For example, in Canada, government-mandated standards-driven tests have created concern over their potential to worsen high-school dropout rates for second language (L2) learners (Fairbairn and Fox 2009; Fox and Cheng 2007; Murphy Odo, 2012).
In the latest lawsuit based on medical issues against the N.F.L., a dozen former players have accused the league and its teams of repeatedly administering the painkiller Toradol before and during games, worsening high-risk injuries like concussions.
She writes: With recession worsening, higher taxes are another key issue The highly controversial property tax, introduced in 2011 and slapped on households through electricity bills, has elicited particular opprobrium, so much so that the conservative-dominated coalition promised to slash the EU-IMF mandated measure after assuming power in June 2012.
Finally, as a test of sensitivity of the instruments, utility changes from baseline to week 12 were estimated according to response in symptoms, defined as 3 possible items: "improvement higher than 1 level of symptoms", "stable" or "worsening higher than 1 level of symptoms".
The score for each item and the sum of the total score for all the four items were compared between the baseline and the follow-up assessments, and judged to be improved (lower scores in the follow-up assessments), stable (no change of scores) or worsened (higher scores, or the patient could not fill out the questionnaire, in the follow-up assessments).
The problems were brought on by a higher-than-normal level of hydrogen sulfide, worsened by high humidity, high temperatures and poor air circulation in highly air-conditioned homes.
"The Law Council of Australia has already described the current legal aid situation as a 'funding crisis' and this multimillion-dollar cut threatens to worsen the high levels of Aboriginal incarceration," she said.
MUMBAI, India — The Indian government on Friday reduced popular fuel subsidies, a long-delayed change that will help policy makers reduce a big budget deficit but one that will also worsen already high inflation.
The high rate of joblessness has cast a shadow on the collective psyche that will only worsen with higher taxes, raising the already uncomfortably high odds that the economy will suffer a double-dip recession.
Insulin resistance in Dahl S rats is worsened on high salt diet, and high salt diet enhances oxidative stress-induced inflammatory mediators such as TNF-α, JNK, and NF-kappa B in Dahl S rats, therefore, high salt-induced oxidative stress might predict a powerful inflammatory response in Dahl S versus R rats.
