Specialty metals include metals like rare earth elements, which are being used more often in applications such as consumer electronics, solar panels and magnets used to power hybrid vehicles.

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Marketers and politicians can query these panels with questions about consumer sentiment and preferences and receive results overnight.

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The remaining divisions were however affected by a sluggish economy and weak seasonality, which caused sales of consumer appliances as well as demand for display panels to decline in the developed markets.

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The witnesses are likely to be grouped into three panels, on airports, airlines and the consumer, environmental and freight sectors.

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You may favor a more consumer-driven type of system, or one that relies less on panels of experts.

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GaN switches convert power at higher frequencies than traditional components and can be easily embedded in virtually any electrical system from consumer electronics products to computer servers, HVAC equipment, industrial motor drives, and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles.

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