This was due largely to increasing popularity of textual communication services such as instant-and text messaging.

Disruption in the trade of tin for bronze from Western Europe may have contributed to the increasing popularity of brass in the east and by the 6th – 7th centuries AD over 90 % of copper alloy artefacts from Egypt were made of brass.

Bouldering is increasing in popularity ; bouldering areas are common in indoor climbing gyms and some climbing gyms are dedicated solely to bouldering.

Cheerleading's increasing popularity in recent decades has made it a prominent feature in high-school themed movies and television shows.

These types of analytics are increasing in popularity as companies demand greater visibility into the performance of call centers and other service and support channels, in order to correct problems before they affect satisfaction levels.

In earlier years the band had criticized neo-Nazi skinheads for trying to ruin the punk scene, but just as big a problem was the increasing popularity of thrash metal and stereotypical macho " post-1982 hardcore " which brought the group ( and their genre ) an audience that had little to do with the ideas / ideals they stood for.

With FEM / BEM increasing popularity comes the incentive to improve automatic meshing algorithms.

Mahuad concluded a well-received peace with Peru on October 26, 1998, but increasing economic, fiscal, and financial difficulties drove his popularity steadily lower.

In the 21st century the diesel engine has been increasing in popularity with automobile owners.

During the immediate post-war years the cinematic industry was also threatened by television, and the increasing popularity of the medium meant that some film theatres would bankrupt and close.

Perceiving the increasing popularity of imported Foster's Lager, it was decided to commence local brewing of the product by Courage.

He feared the people of Rome knew of the conspiracy against Germanicus, but Tiberius ' jealousy and fear of his nephew's popularity and increasing power was the true motive as understood by Tacitus.

With the increasing popularity of multi-core processors, programmers now exploit thread-level parallel Gaussian elimination algorithms to increase the speed of computing.

In addition the increasing popularity of Guy Fawkes Night ( 5 November ) from 1605 on saw Halloween become eclipsed in Britain with the notable exception of Scotland.

The popularity of golf is also gradually increasing among the masses and many clubs in Karachi like Dreamworld Resort, Hotel & Golf Club, Arabian Sea Country Club, DA Country & Golf Club are providing finest golf facilities to the citizens of Karachi.

The comfort of more onboard accommodation space and more level boats under sail offer substantially improved conditions for crew and passengers, which also contributes to the greatly increasing popularity of multihull sailboats during the past few decades.

In the case of Montalcino, gradual economic decline has recently been reversed by economic growth due to the increasing popularity of the town's famous wine Brunello di Montalcino, made from the sangiovese grosso grapes grown within the comune.

The increasing popularity of Windows prompted Microsoft to shift its development focus from cooperating on OS / 2 with IBM to building a franchise based on Windows.

Since the late 1980s especially, prose poetry has gained increasing popularity, with entire journals, such as The Prose Poem: An International Journal, Contemporary Haibun Online and Modern Haibun & Tanka Prose devoted to that genre.

The ex-communist social democrats gained increasing popularity when the transition to capitalism began to cause economic problems such as poverty and unemployment.

The advent of DVDs and their use of anamorphic presentation, coupled with the increasing popularity of widescreen televisions and computer monitors, have rendered pan and scan less important.

This changed to some degree with the increasing popularity of dot matrix printers.

The increasing fragmentation of popular music and the growing popularity of dance music and the DJ pheonmenon have reduced the interest in ' traditional ' rock / pop entertainment.

Sydney in particular has seen many staple live music venues close, falling victim to increasing rents in gentrified areas, noise restrictions imposed by local governments in response to local residents ' demands ; the popularity of the DJ and dance music ; and the supposedly greater profitability of poker machines.

Though ecologically logical as well as economical, pig toilets are waning in popularity as use of septic tanks and / or sewerage system is increasing in rural areas.

They became an increasing area of interest for scholars in the 19th century and most were recorded or catalogued by George Malcolm Laws, although some have since been found to have British origins and additional songs have since been collected.

