Several accidents have reportedly been caused by discharging firearms into the air ; although the evidence in a few such cases has been disputed, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found 43 likely cases of injury from falling bullets during 2004 New Year celebrations in Puerto Rico.

Several studies have suggested that hedge funds are sufficiently diversifying to merit inclusion in investor portfolios, but this is disputed for example by Mark Kritzman who performed a mean-variance optimization calculation on an opportunity set that consisted of a stock index fund, a bond index fund, and ten hypothetical hedge funds.

Several groups, however, disputed this: including UNO, a broad coalition of anti-Sandinista activists, COSEP, an organization of business leaders, the Contra group " FDN ", organized by former Somozan-era National Guardsmen, landowners, businessmen, peasant highlanders, and what some claimed as their patron, the U. S. government.

Several Freud scholars have disputed the traditional story that Freud's seduction theory patients reported having been sexually abused in early childhood, the basis on which Masson built his case.

Several studies have suggested that the glans is equally sensitive in circumcised and uncircumcised males, while others have reported that it is more sensitive in uncircumcised males ( the interpretation of one of these studies is disputed ).

Several writings and many letters have been ascribed to Apollonius, but some of them are lost ; others have only been preserved in parts or fragments of disputed authenticity.

Several sources report that over 100 persons were killed, although this figure is disputed.

Several theatre companies have capitalized on Hamilton's attribution by performing The Second Maiden's Tragedy under the name of Shakespeare's Cardenio, ignoring its disputed status.

The origin of the Box trees growing on the hill is disputed: Several sources from the late eighteenth century suggest that the first Box Trees on the Hill were planted by Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel during the reign of Charles I.

Several impis ( regiments ) disputed Lobengula's assent and the question was ultimately decided by the arbitration of the assegai, with Lobengula and his impis crushing the rebels.

Several theories exist on the origins, but they remain largely disputed.

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Several LDS scholars have disputed Quinn's work, calling it a distortion of LDS history and saying he completely misrepresented the facts.

Several sources report that over 100 persons were killed, although this figure is disputed.

Several authors have speculated that Kollega was Marzani, though it has been disputed.

Several proposals in late 1852 and early 1853 had strong support, but in the end they failed because of disputes over whether the railroad would follow a northern or a southern route.

Several different proposals were made in 1999 by both parties.

Several proposals were considered for wire-level modulation, including PAM with 12 discrete levels ( PAM-12 ), ten levels ( PAM-10 ), or eight levels ( PAM-8 ), both with and without Tomlinson-Harashima Precoding ( THP ).

Several proposals to build tidal harnesses for electrical power generation have been put forward in recent decades.

Several proposals were made in the legislature, but it wasn ’ t until 1807 that the state responded with the Second College Grant.

Several proposals to incorporate the greater Burien area, an unincorporated portion of King County, were attempted but failed.

Several proposals have been made to institute a national referendum.

Several proposals were received but none was acceptable to or the council, or the Norwegian Heraldic Society, as the proposals were not made according to heraldic rules.

Several specific proposals to do this are extant today:

Several other proposals were included within Operation Northwoods, including real or simulated actions against various U. S. military and civilian targets.

Several new proposals were made for alternate basing arrangements, including mobile basing in railway cars that would be sent out into the nation's rail network during times of heightened threat levels, and more complex systems of deeply buried silos under mesas that would include systems to quickly dig themselves out after an attack.

Several of Banda's ministers presented him with proposals designed to limit his powers.

Several proposals for a flag of Taiwan have been initiated by supporters of Taiwan independence to replace the flag of the Republic of China as the national flag flown over Taiwan.

Several proposals were made for a new Australian state of New England and this included the North Coast region in the boundaries.

Several followers of Social Credit policies eventually left the Labour Party, where their proposals ( for example, those of John A. Lee for housing ) were strongly opposed by the " orthodox " Minister of Finance, Walter Nash and other prominent Labour Party members.

