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And they'll be thinking about things like, is this thing going to cause pollution or is there going to be a lot of traffic that wants to go to this thing that I've built?
And just in case any of you still had that profit idea in your mind about how much those burial plots cost and how much money you might be able to make, they also warn that it might cause the value of your house to drop by 20 percent.
For most of our history, there wasn't that much that could cause this sensory mix-up, except for poisons.
Another theory suggests that the cause is more about the way some unfamiliar situations make it harder to maintain our natural body posture.
Perhaps one day the exact cause of motion sickness will be found, and with it, a completely effective way to prevent it, but that day is still on the horizon.
Damage didn't cause motor or sensory deficits, so authorities concluded they didn't do anything.
And when we did that, we had to build storm sewers to get the water that fell on the cities out before it could cause flooding, and that's a waste of a vital water resource.
For now, we assume that several factors are the cause.
Fresh fruits actually contain fructose, but it's naturally occurring and doesn't cause an overload because the fiber in fruit slows its absorption.
Because at the end of the day, if we took care of the needs of the people, if we got to the root cause, the crime would take care of itself.
But even when this has been done, the very nature of epidemiological studies, which examine differences between preexisting groups, rather than deliberately inducing changes within the same individuals, means that a single study can only demonstrate a correlation between a substance and a health outcome, rather than a true cause and effect relationship.
Who would have thought that this plant with round leaves, inflated stems, and showy, lavender flowers would cause such havoc in these communities.
Well, all stresses, particularly drought stress, results in the formation of free radicals, or reactive oxygen species, which are highly damaging and can cause crop death.
But your assumption that sadness has an external cause outside the self is a relatively new idea.
Melancholia comes from melaina kole, the word for black bile, the humor believed to cause sadness.
Now, one contemporary did write that the chapel was too beautiful to not cause controversy.
The Bell X-1 was the first of many supersonic aircraft to follow, with later designs reaching speeds over Mach 3. Aircraft traveling at supersonic speed create a shock wave with a thunder-like noise known as a sonic boom, which can cause distress to people and animals below or even damage buildings.
This greater wave frequency is the cause of the famous Doppler effect, where approaching objects sound higher pitched.
Regardless of cause, the bad smell almost always originates in the mouth and not the stomach or elsewhere in the body.
As for knuckle-cracking, one study suggests that all that joint stretching and bubble bursting can cause your hands to swell and weaken your grip.
As its name suggests, obsessive compulsive disorder has two aspects: the intrusive thoughts, images, or impulses, known as obsessions, and the behavioral compulsions people engage in to relieve the anxiety the obsessions cause.
But are serotonin and activity in these brain regions the sources of OCD or symptoms of an unknown underlying cause of the disorder.
Researchers have linked poor posture to scoliosis, tension headaches, and back pain, though it isn't the exclusive cause of any of them.
It can cause a severe fever and can often be fatal.
Another leading cause of memory problems is chronic stress.
As it grows, a fetus's ongoing need for resources can cause intense fatigue, high blood pressure, and conditions like diabetes and preeclampsia.
Cortisol can also cause the endothelium, or inner lining of blood vessels, to not function normally.
High levels of cortisol can also cause you to put on those extra calories as visceral or deep belly fat.
When a magnetic grain volume is too small, its magnetization is easily disturbed by heat energy and can cause bits to switch unintentionally, leading to data loss.
Cortisol can literally cause your brain to shrink in size.
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