Significant progress in Big Bang cosmology have been made since the late 1990s as a result of advances in telescope technology as well as the analysis of data from satellites such as COBE, the Hubble Space Telescope and WMAP.

Significant progress in implementing the right to food at national scale in Africa, Latin America and South Asia " United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Briefing Note 01, 14 May 2010.

Significant progress came following the work of Louis Pasteur and his advances in microbiology, when the British surgeon Joseph Lister began experimenting with using phenol during surgery to prevent infections.

Significant progress in science was made in the Muslim world during the Middle Ages, especially during the Islamic Golden Age, which is considered a major period in the history of science.

Significant progress is being made particularly in ecotourism.

Significant progress took place between Drep de kristne and Last Predators.

Significant progress in the study of Slavic mythology was made during the last 30 years, mostly through the work of the Russian philologists Vladimir Toporov and Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov, as well as that of the Croatian scientists Radoslav Katičić and Vitomir Belaj.

Significant progress was achieved, and a haemoglobin-based oxygen therapeutic called Hemopure was approved for Phase III trial ( in elective orthopedic surgery ) in the U. S., and more widely approved for human use in South Africa.

Significant progress has been made in the care of premature infants, but not in reducing the prevalence of preterm birth.

Significant contributions to modern stapedectomy techniques were then made by the late Dr. Antonio De La Cruz of the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles ; by the late Professor Henri André Martin of the Hôpital Edouard Herriot in Lyon, France, including calibrated platinotomy ( stapes footplate rather than whole surgery ) and trans-footplate piston surgery that also paved the way for modern stapedotomy ; and by the late Dr. Jean-René Causse of the eponymous clinic in Béziers, France, who pioneered the use of Teflon piston prostheses ( also critical progress for stapedotomy ) and, with his late son Dr. Jean-Bernard Causse, the reattachment of the stapedius muscle alongside the use of veinous grafts.

Significant progress in alchemy was made in ancient India.

Significant progress is being made in raising FEL power levels ( the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility's FEL has demonstrated over 14 kW ) and it should be possible to build compact multi-megawatt class FEL weapons.

Significant further progress is expected to take place with the advent of nanotechnologies.

Significant economic and social progress was made, with an increase in foreign trade, the abolition of slavery and the expansion of education to the emerging middle class.

Significant progress has been made in understanding DNA methylation in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

Significant progress in metallurgy and alchemy was made in ancient India.

Significant progress has been reported on polyphenols, particularly ellagic acid, tannins and anthocyanins, antioxidant activity, anti-cancer and anti-viral properties.

" Significant technical progress was made during 1994 on the CRAY-4, which takes advantage of technologies and manufacturing processes developed during the design and manufacture of the CRAY-3.

So, after the sitting has been held, several readings at one time are mailed, and the distant sitter ( whose name or whose communicator's name was given to the medium ) must mark each little item as Correct ( Hit ), Incorrect ( Miss ), Doubtful, or Especially Significant ( applying to him and, he feels, not to anyone else ).

* African festivals Significant African festivals based on the continent include the biannual Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou FESPACO in Burkina Faso, the annual Durban International Film Festival which has grown in importance for industry with the addition of a co-production forum and Talent Campus.

Significant research has been applied to the application of microfluidics for the production of industrially relevant quantities of material.

Significant research has been undertaken into the development of novel wine yeast strains that produce atypical flavour profiles or increased complexity in wines.

These " Bloomsbury assumptions " are also reflected in members ' criticisms of materialistic realism in painting and fiction, influenced above all by Clive Bell's " concept of ' Significant Form ', which separated and elevated the concept of form above content in works of art ": it has been suggested that, with their " focus on form ... Bell's ideas have come to stand in for, perhaps too much so, the aesthetic principles of the Bloomsbury Group ".

Significant work has been performed on a more ambitious concept, the Venus Geoscience Aerobot ( VGA ).

Significant fur trapping has continued in the region, but in general the east coast or East Main of James Bay was too easily accessed by French and independent traders from the south so early Hudson's Bay Company emphasis was quickly placed onto interior trapping grounds reached from the west coasts of James and Hudson Bays.

Significant excavation has since been conducted at the site of the city, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

Significant contribution to Russian horror literature has been done by Ukrainians Andrey Dashkov and Alexander Vargo.

