Calcium levels in the bloodstream are regulated by PTH, vitamin D, and calcitonin. Hypercalcemia can vary in severity and in chronicity. The main cause of hypercalcemia is hyperparathyroidism. Malignancies may be associated with hypercalcemia, and the presence of hypercalcemia usually heralds a worse prognosis. The signs and symptoms of hypercalcemia can be remembered by the phrase moans, stones, groans, and bones..
144; 3 Binn. 228, n.; 1 Yeates, 261. PROTEST, legislation. A declaration made by one or more members of a legislative body that they do not agree with some act or resolution of the body; it is usual to add the reasons which the protestants have for such a dissent. PROTEST, contracts.
Anti-terrorism legislation are laws with the purpose of fighting terrorism. They usually, if not always, follow specific bombings or assassinations. Anti-terrorism legislation usually includes specific amendments allowing the state to bypass its own legislation when fighting terrorism-related crimes, under the grounds of necessity. Because of this, suspension of regular procedure, such legislation is sometimes criticized as a form of lois scÃ©lÃ©rates which may unjustly repress all kinds of popular protests.