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A sharpness of 0 has no effect, 1 and above determine the sharpen matrix radius that determines how much to sharpen the image.

But making explicit what lies implicit can sharpen US decision making.

Opposition proposals to sharpen this provision were rejected by AKP leaders.

Yes, it does sharpen the memories, even as it eases the pain.

The intervening crisis only made the Kremlin modify and sharpen its plan.

Such condemnations can only sharpen sectarian divisions within Saudi Arabia and the region.

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

Recognizing the need for UN Habitat to sharpen its focus on all areas within its mandate,

Recognizing the need for UN Habitat to sharpen its focus on all areas within its mandate,

If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword he has bent and strung his bow.

We must sharpen our teeth, Pan Yue, SEPA s deputy director, said when the agency halted the dam projects.

(This motivated the managers to sharpen their managerial skills and take ownership over their role in the enterprise.

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle

The relevant multilateral institutions should sharpen their focus on the environment so that human tampering with nature is reduced.

If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength but skill brings success.

While the mid term review has helped to sharpen the focus of UNICEF, preventing and addressing paediatric AIDS remain a major challenge.

The members of the Unit should be provided with the training necessary to sharpen their skills and enhance the quality of their work.

But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

Support was expressed with the main finding of OIOS that UN Habitat needs to sharpen its focus and narrow the scope of its activities.

In fact, the 13 fold expansion of its economy over the past three decades generated even greater resources for China to sharpen its military claws.

Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

Force people to sharpen their talent and come out with new ideas to write about, and not to wait for blogging ideas to come to them.

In view of this, it is essential to seek better systems of checks and balances as well as to strengthen and sharpen public control of the executive.

The Secretariat should therefore sharpen the focus of the Evaluation Group, refine the assessment criteria for the selection of programmes and enhance reporting and follow up procedures.

With America turning away from its global role of borrower of last resort, the rest of us will need to sharpen our competitive edge to sell in other markets.

They reflect the aim of this MTSP to sharpen the strategic focus of UNICEF, and the role that strategic partnerships are expected to play in achieving the desired outcomes.

Its aim is to sharpen the contribution that each unit makes to the overall objectives of the Organization by reducing duplication of effort and facilitating greater complementarity and coherence.

As in Egypt, public opposition to a succession seen to threaten the republican order could sharpen the army s understanding of itself as guardian of the state, prompting it to intervene.

If the informed and critical citizenry that democracy requires is to be formed, our schools must stop pandering to the latest popular fads and begin to sharpen the analytical capacities of students.

The whole issue of involving the citizens in the evaluation of the performance of public administration underpins the necessity to devise and sharpen bottom up approaches and methodologies for determining its quality.

The Committee for Programme and Coordination agreed with the main critical finding of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, that UN Habitat needed to sharpen its focus and narrow its scope of activities.

UNICEF will sharpen its prioritization of cooperation areas within the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, the Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP), the Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP), post conflict needs assessments and other national instruments.

The achievements thus far were the result of the recent efforts to sharpen the focus and deepen the substance of UNIDO's technical cooperation programmes and to enhance the expertise and professionalism of its staff.

That's it, all the way down, all the way down, all the way down, and further, and further, and further, and further, and further and further.

The aim of retention is to help the student learn and sharpen skills such as organization, management, study skills, literacy and academic which are very important before entering the next grade, college and the labor force.

Moreover, IAPSO could additionally be enabled to sharpen its expertise in e procurement and make it available at low cost to other members of IAPWG, at least in order to preclude recourse to expensive external consultants.

So how do central banks dig their way out of this deep hole? The key is to sharpen the distinction between financial firms whose distress is truly panic driven (and therefore temporary), and problems that are more fundamental.

The attraction of remaining in power is getting stronger across the region. In view of this, it is essential to seek better systems of checks and balances as well as to strengthen and sharpen public control of the executive.

In their 40 year history, the subregional offices have gone through four distinct transformations to sharpen their focus on the identification, design and implementation of multinational programmes and projects and to enhance their role in accelerating subregional economic integration.

It will sharpen its focus on the Millennium Development Goals, with emphasis on the use of the private sector to meet the priority needs of the least developed countries, the small island developing States and the landlocked developing countries.

Further radiation treatment will further damage normal tissue, and the tumor might be resistant to further radiation.

Europe seemed to be falling further and further behind the US.

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