These, which can make a power more useful, typically expand its effectiveness or make it more powerful, and thus make it more expensive.

The large caliber ensured a powerful shaped charge capable of destroying tanks ; the low velocity had no apparent impact on HEAT effectiveness and kept overall gun weight down.

SAWs are light enough to be operated by one man, as opposed to heavy machine guns such as the Browning M2, which fire more powerful cartridges but require a crew to operate at full effectiveness.

Furthermore, bombs dropped from the B-29s at high altitude ( 20, 000 + feet ) were often blown off of their trajectories by a consistently powerful jet stream over the Japanese home islands, which dramatically reduced the effectiveness of the high-altitude raids.

Meanwhile, as his powerful assistants were largely refugees from the north, the native population began to be dissatisfied, and over the next few years there were constant frictions that decreased the effectiveness of Sima Rui's administration.

With continuing advances in communication technologies, the availability of greater bandwidth and more powerful computers, the ease and cost effectiveness of deploying remote surgery units is likely to increase rapidly.

The introduction of improved Soviet tanks, the T-34 and KV-1 temporarily reduced the effectiveness of close air support, even after the adoption of 30 mm cannon and shaped-charge bombs, until more powerful cannons, air-to-ground mortars and rockets were introduced.

Nicholas Metropolis and Richard Feynman organizing a punched card solution, proving its effectiveness for physics research and prompting the use of more powerful computers.

The use of the longsword continued to decline throughout the Renaissance period, marked by the increased effectiveness of the arquebus ( a firearm ) and the use of pike squares as a powerful implement of battle.

Vieille's powder revolutionized the effectiveness of small guns, because it gave off almost no smoke and was three times more powerful than black powder.

Britain's specialist race car manufacturers had been following a different technical route, using the less powerful but compact, reliable and widely available Cosworth and focussing on the effectiveness of the chassis.

Though Massinger's play shows obvious debts to Thomas Middleton's A Trick to Catch the Old One ( c. 1605 ), it transcends mere imitation to achieve a powerful dramatic effectiveness — verified by the fact that, apart from the Shakespearean canon, it was almost the only pre-Restoration play that was continuously in the dramatic repertory through much of the modern era.

Some servers enable temporary-lasting power-ups that grant multiplied damage ( Berserker ), invisibility ( Predator ), a flamethrower along with temporary invincibility ( FlameGod ), or Cluster Grenades ( which temporarily replace regular grenades with three of more powerful, modified versions ) or even a Bulletproof Vest ( effectiveness of the vest depends on the distance from the firer of the bullet, and the vest slowly decreases as it soaks up damage, disappearing after absorbing a certain amount of damage, though there is no time limit ).

The widespread belief in magic and religion may have resulted in a powerful placebo effect ; that is, the perceived validity of the cure may have contributed to its effectiveness.

Bayard ’ s company became a model for discipline, high morale, and battlefield effectiveness ; and played a key role that year in rescuing the French vanguard at the Battle of Agnadello, on May 14, 1509 ; against the Venetian forces led by Bartolomeo d ' Alviano.

During the period of the New Zealand Wars the British Army used Congreve rockets to attack Māori fortifications — along with cannon-fire — and found that simple trench-warfare practices were sufficient to blunt their effectiveness so much that, like cannon, they were virtually useless.

Siege weapons are considered obsolete, owing to the effectiveness of aircraft-delivered munitions and cruise missiles which have made defensive area fortifications obsolete.

The fact that Hurricane Frederic entered the island disorganized and did relatively little damage soon after to later reform and become a Category 4 storm, gave some credibility to the " Tubo Que Chupa "' s effectiveness.

Along with the Coalhouse Fort at nearby East Tilbury, Thorney bay on the southern coast of the island was the site of a degaussing station built to monitor the effectiveness of the degaussing equipment functioning on board the allied ships passing along the Thames.

In 2001, the roof gardens were completed serving as a test for the impact green roofs would have on the heat island effect in urban areas, rainwater runoff, and the effectiveness of differing types of green roofs and plant species for Chicago's climate.

A 1-hp conditioner, for example, may vary in effectiveness from under 8,000 BTU to well over 10,000 Aj.

