"Billionaire activity has been concentrated on high-end urban centers rather than leisure properties in the surrounding countryside or regional sunbelts, " said Yolande Barnes, head of world research at Savills.
"There was plenty of speculation Zynga was getting referrals within the Facebook community that other gaming companies weren't getting which helped drive web traffic to Zynga games, " Digital World Research chief executive PJ McNealy said.
The math has changed in recent months and years, as government efforts to curb property inflation from the influx of foreign buyers have resulted in new fees and taxes, says Yolande Barnes, head of world research at Savills.
This type of tag, however, requires a buoy to carry the aerial, and this is attached to the shark by a ten-metre-long line. (The line is needed because the sharks themselves rarely break the surface, and the transmitter cannot signal to the satellite from under water.) Two American biologists, Scott Eckert and Brent Stewart, from the Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute in San Diego, have had some success with satellite tracking.
The modern-day city has several world class research institutes, colleges and progressive environmental NGOs.
World Bank research suggests that they are 25% more expensive than India's, but 50% more productive.
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World Bank research suggests that legal tangles over land tenure hobble efforts to upgrade them.
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But efforts like World Coffee Research, which aim to persuade competitors to tackle common problems, face obstacles.
"The east of England has this very large concentration of world class research, " says Prof Mike Bevan from the John Innes Centre.
At least 13, 000 premature deaths from cancer could be prevented each year in the UK, says the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).
The director's future ambition is to create a world class research library whose primary specialisation will be the civilisations of the eastern Mediterranean.
Professor Steve Smith, president of the organisation, which represents all UK universities, said funding is already "strongly weighted towards world leading research and internationally excellent research".
World Bank research shows that more than 40 percent of healthcare spending in China goes to purchasing medicine, a disproportionately high amount compared to other countries.
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In addition, World Bank research showed that some 62% of Chinese exports to America and 48% of exports to the European Union faced non-tariff barriers in 1993.
Dr Rachel Thompson, of the World Cancer Research Fund, said the report added to the "now overwhelmingly strong evidence that our cancer risk is affected by our lifestyles".
Branko Milanovic, lead economist for the World Bank research group, sent me this comparative analysis based on household income or consumption surveys worldwide, adjusted for purchasing power differences.
Ventures like World Coffee Research must also overcome friction with national research institutions that often aim to protect local interests, notably in Ethiopia, believed to be the fatherland of Arabica.
The Planet Under Pressure conference is organized by Diversitas, the International Programme of Biodiversity Science, the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, and the World Climate Research Programme.
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But in this week's Scrubbing Up, Dr Rachel Thompson, deputy head of science at World Cancer Research Fund, says that good work is being undermined by the contents of hospital vending machines.
The survey findings are backed up by a recent poll for the World Cancer Research Fund which reported that just one in five Britons eats the recommended levels of fruit and veg.
Hence, a 1% fall in economic output increases infant mortality by 7.4 deaths per 1, 000 girls against 1.5 for boys, said Mr Chapman, citing World Bank research into previous crisis in 59 countries.
"The holy grail is a heat-resistant varietal that provides quality coffee, " says Patrick Criteser, chief executive of Coffee Bean International, which supplies the private-label coffees to such retailers as Target and Kroger and is part of World Coffee Research.
The publication was commissoned in conjunction with Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS), the International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (ICACGP), The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR).
As such, they form an essential component of marine observing systems established as part of the World Weather Watch, the World Climate Research Programme, the Global Ocean Observing System, the Global Climate Observing System and other meteorological and oceanographic operational and research programmes.
Gibson also notes that the World Cancer Research Fund review was based on just six studies (the other reviews ranged from 12 to over 80 studies) and that the original finding was much weaker than the one that appeared in the final document, raising questions as to why the editors rejected the conclusions of their researchers.
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Take an optional tour of the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island, where you can observe scientists from all over the world conducting biological research.
It is claimed that Scotland already has world-class research in smart grids and related technologies.
We do need world class academic research being done, and that is done by an elite.
We have led the world in scientific research and technological breakthroughs that have transformed millions of lives.
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Also, the large Corus company have said that they want a world centre for research and development here.
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