Without sound clinical oversight most people will be left in charge of a significant amount of information of uncertain significance and little direction as to where to go for reliable interpretation.

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By sensing the amount of dynamic acceleration, it can calculate the direction the device is moving.

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From the direction of the reflections, and the amount of time their arrival is delayed, it can calculate the position of something as far as 200km (125 miles) away.

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Under Scandinavian direction for the past half-decade, it has elicited an impressive amount of Arctic co-operation, including on scientific research, mapping and resource development.

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The amount of time they devote can be especially vital to first-time entrepreneurs, who need direction or want to tap into a venture investor's vast network.

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Even after they went public the top leadership and founder maintained a significant amount of stock so they could follow a vision and ignore pushes from the market to change direction.

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Due to the compounding of daily returns, returns over periods other than one day will likely differ in amount and possibly direction from the target return for the same period.

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Under the direction of Dr Sheelagh Campbell, they have now devised a process in which a small amount biocide is added to the electrolyte.

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While nobody but the fast-money crowd enjoys a range-bound market, the fact that there is still a fair amount of uncertainty on any number of topics appears to be keeping the indices from straying too far in either direction at the present time.

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