They are interpreted as a historical practice of knowledge visualization in the context of a post-Enlightenment information regime (epitomizing rational government and the privileged position of statistics as instrument of increasing the efficiency and social control of the state).
Owing to the creation and application of analytical procedures, methods, and instruments of increasing sophistication, it has become possible to identify and determine ever-decreasing amounts of analytes in various forms and of various levels of threat to our environment.
Since 2005, Environmental Stewardship (ES) has been the principal agri-environment scheme for England and is the key instrument for the delivery of increased environmental benefits from agricultural landscapes.
It is known that the extent of a patient's functional dependence in basic activities of daily living (ADL), which can be measured by the Barthel Index [ 12] or other instruments, is a predictor of increased nursing workload [ 13, 14].
We get accustomed to thinking of the radio merely as an instrument for increasing the sale of trademarked products and the vanity of tenors; yet here is an advocate of the sanctity of patriotism and other barbarous causes, with so many listeners and converts that he can't handle them without secretaries.
An increase in hospital revenue can be used by policy makers as an instrument to increase the quality of maternity services both in terms of more qualified personnel and equipment.
On the other hand, the disability insurance program can also use vocational rehabilitation (e.g., training that upgrades existing skills or provides new skills, often in combination with job search assistance) as an alternative policy instrument to increase the employability of disability insurance beneficiaries.
Obviously, the marginal introduction of inheritance taxes will make physical bequests more costly as an instrument to increase the lifetime income of children so that the inheritance tax reduces the amount of bequest that parents leave to their offspring.
Public authorities possess a range of policy instruments to increase the use of intermodal freight transport.
Published reports of instruments to increase motivation to teach usually refer to positive reinforcement measures [ 22- 24].
