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The enhanced result of two or more people, groups or organizations working together. In other words, one and one equals three! It comes from the Greek "synergia," which means joint work and cooperative action. The word is used quite often to mean that combining forces produces a better product. However, in the field of software development, synergy is not the result. In many cases, the more people assigned to a programming job, the more the quality suffers. See Freedman's law. |
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Key statement: A polyolefin woven fabric coat with a soft tactile ethylenic elastomer and thermoplastic vulcanizate combination performs in a synergistic fashion to obtain more pleasing soft tactile characteristic than is available with either elastomer or thermoplastic vulcanizate alone. With this move, Merck aims to reinforce its foundations in Japan, while achieving synergistic effects for each operation. Dr Anthony Welch, from the Division of Nursing and Midwifery at RMIT, said studies suggested an increased prevalence of depression among adults and early adolescents with diabetes, with the interaction between depression and diabetes having a synergistic effect on mortality and the development of complications and disability. |
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