While narrowing access isn't optimal for patient care, new UPI technology does make it possible.

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And the optimal policy response then is to subsidise clean technology research.

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We apply this neuroscience-based assessment and prediction technology to helping people find their optimal career path, and helping companies hire in a smarter and more diverse way.

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At this step some of the things to consider are process design for product identification, valuation, classification and separation and the supporting technology system implementation to have an optimal separation approach.

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When in fact, Smith says, the technology to create the projection was not optimal for Coachella, an outdoor concert in the middle of the desert.

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With this technology, marketers and content creators can quantify the optimal number of exposures for an ad.

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Griffin's new ChargeSensor technology senses the requirements of any device plugged into it, providing optimal charging for all USB-chargeable devices.

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Continued research should also find even more optimal use of necessary microbes, reduced material costs and improved function of the technology at commercial scales, OSU scientists said.

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Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers with Beamforming technology will precisely adjust, steer and monitor the direction and shape of the Wi-Fi signals in order to send data back and forth over the optimal path, resulting in up to two times the speed of routers without this technology in place.

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