Mersenne primes are most relevant to number theory, but most participants join Gimps for the fun of having a role in real research - and the chance of finding a new Mersenne prime.
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"This is the tip of the iceberg - more research is needed to discover the real magnitude of this, " he said.
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Some offer their members a wide variety of third-party research and analysis and the transparency offered by the posting of real-time transaction data so that participants can make informed investment decisions.
However Ben Page, chief executive of research firm Ipsos-Mori, told the BBC he believed the real marketing power of Twitter lies not with "historical" material, but with real-time search.
In the fourth quarter, the average vacancy for big-box centers in the top 60 U.S. markets was 6.1%, down from a recent high of 7.4% in the first quarter of 2010, according to real-estate research firm Reis Inc.
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Beauty brands need to get over their phobia of real research and come out from behind the two-way focus group mirror, where insights are bound to be limited.
Forrester Research estimates that real-time bidding will constitute 18% of the online display-ad market this year, up from 13% last year.
In their research paper, the two scientists say that using a mixture of archived news reports and real-time data, they were able to see links between droughts and storms in parts of Africa and cholera outbreaks.
Real concerns arise when research is done on one group for the benefit of another -- for instance if research performed in Uganda was used to develop better HIV prevention techniques that were then only used in the United States.
Yet research reported in the Annual Review of Public Health suggests a link between violent video games and real-life aggression: Given the opportunity, both adults and children were more aggressive after playing violent games.
In research performed at the University of Clermont-Ferrand in France, subjects were asked to interpret real vs. fake smiles, while holding a pencil in their mouths to repress the muscles that help us smile.
The prime objective of Dr. Donoho's research is to apply mathematical and statistical tools to solve real-life problems, said Prof.
Run by the University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC), SWIFT seeks to combine the use of low-cost real-time energy monitoring technology and an administrative model incorporating university research.
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This same theme came across during portions of the HBO Real Sports special that similarly conducted investigative research to uncover illegal benefits being received by student-athletes at various schools.
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For those who think my analogy too facile, check out the research of MIT economist Amy Finkelstein, who has shown that half of the six-fold rise in real per-capita health spending from 1950 to 1990 can be explained by the introduction of Medicare.
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"Everything but '.com' is less valuable real estate today, " says Mark Goldstein, president of the Arizona-based International Research Center, a technology consulting firm.
"The buzz is out and people want to explore the condominium potential of various sites, " said Gail Lissner, vice president of Appraisal Research Counselors, a Chicago real-estate research firm.
It takes a scientifically tested, research-led approach to brand valuation in to quantify brand popularity and relevance within the real-life cultural interests of consumers.
Real estate firm CBRE Research's most recent survey of office rents found that Tokyo was the most expensive--with the prime business districts of Mumbai close behind.
The weaponry and combat vehicles of the future Black Ops 2 suggests well-researched military advancements, and putting all of this research for gamers to use before real modern combat feels like a morbid privilege.
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