By 2003, the differences were less than the average for the period, thanks to a closing of the regulatory gap, but they persisted nonetheless.

幸好各国在管制上的差距有所缩小，因此2003年各国间的差异较此时期内的平均差异要小，不过管制仍然存在。

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Background and Objective: the gap junction plays an important role in the exchange of nutrients, ions, and regulatory molecules between cells.

背景与目的：间隙连接在细胞间的营养物质、离子和细胞调节因子的交换中起重要作用。

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On institutional connectivity, there is also a significant gap in the ability of existing institutions to promote connectivity due to various regulatory constraints or lack of capacity.

软件联通方面，由于各种管理限制或能力差距，现有规制在促进互联互通方面仍有很大不足。

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"To close this important gap in our regulatory structure, legislative action is needed that would subject all systemically-important financial institutions to the same framework for consolidated supervision that currently applies to bank holding companies."

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By 2003, the differences were less than the average for the period, thanks to a closing of the regulatory gap, but they persisted nonetheless.

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Adoption would fill in a major gap in the regulatory regime for derivatives.

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"At the moment, there is just a complete gap - there is no European regulatory regime for reusable space vehicles, and we need one, " he told BBC News.

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