Quantitative volume reduction also effects the sensible (good working) parts.
Companies are in the process of testing a device that will replace lung volume reduction surgery for patients with emphysema and repair heart valves by going through the skin.
Instead, it's everything else that has been given the shuffle: a smaller Blu-ray drive and more clever overall construction appear to be the tickets to the 20 percent volume reduction compared to the last model.
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The only difference we've seen in teardowns is a smaller Blu-ray drive (which still spins at 2x for BD, 8x for DVD and 24x for CD) and a rearrangement of internals -- both of which make way for the volume and size reduction.
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However, in the present supply glut is gas, its reduction in gas volume transportation revenues may be offset by higher storage revenues from natural gas.
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Selling, general, and administrative expenses as well as manufacturing fixed costs were kept well under control, while the quarter was burdened by temporary inefficiencies related to the volume drop and an inventory reduction.
Needham's Monane notes that Merck 's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) cholesterol-blockbuster drug Zocor takes at least a year to show a statistically significant reduction in the volume of artery plaque.
Obesity causes impairments in lung function, such as a reduction in lung volume and an increase in the amount of oxygen used during breathing, but these on its own would not be enough to induce the condition.
In its latest results, Santander reported a 6% reduction in the total volume of loans held by its Spanish units, and the sale of 33, 500 Spanish homes it owned, helping to reduce its total exposure to real estate prices in the country by half, to 12.5bn euros.
Since 2005, General Mills has improved the nutrition profile of almost 70% of their US retail volume through initiatives like whole grain addition, and sodium and sugar reduction.
Gross profit percentage is expected to be in the range of 42.0% to 44.0%, reflecting a higher mix of branded sales volume and the launch of new products, together with a significant reduction in the private label business.
Lenovo has committed to packaging reduction, recently reducing packaging material by 20 percent of yearly volume, saving an additional 10 paper coffee cups per box shipped.
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It also means that the volume of reductions that will actually be achieved in practice is much smaller, supposing any reduction at all will be achieved by the target date of 2008-12.
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