While inflation may fundamentally result from too great a creation of money, the proximate or immediate cause of its actual development is much more a function of expectations of what will happen next.

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The degree of commitment the nation should make to natural gas as a strategic resource (accepting but managing the impact of development), is very much a function of the size of the prize.

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O-GlcNAc is essential for human function, but also affects the development of diseases such as cancer, diabetes and dementia.

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With that in mind, I believe that a traditional in house GC will acts more as a function of the legal arm of a company rather than business development.

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Cyclopamine, it turns out, blocks the function of a gene called Sonic hedgehog that is essential for embryonic development but also plays a lead role in causing deadly cancers of the pancreas, skin, prostate and esophagus.

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In addition to their function in social and cultural expressions, the continuation of beads production is important for economic empowerment and sustainable development.

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It is these attributes that allow the company to function as a small market cap company but still do the clinical development traditionally limited to the domain of big pharma.

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