Under two plausible scenarios both concerning China the unwinding of global imbalances could cause regional if not global depression.

Does Curing Cancer Kill Patients?

A mutation in the SMO gene, which is also on the hedgehog pathway, also causes basal cell carcinoma.

Later in pregnancy, it can trigger preterm labor (labor that occurs before 37 weeks of pregnancy) or cause the baby to grow poorly.

I'm going to find that out, and when I find that out, I'm going to prevent a huge amount of damage that he could cause.

What do I know that would cause me, a reticent, Midwestern scientist, to get myself arrested in front of the White House protesting?

In cases in which periodic benefits are returned, this may mean significant hardship for a beneficiary because of the delay in clearing returned items.

I do not know by how much this extra risk will impede the growth of the US and global economies.

Domestically, too, the nine dotted line may cause problems for the government by presenting critics with a useful weapon.

Decision 4 CP.10, paragraph 2, requested the LEG, in consultation with LDC Parties, to include in its report to the SBI at its twenty third session information on the potential technical and financial difficulties that LDC Parties may have in the implementation of NAPAs.

Without risk management, poor people will not experiment with new crops or more productive methods, because any mistake could be disastrous.

Similarly, any move by Bosnia s Serb Republic to secede could incite instability there.

The tumor cells always stay on the outside of the nerve, but the tumor itself may either push the nerve aside and or up against a bony structure (thereby possibly causing damage).

Even a temporary spike in oil prices can have long term effects because of the social reactions they provoke.

First, a naval blockade (reminiscent of the Cuban missile crisis) that halted both Iran s oil exports and imports of refined fuel would cripple the country s economy.

Ethiopia's illegal occupation of our sovereign territories, with the apparent acquiescence of the Security Council, has hampered our development objectives and activities, imposing substantial losses on our economy.

Everybody knows how American style hyper consumerism can destabilize social relations and lead to aggressiveness, loneliness, greed, and over work to the point of exhaustion.

What is not so often mentioned, however, is the extent to which continuing global population growth would undermine the impact of whatever emission reductions affluent countries can be persuaded to make.

One concrete contribution above all others would be to make clear that there would be significant benefits for those in Sudan who choose peace, and clear consequences for the party that plunges the country back into war.

But there was no evidence that the more widely dispersed ash blowing over Europe from Iceland would cause similar problems.

The American strategy was management through autocratic leaders, and a don't rock the boat approach.

The wait to insure option could cause the number of insured individuals to decline rapidly as premiums rise for those who remain insured.

However, they may be destructive in that when one tree falls, the connections made by the lianas may cause many other trees to fall.

Raging inflation causes all kinds of distortions and inefficiencies.

Today s Brazil is constrained by inadequate supply of credit.

This mismatch causes fundamental problems.

A disorderly default, and the resulting downward pressure on the euro, would unavoidably cause Chinese investments to lose value.

Many paths may also be infeasible, in that there is no input to the program under test that can cause that particular path to be executed.

Some scientists predict that climate change will cause severe disruptions, such as weather related natural disasters, droughts, and famines, which may lead to enormous loss of life.

First, some economists argue that we have simply been lucky, because there has been no structural change that has made the world economy more resilient.

But an engaged and active president may cause tension with the prime minister who, in the Turkish system, is the real chief executive.

That always makes hair stand up and people shake a lot.

In fact, most diseases are not caused by single genes.

Poverty is a global curse and causes untold suffering.

Overlapping spheres of influence and frozen conflicts could again cause major conflict.

In non smokers, secondhand smoke is the cause of about 20 of cases.

While too rapid a rate of immigration can cause social problems, proponents argue that, over the long term, immigration strengthens the power of the US.

For example, demand for investment goods may rebound, especially in certain hard hit sectors, after a recession has caused physical capital to become technologically obsolete.

And teacher absenteeism, a major aspect of corruption in education, can lead to direct losses of up to a quarter of a country s public spending on primary education.

The complete absence of medical information on the product, as well as online accusations that this product can cause infections, made me unwilling to give it to a volunteer to test.

The installation of a package which violates the quality standards isn't allowed. This could cause serious problems on your computer. Please contact the person or organisation who provided this package file and include the details beneath.

These things acting singly or in combination can cause damage to munitions that may reduce the reliability of the item and may result in increased levels of duds.

Weakness in the job market takes a huge toll on economic and personal well being.

The original launch of the Mediterranean Union almost sank the whole enterprise.

This will cause a momentary delay in the flow of data between the device and the computer.