The response to the second is hampered by the lack of evidence about the longer
term effects of a change in electoral system.
Yet, the long -
term effects of these changes are unknown (25).
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability
of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost
of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates
of certain aircraft; 6) the
effect on aircraft demand and build rates
of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the
effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result
of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the
effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any
changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution
of key milestones such as the receipt
of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation
of our announced acquisition
of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability
of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk
of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production
of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts
of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak
of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact
of future discount rate
changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition
of Asco on favorable
terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the
effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the
effect of changes in tax law, such as the
effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and
changes to the interpretations
of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the
effect of such
changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability
of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass
of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many
of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment
of interest on, and principal
of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness
of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness
of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact
of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition
of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse
changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result
of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks
of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions
of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
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.
In addition, notifications
of changes to fees, penalties and
terms must be sent in advance, rather than retroactively (giving consumers the ability to opt out before the
change takes
effect).
These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation
of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives;
changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications;
changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological
changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations;
changes in accounting standards; the
effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable
terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.
For example, the expected timing and likelihood
of completion
of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and
terms and conditions
of any required governmental and regulatory approvals
of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence
of any event,
change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination
of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption
of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse
effects on the market price
of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse
effect on the ability
of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses
of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.
«The
effects of recently enacted tax
changes — while still uncertain — might be somewhat larger in the near
term than previously thought,» said the meeting account, which the Fed published Wednesday after a standard three - week delay.
SEO consultants providing ongoing web and social media analytics insight can reveal long
term trends, cyclicality and the
effect of the many
changes mentioned above to an organization's ability to attract new business and manage it's reputation online.
In addition, we believe the market has underrated the
effect of one recent
change that should be a significant driver
of long -
term shareholder value.
From a strictly legal perspective, the relevant question is not whether there is a sufficient connection to any particular existing or proposed oil sands development or other production activity, and certainly not whether such projects or activities were included in the
Terms of Reference (ToR), but rather simply whether the GHGs associated with the production
of bitumen that will be transported by the NGP are an «environmental
effect»
of that project (see NGP Report, Volume II, Appendix 4,
Terms of Reference, which defines «environmental
effect» very broadly to mean «any
change that the project may cause in the environment.»
Over the long
term they must
effect these transfers, but they can not do so quickly enough to balance a
change in the balance
of payments.
Implementation
of the
changes announced by MSCI are expected to take
effect in summer 2018 and are unlikely to significantly impact Chinese equities in the short
term.
The goal
of determining real (inflation - adjusted) performance is not completely hopeless, though, because we know what causes long -
term changes in money purchasing power and we can roughly estimate the long -
term effects of these causes.
The coincidence
of the
effects arising from the
changes to the tax system and the Olympic Games in September will make interpreting developments in the economy, especially the monthly data, more difficult than usual over the near
term.
So, there where some minor
changes in
terms of timing
of some cash inflows but these
effects don't matter when taking a full year perspective.
As seen in prior cycles,
changes in short -
term interest rates alone had yielded little
effect on financial conditions, as buoyant risk sentiment strengthened equities, corporate bonds, as well as various forms
of «esoteric» investments.
Its recently adapted
terms of services may have been altered in response to the Cambridge Analytica findings, but the
changes will leave the vast majority
of Facebook users unprotected in accordance to the soon to come into
effect General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
With this approach, you leave the rest
of your money on track in your long -
term strategic asset allocation plan without having to worry about tax consequences or rebalancing
effects from
changing back and forth between your «core» investments and your tactical ideas.
Phoebe Thompson, editor
of Premier Youthwork Magazaine thinks a number
of factors are behind the
changes in teenage behavior, on Premier's «News Hour» programme, she said: «the government has taken to make smoking less appealing by covering packets and also putting the long
term effects on there, and also the rise
of contraception and better sex education probably has contributed to the lowering
of teenage pregnancies».
