Sentences with phrase «risk reduction associated»

No load bond funds provide the investment risk reduction associated with market diversification.

Dr. Hu presented a table summarizing percent risk reduction associated with the highest quintiles of the HEI and the AHEI.

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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.

They found that the people who followed the popular diets were associated with more weight loss and a reduction in heart risk factors than those who didn't stick with the diets.

One of the benefits of a pilot is the reduction of risk associated with a full launch.

Risks associated with the Consumer Discretionary sector include, among others, apparel price deflation due to low - cost entries, high inventory levels and pressure from e-commerce players; reduction in traditional advertising dollars; increasing household debt levels that could limit consumer appetite for discretionary purchases; declining consumer acceptance of new product introductions; and geopolitical uncertainty that could impact consumer sentiment.

Second, financial logic embodied in the celebrated Modigliani Miller theorem and suggested by common sense holds that substantial reductions in leverage, if achieved, should be associated with reduced volatility, reduced sensitivity to shocks and lower risk premiums.

BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

The Commissioner has criticized the government for, among other things, its management of the environmental risks associated with gas, oil and nuclear projects, as well as its greenhouse gas reduction practices.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In fact legumes are associated with a whopping 82 % reduction in risk of death from heart disease.

This type of fiber is associated with reduced metabolic syndrome, a reduction in LDL cholesterol (the bad kind), decreased risk of heart disease, and improved digestive function.

About a 400 mg increase in potassium intake has been associated with a 40 % reduction in the risk of stroke.

Vegetarian diets have been linked with reductions in risk for several chronic diseases, including hypertension, but a new study has claimed that they are also associated with reduced death rates.

A deeper understanding of the relative risks associated with the various failures associated with the management and control of allergens will permit manufacturers to appropriately devote food safety resources where they can result in the greatest reduction in food allergen risk and recalls, and hence the largest improvement in public health.

In fact, four years later, the authors published follow - up results to the study, concluding, «planned cesarean delivery is not associated with a reduction in risk of death or neuro - developmental delay in children at 2 years of age.»

Multifetal reduction (or selective fetal reduction) is a technique developed as a possible alternative method of managing the risks associated with high - order multiple gestation.

A March 2013 review of current risk - reduction strategies in the British Journal of Sports Medicine [11] reminds state high school athletic associations and legislatures that, in enacting rules, such as limits on full - contact practices, they «need to carefully consider potential injury «trade - offs» associated with the implementation of injury - prevention strategies, because every change may have certain advantages and disadvantages.

We found that a history of breastfeeding was associated with a reduction in the risk of acute otitis media, non-specific gastroenteritis, severe lower respiratory tract infections, atopic dermatitis, asthma (young children), obesity, type 1 and 2 diabetes, childhood leukemia, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and necrotizing enterocolitis.

In a study of 7,798 children, being breastfed for 13 - 25 weeks resulted in a 38 % reduction in the risk of obesity at 9 years of age, and being breastfed for 26 weeks or more was associated with a 51 % reduction in risk at 9 years.

American Pediatrican Association has stated «Use of a pacifier is associated with a substantial reduction in the risk of SIDS».

For the infant, breastfeeding is associated with a reduction in infectious illness (Cunningham et al., 1991), allergic manifestations in infants at risk (Saarinen and Kajosarri, 1995), diabetes (Mayer et al., 1988), Crohns disease (Rigas et al., 1993), coeliac disease (Challacombe et al., 1997) and ulcerative colitis (Koletzko et al., 1991), and may encourage mother — child attachment and bonding (Fergusson and Woodward, 1999).

What is the evidence of effectiveness of home visiting to increase positive parenting practices associated with reductions in the risk of child maltreatment?

Evidence suggests that initiation of breastfeeding in the first day of life is associated with a significant reduction in the risk of neonatal mortality when compared with delaying breastfeeding for more than 24 hours after birth.

The 2005 study by Harder and colleagues (also mentioned in the comments section) looked at risk of obesity but didn't find a reduced risk associated with breastfeeding beyond 9 months: «From 1 month of breastfeeding onward, the risk of subsequent overweight continuously decreased up to a reduction of more than 30 percent, reaching a plateau at 9 months of breastfeeding.»

Results Fan use during sleep was associated with a 72 % reduction in SIDS risk (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 0.28; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 0.10 - 0.77).

In contrast, in a room with a cooler temperature (≤ 21 °C), fan use remained associated with reduced SIDS risk but to a lesser extent, and the reduction was no longer significant (AOR, 0.77; 95 % CI, 0.22 - 2.73).

