Los Alamos National Security (LANS) operates the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multi-program research center known for work on nuclear weapons and national security issues. Armed with an annual budget exceeding $2 billion, scientists perform applied and basic research in such areas as earth science, materials science, and physics. As part of the Manhattan Project, the lab developed the first atomic bombs during World War II. One of the national laboratories under the supervision of the US Department of Energy (DOE), it was established in 1943 and is funded by the DOE. LANS is comprised of Bechtel National, the University of California, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, and Washington Group International.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) provides basic and applied scientific research services and facilities to both government agencies and private industries in such areas as energy and the environment, fundamental and computer sciences, and national security. PNNL has about 4,200 scientists, engineers, and staff members. The lab is funded and managed by the US Department of Energy, but it is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute. PNNL was established in 1965. Since its inception, it has received more than 1,600 patents.

Universities Research Association (URA) is a consortium of 89 research-oriented universities organized in 1965 to oversee and operate selected national research facilities. The URA and the University of Chicago are the prime contractors in charge of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), one of the world's largest high-energy particle accelerators. (The URA was the sole contractor from 1967-2006). The URA also manages the $100 million Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory Project. URA receives funding primarily from the US Department of Energy, NASA, and the National Science Foundation. Universities Research Association, Inc. membership mostly consists of US universities but also includes institutions from Canada, Italy, and Japan.

The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) provides independent research on the performance of workers' comp systems. So Workers Compensation Research Institute can focus on unbiased studies and information gathering, the not-for-profit organization doesn't take positions on public policy issues. Among the topics on which WCRI conducts research are the performance of different workers' comp systems, system costs, and effects of regulatory changes. Members of WCRI, who support the institute's work and receive its reports, include insurers, government entities, and large employers. WCRI was founded in 1983.

Aberdeen conducts probing research studies across all aspects of business and technology with 100s of companies participating in each research study to assure research depth and quality. Aberdeen’s research depth is context rich and provides specific insight by industry sector, company size, and geography, as well as by business process and technology.Aberdeen’s fact-based research is delivered on-demand in the Aberdeen Research Channels, an on-line research and content delivery platform that brings buyers and sellers of technology together to “tune in” to a common forum to explore the “facts that matter” on technology-driven business value.

About Marketing Solutions aims to help its clients do a better job of pitching their products to the US Hispanic market. The company offers information on such topics as world migration trends and consumer demographics, and it provides services such as behavioral assessments, competitive analysis, and organizational readiness assessment. Over the years, clients have included Coca-Cola, Harris Bank, and Kraft Foods. President and CEO Terry Soto, a native of Ecuador and an advertising industry veteran, founded About Marketing Solutions in 2001.

Abt SRBI is a full-service global strategy and research organization specializing in public policy and opinion surveys, banking and finance, telecommunications, media, energy, transportation, insurance and health care. Clients include major financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, federal, state and local governments, foundations and universities. Abt SRBI has an established track record of providing high quality, timely and cost effective research and analysis.Abt SRBI is a member of the National Council on Published Polls (NCCP) and the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO). We strictly abide by the codes of standards and disclosure of these organizations.

Acacia Research Corporation, through its subsidiaries, acquires, develops, licenses, and enforces patented technologies in the United States. It assists patent owners with the prosecution and development of their patent portfolios, the protection of their patented technologies from unauthorized use, the generation of licensing revenue from users of their patented technologies, and the enforcement against unauthorized users of their patented technologies. The company owns or controls the rights to 140 patent portfolios, which include primarily the United States patents, covering technologies used in various industries. It serves individual inventors, and small and large companies.

Adler-Weiner Research Chicago is fully prepared to meet your focus group requirements. The research firm conducts qualitative and quantitative market research from its facilities in Chicago and Los Angeles. The company conducts its research using surveys and focus groups tracking the opinions of children, consumers, professionals, and physicians. Adler-Weiner also provides such market research services as store audits, on-site studies, taste tests, and in-person interviews.

AKKA Technologies group provides guidance on projects involving the design, testing, and mass production of new industrial products and technologies. About two-thirds of the group's business comes from IT and systems engineering consulting, while the remainder represents its expertise in process and mechanical engineering. The aeronautics industry (responsible for designing airplane hydraulics systems, for instance) is AKKA Technologies' largest customer segment; it also serves the automotive, aerospace/defense, consumer electronics, energy, pharmaceutical, and rail industries.

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