In medicine, an acute disease is a disease with a rapid onset and or a short course.

Global MapAid was formed with the aim of supplying specialist maps to humanitarian relief decision makers, predominantly for slow onset disasters such as famine, but also when necessary for rapid onset disasters such as floods.

This rapid economic deterioration, combined with the high expectations raised by the onset of political transition, is creating a sense of urgency.

We believe that a centralized source of rapidly available funding could help effectively address urgent needs in rapid onset emergencies and swiftly deteriorating crises.

Fentanyl (also known as fentanil, brand names Sublimaze, Actiq, Durogesic, Duragesic, Fentora, Matrifen, Haldid, Onsolis, Instanyl, Abstral, Lazanda and others) is a potent, synthetic opioid analgesic with a rapid onset and short duration of action.

The onset of global warming, however, has changed everything.

Teaching started at the onset of the academic year 1995 1996.

Intergovernmental processes at the onset of the Water for Life Decade

Rapid output growth without equally rapid capital stock or employment growth must have reflected rapid productivity growth.

As genetics advances, more such late onset conditions will become detectable prenatally.

At the onset of clinical death, consciousness is lost within several seconds.

Before its onset, America s debt ridden consumers were the engine of global growth.

Rapid response

Depending on disease onset and severity, type I patients may live well into adulthood.

While the Great Recession has exacerbated these trends, they were apparent long before its onset.

People with Huntington s disease usually die about 15 years after the onset of the symptoms.

NEW YORK Stress contributes to the onset of cardiovascular disease and depression, among other illnesses.

A trigger may be encountered up to 24 hours prior to the onset of symptoms.

The onset of action of subcutaneous insulin glargine is somewhat slower than NPH human insulin.

The election of Ahmadinejad marks the onset of new struggles within the ruling Islamic Republican Party.

In extreme cases, insanity, paralysis, coma, and death follow within weeks of the onset of symptoms.

The onset of action is slow and it may require several months to achieve clinical response.

In temperate social species, colonies usually only last one year, dying at the onset of winter.

Signs and symptoms Onset symptoms of infection can start from one to seven days after exposure.

In the latter case the year of the onset of the activity shall also be included.

But the onset of opportunities and the fulfilment of hopes must be based on mutual trust.

Growth can be rapid.

Mass Rapid Transit Subway

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area.

These are of most benefit if they are started within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms.

These include maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY), Donohue syndrome, and Rabson Mendenhall syndrome, among others.

Prevention Onset of type 2 diabetes can be delayed or prevented through proper nutrition and regular exercise.

China s rapid rise, and America s equally rapid loss of power and influence, has created a dangerous situation.

Will China s rapid growth persist?

Rapid and effective deployment capacities

With the onset of the European sovereign debt crisis in 2010, banks appetite for public debt fell again.

With the onset of modernization, millions of people were uprooted from their traditional communities and ways of life.

As with everything else in Russia, change in women s status came with the onset of Mikhail Gorbachev s perestroika.

Rapid eye movement sleep is a stage of sleep characterized by the rapid and random movement of the eyes.

The second approach is rapid resolution.

The Roots of China s Rapid Recovery

But rapid change entails immense pain.

Rapid environmental changes typically cause extinctions.

If people get bitten despite the nets, they require treatment within a few hours of the onset of symptoms.

Acupuncture started within 30 days of stroke onset, with control groups receiving a placebo sham acupuncture or no treatment.