Sentences with phrase «use in the developing world»

Her company, Embrace Innovations, makes low - cost baby incubators for use in the developing world, she explains in the post, and the emotional struggles of getting to know seriously ill infants, many of whom sadly didn't make it, and their families was taking a huge toll on her.

«Buildings account for 40 percent of energy use in the developed world,» Brown says.

Early detection has been proven to improve outcomes, but screening approaches such as mammograms and colonoscopy, used in the developed world, are too costly to be implemented in settings with little medical infrastructure.

This neat little stove is perfect for use in the developing world.

The new approach, termed «bacterial - instructed synthesis», has the potential for use in the developing world, in the field or in less specialised laboratory settings.

The study, published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, forecast that rising HFC use in the developing world would push global temperatures up by 0.35 °C to 0.5 °C by 2100.

In the last few years, I've become increasingly concerned about all of the environmental and health problems associated with our massive plastic use in the developed world.

Similarly, mass - market mobile phones, which are widely available and commonly used in the developing world, allow us to reach hundreds of thousands of people via devices they already carry in their pockets.

By «toilet», does this article mean the kind of resource - wasting, flushable commode we use in the developed world?

In 2011, Bill Gates gave a talk in which he said that the climate benefits of energy - efficiency technologies would be wiped out by increasing fossil - based energy use in the developing world.

Not exact matches

For those who don't want to entirely block contact with the outside world but who could use help concentrating, there are several apps that incorporate the Pomodoro Technique - a time - management method developed in the 1990s by productivity consultant Francesco Cirillo.

Leading RegTech specialist Harry Toukalas will be revealing how his firm's AI tool can predict misconduct in financial services.This ground - breaking technology developed in conjunction with MIT analyses email communication patterns and psycholinguistic analysis of email content to flag up issues such as mis - selling, cyber security and fraud.The Blackhall & Pearl tool already being used around the world by more than 40 organisations is eight times faster than other methods.

Many land at Haxlr8r, an accelerator that has graduated more than 50 companies using a now - familiar model: Learn the basics of manufacturing and develop a prototype; raise funds (and build buzz) in the United States through Kickstarter; manufacture the product; and drop - ship it anywhere in the world through the Pearl River Delta's unparalleled logistics networks.

Two of the world's most popular sports game franchises are largely developed using plenty of Canadian talent at EA Sports» studio in Burnaby, BC.

I think, rather than threatening to use controversial presidential powers to prevent U.S. companies legally reducing their tax burden as has been mooted recently, Mr Obama must instead bring America's corporate tax rate in line with the rest of the world's developed economies.

Soon after he started developing and marketing a product known as a «derma - filler,» made from naturally occurring substances in the human body, cosmetic surgeons use it to eliminate facial wrinkles, Khoshbin began receiving unsolicited orders from all over the world.

«As an investor, I think the ideas and discoveries coming out of biohacking will change the world,» says Scholnick, though he adds that companies concentrating in this market face a challenge in developing products that are easy for consumers to understand and use.

Despite a rapidly developing economy in Kenya, widespread use of cell phones, and the home to one of the most successful mobile payment systems in the world, more than three quarters of Kenyans don't have regular access to electricity.

«When I joined the company in 1992, we used to talk about our mission as putting a PC in every home, and by the end of the decade we have done that, at least in the developed world,» said Nadella.

«The people who are at the vanguard of the investment community in and around San Francisco are starting to come to grips with the fact that there's a gaping hole in the strategy that investors are using today, and are now looking at things that are disruptively world - changing, fundamental technologies that will take five to 15 years to develop and are extremely capital intensive,» he says.

At the Challenge Festival, startups like as BaseTrace, which «uses DNA - based tracers to track where industrial fluids are going in large, complex environments» and Reliefwatch, a cloud - based system that uses smartphone technology to track inventory and diseases for healthcare organizations in the developing world, battled it out on stage for a grand prize of $ 150,000 in investment.

This way they maintain their razor - sharp edge, and a complete mastery of the very same methods, strategies and tools that Tony Robbins continuously develops and uses as he helps millions of people — in more than 100 countries all over the world.

«The traditional approach of relying on a corporate - installed software agent to secure a device has significant limitations in today's world as devices are developed using a wide variety of platforms and operating systems that can not support agents.»

This year saw the rise in these groups of banks, technology conglomerates and FinTech players banding together to explore blockchain use cases and develop real - world solutions.

He has also formed a joint venture with Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto called De Soto, Inc., a company that would use blockchain technology to form a property registry providing land rights to people in the developing world.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry (R) World (TM); risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information;

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

And he says why not because I'm the best or the smartest or the fastest I'll win because of positive habits I've developed and because of the consistency I use in applying those habits I am the world's biggest believer in consistency.

