The idea has proved effective in some rich-world grain silos, but Tanya Stathers, of Greenwich University in England, wanted to see if it would work in the smaller-scale and rather different conditions of storage found in the tropics.
Economic conditions and the scale of such projects mean that only the very brave will invest now, he says.
However, campaigner and marine biologist Dr Miles Hoskin said that the trial "won't represent the conditions of the full-scale dredge".
Finally, a specialist at University of California, Los Angeles said it would be faster and less expensive to do large-scale genetic sequencing rather than testing for conditions one by one.
It would probably end either with a humiliating extraction of the international inspectorate under fire or a full-scale war aimed at rescuing them under conditions that are sure to be less than optimal.
Foxconn's cost advantages from scale have waned as it works to improve factory conditions after a spate of high-profile worker suicides and accidents in recent years.
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Thanks to a broad collection of water sample, the Tara Oceans expedition allows a better understanding of the environmental conditions affecting the sampled organisms at a global scale.
It brings together industry players to tackle common challenges and create the conditions to achieve full financial inclusion on a global scale.
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But the biggest winners will be companies that can combine the advantages of scale with the agility to respond to fast-changing market conditions.
He would have endorsed any regime or client that made it possible to carry out artistically ambitious projects on a monumental scale for a vision unhampered by restrictions of money, existing conditions or social concerns.
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Second, the fighting is causing human suffering on an enormous scale, with more than 200, 000 people displaced and living in dangerous, miserable conditions.
That changed a lot when the heat of fire was used for boiling water into steam to drive industry, which became large scale and controlled by a few people with countless labourers and employees, whose smaller scale business had come to be totally outcompeted and had no choice but to accept the working conditions that suited these new tycoons.
While Google still needs to fulfill certain terms and conditions, a successful deal with a giant like GM would certainly brew interest in other large-scale corporations to incorporate the cloud.
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