Sentences with phrase «regarded as an estimate»

It should be regarded as an estimate of the fund's rate of investment income, and it may not equal the fund's actual income distribution rate, which reflects the fund's past dividends paid to shareholders.

The 30 - Day SEC Yield should be regarded as an estimate of the Fund's rate of recent investment income, and it may not equal the Fund's actual distribution rate.

It said self - efficacy is regarded as an estimate of one's capability to perform a specific level of action.

Not exact matches

Loblaw's and Shoppers Drug Mart's estimates, beliefs and assumptions are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive and other uncertainties and contingencies regarding future events and as such, are subject to change.

Forward - looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by BlackBerry in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that BlackBerry believes are appropriate in the circumstances, including but not limited to the launch timing and success of products based on the BlackBerry 10 platform, general economic conditions, product pricing levels and competitive intensity, supply constraints, BlackBerry's expectations regarding its business, strategy, opportunities and prospects, including its ability to implement meaningful changes to address its business challenges, and BlackBerry's expectations regarding the cash flow generation of its business.

US Treasury yields which have been in the focus in the last days are slightly lower today, especially regarding the longer end of the curve, as core durable goods orders came in much lower than expected, even as the less reliable headline number beat the consensus estimate.

These are the most updated historical estimates and data available regarding the Blue Spec and Gold Spec deposits (except for the data contained in this news release and Novo's news release of January 21, 2016) and, as such, no work needs to be done at this point in time to upgrade or verify the historical estimates.

In this regard, the estimated gains reported above might turn out to be understated as these estimates do not capture the emergence of new trade in products that were not previously traded.

Indeed, he seems to regard my suggestion that a pregnant woman contemplating an abortion be required to examine photographs of the fetus corresponding to the estimated age of her fetus as a practical step forward over his proposal that, first, every woman contemplating an abortion be given a pregnancy test and, second, every fetus aborted alive be sustained in that life.

Yet the Witch wrongly estimates the nature and purpose of the Lawgiver, for she regards the Lord of the universe as a Moloch gorged on the blood exacted by his righteousness.

However, these studies used actual birth weight as opposed to estimated fetal weight, limiting the applicability of these data for antenatal decision making regarding mode of delivery (82).

Others seemed to regard that estimate as conservative!

Misliya Cave on Israel's Mount Carmel has yielded what its discoverers regard as a partial Homo sapiens jaw with an estimated age of between around 177,000 and 194,...

Misliya Cave on Israel's Mount Carmel has yielded what its discoverers regard as a partial Homo sapiens jaw with an estimated age of between around 177,000 and 194,000 years old.

Introduced in 1992, ICSI was widely regarded as a breakthrough in the treatment of male infertility, which is the problem for an estimated 40 per cent of infertile couples.

Although hand washing has long been regarded as the most effective preventative measure, estimates of hand hygiene compliance in the healthcare industry range from 40 to 70 percent.

It is important to regard the LGM studies as just one set of points in the cloud yielded by other climate sensitivity estimates, but the LGM has been a frequent target because it was a period for which there is a lot of data from varied sources, climate was significantly different from today, and we have considerable information about the important drivers — like CO2, CH4, ice sheet extent, vegetation changes etc..

Located in the centre of the city, the Palazzo is regarded as one of Rome's most striking buildings and an estimated $ 2.8 million lease has already been signed.

Again, while no expert on either side could produce for the Court any hard numbers regarding how many «grossly ineffective» teachers were in fact being protected but such archaic rules and procedures, I would estimate (as based on my years of experience as a teacher) that this number is much lower than many believe it (and perhaps perpetuate it) to be.

This site doesn't address matters that are highly localized such as cost estimates or independent mechanics» capabilities, so we won't be much help in those regards.

The Galveston hurricane of September 8, 1900, is still regarded as the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, this devastating storm swept away everything in its path, left an estimated 10,000 - 12,000 dead and thousands more homeless.

The FHA also estimated that as many as 250,000 first - time homebuyers will enter the market thanks to these reductions, something they may be counting on in regards to their bottom line.

Regarding CMBS, as the loss estimates ratchet up, the credit ratings ratchet down.

The actual effects of your financial decisions may vary significantly from these estimates - so these estimates should not be regarded as predictions, advice, or recommendations.

So, even setting aside the complexities of source - sink dynamics, these inflated predation rates, combined with the fact that «the estimates of breeding density presented in this manuscript should be regarded as minima,» [3] raise serious doubts about whether the site is in fact a habitat sink (or, if so, to what extent).

These numbers should only be regarded as a rough estimate and a way to compare relatively which matter most.

Including the Nauman, the Collection of a Fortune 500 Company accounted for the top five lots in the auction, and seven of the top 10 lots total, with Helen Frankenthaler's stormy acrylic on canvas, Quattrocento, 1984, coming in as the second highest lot in the auction when it brought $ 346,550 against a pre-auction estimate of $ 150,000 +, while Richard Diebenkorn's etching Green, 1986, widely regarded as one of the artist's finest etchings, performed solidly with a $ 262,900 total, exceeding its $ 200,000 + pre-auction expectations.

