Siemens used the show here to ask visitors to its stand to fill in a survey form about the SIMpad, but the company has no definite shipment plans for the device as yet, officials said.

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You would see some trend in the market and commission a survey or some other form of research.

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The process of deciding where to get involved begins when Warner Bros. solicits employee engagement in the form of a survey.

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The survey took the form of a questionnaire sent out to the 1, 161 fellows of the association.

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Still, more than 5, 000 librarians nationwide did complete the survey and sent it back to Manley as a form of protest against what he considers a bad case of censorship.

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Nonetheless, a survey by Cerulli Associates shows the number of advisors employing some form of tactical asset allocation is now at 61 percent, up 8.3 percent from 2010.

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The 47-year-old, a cartoonist himself, took three years to complete his survey, published in book form under the title Manga and War.

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The International Association of Chiefs of Police recently found in a survey of 800 law enforcement agencies that nearly nine out of 10 use some form of social media and more than half reported that social media have helped solve crimes.

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Nearly 7 percent of doctors say they are planning to change to some form of direct-pay care in the next three years, according to a survey of 13, 000 doctors done for the Physicians Foundation.

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The survey, carried out during the summer term, involved 8, 500 sixth form leavers -nearly a quarter of the total - from more than 200 private schools.

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