The controversy over software patents is about specific algorithms or techniques that the software contains, which may not be duplicated by others and considered intellectual property and copyright infringement depending on the severity.

Abuses were reformed, the safety of property and persons was restored, but the greatest severity was shown to malefactors.

One of the greatest military orders of medieval times, the Knights Templar were renowned for their remarkable financial power and vast holdings of land and property throughout Europe and the East, and their severity of rule in Cyprus quickly incurred the hatred of the native population.

" Later that day she issued a request for federal assistance and USD $ 9 million in aid to President George W. Bush, which stated, "... I have determined that this incident is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the State and affected local governments, and that supplementary Federal assistance is necessary to save lives, protect property, public health, and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a disaster.

The severity of certain terrain features, such as whether moving through mountains was merely slow or potentially deadly, was controlled at game time with options, not a property of the map itself.

Through the influx of wealth and luxury, with their concomitant vices, the Spartans had greatly degenerated from the ancient simplicity and severity of manners, and arrived at an extreme inequality in the distribution of wealth and property.

Recent research has pointed to the effects of capital taxation on property, capital stock, excess profits, undistributed profits, and dividends on the severity of the Great Depression, noting such taxation's role in significant declines in investment and equity values and nontrivial declines in gross domestic product and hours of work.

The appearance and severity of disease resulting from any pathogen depends upon the ability of that pathogen to damage the host as well as the ability of the host to resist the pathogen.

Long-term studies like the UK Prospective Diabetes Study ( UKPDS ) and the Diabetes control and complications trial ( DCCT ) showed that intensive insulinotherapy achieved blood glucose levels closer to non-diabetic people and that this was associated with reduced frequency and severity of blood vessel damage.

The severity of oxidative stress generated by fluoroquinolones has been described as ' enormous ' by the authors of one research study and they suggested coadministration of antioxidants when using fluoroquinolones to minimise the potential for oxidative-related cellular damage.

Once risks have been identified, they must then be assessed as to their potential severity of impact ( generally a negative impact, such as damage or loss ) and to the probability of occurrence.

Some research indicates that opening windows may actually increase the severity of the tornado's damage.

The correlation between damage to certain specific brain areas ( usually in the left hemisphere ) and the development of specific types of aphasia makes it possible to deduce ( albeit very roughly ) the location of a suspected brain lesion based only on the presence ( and severity ) of a certain type of aphasia, though this is complicated by the possibility that a patient may have damage to a number of brain areas and may exhibit symptoms of more than one type of aphasia.

Also, speech impairments may be seen in children with CP depending on the severity of brain damage.

Increases in population densities increase the number of people affected and damage caused by an event of given severity.

Also, following an upper motor neuron lesion, there may be multiple muscles affected, to varying degrees, depending on the location and severity of the upper motor neuron damage.

Referring to the extent and severity of the damage, Mayor Walter Maddox stated that " we have neighborhoods that have been basically removed from the map.

Remarking about the scale and severity of the damage, Obama stated, " I've never seen devastation like this, it's heartbreaking " after touring the damaged areas.

The new scale more accurately matches wind speeds to the severity of damage caused by the tornado.

Frost crack and sun scald are examples of damage found on tree bark which trees can repair to a degree, depending on the severity.

UV-absorbers are added to polyurethane and other varnishes ( e. g. spar varnish ) to work against UV damage but are decreasingly effective over the course of 2 – 4 years, depending on the quantity and quality of UV-absorbers added as well as the severity and duration of sun exposure.

The severity of the symptoms, which may include muscle pains, vomiting and confusion, depends on the extent of muscle damage and whether kidney failure develops.

Any form of muscle damage of sufficient severity can cause rhabdomyolysis.

The severity of the damage to the prefrontal lobes directly correlates to the speed of which an individual can complete the Stroop Color-Naming Task.

In spite of the severity of the damage and amid cries to demolish, the owners chose to repair it instead, and it still stands ; this building is believed to be the tallest building to survive a direct hit from an F5 tornado.

The severity of the damage that individuals can sustain to their personal identity was made clear during the case Wilson v Johnson & Johnson in which the plaintiff ( Wilson ) sued his former employer ( Johnson & Johnson ) for irreparable damages that resulted from the over abundance of personality tests being administered in the workplace.

Other venoms instigate localized tissue damage around the bitten area, and immobilization may increase the severity of the damage in this area, but also reduce the total area affected ; whether this trade-off is desirable remains a point of controversy.

These warnings ranged in severity from DualDiscs just not working with the equipment to actual damage to the disc and / or equipment.

Chronic blepharitis may result in damage of varying severity which may have a negative effect upon vision and therefore upon the eyeglass prescription.

Some medical researchers have proposed restricting skateboarding to designated, specially designed areas, to reduce the number and severity of injuries, and to eliminate injuries caused by motor vehicles or to other pedestrians.

A cotton “ swab test ” is used to delineate the areas of pain and categorize their severity.

Massapequa has a climate that is very similar to other coastal areas of the Northeastern United States ; it has warm, humid summers and cold winters, but the Atlantic Ocean helps bring afternoon sea breezes that temper the heat in the warmer months and limit the frequency and severity of thunderstorms.

Alpine areas are unique because of the severity and complexity of their environmental conditions.

Signs may include cognitive decline from a previously higher level of functioning ; impairment of memory and two or more other cognitive areas ; sufficient severity as to interfere with activities of daily living ; cerebrovascular disease is present, defined by the presence of focal neurologic signs ( e. g., hemiparesis, sensory deficit, hemianopsia, Babinski sign, etc.

Due to the severity of symptoms, and the speed with which they progress, in areas where these spiders are known to live all bites from large black spiders should be treated as though they were caused by a funnel-web spider.

Despite the poor prospects for a fully protective vaccine, it may be possible to develop a vaccine that would reduce the severity of malaria for children living in endemic areas.

The advice to cover one's head with anything available, like the picnic blanket and newspaper used by the family in the film, may seem absurd at first when one considers the capabilities of a nuclear weapon, but even a thin barrier such as cloth can reduce the severity of burns on the skin from the thermal radiation-which is light rays in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared range, and it is this combination of light rays that delivers the burning energy to exposed skin areas this burning thermal energy would be experienced by people within range for several seconds after the explosion.

Studies on specific cases demonstrate how particular, impaired areas of the hippocampus are associated with the severity of RA.

All these cortical areas were thinner and the degree of thinning was correlated with autism symptom severity, a correlation nearly restricted to these brain regions.

Since vasospasms can be caused by atherosclerosis and contribute to the severity of ischemia there are some surgical options which can restore circulation to these ischemic areas.

The destruction of wetlands and paving over of areas along all the major rivers has increased the severity of flooding over the decades, despite engineering solutions.