Attempts to achieve scalar and better performance have resulted in a variety of design methodologies that cause the CPU to behave less linearly and more in parallel.

Attempts were made to improve the design, but with little success.

Attempts to insert theories of intelligent design into public school science curricula fits in with the intelligent design movement's social aims, via the overturning of Western secularism as detailed in the Wedge strategy.

Attempts to improve the design of the valve and speed manufacturing, however, led to a weaker structure, with serious consequences.

Attempts to use a Sloika design to achieve megaton-range results proved unfeasible in the USSR as it had in the calculations done in the USA ( though its value as a publicity tool and even as a practical weapon — some 20 times more powerful than their first fission weapon — should not be underestimated ), and the Soviet physicists calculated that at best the design might yield a single megaton of energy if pushed to its limits.

Attempts have been made over the years to design buses and coaches that could operate on both roads and railway tracks.

Attempts were made in 2001 to move the transmitter to Sugar Hill in Gwinnett County, but those plans were scrapped.

Attempts to boost the signal to 50, 000 watts with a transmitter on the Sciences Library failed because of the interference it caused to sensitive scientific equipment, but the station was making plans to move its transmitter to the WPRO-FM transmitter location and increase power to 50, 000 watts.

Attempts to popularise pilegesh as a form of premarital, non-marital and extramarital relationships ( which, according to the perspective of the enacting person / s, is permitted by Jewish religious law ) have been initiated.

Attempts to reconcile Germany and Russia did not have lasting effect: the Three Emperors ' League was re-established in 1881, but quickly fell apart ( the end of the Russian-Austrian-Prussian solidarity which had existed in various forms since 1813 ).

Mark Yarhouse and Warren Throckmorton, of the private Christian school Grove City College, in 2002 published " Ethical Issues in Attempts to Ban Reorientation Therapies ", which argues that conversion therapy should be available out of respect for a patient ’ s values system and because there is evidence that it can be effective.

Attempts to draw a confession that she had betrayed her dancer husband and had collaborated with the Nazis led to the use of a device employing a death mask of the dead patriot, which literally frightens her to death.

With his Los Alamos colleague Robert Schrandt he published a report, " Some Elementary Attempts at Numerical Modeling of Problems Concerning Rates of Evolutionary Processes ", which applied some of his earlier ideas on branching processes to biological inheritance.

* Regression – Attempts to find a function which models the data with the least error.

Attempts were made to reintroduce legal bans, but the Supreme Court ruled that bans on teaching evolutionary biology are unconstitutional as they violate the establishment clause of the US constitution, which forbids the government from advancing a particular religion.

Attempts to solve turbulent flow using a laminar solver typically result in a time-unsteady solution, which fails to converge appropriately.

Attempts were made to control the infestation naturally, which involved the large-scale introduction of ladybird beetles ( Coccinellidae ), but these were to no avail.

Attempts to take an object already seized by a nautilus may tear away the creature's tentacles, which remain firmly attached to the surface of the object.

Attempts were even taken to explore the unification of the European currency with the American dollar, which explains the extremely rare U. S. pattern coins carrying $ 4 marking on the face and 25 franc markings on the reverse.

Attempts to unionize by coal miners in 1920 led to the Battle of Matewan between miners and Baldwin-Felts detectives, which was the inspiration for the 1987 movie Matewan.

Attempts by the United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative, Vittorio Winspeare-Guicciardi to visit Fretilin-held areas from Darwin, Australia, were obstructed by the Indonesian military, which blockaded East Timor.

Attempts at fusing the Chancery with the common law courts began in the 1850s, and finally succeeded with the 1873 and 1875 Supreme Court of Judicature Acts, which dissolved the Chancery and created a new unified High Court of Justice, with the Chancery Division – one of three divisions of the High Court – succeeding the Court of Chancery as an equitable body.

Attempts were made to minimise end-to-end journey times for a small number of powerful lightweight trains that could be marketed as glamorous premium crack expresses, especially between London and Glasgow, such as the 1937-39 Coronation Scot, hauled by streamlined Princess Coronation Class locomotives, which made the journey in 6 hours 30 minutes, making it competitive with the rival East Coast Flying Scotsman.

