The means increased for children who could climb stairs and those who could not for all of the Chinese version subscale scores.
Concern was also expressed that the new patient charging system could mean increased charges for people who opt for occasional rather than routine care.
That serves the interests of defense contractors, who make most of their money after production contracts are signed, but it can mean increased costs for taxpayers and unexpected problems for troops in the field.
Open-access festivals mean increased costs for independent, emerging artists, and fierce competition in a program with hundreds of other acts.
It will mean increased risk for operations such as caesareans, hip replacements and appendix removal, and also treatment for cancer patients, who are given antibiotics because chemotherapy drugs undermine their immune system, making them vulnerable to infections.
But it did not spell out what had gone so wrong that the company was merely treading water at a time when commercial insurance prices were recovering from a long slump, a development that should mean increased profits for brokers.
For the music biz it could mean increased sales and for music services better listings and information for users.
Mr. Obama's spending plans, beyond his health care initiative, would mean increases for education, infrastructure, research and foreign aid, and more for bolstering the military than Mr. McCain has proposed.
But this worry stems from an honest mistake: the assumption that less support for Western-style democracy means increased support for authoritarianism.
"This means increased capacity for producers, more jobs in processing and more exports for the U.S. economy," he said.
