Sentences with phrase «risk than some of their peers»

It can be unpleasant for entrepreneurs with a more solid financial base to discover that they are required to take on more risk than some of their peers.

Not exact matches

Ultimately, Lacavera has a different view of risk than his Canadian peers — the same issue he ran into when trying to get Wind off the ground.

At the same time, USCOX had relatively lower risk than many of its peers, with a monthly standard deviation of between 3 and 4 percent.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth have a 120 % higher risk of homelessness than their straight peers.

Back then, there were junior gold and silver mining companies that were a fraction of the market cap of their much larger - cap mining peers that had much stronger management, had managed geopolitical risk in a superior manner, and had streamlined operations to a far greater degree than their larger - cap peers that were not huge risks.

«AbbVie's Baa1 rating reflects the blockbuster success of Humira and the product's good growth outlook, offset by higher leverage and greater product concentration risk than pharmaceutical peers,» says Michael Levesque, analyst at Moody's Investors Service.

More than 120 peer - reviewed studies, from more than a dozen countries, have found a statistically significant increased risk of preterm birth or low - birth weight after a termination of pregnancy.

In case you missed it, a recent landmark study published in the peer reviewed International Journal of Epidemiology found that risk for coronary heart disease, stroke, total cardiovascular disease and death other than from cancer was reduced with each 200g a day increase in fruit and vegetables up to 800g a day, and 600g a day for cancer.

Peer pressure can be dangerous, in a lot of ways, and though getting shin splints might seem a lot less of a risk than trying to drive buzzed or going to that college party, they can turn into a serious and even life - long condition.

Since boys at highest risk of becoming early fathers can be identified from age eight (see below) engaging with such young males in highly specialised programmes early on (to teach basic life skills, address negative peer influences, promote school success and direct them to alternatives other than early parenthood) is indicated, in order to reduce sexual risk - taking and early fatherhood (Thornberry et al, 2004)

Analysis Confirms Rice Poses Higher Risk for IQ Loss from Arsenic Exposure than Alterative Grains We recently released the results of one of our case studies supporting this effort, a robust analysis grounded in peer reviewed science, which examines the impacts on children's IQ from eating arsenic contaminated rice based foods.

In «From funding agencies to scientific agency: Collective allocation of science funding as an alternative to peer review,» the researchers proposed a funding model that they claim would be simpler, cheaper, and fairer than the traditional funding system, and more amenable to high - risk research and chance discovery.

The risk of riding with an impaired driver was much higher for peer drivers than for older adult drivers (21 percent vs. 2.4 percent for marijuana, 17 percent vs. 4 percent for alcohol, and 5.4 percent vs. less than 1 percent for illicit drugs).

For those born extremely prematurely (less than 28 weeks of gestation) between 1973 and 1986, the researchers found the risk of retinal detachment was 19 times higher than peers born at term.

The statement is based on a review of existing scientific research published in peer - reviewed medical journals that documents a strong association between adverse experiences in childhood and teen years and a greater likelihood of developing risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes earlier than those not experiencing adverse experiences.

A study of older adults at risk of late - onset Alzheimer's disease found that those who consumed more omega - 3 fatty acids did better than their peers on tests of cognitive flexibility — the ability to efficiently switch between tasks — and had a bigger anterior cingulate cortex, a brain region known to contribute to cognitive flexibility.

[I] nternational trainees, especially from developing nations, have particular trouble with US standards of scholarly writing and are at significantly higher risk for committing plagiarism than their US peers» — a violation that in the United States will seriously harm, or even destroy, a career.

Previous research has shown that adolescents who drink alone consume more alcohol and drink more frequently than their social - drinking peers, and that heavier alcohol use in adolescence is associated with a greater risk of developing alcohol problems in adulthood.

Young children with disruptive behaviors have fewer opportunities to learn in school than their focused peers, and are at risk for lower levels of academic achievement.

Girls who go through puberty and develop physically earlier than their peers are at risk of low self - esteem as well as emotional and behavioral problems.

For example, peer tutors were deployed to help at - risk students in «high DFW» courses — those in which more than a third of students received a D or an F, or withdrew.

Having variants of two novelty - seeking genes might help some warblers survive by making migration more attractive to them than to peers who risk local extinction by staying put, a study has found.

Studies show that people with BMIs higher than 30 have a 50 to 100 % greater risk of premature death compared to their healthy - weight peers.

