Sentences with phrase «small number of risk»

The regression line through the scatter fits well and suggests that the charter school effect is not driven by a small number of risk sets.

Not exact matches

«I only have the data at a very high level, but we did detect a small number of people who tested positively in their DNA for being at risk for cancer.

In the section about risks to investors, King said «a small number of games currently generate a substantial majority of our revenue.»

The project's main opponent, the local environmental group Douglas Channel Watch, maintains the risk from either a tanker accident or a pipeline breach is too high for the small number of jobs the pipeline would bring to the community.

Does the risk of false positive results outweigh the benefit of preventing a small number of deaths from breast cancer?

As a non-diversified fund, the fund may invest in a relatively small number of issuers and, as a result, be subject to a greater risk of loss with respect to its portfolio securities.

And nonetheless it is expected that the number of designated addresses would be minimal to start with (OFAC does not make designations lightly), even the small possibility of a sanctions defilement brings correspondence risk slackening into the pattern for Joe Blow Token Buyer.

It's more accurate to say that each week we have a small, statistically insignificant and wholly unreliable forecast for the coming week's market direction, but that when grouped over a large number of instances, the differences in the average return / risk profile of different Market Climates are highly statistically significant.

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

helpthehospices.org.uk / media - centre / press - releases / hospice - care - and - the - liverpool - care - pathway /] that «recent media coverage around a small number of distressing stories has been sensationalist and at times inaccurate», and that «it risks causing unnecessary distress to people at one of the most vulnerable times in their lives and may even prevent people from receiving the care that they need».

For the players like Ox I say get your head right or risk playing for the reserves as Wenger usually prefers using a small number of players in crunch times.

I am often tempted to invest in Neymar even now, and other similarly priced players on the Index such as Sanchez, Kane and Messi, but always talk myself out of it because the current share price presents too much of a risk and, as I don't have thousands of pounds to invest, I would only be able to buy a relatively small number of shares.

You could look at things like the number of miles travelled by car per day that have a greater impact on risk, but obsessing about small risks is contrary to happy / healthy kids and parents.

Probably the biggest reason people are concerned about amniocentesis is the small added risk of miscarriage — and the fact that a range of numbers is used to estimate this risk.

The risk of SIDS is actually very small for the average baby (about one in almost 2,000) and getting smaller — especially thanks to the American Academy of Pediatrics» (AAP) «Back to Sleep» campaign, which has helped reduce the number of SIDS deaths by half since it was initiated in the early 1990s.

However, because of the small numbers, the association between exclusive breastfeeding until the age of 6 months and the risks of infectious diseases was not statistically significant when compared separately with the group of never - breastfed infants.

The number and impact of these cases are, however, likely to be small because this type of overdiagnosis would dilute the associations and bias the relative risks toward unity.

While we appreciate the timely response from Jané, understand that the company no longer operates in the United States, and acknowledge that only a small number of units are on the market, we worry that families who already own this stroller may still face a safety risk, and because strollers often end up on the secondary market for used baby gear, we have designated the Jané Muum a Don't Buy: Safety Rrisk, and because strollers often end up on the secondary market for used baby gear, we have designated the Jané Muum a Don't Buy: Safety RiskRisk.

These numbers are even more sobering when you consider that they only reflect our present risk and a small portion of the total amount of federal disaster assistance paid out in the nine states most at risk from Hurricane Joaquin.

When particulate concentrations rose even to mild levels — those classified as a «moderate health concern for a very small number of people» by EPA standards — the risk of stroke rose by 34 percent within a day of exposure.

While not wishing to dismiss the risk of a possible catastrophic impact, Johnson notes that the risk of a spacecraft - killing collision remains rare — and that «even two times a small number is still a small number.»

Although surgery that is confined to removing just a small tumor (loco - regional treatment) is generally considered to be low risk, we have previously demonstrated that the proportion of patients who develop postoperative complications strongly increases with age and increasing numbers of other diseases or conditions that they may have.

This appears to be the case: the greater the number of risk genes a person possessed, the smaller the volume of their hippocampus — regardless of whether they were a high - risk study participant or a patient.

