Privately, theater owners are now predicting that "Avatar" may play in as many as 2,500 3-D theaters, while occupying almost as many conventional theaters over the holiday season, heightening the likelihood of a big opening.
More reductions in top-down estimates of overall growth by Wall Street economists are expected this week, only heightening the likelihood that earnings projections will eventually have to come down, too.
In times of economic distress, these high stress levels are exacerbated, heightening the likelihood that a depressed, angry graduate or dropout will take out his frustrations on his alma mater — with a gun.
These can mean that compromises are made in care, heightening the likelihood of caring or procedure neglect.
Lack of knowledge or uncertainty about any of the relevant issues may result in failure to explore options and engage fully in health decision making, increasing the likelihood of deference to clinical professionals and the health system, other experts in their networks, and friends and family—ultimately heightening the likelihood of patient dissatisfaction with care choices made [ 4].
In adult offspring, low and moderate levels of GLE produced supernormal scoptic ERGs, increased numbers of rod cells and rod bipolar cells, and decreased dopamine synthesis and release in the absence of retinal injury, potentially heightening the likelihood of late-onset retinal degeneration.
And studies have shown that recurrent deployments heighten the likelihood of combat trauma, which, in turn, increases the risk of domestic violence.
[Page B1.] The steep decline in state revenue heightens the likelihood of profound cuts in services when Mr. Pataki presents his executive budget in three weeks.
Elections heighten the likelihood of increased numbers of assassination attempts, arrests of those viewed as "enemies" of the central or local government and intimidation of political rivals who threaten the status quo.
Some middle-class feminists are a bit hostile to intersectional feminism (in which sexism is seen as just one of a range of factors that can combine to heighten the likelihood of prejudicial exclusion).
This article reviews the status of the literature with regard to translation to practice and describes methods that will heighten the likelihood of translation.
