Abbott (nyse: ABT - news - people ) shares were down 3.9% in morning trading on mixed results for the heart-failure drug, levosimendan or Simdax, and another drug, Tricor, which was aimed at further reducing heart problems in diabetics on top of conventional therapy.

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Abbott shares were down 3.9% in morning trading on mixed results for the heart-failure drug, levosimendan or Simdax, and another drug, Tricor, which was aimed at further reducing heart problems in diabetics on top of conventional therapy.

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The fall is largely down to a reduction in households where people are inactive and a rise in mixed households - those containing some people in work and some who are not.

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Unlike the more familiar turbojet, which uses a turbine-powered fan to compress the incoming air before it is mixed with fuel, a ramjet compresses air by forcing it down an ever-narrowing funnel.

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Students from other parts of the UK receive subsidies for their tuition fees - but despite this the picture was mixed, with applications from Wales and Scotland down 3.9% and 1% respectively and applications from Northern Irish students up 2%.

BBC: Record numbers apply to competitive university courses

More than at mixed-gender conferences, same-sex events offer a chance for women to let their hair down.

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The MREAL System for Mixed Reality (that's the full name -- or, if you want to drill down even further: the headset is the HM-A1 and the software platform is MP-100) generates video of one's surroundings using a pair of cameras positioned in front of the wearer's eyes, which is combined with computer-generated graphics.

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