But perhaps the biggest red flag is the potential for conflict of interest, as a small number of researchers look to start up what could be a big new research field for academics and industry alike.
By applying market-research techniques to a new field, he came up with a colorful, gamelike medical questionnaire that became the basis for the new company he heads, Tonic Health of Palo Alto, Calif.
The estate once belonged to their great-great-uncle, Arthur Spiderwick (David Strathairn), a naturalist whose field research revealed some unexpected new species: fairies, goblins and the like.
The details come from a report in The New York Times, which couches the news by explaining that the paper has not yet gone through peer review, an academic process by which new research is first vetted by others in the field.
The DSM is supposed to reflect the current knowledge in the field and some of the latest research is too new to use as a basis for changing the framework of how mental illness is diagnosed, say DSM leaders.
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Todd Gray, chairman and president of Autonomous ID, said this new CMU lab gives his company the needed research and development boost to field trial the primary identity apparatus dubbed BioSole and its cloud connected automation suite governing the access and use of controlled resources.
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Microfinance practitioners, academics, and investors are gathering in New York for a three day conference to discuss research and innovations in the field.
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Together with the Tate in London and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, they have established the New Art Trust, which will pay for acquisitions and sponsor critical research in the field of media art.
Unlike regulations promulgated by EPA, which are designed to punish those within the industry, FDA regulations encourage innovation in the field by fast-tracking life-saving new drugs and offering independent research for all drug manufacturers.
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Together with our colleagues of the INQUA (International Union for Quaternary Research) focus area group on palaeoseismology and active tectonics, IGCP 567 started a new tradition of joint field workshops.
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New York has devoted millions of dollars in tax incentives to attract high-tech jobs through the research college center and it is a critical tool for New York to compete globally in the high-technology field.
The new paradigm changes the way scientists look at the world, as well as the direction of future scientific research in the field.
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