It's likely to block cargo at the border; pulverize agricultural exports; trigger shortages of food, medicine and radioactive isotopes; spark employment chaos by suddenly canceling the mutual recognition of qualifications between British and European institutions; halt the legal basis for data transfer overnight; and lead to massive and sudden flows of immigration in both directions.
Meanwhile, a powerful military establishment kept watch over the country's democratic institutions, halting radical changes to the status quo by the use of force (or the even more frequent threat thereof).
The pause, which has affected 18 research projects at 14 institutions, halts new federal funding for so-called gain-of-function (GOF) studies that make a pathogen more transmissible in mammals or more pathogenic.
The high stakes of the current dispute were illustrated in a survey released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers that said 90percentt of overseas companies based in Northern Ireland will cut proposed new spending if the political institutions are halted.
The decision comes at a time when Washington and London have been taking new steps to restore law and order in Iraq, cope with the devastation of civilian institutions and halt the looting and violent crime.
In December, the country's central bank ordered financial institutions to halt Bitcoin-related services and products.
Through a Freedom of Information Act request, ScienceInsider obtained copies of the 18 letters from NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) telling 14 institutions to halt projects that may be covered by the pause.
However, with a randomized controlled intervention trial, Benabei et al. did demonstrate that integrated social and medical care with a case management program may provide a cost-effective approach to reduce admissions to institutions and to halt functional decline in the elderly living in the community [ 10].
Large shareholders were prohibited from selling listed stocks; I.P.O.s were halted, and state-run institutions were ordered to maintain their positions or to buy shares.
The help they need, as the editorial board noted today, is from the European Central Bank, which is the only European institution capable of halting this cascading crisis.
