Patent application not only has a positive relation with the current year's gross profit, but also has the lag effect of 1-2 years on gross profit.

专利申请量不但与当年主营业务利润显著正相关，而且对随后的主营业务利润还存在1-2年的滞后效应。

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On the autocorrelation issue: The models have a much larger range of lag-1 autocorrelation coefficients (0.66 to 0.95 for T2LT, and 0.69 to 0.95 for T2) than the UAH or RSS data (which range from 0.87 to 0.89).

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Its consolidated-profit margins, at 0.1% of revenue last year, lag behind those of other chaebol.

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Fujifilm claims they've worked through the pixel noise problems that can accompany massive megapixel sensors (we'll have to see about that), but at the very least the S9000 has a 10.7x optical zoom lens, a 1.8-inch tilting LCD screen, a 0.01 second shutter lag time, dual xD and CompactFlash memory card slots, and can capture RAW images.

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