Chaplin considered the musical accompaniment of a film to be important, and from A Woman of Paris onwards, he took an increasing interest in this area.

Forests are carbon stores, and they are carbon dioxide sinks when they are increasing in density or area.

They are accelerated by increasing the reaction temperature and finely dividing the reactant to increase the contacting surface area.

Freeway opponents fear that upgrading Highway 84 will encourage more people to live in southern Alameda County ( where housing is more affordable ) and commute to jobs in the mid-Peninsula area ( where businesses wish to be located in order to be close to Silicon Valley ), thus increasing traffic in their neighborhoods to the south and west of U. S. 101.

An increasing number of economists have called for increased emphasis on environmental sustainability ; this area of research is known as Ecological economics.

Conceptually, it consists of two conducting plates separated by a thin insulating dielectric layer ; in practice, thin metal foils are coiled together, increasing the surface area per unit volume and therefore the capacitance.

The electrical energy efficiency of a typical industrial induction motor can be improved by: 1 ) reducing the electrical losses in the stator windings ( e. g., by increasing the cross-sectional area of the conductor, improving the winding technique, and using materials with higher electrical conductivities, such as copper ), 2 ) reducing the electrical losses in the rotor coil or casting ( e. g., by using materials with higher electrical conductivities, such as copper ), 3 ) reducing magnetic losses by using better quality magnetic steel, 4 ) improving the aerodynamics of motors to reduce mechanical windage losses, 5 ) improving bearings to reduce friction losses, and 6 ) minimizing manufacturing tolerances.

However, in many areas of the United States, the area of forest is stable or increasing, particularly in many northern states.

The area dedicated to vineyards is increasing by about 2 % per year.

Like skin effect, this reduces the effective cross-sectional area of the wire conducting current, increasing its resistance.

This resulted in the land area of County Louth increasing slightly at the expense of County Meath.

He advocated restricting the amount of material to be compared ( to basic vocabulary, morphology, and known paths of sound change ) and increasing the number of languages to be compared to all the languages in a given area.

Bashir II, who had come to power through local politics and nearly fallen from power because of his increasing detachment from them, reached out for allies, allies who looked on the entire area as “ the Orient ” and who could provide trade, weapons and money, without requiring fealty and without, it seemed, being drawn into endless internal squabbles.

Despite its small area and few resources, the absorption of the territory by Japan would to some extent alleviate Japan's problem of an increasing population but an ever decreasing amount of available land to house it.

To some extent, these longer process times can be mitigated by increasing the temperature of the reaction area.

These structures can fill most of the interior of a cell, giving the membrane a very large surface area and therefore increasing the amount of light that the bacteria can absorb.

One researcher, Ross S. Stein, even suggested that the crest may have supported a membrane of skin connecting the backward-pointing crest to the neck and back, increasing its surface area and effectiveness as a rudder.

The Sydney metropolitan area at the time was marked by increasing strains on state infrastructure and Askin's Government's pro-development stance was largely attributed as an attempt to alleviate these problems.

This may be indicative of a market preference amongst the more wealthy to reside in areas of less ethnic mixture ; less ethnic mixture being perceived as increasing the value and desirability of a residential area.

Moving or increasing sail area forward can also help, for example by raising the jib ( and maybe lowering the staysail ) on a cutter.

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A minor producer of opium, heroin, and marijuana ; major illicit transit point for heroin en route to the international drug market from Burma and Laos ; eradication efforts have reduced the area of cannabis cultivation and shifted some production to neighboring countries ; opium poppy cultivation has been reduced by eradication efforts ; also a drug money-laundering center ; minor role in amphetamine production for regional consumption ; increasing indigenous abuse of methamphetamines and heroin.

This reduces the effective cross sectional area available for carrying current, increasing resistance and reducing the signal to noise ratio.

The UHI decreases air quality by increasing the production of pollutants such as ozone, and decreases water quality as warmer waters flow into area streams, which stresses their ecosystems.