The increase in the University's local, national and international profile paralleled the rise of Miami as the so-called "Capital of the Americas."

Scholars believe that the increase in thefts parallels the growth of these institutions and the number of researchers who use them.

However, a study published 24 March 2012 in the British Medical Journal questioned these estimates, because the increase in brain cancers has not paralleled the increase in mobile phone use.

Mr. Krasno said that the increase in one-semester offerings paralleled the increased diversity of all overseas courses: more places, more schools, more subjects.

The sizable increase in Target's corporate giving, however, has paralleled a seismic shift in how the money is managed.

This gradual increase in kindness and humanity towards horses has paralleled peoples' increasing consideration of other people and the education and treatment of children.

The increase in cultural references to hedge funds, of course, parallels the explosive growth in hedge funds.

Research suggests that the increase in size of residential structures paralleled the increase in wealth and further entrenchment of the aristocratic elite in that period.

It is no coincidence that the 8 percent-a-year increase in esophagus cancer parallels a similar increase in the incidence of obesity in the United States over the last two decades.

The increase parallels a surge in the popularity of chardonnay, the hottest of the serious premium white wines in the United States.