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.
Various forms of self-expression and protest are sometimes restricted by governmental policy (such as the requirement of protest permits), economic circumstances, religious orthodoxy, social structures, or media monopoly. One state reaction to protests is the use of riot police. protest can itself sometimes be the subject of a counter-protest. In such a case, counter-protesters demonstrate their support for the person, policy, action, etc. that is the subject of the original protest.