The optimum amount of carbon in the biosphere could thus be estimated and be regarded at least in the first approximation as a useful guideline for us to calculate the amount of fossil fuels we can use to reach those conditions.

As regards carbon capture and sequestration, the Government Accountability Office estimates clean coal will cost 78 percent more than traditional methods.

«Although such estimates of future deployment of carbon - free energy sources indicate that it may be possible to achieve a decarbonized energy system, great uncertainties remain regarding the implementation of such scenarios due to factors such as costs, technology evolution, public policies, and barriers to deployment of new technologies (NRC, 2010b)»

Regarding the Hockey Stick of IPCC 2001 evidence now indicates, in my view, that an IPCC Lead Author working with a small cohort of scientists, misrepresented the temperature record of the past 1000 years by (a) promoting his own result as the best estimate, (b) neglecting studies that contradicted his, and (c) amputating another's result so as to eliminate conflicting data and limit any serious attempt to expose the real uncertainties of these data.

These various indirect effects are still not understood well enough to be quantified in terms of GWPs.2 Estimates of GWPs based on current knowledge must be regarded as indicative only.

Two points; first, that is not what the current state of scientific inquiry suggests, and second, where do you get your cost estimate from and why should it be regarded as better quality than the climatologists» estimates?

It seems likely to be a combination of factors / definitional differences — as Dr Rogelj says — account for the difference between the IAM and non-IAM budgets, as both physical climate uncertainties and technical / societal uncertainties regarding how much we are able to reduce contributions to warming from non-CO2 matter to estimates of remaining budgets.»

Dubbed a «regulatory trilemma» by one speaker because of its ambition to combine environmental protection and security of supply with affordability, it raises civil society's doubts as regards the social dimension — first and foremost the way it deals with the burning issue of energy poverty, which is estimated to affect 50 million people in Europe.

It seems to me that the prior is unlikely to significantly influence the range, but might impact the median, or what might be regarded as a best estimate.

As we discussed regarding the Norwegian paper, studies estimating climate sensitivity based on recent data may be biased low due to a failure to account for increased heat transfer to the 700 — 2000 meter ocean layer (Figure 3).

Thus this revised data estimate, which might be regarded as more representative for GC reconstructions, is included in the range of 2.96 ± 0.85 °C of our FT - based estimate and is not separately discussed for constraining ΔT 2x.

I regard the paleo estimates as less reliable than instrumental or climate models, for a variety of reasons.

«Because there is considerable uncertainty in current understanding of how the climate system varies naturally and reacts to emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols, current estimates of the magnitude of future warming should be regarded as tentative and subject to future adjustments (either upward or downward).»

With regards to IPCC sensitivity estimates, on the one hand, we have for example Annan who has documented his sensitivity estimates of 1.7 C to 4.5 C with 95 % certainty similarly as the IPCC.

Coldish — Regarding climate sensitivity, and the current estimates that typically cite a range from 2 to 4.5 C for doubled CO2 as the most probable in light of available evidence, please see my response to Ron Cram above, including my suggestions for finding references to dozens of studies on this topic.

Therefore, the REA16 model - based bias figure can not be regarded as realistic for observation - based TCR estimates.

Furthermore, as detailed in a recent review by Cunningham and Marsh (2010), modeling estimates have been unable to help in this regard: there is currently no consensus on the strength of the AMOC in assimilation / re-analysis products, and ocean general circulation models are in disagreement about the strength and variability of the AMOC.

Instead, he puts his faith in carbon capture — untested technology to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which Broecker estimates will cost at least several trillion dollars — and various forms of «geoengineering,» the catchall name for a variety of moon - shot technologies far - fetched enough that many climate scientists prefer to regard them as dreams, or nightmares, from science fiction.

Alternatively, the report could retain all of the current information regarding trend magnitude (which Cohn and Lins document as being insensitive to the method used to estimate it), but remove all reference to statistical significance — in text, tables and figures.

«Land degradation and desertification may be regarded as the silent crisis of the world, a genuine threat to the future of humankind,» Arnalds said.Although food production has more or less kept pace with population growth by increasing 50 percent between 1980 and 2000, it is unclear whether we'll have enough food to feed the estimated three billion more mouths in 2050.

Ambition regarding climate change at the national level is critical but is often calibrated with the projected costs — as estimated by a small suite of energy — economic models.

M2004 says: «Regarding the zonal temperature change estimates (in Table 6), once again we have to emphasize that keeping the zonal OLR as a constant (while changing the optical thickness) is not realistic.

Regarding wind power, a February 2012 report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory found that «Recent declines in turbine prices & improved technology have reduced the estimated LCOE [levelized cost of energy] of wind; LCOE for projects being planned today in fixed resource areas is estimated to be at an all - time low... the LCOE for 2012 - 2013 projects is estimated to be as much as ~ 24 % and ~ 39 % lower than the previous low in 2002 - 2003...»