Small ecosystems are more vulnerable to extinctions; their member species are fewer in number and have limited refuge, and so are at statistically greater risk of being eliminated by a single event, whether a hurricane or the introduction of a predatory snake.

The risks have been «smoothed» to adjust for chance fluctuations that can occur when there are small numbers of cases especially for cancers such as leukemia and brain cancer.

Current treatments include transplanting patients with donor HSC, which is a potential cure for SCD, but due to the serious risks of rejection, only a small number of patients have undergone this procedure and it is usually restricted to children with severe symptoms.

Although waterborne outbreaks can be a risk when people are densely clustered, only a small number of people reported having diarrhea.

Although drawing conclusions about small population subgroups — such as kids at risk of violence — from broad population trends can be dicey, it is still worth noting that as violent video games proliferated in recent years, the number of violent youthful offenders fell — by more than half between 1994 and 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Previous studies had examined small numbers of people to confirm already - known genetic risk factors.

However, because of the extremely small effect size of the BD risk (i.e., odds ratio ~ 1.2), Prof. Nakao Iwata says, «a large number of risk genes are still unidentified.

A heightened risk of stroke was similarly linked to increasing aircraft noise exposure, but this was not statistically significant, possibly because of the small number of cases involved, suggest the researchers.

Besides bullying by peers and a small circle of friends, researchers looked at a number of other risk factors, like maternal anxiety or depression and family dysfunction.

While there have been attempts to estimate real - time death risks during epidemics, such statistical models require data from large numbers of patients in the order of thousands and therefore could not be applied to the 2015 MERS epidemic in the Republic of Korea with small patient numbers.

As it results in a smaller number of melatonin receptors, the risk variant of the gene can cause weaker natural melatonin signalling, one of the regulatory mechanisms in stabilising the circadian rhythm.

This method will be useful when the death risk of a novel infectious disease has to be quantified using data from small numbers of patients during the course of an outbreak, providing information on which age groups to minimize exposure in hospitals, nursing homes and daycare facilities.

However, the statistics behind these risks are based on very small numbers of sick kids, said Susan Amirian, an assistant professor with the Baylor College of Medicine's Duncan Cancer Center in Houston.

While there are trends in certain vaginal microbiota and increased risk in acquiring transient and persistent HPV infections, current studies are heterogenous in nature and describe relatively small numbers of cohorts with limited control groups.

While the study has a number of limitations — its small sample size for one and the fact that things like disease status were self - reported — the researchers had enough information to develop a genetic risk score for smokers.

Although the numbers of people affected by these illnesses are relatively small, the specialist nature of their care and the risk of severe complications adds up to a significant cost - burden for their treatment.

We found mutations in a gene called «POT1» that increased the risk of melanoma in a small number of these families.

Still, some of those common variants may contribute in a small way to the risk of ASD, and if a child inherits a significant number of risky mutations, the combination might cross the threshold for developing the disorder.

The story in a nutshell: the Skafidas paper proposes a method for generating a genetic risk score for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) based on a small number of SNPs.

Although the increase in risk associated with calcium supplements was small, it could represent a large number of additional heart attacks in the general population because of how many people take the supplements, the authors note.

And while the number of women impacted globally by temperature fluctuations may be substantial, she says, the increased risk for individual women is likely small.

Muscle and workout enhancing supplements have been linked to countless health risks, and even a small number of deaths.

As per my p.s. — I suspect the majority of deaths are in the over 65s — where higher protein intake is associated with lower mortality and the smaller number of deaths in the 50 - 65 group may explain some of the large confidence intervals and relative risks.

As detailed by Dr. Sniderman, «Two people can have the same overall LDL concentration, but very different levels of risk depending on whether they have a lot of small, dense LDL particles or a small number of large and fluffy particles.»

The risk of toxicity from excessive phosphorus is real, and this is one of a relatively small number of nutrients that U.S. residents frequently eat in excess of recommended amounts.

In addition to potentially causing problems at work and with relationships, daily alcohol consumption has a number of health risks, including a small increase in the risk of breast cancer.

Changes in temperature may only lead to a small increase in the risk of gestational diabetes, but the number of women affected may be substantial, said Booth.