The phrase "affect increasing" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a situation where an effect is becoming more pronounced or significant, but the wording is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The study showed that the affect increasing over time had a significant impact on the results."
Alternatives: "impact growing" or "effect rising".
The aim is to address problems of delayed help seeking, incomplete treatment and health system operations that affect increasing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
"This indicates that there is a need for monitoring and precautionary mitigation for communities whose nitrate levels are below legally acceptable limits but approaching unsafe levels, as nitrate contamination will likely increase and thus affect increasing numbers of communities in years to come" said Balazs.
Degenerative diseases affect increasing numbers of people, particularly in developed countries with aging populations.
The healthcare needs of retired U.S. citizens who choose to live abroad are likely to affect increasing numbers of older Americans in the future.
However, where we could distinguish categories of severity (eg, for diabetes, liver disease, renal disease and ischaemic heart disease), the likelihood of hospitalisation was very similar for those with severe and milder manifestations of the condition, and adjustment for these factors did not materially affect increasing hospitalisations.
Research evaluating the impact of sleep on emotional functioning supports associations between deficient sleep and reduced positive affect, increased negative affect, and increased difficulties with emotion regulation.
naloxone did not affect increased analgesia when combined with these drugs.
Furthermore the hrk1Δ mutation did not affect increased capsule production of the hog1Δ mutant (Fig. 7A).
While undergoing treatment your blood counts can be affected, increasing your risk for infection or bleeding.
In HTR scenario, Cm on windward and top surfaces were greatly affected, increasing along the HTR values.
Re "Easing a Difficult Passage" (Books, Sept. 24): Abigail Zuger has focused attention on a medical dilemma that affects increasing numbers of older people.
