Because of his brain injury and the extreme damage suffered to his sight, the patient had to train himself for a new line of work, that of a portfolio-maker, an occupation requiring a great deal of precision in the making of measurements and a fairly well-developed sense of form and contour.

Because there is no selection pressure for sight in this environment, any number of genetic abnormalities that give rise to the damage or loss of eyes could proliferate among the population with no effect on the fitness of the population.

Because eyes are particularly vulnerable to this type of damage, eye protection should be worn to reduce the risk of injury.

Because of concerns about liver damage from protracted use of paracetamol at high doses, four pharmaceutical companies ( Purdue Pharma, Cephalon, Zogenix, and Egalet ) are developing extended-release capsules and other forms of hydrocodone by itself.

Because ion implantation causes damage to the crystal structure of the target which is often unwanted, ion implantation processing is often followed by a thermal annealing.

Because cells and more importantly the DNA can be damaged, this ionization can result in an increased chance of cancer, and thus " ionizing radiation " is somewhat artificially separated out of particle and electromagnetic radiation, simply due to its larger potential for biological damage per unit of energy.

Because the plants and animals of the sea floor are the basis of the food chain, damage to the shoreline has consequences for the whole shallow-water ecosystem, including the multi-million-dollar Saudi fisheries industry.

Because STA-099's qualification testing prevented damage, NASA found that rebuilding STA-099 as OV-099 would be less expensive than refitting Enterprise.

Because of sustained damage, U-571 is forced to resurface.

Because damage to the cable can cause reflections, an instrument called an electrical time domain reflectometer ETDR ( for electrical cables ) or an optical time domain reflectometer OTDR ( for optical cables ) can be used to locate the damaged part of a cable.

Because of this fine-tuning function, damage to the cerebellum does not cause paralysis, but instead produces disorders in fine movement, equilibrium, posture, and motor learning.

Because pancreatitis can cause lung damage and affect normal lung function, oxygen is usually delivered through breathing tubes that are connected via the nose.

Because dry-firing ( releasing the firing pin with an empty chamber ) a gun can sometimes lead to firing pin ( striker ) damage, dummy rounds termed snap caps are designed to protect centerfire guns from possible damage during " dry-fire " trigger control practices.

Because running fsck to repair a file system which is mounted for read / write operations can potentially cause severe data corruption / loss, the file system is normally checked while unmounted, mounted read-only, or with the system in a special maintenance mode that limits the risk of such damage.

Because of the bomb damage and the gradual decline in local trade, after the war there was a major redevelopment of the town in the 1960s.

Because the leather is natural as well as delicate, the wearer must take precaution as to not damage them.

Because the Amundsen-Scott base lacks diagnostic medical equipment such as an MRI or CT scan machine, station doctors were unable to fully evaluate the damage done by the stroke or the chance of recurrence.

Because the city escaped war damage during WWII, many historical temples, traditional shops and Kura ( Japanese traditional storehouses ) remain in the city center.

Because of this, the U. S. battle group was able to put the Hiryū out of action, and inflict major damage on the rest of the battle group.

Because of the risk involved in using a melee weapon, they were typically the most powerful weapons available, in terms of damage.

Because of their shape, corns intensify the pressure at the tip and can cause deep tissue damage and ulceration.

Because availability of service is important for all e-business websites, steps must be taken to prevent disruption of service by events such as power outages and damage to physical infrastructure.

Because the coilgun's electric circuit is inherently analogous to an LC oscillator, the unused energy returns in the reverse direction (' ringing '), which can seriously damage polarized capacitors such as electrolytic capacitors.

Because of its wealth of experience, the Organization for European Economic Cooperation could help with the initial studies needed.

Because of the means of publication -- science-fiction magazines and cheap paperbacks -- and because dystopian science fiction is still appearing in quantity the full range and extent of this phenomenon can hardly be known, though one fact is evident: the science-fiction imagination has been immensely fertile in its extrapolations.

Because scientific instruction and research involve increasingly large sums of money, an institution should choose its fields of prominence.

Because of its traditional lines, it probably has more kid appeal than any other model.

Because of its importance, and because the lack of price competition is well recognized, the industry is under considerable public pressure not to raise its price any more than could be justified by cost increases.

Because the food is selected with thought for its nutritional value, care for its origin, and prepared in a manner that retains the most nutrients, the food does taste good.

-- Held out of Texas Tech's sweat-suits drill Monday at Lubbock was tackle Richard Stafford, who is undergoing treatment for a leg injury suffered in the Raiders' 38-7 loss to Texas A & M Because of its important game with Arkansas coming up Saturday, Baylor worked out in the rain Monday -- mud or no mud.

Because of its simplicity, star hopping is a very common method for finding objects that are close to naked-eye stars.

Because of independence, the decision whether to use of the axiom of choice ( or its negation ) in a proof cannot be made by appeal to other axioms of set theory.

Because virtually all extant written material on Arianism was written by its opponents, the nature of Arian teachings is difficult to define precisely today.

Because of its hardness and ability to resist acids, agate is used to make mortars and pestles to crush and mix chemicals.

Because of its classical Greco-Roman style, the ruins of Mission San Juan Capistrano's Great Stone Church in California, United States has been called the " American Acropolis ".

Because of its importance as a symbol of indigenous culture, its gluten-free palatability, easy to cook, and its protein particularly well suited to human nutritional needs, interest in grain amaranth ( especially A. cruentus and A. hypochondriacus ) revived in the 1970s.

Because of its ( relatively ) economically isolated location, Alberta relies heavily on transportation links with the rest of the world.

Because of this, its main stars have no particular pattern and it is devoid of bright deep-sky objects.

Because of its elevation and distance from the coast, the Australian Capital Territory experiences four distinct seasons, unlike many other Australian cities whose climates are moderated by the sea.

Because of its pioneering efforts, Acadia is a laureate of Washington ’ s Smithsonian Institution and a part of the permanent research collection of the National Museum of American History.

Because of its bright green color when polished, amazonite is sometimes cut and used as a gemstone, although it is easily fractured.

Because of its size, the value of grazing and mining is considerable.

Because of the early origin of its original form, it does not address some Christological issues defined in the later Nicene and other Christian Creeds.

Because of its relatively small size for a capital city, Bonn was sometimes referred to, jokingly, as the Bundeshauptstadt ohne nennenswertes Nachtleben ( Federal capital without noteworthy night-life ) or the Bundesdorf ( Federal Village ).