Sentences with phrase «significant effect on performance»

Storage Drive / Hard Drive: Getting an SSD (solid - state drive) rather than a mechanical hard drive has a more significant effect on performance than buying a fast processor.

Although both market orientation and innovation have significant effects on performance, much of the variance in organizational performance is attributed to the mediating role innovation in the market orientation - performance linkage [139].

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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.

The author Nissim Taleb deals with phenomena like these where the outlier (like Juno) has a significant effect on the average performance.

Significant Contributors and Significant Detractors are the Strategy holdings that had the greatest effect on Strategy performance for the week.

«This well - designed set of experiments shows that chronic THC pretreatment appears to restore a significant level of diminished cognitive performance in older mice, while corroborating the opposite effect among young mice,» wrote Susan Weiss, director of the Division of Extramural Research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, who was not involved in the study, in an e-mail.

The team found that protein intake greater than the RDA had no significant effect on lean body mass, fat mass, muscle performance, physical function, fatigue or other well - being measures.

The study also found that a child's mastery - performance goals had a significant effect on their parent's physical anxiety.

In fact, none of the other ingredients present in energy drinks and in the amounts in a can of energy drink actually produces a significant effect on physical or cognitive performance.

The study is significant as it binds together structural correlates of plasticity at the microscale with effects on behavioral performance.

This combination of effects has a significant impact on physical performance, whether it be high - intensity or low - intensity activity.

The conclusions of the study were that a protein intake greater than the RDA amounts had no significant effect on lean body mass, fat mass, muscle mass (or performance), athletic function, fatigue, or other well - being measure.

A 2012 review found «overwhelming evidence that stretch durations of 30 - 45 seconds... imparted no significant effect,» on performance.

The American Psychological Association has concluded that caffeine has significant effects on psychomotor and cognitive performance, psychological well - being, blood pressure and athletic performance.

... and if even this very brief intervention that was delivered online in only about 45 minutes of class time could have this kind of noticeable, significant effect on student's performance, just think how much bigger the effects could be if these ideas were skilfully woven into the curriculum, into classroom practice, into the way assessments happen and so forth.

In a significant pedagogical shift from the norm of timed set recordings or set classroom observation, leading to «performances» from the teacher and the students (the Hawthorne effect), an always - on camera recording 360 - degree video enable live and retrospective viewing.

The adverse effect on reading performance was statistically significant in only the first year after the intervention began.

A yearlong randomized controlled trial found MFAS to have statistically significant positive effects on students» academic performance in mathematics.

The validation grants are set aside for practices, strategies or programs that show promise of having a statistically significant effect on improving student performance.

A 2017 multi-state review of voucher programs by Carnoy with the Economic Policy Institute found that students in voucher programs scored significantly lower than traditional public school students on reading and math tests and found no significant effect of vouchers leading to improved public school performance.

The incentive structure within IMPACT had significant effects on retention and performance, particularly after the second year of implementation (2010 - 11) when IMPACT gained credibility.

Analysis of the indirect effects of classroom variables on math performance indicated a small significant mediating effect of self - efficacy.

In such studies, it is important to recognize that the performance of Science IDEAS students on nationally - normed reading comprehension tests is, in itself, a significant transfer effect (i.e., students have no prior exposure to test content).

Calling North Carolina's school turnaround work «among the most ambitious in the nation,» Vanderbilt University researcher Gary Henry told members of the State Board of Education on Thursday that he's found significant positive effects resulting from the state's federally - funded efforts to boost the performance of some of its lowest performing schools between the 2011 and 2015.

In the review, Mindfulness - Based Interventions for Improving Cognition, Academic Achievement, Behavior and Socioemotional Functioning of Primary and Secondary Students, the authors found that mindfulness - based interventions have a statistically significant positive effect on cognitive and socioemotional processes for students, but that they do not improve behavior or academic performance.

Other research, this time by Northwestern University, proved that private schools actually have a positive effect on public schools, through a statistically significant improvement in student performance on state math and reading tests.

Related, and on this point we agree, «teacher pay incentives is one area that we know a good deal about, based on analysis of actual policy variation, and the results are not terribly promising... experiments generally show performance bonuses, a particular form of pay for performance, have no significant student achievement effects, whether the bonus is rewarded at the individual teacher level» (p. 89).

For example, Hiller, Day and Vance (2006) recently reported significant effects of collective leadership on supervisor - rated team performance in a road maintenance department.

«They are very comprehensive and finely tuned systems designed to provide a higher level of performance without a significant effect on the overall driving experience,» said Dickens.

There's no question that your entry point will have a significant effect on your portfolio's long - term performance — especially of you don't plan to continue adding money.

There are two schools of thought on currency hedging: one holds that currency fluctuations «cancel out» for a long - term investor and the other holds that currency fluctuations have a significant effect on equity performance and should be hedged away.

The rebuilding of both Dead Island and Dead Island Riptide on Techland's next gen engine brings with it a significant visual & performance overhaul, introducing many cutting edge current - generation graphical effects:

Of course, the Xbox One X does offer a noticeably significant performance boost — to that effect, loading our saved game in Quantum Break on the original Xbox One took 2 minutes and 27 seconds, while it took just 1 minute and 32 seconds to load on the Xbox One X.

The W7 doesn't sport a ton of new features over last year's 6 - series models, but what is new is notable, and it all has a significant effect on the overall performance of the TV.

There might be significant changes in the hardware under the hood, but this has little effect on the performance gap between the two.

Although my resume will give you a comprehensive overview of my experience, here are a few highlights of my qualifications: • MBA with double majors in Finance and Administration • 2 years of work experience at A.M. Castle & Co. as an Administrative Specialist with outclass performance overseeing all branch administrative and operational duties including; business partner collaboration, process and approving customer transactions as authorized, also ensuring every business unit conforms to internal and external compliance laws and requirements • Track record of managing detailed and significant projects, including, one awarded as the best research project in Boston University 2012, about effects of weak administration on an organization • Demonstrated ability to adapt and independently perform duties in a dynamic environment • Proactive and energetic attitude with proven leadership, management and organizational skills • Achieved 100 % compliance in 2011 - 2012 and was rewarded with three times regular bonus as a performance incentive

The results show that the moderating effect of market turbulence on the relationship between infrastructure practices and process innovation performance is not significant, but that market turbulence could moderate the relationship between core practice and process innovation performance in a negative way.

Environmental control had a direct impact on individual performance and group collaboration; whereas, the mediating and moderating effects of environmental control on the relationship between workplace design factors and outcome variables were not significant.

While classroom - based programs showed significant improvements across all five social measures and academics, comprehensive programs showed no significant effect on students» social - emotional skills or positive social behavior, and were less effective at improving academic performance.

ADHD students given methylphenidate combined with psychosocial treatment showed significant improvement in classroom behavior and academic performance in what is being called the first large trial of the effects of multiple doses of methylphenidate on the behavior and performance of young teens in a classroom setting.

Last but not least, teachers are important adults in children's scholastic lives, and there is some evidence that teacher wellbeing, at least indirectly, has significant effects on children's socioemotional adjustment and academic performance (Hamre and Pianta 2004; Malmberg and Hagger 2009; Moolenaar 2010; Roth et al. 2007).

Parental education had minor effects on the test performance of the adoptees — statistically significant only for non-Korean adoptees» verbal test scores — but was prominently influential for non-adoptees.