MONDAY, November 14, 2011 (Health.com)-- Women plagued by sleep problems have more than triple the risk of developing the pain disorder fibromyalgia compared to their better - rested peers, a new study from Norway suggests.

Women plagued by sleep problems have more than triple the risk of developing the pain disorder fibromyalgia compared to their better - rested peers, a new study from Norway suggests.

The researchers found that older adults who carried the «risk» variants of MC1R typically looked two years older than their peers who carried none of those variants.

The vets with PTSD — who accounted for roughly 10 % of the study participants — had more than double the risk of dying during the 10 - year study compared to their peers who didn't have disorder, the researchers found.

A European study suggests that people with belly fat — even if they're at a healthy weight — have a higher risk of dying during a 10 - year period than their same - weight peers without a spare tire.

Compared to their clear - skinned peers, teens who have bad acne are more than twice as likely to have mental health problems and are at greater risk of having suicidal thoughts, according to a new study.

For instance, much of the heightened depression risk among women living alone was attributable to their tendency to have lower incomes, less education, and poorer housing conditions than their peers — all of which could independently make depression more likely.

Nearly 20 years of Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior (MA - YRB) data show that lesbian, gay, and bisexual students have remained at disproportionate health risk in many dimensions (e.g., victimization, violence, substance use, and unprotected sex) than their heterosexual peRisk Behavior (MA - YRB) data show that lesbian, gay, and bisexual students have remained at disproportionate health risk in many dimensions (e.g., victimization, violence, substance use, and unprotected sex) than their heterosexual perisk in many dimensions (e.g., victimization, violence, substance use, and unprotected sex) than their heterosexual peers.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new study of the Charlotte - Mecklenburg, North Carolina (CMS) school choice program finds that high - risk male youth who are admitted by lottery to their preferred schools commit fewer crimes and remain in school longer than their peers who seek admittance but do not gain seats in the lottery process.

This study was published more than a year ago in the peer - reviewed Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk.

Children ages 12 to 17 who live with just one parent or guardian are at a higher risk of school suspension than their peers living in a two - parent household.

These FCAT grades are clear: Charter students are at a dramatically higher - risk of attending an F school than their peers are at traditional public schools.

While violence can and does occur against all children of all demographics, those with disabilities are at a significantly greater risk than their non-disabled peers.

But some cheat because the humiliation of not keeping up with peers is stronger than the risk of getting caught, says ASU's Amrein - Beardsley.

Students at risk of dropping out are significantly more likely than their peers to miss school due to family responsibilities, logistical problems, skipping, out of school suspensions and legal reasons.

Unfortunately, low - income students are at a higher risk of school vacation learning loss than their peers (McCombs et al., 2011).

Because of their increased dropout rate, as well as societal stigma surrounding them and a number of other factors, teenage parents and their children are at risk of experiencing worse psychosocial and socioeconomic outcomes than their peers (Kiselica & Pfaller, 1993; Coren et al., 2003).

Also, the Sharpe ratio (3 year) is 1.4 which is better than peers and indicates that the fund has better risk - adjusted performance and also indicates that higher returns do not come with an excess of additional risk.

If, however, I could get a chance to buy Yamana Gold at $ 9 or less because of troubles at its sector peers, I think the risk would be more than repaid by the potential reward.»

That's up from a year ago, when CIBC's mortgage loan book was 4.7 times its regulatory capital, said Shanahan, adding that the bank is more at risk in the event of a correction than its peers.

As investors continue to wait for more clarity on the direction of the business climate, we are focused on striking a balance between maximizing upside potential by buying attractively valued businesses and mitigating downside risk by finding sound companies that are less volatile than their peers.

[The fund's managers] earned customers an average of 6.8 % a year over the past decade, better than 98 % of their fund's Morningstar peers — and with roughly 25 % less risk, as measured by standard deviation.

Rather than speculating on which stocks or funds might clobber their peers or shooting for unrealistic gains, you're better off building a low - cost diversified portfolio of index funds or ETFs that reflects your risk tolerance.

Essentially, peer - to - peer networks often use in - house underwriting systems that look at more than credit scores to get a better gauge of your financial risk.

For instance, indoor cats have little risk of exposure to many diseases compared to outside cats, so they can be safe receiving fewer types of vaccinations less frequently than their outdoor peers.

Indoor cats have less risk of exposure to diseases than outdoor cats, so they may be able to have fewer vaccinations compared to their outdoor peers.

It's somewhat unjust of me to single out Rohrer, given that he seems like a cool guy who takes risks and tries new things (more than we can say for many of his peers).