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Moreover, as implied above, if microarray data contain no negative expression levels (a natural proposition), it is likely that the distribution of z above is closer to the true distribution of microarray data than is the distribution of the ratio of true normal distributions.
These are lashings to cinch the shrouds in closer to the mast, to allow the yards a few extra degrees of swing.
101Yet Jarrah clearly differed from the other hijackers in that he maintained much closer contact with his family and continued his intimate relationship with Senguen.
A widow's suggestion to the court makes everybody's story: "Lock him so far down that when he dies, he'll be closer to hell."
In other words, if our goal is to replicate a colorblind world, a world with some forms of racial affirmative action comes closer than a world without it.