What is the scale-up factor between what they actually demonstrated and what a commercial plant will be?
The results were ranked by seven researchers for originality, length, and complexity on a standardized three-point scale for each factor, along with detailed questionnaires.
In an industry in which economies of scale have been a big factor, size should give the bigger firm an advantage.
In particular, these companies plan to create GTL opportunities where gas byproduct from oil production is too far from pipelines and thus flared, and from smaller gas fields where scale has been a limiting factor.
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"Noise pollution is so ubiquitous that it may be a factor in some large-scale declines in biodiversity, " says Dr Barber.
Though Ms. Patrick is still 500 miles away from winning her first Sprint Cup race, ratings have a chance to surpass 10.0 on the Nielsen scale if she can be a legitimate factor deep into the race.
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They evaluated each factor on a five-point scale and also indicated how important it was to their overall happiness.
They evaluated each factor on a five-point scale and also indicated how important it was to their overall happiness at work.
The employees valued each factor on a five-point scale, and also indicated how important it was to their overall happiness at work.
Ultra-portable yet powerful and packed with features the new vjay for edition takes full advantage of the phone's widescreen aspect ratio (16:9) and replicates the wow factor of the existing iPad version on a palm-sized scale thanks to a dynamic user interface that automatically adapts to portrait and landscape orientation.
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Other highlights include a promise that HSDPA will factor into the company's 2007 plans, a wide-scale migration of the FastPort connector to the sides of the handsets, and a shortening of the span from announcement to release of UIQ-based models (a move we applaud).
They show that warming spells very like that of the past 100 years occurred repeatedly, long before the large-scale use of fossil fuels and the associated emissions of carbon dioxide gas were a possible factor.
Also announced during Tuesday's hour-long presentation to an audience of 500: Another four ad-supported, large-scale projects from DreamWorks Animation, Telepictures and Endemol USA, the reality-giant behind Big Brother and Fear Factor.
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