The decrease in bone quality may not only cause individuals to cross a fracture threshold earlier, but, we hypothesize, it may also impede normal fracture healing.
In the absence of fever and infection of the middle ear, antibiotics, which may impede the normal immune protection of the middle ear, are not necessary.
However, increased sedation results in disrupted sleep architecture that may impede the normal restorative functions of sleep.
34 36 Even at LMPT gestations, preterm birth may impede the normal trajectory of brain development.
Both low and high levels of Pi are thus likely to impede normal proliferation of brain cells and may also play a role in carcinogenesis.
That will motivate these dedicated professionals to fulfill their duty to impede normal vehicular flow.
China insisted that the establishment of the zone wouldn't impede normal commercial air traffic.
However, the binding of mSOD1 to Hsp70 may impede Hsp70's normal antiapoptotic function, potentially promoting apoptosis and making the mitochondria more susceptible to stress [79].
This strongly asymmetric competition turns into a more balanced competition in drought years, as small trees are more favoured than in normal years and may impede the recovery of their tall neighbours.
Traditionally, it was proposed that G-quadruplexes, which form from transient single-stranded species that arise during normal cellular DNA metabolism, may impede replication or transcription, and become a source of genomic instability.
