.05) in a parallel manner.
In contrast, type 2 diabetic cultures precultured at very high insulin concentrations expressed an increased basal glucose uptake and a reduced insulin stimulated uptake.
Reduce the volume of RIPA buffer accordingly if a higher protein concentration is required.
Mario Schietroma and his coauthors, based at the University of L'Aquila in Italy, reported that giving patients high concentrations of oxygen during and after colorectal surgery significantly reduced their risk of infections.
We also observed reduced American toad tadpole activity in communities exposed to the highest NaCl concentration, a sublethal effect.
Furthermore, homozygosity for null mutations at CYP2F1 was found associated with higher plasma interleukin - 8 concentrations; and at either A3GALT2 or NRG4, with markedly reduced plasma insulin C - peptide concentrations; hence identifying novel phenotypic associations at these genes.
Individuals in the lowest tertile of circulating ANGPTL3 concentrations, compared with the highest, had reduced odds of MI (adjusted odds ratio: 0.65; 95 % confidence interval: 0.55 to 0.77; p < 0.001).
Pooling samples provided sufficient protein mass for effective downstream proteomics analysis following immunoaffinity depletion of the 14 most abundant proteins present (representing approximately 95 % of the total protein mass in CSF), reducing the dynamic range of protein concentrations present in CSF, where proteins with highest concentrations mask proteins at lower concentrations from detection.
Researchers explained that green tea contains a high concentration of polyphenolic compounds that can interfere with inflammatory pathways, whcih reduces inflammation, and can also help protect cartilage.
Its high concentration of alkaloids make it useful in reducing blood sugar levels and it is also commonly used as a blood detoxifier and for any types of arthritis or joint problems.
Some studies based on small quantities of individuals have also indicated that omega - 3 supplements with high concentrations of EPA could help reduce depression symptoms in individuals who fail to respond to an initial treatment with antidepressants.
Higher serum concentrations of lycopene are associated with reduced risk of ischemic stroke and any other kind of stroke.
Studies comparing IV administration to oral use of vitamin C found that the higher concentrations, only achievable with IV, more effectively and consistently shortened the duration of illness and decreased symptom severity (i.e. reduced incidence of malaise, fever, and chills).
It is well established in the «Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living» (Phinney, Volek) that when one has become «keto - adjusted» over the course of 4 - 6 weeks of low carb / high fat and protein living, that the type of keytones secreted in the urine, namely acetoacetic keytones, reduce in concentration.
Note that Pedialyte is higher in electrolytes than most sports drinks, which would seem to fly in the face of the recommendation regarding reducing gut concentrations of electrolytes.
Still another study suggested that beet juice or other foods with high concentrations of nitric oxide might help develop and enhance circulation in young adults, because it «reduces blood pressure, and may positively influence the physiological responses to exercise.»
Soaking can reduce phytic acid found in high concentrations in beans and grains.
Brain tissue contains a high concentration of carnosine to reduce glycemic, nitrosative, and oxidative stress35, 36.
Recent studies in the U.S. have found that thiocyanate concentrations in the breast milk of smokers were fourfold higher than those of non-smokers, and iodine content in the breast milk of smoking mothers was twofold reduced, likely due to the thiocyanate's competitive inhibition for NIS in the mammary gland.
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