Yet overall, he said, major industry players are clustering together, at a higher rate of frequency, in terms of the pace of their new-product introductions.

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How does the frequency of fast charging affect the rate of capacity loss?

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The vertical axis is conversion rate and the horizontal axis is frequency.

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The Federal Communications Commission limits cell phone radio frequency energy emissions, called the specific absorption rate (SAR), at 1.6 watts per kilogram, as measured over one gram of tissue.

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The Australian research focused on the thermal effects or specific absorption rate (SAR) of radio frequency radiation - a measure of its actual effects on brain tissue, whereas the earlier study simply looked at electromagnetic radiation levels.

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Nonetheless, the report notes that the frequency of bumping passengers increased, as did the overall rate of traveller complaints.

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But the rate of illness had no correlation with the frequency of chilies eaten, leading to speculation that other factors may be at work.

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Flynn asked them to rate themselves and their co-workers on the frequency they performed common office favors, such as helping with problem solving, providing a second opinion or sharing an especially heavy workload.

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"While a 150, 000-170, 000 per month trend in payrolls is far from booming, it is strong enough over time to keep the unemployment rate moving down, " said Jim O'Sullivan at High Frequency Economics.

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