The motor pool has made exceptional progress in automotive management including establishment of cost billing systems, records keeping, analyses of vehicle use, and effecting economies in vehicle operation.

It is this subject matter that has brought Mason a large and enthusiastic following among sportsmen, but it is his exceptional performance with this motif that commends him to artists and discerning collectors.

Capital punishment has in the past been practised by most societies ( one notable exception being Kievan Rus ); currently 58 nations actively practice it, and 97 countries have abolished it ( the remainder have not used it for 10 years or allow it only in exceptional circumstances such as wartime ).

Double jeopardy has been permitted in England and Wales in certain ( exceptional ) circumstances since the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Under exceptional circumstances, a redive may be granted, but these are exceedingly rare ( usually for very young divers just learning how to compete, or if some event outside the diver's control has caused them to be unable to perform ).

Because of this and many other factors, Dar es Salaam has become an exceptional city when it comes to safety, whether it be fear or simply a culture of peace.

In 2012, he was awarded the Erasmus Prize, an annual award for a person who has made an exceptional contribution to European culture, society or social science, " for his ability to translate the cultural significance of science and technology to a broad audience.

The circuit has been called " an exceptional location of glamour and prestige.

If the 3 generations are then put in a 3x3 hermitian matrix with certain additions for the diagonal elements then these matrices form an exceptional ( grassman -) Jordan algebra, which has the symmetry group of one of the exceptional Lie groups ( F < sub > 4 </ sub >, E < sub > 6 </ sub >, E < sub > 7 </ sub > or E < sub > 8 </ sub >) depending on the details.

Due to its widespread adoption and implementation it has been hailed as an example of exceptional international co-operation, with Kofi Annan quoted as saying that " perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date has been the Montreal Protocol ".

An exceptional piece of evidence for the use of microliths has been found in the excavations of the cave at Lascaux in the French Dordogne.

His record has been exceptional – 234 wickets at 14. 51 runs in 46 matches.

This small olive, though difficult to cultivate, has a high yield of olive oil of exceptional quality.

Article 16, allowing the president a limited form of rule by decree for a limited period of time in exceptional circumstance, has been used only once, by Charles de Gaulle during the Algerian War, from 23 April to 29 September 1961.

It is co-written by Klas Åhlund, and has been described as a " pulsating full power version takes every ounce of that emotion and wraps it up in another exceptional disco-pop record worthy of any dance-floor or passion-laden sing-a-long.

A saint is one who has been recognized for having an exceptional degree of holiness, sanctity, and virtue.

" This is an exceptional position reflecting an exceptional role she has played for us ," said a UNHCR spokesman.

In order to prevent repetitive applications concerning structural problems in contracting states on which the Court has previously made a final decision, the Committee of Ministers can in exceptional circumstances and with a two-thirds majority, initiate proceedings for non-compliance with a final decision in the Grand Chamber of the Court.

W M Lord has said with regard to this success that " Sir Henry Bessemer was somewhat exceptional.

He has been described as a man of " strong personality and exceptional gifts ... and Montshiwa's chief counsellor in vital matters ".

The last decade has seen the emergence of some new questions about the nature of creoles: in particular, the question of how complex creoles are and the question of whether creoles are indeed " exceptional " languages.

The higher-density urethane semi-rigid foams usually have stronger flex fatigue resistance, i.e., the 12 lb. / cu. ft. foam has 8 times the flexural strength of the 3 lb. / cu. ft. density.

It has been given names like " prurigo Besnier ," " neurodermitis ," " endogenous eczema ," " flexural eczema ," " infantile eczema ," and " prurigo diathésique ".

The rigidity of the relational model, in which all data is held in tables with a fixed structure of rows and columns, has increasingly been seen as a limitation when handling information that is richer or more varied in structure than the traditional ' ledger-book ' data of corporate information systems: for example, document databases, engineering databases, multimedia databases, or databases used in the molecular sciences.

Throughout history, halakha has, within limits, been a flexible system, despite its internal rigidity, addressing issues on the basis of circumstance and precedent.

The Born criterion is based on rigidity catastrophe caused by the vanishing elastic shear modulus, e. g. when the crystal no longer has sufficient rigidity to mechanically withstand load.

The 4000 bass has neck-through construction for more solid sustain due to more rigidity.

Ultimately, the system as it stood could not deal quickly enough with the large deficits and surpluses created in the balance of payments ; this has previously been attributed to increasing rigidity of wages ( particularly in terms of wage cuts ) brought about by the advent of unionized labor, but is now more likely thought of as an inherent fault with the system which came to light under the pressures of war and rapid technological change.

Some of this developmental risk as in the case of placental infarction, maternal anemia and cardiac problems may cause intrauterine hypoxia, umbilical cord occlusion or cord prolapse may cause ischemia, resulting in cerebral injury, the prefrontal cortex in the fetus and neonate is highly susceptible to damage as a result of oxygen deprivation which has been shown to contribute to executive dysfunction, ADHD, and may affect personality traits associated with both eating disorders and comorbid disorders such as impulsivity, mental rigidity and obsessionality.

Dantrolene has been used when needed to reduce muscle rigidity, and more recently dopamine pathway medications such as bromocriptine have shown benefit.

In an elastic medium with rigidity, a harmonic pressure wave oscillation has the form,

The rigidity of the Schlieffen Plan has also been a source of much criticism.

Aimed at the high end of the market, this AM series ( which remains in production ) has a space frame allowing high rigidity and low weight when compared to traditional steel frames.

While Schenker's theories have been increasingly challenged since the mid-century for their rigidity and organicist ideology, the wider analytical tradition that they inspired has remained central to the study of tonal music in North America.

Modern, glued-in windshields contribute to the vehicle's rigidity, but the main force for innovation has historically been the need to prevent injury from sharp glass fragments.

The RX-8 has no B-pillar between the front and rear doors, with the leading edge of the rear door acting as a " virtual pillar " to maintain structural rigidity.

Depending on the design and required operating environment, any material can be used to construct a spring, so long as the material has the required combination of rigidity and elasticity: technically, a wooden bow is a form of spring.

The architectural historian Neil Levine has explained the style as a reaction against the rigidity of classicism.

This body style has an open feel, but requires extra underbody strengthening for structural rigidity.

Since its earliest days, the plan has been criticized for its monotony and rigidity, in comparison with irregular street patterns of older cities, but in recent years has been viewed more favorably by urban planning critics.

In this latest book, Dean, who has repeatedly described himself as a Goldwater conservative, built on Worse Than Watergate and Conservatives Without Conscience to argue that the Republican Party has gravely damaged all three of the branches of the federal government in the service of ideological rigidity and with no attention to the public interest or the general good.

As both structure rigidity and chirality are both well-established factors in medicinal chemistry known to enhance compounds specificity and efficacy as a drug, it has been suggested that natural products compare favourable to today's combinatorial chemistry libraries as potential lead molecules.

Compared to PET ( polyethylene terephthalate ), PBT has slightly lower strength and rigidity, slightly better impact resistance, and a slightly lower glass transition temperature.

Doubled, it is effective in binding lines of different diameter or rigidity securely together, although it has a tendency to work loose when not under load.