Improve means to make something better. It is also used in the names of:
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Improver
- Bread improver Before the 1950s, bread had been made virtually the same way since it was first discovered. Using sourdoughs, and sponge and dough methods, bread would take up to a day to produce. This was necessary so that certain chemical changes could happen in the bread. With the advent of plant bakeries mass-producing square loaves of bread in the early 1950
- Improver Corporation: Improver v Remington, a 1990 United Kingdom patent infringement law court case
Improved
- Improved clinch knot The improved clinch knot is a knot that is used for securing a fishing line to the fishing lure, but can also affix fishing line to a swivel, clip, or artificial fly, a knot
- Most Improved Player, a sports award
- Improved Order of Heptasophs The Improved Order of Heptasophs is a Fraternal Organization established in 1878 when its founding members split from the Order of Heptasophs in a dispute over offering mutual aid to its membership. This group was organized for the purpose of "uniting fraternally all white men of sound bodily health, good moral character, socially acceptable,, a fraternal organization established in 1878
- Improved Multi-Band Excitation, a vocoder
Technology
- LNWR Improved Precedent Class, a steam locomotive
- Improved-definition television Improved-definition television or enhanced-quality television transmitters and receivers exceed the performance requirements of the NTSC standard, while remaining within the general parameters of NTSC emissions standards (IDTV)
- Improved Touring Improved Touring is a category of classifications for cars in amateur road racing defined by the Sports Car Club of America. The class is used by other sanctioning bodies with compatible rules, such as the International Conference of Sports Car Clubs, a category of classifications for cars in amateur road racing
- Improved Orion, a sounding rocket
Improvement
- Improvement Era, magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a restorationist Christian church, and the largest denomination originating from the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. Founded in Upstate New York in 1830, the church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has established congregations (called wards or branches) from 1897–1970
- Home improvement While it most often refers to building projects that alter the structure of an existing home, home renovation can include improvements to lawns and gardens and outbuildings like gazebos and garages, the process of renovating or making additions to a home
- Home Improvement Home Improvement is an American television sitcom starring Tim Allen, which aired from 1991 to 1999. The show was created by Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra and David MacFadzean. In the 1990s, it was one of the most watched sitcoms, winning many awards. The series launched Tim Allen's acting career and also was the start of the television career of, a 1990s television show
- Airport Improvement Fee
- Natural vision improvement The Bates method is an alternative therapy aimed at improving eyesight. Eye-care physician William Horatio Bates, M.D., attributed nearly all sight problems to habitual strain of the eyes, and felt that glasses were harmful and never necessary. Bates self-published a book as well as a magazine (and earlier collaborated with Bernarr MacFadden on a
Government
- Improvement commissioners, a form of government in 18th-century Britain
- Improvement and Development Agency, a British governmental agency established in 1998
- Improvement district
- Land improvement Land improvement or land amelioration refers to investments making land more usable by humans. In terms of accounting, land improvements refer to any variety of projects that increase the value of the property. Most are depreciable, but some land improvements are not able to be depreciated because a useful life cannot be determined
- Capital Improvement Plan
- Environmental Quality Improvement Act
Healthcare
- Quality improvement organizations Quality Improvement Organizations monitor the appropriateness, effectiveness, and quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. They are private contractor extensions of the federal government that work under the auspices of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- The Health Improvement Network, a United Kingdom medical database
Organizational
- Achievement Improvement Monitor, an Australian educational testing system
- Improvement trust
- Ontario Swine Improvement
- Organic Crop Improvement Association
- South Improvement Company, a railroad-oil-related Pennsylvania corporation in the early 1870s
- Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) is an international self-help organization founded by Marcus Garvey. It was originally chartered under the name "Universal Negro Improvement and Conservation Association and African Communities League" (the word "Conservation" later removed)
Business management
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- Business Process Improvement
- Continual improvement
- Performance improvement Performance improvement is the concept of measuring the output of a particular process or procedure, then modifying the process or procedure to increase the output, increase efficiency, or increase the effectiveness of the process or procedure. The concept of performance improvement can be applied to either individual performance such as an/Performance improvement plan Performance improvement is the concept of measuring the output of a particular process or procedure, then modifying the process or procedure to increase the output, increase efficiency, or increase the effectiveness of the process or procedure. The concept of performance improvement can be applied to either individual performance such as an
- Focused improvement Focused improvement in Theory of Constraints is the ensemble of activities aimed at elevating the performance of any system, especially a business system, with respect to its goal by eliminating its constraints one by one and by not working on non-constraints
- Quality improvement Quality management can be considered to have three main components: quality control, quality assurance and quality improvement. Quality management is focused not only on product quality, but also the means to achieve it. Quality management therefore uses quality assurance and control of processes as well as products to achieve more consistent
Technology
- Network Improvement, in telecommunications
- Preemphasis improvement, in radio
- Improvement Support Systems
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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:50:06 GMT+00:00
Forbes (blog) Senior executive level decisions on payroll and ballpark improvements will likely remain on hold until the ownership situation is resolved. ...
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