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 livestock and dairy technology offer significant promise in reducing poverty and malnutrition in the world.

Improvements in microwave technology made it possible to take more precise measurements of the shift of the levels of a hydrogen atom, now known as the Lamb shift and magnetic moment of the electron.

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 to agriculture technology and the rich soil soon grew the Salinas Valley into the nation's premier agricultural center and all but one dairy farm disappeared.

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.

; Efficiency of blue OLEDs: Improvements to the efficiency and lifetime of blue OLEDs is vital to the success of OLEDs as replacements for LCD technology.

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 design and machining technology has allowed for major advancements in compressor efficiency, as well as bearing and seal design.

* Improvements in contraceptive technology are now a major factor.

Improvements in printing technology freed illustrators to experiment with color and new rendering techniques.

Improvements in DNA sequencing technology has meant that the cost of sequencing a new genome sequence has steadily fallen ( in terms of cost per base pair ) and newer technology has also meant that genomes can be sequenced far more quickly.

Improvements in artillery technology had rendered the various landward facing fortifications obsolete over the turn of the century and by the end of the first decade they largely disarmed.

Improvements in Soviet technology rendered the Pinetree Line and Mid-Canada Line inadequate to provide enough early warning and on February 15, 1954, the Canadian and American governments agreed to jointly build a third line of radar stations ( Distant Early Warning ), this time running across the high Arctic.

Improvements in technology, though, don't necessarily advance human nature at all.

Improvements in pipelining and caching are the two major microarchitectural advances that have enabled processor performance to keep pace with the circuit technology on which they are based.

Improvements in this fixture include improved optics, 360 degree barrel rotation, a specialized yoke design allowing for rapid tool-free short yoking, a quick change lamp and improved heat dissipation technology and design integration.

Improvements in fishing technology, awareness, and a large scale survey of Commerson ’ s dolphin populations and the impact of bycatch is essential.

Improvements in technology gave rise to several minor redesigns since, including a transition from the original light green labels to blue ones.

Improvements in technology eventually made industrial-scale cabinet production possible.

Improvements were slow over the next two decades, and the only widespread use was in space applications where their power-to-weight ratio was higher than any competing technology.

Improvements in feeder technology mean that tape format is becoming the preferred method of presenting parts on an SMT machine.

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

Improvements were made in nursing accommodation in order to recruit more nurses and reduce labour shortages which were keeping 60, 000 beds out of use, and efforts were made to reduce the imbalance “ between an excess of fever and tuberculosis ( TB ) beds and a shortage of maternity beds .” In addition, BCG vaccinations were introduced for the protection of medical students, midwives, nurses, and contacts of patients with TB, while a pension scheme was set up for employees of the newly-established NHS.

( Improvements completed in 1948 made it possible to execute stored programs set in function table memory, which made programming less a " one-off " effort, and more systematic ).

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

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.

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

Improvements were made to Old Bald including a new light, keepers quarters, and a stone jetty to stabilize the shoreline which had begun eroding quickly due to the closure of New Inlet.

Improvements were made to streets and water lines and business and residential building boomed.

Improvements were made in city services, and more housing additions were built.

Improvements were made to the grandstand and the race track was rebuilt in 1954.

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 to aid navigation began in 1635, and a series of locks and weirs made it possible to reach Stratford, and to within of Warwick.

Improvements were also made in areas such as housing, education and medical care.

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 made in 1671 included a navigable sluice or lock at Torksey, and warehousing and wharves were built at Brayford Pool in the centre of Lincoln.

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

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 were also made to the engine range, with slight improvements to both fuel economy and