Vernon Sumnicht, chief executive of iSectors, says the hedge-fund index was always the internal benchmark for the Liquid Alternatives model, but that the firm that reports iSectors' returns to advisers and clients wasn't able to obtain full access to the hedge-fund index data until recently.

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According to a new computer model, liquid methane in contact with a partially hydrogen-terminated diamond surface at extremely high pressures and temperatures spontaneously forms longer hydrocarbons, and hence the material of crude oil could be formed deep in the earth.

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This new camera model is part of the Liquid Image Xtreme Sport Cams (XSC) Brand Line which revolutionizes wearable cameras.

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The scientists used a powerful computer model to simulate how a liquid released at the spill site would disperse and circulate, producing results that are not dependent on the total amount released.

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Doshi has recruited engineers from Miami and Atlanta for his venture, but he got some key technology nearby: To perfect the design of a filter, he got computational engineers at the SimCenter at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to model thousands of air- and liquid-flow variables.

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This new model follows the concept of the original Liquid Image Underwater Digital Camera Mask by creating an easier way to record photos and videos.

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That includes pushing ahead with the next phase of NYSE's "hybrid" trading model, which pushes more trading in the most liquid stocks to an automated system and leaves the trading of more illiquid or highly volatile stocks in the hands of the specialists on the floor.

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Their working model is a shoebox-sized package of electronics and liquid-filled tubes, with a silicon chip at its core.

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Thain has attempted to work out a hybrid model that promotes greater use of electronic trading, especially among the most liquid stocks, while preserving a role for the floor.

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Last year he unveiled a hybrid model that, when in place sometime next year, will push the trading of the most liquid stocks on the exchange to an electronic system, while less liquid stocks will still be handled by the specialists on the floor.

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