Sentences with phrase «term changes across»
However, models do not agree on the direction of near - term changes across more than 50 percent of terrestrial lands, highlighting major uncertainties in the next few decades.
https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ Not exact matches
Though the exact terms varied across reports, essentially the changes were aimed at increasing productivity in farming collectives by allowing them to keep a greater share of their harvest.
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.
A day after San Francisco voters rejected a proposition that would have restricted short - term rentals, Airbnb founder and CEO Brian Chesky described how the company is changing its tactics amid regulatory battles across the world.
Each account is diversified across a variety of sectors and maturities to help ensure it is not concentrated in any one area, can better handle changes in interest rates, and can potentially help reduce overall risk to principal over the long - term.
The calculation is a weighted average dollar savings across loan terms and assumes no change in interest rates, on - time payments, enrollment in ACH, and no pre-payment of loans.
The majority of firms across all regions and most sectors saw no change in the terms and conditions for obtaining financing.
Again, longer - term «key levels» are those levels that clearly caused a significant change of direction in price and / or held strong on multiple tests across time.
It's just another way of saying «We refuse to / can't define what we mean by the term «God» so if we come across an uncomfortable argument / fact we can still say «Oh, our concept of God has changed again.»
«IDP is changing the way that consumers can engage with brand owners and retailers, whilst delivering efficiency across the supply chain in terms of production, speed - to - market and cost.»
Ongoing consolidation attempts across the Australian dairy sector, continuing market expansion in China and a change in long - term strategy severely affected Fonterra's ability to edge in on the highly fragmented Mexican dairy sector - of which no single company controls more than 10 per cent.
What we've looked at is what is the evidence across all of the front - of - pack labelling systems that are currently available internationally and there just isn't any evidence to suggest in terms of purchasing behaviour, and at the end of the day what consumers do at the supermarket and then what they consume, that that actually changes that behaviour.
As people across the state came to terms with the implications of the change, there was something autumnal in the early spring air last week.
The Blues tried their best to manage 11 players across their festive fixtures last year, but things have massively changed in terms of the demands on the schedule for Conte's side.
In the wake of recent rule changes, there were initial indications that a real negative impact could be felt in terms of quality across the division.
For instance, long - term monitoring of plants and selected animals by Mass Audubon scientists on our wildlife sanctuaries and across the state will allow us to track their response to climate change.
Or is there something about the way that modern state spending is set up (for example through long - term contracts with private suppliers, or through its changing composition across policy domains) that makes it harder than it might have been in the past to put the brakes on quickly?
«My message of reforming and changing the way business is done in New York has been resonating with voters across the political spectrum and while I remain a Republican, I don't think my independent message has connected with state Republican leaders who seem intent on continuing the losing formula that all but guarantees a third term for Democrat Andrew Cuomo,» Giambra said in a statement.
State DOT officials outlined a series of short - term changes planned this year in WNY, and a major redesign intended to calm traffic on the 1960s - era Scajaquada Expressway, which daily carries 50,000 cars and trucks across North Buffalo between the Kensington Expressway and Niagara Thruway.
Labour right - wingers look obsessively to a so - called third way formula, which at least, on its own terms, made sense in the post-cold war 1990s but which is irrelevant to the post-crash 2010s and an angry electorate looking for radical change, and which has taken social - democratic parties to oblivion across continental Europe.
«My message of reforming and changing the way business is done in New York has been resonating with voters across the political spectrum and while I remain a Republican, I don't think my independent message has connected with state Republican leaders who seem intent on continuing the losing formula that all but guarantees a third term for Democrat Andrew Cuomo,» Giambra said.
«The crane fly link was made as part of several longer - term studies — funded by The Natural Environment Research Council and Defra — investigating blanket bog ecosystems across several UK upland sites, including the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and North York Moors.Dr Heinemeyer, who is currently leading a # 1m Defra - funded SEI project to further study the impacts of climate change and management on blanket bogs, said it wasn't only rare birds that were at risk from climate change.
► The National Science Foundation (NSF) has warned the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Inc., «the Boulder, Colorado — based group overseeing the multisite [NEON] project aimed at monitoring long - term environmental change across the United States,» that it has until 1 December to finish the project, Jeffrey Mervis reported Monday at ScienceInsider.
The results are extremely important in terms of discerning how changes in the North Atlantic Ocean may impact the climate and the weather across the Northern Hemisphere in the future.
