Sentences with phrase «with high levels of uncertainty»

PTB, defined as birth before 37 completed weeks of gestation, is undeniably a stressful experience for parents.13 It may involve exposure to situations in which it is feared that the baby might die, together with high levels of uncertainty and separation.

In hindsight these setup outputs look easy and straightforward, the reality is that in the moment of actual price action traders deal with high levels of uncertainty and this, in particular, is where Mella outlines levels of patience and keeping her members psychologically focused.

Throughout this period, companies have been dealing with high levels of uncertainty about the prospects for the global economy, in some cases because of aggressive deleveraging.

I'm not sure if I want to use the word fuzzy or not, but you get into an area where you are dealing with a higher level of uncertainty than you would had there been a concrete number at the beginning stating that, on a factual basis, this is the number of persons with disabilities traveling who require an attendant.

Not exact matches

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

But in other areas, like in entertainment or with start - ups, there's a higher level of uncertainty.

Risks associated with the Consumer Discretionary sector include, among others, apparel price deflation due to low - cost entries, high inventory levels and pressure from e-commerce players; reduction in traditional advertising dollars; increasing household debt levels that could limit consumer appetite for discretionary purchases; declining consumer acceptance of new product introductions; and geopolitical uncertainty that could impact consumer sentiment.

Research done at the Bank of Canada and elsewhere, including conversations with business leaders, suggests that the main cause of weak investment is the high level of uncertainty that companies are facing, particularly about future demand prospects.

However, when a hierarchy that's been in place for over two decades is upended, there's an especially high level of uncertainty that comes with the coaching change — no matter who's brought in.

With action on the back - burner until after the federal election, New York Farm Bureau Spokesman Steve Ammerman says there is a high level of uncertainty for farmers.

That representation matches the public discourse around global warming, in which previous studies have shown that media characterize climate change as unsettled science with high levels of scientific uncertainty.

For instance, uncertainty about the 1994 - 1998 Rwandan refugees» future in exile is compounded by the recent resolution of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to launch military attacks on refugees based in the DRC.35 No account has been taken concerning the fact that they are survivors of the 1996 - 2000 massive forced repatriation and that they have been more vulnerable to extremely stressful and traumatic events that took place since the invasion of Rwanda on October 01, 1990.36 Although they are indeed susceptible to posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, high level of fear and anxiety (psychosomatic) and / or malnutrition caused by the persecution and destruction of the war, no one who wants to empathise with them.

With all of the uncertainty in the stock market lately due to high levels of volatility in both February and August, people are going risk - off (meaning they are shedding risky assets in exchange for more conservative plays) and many people are moving into gold as a safe haven.

(Note in Curry's 2011 «Reasoning About Climate Uncertainty» Curry does countenance the possibility of two opposing arguments each backed with a «high confidence level», so there are potentially two trees, and one of which Curry insists is the wrong one.)

Since 1990, observed sea level has followed the uppermost uncertainty limit of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report (TAR), which was constructed by assuming the highest emission scenario combined with the highest climate sensitivity and adding an ad hoc amount of sea - level rise for «ice sheet uncertainty» (1).

The first part of this sentence seems to demand a high level of uncertainty with respect to the later assertion, especially when one considers that the work seems to be based on 4 years of observational data, the post-2007 ice decline.

«When open burning emissions, which emit high levels of organic matter, are included in the total, the best estimate of net industrial - era climate forcing by all short - lived species from black - carbon - rich sources becomes slightly negative -LRB--0.06 W / m2 with 90 % uncertainty bounds of -1.45 to +1.29 W / m2).

I would have liked to see mention of uncertainty that inherent in examining short term data, whether the end points used introduces an element of bias, whether the «pause» is on a much higher plateau of warming than in the past, whether decadel cycles in ocean heat displacement may have interacted with the the known minimum levels of solar activity (not modelled) to cause this «pause».

The state of our knowledge about future climate change is such that the degree of uncertainty and the level of ignorance precludes formulating a PDF of outcomes, or even putting bounds on the outcomes with a high confidence level.

