Experts predict sagging demand, coupled with the costs of ballooning oil prices, may prompt high-tech firms to scale back their investment in research and development.
Malaria can be more severe in children, and symptoms in children are similar to those of other diseases (26, 27 ); these facts may prompt a higher index of suspicion and different patterns of diagnostic testing for children and adults.
Still, a more detailed question used in 2005 may have prompted higher reporting than the single question used in 1995.
"The studies suggest that eating out of our normal rhythm, like late at night, may prompt weight gain" and higher levels of blood sugar, which can raise the risk of chronic disease, Allison says.
Higher taxes may prompt some families to live in other cities, but higher taxes won't have much effect on population growth — which determines the tax base — because that is already being limited by the scarcity of land for more housing.
However, it may prompt some men at very high risk of prostate cancer, like those with a family history who undergo regular screening, to take the drug.
And, unless dealt with soon, high borrowing may prompt the credit-rating agencies to carry out their threat to downgrade India to junk status.Then there is the central problem of capital investment.
For example, a low PRONE score may suggest that minimal action is required beyond resolution of the immediate complaint, while a high score may prompt a regulator to consider whether more active intervention is needed to guard against the risk of future harm.
Signs of higher prices may prompt a rise in interest rates as early as next month from Federal Reserve policy makers, who have said they plan to increase overnight lending rates at a "measured" pace.
In the short term, these higher rates may prompt concern about future rate hikes and could drive borrowers to seek refinancing now, before rates rise again.
They conclude that "in contrast to most studies on the association between childhood IQ and later health," their findings suggest "a high childhood IQ may prompt the adoption of behaviors that are potentially harmful to health (i.e., excess alcohol consumption and drug use) in adulthood".