It has also had significant environmental consequences — set aside climate
change and, if nothing else, think
of industrial toxicity at the scale
of Lake Michigan's southwest shoreline, New Jersey's Chemical Coast, or the chemical plants and oil refineries immediately north
of Louisiana's State Capitol grounds in Baton Rouge, the long -
term effects of which remain unknown — and has prompted not only environmentalist discontent and backlash, but also a neo-pagan anthropology and cosmology in which nature itself is increasingly understood as sacred.
The new life in Christ, the consequent transformation
of all their hopes and expectations, the sense
of fresh power to achieve the hitherto impossible, the vital awareness
of the
change which had been
effected in their relations with God, the confidence
of sin forgiven and
of restoration to divine favor, the «joy in the holy Spirit,» and confident looking forward to great events still to come, and soon, as the result
of Christ's exaltation at God's right hand and
of his promised coming as Redeemer and Judge — all this lies behind the choice and the use
of technical
terms or concepts borrowed, first
of all, from current Jewish messianism.
They leave us with a «feel good feeling»
of having done something, but do little to
effect the
change we want to see or keep us engaged long
term.
But we have not learned to respond to slow
changes with long -
term effects such as the population explosion, the increasing extinction
of species and the deterioration
of the environment.
In this chapter, the major focus will be personal
effects of religious television, understood primarily in
terms of change in personal attitudes and behavior.
Without getting into a great deal
of song and dance about a side topic, I'll just say that I believe our GDP growth would explode as companies rushed to establish operational headquarters in the US, and the
changes in the individual income tax codes would have a chilling
effect on both the Wall Street money churners (people would be rewarded for going long with their investments instead
of shuffling money around to chase pennies) and the out -
of - control executive compensation at the expense
of the long -
term health
of the company.
This relates to the sensitive dependence
of non-linear systems to the initial values
of its dynamical parameters (often referred as the «butterfly
effect,» a phrase coined by the meteorologist E.N. Lorenz).7 In such a system, even the smallest
change (or uncertainty)
of initial values
of a non-linear or dynamically coupled system, show long -
term divergence
of its phase - map trajectories, leading to the formation
of a basin
of so - called «strange attractors.»
In
terms of effect on consumption, Ng et al estimated a reduction in sugar sweetened drink intake
of 104 mL (10 %) per person per week compared with our predicted reduction
of around 15 %.19 The substitution
effects predicted in Ng et al's study are very slight, and as a result the predicted
change in energy intake is larger (net decrease
of 24 kJ / person / day compared with our estimate
of 17 kJ / person / day).
Last year, a report by the Oxford Martin School at Oxford University, led by Professor Marco Springmann, said a tax on animal products could have a «substantial»
effect in
terms of mitigating their contributions to climate
change.
Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce
effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach
of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty
of good faith, unfair contract
terms (seeks «recognition
of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension
of unfair contract
terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation
of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf
of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process
of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply
of drinking milk») and mandatory code
of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.
Changing the ratio
of water and formula
changes the composition
of the product, which could have severe short and long -
term effects on your child's health and development.
Since publication
of the first Purdue study, similar findings about the
effects of RHI, both in the short - and medium -
term, have been reported by researchers [8,9,16,19,21,22,26,27,28, 29 - 38], with several
of the studies finding
changes which persisted for weeks and even months after a football season ended.
Individual growth curve models were developed for multilevel analysis and specifically designed for exploring longitudinal data on individual
changes over time.23 Using this approach, we applied the MIXED procedure in SAS (SAS Institute) to account for the random
effects of repeated measurements.24 To specify the correct model for our individual growth curves, we compared a series
of MIXED models by evaluating the difference in deviance between nested models.23 Both fixed quadratic and cubic MIXED models fit our data well, but we selected the fixed quadratic MIXED model because the addition
of a cubic time
term was not statistically significant based on a log - likelihood ratio test.
Simply stimulating a baby with a fast
changing view may achieve the
effect of distracting it in the short
term but too much imagery with no perspective can result in over stimulation
of the baby.
