Sentences with phrase «relative positions as»

Enzyme - like molecular machines can hold reactants in the best relative positions as bonds are strained or polarized.

But what's at stake is each of these tech titans» relative positions as we enter a new wave of computing.

Not exact matches

This set of traits is now known as the so - called Kinderschema which describes the head - to - body ratio, the position of the eyes (below the midline of the head), and size of the eyes relative to the size of the head and more.

While the Dish Network's reach and power have weakened over the past few years just as Viacom's have, the satellite company is still in a somewhat stronger position than it used to be relative to the entertainment giant, because it knows that Viacom is already suffering from low viewership numbers, and that impacts its ad revenues.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

Indeed, once our estimated market return / risk profile is strictly negative (as it is at present), the negative implications for the S&P 500 aren't affected by the position of the market relative to that average, except that the market tends to experience higher volatility once the market breaks that average.

As the fallout of retailer bankruptcy headwinds in North America begins to wane, the relative outperformance of Under Armour's DTC and international businesses should become more evident, leaving it in an even stronger position to continue taking market share globally.

Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Henderson served as team leader, fixed income research, responsible for manager selection and relative sector value analysis for fixed income allocations within SAI products.

It may also be that, with damage estimates of $ 50 billion positioning Hurricane Sandy as second only to Hurricane Katrina in terms of total losses, investors may be sticking with the relative safety of the U.S. bond market.

There were several possible catalysts suggested for this spike in concerns about a favorable outcome of the debt ceiling negotiation, which has to be concluded ahead of the Treasury's X Date, now expected as early as October 1: some cited Steven Mnuchin's interview on CNBC, in which the Treasury Secretary said that the additional spending needed to help Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey may reduce the amount of time Congress has to increase the federal debt limit; another possibility was month - end liquidity needs and relative positioning across the curve.

They must deploy 100 % of any funds they receive into equities, and they must buy and sell shares so as to establish positions that are in exact relative proportion to the supply outstanding.

PBO analysis suggests if the Finance (private sector) projections turn out as planned, the government will be back to structural surplus by 2015 and will be in a positive long term fiscal gap position (declining net debt relative to GDP in face of aging aging demographics).

Investors appear to be increasing their defensive positioning in the market as evidenced by the continued relative strength in the Precious Metals / Precious Metals Miners and Treasury Bond composites.

According to the translators» notes, the new NIV results from a commitment to linguistic descriptivism, the position that language is always in flux and that any concept of correct usage is relative to a culture; language is as language does.

When the Bible refers to God darkening the moon, or not allowing it's light to shine, it's likely talking about infrequent lunar eclipses, and the same system of finding meaning in the position of planets relative to constellations we know as astrology is what these Bible writers are talking about.

I am in no position to enter into the historical debate as to the relative importance of the several sources of Gnosticism, but I must attempt to place it in reference to the schematism of this book.

further, we are to be in relative subjection to kings and governors as they have their positions due to God's allowance.

Simultaneously the white, Anglo - Saxon, Protestants among these «mainline» groups were suffering cultural and economic eclipse on other fronts as «minority» Protestants, Roman Catholics, Jews, and persons of no religious affiliation improved their relative positions in the society.

Rick abandons the relative wealth, security, and neutrality of his position as owner of Rick's Café to embark with Louis on a dangerous life of guerrilla resistance.

And the great episode of the actual crossing of the Sea is finally broached, in verses 19 - 20, with the description of the relative positions of the two camps, Israel and Egypt, as the pillar of cloud and darkness hides each from the other.

More reasonable is the concept of inter-cropping, where gardeners take into consideration such factors as how fast the various crops mature, the relative heights involved, and the positioning of light - demanding and shade - tolerant plants.

Even if he had started as a CB, playing at the heart of a defence is something that many players take years to master, that's why CB see their best years much later on relative to any other position bar GK.

As for trying to compare relative values of players vs other positions I agree it is hard.

Also I haven't seen figures on Leicesters spending in 2015 buy my guess is that it was quite a bit higher than previous seasons give the number of players they brought in... some at bargain rates with hindsight... Wenger should be investing relative to clubs position as 7th richest club on planet and competing for top european honour..

The Colombian international is perhaps very much a «Wenger - Style» signing in so much as he is targeting a relative unknown who is comfortable on the ball and able to play in multiple positions.

It all comes down to what Angelos will allow in the end, of course, so even if the Yankees are in the best position, as Heyman says, it's all relative.

