Although it can occur in adults, the majority of cases occur in children suffering from severe malnutrition, usually resulting from famine or starvation during the early stages of childhood.

Agricultural crops failed and livestock died in much of the Northern Hemisphere, resulting in food shortages and the worst famine of the 19th century.

* The 1984 – 1985 famine in Ethiopia occurred, resulting in international efforts to help the Ethiopian people, including the famous Live Aid concert in July 1985.

* 535: Postulated volcanic eruption in the tropics which causes several years of abnormally cold weather, resulting in mass famine in the Northern Hemisphere.

* England is struck by a pestilence and a resulting famine

His unorthodox experimental research in improved crop yields earned the support of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, especially following the famine and loss of productivity resulting from forced collectivization in several regions of the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.

The number of deaths determines the magnitude designation, with under 1000 fatalities defining a " minor famine " and a " catastrophic famine " resulting in over 1, 000, 000 deaths.

The resulting famine and civil strife is believed to have been a major cause of the collapse of the Old Kingdom.

* 1928-30 Northwest China resulting in over 3 million deaths by famine.

All is well until a drought and the resulting famine drive the family to the brink.

Following famine in various parts of the world, there are limited nuclear exchanges between the USSR and the US, but anti-missile systems limit the resulting damage.

In China, unusually low temperatures in summer and fall devastated rice production in Yunnan, resulting in widespread famine.

From 1930 onwards, the Party and police officials feared the “ social disorder ” caused by the upheavals of forced collectivization of peasants and the resulting famine of 1932 – 1933, as well as the massive and uncontrolled migration of millions of peasants into cities.

Agricultural crops failed and livestock died in much of the Northern Hemisphere, resulting in the worst famine of the 19th century.

However, this caused massive flooding in Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu resulting in a famine that caused millions of deaths.

Unlike the famine of the 1840s, which was caused in part by a fungal infection in the potato crop and, separately, extreme government regulations, that of 1740 – 41 was due to extremely cold and then rainy weather in successive years, resulting in a series of poor harvests.

For both the native Irish and those in the resulting diaspora, the famine entered folk memory and became a rallying point for various nationalist movements.

Totalitarian communist regimes have been criticized for their one-party dictatorships, totalitarian control of the economy and society and repression of civil liberties by the Council of Europe, economic focus on heavy industry at the expense of consumer goods, sometimes resulting in shortages of vital products or even famine, and militarism and propaganda to cover up the mistakes of the government.

Still, when the hosts are hard pressed in hard circumstances, the resulting injury and famine could cause reduced reproduction and even death.

France and northern Italy witnessed severe harvest failures resulting in widespread famine, which, by the end of 1694, had accounted for the deaths of an estimated two million people.

There is evidence that the collapse of the previous Old Kingdom may have been due in part to low flood levels, resulting in famine.

Due to the scale of the famine, the resulting cannibalism has been described as " on a scale unprecedented in the history of the 20th century ".

A paper written by Benjamin Franklin in 1783 blamed the unusually cool summer of 1783 on volcanic dust coming from Iceland, where the eruption of Laki volcano had released enormous amounts of sulfur dioxide, resulting in the death of much of the island's livestock and a catastrophic famine which killed a quarter of the Icelandic population.

As the battlefield was muddy, recoil caused cannon to bury themselves into the ground after firing, resulting in slow rates of fire, as more effort was required to move them back into an adequate firing position ; also, roundshot did not ricochet with as much force from the wet earth.

The army revolt and resulting rumours caused severe panic across the country, and Belgium despatched troops and the naval Task Group 218. 2 to protect its citizens.

On Monday 23 December 2011, in an interview on Turkish newspaper BirGün discussing secret budgets, former Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz admitted that Turkish secret agents intentionally started forest fires in Greece between 1995 and 1997 during the Prime Ministership of Tansu Ciller as part of state-sponsored sabotage, resulting in huge damage caused by major forest fires on the islands of the eastern Aegean and in Macedonia.

The adoption of international standards results in the creation of equivalent, national standards that are substantially the same as international standards in technical content, but may have ( i ) editorial differences as to appearance, use of symbols and measurement units, substitution of a point for a comma as the decimal marker, and ( ii ) differences resulting from conflicts in governmental regulations or industry-specific requirements caused by fundamental climatic, geographical, technological, or infrastructural factors, or the stringency of safety requirements that a given standard authority considers appropriate.

The resulting negative publicity caused him to sue his insurer for US $ 100 million.

He died on May 16, 1990, of organ failure resulting from a Group A streptococcal infection caused by Streptococcus pyogenes.

The Royals returned to the post-season in 1981, losing to the Oakland Athletics in a unique divisional series resulting from the split-season caused by the 1981 Major League Baseball strike.

The resulting weight of people caused a retaining wall to collapse, killing 39 fans, mostly Italians.

Warmer than normal weather in the interior caused large amounts of snow to melt prematurely, resulting in higher than normal water levels, which, nevertheless, remained well below flood levels.

It can also be caused by a compromising of the lymphatic system resulting from cellulitis.

* 1954 – Nuclear testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.

Many mutations arise as a result of problems caused by the DNA lesions during replication, resulting in errors in replication.

The resulting industrial collapse caused Moncton to surrender its civic charter in 1862.

Explosions, detonations, and rumblings are often heard during meteorite falls, which can be caused by sonic booms as well as shock waves resulting from major fragmentation events.

In Ireland, the failure of the northern Uí Néill to support their southern kinsman Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill against Brian Bóruma, and the resulting end to the system of Uí Néill High Kingship appears to have been caused by political geography.

" The resulting manifestation of German anti-Bolshevism and an increase in Soviet foreign debts caused German – Soviet trade to dramatically decline.

Autoimmune neuromyotonia is typically caused by antibodies that bind to potassium channels on the motor nerve resulting in continuous / hyper-excitability.

In 1845, a plant disease known as late blight, caused by the fungus-like oomycete Phytophthora infestans, spread rapidly through the poorer communities of western Ireland, resulting in the crop failures that led to the Great Irish Famine.

Enemy-related injuries which justify the award of the Purple Heart include injury caused by enemy bullet, shrapnel, or other projectile created by enemy action ; injury caused by enemy placed land mine, naval mine, or trap ; injury caused by enemy released chemical, biological, or nuclear agent ; injury caused by vehicle or aircraft accident resulting from enemy fire ; concussion injuries caused as a result of enemy generated explosions.

By the end of the 17th century, the Chinese economy had recovered from the devastation caused by the wars in which the Ming Dynasty were overthrown, and the resulting breakdown of order.

The resulting weight of the structures caused them to sink into the sediment of Lake Texcoco.