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Three S. cerevisiae expression datasets were examined individually, including the "Compendium" set, composed of expression profiles in response to 300 diverse mutations and chemical treatments [ 5 ] ; the "MAPK" set, composed of 56 conditions chosen to probe the behavior of MAPK signal transduction [ 6 ] ; and the "Cell Cycle" set, composed of 77 conditions relevant to the cell cycle [ 7 ] . Combinations of these datasets were also examined, for a total of five different sets that allowed us to compare the utility of data that probes specific biological processes, such as MAPK signaling or the cell cycle, and that which probes the state of the cell more broadly, such as the Compendium set and the combined sets.
Sheehy's psychological biography of the first lady is deemed old news by the critics ("compartmentalization, the need of children of alcoholics to please and Hillary the enabler, who feels closest to Bill when she's saving him from impending disaster") that will be of use only as a "compendium of all the previous reporting on the Clintons' marriage" for "people who have been trapped in a mine for the last few years" (Gail Collins, the New York Times Book Review ). The Washington Post 's "Reliable Source" column has had a field day pointing out factual errors in the book over the past few weeks.
In the merest quibble, the word limbeck ( Macbeth , I, 7) is missing from Professor Spevack's compendium, although it appears to be standard usage in most editions of Macbeth.
This compendium of information on proper housekeeping gets a tongue-bath from the critics: "It's an extraordinary achievement that has no peer in this century and may well have none in the next" (Laura Shapiro, Time ). The author, a former lawyer with a Ph.D. in philosophy, is no Heloise.
The 120 inscriptions here amount to a compendium of ancient Chinese illnesses and treatments.
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