Since the widespread adoption of digital setting circles, any classical engraved setting circle is now specifically identified as an " analog setting circle " ( ASC ).

Its widespread usage led to the gradual adoption of the Aramaic alphabet for writing the Hebrew language.

Following this, the widespread adoption of ailerons versus wing warping made aircraft much easier to control, and only a decade later, at the start of World War I, heavier-than-air powered aircraft had become practical for reconnaissance, artillery spotting, and even attacks against ground positions.

After widespread adoption of the COX-2 inhibitors, it was discovered that most of the drugs in this class increased the risk of cardiovascular events by 40 % on average.

The publication of an NSA-approved encryption standard simultaneously resulted in its quick international adoption and widespread academic scrutiny.

The widespread adoption of digital video has also drastically reduced the bandwidth needed for a high-definition video signal ( with HDV and AVCHD, as well as several commercial variants such as DVCPRO-HD, all using less bandwidth than a standard definition analog signal ) and tapeless camcorders based on flash memory and often a variant of MPEG-4.

Such combined systems are known as electromechanical systems and have widespread adoption.

A very noticeable technical development was the widespread adoption of irising-in and out to begin and end scenes.

The widespread ( now almost universal ) adoption of the IEEE 754 standard for binary floating-point arithmetic has essentially removed this problem.

Service Pack 2 provided significant improvements and encouraged widespread adoption of XP among both home and business users.

* 1996 – The Motorola StarTAC, the first flip phone and one of the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption, goes on sale.

These factors prevented its widespread adoption in psychiatry for some years, particularly in the United States, where its use was banned until 1970.

The transit agency started using this fuel in 2004, prior to the widespread adoption of ultra-low sulfur diesel, which has since become the standard.

Stephenson played a pivotal role in the development and widespread adoption of steam locomotives.

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 ".

This definition is synonymous with the unambiguous IEC standard name mebibyte, but, adoption of the standard has not been widespread.

MIDI's flexibility and widespread adoption have led to many refinements of the standard, and have enabled its application to purposes beyond those for which it was originally intended ..

PDAs are largely considered obsolete with the widespread adoption of smartphones.

His life coincided with the rise of Emperor Constantine I and the reunion and re-division of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires, which is associated with the widespread legitimization of Christianity and the later adoption of Christianity as the official religion of the Roman state in 380.

Calvinists generally believed that the worship in the church ought to be strictly regulated by what is commanded in the Bible ( the regulative principle of worship ), and condemned as idolatry many current practices, regardless of antiquity or widespread adoption among Christians, against opponents who defended tradition.

The widespread adoption of digital music formats, such as CD or satellite radio, has displaced phonograph records and resulted in phono inputs being omitted in most modern amplifiers.

The use and adoption of the QWERTY keyboard is often viewed as one of the most important case studies in open standards because of the widespread, collective adoption and use of the product, particularly in the United States.

During the 18th century, breech-loading weapons were designed, which allowed the rifleman to reload while under cover, but defects in manufacturing and the difficulty in forming a reliable gas-tight seal prevented widespread adoption.

At first, the islands of Cape Verde housed an extensive savanna and dry forest cover, but mostly it was removed to convert to agricultural land, which, together with the arid climate and rugged terrain, has led to a soil erosion and desertification widespread.

However widespread agricultural use led to resistant insect populations.

The displacement of 1 million Eritreans as a result of the war with Ethiopia, multi-year drought, and the widespread presence of land mines all have played a role in the declining productivity of the agricultural sector.

The shooting of an agricultural worker during a local strike on 9 August at Ypäjä created widespread anger ; November 1917 seemed to offer momentum for a revolt.

Honduras has extensive forest, marine, and mineral resources, although widespread slash and burn agricultural methods continue to destroy Honduran forests.

Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases such as malaria.

The western mountain forests are very diverse, with several endemic species such as Formosan Cypress ( Chamaecyparis formosensis ) and Taiwan Fir ( Abies kawakamii ), while the Camphor Laurel ( Cinnamomum camphora ) was once also widespread at lower levels ( now mostly cleared for agricultural land ).

" Many old agricultural attitudes remain widespread, but these traditions are expected to change with the EU accession process.

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, large-scale agricultural collectivization resulted in widespread famine in Central Asia.

* Cast iron is first used in the Chinese Kingdom of Wu with the innovation of the blast furnace, and soon becomes widespread for agricultural tools and weapons during the Warring States.

* A widespread failure of the agricultural harvest in Tang Dynasty China leads to a widespread famine ; in the previous century the central government was able to curb famine with large grain stores, but this time the central government is already in decline and too weak to properly face the disaster.

In the days of the Soviet Union, the Aral Sea was tapped for agricultural irrigation, largely of cotton, and now salination is widespread.

However, it is not clear to what extent this was due to an influx of Han settlers, who were predominantly displaced young men from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian province or from a variety of other factors, including: frequent intermarriage between Han and aborigines, the replacement of aboriginal marriage and abortion taboos, and the widespread adoption of the Han agricultural lifestyle due to the depletion of traditional game stocks, which may have led to increased birth rates and population growth.

draining of wetlands for agricultural use ; deforestation ; overgrazing ; soil erosion ; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria ; poaching is widespread

The focus of economic reform since the early 1990s has been widespread privatization, especially of the state-run agricultural and industrial sectors.

* 1000 – The Arab Empire introduced agricultural innovations such as new forms of land tenure, improvements in irrigation, a variety of sophisticated irrigation methods, the introduction of fertilizers and widespread artificial irrigation systems, the development of gravity-flow irrigation systems from rivers and springs, the use of noria and chain pumps for irrigation purposes, the establishment of the sugar cane industry in the Mediterranean, and experimentation in sugar cultivation

This evolution of ideas in an environment of relatively widespread literacy laid the groundwork for the Industrial Revolution, which enabled mechanically-and chemically-augmented agricultural production while simultaneously increasing the demand for factory workers in cities.

Warmbloods have come into their own since the end of World War II, when mechanization made agricultural horses obsolete and recreational riding became more widespread in the western world.

As in much of the developing world and especially in agricultural areas, child labor is widespread in India's agricultural sector, which employs ~ 60 % of India's child labor.

The marriage of Dom Duarte and Dona Isabel and the birth of their first son were occasions of widespread news media attention in Portugal. The couple have a practice as agricultural development consultants.

In the following years bad planning of agricultural and irrigation projects resulted in widespread desertification.

Although it is subject to predation and parasitism, and changes in agricultural practices have caused local population declines, this widespread and abundant species is not threatened globally.