Efforts were made to take the grab samples at random periods so that the mass of data could be treated as a 6-hr. composite sample.

Efforts were made towards improving education standards ; and, in an effort to unify Chinese society, the New Life Movement was launched to encourage Confucian moral values and personal discipline.

Efforts to redevelop the docks began almost as soon as they were closed, although it took a decade for most plans to move beyond the drawing board and another decade for redevelopment to take full effect.

Efforts to demarcate the porous boundary with Sudan were delayed by the Second Sudanese Civil War.

Efforts were limited because there was little consensus on the goals of educational reforms, and therefore on how to fix the problems.

Efforts were undertaken not only to place women in occupations dominated by males, but also to bring males into fields traditionally believed to belong to the women's sphere, such as child care and elementary school teaching.

Efforts to deploy modern computers and networking equipment were generally successful, but attempts to develop new investigation software, outsourced to Science Applications International Corporation ( SAIC ), were not.

Efforts by the Indian Government to make Hindi the sole official language after 1965 were not acceptable to many non-Hindi Indian states, who wanted the continued use of English.

Efforts to have pankration as a demonstration sport in the 2004 Olympics in Athens were unsuccessful.

Efforts of Belgian channel Vitaya to air the Dutch soap opera " Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden " were unsuccessful in 2010.

Efforts were also made in 1991 to include Bosnia and Herzegovina within the federation, with negotiations between Milosevic, Bosnia's Serbian Democratic Party, and the Bosniak proponent of union-Bosnia's Vice-President Adil Zulfikarpašić taking place on this matter.

Efforts to demarcate the porous boundary with Sudan were delayed by the Second Sudanese Civil War.

Efforts in 1867 to begin production by the Trinidad and Tobago Petroleum Company at La Brea and the Pariah Petroleum Company at Aripero were poorly financed and abandoned after Walter Darwent died of yellow fever.

Efforts were also made to decentralize planning and improve the managerial skills of government officials.

Efforts to exchange federal land from other areas for inholdings were still in the negotiation phase in 2012.

Efforts were made during Nasser's time in office to realise the social goals of the National Charter.

Efforts were made starting in the 1830s and continuing through the 19th century to detect infrared radiation from other astronomical sources.

Efforts were made by the DMP to stop the march and break it up at Terenure and Rathmines DMP stations, but the paraders broke through the cordons at both points.

Efforts to move the county seat to Hillsboro were more successful, and all county records were moved there in 1890.

Efforts were made to solve the social problems that had already started to affect earlier estates.

Efforts were made to set up trading posts on the Leaf Lakes and Otter Tail Lake.

Efforts to develop Space Based Interceptors were considered in support of theater missile defense on the Theater High Altitude Air Defense ( THAAD ) program.

Efforts by local advocates to implement needle exchange programs to combat the spread of infection were obstructed for several years by downstate and suburban state legislators but a program was finally approved in June 2006.

Efforts at rebuilding the small town ceased when a flood came later that year and wiped out the rest of the buildings.

Efforts to continue with the project continued slowly, and a year later, in May 1641, all plans for The Story of Cupid and Psyche series were disrupted, with the death of diplomat Scaglia.

Efforts should be concentrated on the earlier stages of restoration until they have been consolidated before proceeding to the later stages.

Efforts to get elected in his native Glasgow being unsuccessful, after he moved to Chichester in 1970 he was first elected to the District Council and later to West Sussex County Council.

Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead later that afternoon.

Efforts to make the freeway more acceptable made their way into the later proposals.

Efforts have been made to create internationalized domain names that further extend the English alphabet ( e. g., " pokémon. com ").

Efforts to find such evidence have been made since 1960, and several are ongoing.

Efforts are further being made to improve the business and investment environment.

Efforts are made to transport raw materials from the rest of the world and from the mineral-rich west to the Chinese plain.

Efforts are being made to more fully develop quantum cryptography, which will theoretically allow guaranteed secure transmission of information.

Efforts have been made by Chinese entrepreneurs to satisfy increasing demand for turtle meat as gourmet food and traditional medicine with farmed turtles, instead of wild-caught ones ; according to a study published in 2007, over a thousand turtle farms operated in China.

Efforts to psychometrically distinguish between normal and pathological dissociation have been made, but they have not been universally accepted.

Efforts have been made by the government in recent years to expand food production, and several projects have been undertaken, largely financed by foreign donors.

Efforts are being made to diversify the range of local crops with Floriculture and Sericulture being introduced in the local area, as well as the cultivation of mushrooms.

Efforts have been made to revive them, such as the takeover of the Krishnarajendra Mills by the Atlantic Spinning and Weaving Mills, but they have run into other problems.

Efforts are being made to select breeds which are tolerant or resistant to various pathogens.

Efforts have been made to create a unified body of commercial law in the United States ; the most successful of these attempts has resulted in the general adoption of the Uniform Commercial Code, which has been adopted in all 50 states ( with some modification by state legislatures ), the District of Columbia, and the U. S. territories.

Efforts have been made to port Coda onto Microsoft Windows platforms, from the Windows 95 / Windows 98 era, Windows NT to Windows XP, by means of open source projects like the DJGCC DOS C Compiler and Cygwin.

Efforts are being made to preserve green space wherever possible, which includes retaining the green belt fronting 24 Avenue N. W.

Efforts are made to protect both species of sea turtles since nests have been declining in recent years due to the severe erosion of the beach.

Efforts have been made and are ongoing to secure compensation for the illness or death of family members exposed to the mill tailings.