The new study (which can be found here) collected data on the career paths of 336 SEC lawyers and their involvement in 284 SEC enforcement actions from 1990 through 2007.

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This process of considering multiple medical factors and discovering and evidencing solution paths in large volumes of data reflects the core capabilities of the Watson technology.

ENGADGET: Cleveland Clinic and IBM team up to make Watson a Doctor (video)

Adaptive learning is a method of education that seeks to personalize learning by using sophisticated algorithmic technology to continually assess students' knowledge, skill and confidence levels and design targeted study paths based on the resulting data to bolster students' understanding in the areas where they need to improve the most.

ENGADGET: McGraw-Hill reveals the SmartBook: an 'adaptive' e-book for students

In the past, researchers have used data from planes that fly criss-crossing paths over Greenland to assess the extent of its ice sheets.

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What this means is that iFACTS uses data from both aircraft and Nats itself to calculate flight paths, ascent and descent details.

BBC: Why air traffic control still needs the human touch

US-based scientists analysed data from tiger sharks tagged with acoustic transmitters, and found that they took directed paths from place to place.

BBC: Sharks navigate using 'mental maps'

The data that we throw off as we move around the Web--browsing habits, navigation paths, origins and destinations--have always been enormously valuable for the sites we visit.

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