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Allende's increasingly bold socialist policies ( partly in response to pressure from some of the more radical members within his coalition ), combined with his close contacts with Cuba, heightened fears in Washington.
While the heightened stress response is likely to involve the thalamus, hypothalamus and locus coeruleus.
The sudden appearance of land art in 1968 can be located as a response by a generation of artists mostly in their late twenties to the heightened political activism of the year and the emerging environmental and women's liberation movements.
The higher concentrations of migrating birds at stopover sites make them prone to parasites and pathogens, which require a heightened immune response.
However, the very act of eating or drinking can provoke an overreaction of the gastrocolic response in some patients with IBS due to their heightened visceral sensitivity, and this may lead to abdominal pain, diarrhea, and / or constipation.
An exaggerated tickle and anticipatory response are responsible for the heightened sensual response.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran explored the neural basis of the hyperreligiosity seen in TLE using the galvanic skin response ( GSR ), which correlates with emotional arousal, to determine whether the hyperreligiosity seen in TLE was due to an overall heightened emotional state or was specific to religious stimuli.
: Parkinson ’ s Disease ( PD ) is a neurodegenerative disease resulting from the apoptosis of dopaminergic neurons in the central nervous system, especially the substantia nigra, as well as heightened response to the excitatory neurotransmitter, glutamate ( i. e., excitotoxicity ).
He strongly supported the construction of the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising and in 2004 appointed a historical panel to estimate material losses that were inflicted upon the city by the Germans in the Second World War ( an estimated 85 % of the city was destroyed in the Warsaw Uprising ) as a direct response to heightened claims coming from German expellees from Poland.
On April 14, 1986, in response to acts of terrorism then believed, and now known, to have been sponsored by Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi — in particular, the Berlin discotheque bombing of April 6 — and against the backdrop of heightened tension and clashes between the Libyan and U. S. navies over Libya's disputed territorial water claims in the Gulf of Sidra, the United States launched a surprise attack on key facilities in Tripoli and other parts of Libya.
Granulosa cells within the follicle surround the oocyte ; their numbers increase directly in response to heightened levels of circulating gonadotropins or decrease in response to testosterone.
Dependable .” Reader response to the visual and structural changes, the heightened attention to important local news, in-depth investigative reporting, and the balanced tone of the editorial page continues to be very positive.
The exact role of heightened immune response in the central nervous system ( CNS ) of patients with autism is uncertain, but may be a primary factor in triggering and sustaining many of the comorbid conditions associated with autism.
Recent studies indicate the presence of heightened neuroimmune activity in both the brain tissue and the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with autism, supporting the view that heightened immune response may be an essential factor in the onset of autistic symptoms.
When President Lincoln signed legislation creating the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in March, 1865, the nation was in a period of heightened emotional response to the approaching peace.
CPSP can also lead to a heightened central response to painful sensations, or hyperpathia.
* Endorphin rush: Endorphins are the chemicals responsible for the " high " people often get from activities such as sex, or high-risk sports, and is the body's response to heightened or intense experiences of certain kinds.
The cause of this heightened response is currently unknown, although it is thought to be, at least in part, due to an increased number of fungiform papillae.
In some environments, heightened taste response, particularly to bitterness, would represent an important advantage in avoiding potentially toxic plant alkaloids.
* Sentimentality, the literary device which is used to induce an emotional response disproportionate to the situation, and thus to substitute heightened and generally unthinking feeling for normal ethical and intellectual judgment
Sentimentalism in literature is both a device used to induce a tender emotional response disproportionate to the situation at hand, ( and thus to substitute heightened and generally uncritical feeling for normal ethical and intellectual judgments ), and a heightened reader response willing to invest previously prepared emotions to respond disproportionately to a literary situation.

