Improvements since then have largely been better phosphors, longer life, and more consistent internal discharge, and easier-to-use shapes ( such as compact fluorescent lamps ).

Improvements in tubing and vacuum pumps, new filtering techniques, " supercharged " preheaters, and better storage containers have since been developed.

Improvements have been made in manufacturing processes, and many individual details of the instrument continue to receive attention.

Improvements in technology have provided weapons which weigh less, cost less, and can be assembled, loaded, and fired by an illiterate child, adding additional appeal to child soldiers.

Improvements in colour printing technology have reduced this problem and the map has coped with the identification of new lines without great difficulty.

Improvements in neonatology ( specialized medical treatment of newborn babies ) have helped reduce the number of babies who develop cerebral palsy and increased the survival of babies with very low birth weights ( babies which are more likely to have cerebral palsy ).

Improvements in speed, slice count, and image quality have been the major focus primarily for cardiac imaging.

Improvements in life-extending care have somewhat lengthened the survival of children with Tay – Sachs disease, but no current therapy is able to reverse or delay the disease's progress.

Improvements in computer modeling, materials and the application of statistics, probability analysis, and new technologies like horizontal drilling and enhanced oil recovery, have drastically improved the toolbox of the petroleum engineer in recent decades.

Improvements in our understanding of the Viking period have done surprisingly little to falsify Haggard's imagination of its setting, and the book should still hold appeal to any reader interested in the period.

Improvements in compression techniques and disk storage capacity have mitigated these concerns, and the migration to High Definition video and audio has virtually removed this concern completely.

Improvements in statistical methodology related to a completely different branch of science – changes in DNA over time – have sparked a recent renewed interest.

Improvements to the automobile and highways, which coincided with the end of the gas boom, may have also contributed to the decline of the county's smaller communities.

Improvements made to Little Sodus Bay in the early 19th Century, allowed the town to have port facilities.

Improvements in the regional transportation network and the economic growth of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area, and Mount Holly's strategic location between Charlotte and Gastonia, have created conditions for an expanding population in recent years.

Improvements in technology since then have resulted in greater use of the smaller arrays, by sites such as the Côte d ' Azur Observatory in Grasse, France ; and the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation ( APOLLO ) at the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico.

Improvements in Carleton's financial situation have resulted in many enhancements to the campus.

Improvements in water well drilling technology and submersible pumps combined with the development of drip irrigation and low pressure pivots have made it possible to regularly achieve high crop yields where reliance on rainfall alone previously made this level of success unpredictable.

Improvements in plumbing have greatly reduced the incidence of bites and fatalities in areas where outdoor privies have been replaced by flush toilets.

Improvements in sanitation and maternal care have made mortality less likely for those of reproductive age, making death a less common cause of single parenting.

Improvements to the armor of main battle tanks have reduced the usefulness of HEAT warheads by making man portable HEAT missiles heavier, although many of the world's armies continue to carry man portable HEAT rocket launchers for use against vehicles and bunkers.

Improvements in centrifugal compressors have not been achieved through large discoveries.

Improvements in roadway and automobile designs have steadily reduced injury and death rates in all first world countries.

Improvements to the line carried out at the time of the transfer to the Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad, and the use of the MR's better quality rolling stock, reduced the journey time from Brill to Quainton Road to between 32 and 36 minutes.

Improvements to the N17 route through Knock and Claremorris reduced the amount of traffic on the N83.

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Improvements in technology and programming, as well as reduced prices, led to a steady increase in licence holders, and the number of licenses passed the 1-million mark in October 1957.

Improvements to sewage treatment plants in Meadville, Cambridge Springs, and Saegertown have helped reduce the amount of chlorine and other chemicals entering the stream.

Improvements to the woodlands, gardens and estate buildings were also being made, assisted by the landscape gardener James Beattie and the painter James Giles.

Improvements in public health and education, provision of child care, provision of state-directed social services, and provision of social benefits are deemed by Marxist-Leninists to help to raise labour productivity and advance a society in development towards a communist society.

Improvements in combustion chamber design and piston form enabled lighter V8 engines to surpass the V12 in power starting from the 1930s ; only the smaller, H-Series Lincoln V-12 remained after WWII and it was replaced by a V8 in 1949.

* Improvements in family allowances, with monthly subsidies for children increased by over 100 % ( 1975 ).

Improvements used include color alteration, improving transparency by dissolving rutile inclusions, healing of fractures ( cracks ) or even completely filling them.

Improvements to the neighbourhood included the Toulon Opera, the place de la Liberté, the Grand Hôtel, the Gardens of Alexander I, the Chalucet Hospital, the palais de Justice, the train station, and the building now occupied by Galeries Lafayette, among others.

Improvements were also made in conditions for nursing staff following the publication of a report by the NBPI in 1968 on the pay of nurses.

Section 8 of the Act refers to the prohibition of one person of serving as director of two or more corporations if the certain threshold values are met, which are required to be set by regulation of the Federal Trade Commission, revised annually based on the change in gross national product, pursuant to the Hart – Scott – Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.

Improvements introduced by Adams during 1986 with B News version 2. 11 removed the requirement for moderated groups to use the " mod.

As outlined by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, larger companies attempting to merge must first notify the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division prior to consummating a merger.

Improvements on the lower levels were also undertaken, being completed by 1814.

The Village Council is composed of John Mahoney ( Mayor ; Liquor Control Commissioner ), Kenneth " Kent " Oliven, CPA ( Commissioner of Accounts & Finances ; Mayor Pro-Tem ), Nicole Milovich-Walters ( Commissioner of Streets & Public Improvements ; by Village Code also in charge of Recreation ), Dan Polk ( Commissioner of Public Health & Safety ), and G. Darryl Reed ( Commissioner of Building and Public Property ).

Improvements were also made to sanitation ; in the 18th century more people died from gaol fever that by hanging.

Improvements to the choir were made during the 16th and 18th century, and medieval glass which was shattered by a storm of 1608 was meticulously collected and installed in the East Window in 1725.

Improvements continued, and were funded by making calls on the original shareholders.

The first such scheme was proposed in 1677 by Andrew Yarranton, who published his idea in a work entitled England's Improvements by Sea and Land.

Improvements in textile machinery ( by Kay, Hargreaves and Arkwright ), along with the development of turnpike roads ( 1751 – 1781 ), helped to develop the new cotton industry and to increase the local population.

Improvements to the shadow mask designs continually narrowed this difference in the two designs, and by the late 1980s the difference in performance, at least theoretically, was eliminated.

Improvements in the way joints in the wetsuit were made by gluing, taping and blindstitching, helped the suit to remain waterproof and reduce flushing, the replacement of water trapped between suit and body by cold water from the outside.

Improvements were also made to the drive wheels, caterpillar tracks and gearbox by 1938.