The effectiveness of the technique is demonstrated to a group of VIPs, who watch as Alex collapses before a walloping bully, and abases himself before a scantily-clad young woman whose presence has aroused his predatory sexual inclinations.

Recent studies in the processes of negotiation have indicated the effectiveness of a technique that deserves mention here.

The New York taxi driver test is a technique for evaluating the effectiveness of communication between policy makers and analysts.

The Pearl Index, also called the Pearl rate, is the most common technique used in clinical trials for reporting the effectiveness of a birth control method.

Backscatter, a technique used to observe denial-of-service attack activity in the Internet, relies on attackers ' use of IP spoofing for its effectiveness.

Practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique ( TM ) claim that in its practice and results, the technique is distinguished from other types of meditation or self-development " by its naturalness, effortlessness and profound effectiveness ".

The effectiveness of countermeasures varies, because keyloggers use a variety of techniques to capture data and the countermeasure needs to be effective against the particular data capture technique.

However, the particular technique that the anti-spyware application uses will influence its potential effectiveness against software keyloggers.

A European surgery called the Leriche technique, in which an 18 gauge needle is used to lacerate the plaque, has shown effectiveness at reducing curvature and returning sexual function.

Gallup & Robinson, an advertising and marketing research firm, has reported that in more than 50 years of testing advertising effectiveness, it has found the use of the erotic to be a significantly above-average technique in communicating with the marketplace, "... although one of the more dangerous for the advertiser.

Heel-and-toe is a driving technique used mostly in performance driving, although some drivers use it on the road in everyday conditions in the interest of effectiveness.

* In January 2007, Google announced they altered their search engine algorithm to significantly reduce the effectiveness of the technique.

Because the technique is really an efficiency solution and there is inevitable increased conflict on shared resources, measuring or agreeing on the effectiveness of the solution can be difficult.

However, as a technique it has yet to be rigorously tested in controlled trials and little peer-reviewed data has been put forward for its effectiveness, with much of its supporting evidence remaining anecdotal.

There is no scientifically established treatment, and rest, a recommended recovery technique, has limited effectiveness.

Proponents claim that neurofeedback is an effective intervention for ADHD and epilepsy, and research is being performed to investigate the effectiveness of the technique for treating autism, headaches, insomnia, anxiety, substance abuse, TBI and other pain disorders.

The effectiveness of this technique can be demonstrated by Metalaxyl, a phenylamide fungicide.

Depending on the implementation, Bayesian spam filtering may be susceptible to Bayesian poisoning, a technique used by spammers in an attempt to degrade the effectiveness of spam filters that rely on Bayesian filtering.

A clonogenic assay is a microbiology technique for studying the effectiveness of specific agents on the survival and proliferation of cells.

The Maharishi took steps designed to maintain the integrity of the technique which included video taping his lectures, systematizing the teaching of the technique since even slight modifications can affect effectiveness, insisting the technique not be mixed with even valuable other techniques, since the TM technique is believed to be complete in itself, and separating the technique from other possibly legitimate point of views and practices which might confuse understanding of the TM technique.

Even as it deployed Blue Streak, a high-altitude weapon, that year the government decided that because of anti-aircraft missiles ' increasing effectiveness, V bombers would have to convert from high-altitude to low-altitude attacks.

During the Battle of the Bulge, however, the fuses became known as the American artillery's " Christmas present " for the German army because of their effectiveness against German personnel in the open, when they frequently dispersed attacks.

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, questions were raised regarding the effectiveness of security at the time, as all 19 hijackers managed to pass existing checkpoints and board the aircraft.

The battles are unique in that the player can influence the effectiveness of attacks by performing required controller inputs known as " action commands ".

By 1984, Iraq was using poison gas with great effectiveness against Iranian " human wave " attacks.

The DVLA have since installed X-Ray machines in all post opening areas to reduce the effectiveness of any further attacks.

After the city was retaken from the hands of the Iranian and Kurdish forces, Iraqi troops in NBC suits came to Halabja to study the effectiveness of their weapons and attacks.

Anycast methodologies on the Internet may be exploited to distribute DDoS attacks and reduce their effectiveness: As traffic is routed to the closest node, a process over which the attacker has no control, the DDoS traffic flow will be distributed amongst the closest nodes.

Firing in relays, both were to attempt to keep at least one weapon loaded at all times, to reduce the effectiveness of the tomahawk attacks.

The second installment in the AoF series added the " rage gauge "; similar to the " spirit system " of its predecessor, it limited the use and effectiveness of special attacks.

The Israeli government has installed a " Red Color " ( צבע אדום ) alarm system to warn citizens of impending rocket attacks, although its effectiveness has been questioned.

Notwithstanding the effectiveness of the stormtroopers, the following German infantry often made attacks in large traditional waves and suffered heavy casualties.

The effectiveness of this tactic springs from the fact that intense flooding can be quickly detected and remedied, but pulsing zombie attacks and the resulting slow-down in website access can go unnoticed for months and even years.

Credible strategic nuclear deterrence, the secretary felt, depended on fulfilling several conditions: maintaining essential equivalence with the Soviet Union in force effectiveness ; maintaining a highly survivable force that could be withheld or targeted against an enemy's economic base in order to deter coercive or desperation attacks against U. S. population or economic targets ; establishing a fast-response force that could act to deter additional enemy attacks ; and establishing a range of capabilities sufficient to convince all nations that the United States was equal to its strongest competitors.

At the same time, targets engaged in combat are dispersed and concealed, reducing the effectiveness of air attacks.

* Magic-Determines the range and effectiveness of magic potion attacks ( see Items below ).

Various power-ups can also be acquired that will increase the effectiveness of either Pocky or Rocky's attacks, such as making their projectiles larger or giving them the ability to throw multiple ones at once.

In 2009 two studies in the United States confirmed the effectiveness of public smoking bans in preventing heart attacks.

This eroding of the status quo has proceeded despite the attacks by the Mexican Federal Army and their paramilitary allies, providing a dramatic demonstration of the effectiveness of grassroots dual power.

Other countermeasure strategies to reduce the effectiveness of DPA attacks involve hardware modifications: varying the chip internal clock frequency has been considered to desynchronize electric signals, which lead in return to algorithmic enhancements of traditional DPA.

The effectiveness of the air attacks against Allied naval assets was apparent in the Italian naval records.

There are no guaranteed treatments or means of controlling attacks, and some sub-populations are treatment-resistant, with medications spontaneously losing their effectiveness and requiring new medications to control attacks.