Once the company stops issuing security fixes for Windows XP, computers running the system will have an increased vulnerability to malicious software and Internet intruders.
The negative effect of high arousability might be an increased vulnerability to reduced sleep quality in SM patients.
The application study illustrates the extremely onerous conditions imposed on the impacted floor resulting in an increased vulnerability to progressive collapse for structures of this type.
These processes are further enhanced by the relative deficiency of anti-oxidants such as superoxide dismutase or glutathione peroxidase rendering the immature lung to an increased vulnerability to oxidative stress [10].
She told the BBC: "I don't think parents should be worried, but we know that preterm birth confers an increased vulnerability to a variety of psychiatric conditions and perhaps parents should be aware of this and monitor early signs of later more serious problems".
Nor was Brazil keen to share a direct border with Argentina, fearing an increased vulnerability to an invasion by Rosas.
"We have done studies," Reynolds says, "with high stress occupations like nurses and we absolutely know that increased stress levels lead to an increased vulnerability to infections and diseases," even if the exact mechanisms of that link are not absolutely clear.
Contrary to our prediction, individual housing also determined an increased vulnerability to DIO.
In general, frailty is understood as an increased vulnerability to a range of adverse outcomes, including death, institutionalisation and worse health [22].
Although our parkin-deficient zebrafish did not display obvious morphological alterations, they were characterized by an increased vulnerability to stress-induced cell death.
Moreover, adolescent mothers may represent a particularly disadvantaged risk group characterized by low socioeconomic status, financial income and level of education, or by an increased vulnerability to violence and sexual abuse [20].
