The positive impact of a medium-term increase in pork intake on waist circumference and body weight is intriguing, 24 but needs to be reproduced in randomized studies that are not limited by other differences between interventions.
Not even Von der Leyen is insisting on an immediate increase in military spending to deal with hardware problems, instead calling for "medium term" increases down the line while implementing a series of quick fixes now, including improved inspections.
12 13 14 In the medium term, increased prosperity may improve health though increased social investment and reduced exposure to adverse physical and psychosocial environments, 15 16 17 as well as through improvements in health behaviours resulting from improved access to information, services, and resources.
"This is a medium term project," he said.
"It's really nice to have a medium term goal.
Meanwhile shares of Akzo Nobel slid by 3.5% after the Dutch maker of Dulux paint announced a new set of sales and profit targets: Akzo has a medium-term goal to increase its sales to 20 billion euros annually up 44% from the 13.89 billion it posted in 2009–and maintain its pre-tax profit margins.
The persistent long-term effects of erosion and transport of sediment over several decades may be driving the pattern of hybridization, as medium-term increased sediment load into streams has been shown to reduce critical spawning habitat for salmonids.
In conclusion, we believe that the present results are relevant in a medium-term future scenario of continued and even increased consumption of fossil fuels.
A medium-term target of 15% would be ideal".
In short, genomics will eventually lead to a quantum leap in drug discovery sometime after 2010, according to a major Lehman Brothers and McKinsey study but is, in the medium term, massively increasing R&D costs.
"Some members felt the likelihood that further monetary stimulus would become necessary in order to meet the inflation target in the medium term had increased in recent months," the minutes said.
