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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.
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Improvements and computer
Improvements in computer component technology made it feasible to build terminals that included more powerful communications cards which could operate a single standard communications protocol rather than a very stripped-down protocol which suited only a specific type of terminal.
Improvements and modeling
* Improvements in mathematical modeling of surfaces, allowing greater design control
Improvements in numerical modeling, observations gathered by satellites and Doppler weather radars ( NEXRAD ), and sophisticated weather warning and information processing and communications systems, have collectively led to significantly improved severe weather forecasts and warnings.
Improvements and materials
Improvements in designs and materials have made those concerns largely inconsequential in modern ribbon microphones, however.
Improvements and application
* GB patent 868, 753 – Improvements in or relating to Calculating Machines – Norbert Kitz, Robert Milburn, Christopher Webb: Bell Punch Company Ltd., 1961 ( first application Sept. 6, 1956, filed Sept. 6, 1957 ),-Electronically controlled key operated office desk type calculating machine capable of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
US Patent Office application No 582485 states that they have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Exhaust-Mufflers for engines ....
Improvements and new
Improvements in tubing and vacuum pumps, new filtering techniques, " supercharged " preheaters, and better storage containers have since been developed.
** Improvements to cooling in exhaust side at cylinder heads, steering rack, power steering pump, soundproofing, front cooling flaps deleted, new style shift knob with integrated leather booth in manual gearbox cars, etc.
Improvements can be expected when several new submarine fibre optic cables reach the region in 2010 and 2011.
Improvements in colour printing technology have reduced this problem and the map has coped with the identification of new lines without great difficulty.
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 to the drain were carried out under an act of Parliament obtained in 1774, and an act was obtained in 1794 to sanction the Wyberton cut, although the work was not carried out, and Grundy's cut was built under a new act of 1801.
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 in quality and economy, and the invention of the flying erase-head, allowed new video and audio material to be recorded over the material already recorded on an existing magnetic tape and was introduced into the linear editing technique.
Improvements included the replacement of the original engine with the more powerful Maybach HL 120TR, and the transmission with the new SSG 75 transmission, with six forward gears and one reverse gear.
Improvements in printing technology freed illustrators to experiment with color and new rendering techniques.
Improvements include upgrades to the restaurant and store concessions program, taxi service, on-site parking, customer service areas, and the attraction of additional flights to new destinations with the airport's new air service development program ( begun in 2007 ).
The urban project requested by the British Company Improvements North of the Paraná ( Melhoramentos Co .) and elaborated by the city planner Jorge Macedo Vieira, defined the outlines of the new city.
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 include new roof and glass atrium, covering the tracks platforms and railway tracks, new staircases, additional vertical access points, and general visual improvements of the platforms and concourses.
Improvements at Cardiff involved the construction of a new lock, Number 51, which raised the water level between there and Crockherbtown lock, so that the junction canal and the West Bute and East Bute docks were all on the same level.
Improvements in the mineral separation processes stimulated plans for a new mill ( No. 2 ), which was completed in 1916 and was capable of producing 2000 tons of ore per day.
Improvements have been made in recent years to ensure the ground met Football League standards ; including new floodlights, dressing rooms and barriers on the terraces.
Improvements introduced with the Mk 3 included a more powerful version of the engine and a new gunsight and gun stabiliser.
Improvements include a dual-axis stabilized 100 mm smoothbore gun, a new 580 hp engine, and an IR search light.
Improvements to the engine included a new camshaft and valve springs, and twin SU 2 " HD8 carburetors, together with a new design of exhaust system.
Improvements and like
Improvements in these areas can be measured by a number of tests, including qualitative questionnaires like Beck ’ s Depression Inventory, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, and Relationship Change Scale.
Improvements not only called for repairing and modernizing buildings and infrastructure but changing the politics of this historic area of Germany so it did not end up looking like Detroit after its population fled.
Improvements and drilling
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 and enhanced
Improvements may include installing double tracks where presently the route is single line, improved signalling giving increased track capacity, enhanced line speed, longer trains at peak times and ultimately putting on more frequent trains to and from Manchester throughout the day.
Improvements and oil
The only craft in military service thereafter were four Zodiac Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats in São Tomé harbour and one in Príncipe. Improvements to naval capabilities are considered vital to increase security in the exclusive economic zone ( EEZ ) to protect oil concerns and to stem the rise of coastal trafficking operations in the Gulf of Guinea area.
Improvements and have
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 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 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 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 automotive engineering have reduced the amount of PM10s produced by road traffic, the proportion representing re-suspension of existing particulates has, as a result, increased.
Improvements in Carleton's financial situation have resulted in many enhancements to the campus.
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.
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