Roma's Radja Nainggolan tops the list of potential candidates, achieving a stunning 83.9 % transfer match based on a number of factors, including the number of defensive errors leading to a chance (per 90 minutes) alongside other indicators such as their age relative to the peak playing age for that position, the relative status of their club and percentage of possible league minutes played.

Have we become so demanding and so oblivious to our relative position in the football universe that we revert to tourette syndrome when events fail to unfold as we desire?

I have come into this place as a breastfeeding mother, which has been hard for me, even in this position of relative privilege.

I find that I am keenly aware of his position relative to me - when people suggest that I could roll over on him, it makes about as much sense as telling me I might accidentally sit on my own head.

As there is no default position in international law for the «historic contribution» apportionment, for most liabilities the choice will be between «population share» and «relative GDP».

As the TU notes, the Public Officers Law clearly states elected officials may not «articipate in any decision to hire, promote, discipline or discharge a relative for any compensated position at, for or within any state agency, public authority or the Legislature.»

Does it reflect a changed position relative to financial and currency markets, as compared with earlier periods in the century?

This also adds to a growing list of conflicts of interest situations in which the Finance Minister seems to be entangled - the USD 2.25 billion bond, as well as the appointment of close relatives and his business associates to key positions at the Finance Ministry, the Bank of Ghana and a number of other state institutions.

The local race for Congress pits a relative newcomer to the Hudson Valley with deep pockets and a progressive agenda who's battling the «carpetbagger» label against an incumbent who's positioned himself as a bipartisan bridge - builder, but who critics call just another vote in an increasingly radicalized Republican House caucus.

The chancellor's speech will be interpreted primarily as a spin - off drama, a subplot to the main event of the EU referendum campaign, in which Osborne will seek to restore his political position relative to Boris Johnson.

On the face of it, this proposal is disarmingly attractive: it would produce a superficially pleasing symmetry as between the positions that obtain in relation to Acts of Parliament and statutory instruments, in turn taking to their apparently logical conclusion concerns — relating to the two chambers» relative democratic legitimacy — that underpin their already different powers in relation to primary legislation.

While it wouldn't have impacted Civil Service positions, or legislators and their relatives who are employed currently, lawmakers blasted it as discriminatory, too restrictive and / or unnecessary due to the county's «strong» Code of Ethics already in place.

JIMMY: The subtext of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's visit to an upstate gun show yesterday with former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly was that Schneiderman is positioning himself as a relative moderate on Second Amendment issues, at least in New York.

Other genome maps have more landmarks, but not all of them have been positioned relative to every other landmark as they are in this map.

An example of a cross-modal correspondence is that we describe musical notes as being «high» or «low» — words that also signify relative positions in space.

Like some migratory birds and sea turtles, spiny lobsters possess an ability known as true navigation, the ability to determine one's position relative to a destination without reference to landmarks or cues gathered en route.

A new technique invented at MIT can measure the relative positions of tiny particles as they flow through a fluidic channel, potentially offering an easy way to monitor the assembly of nanoparticles, or to study how mass is distributed within a cell.

Fifteen volunteers took part in an experiment in which one of their hands was hidden and a rubber hand or piece of wood was positioned on a table before them, oriented in the same direction as the hidden hand, or rotated through 180 degrees relative to it.

«As we are entering the era where we anticipate there will be many new treatments, each targeting inflammation differently, it is also important to understand the relative efficacy of these therapies in achieving our goal of mucosal healing to appropriately position them in our treatment algorithms,» said Dr. Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, senior author of the Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics review.

We sense heat, cold, angular velocity, linear acceleration, internal pain (such as headache), relative position of limbs (proprioception), digestive system state (nausea), hunger and thirst and more, all without having to touch anything external or using the other four senses.

Nerves in the pectoral fins of fish detect the fin rays» position and how much they bend as they move through the water, which helps the fish sense speed and the relative position of their fins.

Compounds belonging to the terpenes group revealed tyrosinase inhibitory activities due to different aspects including the position and relative configuration of the hydroxyl groups as well as the nature and numbers of sugar units as in cycloartane glycosides.

They follow in the same orbits as planets, at a position that remains fixed relative to their planet, in gravitational sweet spots known as Lagrange points.

That suggests that one reason why workplace theft is so common is because employees may see their own, and other colleagues» financial positions as inferior and unfair, relative to the companies and executives they work for.