Rather simple, when you ponder it a while» Frank Martin «I think volatility is so widely
used as a risk - metric simply because it is easy to measure, not because it is a good gauge of risk of permanent loss of capital.
Although some SIDS experts and policy - makers endorse pacifier use recommendations that are similar to those of the AAP, 272,273 concerns about possible deleterious effects of pacifier use have prevented others from making a recommendation for pacifier
use as a risk reduction strategy.274 Although several observational studies275, — , 277 have found a correlation between pacifiers and reduced breastfeeding duration, the results of well - designed randomized clinical trials indicated that pacifiers do not seem to cause shortened breastfeeding duration for term and preterm infants.278, 279 The authors of 1 study reported a small deleterious effect of early pacifier introduction (2 — 5 days after birth) on exclusive breastfeeding at 1 month of age and on overall breastfeeding duration (defined as any breastfeeding), but early pacifier use did not adversely affect exclusive breastfeeding duration.
In the future, it may potentially be
used as a risk marker.»
In this study by the Oxford Journal Of Medicine they also speak about swimming pool
use as a risk factor.
Lenders
use them as a risk - assessment tool.
The relative momentum performance is calculated as the asset's total return over the timing period, and the return of 1 - month treasury bills is
used as the risk free rate for the absolute momentum filter.
Wrap agreements may be
used as a risk management technique intended to help minimize fluctuations in the fund's NAV.
The premium paid towards ULIP is partly
used as a risk cover (insurance) and partly is invested in funds.
No surprise then, very few understand how life insurance works and can be fully
used both as a risk prevention as well as a savings vehicle.
Exposure to Adult Substance
Use as a Risk Factor in Adolescent Substance Use Onset: Part I (# 97 - 13).
Substance
use as a risk factor for intimate partner violence overlap: generational differences among Hispanic young adults
G - fees are charged and
used as a risk management tool by the government - sponsored entities to protect against losses from home mortgages.
Not exact matches
Although an APR is a fairly specific indicator of cost,
using it
as the sole metric
risks confusing some customers, says Brock Blake, Lendio's co-founder and chief executive.
GOOGLE»S AI HELPS TO PREDICT CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS BY ANALYZING EYE SCANS: Google and Verily — Google - parent Alphabet's life sciences unit — are exploring new ways that artificial intelligence (AI) can be
used to identify patients»
risk of suffering from a cardiovascular event, such
as a heart attack or stroke, according to a newly published study by the two Alphabet subsidiaries.
Then there's the
risk that Facebook will change its mind about what it sees
as important, or whose content it wants to highlight
using its all - powerful algorithm.
«At the moment the ICO space is a mixture of high
risk exploration hybridised with a kickstarter feel — the traditional finance world knows what a blockchain token is and will
use it
as a form of digital bearer certificate to allow transferal of gold or digital cash,» he wrote.
As soon as personal and professional browsing habits co-mingle on a device that is used at both work and home, «you're more than doubling the risk [of a security breach], because traditionally what people are browsing on their personal time is usually more susceptible to infection than work destinations,» says Stroz Friedberg co-founder and executive chairman Eric Friedber
As soon
as personal and professional browsing habits co-mingle on a device that is used at both work and home, «you're more than doubling the risk [of a security breach], because traditionally what people are browsing on their personal time is usually more susceptible to infection than work destinations,» says Stroz Friedberg co-founder and executive chairman Eric Friedber
as personal and professional browsing habits co-mingle on a device that is
used at both work and home, «you're more than doubling the
risk [of a security breach], because traditionally what people are browsing on their personal time is usually more susceptible to infection than work destinations,» says Stroz Friedberg co-founder and executive chairman Eric Friedberg.
In his current role
as President and Chief Strategist of Optimize Advisors, Mike
uses pioneering and proprietary artificial intelligence technology to advise hedge funds, banks, pensions, mutual funds, insurance companies, and family offices in the effective
use of listed options for enhancing returns and managing
risk.
Remember though, if you default on a secured loan then the assets or asset class you
used as a security could be seized by the creditor in a Court procedure that could also put your company out of business, so there is some element of
risk to consider with asset - based financing.
And it's looking at military solutions
as well,
using robots to do reconnaissance work that would exposure human serviceman to unnecessary
risk.
The spike in the
use of sleeping pills has caused some alarm, with critics warning that these pills — sometimes known
as benzos — actually cut down on critical REM sleep and slow - wave sleep during which we consolidate information, and pose a
risk of dependence.
By educating employees, enforcing policies, installing protective technologies and, where possible, encrypting IM conversations, you can continue to enjoy the benefits of
using IM
as a business tool while also mitigating its
risks.
Walmart's offer of free DisposeRX is just the latest in a series of efforts by pharmacies to reduce the
risk that opioids will be diverted from their appropriate
use as painkillers and abused by either the original customer or another person.
