This was due largely to increasing popularity of textual communication services such as instant-and text messaging.

Disruption in the trade of tin for bronze from Western Europe may have contributed to the increasing popularity of brass in the east and by the 6th – 7th centuries AD over 90 % of copper alloy artefacts from Egypt were made of brass.

Bouldering is increasing in popularity ; bouldering areas are common in indoor climbing gyms and some climbing gyms are dedicated solely to bouldering.

These types of analytics are increasing in popularity as companies demand greater visibility into the performance of call centers and other service and support channels, in order to correct problems before they affect satisfaction levels.

In earlier years the band had criticized neo-Nazi skinheads for trying to ruin the punk scene, but just as big a problem was the increasing popularity of thrash metal and stereotypical macho " post-1982 hardcore " which brought the group ( and their genre ) an audience that had little to do with the ideas / ideals they stood for.

With FEM / BEM increasing popularity comes the incentive to improve automatic meshing algorithms.

Mahuad concluded a well-received peace with Peru on October 26, 1998, but increasing economic, fiscal, and financial difficulties drove his popularity steadily lower.

In the 21st century the diesel engine has been increasing in popularity with automobile owners.

During the immediate post-war years the cinematic industry was also threatened by television, and the increasing popularity of the medium meant that some film theatres would bankrupt and close.

Perceiving the increasing popularity of imported Foster's Lager, it was decided to commence local brewing of the product by Courage.

He feared the people of Rome knew of the conspiracy against Germanicus, but Tiberius ' jealousy and fear of his nephew's popularity and increasing power was the true motive as understood by Tacitus.

With the increasing popularity of multi-core processors, programmers now exploit thread-level parallel Gaussian elimination algorithms to increase the speed of computing.

In addition the increasing popularity of Guy Fawkes Night ( 5 November ) from 1605 on saw Halloween become eclipsed in Britain with the notable exception of Scotland.

The popularity of golf is also gradually increasing among the masses and many clubs in Karachi like Dreamworld Resort, Hotel & Golf Club, Arabian Sea Country Club, DA Country & Golf Club are providing finest golf facilities to the citizens of Karachi.

The comfort of more onboard accommodation space and more level boats under sail offer substantially improved conditions for crew and passengers, which also contributes to the greatly increasing popularity of multihull sailboats during the past few decades.

In the case of Montalcino, gradual economic decline has recently been reversed by economic growth due to the increasing popularity of the town's famous wine Brunello di Montalcino, made from the sangiovese grosso grapes grown within the comune.

The increasing popularity of Windows prompted Microsoft to shift its development focus from cooperating on OS / 2 with IBM to building a franchise based on Windows.

Since the late 1980s especially, prose poetry has gained increasing popularity, with entire journals, such as The Prose Poem: An International Journal, Contemporary Haibun Online and Modern Haibun & Tanka Prose devoted to that genre.

The ex-communist social democrats gained increasing popularity when the transition to capitalism began to cause economic problems such as poverty and unemployment.

The advent of DVDs and their use of anamorphic presentation, coupled with the increasing popularity of widescreen televisions and computer monitors, have rendered pan and scan less important.

This changed to some degree with the increasing popularity of dot matrix printers.

The increasing fragmentation of popular music and the growing popularity of dance music and the DJ pheonmenon have reduced the interest in ' traditional ' rock / pop entertainment.

Sydney in particular has seen many staple live music venues close, falling victim to increasing rents in gentrified areas, noise restrictions imposed by local governments in response to local residents ' demands ; the popularity of the DJ and dance music ; and the supposedly greater profitability of poker machines.

Though ecologically logical as well as economical, pig toilets are waning in popularity as use of septic tanks and / or sewerage system is increasing in rural areas.

As in many other industries, rising costs and intense competition, both domestic and foreign, have exerted increasing pressure on earnings of the textile industry in recent years.

There have been a large number of studies of the efficacy of typical antipsychotics, and an increasing number on the more recent atypical antipsychotics.

However, recent changes to the train timetables have been a disservice to Accrington, increasing the journey time to Preston ( a vital link to London or Scotland ) by up to 1. 5 hours.

While at one time the BVI was well regarded as a good domicile for captive insurance services, this changed beginning in recent years with the change of insurance regulators in 2007 and the government's increasing pressure to hire only locals (" belongers ") in the insurance industry.

However, in more recent years, since the end of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, with the increasing influence of Monetarist schools of thought in the 1980s, and particularly in the face of large sustained trade imbalances, these concerns — and particularly concerns about the destabilising effects of large trade surpluses — have largely disappeared from mainstream economics discourse and Keynes ' insights have slipped from view.

The population of Cape Breton Island has been in decline for almost two decades with an increasing population exodus in recent years due to economic conditions.

The most talked-about applications of these models in recent years have been their use to infer the consequences of increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, primarily carbon dioxide ( see greenhouse gas ).

* " With feeling profound concern, grief, indignation, am compelled disclose Bahá ' í world recent developments Holy Land furnishing further incontestable proof relationship established old and new Covenant-breakers demonstrating increasing boldness, marked, tragic decline in character and spiritual condition grandchildren ` Abdu ' l-Bahá.

It has also been alleged that the way the categories of the DSM are structured, as well as the substantial expansion of the number of categories, are representative of an increasing medicalization of human nature, which may be attributed to disease mongering by psychiatrists and pharmaceutical companies, the power and influence of the latter having grown dramatically in recent decades.

That said, the sport's scope has expanded significantly during recent years and an increasing number of Grands Prix are held on other continents.

Guinea's economic reforms have had recent notable success, improving the rate of economic to 5 % and reducing the rate of inflation to about 99 %, as well as increasing government revenues while restraining official expenditures.

Haiti suffers from higher inflation than similar low-income countries, a lack of investment ( increasing however since the recent presidential seating ), and a severe trade deficit.

Early copper IUDs had copper around only the vertical stem, but more recent models have copper sleeves wrapped around the horizontal arms as well, increasing effectiveness.

They used to be pulled mainly by oxen, but in recent years there has been an increasing tendency to use cows ( females ), as farmers often do not own oxen.

With the recent developments in the mining industry and foreign interest increasing at an astonishing rate, it is claimed their Wolf Economy looks ready to pounce.

Several of these articles advocated his staunchly feminist views, calling for the liberation of women in Chinese society ; alongside his early experiences with forced arranged marriage, this was possibly influenced by the recent death of his mother and his increasing romantic involvement with Yang Kaihui ( 1901 – 1930 ), the daughter of Mao's recently deceased mentor Yang Changji.

In recent years, egalitarian or Peer Marriages have been receiving increasing focus and attention politically, economically and culturally in a number of countries, including the United States.

However, in recent years the explosion of microbreweries has led to a modest renaissance and an increasing number of milds ( sometimes labelled " Dark ") are now being brewed.

In recent years, increasing affluence in developing countries has led to a considerable growth in interest in mushroom cultivation, which is now seen as a potentially important economic activity for small farmers.

Mormon – Muslim relations have been historically cordial, seldom involving Islamophobia or Anti-Mormonism ; recent years have seen increasing dialogue between adherents of the two faiths, and cooperation in charitable endeavors, especially in the Middle and Far East.

Over the course of recent years, however, offshore banking institutions and instruments have come under increasing scrunity by international bodies seeking to make international finance a more transparent system.

But in recent months, the German tourists visiting Nepal is increasing.

to Germany is increasing in the recent years.

However, increasing evidence in recent times has pointed to a possible dysfunction of the excitory neurotransmitter glutamate, in particular, with the activity of the NMDA receptor.