They make up just 25 percent of the workforce in the science and technical fields.

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In technical fields, it is possible to create specialised databases that improve the accuracy of the spoken responses considerably.

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At the graduate level, international students generally represent half to two-thirds of new U.S. degree holders in key technical fields.

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CRTC's responsibilities limited to technical fields such as frequency management, with the courts policing media output by applying hate and libel laws.

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Jude with new growth platforms in emerging technical fields.

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And the important thing is that you have a good, solid background in the technical fields -- the science, the technology, the engineering and the math -- to build on that, because once everyone comes and is selected as an astronaut, we all train generically for space flight, and then we train specifically for our mission.

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Young people have a broad range of other options at their disposal, including private schools that offer credentials in technical and vocational fields and extensive training programs run by employers.

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Similar teaching programs already exist for narrow fields, especially in technical areas of philosophy.

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But to take advantage of these new opportunities African countries will need to strengthen its technical capacity, especially in the engineering fields.

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As a graduate from MIT, I am very passionate about students pursuing technical subjects in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields.

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An important geophysical and technical subtext in the data: growth in offshore production has come entirely from the technically challenging deep water fields, not the older and more numerous shallow water regions.

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