Sentences with phrase «scale effects in»

General themes include nano - scale effects in heterogeneous catalysis and electro - catalysis.

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In an episode of the «Masters of Scale» podcast with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Sandberg discusses the effects of preventing women from making their own career decisions.

Putting together a galactic - scale blockbuster is a global effort, involving not only this visual effects shop — Shore estimates his team is responsible for 250 of the shots cinema - goers will see once Star Wars Episode VII opens on Dec. 18 — but also ILM's head office in San Francisco, as well as branches in London and Singapore.

Baccini went on to say that forests were the only carbon capture and storage «technology» we had in our grasp that was «safe, proven, inexpensive, immediately available at scale, and capable of providing beneficial ripple effects.»

Stephen Sapp, an associate professor of finance - economics at the Richard Ivey School of Business, noted that the effect on Canada will likely be indirect if the slowdown in growth is confined to countries we don't trade with on a large scale.

Gregory Simon, the chief executive of large - scale crowdfunding site Poliwogg, told the Washington Post: «There's another kind of fraud, and that's when Congress and the president pass and sign a law, and thousands of companies organize according to the principles in that law... but academics and people in consumer groups who disagree with the law make it their mission to prevent the law from going into effect.»

«Global Adventure»: A three - minute look at the effect the Avengers have, not just on US audiences, but on a global scale with an overview of some of the locations in which the movie was made.

Republican lawmakers argue that the BAT would offset the price increase since the shift in the trade balance would cause the dollar to strengthen, improving the purchasing power of Americans and scaling back the effect on consumers.

In many dark energy models, we would expect to see significant effects on both laboratory and cosmological scales.

The billionaire investor is scaling back his role in the tech industry because he feels alienated by the liberal - leaning political climate in the San Francisco area and fears the effects of increased regulation, according to The Wall Street Journal.

«While an incredibly difficult decision for us given the effect on our core operations, it became clear that we needed to close the Maple operation here in New York and look for a partner with scale — one that would allow us to leverage all that we had built across a broader platform.»

And beginning this year, well - funded, large - scale, long - term experiments in Finland and Kenya will examine whether providing a guaranteed income is an effective way to relieve poverty and cushion the effects of economic dislocation without encouraging idleness and sloth.

The effect on Amazon has been equally significant: I detailed last year how the revelation of AWS» financial results was effectively a Facebook - level IPO, and subsequent earnings reports in which AWS has demonstrated the power of scale — increased revenue plus increased margins — have only solidified the fact that AWS will be a substantial driver of Amazon's revenue and (eventual!)

They probably won't have much effect on the large - scale investment plans in the resources sector, but households and firms watching what is happening may continue their precautionary behaviour for longer than otherwise.

These healthcare brands will have the effect of soothing out the inevitable fluctuations that occur on the pharmaceutical side, though right now, Glaxo's portfolio is boasting robust growth from small - scale HIV drugs Triumeq and Trivicay (which, as the CEO noted in the last annual report, sport year - over-year sales growth of 41 % and 43 %, respectively).

Basing your business in this global industry cluster brings enormous advantages: Network effects, economies of scale, access to the world's best talent, deep pools of capital, a rich ecosystem of resources and know - how for both startups and mature companies, a nurturing entrepreneurial culture, infectious energy, and strong trust relationships that make the impossible possible.

In parts of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, economies of scale such as network effects are already prominent.

Economies of scale are desirable and complement network effects in many cases, but Tavel is pointing out that they are not «capital light.»

Actually because of tax effects, network effects, and ease of scaling / ephemeralization, technology companies in general are strongly incentivized to not actually realize profits and instead continually defer them either through incremental or new strategic investments (e.g. like Amazon).

Target also claims in court documents that its rapid roll - out, designed to quickly achieve scale in the Canadian market, had the unintended effect of limiting the impact of new store openings in some cities.

Tax cuts always effect assets prices, regulations are estimated to account for up to 35 % of building new construction costs for homes in some locations and though federal deregulation may not impact local regulations as much it does have a multiplier effect on the economy just like a tax cut does and anticipation of an infrastructure plan the scale of this administration's, though it hasn't been passed, would also have an anticipatory effect on leading indicators like stocks and other commodities that raise costs, which we have already seen.

But were Australia to enter at some stage a period of declining housing prices, it is likely that this equity withdrawal would be scaled back, or would possibly go into reverse, resulting in a cutback in spending, with a potentially destabilising effect on the broader economy.

Spillover effects on other countries, as reflected in bond yields, were more limited than in previous episodes of turmoil, reflecting the relatively small scale of Cyprus's problem, according to the Institute of International Finance (IIF) in Washington.

It has also had significant environmental consequences — set aside climate change and, if nothing else, think of industrial toxicity at the scale of Lake Michigan's southwest shoreline, New Jersey's Chemical Coast, or the chemical plants and oil refineries immediately north of Louisiana's State Capitol grounds in Baton Rouge, the long - term effects of which remain unknown — and has prompted not only environmentalist discontent and backlash, but also a neo-pagan anthropology and cosmology in which nature itself is increasingly understood as sacred.

