In Late Shang divination as practiced during the reign of Wuding (c. 1250 1192 bce), cattle scapulae or turtle plastrons, in a refinement of Neolithic practice, were first planed and bored with hollow depressions to which an intense heat source was then applied.
The key observations arising from these examinations are presented and discussed to serve as input for the development and/or refinement of design practice approaches for seismic geotechnical design.
Yet results presented here suggest that a refinement of current practice might be needed, as reduced number-sense is observed in one-third of CP patients and audit data indicate the clinical relevance.
There was substantial variation in the levels of eGFR at which U.S. primary care physicians recommended referral (ranging from eGFR of 15 to 100 mL/min/1.73m), suggesting refinement of clinical practice guidelines to clarify the indications for referral may be needed.
In our study, subtle and perhaps even benign ecological factors (listed above) appear to underlie the divergent and/or alternative development of certain rehabilitated sites despite the careful implementation and refinement of rehabilitation practices.
There is no doubt that industry has facilitated the refinement of orthodontic practices and experiences with relatively recent advancements including the advent of fully customized labial and lingual systems, as well as very meaningful change in appliance aesthetics [20].
In our article (Koneswaran and Nierenberg 2008), we not only argued for refinement of agricultural practices but also for a concurrent reduction in animal product consumption in high-income nations, especially because the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has concluded that animal agriculture accounts for more GHGs than transport (Steinfeld et al. 2006).
Participants who made reference to such behaviours also pointed out that organizational strategies, such as refinement and reinforcement of practice protocols, had been implemented to ensure practice conformity and had resulted in midwives either modifying their behaviour or leaving the service.
The experience of piloting the new materials not only reinforced and strengthened newfound pedagogical beliefs (#4, Fig. 8) in the teaching process, but also facilitated reflection leading to revision and refinement of activities and practices for future iterations of the lessons (#5, Fig. 8).
This observation implies that such repetitive refinements of software practices can be estimated and that it may be possible to correct inadequate or incomplete initial implementations and shorten the cycle between refinement steps and thus accelerate the software process evolution.
