Modern RDF receivers, called "automatic direction finders" are small, low cost and easy to operate, and the NDB remains today as a supplement and backup to VOR and GPS navigation, although it is gradually being phased out.
Strategies-based instruction is a learner-centered teaching method which enables learners to take more responsibility for their learning: "Although initial instruction is heavily scaffold, it is gradually lessened to the point that student can assume responsibility for using the strategies independently" (Rubin et al., 2007, p. 142).
For both focus groups, the use of the new method was perceived to be difficult, confusing, not user-friendly, although it was recognized that acceptance gradually improved with use, indicating a certain haste and lack of time in the preparation and development of the workshop as possible conditioning factors.
This feature is US based as of August 2010, although it is expected to be gradually rolled out internationally.
The support gave the US government a 27 per cent stake in the bank, although it has been gradually reducing this over the past year.
"When foreign corporations pay less tax, that flows straight out of the economy from day one, although it might be gradually offset by additional investment over time," he said.
Although he was gradually becoming more religious than his parents, Ms. Kurnaz said, he had no interest in politics or in any extreme form of Islam.
Although Ravalomanana was gradually recognized by the international community as the legitimate leader of Madagascar, he was still faced with periodic unrest at home, including failed coup attempts in 2003 and 2006.
This did not dampen criticism of Quisling, who remained constantly in the headlines, although he was gradually earning a reputation as a disciplined and efficient administrator.
In the middle of the third year of treatment, although risperidone was gradually reduced to 2 mg/day without signs of relapse (BPRS score = 27), a dramatic increase in body weight was observed (weight 140 kg, BMI = 51.5; prolactin level = 10.7 ng/ml).
