Needless to say, the fact that the United States has defaulted before does not lessen the consequences of potentially defaulting again.
That has provided a strong incentive for researchers to explore ideas like warning systems, external air bags and softer crumple zones that might lessen the consequences of cars striking people.
By identifying strategies to stop the shooting, stop the dying, and start the healing as quickly and effectively as possible, researchers are working to support the efforts of cities around the world as they seek to avert future attacks and lessen the consequences of those that do occur.
Hedging is a technique where individuals bet against themselves to lessen the consequences of failing to achieve one's goal.
A reduction in cellular energy demand during hypoxia, a form of adaptive hibernation, could lessen the consequences of oxygen deprivation.
Having the ability to predict organ failure could impact treatment decisions and potentially lessen the consequences of acute lung injury (ALI) and sepsis.
Wagner's Chronic Care Model (CCM) is believed to provide a framework to restructure the health system towards integrated, proactive, consistent and continuous care, and thus, anticipate some acute exacerbations or lessen their consequences.
Some actions that could potentially lessen the consequences of mercury spills are to switch to mercury-free alternatives, train people in the safe handling and disposal of mercury, and keep mercury securely stored when it is necessary to have it on hand.
Technical efforts to insure conformity may be hindered by conflicting goals, unintended consequences, displacement, lessened equity, complacency, neutralization, invalidity, escalation, system overload, a negative image of personal dignity, and the danger of the means determining or becoming ends.
Had he not been killed, her case argued, her anger was likely to have been eased by the passage of time, and her desire for divorce would have lessened as the financial consequences became apparent.
Where are the new frontiers in the study of inequality, and how can social policy stem the tide or lessen the adverse consequences of rising inequality?
