Williams introduces the young, resourceful scavenger with delicate and vulnerable instruments (flute, piano and the pixieish chimes of a celeste), which are juxtaposed against the enormity of her galactic backdrop.
Re-tuning one's strings between pieces would leave an instrument vulnerable to intonation problems, especially considering the propensity of gut strings to alter at the slightest change of climate.
With regard to mental health, there is thus a need to screen these vulnerable women with instruments designed to measure psychological functioning during gestation.
Twenty years on, the New Yorker's voice remains a potent instrument – supple, vulnerable and seemingly effortless – while his songs, for all their electronic touches, are still anchored in soul's 70s golden age.
The accuracy of measurements is highly vulnerable to errors in instrument settings, and to changes in sample containers and geometries, as demonstrated in several studies with fluorine-18 [9–14].
Given that first-time fathers are presumably particularly vulnerable during childbirth, an instrument designed specifically for assessing their experiences seems called for.
18 20 One method developed and validated in community populations to identify older adults at risk of decline is a self-report instrument, the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13).
The PSQ is a short and easy to fill in questionnaire compared to many other patient satisfaction questionnaires and is therefore a very suitable instrument for the vulnerable patients participating in this study.
Hillingdon failed to comply with statutory safeguards, said the judge, resulting in "a code designed to protect the liberty of vulnerable people being used instead as an instrument of confinement".
NiTi endodontic rotary instruments have increased flexibility and strength compared with stainless steel instruments, but they seem to be vulnerable to fracture in clinical situations.
