Despite this, the drug has a long history of safe use, making it one of the more popular anti-convulsants prescribed by doctors, and a common " first line of defense " in seizure cases.

Despite these difficulties, fMRI has been used clinically to map functional areas, check left-right hemispherical asymmetry in language and memory regions, check the neural correlates of a seizure, study how the brain recovers partially from a stroke, test how well a drug or behavioral therapy works, detect the onset of Alzheimer's, and note the presence of disorders like depression.

Despite the antisemitic atmosphere of those times, which included antisemitic laws and seizure of Jewish property, these military actions against the Jews were not endorsed by the Romanian Government.

Despite seizure from the native Welsh, it remained within the FitzMartin family until the death of William, the 2nd Lord Martin, who died without male heir in 1326.

Despite repeated crises of succession and a Danish seizure of power at the start of the 11th century, by the 1060s England was a powerful, centralised state with a strong military and vibrant economy.

Despite the fact that it does evoke a grand mal seizure marked by a stereotyped succession of events.

Despite this, this seizure of Egypt in 1882 had changed the situation and over the next few decades, as attempts to get out of Egypt on favourable terms failed, the focus on the Straits declined.

Despite the ubiquity of computer music in contemporary culture, there is considerable activity in the field of computer music, as researchers continue to pursue new and interesting computer-based synthesis, composition, and performance approaches.

Despite the absence of conditional jumps, the Z3 was a Turing complete computer ( ignoring the fact that no physical computer can be truly Turing complete because of limited storage size ).

Despite being modest in number ( perhaps 7, 000 units total as of 1988 ), Lisp machines commercially pioneered many now-commonplace technologies – including effective garbage collection, laser printing, windowing systems, computer mice, high-resolution bit-mapped graphics, computer graphic rendering, and networking innovations like CHAOSNet.

Despite NeXT's limited commercial success, the company had a wide-ranging impact on the computer industry.

Despite its simplicity, a Turing machine can be adapted to simulate the logic of any computer algorithm, and is particularly useful in explaining the functions of a CPU inside a computer.

Despite the gains in computational performance during this time period according to Moore's law, Office 2007 performed the same task at half the speed on a prototypical year 2007 computer as compared to Office 2000 on a year 2000 computer.

Despite advances of computer technology, all current IBM PC compatibles remain very much compatible with the original IBM PC computers, although most of the components implement the compatibility in special backward compatibility modes used only during a system boot.

Despite the prevalence of computer aided drafting, many older architects and even some structural designers still rely on paper and pencil graphics produced on a drafting table.

Despite that, and a cost overrun due to Burroughs ' charging for the use of their facility, the computer was delivered to NASA ' a Ames Research Center outside of San Francisco in 1971.

Despite the limited computer graphics | graphics capabilities of the Apple II family | Apple II, the player's view of the SunDog warping to a new system was impressive for the era in which it was released.

Despite demand from high-end users for more PCI slots in a G3 powered computer, Apple decided not to develop the prototype ( dubbed " Power Express ") into a shipping product, sometimes nicknamed the " Molar Mac " due to its resemlance to a tooth, that was made available only to educational markets.

Despite the improbability of success and without telling Giles or Buffy, Jenny attempts to restore Angel's soul by using her computer to translate the ancient curse.

Despite years of effort and billions of dollars spent on computer software designed to assist air traffic control, success has been largely limited to improving the tools at the disposal of the controllers, such as computer-enhanced radar.

Despite great advances mechanically and in computer control, the basic operation of the combine harvester has remained unchanged almost since it was invented.

Despite the modern 18 – 24-month generational update in computer systems technology, embedded systems are designed to last the lifetime of the machine in which they are a component.

Despite this broad scope, the " theory people " in computer science self-identify as different from the " applied people.

Despite these complexity bounds, both standard and reduced Gröbner bases are often computable in practice, and most computer algebra systems contain routines to do so.

Despite the title, most of the article is on Dijkstra ’ s attempt to put computer science into a wider perspective within science, teaching being addressed as a corollary at the end.

Despite being available in all other " J-car " models, power windows were not available in the Australian Camira models until the JE version, however, air conditioning and cruise control were optional as was a trip computer.

Despite their slightly lower output, " Toasters " produce a brighter, cleaner sound, and are generally seen as key to obtaining the true British Invasion guitar tone, as they were original equipment of the era.

Despite this performance, the shareholders declined to invest more money, and so the company was liquidated, with Count von Zeppelin purchasing the ship and equipment.

Despite the large array of tools available to the ninja, the Bansenshukai warns one not to be overburdened with equipment, stating "... a successful ninja is one who uses but one tool for multiple tasks ".

Despite being almost completely demolished after the end of World War II, it now builds warships both for the Deutsche Marine and for export ( see MEKO ), as well as oil drilling equipment and ships for numerous commercial customers.

Despite the considerable difference in equipment the two activities offer similar pleasures and some pilots are involved in both sports.

Despite this concern, the Soviets were subsequently granted permission to use specialist radio equipment which was then used to spy on the British.

Despite their successes, they had sustained high levels of casualties and even higher levels of loss of equipment, both of which were impossible to replace.

Despite requiring larger and heavier equipment as stated above, the performance of the electro-vacuum brake approached that of contemporary electro-pneumatic brakes.

Despite the school's low prestige, Mitsuda received solid instruction from his professors, most of them practicing musicians who would take Mitsuda to gigs with them to help carry and set up equipment.

Despite these advances, the Byzantine army, often unable to afford newer equipment en masse, was left ill-equipped and forced to rely on its increasingly archaic military technology.

Despite shortcomings, modders also found a way to power neon lighting and other powered equipment by using the DVD-ROM power supply ; however, due to insufficient power to the hard disk drive, it often caused freezing during disk access.

Despite starting as a backup, Roy replaced Greg Moffet after he had equipment troubles during a game.

Despite the problems, the orchestra season finished according to plan, thanks to several other Dutch orchestras who gave concerts to raise money and helped with equipment and sheet music.

In State of North Carolina v. Spencer, the court reviewed the literature and case law and concluded that penile plethysmography was scientifically unreliable: " Despite the sophistication of the current equipment technology, a question remains whether the information emitted is a valid and reliable means of assessing sexual preference.

Despite the improvements, about 40 % of all the medical equipment was obsolete, facilities were outdated and in short supply, the bureaucracy was excessive, and small bribery was widespread.

Despite the increase in size, stiffness, and safety equipment, the car's weight is similar to the previous generation.

Despite being right-handed, Ganguly learnt to bat left-handed so he could use his brother's sporting equipment.

Despite a degenerative eye condition, Martin continued to draw into the 1990s using special magnifying equipment.

Despite the technical developments, chemical weapons suffered from diminishing effectiveness as the war progressed because of the protective equipment and training which the use engendered on both sides.

Despite the minimum of theatrical equipment, Taylor ( 1988 ) notes that " much has been achieved " and at times the headmaster himself took a leading role.

Despite starting with meager equipment and finances, Kulwicki earned the 1986 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award over drivers racing for well-funded teams.

Despite the tactical defeat and the loss of men and equipment, the Partisan central command remained intact and the hospital safe which, over time, enabled the continuation of further operations against the enemy.

Despite problems with equipment and training, the contribution of this force in opening the region to administration and commerce was nevertheless quite significant and over time they have become known as the "... right arm of the civil and left arm of the military " in the region.

Despite having access to rare equipment in the studio for that project, the band kept to their songwriting style in creating original material.