Significant growth in recent years has occurred to the northeast, where homes have been built along the ravine of Maple Creek as well as alongside Brooktree Golf Course, to the north, and to the southeast.

Significant beach erosion has occurred at the western end of Emerald Isle.

The district is on the College Board ’ s AP ® District Honor Roll for Significant Gains, has NLL District & Regional Championship teams and performers and has nationally recognized fine and performing arts programs.

Significant growth has occurred in the 1990s in Parowan ; it has been attributed to affordable utility fees and a positive economic climate.

Significant research has been devoted to finding accurate, stable recurrence schemes in order to preserve the accuracy of the FFT ( which is very sensitive to trigonometric errors ).

Significant heterogeneity of the molecule has been described, thus bioassays and immunoassays can give different results due to differing glycosylation, phosphorylation, sulfation, as well as degradation.

Significant rebuilding, reopening, and reoccupation has taken place since.

Significant work has also been done using surround sound for enhanced situation awareness in military and public safety applications.

Children of the Atom is a 1953 science fiction novel by Wilmar H. Shiras, which has been listed as one of " The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years, 1953-2002.

Significant numbers of Asian, specifically Chinese and Japanese, people have moved to Barbados, but their music is unstudied and has had little impact on Barbadian music.

Significant acreage of land previously used for agriculture has been developed for the construction of houses and residential structures.

Significant financial support for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust has been provided by the Harcroft Foundation.

Significant evidence of large scale Iron smelting has also been found, providing evidence that iron was probably being traded from this site. The National Museum of Scotland have carried out significant exploration which leads them to believe this is a significant site of interest.

Significant post-retirement activities of earlier Governors-General have included: Lord Tennyson was appointed Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight ; Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson ( by now Lord Novar ) became Secretary of State for Scotland ; and Lord Gowrie became Chairman of the Marylebone Cricket Club ( Lord Forster had also held this post, before his appointment as Governor-General ).

Significant public resentment also developed as a result of the destruction of multiple historic structures.

Significant movements for self-determination also persist for locations that lack de facto independence, such as Kurdistan, Chechnya, and the State of Palestine.

Significant lowlands are to be found only near the coast, in the southwest near Arta and Preveza, in the Acheron plain between Paramythia and Fanari, between Igoumenitsa and Sagiada, and also near Saranda.

Significant emphasis was also placed on town planning, with new conservation areas introduced and a new generation of new towns built, notably Milton Keynes – this trend itself a continuation of efforts initiated in the latter years of the preceding Conservative administration.

Significant statistical anomalies have also been found when using the logistic distribution in chess.

Significant attention is also paid to civil issues — more than in the contemporary Kentish laws.

Significant numbers of Adiabene population follow her, later also providing limited support for Jews during Jewish-Roman wars.

Significant ceremonies also take place in the capitals of the nations and across the regions of the United Kingdom.

Significant days also include feast days.

Significant weight gain may also occur.

Significant wildlife can be found here ( deer, roe deer, boar ), as well as the birdlife is also valuable ( pheasant, eagle ).

Significant variations in amplitude also occur.

Significant numbers of residents also now work outside the area, commuting to the nearby cities of Gloucester, Bristol and Cardiff.

Significant also to the continuity of the Matrix universe is the first appearance of actress Mary Alice in the role of the Oracle.

" Significant " reunions ( 50 -, 25-and 10-year, but also 2-year ) and the earliest reunion classes ( 65-year and prior ) are assigned to Reunion I ; other reunions ( 5 -, 15 -, 20 -, 30-year, and so on ) are assigned to Reunion II.

Significant Tibetan minorities also live in India, Nepal, and Bhutan.

Significant numbers of Japanese also arrived in Hawaii California as permanent settlers.

Significant contributions were also made by people such as Nigel Bree ( from Auckland, New Zealand ).

" Significant revisions were also made to the suspension to improve the handling: dampers from Bilstein and coil springs from Eibach are used in addition to reducing the ride height by and an increase in spring rate of 60 %.

Significant developments also took place nearer to the town centre, particularly during the 1960s when a host of tower blocks were built around the town centre ; however, most of these had been demolished by 2010.

Significant loan losses were reported in 1987 and while the bank participated actively in debt restructuring initiatives, it also committed itself to more conservative lending practices.