Lead author Hilary Dugan, a limnologist at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and former Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, explains, «We compiled long - term data, and compared chloride concentrations in North American lakes and reservoirs to climate and land use patterns, with the goal of revealing whether, how, and why salinization is changing across broad geographic scales.
The approach allowed scientists to map out an «electrical grid» showing the moment - by - moment changes across thousands of neurons as animals encountered cues, retrieved short - term memories and made a decision.
To allow comparison across cognitive tests, we also express cognitive decline in terms of percentage change as a function of the range of each test (estimate of 10 year decline / range of test × 100).
«These species can spread across protected areas without the help of land use changes or other human activities, suggesting that traditional conservation approaches on the ground aren't enough for the long - term survival of Hawaii's rain forests.»
Pilot study focusing on a region vulnerable to climate change Although the study highlights that long term changes in rainfall intensity are not always» man - made,» it does not necessarily mean that today's weather anomalies across the Indian Ocean rim countries and, in particular, their frequency, are not subject to human influence.
The term «student growth» was further defined to mean the change in student achievement as measured on statewide assessments and other measures that were «rigorous and comparable across classrooms.»
A campaign asking for school term dates to be changed across the country to make holidays more affordable has been set up by a new travel company
Smart Energy GB has been working to encourage pupils across Great Britain to engage with energy efficiency in order to support long - term energy behaviour change
In light of this, Smart Energy GB has been working to encourage pupils across Great Britain to engage with energy efficiency in order to support long - term sustainable energy behaviour change.
Using variation in course - taking that arises both from changes in course offerings at particular campuses in a particular term and from variation across students in the distance that they have to travel to take in - person courses, we find that taking a course online reduces student grades by 0.44 points on the traditional four - point grading scale, approximately a 0.33 standard deviation decline relative to taking a course in - person (See Figure 1).
Task 2: Create a structure for an applied developmental taxonomy that integrates concepts from multiple frameworks, describes in terms of everyday observable behaviors, and emphasizes how it changes across development); plus an illustration of how stakeholders can use the taxonomy to enhance their work in research, policy, or practice with children and youth.
Across both studies, teachers supported the new assessments, even in terms of encouraging reluctant teachers to change; however, they did not support the use of test results for accountability.
Specifically, we wanted the research team to help us and others across the valley: understand near - term trends in changing demographics of school - age children for Ada and Canyon counties; identify «hot spots» in development and where demand for new school services may be greatest; discuss school quality in these growth areas — how many students are attending low - performing schools or could benefit from different school options; and discuss how the changing student demographics might be served by new school options.
A vertical score scale is needed to measure growth across multiple tests in terms of absolute changes in magnitude.
This instrument was developed and validated across seven separate studies and addresses four major factors: routine seeking, emotional reaction to change, short - term thinking, and cognitive rigidity.
Agreeing to agency models still suited the publishers» long - term interests because they wanted to «shift their industry to higher e-book prices to protect the prices of their physical books and the brick and mortar stores that sold those physical books,» Cote wrote, adding that» [t] o change the price of e-books across the industry... the Publishers would have to raise Amazon's prices.»
Each account is diversified across a variety of sectors and maturities to help ensure it is not concentrated in any one area, can better handle changes in interest rates, and can potentially help reduce overall risk to principal over the long - term.
Again, longer - term «key levels» are those levels that clearly caused a significant change of direction in price and / or held strong on multiple tests across time.
The actively managed intermediate - term fund will invest across multiple bond subcategories, including development bonds, project loans and real estate projects that fit its mandate of providing solutions to climate change and other environmental sustainability issues.
Legislators across the country have taken steps to clamp down on unfair payday loan practices, so be wary of payday lenders who pretend to be another kind of lender, or who change their terms just to get around the law.
The change, however, is not consistent across terms depending on market and economic conditions.
They vary across the country, meaning that the APR, the max loan amount, loan term, and more can all change depending on where you live.
Explore the market's view of expected dividends on a quarterly and annual basis and analyze changes in dividend term structure across multiple points in time.
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In a long - term study, conducted by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY, results showed ticks are appearing earlier and in more places across the United States than before due to changing environmental conditions.
Rio +20 is about changing policymaking habits and perspectives: By applying a longer term perspective to our challenges, we can move into triple - win territory in advancing sustainable development across its three dimensions.