However, as you can clearly see from the graphs, the trends are positive and some real progress has been made since 2000.

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Here are a few graphs from the St.

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If you're into your data, you can also access trigger statistics from the software, complete with graphs.

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The chart graphs the evolution of leading semiconductor forecasts (taken from company press releases) over the course of the last 12 months.

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This figure graphs the cancer occurrences in the survivors using data from the International Commission on Radiological Protection ( ICRP 1994).

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The concept, with its combination of elements from Facebook (Facebook Connect social graphs), Twitter (pithy comments) and Yelp (local listings and recommendations), seemed promising.

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But this year, the VGAs showed that the tech has uses far greater than charts and graphs, rather they use it to bring games into reality, and for all its hype from the producers, it is quite a sight to behold.

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Just as photos on camera phones needed Instagram's filters for their distribution to grow, and GPS chips went from preventing you from getting lost to Foursquare's social check-ins, so the physiological signals that are currently generating charts, graphs and analysis will eventually be moulded into more social experiences, he argues.

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