The company is selling a thing (the kit) by saying it can provide «health reports on 254 diseases and conditions,» including categories such
as «carrier status,» «health
risks,» and «drug response,» and specifically
as a «first step in prevention» that enables users to «take steps toward mitigating serious diseases» such
as diabetes, coronary heart disease, and breast cancer...» Most of the
uses «listed on your website, a list that has grown over time,» the FDA writes, «are medical device
uses [for the] Personal Genome Service.»
There is another
risk here too, thanks to a proposed terrestrial
use of SpaceX's BFR
as a hyperfast transport between cities on Earth.
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 terms alpha and beta are both associated with the
risk ratios that investors
use as a tool to calculate, compare and predict returns.
Since
using your USB drive on an unknown computer exposes the drive to additional
risks, be sure to install antispyware and antivirus software
as part of your set of portable applications.
When sizing up a nonprofit,
use similar basic criteria that an investor would in a for - profit venture: Take a close look at the organization's leadership, programs, activities, and strengths,
as well
as the
risks associated.
The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party;
use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest
as aggressively
as possible in stock and property overseas
as a hedge against slower growth in China and the
risk of a weaker Chinese currency.
Dig Deeper: How to
Use Social Media
as a Recruiting Tool How to Attract Talent to Your Start - up: What to Look For «There are certain kinds of people who thrive in an environment with the
risk profile and anarchy of a start - up,» says Sloan.
The Chinese seem to see more benefits than
risks in
using the sharing economy
as compared to their European and American counterparts, says Vincent Vandendael of Lloyd's.
Indeed,
as author Bruce McDaniel explained in Entrepreneurship and Innovation: An Economic Approach, «entrepreneur» was
used in France in the 18th century to describe the very act of
risk taking.
We mitigate this by
using a variety of
risk tools such
as Dunn and Bradstreet and forius.com.
These instant notifications can
use the phone's GPS
as well, meaning you're occasionally notified that someone nearby is interested in meeting you right now — it's almost like real life, without the
risk of face - to - face rejection.
But direct marketing has its setbacks
as BBM could
risk launching its new service and turning it into a glorified junk mail folder for people who like to sign up for special offers, but rarely
use them.
Costanoa officially launches Wednesday, although the firm has quietly made 10 investments over the last several months in companies such
as Datalogix, a purchase - based audience targeting
used by Facebook, and
Risk I / O, an innovative online security start - up.
It has been relegated to many narrow
use cases involving pattern recognition and prediction (some of which are very valuable and useful, such
as improving cancer detection, identifying financial
risk and fraud, and other high performance computing applications), but it has not developed a general «understanding» of human interactions, human emotions, speech patterns and human responses to information.
The machine - learning - based model by Medial EarlySign
used data found in EHRs, such
as laboratory tests results, demographics, medication, and diagnostic codes, to predict a patient's
risk of experiencing renal dysfunction.
Proponents argue that blockchain technology could be
used to reduce the
risk of many IoT devices being compromised by a single point of failure, such
as a server.
Several analysts have said that the global scope of the penalty, combined with the
use of national security
as an excuse, raises the
risk of a cascading series of reprisals that threatens the stability of the post-Second World War trading system.
Social media can also pose a
risk, but if your business depends on
using it, at the very least make sure geolocation data is turned off in the app (there are online tools that can track a user based on this data) and be careful about oversharing,
as sensitive information can be
used against executives and employees in social engineering attacks.
the preservation among the Jews of «the «haggling» habit which most of the Western world has outgrown,» «the
use of shoddy or poor materials,» the fact that «Jews are considered by certain leading insurance companies
as a poor fire
risk,» etc..
Managing that
risk by recognizing and shoring up points of vulnerability is the difference between
using data
as a competitive advantage and being the victim of a catastrophic data loss.
And they clearly reinforce the
risks that journalists and media entities take when they decide to
use the social network
as a distribution outlet.
A 2011 UConn EBV graduate, he
used his 20 years
as a judge advocate in the Army to launch a one - man law firm, Titan Info Security Group, which provides legal cyberconsulting and
risk - assessment services.
As we
use mobile devices in new ways and for more purposes, the
risks to sensitive business data, professional productivity and to personal privacy are increasing.
To date, results from several longitudinal studies indicate that e-cigarette
use among nonsmoking youth increases the likelihood of future
use of conventional cigarettes.5 — 10 Specifically, the pooled odds ratio (OR) in a recent meta - analysis of studies of adolescents and young adults (aged 14 — 30) indicates that those who had ever
used e-cigarettes were 3.62 times more likely to report
using cigarettes at follow - up compared with those who had not
used e - cigarettes.11 This finding was robust and remained significant when adjusting for known
risk factors associated with cigarette smoking, including demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral variables such
as cigarette susceptibility.
IT managers may find their fears justified,
as the survey indicated employees who
use their own devices in the workplace are unaware of the security
risk they could pose to the corporate network.
Putin, whose statements are often interpreted by Russia - watchers
as a bellwether, suggested on October 10 that blockchain technology might offer «new... solutions» to the Federation's «banking sphere,» but cautioned that the «
use of cryptocurrencies also carries serious
risks.»