Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel remains a fascinating introduction to the large-scale consequences of disease for recent human evolution and the history of society.
Dr. Stocker, who studies the large-scale consequences of the motility of plankton, said that the single-celled organisms tended to swim upward during the day and down at night.
The large-scale consequences of the choices they make in response to these changes are largely unintended, and so any regularity in these consequences constitutes a spontaneous order.
In arid areas there is now ample evidence that irreversible degradation is not taking place on a large scale as a consequence of over-grazing.
A consequence of such a small project was more attention could be given to every individual participant than if implemented on a larger scale.
In fact, as a consequence of a large-scale rollout of available interventions, major reductions in malaria morbidity and, partially, child mortality have recently been observed in areas of Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia [9] [11].
Ethanol use in vehicle fuel is increasing worldwide, but the potential cancer risk and ozone-related health consequences of a large-scale conversion from gasoline to ethanol have not been examined.
The United States and its international partners must engage in a robust contingency planning process to prepare for potentially grave humanitarian consequences if a large-scale resumption of violence takes place, whether between the north and south or within the south itself.
Advances in biotechnology, nanotechnology, and nuclear energy have turned society into what Dutch ethicist Ibo van de Poel calls a large-scale laboratory for experimenting with the unforeseen consequences of new technologies.
And scientists say a large-scale loss of the forest could have profound consequences for efforts to limit the damage from climate change.
In 2013, we initiated the UNIVRSE (Uniform Neuro-Imaging of Virchow-Robin Spaces Enlargement)—consortium in order to investigate causes and consequences of VRS on a large scale [ 74].
