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We have collected several valuable lessons that will help improve transcriptomics experimentation. These lessons relate to experiment design, execution, and analysis. The cautions, but also the pointers, may help biologists avoid common pitfalls in transcriptomics experimentation and achieve better results with their transcriptome studies.

This interesting articles suggest that successful salespeople need not always exhibit extrovert tendencies, nor will salespeople be at a complete disadvantage if they introverts. The author works on a concept proposed by bestselling author Daniel Pink and proposes the ambivert (referring to an individual who falls between an extrovert and an introvert) as the ones who are more likely to be succ...

BACKGROUND Predators can have profound impacts on the dynamics of their prey that depend on how predator consumption is affected by prey density (the predator's functional response). Consumption by a generalist predator is expected to depend on the densities of all its major prey species (its multispecies functional response, or MSFR), but most studies of generalists have focussed on their func...

The expression of flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMOs) in dog liver microsomes was suggested by a high methimazole S-oxidase activity. When the reaction was catalyzed by dog liver microsomes, apparent V(max) and K(m) values were 6.3 nmol/min/mg and 14 microM, respectively. This reaction was highly inhibited (73%) in the presence of imipramine, but it was also weakly affected by trimethylamin...

Annually approximately 400,000 American children receive treatment for dog bites. Young children are at greatest risk and are frequently bitten following behavior that provokes familiar dogs. This study investigated the effects of child temperament on children's interaction with dogs. Eighty-eight children aged 3.5-6 years interacted with a live dog. Dog and child behaviors were assessed throug...

We review briefly some examples that would support an extended role for quantitative sensitivity analysis in the context of model-based analysis (Section 1). We then review what features a quantitative sensitivity analysis needs to have to play such a role (Section 2). The methods that meet these requirements are described in Section 3; an example is provided in Section 4. Some pointers to furt...