The UK Childhood Cancer Study investigators23 published in 2001 a study that provided 1636 leukemia cases and indicated a weak evidence of borderline statistical significance that ever (compared with never) having been breastfed was associated with a small reduction in leukemia risk (OR, 0.89; 95 % CI, 0.84 - 1.00).

Similarly, having a fan on was associated with a greater reduction in SIDS risk when windows in the room where the infant last slept were closed (AOR, 0.15; 95 % CI, 0.03 - 0.71) compared with the room where there were open windows (0.73; 0.17 - 3.08).

For example, fan use in warmer room temperatures was associated with a greater reduction in SIDS risk (AOR, 0.06; 95 % CI, 0.01 - 0.52) compared with cooler room temperatures (0.77; 0.22 - 2.73).

In addition, assuming that cases with longer recall intervals had the same frequency of fan use as cases with shorter intervals (ie, 5.0 %), fan use remains strongly associated with a reduction in SIDS risk (OR, 0.38; 95 % CI, 0.15 - 0.86).

In this talk, Natalie presents the latest state of research into the links between breast feeding and breast cancer, including the latest evidence for risk reduction and our understanding of how pregnancy - associated breast cancer develops.

Fan use during sleep was associated with a 72 % reduction in SIDS risk (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 0.28; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 0.10 - 0.77).

Fan use was associated with a greater reduction in SIDS risk in infants who shared a bed with an individual other than their parents (AOR, 0.15; 95 % CI, 0.01 - 1.85) vs with a parent (0.40; 0.03 - 4.68).

Finally, fan use in infants who did not use a pacifier was associated with an 88 % reduction in SIDS risk (AOR, 0.22; 95 % CI, 0.07 - 0.69), whereas fan use was no longer associated with a reduction in SIDS risk in infants who used a pacifier at the last sleep (1.99; 0.16 - 24.4).

In the present population - based case - control study, fan use during the last sleep was associated with a statistically significant reduction in SIDS risk.

«It is a huge reduction in risk,» says Amanda Phipps, a pre-doctoral research associate at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, of the nearly 60 % decreased risk in women who breastfeed and have a family history of breast cancer.

Dewey7 has recently reviewed the literature on this topic and concluded that breastfeeding is likely to be associated with a reduction in the risk of child obesity to a moderate extent.

In addition, evidence suggests that breastfeeding is associated with a reduction in the risk for obesity and diabetes in children (3).

Women who plan out - of - hospital birth to avoid obstetrical interventions now have important information on the associated rates of perinatal complications, and those who choose hospital birth to minimize their risks of perinatal complications now have a better idea of the magnitude of the actual reduction in risk.

If a reduction in type 2 diabetes risk of 15 % (based on the conservative confidence limit) is associated with breastfeeding in Westernized populations where the prevalence of diabetes is ≈ 6 % and the proportion infants who are bottle - fed is at least one - third, the proportion of diabetes in the population that could be attributed to breastfeeding would be 5 % (51).

While there was some variation between the populations that were studied, such as between men and women, people living in different regions, or people with different risk factors, the researchers found that nut consumption was associated with a reduction in disease risk across most of them.

The team already suspected there might be a link on the basis of previous studies showing that certain antioxidants, such as vitamins C and E, lycophenes or flavonoids, were associated with a reduction in type 2 diabetes risk.

HRT as compared with CRT was associated with a significant 13 percent reduction in the risk of recurrence.

They found that use of tranexamic acid was significantly associated with an up to 69 % reduction in the need for blood transfusions and was not associated with an increased risk of complications, including serious blood clots and acute kidney failure.

But that modest reduction was associated with a 34 percent reduction in coronary artery disease risk.

In a related editorial, Michael G. Ison, MD, MS, Medical Director of the Transplant & Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Service for Northwestern Medicine and associate professor of Infectious Diseases and Organ Transplantation at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, noted additional benefits associated with antiviral therapy for influenza, including reductions in lower respiratory infections, hospitalizations, antibiotic use, and stroke risk.

Regarding legumes, higher consumption was associated with significant reduction in both non-CV mortality and total mortality risk.

Specifically, compared to fewer than three servings of fruit per week, more than 3 per day was associated with an 18 % reduced risk in non-CV mortality (HR: 0 · 82: 95 % CI 0 · 70 to 0 · 97; P - trend = 0 · 0008), and 19 % reduction in total mortality (HR: 0 · 81; 95 % CI 0 · 72 to 0 · 93; P - trend < 0 · 0001).