1. Astigmatic, distorted surfaces potentially introduce serious degradations in optical system performance

2. This wasting of resources on the server can lead to performance degradations and failures.

3. In Goffman’s words, the inmate ‘begins a series of Abasements, degradations, humiliations, and profanations of self

4. The daemon or the service monitor aggregates such problem reports and discovers the causes of service degradations.

5. Those who consider themselves nonanthropocentrists typically assume that the West’s anthropocentric Axiologies and ontologies underlie all of the environmental degradations associated with our species.

6. The SQL plan management feature enables you to store validated or well-known plans for SQL statements in the form of Baselines, which can be very useful in diagnosing sudden performance degradations

7. This article is a systematic and comprehensive review, correlation, and assessment of test results available in the public domain which address the aerodynamic performance and control degradations caused by various types of ice Accretions on the lifting surfaces of fixed wing aircraft