Sentences with phrase «significant changes in its system»

It is likely that, in the coming years, there will be significant changes in its system, which should be closely observed.

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While organizing is putting systems in place to find what you need when you need it, «decluttering is what you do when you're trying to make a significant change in your life or your business.

Under the new system, statements which UK companies file when they are set up and on each anniversary of that date showing changes in shareholders or directors are supposed to include details of «Persons with significant control (PSC).»

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

If the U.S. does not make significant structural changes including entitlement reform, budgetary reform and a simpler tax system, he foresees another financial crisis of possibly greater magnitude in the years ahead.

The last time the central bank's leadership underwent such significant change was in 2006, just before the nation's financial system began to crack.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

The global lending market has witnessed revolutionary changes in 2016, with fintechs playing a significant role in restructuring the lending system to be more dynamic and responsive, vis - à - vis the traditional framework of existing banking systems.

Medium - term changes, like the general opening of the market, be it the market for goods or services, in particular financial services etc, or even the labour market, all of these are accelerating the transformation of the system and the transformation of capitalism and they are having significant social consequences in all regions of the world.

There is little danger of military interference in Colombian elections, however, since the Liberal and Conservative parties control the entire process, and neither represents any significant change of the system.

The diverse cluster of therapies whose aim is to facilitate creative change in relationships and in social systems represents a highly significant development in contemporary therapies.

A change in the U.S. pricing and subsidy system might not make enormous differences for small farmers worldwide, but with many of the world's farmers living on less than $ 1 per day, small differences turn out to be significant.

The food system is in an interesting predicament — it's a significant contributor to one of its own biggest threats — climate change.

Yes, but sadly i think now the problem has become so endemic it is going to be on the wrong side of a nasty season or two, we need a manager who can tear everything up and start again from nothing, Spurs are used to that, but our systems and organisation have not seen significant change in 20 years, it takes a lot more rebuilding

What is difficult to accept is despite savings being made by way of an effective «pay freeze» and pensions contributions increase that on the back of those measures there are further proposed significant changes to the police remuneration system that could see up to 40 % of officers loosing up to # 4000.00 of pay in addition to that freeze.

«We are already in the midst of a period of significant change in the Scottish tax system.

However the DfT suggests that the «statistically significant» rise in KSIs may be down to a change in the way casualties are recorded by police forces through the CRASH system.

In interviews, de Blasio administration officials and Albany lawmakers agreed that a three - year extension was the easiest way to maintain the current system of mayoral control without significant changes, a win for de Blasio.

«I think we should reevaluate the evaluation system in light of this data, and I don't know that those changes would make a significant difference to this data,» Cuomo said.

The past year has been a time of significant change in New York's education system, and key to driving the shift were teachers unions.

But in this case the administration is showing a cynical willingness to game the system by arbitrarily changing the rules to avoid an expected — and potentially embarrassing — significant rise in the number of struggling and failing students.

The emphasis from us is that we need to change the system, and reform is accomplished in significant yet incremental steps.

Japan is stepping up and making significant changes to its education system in order to develop a stronger global presence.

The combined effect of the three, the scientists found, is that the global energy system could experience unprecedented changes in the growth of natural gas production and significant changes to the types of energy used, but without much reduction to projected climate change if new mitigation policies are not put in place to support the deployment of renewable energy technologies.

As for the future, I look forward to significant changes in the medical paradigm, forced by relentless consumer demand for alternative therapies and the impending total collapse of the health - care system.

Virginia Burkett, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist who co-authored a 2008 study on climate change's impact to transportation systems on the Gulf Coast, said last week that an average temperature change of 2 or 3 °F in the Gulf Coast region could have a significant effect on train tracks buckling, causing more derailments.

While the preponderance of temporary contracts may have many downsides, there is a risk that changes to the academic system would have significant knock - on effects, Phillips recognizes in her email to Science Careers.

This proof - of - concept development is the result of the Doherty Group's expertise with crystallization processes coupled with the Peters Group's expertise in «rare events» — relatively infrequent and short - lived but highly significant phenomena (such as reactions) that fundamentally change the state of the system.

