Abdulmutallab is certainly someone who should have gone through the full scanning process at least once, if not twice.

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The UKFPO announced on Tuesday that it had discovered "a potential error in the scanning process of the situational judgement test" and promised to manually re-mark all the affected sheets within a week.

BBC: Junior doctor

Breast cancer runs in families, women who are concerned will check their family history, and there is masses and masses of help now, the scanning process, which is how these women were first examined, is a part of it.

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This is a formidable undertaking: the process involves laser-scanning the caves, creating millimetre-perfect fibreglass replicas, and then painstakingly repainting each fresco.

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Even as the firm is reportedly scanning internal emails (which skeptics suggest is a fairly cosmetic process), Goldman shares have regained lost ground since the op-ed was published on March 14 while clients are publicly supportive.

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Still in its early prototype stages, the device is an attempt to do for 3D scanning what the Replicator and its ilk have done for printing -- i.e. democratize the process in such a way that makes it affordable and user-friendly enough to make it an appealing prospect for hobbyists and later consumers.

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"With mobeam-enabled applications, the checkout process becomes much easier for mobile users, and retailers don't incur the expense of overhauling their scanning technology, " said Chris Quinlan, founder and CEO of Ohana Companies, a leading provider of promotional marketing services.

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