Sentences with phrase «significant advances by»

No pricing has been announced yet, but the plug - in Rangie Sport brings significant advances by combining a 221kW 2.0 - litre four - cylinder Ingenium petrol engine with an 85kW electric motor.

«While medication and therapist - led interventions have shown some benefit for select survivors, online training marks a significant advance by giving survivors convenient access to an effective intervention.»

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This information could lead to significant advances in how doctors determine who may be at risk of a cardiovascular condition and how to best treat them to lower their risk just by analyzing their history.

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.

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During the market's recent move higher, the homebuilder sector has shown significant strength, as it has led the advance by rallying to fresh 52 - week highs.

As an alternative to such a disreputable point of view, however, we might understand purpose in the universe in terms of what has sometimes been called a «loose» teleology.7 By this I mean that the cosmos may be a significant, value - laden process without needing to be strictly directional in its advance through time.

«During the past four decades, significant progress in rice research has taken place, where IRRI played a great role not only in supporting the development of new varieties but also by advancing knowledge.»

The American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America seeks to make a significant contribution to the health of local communities by providing grants to support charitable programs at community organizations that work to advance both the physical health of their local citizens and the environmental health of their communities.

The American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America (ABHFA) seeks to make a significant contribution to the health of local communities, by providing grants to support charitable programs at community organizations that work to advance both the physical health of their local citizens and the environmental health of their communities.

By 2004, a World Bank report, «Coffee Markets: New Paradigms in Global Supply and Demand» substantiated that structural shifts in the global industry of coffee will likely hinder significant advances for many producing nations to more equitably participate in what is the world's most valuable agricultural trade product.

The Government's White Paper Joint Birth Registration: Recording Responsibility, published on 2 June 2008 is, potentially, the most significant advance in fatherhood policy made by this Government.

If baby will have his own room, ask your significant other to paint (using no - VOC paint) in advance so the room will be aired out fully by the time baby comes home.

Whereas, New York State is a leading voice for women's equality and has raised that voice in action through such significant achievements as passage of the historic «Women's Equality Agenda» in 2015 - eight laws that advance women's equality in New York State by helping to achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and ending pregnancy discrimination in all workplaces; other measures further safeguard and promote women's interests and help improve their status in settings where they live and work; and

By committing significant funding and support to advanced technology, sciences and R&D institutions, New York is laying the groundwork for new jobs and new economic development opportunities, while ensuring that Long Island continues to attract the best of the best to establish roots here and join our great community.»

Among the nine criteria used to evaluate projects are the location of the development in relation to the municipality's master plan, efforts to advance the creation of walkable neighborhoods, a «significant unmet need» in the community for senior housing, and whether the project will be at least 50 % occupied by seniors with an income at or below 60 % of the median income in Erie County.

If you take an overall view of Labour's performance they seem to be holding their own, but not making any significant advance — of the 164 local by - elections so far this year (up to August 11th) Labour have made a net gain of 2 seats.

«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.»

Under William Hague's leadership, the party would fail to make any significant advance at the 2001 general election, and he was succeeded by Iain Duncan Smith.

That's a significant advance considering that 60 % of the organizations that donate medical devices admit to shipping broken equipment, according to a 2011 report by the Catholic Health Association of the United States.

A team led by Dr Hari Babu Nadendla from the Brunel Centres for Advanced Solidification Techniques found a patented niobium - based master alloy not only filled the missing gap in grain refiners for magnesium alloys but offered significant advantages over titanium in aluminium - silicon alloys.

By the 1960s, thanks to significant advances in technology, these kinds of transplants — once a staple of science fiction — had become a practical reality.

A clinical trial conducted by researchers at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center Clinical Trials, a partnership between Scottsdale Healthcare and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), showed that a new drug called MM - 398, given in combination with 5 - flourouracil (5FU) and leucovorin, produced a significant overall survival rate in patients with advanced, previously - treated pancreatic cancer.

«Hruby's promotion is a significant milestone in a system historically dominated by men, says Hugh Gusterson, an anthropologist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

«In conclusion, the study by Carrero et al in this issue of JAMA provides the best evidence to date that vitamin K antagonists [anticoagulants] are associated with improved clinical outcomes and no significant increased risk of bleeding in patients with myocardial infarction and atrial fibrillation with advanced CKD.»

The report, led by PhD student Richard Hall and Professor Edward Hanna from the University of Sheffield's Department of Geography, discovered that up to 35 per cent of this variability may be predictable — a significant advance which may help in the development of seasonal forecasting models.

Gary Geernaert, director of DOE's Climate and Environmental Sciences Division, states that «it is critical that federal investments to advance climate science for use by both public and private stakeholders must place significant priority on incorporating uncertainty quantification methodologies into modeling frameworks.

