As a result of their introduction, bouts became longer and more strategic with greater importance attached to defensive maneuvers such as slipping, bobbing, countering and angling.

Opportunistic disease may be caused by microbes that are ordinarily in contact with the host, such as pathogenic bacteria or fungi in the gastrointestinal or the upper respiratory tract, and they may also result from ( otherwise innocuous ) microbes acquired from other hosts ( as in Clostridium difficile colitis ) or from the environment as a result of traumatic introduction ( as in surgical wound infections or compound fractures ).

The most valuable result of her labours was the Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana, a work of great merit, which was published at Milan in 1748 and " was regarded as the best introduction extant to the works of Euler.

The thesis that proposes the introduction of Christianity as a result of this war finds no confirmation in German sources.

At the same time, social democratic parties won elections and formed governments for the first time, often as a result of the introduction of universal suffrage.

Many of the revolts were the result of French policy of maltreating the local population as with the introduction of forced labor.

Any attempt to fix observed errors tends to result in the introduction of other errors.

The true origin of the blancmange is obscure, but it is believed that it was a result of the Arab introduction of rice and almonds in early medieval Europe.

Post-facto interoperability may be the result of the absolute market dominance of a particular product in contravention of any applicable standards, or if any effective standards were not present at the time of that product's introduction.

* The introduction of special benefits to compensate for wages not paid as a result of bankruptcy for a maximum of up three months ( July 1974 ).

The introduction of Celtic language in the Bronze Age may have been a result of immigration on a smaller scale.

This allows quick and easy fitting and provides a snug and comfortable diaper fit that will neither bind nor wad on the infant … as a result of this snugger fit obtained because of this fold configuration, the diaper is less likely to leak or, in other words, its containment characteristics are greatly enhanced .” Further developments in diaper design were made, such as the introduction of refastenable tapes, the " hourglass shape " so as to reduce bulk at the crotch area, and the 1984 introduction of super-absorbent material from polymers known as sodium polyacrylate that were originally developed in 1966.

As a result of the introduction of writing, poetry such as the Homeric poems became written and several editions were created and commented on, forming the basis of philology and criticism.

The back-story of the Snitch is the most elaborate of all the Quidditch balls, and its introduction ( so it is described in Quidditch Through the Ages ) came as the direct result of a game played in 1269 in Kent.

It also appears in his Expanded Universe in 1980, but this version is the way it appeared in Astounding without the modifications: " I now see, as a result of the enormous increase in the art in 33 years, more errors in the ' 46 version than I spotted in the ' 40s version when I checked it in ' 46 ," he writes in the introduction to the story.

In Scotland, the peck was used as a dry measure until the introduction of imperial units as a result of the Weights and Measures Act of 1824.

As a result of the 2007 election, the Scottish Liberal Democrats lost control of East Dunbartonshire Council, with one of the primary grievances amongst the electorate being fortnightly waste collection, after the introduction of kerbside collections for recycling plastics, glass, metals and paper.

As a result the book is perhaps not the best introduction to Gurdjieff's ideas since part of the book's intention is to frustrate and usurp the normal patterns of thought.

It most probably arose in what is today the region of Macedonia as a response to the social stratification that occurred as a result of the introduction of feudalism and as a form of political movement and opposition to the Bulgarian state and the church.

* Road racing is banned as a result and the legacy of the event is the introduction of circuits, the first being opened at Le Mans in 1906 for the inaugural French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France ( ACF ).

The result was a dramatic change from folk traditions, including the introduction of the bouzouki and influences including soul and rock.

If the compressor could not reproduce enough data in the compressed version to reproduce the original, the result is a diminishing of quality, or introduction of artifacts.

As a result, it is not easy to find a stock priced as the Morton issue was priced ( at roughly 10 times 1960 earnings, to yield a little over 5 per cent on the 64-cent anticipated dividend ).

The result was that prices of German export products held steady, while profits and earnings from exports soared and were poured back into the economy.

As a result of oil export earnings around $ 500 million in 2000 – 01, Sudan ’ s current account entered surplus for the first time since independence.

* The Law to Improve Occupational Old Age Pensions ( 1974 ), which extended coverage of occupational pensions whilst also “ co-ordinating them more closely with state pensions and setting minimum standards as regards benefit levels and the preservation of pension rights .” By 1976, as a result of this legislation, 65 % of private sector employees were covered by occupational schemes and over two-thirds of these workers were eligible for benefits equal to more than 15 % of their earnings at retirement.

This may result in capital gains which may be taxed differently than dividends representing distribution of earnings.

As a result of this supplement, the total benefit of a married man with two children went up by 52 %, and that of a single man by 117 .% The duration was limited to 26 weeks, while the total benefit was restricted to 85 % of average weekly earnings in the preceding financial year.

That same year, national insurance benefits were increased by 13 %, which brought pensions as a proportion of average earnings “ up to a value equivalent to the previous high, which was reached in 1965 as a result of Labour legislation .” In order to maintain the real value of these benefits in the long term, the government introduced legislation which linked future increases in pensions to higher incomes or wages.

Transformation of the Fiji Sugar Corporation into an energy and sugar company would result in a turnover of F $ 1 billion by 2025, he said, and would cut imports of crude oil, generate export earnings, and provide a source of electricity.

As the result of a feud with his publisher over the meagre earnings on his previous novel, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens declined a lump-sum payment for the tale, chose a percentage of the profits in hopes of making more money thereby, and published the work at his own expense.

Instead of spending their spare earnings in saloons and dram shops, they carefully hoard them and in a few years a little home of their own is the result.

As a result, she spent most of her early earnings for specialists and hospitals.

Patti enjoyed the trappings of fame and wealth but she was not profligate with her earnings, especially after losing a large proportion of her assets as a result of the break-up of her first marriage ( see below ).

Net Income is the result of this equation, but revenue typically enjoys equal attention during a standard earnings call.

Income statement ( also referred to as profit and loss statement ( P & L ), revenue statement, statement of financial performance, earnings statement, operating statement or statement of operations ) is a company's financial statement that indicates how the revenue ( money received from the sale of products and services before expenses are taken out, also known as the " top line ") is transformed into the net income ( the result after all revenues and expenses have been accounted for, also known as Net Profit or the " bottom line ").

By the time the comparatively youthful Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary in 1985, the Soviet economy was stagnant and faced a sharp fall in foreign currency earnings as a result of the downward slide in oil prices in the 1980s.

“ The one philosophical change as a result of my involvement with the company was to swing from a commitment to sales growth – almost regardless of geography of industry, sales came first, earnings second – to the question of return on capital employed and productivity in its most sophisticated sense.

While sales had increased by five per cent in 1997, earnings had declined eight per cent to R255 million as a result of the borrowing costs associated with new acquisitions and expansion.

During the 1973 oil crisis, economic growth in the rest of the world plummeted but the Soviet hard currency earnings grew as a result of oil exports.

The CEO, Cees van der Hoeven, and CFO, Michael Meurs, and a number of senior management resigned as a result, and earnings over 2001 and 2002 had to be restated.

On March 3, 1993 the two were married, and three months later, still financially well-off as a result of his mother's investments of his earnings as a child star, North left Los Angeles and moved to Hackney's hometown of Lake Butler, Florida, becoming stepfather to her three daughters.

As a result, most of its growth has been due to reinvestment of the company's own earnings rather than public financing.

As a result of ' economies of scale ' ( a basic assumption of the BCG Matrix ), it is assumed that these earnings will grow faster the higher the share.

Since women's earnings over a lifetime are on average 17. 5 % ( as of 2008 ) lower than men's, these lower earnings result in lower pensions.