Because of the unsanitary conditions and a near starvation diet, hundreds of POWs died along the way from exhaustion as well as pneumonia, diphtheria, pellagra, and other diseases.

Because the construction efforts on Veliki Brijun Island were jeopardized by malaria outbreaks which occurred during summer months, and even Austrian steel industrialist Paul Kupelweiser himself fell ill with the disease, at the turn of the century Kupelweiser invited in Koch, who at the time was studying different forms of malaria and quinine-based treatments.

Because of the outbreaks within college and university settings, many governments have established vaccination programs to prevent large-scale outbreaks.

Because of these excesses, the king began to believe that a Portuguese Inquisition might help control such outbreaks.

Because spread is thought to occur through direct contact with afflicted individuals, large outbreaks have been known to occur in schools and other places where children are in close quarters ; however, indirect spread through contamination with infected objects ( fomites ) may also be a factor in the spread of infection.

" The Chicago Daily Tribune called it “ One of the most spectacular crimes of the 20th century, and what is believed to be the first airplane kidnap murder on record .” Because it occurred somewhere over three Missouri counties, and involved interstate transport of a stolen airplane, it raised questions in legal circles about where, by whom, and even whether he could be prosecuted.

Because Titus effectively acted as co-emperor with his father, no abrupt change in Flavian policy occurred when Vespasian died on 23 June 79.

Because of the circumstances of the moment this crime occurred, there is going to be a justification and cause for acquittal that will protect us.

( Because his marriages had been annulled, they legally never occurred, so his children by those marriages were illegitimate.

Because of Unreals long development time, the course of development occurred during the emergence and rapid progression of hardware 3D accelerators.

Because Volta believed that the electromotive force occurred at the contact between the two metals, Volta's piles had a different design than the modern design illustrated on this page.

Because the crash was two months after the September 11 attacks and occurred in New York, several major buildings including the Empire State Building and the United Nations Headquarters were evacuated.

Because of the increase in wealth of the trading cities of northern Italy, there occurred a revival in the study of the Justinian Code.

Because of the complexity of written English, more than a century of debate has occurred over whether English phonics should or should not be used in teaching beginning reading.

Because of the very short period in which Big Bang nucleosynthesis occurred before being stopped by expansion and cooling ( about 20 minutes after the Big Bang ), no elements heavier than beryllium ( or possibly boron ) could be formed.

Because of the wide range of crops developed from the wild B. oleracea, multiple domestications of cabbage may have occurred in the same time period throughout Europe.

Because the order was one of Jackson's last acts in office, most of its consequences occurred during and were attributed to the Presidency of Martin van Buren.

Because of the lack of formalized rules some disputes occurred.

Because of the lack of detailed information and singular nature of the Lucan account, it is likely the event had occurred not too long before Jesus mentioned it.

Because of this, FDM is a result of the lack of growth inhibition at night rather than the expected excessive growth during the day, when the actual light deprivation occurred.

Because of London Underground and fast rail connections to central London from transport hubs at Romford and Upminster much of Havering has considerable residential development which has occurred throughout the last century.

Because his death occurred shortly after that of Pope John Paul II, Rainier's death was overshadowed in the media.

Because floods vary, in high-water years the whole crop might be wiped out, while in low-water years widespread drought and famine occasionally occurred.

Because the Turkmen generally were indifferent to the advent of Soviet rule in 1917, little revolutionary activity occurred in the region in the years that followed.

Because the decisive moment of the battle occurred when the Austrian flagship the Erzherzog Ferdinand Max successfully sank the Italian flagship Re d ' Italia by ramming, in subsequent decade every navy in the world largely focused on ramming as the main tactic.

Because the broadcast occurred on a snowy weekend, much of the United Kingdom was unable to get the newspapers until days later-the lack of newspapers caused a minor panic, as it was believed that this was caused by the events in London.

Because these events occurred in December, the rebels were called the Decembrists ( Dekabristy, ).

: Note: Because the original Senators ' relocation to Minnesota and the expansion Senators ' arrival occurred in the same year ( 1961 ), and both had the same name, it is a very common mistake to confuse or combine the two baseball franchises.

Because these early flashlights also used energy-inefficient carbon-filament bulbs, " resting " occurred at short intervals.

Because a server usually does not know how a document is encoded — especially if documents are created on different platforms or in different regions — many servers simply do not include a reference to the "" in the header, thus avoiding making false promises.

Because of its voracious appetite, the cane toad has been introduced to many regions of the Pacific and the Caribbean islands as a method of agricultural pest control.

Because the four color theorem is true, this is always possible ; however, because the person drawing the map is focused on the one large region, he fails to notice that the remaining regions can in fact be colored with three colors.

Because of its elevation, the country's climate is cooler than in most other regions at the same latitude.

Because of its altitude, the country remains cooler throughout the year than most other regions at the same latitude.

Because the geographical territory in which Occitan is spoken is surrounded by regions in which other Romance languages are used, external influences could have influenced its origin and development.

Because secondary structures are local, many regions of different secondary structure can be present in the same protein molecule.

Because the Serbs were dispersed among several regions, and the fact that they had special ties to the independent nation state of Serbia, they were among the strongest supporters of independence of South-Slavs from Austria-Hungary and uniting into a common state under Serbian monarchy.

Because some regions have had difficulty picking up over-the-air signals ( particularly in mountainous areas ), alternative means of distribution such as direct-to-home satellite and cable television have been introduced.

Because the town lies in the rain shadow ( leeward side ) of the Harz, less precipitation falls here than in similar temperate regions without the protection of a mountain range.

Because of Chardonnay's early ripening, it can thrive in wine regions with a short growing season and, in regions like Burgundy, will be harvested before autumn rain sets in and brings the threat of rot.

Because it was a conflict fueled by ethnic nationalism, people of minority ethnicity generally fled towards regions where their ethnicity was in a majority.

Because of political and governance structures in most jurisdictions, sustainable planning measures must be widely supported before they can affect institutions and regions.

Because of the need for maximum cooling of the water vapor to produce these clouds, their distribution tends to be restricted to polar regions of the Earth during the respective summer seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres.

Because that city is the seat of dozens of international organizations and bodies, Alsace is politically one of the most important regions in the European Union.

Because of its beauty and ease of growing, the California poppy was introduced into several regions with similar Mediterranean climates.

Because of their ability to set legal precedent in regions that cover millions of people, the United States Courts of Appeals have strong policy influence on U. S. law ; however, this political recognition is controversial.

Because Pinal County is located between Arizona's two largest metropolitan regions, Phoenix and Tucson, suburban growth southward from greater Phoenix has begun to spread into the northern parts of the county ; similarly, growth northward from Tucson is spreading into the southern portions of the county.

* Because of the mountainous area and the prevailing south-westerly winds, Kerry is among the regions with the highest rainfall in Ireland.

Because of its history, the Ruhr is structured differently from monocentric urban regions such as Berlin and London, which developed through the rapid merger of smaller towns and villages with a growing central city.

Because of the proliferation of such systems in the Alpine regions of Europe, the French and German language names of téléphérique and Seilbahn, respectively, are often also used in an English language context.

Because of its small size and the close connections with neighboring communities, some former residents who now live in more populous regions use Fort Plain to refer collectively to the actual village of Fort Plain and the surrounding villages of Nelliston, Canajoharie, and Palatine Bridge.

Because the fertile soil of the North China Plain gradually merges with the steppes and deserts of Central Asia, with no natural barriers between the two regions, the plain has been prone to invasion from Central Asia and Manchuria, prompting the construction of the Great Wall of China.

Because the Harz is one of the regions of Germany that experiences the most rainfall, its water power was used from early times.