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

Improvements to water quality through Barnsley highlighted the fact that fish populations did not exist below the discharge from the Lundwood sewage treatment works to the east of Barnsley.

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 included more creature comfort options, a slightly different front end treatment, drivetrain upgrades ( heavier rear axle and quieter Dana 20 transfer case ) and the options of: 196 4-cyl., 232 6-cylinder, 266 V-8, or the 304 V-8.

Improvements in cognition also occur in young depressed people after 6 weeks of treatment.

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 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 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 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 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 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 to the park helped to increase visitation during this time.

Improvements in efficiency can reduce resource intensiveness, reducing the T multiplier.

Improvements in modern hard drives such as RAM cache, faster platter rotation speed, command queuing ( SCSI TCQ / SATA NCQ ), and greater data density reduce the negative impact of fragmentation on system performance to some degree, though increases in commonly used data quantities offset those benefits.

Improvements in hardware and system design can be used to significantly reduce the risks of any encryption system being compromised, but many systems once thought secure have been proven vulnerable to sufficiently sophisticated and malicious attackers.

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 in the design of protective athletic gear such as helmets may decrease the number and severity of such injuries.

Improvements to the infrastructure and organisation of the ski area on Todorka have been made annually to accommodate the rising number of tourists.

Improvements in 2008 significantly increased the number of users who could log-on at a given time.

# Improvements in alcoholic beverage labeling, including strengthening and expanding the current mandated warning label and providing additional consumer on alcoholic beverage containers, such as ingredients, alcohol content, calories, information about standard units of service, and a toll-free telephone number for consumer questions about alcohol.

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.