This latter observation was confirmed by a prospective, observational, ecological study from Ontario, Canada, which also failed to demonstrate a positive ecological impact of improved hand hygiene compliance rates on the incidence of MRSA bacteremia, despite significant improvements in rates of compliance among healthcare personnel [ 14].
Despite significant improvements in Iraq's security, rehearsals posed enormous difficulties.
"Despite significant improvements in the nation's labor market, American workers' concerns about unemployment, the job market, job security and the future of the economy have not changed much since we conducted a similar survey in August 2010," the report said.
Despite significant improvements in school attendance rates in the last 20 years – in part as a result of the means-tested Bolsa Família benefit, and before that, Bolsa Escola – only 45% of Brazilian adults aged 25-64 completed high-school, compared to the international average of 75%, according to figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DEconomic Co-operation
Despite significant improvements in the prediction of hydrometeorological (HM) hazard (Hellmuth et al. 2007; Bailey 2013), many challenges remain to effectively mitigate impacts on society.
Despite significant improvements in the last couple of years, women are still under-represented in science and technology, both in the academic and private sector.
Despite significant improvements in head-pose estimation techniques [5, 6, 8, 9], robust and effective recognition remains challenging for various poses.
Despite significant improvements in maternal and infant mortality in Bangladesh, every day 20 women die in childbirth and 300 babies die in their first month of life.
Action Against Medical Accidents says that despite significant improvements in the past year, all seven Welsh health boards are missing deadlines.
Despite significant improvements in the development of DNA nanostructures, there is limited knowledge regarding the in vivo biological fate of these intriguing nanomaterials.
Despite significant improvements in patient overall survival, it remains challenging to determine the optimal therapy and sequence of therapies for individual patients.
