Research opportunities include research in the areas of compact energy storage and pulsed power, aerothermal protection systems for flight vehicles, high-strength and dielectric structural materials, and system interfaces between high-power loads and platform power distribution networks.

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Powerful structural factors will continue to reinforce the relative strength of the emerging world.

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Moody's placed Sony's long-term credit rating under review for a possible downgrade, citing the yen's strength, weak demand and "structural challenges" at the onetime king of consumer electronics.

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Auditors aren't structural engineers who can assess a building's strength, which is a job for the government, Mr. Berzau said.

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Auditors are not structural engineers who can assess a building's strength, which is a job for the government, Mr. Berzau said.

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Then, there is the emphasis the commission is now placing on the so-called structural budget deficit, a measure designed to express the underlying strength or weakness of the budget that irons out the impact of swings in growth.

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"In our electronics division, with strength in audiovideo products, a recovery in semiconductors and components, and structural reforms, we are making steady progress in improving profitability, " Sony chief executive officer Nobuyuki Idei said in a statement.

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