But the Midwest has a weaker system operator that does not truly control its grids, and some Southern states have essentially rejected deregulation, allowing utilities to continue to own their plants.
When grafted onto the back of a strain of mice with a weak immune system that would not reject the cells from a different species, the keratinocytes grew into human skin and produced the correct form of collagen.
Devaluing the currency is a good step, Ms. Chang said, but added that Turkey still had many other problems to deal with -- including a weak banking system that would be hurt further by the devaluation, a slowing economy and rising borrowing needs.
When oil revenues flood a nation that has a weak system of democratic checks and balances, dysfunctional politics and economics ensue.
Among other persistent complaints, businesses say China has a weak legal system that does not enforce contracts reliably.
When Ed Wade took over as general manager in September 2007, he inherited a weak farm system that still has painfully little talent at the higher levels.
Even before the protests, many analysts had complained that the government, which has been in power for seven years, was doing little to address India's entrenched problems: low agricultural productivity, poor infrastructure, a weak education system that produces graduates with few skills and real estate laws that shortchange farmers and other landowners.
A recent study in India indicated that increased access to facility deliveries did not result in the reduction of maternal deaths because it was connected to a weak supply system that led facilities to provide poor quality obstetric care [ 34].
Before this age, a kitten, especially one from a rescue shelter, is likely to have diseases it could transmit to you, and a weak immune system that can pick up bacteria from unclean hands.