We emphasize that because of the significant influence of sea ice on the climate system, it seems that high priority should be given to developing ways for reconstructing high - resolution (in space and time) sea - ice extent for past climate - change events.

a Python - based program package that can be used to efficiently detect and characterize significant conformational changes in simulated biomolecular systems.

«This community, condo model project launches a significant change in how high - performance computing resources are offered to the UA community,» said Gwendolyn Bryson, manager of Research Computing Systems at the UAF Geophysical Institute.

Watch Video David L. Chandler MIT News Office Scientists agree that changes in land use such as deforestation, and not just greenhouse gas emissions, can play a significant role altering the world's climate systems.

An international team of astronomers using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made an unparalleled observation, detecting significant changes in the atmosphere of a planet located beyond our solar system.

The study, published July 21, 2016, in Scientific Reports, also showed significant changes in the gut microbiome after antibiotic treatment, suggesting the composition and diversity of bacteria in the gut play an important role in regulating immune system activity that impacts progression of Alzheimer's disease.

«In Southern Europe, adapting to some of the projected changes could only be achieved by a fundamental, and expensive, re-engineering of each city or water resource system, as significant adaptation to climate extremes has already been implemented and radical changes will be needed to achieve more,» the paper notes.

Second, in components of the medullary 5 - HT system that contain 5 - HT cell bodies (ie, PGCL, gigantocellularis, and intermediate reticular zone), there was a significant age × diagnosis interaction with decreased receptor binding with increasing age in SIDS cases but no change in controls (Figure 2A).

Aging is a physiological phenomenon associated with significant changes in multiple organs, including hair graying, hearing and memory loss and reduced regeneration ability in the muscle and hematopoietic system.

Changing your attitude has a significant effect on how your lymphatic system performs their duties in fighting cancer.»

In other words, natural supplements need to build up in your system to get to a level where more significant change occurs, which is why you often will need to take them several times per day, over periods of weeks and months or even longeIn other words, natural supplements need to build up in your system to get to a level where more significant change occurs, which is why you often will need to take them several times per day, over periods of weeks and months or even longein your system to get to a level where more significant change occurs, which is why you often will need to take them several times per day, over periods of weeks and months or even longer.

As a matter of fact, results of a comprehensive double - blind scientific study with The Original Himalayan Crystal Salt conducted at the Inter-University of Graz, Austria, demonstrated that the patients in the study who used Original Himalayan Crystal Salt «saw significant positive changes in respiratory, circulatory, organ, connective tissue and nervous system functions.»

There would be very few significant changes to this battle system in later Dragon Quest games.

«We have always been a conscientious company, but by having more standardised systems in place for our health and safety and environmental management has helped us to make subtle changes, each of which have added up to significant improvements over the years, for both the company and our employees.

Also, with the democratic changes that have occurred and the new reforms that are to be implemented, there has been significant political interference in the educational system.

Senior Lecturer Thomas Payzant, former superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, played a significant role in the development of a report released last week calling for major changes to the American education system.

Posted: December 21, 2006 PayzantSenior Lecturer Thomas Payzant, former superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, played a significant role in the development of a report released last week calling for major changes to the American education system.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed legislation that will make some significant changes in the state's accountability system and budgeting requirements for schools, including tougher high school graduation standards and elimination of a requirement that school districts must spend 65 percent of their operating budgets on classroom instruction.

Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), said:» We need to see real and significant changes to teachers» working lives, both in terms of pay and conditions as well as reducing the punishing accountability system that is overburdening the profession and blighting children and young people's education.»

In 2011, Shonkoff launched Frontiers of Innovation, a multi-sectoral collaboration among researchers, practitioners, policymakers, investors, and experts in systems change who are committed to developing more effective intervention strategies to catalyze breakthrough impacts on the development and health of young children and families experiencing significant adversitIn 2011, Shonkoff launched Frontiers of Innovation, a multi-sectoral collaboration among researchers, practitioners, policymakers, investors, and experts in systems change who are committed to developing more effective intervention strategies to catalyze breakthrough impacts on the development and health of young children and families experiencing significant adversitin systems change who are committed to developing more effective intervention strategies to catalyze breakthrough impacts on the development and health of young children and families experiencing significant adversity.