The shading indicates a measure of uncertainty about future sea level for two different scenarios — a low emissions scenario where carbon emissions are rapidly cut (blue RCP 2.6) and a high emissions scenario with no carbon cuts (red RCP 8.5).

Simply improving messaging in accordance with recommendations of psychologists or following the recommendations of economists to create economic incentives to engage in less GHG producing behavior will not likely create strong citizen support for climate change policies unless citizens better understand that the narrative created by opponents of climate change policies about high levels of scientific uncertainty and unacceptable harm to the economy from the adoption of climate policies is not only false but has been manufactured by fossil fuel companies and other entities which have economic interests in continuing high levels of fossil fuel consumption.

The uncertainty in the global mean sea level trend is estimated to be of ± 0.5 mm / yr in a confidence interval of 90 % (1.65 sigma), whereas the uncertainty of the regional mean sea level trends is of the order of 2 - 3 mm / yr with values as low as 0.5 mm / yr or as high as 5.0 mm / yr depending on the region considered (Legeais et al., 2018, under review).

The data set also depends on the correct assessment of two other aspects of sea level rise and hence is an indirect measure... [It] is a good approach, but with high uncertainties at present.

Occasionally it is necessary to assess the homogeneity of data without the use of reference stations, but using such an approach means that detection and adjustment take place with a much higher level of uncertainty.

The climate change problem is characterized by high levels of uncertainty, and modeling and subjective judgments substitute extensively for estimates based upon experience with actual events and outcomes.

Such solecisms throughout the IPCC's assessment reports (including the insertion, after the scientists had completed their final draft, of a table in which four decimal points had been right - shifted so as to multiply tenfold the observed contribution of ice - sheets and glaciers to sea - level rise), combined with a heavy reliance upon computer models unskilled even in short - term projection, with initial values of key variables unmeasurable and unknown, with advancement of multiple, untestable, non-Popper-falsifiable theories, with a quantitative assignment of unduly high statistical confidence levels to non-quantitative statements that are ineluctably subject to very large uncertainties, and, above all, with the now - prolonged failure of TS to rise as predicted (Figures 1, 2), raise questions about the reliability and hence policy - relevance of the IPCC's central projections.

«IPO levels will follow a slightly different pattern to M&A due to political uncertainty and the higher volatility that inevitably comes with liquid markets» said Koen Vanhaerents, global head of capital markets at Baker & McKenzie.

By removing the threat of heavy regulation and replacing it with self - regulation, a high level of uncertainty is removed, bringing back confidence in the market and allowing organisations to plan effectively with a renewed focus on innovation.

The survey revealed that, with high levels of employment coupled with economic uncertainty resulting from Brexit and globalisation, effective talent management in attracting, retaining and developing the best employees is needed now more than ever.

In particular, the need for security that intimacy typically provides may clash with the sense of uncertainty, novelty, and separateness that fuels desire, such that high levels of intimacy between partners may stifle sexual desire.

Another factor which has postponed the resolution of the debate as to whether the extinguishment of native title as it occurs under Australian law is discriminatory, is that there has been a high level of uncertainty around the two important components essential to its determination: first the interpretation that the High Court would give to the extinguishment provisions of the NTA and its relationship with extinguishment at common law; and second the meaning of discrimination as it applies to native tihigh level of uncertainty around the two important components essential to its determination: first the interpretation that the High Court would give to the extinguishment provisions of the NTA and its relationship with extinguishment at common law; and second the meaning of discrimination as it applies to native tiHigh Court would give to the extinguishment provisions of the NTA and its relationship with extinguishment at common law; and second the meaning of discrimination as it applies to native title.

Higher levels of uncertainty correlate with people holding back on expenditures.

Consumers reacted negatively to the high level of uncertainty with a 14.3 percent drop in sentiment, the largest since the end of the recession.

Despite economic uncertainty, luxury home values in California rose 3 percent in 2002, with Southern California values reaching some of their highest levels ever, according to the Prestige Home Index.