However, the monetary authorities will continue to be required to pay attention to the consequences of their actions with respect to our international balance of payments position and the outflow of gold, as well as with regard to avoiding the creation of excessive liquidity in the economy, which would delay the effectiveness of monetary policy measures in the next expansion phase of the business cycle.

The U. S. Department of Defense investigation contract, which is ongoing, will also evaluate the effectiveness of copper alloy touch surfaces to prevent the transfer of microbes to patients and the transfer of microbes from patients to touch surfaces, as well as the potential efficacy of copper-alloy based components to improve indoor air quality.

Each methodology differs both in the ways in which they are implemented, as well as the relative effectiveness they afford in increasing the CPU's performance for an application.

The effectiveness, ethics and legality of deprogramming has been questioned by scholars, as well as by members of the Christian countercult movement.

Its effectiveness depended on how well the hoplites could maintain this formation while in combat, and how well they could stand their ground, especially when engaged against another phalanx.

Early copper IUDs had copper around only the vertical stem, but more recent models have copper sleeves wrapped around the horizontal arms as well, increasing effectiveness.

While in-role performance tells managers or researchers how well the employee performs the required technical aspects of the job, extra-role performance includes behaviors not necessarily required as part of the job but still contribute to organizational effectiveness.

By taking both in-role and extra-role performance into account, industrial – organizational psychologists are able to assess employees ' effectiveness ( how well they do what they were hired to do ), efficiency ( their relative outputs to relative inputs ), and their productivity ( how much they help the organization reach its goals ).

This Health Technology Assessment monograph includes reviews of the epidemiology, assessment, and treatment of varicose veins, as well as a study on clinical and cost effectiveness of surgery and sclerotherapy.

In 2011, its evaluation report recognized that its investments performed well and reduced poverty, but recommended that the corporation define poverty and expected outcomes more explicitly to better-understand its effectiveness and approach poverty reduction more strategically.

They agreed that skill building in the first stage is important so the patient can learn to handle high risk, potentially dangerous behavior, as well as emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness and other practical behaviors.

The Inquiry examined the way reading is taught in schools, as well as the effectiveness of teacher education courses in preparing teachers for reading instruction.

EEG biofeedback has demonstrated effectiveness in the treatment of insomnia with improvements in duration as well as quality of sleep.

A further review of the literature regarding benzodiazepine hypnotic as well as the nonbenzodiazepines concluded that these drugs cause an unjustifiable risk to the individual and to public health and lack evidence of long-term effectiveness.

Q-ships were responsible for about 10 % of all U-boats sunk, ranking them well below the use of ordinary minefields in effectiveness.

The XM2001 Crusader was to be the United States Army's next-generation self-propelled howitzer ( SPH ), designed to improve the survivability, lethality, mobility, and effectiveness of the artillery as well as the overall force.

Amphetamines are often used for their therapeutic effects ; physicians occasionally prescribe amphetamines to treat major depression, where subjects do not respond well to traditional SSRI medications, and numerous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of drugs such as Adderall in controlling symptoms associated with ADD / ADHD.

The breakup of larger Viet Cong units increased the effectiveness of the CIA's Phoenix program ( 1967 – 72 ), which targeted individual leaders, as well as the Chiêu Hồi Program, which encouraged defections.

Post stall, steady flight beyond the stalling angle ( where the coefficient of lift is largest ), requires engine thrust to replace lift as well as alternative controls to replace the loss of effectiveness of the ailerons.

* Margaret Pittman, a noted bacteriologist known for her work in helping to formulate and test the effectiveness of the whooping cough vaccine, as well as groundbreaking research into the immunology and microbiology of infectious diseases.

This theory argues that the leader's main job is to see that whatever is necessary to group needs is taken care of ; thus, a leader can be said to have done their job well when they have contributed to group effectiveness and cohesion ( Fleishman et al., 1991 ; Hackman & Wageman, 2005 ; Hackman & Walton, 1986 ).

The recipients of the inert substance may nullify the placebo effect intended by simply having a negative attitude towards the effectiveness of the substance prescribed, which often leads to a nocebo effect, which is not caused by the substance, but due to other factors, such as the patient's mentality towards his or her ability to get well, or even purely coincidental worsening of symptoms.