Yet the capacity to split genes and atoms, and to effect the environment on a new scale and in grave ways, is only one reason human power — and its relation to divine power — has become a theological preoccupation.

The original Isaiah proposed in effect that it was not yet time for the full - scale prophetic Word of redemption.

Equally observable was the catharsis effected in these groups by their real elite, which heroically maintains what they consider the right scale of professional values against structural failures.

We live in a universe where the so - called «butterfly effect» plays a strong role, so that things at a quantum microscopic level affect things at a large scale, and a universe where there is true randomness at the quantum level, which gives theoretically uncaused events which can't be empirically distinguished from events with unseen causes.

A Randomized Double - Blind Study of the Effect of Distant Healing in a Population With Advanced AIDS Report of a Small Scale Study FRED SICHER, MA; ELISABETH TARG, MD; DAN MOORE 11, PhD; and HELENE S. SMITH, PhD; San Francisco, California The Western journal of medicine.

«Our missions are very similar, to work with farmers and communities in an effort to protect the natural environment and help mitigate the effects of climate change on a global scale.

The large - scale disruptions in children's home environments reflected in the ten ACE categories clearly have detrimental effects on their development.

Gender Convergence in Domestic Work: discerning the effects of interactional and institutional barriers in large - scale data.

More recently, researchers using variations on Anda and Felitti's ACE scale have found that growing up in a chronically stressful home, as indicated by an elevated ACE score, has a direct negative effect on the development of children's executive functions and, by extension, on their ability to learn effectively in school.

In fact, it appears the sheer amount of time parents spend with their kids between the ages of 3 and 11 has virtually no relationship to how children turn out, and a minimal effect on adolescents, according to the first large - scale longitudinal study of parent time to be published in April in the Journal of Marriage and FamilIn fact, it appears the sheer amount of time parents spend with their kids between the ages of 3 and 11 has virtually no relationship to how children turn out, and a minimal effect on adolescents, according to the first large - scale longitudinal study of parent time to be published in April in the Journal of Marriage and Familin April in the Journal of Marriage and Familin the Journal of Marriage and Family.

By bringing a big global problem to a local and more manageable scale, we can gain insight on the effects of climate change in our community.

In 2001, Belsky suggested that, «as more and more children were spending more and more time in non-maternal care arrangements, at younger and younger ages, even small effects, when experienced by many children, might have broad - scale implications for how classrooms, communities and even societies operate.&raquIn 2001, Belsky suggested that, «as more and more children were spending more and more time in non-maternal care arrangements, at younger and younger ages, even small effects, when experienced by many children, might have broad - scale implications for how classrooms, communities and even societies operate.&raquin non-maternal care arrangements, at younger and younger ages, even small effects, when experienced by many children, might have broad - scale implications for how classrooms, communities and even societies operate.»

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And in fact, a larger - scale study suggests that simply implementing a bedtime routine without any behavioural interventions for infants can have significant positive effects for the sleep of the baby and the parents» well - being [8].

The Lancet reinforces other recent large scale evidence reviews such as aspecial issue of Acta Paediatrica, which stated that breastfeeding rates are responsive to interventions delivered in health systems, communities and homes, with the largest effects achieved when interventions are delivered in combination.

This was the perception when old concussion grading scales were in effect.

Fishing up to that 12 mile limit is small scale - fisherman catching crab and lobsters in bay areas, that type of thing.There might arguably be some marginal effect off the south coast of England because it's so close to France.

The labor deal, which went into effect in May 2014, pays higher salaries to veteran officers, but a lower scale for new hires, who also take more time to reach top salary.

But these findings are stark and a timely reminder of the racially segregating effects of religious schools, the division of communities that ensues, and that an expansion of such «faith» schools will only lead to racial segregation in state schools on a scale we have never seen before in this country.

Current research projects focus on the process and outcomes of food system localisation in a globalising environment, the sustainability implications of a large scale transition to agriculturally derived bio-fuels, the effects of school and community context on childhood obesity, and the micro-politics of animal welfare in alternative livestock systems.

A new paper published by scientists in the Northeast finds that long - term studies at the local scale are needed to accurately predict and manage the effects of climate change.

Browne said previous research by the IFS showed the allowance was effective in keeping 16 - to 18 - year - olds in school, especially those of non-working parents, while child benefit for people higher up the income scale was unlikely to have the same effect.

Also speaking during the visit, Johnson said, «Boko Haram has generated suffering, instability and poverty on a huge scale, with profound knock on effects far from Nigeria's borders, and I am proud of Britain's commitment to supporting the Nigerian people in tackling terror.

Those who promoted the Parliament Act 1911 at least perceived this point, as is evident from the preamble to the Act, which states that it was, in effect, intended to be a holding measure pending full - scale reform of the second chamber.

There have been complaints about the adverse effects of small - scale illegal mining on water bodies and the environment in general.

Low levels of physical activity and inefficient sleep patterns intensify the effects of genetic risk factors for obesity, according to results of a large - scale study presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2017 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla..