Still, the odds are stacked heavily against these approaches to the problem.

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Furthermore, some approaches to solving the problem seem unlikely to bear fruit.

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Tech firms are taking two main approaches to solving the problem.

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But in Europe, a clear-cut solution to the nursing crisis may prove to be elusive, as governments and international organizations have very different approaches to dealing with the problem.

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But what makes Sorger's method stand out is the difference in how it approaches the problem of scaling to the human body: the Swift scales, where other bicycles may simply get taller without increasing the wheel base.

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And it is a reason that this Administration has committed to a White House science fair this year, to showcase some of the more creative and sophisticated approaches to problem solving being taken by students across the country.

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His insight was outside the box thinking comes at the confluence of different experiences and different approaches to problem solving.

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The basic difference is that most folks see innovation as a brainstorming approach whereby you generate solutions then find problems for them to solve verses the more successful UCD style approaches that focus on redefining the problem, first.

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Many of these new approaches move beyond the now-traditional problem of the diversion of food crops to produce fuel.

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And a clear outcome we don't have in place at this point is the ability to compare two different policies that might achieve the same result - and let's just for the sake of argument say reducing the amount of drug dealing in a specific neighborhood - two different approaches that police might use to that particular problem.

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Further complicating the problem: The different international aviation authorities involved in the investigation already seem to be taking different approaches.

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