response and security
The American Embassy in Bangui again temporarily suspended operations on November 2, 2002 in response to security concerns raised by the October 2002 launch of François Bozizé's 2003 military coup.
n3td3v was banned from the Full disclosure mailing list on January 21 2009. n3td3v is thought to be banned in response to his widespread criticism of what he saw as irresponsible disclosure practices carried out by some security researchers, such as HD Moore.
In response, groups on both the right and left began assembling independent security groups for their own protection.
The total cost of improving security in federal buildings across the country in response to the bombing reached over $ 600 million.
In response more secure armouries have been provided by Australia, however weapon security remains elusive.
The security doctrine still states that " Sweden pursues a policy of non-participation in military alliances ," but permits cooperation in response to threats against peace and security.
The most notable archetypes are Street Samurai, characters who have heavily augmented their bodies with cyberware and bioware and focus on physical combat ; Adepts, characters who have magical abilities that increase their physical ( and sometimes mental ) combat abilities ; Faces, highly charismatic characters who specialize in negotiations and social manipulation ; Hackers ( aka Deckers ), specialize in electronic surveillance, security, and augmented / virtual reality monitoring, combat and response ; Riggers, who augment their brains to achieve fine control over vehicles and drones ; and Magicians who cast spells and can view emotions and call spirits from astral space.
In response, realising the importance of the Athenian fleet to their security, and probably seeking to massage Themistocles's ego, the Spartans brought Themistocles to Sparta.
In response, the security situation deteriorated with the creation of the socialist Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen ( FLOSY ) which started to attack the NLF in a bid for power, as well as attacking the British.
On 13 November 1966, Israel launched a major raid against the Jordanian administered West Bank town of as-Samu, in response to a Fatah-implemented roadside bomb attack which had killed three members of the Israeli security forces near the southern Green Line border.
** In a response to Georges Bonnet's speech of January 26, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, referring to Bonnet's alleged statement of December 6, 1938 accepting Eastern Europe as being in Germany's exclusive sphere of influence, protests that all French security commitments in that region are " now off limits ".
In response, director Peter Nanos shut down large parts of the laboratory and publicly rebuked scientists working there for a lax attitude to security procedures.
* 15 November: 12 people killed, nine soldiers and three paramilitary security guards from the Kiryat Arba emergency response team, and 15 wounded in Hebron when Palestinian militants drew security forces into an ambush.
Military intervention by Yugoslav security forces led by Slobodan Milošević and Serb militia within Kosovo in response to diverse operations led by the KLA prompted an exodus of Kosovar Albanians / Serbs and a refugee crisis that eventually caused NATO to intervene militarily in order to stop what was widely identified as an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing.
In response to the increase in the number of thefts, 7-Eleven stepped up security measures, which successfully lowered the crime rate by 60 %
In response to protests from other senior officers that something was amiss as proven by the loss of the entire supply ship network in early 1941, in the middle of 1941 and again in the middle of 1942, Raeder ordered investigations into the security of German codes, but in both cases, it was concluded that the British were not reading German codes because the Enigma machine was considered to be unbreakable.
* security response, to repel, catch or frustrate attackers when an attack is detected.
The Governor is responsible for supervising the local authorities, ensuring that laws and decrees are observed, maintaining public order and security, and coordinating the response to a disaster which has occurred in his province.
Laws, regulations, or practices that do not take into account these new global realities-and that do not have sufficient flexibility to allow for adaptation in response to future changes-ultimately harm national security by imposing costs and burdens on U. S. industry without any corresponding benefit to U. S. security.
USACE supports the United States ' Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA ) through its security planning, force protection, research and development, disaster preparedness efforts, and quick response to emergencies and disasters.
* That in response to Mexican government concerns over the security of the Olympic Games, the Pentagon sent military radios, weapons, ammunition and riot control training material to Mexico before and during the crisis.
In 1978, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( FISA ) created a “ secret federal court for issuing wiretap warrants in national security cases .” This was in response to findings from the Watergate break-in, which allegedly uncovered a history of presidential operations that had used surveillance on domestic and foreign political organizations.

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