Urinary incontinence (UI) has an
effect on quality
of life during the postpartum period.1, 2 Fear
of UI is one
of the most common reasons for maternal demand for cesarean delivery.3, 4 The muscle strength
of the pelvic floor returns to the antepartum value 6 — 10 weeks postpartum in most women.5, 6 However, UI symptoms after delivery do not resolve in the long
term in some women.7, 8 Studies have variously concluded that the prevalence
of UI changed9 or did not
change within 6 months or 1 year postpartum.10, 11 A higher prevalence or incidence
of UI has been observed in women who had a vaginal delivery than in women who underwent cesarean delivery.10 — 18 In contrast, a recent study found that vaginal delivery was not associated with postpartum UI.19 The long -
term protective
effect of cesarean delivery has not been determined.20 Validated and reliable questionnaires to evaluate UI, including severity and quality
of life, are needed for postpartum evaluation.21 However, comparisons
of UI severity and the
effect on daily life between women who have had vaginal and cesarean deliveries are scarce.22
However, it is the ways in which Africans can link Chinese investment in manufacturing and services to their own attempts to
effect structural
change that will determine the long -
term impact
of the China - Africa relationship.
If the referendum educates the public in the power
of their voice, and if it educates masses and elites to expand their moral imagination enough to recognize the complaints
of the other side, this experiment, although probably not the best outcome, has the epistemic value desired by proponents
of deliberation, and its long -
term effect may be more electoral stability and a renewed aversion to
change for the sake
of change.
Changes in the training
of junior doctors in the long -
term effects of prescribing drugs and addiction and withdrawal services - The Earl
of Sandwich
A new paper published by scientists in the Northeast finds that long -
term studies at the local scale are needed to accurately predict and manage the
effects of climate
change.
WHEREAS, in furtherance
of the united effort to address the
effects of climate
change, in 2015 the 21st Session
of the Conference
of the Parties to the UNFCC met in Paris, France and entered into a historic agreement in which 195 nations, including the United States, were signatories and agreed to determine their own target contribution to mitigate climate
change by holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, among other
terms (the «Paris Agreement»);
The
change to the Apprenticeship Law was «minor» in
terms of length, but major in
terms of effect.
But it is essential that any proposals to
change the means by which delegated legislation is agreed by Parliament must be evaluated not only in
terms of their
effect on the balance
of power between the two Houses, but between the Executive and Parliament as a whole.
It is critical for physicians to monitor these secondary tissue damages, as they are frequently the origin
of significant long -
term effects, including brain damage, cognitive deficits, psychosocial / behavioral / emotional
changes, bodily damage and biochemical
changes at the cellular level.
Short - and long -
term impacts The American economy is already beginning to feel the
effects of climate
change, the report says, and «these impacts will likely grow materially over the next 5 to 25 years and affect the future performance
of today's business and investment decisions.»
In any case,
changing one arbitrary standard to another would do nothing about the widespread misinterpretation and misuse
of P values, or
change the fact that a statistically significant P value can be calculated for an
effect that is insignificant in practical
terms.
«We should be thinking
of ways to reduce our negative
effects on the natural environment and these results show that if we do basic conservation and management, it can make a big difference in
terms of how ecosystems will weather climate
change,» Harley said.
It can be very difficult to replicate the long -
term effects of climate
change over very large geographic areas in the laboratory or field.
The State
of the World Population 2009 report says that population levels will affect countries» abilities to adapt to the immediate
effects of climate
change, although the longer -
term influence
of population growth on climate
change will depend on future economic, technological and consumption trends.
Tattersall explains how epigenetic
effects on key genes cascade to produce radical morphological
changes in an eye blink, and why our unusual thinking style, far from being the perfected product
of long -
term selective pressures, was bootstrapped out
of existing abilities barely 100,000 years ago.
Professor David Schultz, one
of the authors
of the guest editorial, said: «One
of the long -
term effects of climate
change is often predicted to be an increase in the intensity and frequency
of many high - impact weather events, so reducing greenhouse gas emissions is often seen to be the response to the problem.