Take a look at your entire career and make a list of the benefits your clients, customers or employers have derived from your work.

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That conflicts not only with the limbic-system theory but also with earlier reports of a so-called God Spot that derived partly from work conducted on epileptics.

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But given the intense coverage these firms receive, I wondered if a focus on data derived from analyst work-product might be one way to get an edge.

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Furthermore, Kramer believes that the dissatisfaction derived from the work-life trade-offs may also be eased by company-supported flexible work policies, including paid vacation, flexible work arrangements or telecommuting and compressed workweeks.

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He claims much of his comedy is derived from non-work related personal observations, such as his upbringing as an Italian Catholic.

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My company LRN conducted an independent statistical analysis of how things actually work at companies, small and large, derived from a lengthy and rigorous empirical study of observations from 36, 000 employees in 18 countries conducted by the Boston Research Group, The Center for Effective Organizations at University of Southern California and Research Data Technology, Inc.

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Big manufacturers, such as Renault and Peugeot, have even grown to love the 35-hour work-week, for the greater flexibility they have derived from it.

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The rules could be fairly simple, Liivak said: If researchers can demonstrate they derived the genes on their own, and only used the patented genes afterward to check their work, they get a pass.

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