While the reliability of these sources has increasingly been called into question, it is known that during his brief reign, Caligula worked to increase the unconstrained personal power of the emperor ( as opposed to countervailing powers within the principate ).

A research brief published by the World Bank as part of its Trade Costs and Facilitation Project suggests that Mexico has the potential to substantially increase trade flows and economic growth through trade facilitation reform.

His letter suggested ( among other, more specific prescriptions ) that a brief period of cutting government spending would reduce its fiscal deficit and thus reduce the rate of increase of the quantity of money in the country that was driving inflation.

Certain forms of severe stress and Physical trauma can increase levels for a brief time as well yet rarely exceeds 120 mg / dl.

A " fight call " or a brief rehearsal before the show is performed each time, set aside for the actors to " mark " through the fight to increase their muscle memory.

Although World War II provided a brief increase in the importance of these railways very few lasted beyond the early 1950s.

Dates are frequent but very brief, with usually only one multiple-choice question to determine whether your partner's love meter will increase or decrease.

It was the only version since the Pre-anniversary edition of 1916 to increase the complexity of the system from the previous one, having 132 brief forms.

Although these factors might seem to cancel each other out, the climber still has an advantage on a course with long ascents and long descents: adding several miles per hour on a slow, time-consuming climb is much more valuable than the same increase on a fast and brief descent.

The firing rate increase can be quite dramatic, from virtually zero outside the field to as much as 100 Hz ( for brief periods ) in the middle of the place field.

This brief seizure could not encompass a full-blown " search ," just as a Terry stop may not increase in seriousness to a full-blown arrest, unless probable cause to perform the search arose during the brief detention.

Although the word " peace " might not be the best word to describe the Mongol administration and governance during the brief era, the Pax Mongolica was a time of relative peace throughout the Old World which led to an increase of trade, as well as an increase in awareness, between distant nations.

At times, it became difficult to distinguish Javier from the broader area of disturbed weather that persisted over the tropical eastern Pacific, though a brief increase in convection and a ship report of winds exceeding 40 mph ( 65 km / h ) indicate that Javier strengthened again into a tropical storm late on September 12.

Although they enjoyed a brief period of security during the reign of Abdul Karim Qassim, later regimes would seriously increase the persecution of Iraqi Jews.

In René Clair's film Entr ' acte ( 1924 ), Man Ray appeared in a brief scene playing chess with Duchamp.

He was called " The Pride and Sorrow of Chess " because he had a brief and brilliant chess career, but then retired from the game while still young.

Steve had a short and brief relationship with Susie in season 2, but their relationship ended when he introduced her to the president of the chess club.

In his brief but meteoric career, Sultan Khan rose to the top of the chess world, playing on even terms with the world's best players.

He did make a brief return to chess after World War I, with some success, and today the Maróczy bind ( see below ) bears his name.

Some famous chess players have brief cameos in the film: Anjelina Belakovskaia, Joel Benjamin, Roman Dzindzichashvili, Kamran Shirazi, along with the real Joshua Waitzkin, Bruce Pandolfini, and Vincent Livermore.

Ernst Franz Grünfeld ( November 21, 1893, Josefstadt – April 3, 1962, Ottakring ), an Austrian grandmaster and writer specializing in opening theory, was for a brief period after the First World War one of the strongest chess players in the world.

Hence starburst activity usually lasts for only about ten million years, a relatively brief period in the history of a galaxy.

Though their effects remain somewhat less well understood owing to a lack of experimental data, they have been detected in various ecological habitats far removed from industrial activity such as the Arctic, demonstrating diffusion and bioaccumulation after only a relatively brief period of widespread use.

Below is a brief synopsis of some of the ways that the activity of transcription factors can be regulated:

Combined with the effects of the American law suits, this meant the activity died out in Bermuda until a brief resurgence during the American War of 1812.

Examples of such environmental modifications include using the bed for sleep or sex only, not for activities such as reading or watching television ; waking up at the same time every morning, including on weekends ; going to bed only when sleepy and when there is a high likelihood that sleep will occur ; leaving the bed and beginning an activity in another location if sleep does not result in a reasonably brief period of time after getting into bed ( commonly ~ 20 min ); reducing the subjective effort and energy expended trying to fall asleep ; avoiding exposure to bright light during nighttime hours, and eliminating daytime naps.

The main hunting times are evenings and mornings, with brief bursts of activity through the night.

The transcript also includes a brief description of each activity to serve as a guide for employers or institutions that later refer to the record.

This act hindered BUF activity, although in the years building up to the war they enjoyed brief success on the back of their " Peace Campaign " to prevent conflict with Germany.

Adrian Belew has been the singer, guitarist and frontman ( as well as occasional drummer ) in King Crimson since 1981, and has maintained the position ever since despite several splits or hiatuses in group activity ( and despite a very brief period in the early 1990s during which group leader Fripp unsuccessfully invited singer David Sylvian to front a possible new version of the band ).

Wolf 359 is classified as a UV Ceti-type flare star, which is a star that undergoes brief, energetic increases in luminosity because of magnetic activity in the photosphere.

In 1970, Moni Bordeianu emigrated to the United States, and, for a brief period of time the band suspended its activity, also due to total censorship that followed a protesting speech held by Bordeianu in his last concert.

There was a brief period when it seemed Mount Desert would again become a center of French activity.

Playing singles tennis, with near-continuous motion, is generally considered aerobic activity, while golf or two person team tennis, with brief bursts of activity punctuated by more frequent breaks, may not be predominantly aerobic.

This usually requires brief admission to a hospital with a specialized sleep medicine department where a number of different measurements are conducted while the subject is asleep ; this includes electroencephalography ( electronic registration of electrical activity in the brain ), electrocardiography ( same for electrical activity in the heart ), pulse oximetry ( measurement of oxygen levels ) and often other modalities.

Apart from brief explorations, neither France nor Spain had any settlement or military or other activity in Kansas.

Guimard's critical reputation has risen since the 1960s, as many art historians have praised his architectural and decorative work, the best of it done during a relatively brief fifteen years of prolific creative activity.

They also have limited residual activity due to evaporation, which results in brief contact times unless the surface is submerged, and have a limited activity in the presence of organic material.

This causes the compound to produce a brief burst of agonist activity, followed by desensitisation and internalisation of the receptor, which, with long-term treatment, produces an effect more like that of an antagonist.

Kitti's hog-nosed bat has a brief activity period, leaving its roost for only 30 minutes in the evening and 20 minutes at dawn.

After a brief period of activity in New York, the two relocated to California in 1971 and formed the nucleus of Steely Dan, who enjoyed a critically and commercially successful ten-year career.

With its brief existence, the records show substantial committee activity, especially regarding petitions received.