The hope is that pairing up researchers and businesses will hasten the development of material and component manufacturing processes for the carbon-based substance, and make it possible for graphene to find its way into products such as flexible electronics, batteries and faster processors.

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These new techniques give scientists and engineers the tools to explore the role of colloidal and small particulate material in natural waters and in water treatment processes.

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Like many chemical companies, Huntsman suffered from rapidly escalating petroleum costs, which is used as a raw material, to power its processes and transport its goods.

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The Commission has been repeatedly criticized by the Government Accountability Office for material weaknesses in its financial reporting and accounting processes, an extraordinary embarrassment for the agency responsible for evaluating the financial statements of all companies whose shares are sold to the public.

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His positive stance is based in part on the increasing efforts at simplifying back-office processes, lower raw material costs, and a better business mix.

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How efficient are the manufacturing processes from material use, energy consumption, emission and waste generation viewpoints?

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With the oversight of senior management and our audit committee, we have begun taking steps and plan to take additional measures to remediate the underlying causes of the material weakness, primarily through the development and implementation of formal policies, improved processes and documented procedures, as well as the hiring of additional finance personnel.

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The former officials also offered details regarding Niger's processes for monitoring and transporting uranium that suggested it would be very unlikely that material could be illicitly diverted.

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