In each layer, electrons exist at a different level of energy, determined by the layer's thickness.

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" Steven Schoenfeld, head of international equity strategies for Barclays Global Investors in San Francisco says the current "opposition will add a new layer of concern at the underwriter level.

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True Protect is a multi-layer system to ensure the highest level of data integrity, combining the latest 128-bit error correction built into the Marvell controller with Plextor's exclusive firmware-based Robust Data Hold-out algorithm.

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Going forward, this level could translate into a layer of resistance.

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Only if the product introduces something truly new, such as soyabeans with a much-higher oil level than usual, is there an additional layer of scrutiny.

ECONOMIST: Food fights

The government's consultative green paper on London, published on July 29th, meets the desire of most movers and shakers in the capital, as well as most of its inhabitants judging from opinion polls, for a new layer of London government both to represent the city at national level and to help resolve a growing transport crisis.

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In the old system, Dole and its local partner shipped produce to Japanese brokers, who in turn worked through layer upon layer of independent brokers and distributors to move the goods down to the retail level.

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They face the drastic prospect of having to discard plans set out in the constitution for a new, more formal European layer of government, including an embryonic EU diplomatic service and more EU-level powers over key areas like immigration.

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Phase II includes cutting costs by removing an entire layer of operations management, which will see the bank shedding thousands of lower-level jobs.

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