Interestingly enough, the distribution of this trend is significantly narrower than that of the IOPS requirement, even though IOPS is a function of latency and bandwidth.

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"If the world's public health community does not correct this trend, the ability of many health systems to function will be seriously jeopardised, " it says.

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The recent uptrend in gold is one example of the trend and the euphoria surrounding it taking precedent over normal market function.

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