But scientists count deaths from any cause to measure drugs, because it prevents fudging of data and takes side effects into account.

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It called for the authority to look into using other data sources to measure population figures - such as the National Insurance number register, GP lists and council tax records.

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It will also slow down the speedy return of data from an experiment to measure winds on Titan.

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It is a debate that must be had in the political arena, based on data designed to measure the success of affirmative action and the expectations we have as to what might happen were we to end these programs.

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Friedberg said Weatherbill could use data from microwave satellites to measure the density of clouds on a minute by minute basis, enabling it to build a long range model of rainfall around the world.

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