Singapore maintained a severe criminal code and a very high imprisonment rate despite having a very low crime rate.
It maintained a severe classification though did not impact heavily on the coastal suburbs, because it was entirely offshore.
A little farther off a blue-fronted Amazon parrot maintains a similarly severe and unmoving demeanour.
To ameliorate the situation the old Republic maintained a policy of severe austerity during the century, especially economizing on its defense outlays (which in large part explains why its military and political role declined so much).
Be prepared to increase calorie intake if you plan to maintain a moderate to severe exercise regimen while traveling. .
Central administration of α-MSH increases BP and HR in wild-type mice, but not in Mc4r −/− mice, which maintain a normal BP despite severe obesity (Kuo et al., 2003; Morgan et al., 2008; Tallam et al., 2005).
In his second inaugural address, Ross, a true Jeffersonian Democrat, maintained, "a plain, simple government, with severe limitations upon delegated powers, honestly and frugally administered, as the noblest and truest outgrowth of the wisdom taught by its founders".
Female mice were used in preference to males as, although group-housing by sex is the only feasible way to maintain a cohort of this size, severe injury and death in males caused by fighting was very frequently observed in a smaller pilot study.
In patients with severe ARDS, maintaining a low VT (6 ml/kg) and low levels of oxygen (FiO2 [fraction of inspired oxygen] of less than or equal to 0.5) is sometimes not possible.
Under these conditions, rock ptarmigan had greater resilience and could maintain a stable population even if severe years were as frequent as 0.36, while they could be no more frequent than 0.24 for a stable white-tailed ptarmigan population.
