performance enhancement

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meanings of performance and enhancement

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performance
noun
uk
/pəˈfɔː.məns/
us
/pɚˈfɔːr.məns/
how well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or ...
enhancement
uk
/ɪnˈhɑːns.mənt/
us
/ɪnˈhæns.mənt/
the process of improving the quality, amount, or strength ...

(Definition of performance and enhancement from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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Founded in 2004, the company's main business is delivering performance enhancement, risk management, and project services around the world.
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At present, there is some debate as to where and how this performance enhancement takes place.
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The main performance enhancement was a reduction in access time, to less than 10.5 ms.
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It is a tool for adaptation, learning and performance enhancement, providing data for further negotiation among stakeholders and for resource allocation decisions.
Nonobvious roles for electronics in performance enhancement.
This will be achieved through a structured performance enhancement programme, utilising the good practice guide and supported through other existing initiatives.
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This will be achieved through a structured performance enhancement programme, utilising good practice guidance and supported through other existing policies.
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The ported shroud is a performance enhancement that allows the compressor to operate at significantly lower flows.
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Such scenarios show how hard it can be to determine where therapy ends and performance enhancement begins.
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Lurie was a staunch promoter of clean athletics and natural bodybuilding and claims to have never used performance enhancement drugs.
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The choice of modification depends greatly on the degree of performance enhancement desired, budget, and the characteristics of the engine to be modified.
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This involved performance enhancement, retexturing, and other various technical changes.
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The full-time sports medicine team also includes sub-specialists in, sport psychology, sports nutrition, sports massage therapy, sports concussion and sports performance enhancement.
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This performance enhancement also comes at a reduced cost via damascene processing, which eliminates processing steps.
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The product has been at the center of multiple controversies with famous athletes allegedly using it for performance enhancement purposes.
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They deemed she did not use the prohibited substance for performance enhancement.
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Studies have shown that somatropin usage fails to produce athletic performance enhancement despite claims to the contrary.
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In particular, it focuses on experimental, analytical and computational research on design and performance enhancement of structural systems.
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