In an informal test of solar lights carried out by The Economist in Africa, users grumbled about the soapy quality of light and lantern-style design.
Fluorescent bulbs emit a pallid, bleached light that is okay for hallways and porches, but which fails to flatter and provide a good quality of light for living rooms.
Impressionists favor the clear light of midafternoon, and instead of focusing on panoramic views, they concentrate on the quality of natural light reflected on specific surfaces a single copse of trees, a short span of running river, a group of village houses and rooftops.
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Light and quality of sleep are well-known to be linked, as anyone who has ever pulled a night shift will attest.
But new LEDs use just 12% and can produce light of similar quality to warm halogen bulbs.
SynthCam and Frankencameras can improve the quality of pictures taken in low-light conditions, which are usually quite grainy.
According to an analysis by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, disinfecting with ferrate required onehalf the capital investment of an ultraviolet- light-based system and onethird that of an ozone-based system.
Competition will be tough: tariffs on the new pipeline are ten times lower than for the line through Chechnya, and the crude oil received at Supsa, known as Azeri Light, is of higher quality than Russia's Urals Blend that flows via Novorossiisk.
Recently designated a Dark Sky Reserve for its lack of light pollution and the exceptional quality of its night sky, Iveragh is one of only seven such reserves in the world and the first in the northern hemisphere to get gold-tier status, the highest possible grading issued by the International Dark-Sky Association.
In the current drive to create more homes, Riba president Angela Brady warns against builders producing "another generation of poor quality homes without adequate space and natural light".
Participants will be given the opportunity to share views and ideas on challenges raised at national and regional levels (curricula, training materials), in light of the full attainment of quality education goals.
This will require improvements in the capacity, knowledge, communication and networking available to enhance the flow and quality of information available for informed decision-making on the status of coastal resources, and their effective management in light of climate change impacts.
Particularly noteworthy in light of the present controversy surrounding the quality, reliability and need for reform of U.S. intelligence is the fact that Constantine was one of a relatively few individuals who served with great competence in both senior ranks of the intelligence community and as a top policy-maker.
Any mention of 'light touch', particularly in regard to the approval of training organisations that provide good-quality training relevant for the sector, should be treated with caution.
The new imager utilizes Samsung's advanced 1.4 micron (um) back side illuminated (BSI) pixel technology to offer superior low-light sensitivity, satisfying the high quality imaging requirements of smartphones, high-end feature phones and camcorders.
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The 16.3-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor and brighter F2.5 lens help deliver top-notch image quality even in low-light situations without the typical bleaching effect of artificial light.
More than one third of all business downtime results from power quality problems, according to Electric Light and Power magazine.
He also says they have some techniques to improve the quality of their soups, which includes pumping air into them to make them light and fluffy.
Peugeot, the last remaining French brand in the U.S. market, abruptly pulled the plug on its underperforming U.S. subsidiary in 1991, done in by high prices and poor quality, which made them unsuited for the market, especially in light of the new competition from Lexus and Infiniti from Japan.
It was a day that could have happened only in a town like ours: the sun was bright, warm even, but there was a chemical haze in the air, a blurred, dusty quality to the light that we knew from having lived so long in the shadow of the works.
Seen in that light, the key for doctors improving their communication with patients is the quality of their communication with fellow clinicians.
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Therefore, middle managers could not resist spending all the money that they were saving through the outsourcing on adding additional quality in their product designs and, most of all, a lot of extra detail: a working light on every table in the restaurant carriage, windscreen wipers on the locomotive, a bit of dirt painted on the bottom of the carriages, etc.
Though the LUMILEO P100 is a very small device that fits into even the smallest pocket, the pico-presenter punches above its weight: Its long-lasting LED light combined with the high-quality optics allow users to project pictures up to a size of 152 cm (measured diagonally) onto a wall.
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