The goal, he said, was not to make it bomb-proof but to assure that a bomb would not lead to "progressive failure" of the structure.

In progressive failure, the structural elements not damaged by the bomb also fail because they cannot bear the weight of the building.

These disorders are characterized by juvenile onset of hyperuricemia, gout, and progressive renal failure.

But he said there was an increasing number of children who needed a second transplant because of progressive failure of the first organs they received.

This kidney damage may lead to progressive chronic renal failure, abnormal urinalysis results, high blood pressure, and anemia.

It found that an average of 75 percent of the lateral horn cells were lost in people with progressive autonomic failure.

In autumn of 1887, progressive renal failure brought his medical activities to an end.

The disorder is usually fatal in infancy or early childhood due to progressive respiratory failure, although survival into teenage years have been reported.

Cognitive decline and age-related impairments may therefore reflect the progressive failure of plasticity processes.

Vitamin E as a protective antioxidant in progressive renal failure.