I actually think there's a use case in the developed world that I didn't really previously appreciate until this trip over the past couple days.

Based on the Global Drug Survey and my own calculations, in the developed world (OECD Member countries) in 2014 about 350,000 youths between 16 and 25 bought drugs using darknet markets.

Prefabricated materials were used in 65 percent of the designs presented for the Case Study House Program, which was held to demonstrate how technology developed during World War II could be applied to housing construction once the troops returned, the New York Times reported.

Before moving to London he was a macroeconomic analyst in Chicago, where he developed an affinity for data and statistics that he now uses to enrich — and demystify — stories about the business world.

The joint research undertaken by the two companies will examine how blockchain, the technology at the basis of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, could be used for developing innovative cybersecurity solutions, such as secure transmission of information between services and supply chains, user authentication, critical devices and elements that run with no human intervention and additional solutions for the cyber challenges in a hyper - connected world.

Nine of the biggest banks in the world recently signed an agreement to develop blockchain use cases within the financial sector with US firm R3.

For example, Google acquired the Android operating system developer in 2005, which provided entry to the growing world of mobile computing, and also recently acquired Nest Labs, which develops automated in - home devices such as thermostats and smoke alarms that can be controlled using smart devices.

One possibility is that we are simply using this current language to speak of the importance of the church's developing its doctrine of nature more fully and in ways appropriate to our new understanding of the relation between human beings and the natural world.

These uncertain times call for different measures and communication tools than we have used in the past... There are more than 65 million citizens of the world recognized as refugees by the United Nations, and we are developing plans to hire 10,000 of them over five years in the 75 countries around the world where Starbucks does business.»

«There could be single cases that can be justified, for instance when a prostitute uses a condom, and this can be a first step towards a moralization, a first assumption of responsibility, to develop again the awareness of the fact that not all is allowed and that one can not do everything one wants,» Benedict says in the book, «Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Signs of the Times.»

For one thing, Francis has the temerity to take the science of climate change seriously, which is the sort of thing that can send a Wall Street Journal conservative frantically groping for his smelling salts, but which I can not help thinking is slightly saner than clinging to the politically inflected obfuscations of the data that so many in the developed world use to calm their digestions and consciences.

The preacher can now use the story to make plain to his hearers that the event of Jesus Christ is indeed on a genuinely human level; like all the rest of us, Jesus had to grow and develop in his awareness of the divine purpose in the world.

In seeking to develop a theology of nature, process theologians are supportive of endeavors to appropriate other images from the tradition, such as St. Francis» compassionate love for the poor and treatment of animals as sisters and brothers, the Orthodox view of the church as inclusive of all of creation, and the use of the elements of bread and wine in the Eucharist, products of the interworkings between God, the non-human natural world, and human labor, that speak, to contemporary needIn seeking to develop a theology of nature, process theologians are supportive of endeavors to appropriate other images from the tradition, such as St. Francis» compassionate love for the poor and treatment of animals as sisters and brothers, the Orthodox view of the church as inclusive of all of creation, and the use of the elements of bread and wine in the Eucharist, products of the interworkings between God, the non-human natural world, and human labor, that speak, to contemporary needin the Eucharist, products of the interworkings between God, the non-human natural world, and human labor, that speak, to contemporary needs.

More than 200 million women in the developing world want to use contraception but do not have access to it.

Abusing their trust, global governance agents of change use the fuzzy expression «gender equality» in the developing world allowing it to be understood as a policy enhancing a greater recognition of the inherent equal dignity of the woman, while in fact it hides their own agenda.

The U.N. Population Division tracks each nation's contraceptive use, finding a 61 percent global prevalence, and noting positively that artificial contraception increased in the developing world by 1 percent per year from 1995 to 2005 and remained steadily high in developed countries.

When you study world history and archeology using books found in a library instead of a church gift shop, a completely different picture develops.

The company is rolling out its latest innovation, the Personal Blender, to select marquee chefs throughout the world, including chefs in San Francisco who will use it to develop their own signature coffee blend using the same nine Arabica bean ingredients found in the illy blend.

Armed with a dream of offering people the greatest coffee in the world, Francisco Illy founded illy in 1933 in Trieste, Italy, where he developed the first automatic coffee machine using pressure.

The company's service was developed alongside farming communities in Peru, Kenya and Tanzania, and was something farmers in the developing world actually wanted to use, Barthorpe notes.

«It is hard to understand why Governments would bow to Greens pressure to move away from the current kerbside system that has taken years to develop and has resulted in world's best practice to replace it with something that many, particularly in regional areas won't use.»

«The effect of BT crops has been a dramatic reduction in insecticides in the developing world and reduced use by 37 percent,» Van Eenennaam noted.