In particular, she described her research experiment to apply the ideas of semantic analysis to what people discuss in a social site like Twitter.

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The prime objective of Dr. Donoho's research is to apply mathematical and statistical tools to solve real-life problems, said Prof.

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The old aphorism about six degrees of separation may not apply any more, Facebook research Lars Backstrom reported.

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For long-term investors the best way to apply such research is with dogged discipline, regardless of how quaint your strategy seems during bull market cocktail parties.

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Working with the United Nations Outreach Programme on the Holocaust and other key partners, including the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research, UNESCO promotes the development and use of educational resources that apply the lessons of the Holocaust.

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The 11- year-old company, which was founded by a research scientist, spent years constructing a computational model of hearing, then decided to apply its technology to voice enhancement.

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However, it is less widely understood that the PCA also proposed two governmental bodies to broadly apply cost effectiveness research in order to develop guidelines to govern the practice of, and payment for, medical care.

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