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Physiologic studies with small numbers of participants are by nature underpowered to detect meaningful population differences, but may provide a starting point when such data are not available.
This is a prelude to a planned full-fledged boycott starting Nov. 23.
The NYT lead and front-pagers at the LAT and WP all report that finance ministers from 11 countries yesterday celebrated the first technical step towards a common European currency--formally locking in the rate of exchange of their individual currencies with the euro, which provides the starting point for trade in the new currency come Monday.
Our BAC-based physical map of the autosomes [ 11] was used as a starting point for sequence assembly of the second chromosome.
Even for the most intrepid and socially conscious of graduates, starting a practice requires a giant leap of faith, and more than a little guesswork.