The ability to continuously monitor these variables improves our capabilities of tracking diseases and optimizing therapy.
"After 9/11, and with the continuing terrorist threat, we began asking the question of how we could improve our capability against terrorist weapons, specifically against weapons of mass destruction," Mr. Bonner said.
A major UK initiative, entitled 'Mapping the Underworld', is seeking to improve our capability of locating buried utility service infrastructure without resorting to extensive excavations.
He added, "We've gone asymmetrical, and have been improving our capability to build low-tech missiles that will enable us to inflict as much damage as possible without confronting the Israeli Army.
"This will strengthen our ability to address threats abroad, improve our capability to protect America, and ease some of the burden on our uniformed military and their families," said the administration official, who requested anonymity because Mr. Bush had not officially unveiled the plan.
To improve our capability of rational material design for enhanced driving safety, wet sliding friction for various rubber compounds is tested on a Portland cement concrete surface under varied lubrication conditions.
To facilitate such a development integrated battery testing and simulation (IBTS) using computer modeling is an effective tool to improve our capability of rapid prototyping battery technology and facilitating concurrent product development.
"The Nashville workshop will be an opportunity for experts from a variety of disciplines to join in identifying the information and research needed to improve our capability to protect lives and property," said Samuel W. Speck, associate director of the emergency management agency.
We demonstrate that our database is a powerful tool that can be widely used to manage complex temporal datasets, integrating legacy and live phenological information from diverse sources (e.g., conventional, digital cameras, seed traps) and temporal scales, improving our capability of producing scientific and applied information on tropical phenology.
So if margin can not increase, the only thing that we can think about in terms of improving our capability is to reduce costs.
