No students' scores were lowered after the recalculation, meaning that some students who shouldn't have been eligible will remain in the running for seats.

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The new sets of overall weights are then used as a basis for a further recalculation, and the whole process is repeated until the values become stable.

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The recalculation of the West Indies target the previous day from an imposing 192 from 20 overs to just 60 from six with all their wickets in hand was not the best advert for the system, which appears to need a reassessment for Twenty20 cricket.

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The agency said in late January that it would process recalculation requests on an expedited basis and at no charge for patentees whose patents were issued before March 2 and who made their requests within 180 days of the date the patent was issued.

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