Research/development global trends

A Maack Scheidl Partnership CH-8804 Au/near Zurich, Switzerland Tel +41-1-781 3040 Fax +41-1-781 1569 http //www.MBSpolymer.com Plastics technology and marketing business service, which organizes global conferences, and edits a range of reports and studies, which focus on important worldwide aspects of polymer research, development, production, and end uses. Provides updates on plastic costs, pricing, forecast, supply/demand, and analysis. Identified early in the cycle are trends in production, products and market segments. 

In addition, the color of the material must be matched to the theme of the car and the leather or fabric seats being utilized. Designers will often draw inspiration from other design disciplines, such as industrial design, fashion, or aeronautics. Research is conducted into global trends in design for projects two to three model years in the future. Trend boards are created from this research in order to keep track of design influences as they relate to the automobile industry. Themes and concepts are developed to refine vehicle models further. 

Research and development of recombinant DNA technology has recently been expanding more and more rapidly. Global trends exemplified by the genome projects begin to exert profound effects on the future strategy of development, but those are beyond the scope of this brief review. 

The spread of steroid research on a world-wide basis is typical of a phenomenon in research in which trends develop spontaneously, resulting in global research teams and remarkably well balanced but competitive programs. Equally spontaneous is the assumption of leadership in guiding such trends usually one can identify a few pioneers who were responsible for shaping the course of the overall effort even though it is widespread. 

Finally let us consider the broader picture Why should we think that lowering the standards of research will benefit developing countries The infamous 10/90 gap shows an opposite trend the existence of a deep imbalance in global research funding. Less than 10 per cent of the US 50-60 billion spent on health research per year is devoted to diseases that account for 90 per cent of the global disease burden. (The report reveals serious imbalances in global funding - see the editorial from the Lancet 2000 Vol. 355 1706.)... 

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