Several proposals have been prepared for the area now known as Federation Square East, including covering the remaining area of railyards to the east of the main square.

Several proposals for an Ant version 2 have been made, such as AntEater by James Duncan Davidson, Myrmidon by Peter Donald and Mutant by Conor MacNeill, none of which were able to find large acceptance with the developer community.

Several estimates were made of the cost of his proposals.

Several estimates were made comparing the cost and impact of the Bush and Kerry proposals.

Several individuals, such as Brad Nakamura, David Nolan, and Kris Yaple, have earned awards for bills and proposals.

Several proposals have been made to extend the line in both directions.

Several plans for a replacement arena have surfaced in recent years, including proposals for the expansion of Cobo Hall that require JLA to be demolished.

Several proposals have been made for changes to the classification, and a bid for a revision was unsuccessfully attempted in 1960.

Several hundred kilometers of canals, most of which were built by the Dutch in the 18th century, link inland waterways in the southwestern part of Sri Lanka.

Several roads link Stow to the surrounding villages.

Several key areas needed to link the East ( Chicago ) to the West had none, and hence the Union Pacific was formed by Congress.

Several strong themes link the works in the Pym canon, which are more notable for their style and characterisation than for their plots.

Several studies have reported a link between increased absence from work due to sickness and elevated risk of future disability pension.

Several long-distance lines link the city with Madrid, through Albacete, as well as Valencia, and Cataluña up to Montpellier in France.

Several RFCs mention a physical layer and data link layer, but that is in context of IEEE protocols.

Several notable Celtic scholars, including Joseph Loth and Kuno Meyer, have preferred to derive it rather from Old Irish bolc " gap, breach, notch " ( cognate with Welsh bwlch ), suggesting a linguistic link with the second element in the name of Fergus mac Róich's sword, Caladbolg and King Arthur's sword Caledfwlch.

Several years before Michael Engleman had prepared the way for cross lake traffic by establishing his routes to Chicago and Wisconsin and now there was nothing to stop Ward from moving forward in his plans to establish a permanent cross lake link between Michigan and Wisconsin through the railroad.

Several railway lines were built to link it to the neighbouring towns.

Several large studies have indicated a link between consumption of high amounts of trans fat and coronary heart disease, and possibly some other diseases, prompting a number of government health agencies across the world to recommend that the intake of trans-fats be minimized.

One type of explanation at the level of assertion exploits the view that assertion implies or expresses belief in some way so that if someone asserts that p they imply or express the belief that p. Several versions of this view exploit elements of speech act theory, which can be distinguished according to the particular explanation given of the link between assertion and belief.

Several Xiongnu such as Yufuluo are known to have at least lent their support to the sect and a number of scholars have theorized that Zhang Jue may have derived some of his teachings from shamanism as he appeared as a mystical healer with a direct link to the heavens.

Several bus services running from Chelmsford link Danbury with Maldon, Great Baddow, Little Baddow, South Woodham Ferrers, Sandon and various villages around Maldon.

Several companies provide hit counters that are maintained off site and displayed with an inline link.

Several cohort studies and case-control studies have been conducted since then without demonstrating conclusive evidence for such a link.

Several projects to link those networks via Barcelona city centre have been proposed by the government as well as other expansion projects.

Several diseases have been reported to be associated with HSP, often without a causative link.

Several favourable conditions existed when the link was built:

Several mercury arc rectifiers were salvaged from the Konti-Skan link between Denmark and Sweden for this restoration.

Several streets link the Shankill Road to the neighbouring Crumlin Road with the area around North Boundary Street formerly the stronghold of Johnny Adair's C Company.

Several attempts have been made to link the lovers of the poem to historical individuals, though others have argued that the poem should not be interpreted with " appliqué literalism ", in the words of James P. Bednarz.

Several companies had proposed building a faster link from London to the South Coast around Southampton, which would have provided not only a route for transport but an important link in the event of war.