improve on/upon something

Examples of improving

improving

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Improving the readability of time frequency and time scale representations by the reassignment method.
Instead, they focused on the dominant urban health discourse surrounding reducing the cases of contagious diseases and improving hygiene.
For any universe, and for every person in that universe, improving the life of that person is a way to improve that universe.
Among the plant species employed, perennial herbaceous legumes intercropped with fruit trees present great potential for improving plant production in orchards5,6.
Their approach to improving precision of type analysis is different from ours.
The other was directed at improving achievement in first graders and, because of space and complexity, will not be reported here.
Reducing corruption therefore seems to be of key importance for improving environmental quality especially in developing countries.
Section 3 reviews what we know and need to know about these different types of pension fund actions aimed at improving corporate governance.
People also gave their garden produce to their relatives and neighbors, thus improving social linkages among families.
Such an approach would be an important step in improving the overall use of broad-spectrum antibiotics and curtailing the development of resistant micro-organisms.
But with respect to improving payment of service charges the results are dubious.
After a period of monopoly, the new processes diffuse to economies capable of absorbing, and often improving upon, the techniques.
Indirect measurement of results in a project for improving socialization among the elderly.
Although the videophone technolog y is improving rapidly, it does take some time to adapt and realize the limitations that are still apparent.
Many of these were envisioned as artistic undertakings that would ameliorate the urban environment, such as improving water supplies or cleaning up decayed neighborhoods.
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