Sentences with phrase «require significant advances»

Both scenarios require significant advances in carbon capture and storage technologies.

Not exact matches

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

One of his most significant takeaways was that, although AI is advancing quickly, it still requires a decent amount of human guidance.

Harris explains: «Advances in bottling lines have had a significant impact on the number of employees required to staff the line.

The Advanced Sommelier Examination represents a significant increase over the Certified Sommelier Examination in required experience, knowledge, and skill level.

Cantab83: I did qualify my point about the abolition of the Lords, claiming that it would also require significant moves in advancing the powers which back - bench MPs operate over the Executive.

«We also welcome the fact that the Review Body has not only recognised the serious financial pressures on teachers, by supporting a salary advance scheme for housing rental deposits, but has also stated that given current recruitment and retention trends «a significant uplift to the pay framework is likely to be required.»

The Chilcot inquiry into the significant intelligence and political failings before the Iraq war should be «a salutary lesson to all of us on the importance of there being total scrutiny of what goes on, and the government being required to come to the house in advance of major decisions», Corbyn said.

After decades of eluding researchers because of chemical instability, key metal - oxide clusters have been isolated in water, a significant advance for growing the clusters with the impeccable control over atoms that's required to manufacture small features in electronic circuits.

It's potential as a biomarker of disease and an early objective marker of treatment response is genuine but still to be realized.Resting - state functional magnetic resonance imaging has made some strides in the clinical realm but significant advances are required before it can be used in a meaningful way at the single - patient level.

«Meeting this challenge will require significant scientific advances.

Virtual reality still requires significant technical and conceptual advances [7] but such advances will come through novel applications that spur further technical and scientific research.

Principals and assistant principals, for instance, are not required to notify superintendents in advance of their retirement, a circumstance that can create significant disruptions.

However, as these technologies are of an advanced nature, incorporating them in any eLearning course requires a significant investment of both time and money.

This a more advanced approach that does require a significant investment of both time and money.

To give you a taste of what is coming in Part 2, the arguments can be summarized as: 1) Education does not lend itself to a single «best» approach, so the Gates effort to use science to discover best practices is unable to yield much productive fruit; 2) As a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influence.

It requires significant shifts in how school systems organize resources — moving away from one - size - fits - all workshops and pay for advanced degrees — toward time and instructional leaders to help teachers engage with the curriculum and adjust to student results.

There are individual contracts in place, so Amazon's offer seems interesting, but would require significant negotiating on the part of agents and Hachette to get addendum's in place (unless Hachette just said, «Sure, you don't have to earn back your 6 or 7 - figure advances.»).

Dave Blum lost significant money on the second single because of the advance that he gave me, which I needed because the book required some travel.

Studies indicate there are significant shortages of food animal veterinarians in certain areas of the country, and in high - priority specialty sectors that require advanced training, such as food safety, epidemiology, diagnostic medicine and public health.

In games, they are used to display advanced animation which normally requires significant processing power.

Doing so effectively calls for research skills beyond those that students acquire through working with domestic legal resources.56 Mary Rumsey explains that students must go beyond their dependence on domestic databases to learn how to access the different resources relevant to international and comparative law.57 She describes, as examples, the need to find customary international law through treaties, laws of other nations, diplomatic correspondence, and scholarly works, and she points out that civil law research requires much more emphasis on statutes and scholarship than on the case law that plays such a dominant role in American legal analysis.58 While there have been significant advances in access to foreign and international legal sources, there are still substantial barriers, 59 and the research methods needed to obtain these resources can be different (in ways either subtle or stark) from those that apply to domestic law.

If a statute allows for tribunal costs, a regime of fixed tribunal fees in advance has significant merits over a regime that allows — and effectively requires — a losing respondent to dredge through the actual reimbursable disbursements of panellists, for example, to ensure reasonableness.

The team defended a supermarket chain in a regulatory action concerning diesel leakages at two of its regional logistics sites; advised new client Cornwall Council on environmental compliance assessments relating to a significant development scheme; and assisted Hallam Land Management with an environmental permit required to remove protected species from a large development site in advance of attaining planning permission.

Aside from the fact that you will be loosing your driver's license, you are also required to take an advanced driving course like defensive driving then you are obliged to pay significant amount and you need to attend court hearing wherein you need to get your own lawyer to defend you.

While voice recognition technology advanced in a significant manner in recent years, it still requires users to be relatively close to the microphones that are capturing their commands, which is why not even shouting at one's smart speaker across the room is always a reliable method of controlling smart devices and even if it was, its efficiency is less than ideal.

GDAX is primarily meant for professionals with high volumes because it requires you to have significant assets (> $ 5M in discretionary investments) to access margin trading and other advanced features.

STEM fields, a handy acronym for careers in the genres of science, technology, engineering or math, are great examples of positions that have significant lifetime earning potential and require advanced education.

A bachelor's degree is usually required for this position, though sample resumes show that employers may also show preference to those who possess significant experience, a master's degree in Human Resources, or an advanced Human Resources certificate.