Attempts to deduce the original flow of the Rubicon can be done only by studying written documents and other archaeological evidence such as Roman milestones, which indicate the distance between the ancient river and the nearest Roman towns.

Attempts to have industry mark tubes which identify the grower have been met with strong resistance.

Attempts at breathing deeply fail, and give the individual a sense of resistance — which the threat-activated vigilance system interprets as someone sitting on their chest, suffocating them.

Attempts to capture the process of virtual reality rendering provides us with a version which states: " It is possible to build a virtual-reality generator, whose repertoire includes every physically possible environment ".

Attempts were made in the mid 1880s, 1898 – 1901 and 1913-1914 to mine sulphur from White Island but the last of these came to a halt in September 1914, when part of the western crater rim collapsed, creating a lahar which killed all 10 workers.

Attempts have been made by international pharmaceutical and medical conferences to settle a basis on which an international pharmacopoeia could be prepared, but due to national jealousies and the attempt to include too many preparations nothing has yet been achieved.

Attempts were made to restore the condition of the moat, which had become badly silted.

* Attempts to find cryptograms in the works of William Shakespeare, which tended to report results only for those passages of Shakespeare for which the proposed decoding algorithm produced an intelligible result.

Attempts in the period 1901 – 1914 to secure manufacturing industries came to naught, except for the Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, later called the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company or PASCO, which was a major industrial employer for many years.

Attempts to commercialize the fruit have been met with limited success, although the fruit can occasionally be found in stores.

Attempts to legislate against acts of religious intolerance amongst citizens frequently come up against issues regarding the freedom of speech ; whilst in France being convicted of incitement to religious hatred can carry a maximum of 18 months in prison.

Attempts to increase the angle of attack at higher airspeeds can cause a high-speed stall or may merely cause the aircraft to climb.

Attempts to clean the ear canals through the removal of earwax can actually reduce ear canal cleanliness by pushing debris and foreign material into the ear that the natural movement of ear wax out of the ear would have removed.

Attempts to harmonise copyright law in Europe ( and beyond ) can be dated to the signature of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works on 9 September 1886: all European Union Member States are signatories of the Berne Convention, and compliance with its dispositions is now obligatory before accession.

Attempts to reduce wave drag can be seen on all high-speed aircraft ; most notable is the use of swept wings, but another common form is a wasp-waist fuselage as a side effect of the Whitcomb area rule.

Attempts at producing a state of general anaesthesia can be traced throughout recorded history in the writings of the ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Indians, and Chinese.

Attempts to force Speedy to the base with oxalic acid, that can destroy it ( third law ) fails, it merely causes Speedy to change routes until he finds a new avoid-danger / follow-order equilibrium.

" Attempts to remove cerumen with cotton swabs may result in cerumen impaction, a buildup or blockage of cerumen in the ear canal, which can cause pain, hearing problems, ringing in the ear, or dizziness, and may require medical treatment to resolve.

Attempts to get around this censorship can lead to grave consequences.

Attempts to explain why choice can demotivate someone from a purchase have focuses on two factors.

Attempts to maintain the peace between humans and Deryni quickly evolve into desperate attempts to save as many of their people as they can, as the survival of their race becomes more important than its social standing.

Attempts to trace the meaning of the name are speculative, since its origin can only be conjectured.

Attempts to name an official Baby New Year for an entire country have sometimes been made, but generally there are multiple contenders and no single Baby New Year can be confirmed.

Attempts to catalogue and circulate single-issue comics can pose difficult problems and the durability of the trade paperback format is an important consideration for longevity and collection development in public and school libraries.

Attempts to insert hazardous objects into the uterus are particularly dangerous, as they can cause punctures leading to septicemia.

Since then, section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 confirms that such a defendant can be convicted.

Attempts to hibernate due to lowered body temperatures can be fatal, but are easily reversed if caught quickly ( within a few days ).

Attempts to acquire them can only benefit one player at the expense of others.