«Most antibiotics have their effect, directly or indirectly, by causing damage to bacterial DNA, so finding ways to cripple DNA repair would represent a significant advance in the treatment of resistant infections,» says senior study author Evgeny Nudler, PhD, the Julie Wilson Anderson Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Langone.

The take - home message, he said, was that a significant segment of the population — just over 1 percent or 3.2 million Americans — are believed to suffer from some form of schizophrenia — are not benefiting from new scientific advances, lifestyle changes or health care improvements enjoyed by others.

AIMS has applied for a patent on the WetPC, which it says is a significant advance on existing underwater computers, such as a waterproof word processor (not designed for diving) recently developed by Fujitsu in Japan.

According to this standard script, the need for secrecy prevents industrial scientists from pursuing a research career's highest goal: recognition by fellow scientists for priority in significant advances, documented by widely cited, peer - reviewed publications.

A research advance co-led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine's Kumar Alagramam, PhD, may stop the progression of hearing loss and lead to significant preservation of hearing in people with Usher syndrome type III, a form of hereditary hearing loss linked to defects in the sensory «hair» cells in the inner ear.

«We were surprised by these findings because the UK has made so many significant advances in public health over the years,» said Dr Christopher Murray, Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and the study's senior author.

In the post-genomic era, we are witnessing significant advances in the functional decipherment of the human genome sequence that have been made possible by new technological developments in the field of genomic medicine.

According to him, however, there is a significant lack of support for the latter, which is why the funding and coordination provided by nonprofits like the Cancer Research Institute continues to be critical to advancing this field of research.

Financial support for the Advanced LIGO project was led by the NSFwith Germany (Max Planck Society), the U.K. (Science and Technology Facilities Council) and Australia (Australian Research Council) making significant commitments and contributions to the project.

Dr Sarah Teichmann, co-chair of the HCA Organising Committee and Head of Cellular Genetics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said: «Our understanding of human development will be transformed by the HDCA project and could lead to significant advances in biology and medicine.

Sept. 12, 2017 - A multidisciplinary scientific team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has made significant advances in developing a vaccine for chlamydia using synthetic biology, sponsored by a two - year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant.

By combining expertise from various fields — coronagraphy and high contrast imaging from solar physics, polishing, polarimetry and adaptive optics from astronomical communities and the experience of each institutional partner, this telescope will make significant advances in several fields.

Increased investment by donors and the private sector have made possible significant scientific advances since 2000, and helped bring malaria vaccines within reach.

It is reasonable to expect that the research by space scientists using data from the Webb will produce significant advances in understanding the formation and evolution of the oldest stars in our universe, the life cycles of stars, the environmental composition of different exoplanets, and possibilities for living systems on planets circling other stars.

This presents a significant advance in understanding that circuits in the brain regulate amyloid - beta protein composition, showing that Alzheimer's is also driven by physiological mechanisms and just by genetic mutations.

These issues can result in nutritional deficiencies, which may or may not be expressed by outward symptoms, and are often only recognized when a significant loss of wellness occurs or when the disease process becomes quite advanced.

Millennium Films, despite mixed reactions to the «Fading Gigolo» premiere at Toronto, committed to a high - end New York / Los Angeles debut for the John Turturro film starring (but not directed by) Woody Allen, along with a wide advance screening program and significant marketing expenditures.

The first shows that barely eligible students who participated in LUSD's G&T curriculum for all of 6th grade and half of 7th grade exhibit no significant improvement in test scores across a range of subjects, despite their being surrounded by higher - achieving peers and taking more advanced courses.

Recognizing that priorities for both laboratory - based investigation and community - based action are determined by the meeting participants, a preliminary menu of potential topics includes the following: 1) Advancing the frontiers of scientific research: • construct a developmental framework to study the differential effects of biological embedding of significant adversity related to age, beginning in the prenatal period and extending into adulthood.

Another grave concern for educators is the academic gap that would be left by teacher assistants that are primarily tasked with making sure students read on grade level by the third grade — presumably still a significant goal for Senator Berger who was a key driver in the state's Read to Achieve legislation that mandates all third graders read on grade level or be held back from advancing to the fourth grade.

Yes, the state faces significant fiscal challenges, but it is absolutely shameful to see such an irresponsible proposal advanced by the highest ranking Republicans in the state.

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.

In February 2016, the district announced that beginning in the fall of 2016, the junior high school start time would be advanced to 7:20 a.m. and, based upon «significant research,» the high school start time would be delayed to 7:55 a.m. Remarkably, the district claims the earlier junior high school start time «will improve student achievement by allowing the school to incorporate a «team teaching» approach, more teacher collaboration and planning.»