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In Silico Technologies in Drug Target Identification and Validation 

The following example shows how BioPerl can be used to read protein sequences from a FASTA file and find signal peptide cleavage sites. The file format is inferred from the file extension. fa. 

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The resulting ODM XML file produced by the XML LIBNAME engine is very similar to the one produced by PROC CDISC. However, PROC CDISC allows you to specify and pass more of the metadata information along to the XML file. If you need to create customized XML files for a sponsor that do not match the ODM specification, you can use the SAS XML Mapper and the XML LIBNAME engine to write your own custom XML files. 

Writing Your Own Plug-in Functions or Integration Methods... 

As you work through this module (chapters 2-7), you will be writing your own Journal-guallty paper. Your finished paper will Rewritten for an expert audience, be organized into appropriate sections (title, abstract. Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections, and references), and contain at least one table or figure. The final paper must... 

What ideas do these articles give you about ways to write your own Methods section ... 

Read the Results sections of the journal articles thatyou collected during your literature search (starting with Writing on Your Own task 2C). As you read these articles, pay attention to how the authors organized their results and what results they chose to emphasize in both text and graphics. What ideas do these articles give you about ways to write your own Results section ... 

Give three examples of how reading and analyzing excerpts of Results sections has (1) improved your ability to write your own Results section and/ or (2) changed your approach to writing your own Results section. Explain. 

Which excerpt assisted you the most in writing your own Results section Why was it so helpful ... 

By now, you should have made good progress writing your own Discussion section thus, it is time to refine and edit your work. Focus on each of the areas specified below. Refer to chapter 18 to guide you in the revision process. 

How has knowing the typical move structure of a Discussion section helped you write your own Discussion section ... 

Before you begin writing your own abstract and title, make a list of keywords that another researcher might use to find your paper in a literature search. (You should incorporate many of these words in your abstract and title.)... 

Reflect on what you have learned about writing an abstract, a title, and the journal article as a whole, now that you are just about done writing your own journal article. Select one of the reflection tasks below and write a thoughtful and thorough response. 

Whether you are facing an oral board or an individual interview, think about your answers to questions you might be asked. You might even try to write your own oral board questions and situations. Write down your answers if you want. Practice saying them in front of a mirror until you feel comfortable, but don t memorize them. You don t want to sound like you are reciting from a book. Your answers should sound conversational even though you ve prepared in advance. 

A good way to solidify what you ve learned about reading comprehension questions is for you to write the questions. Here s a passage followed by space for you to write your own questions. Write one question of each of the four types fact or detail, main idea, inference, and vocabulary. 

On the other hand, if you are seeking an entry-level position, you probably have limited work experience and are still developing your skills. Thus, you will probably be fine writing your own resume or taking advantage of resume-creation software. 

The second simplest situation that exists for balancing electron-transfer equations is the one in which the principal oxidation and reduction products are given, and you know (or are told) that the reaction actually takes place. All you need do is to write your own half-reactions, and then proceed as illustrated in the first problem. 

In this section, we ll put it all together. Three essays of varying quality will be presented, and you ll score them using the SAT essay rubric. Then, we ll examine in detail what worked, what didn t, and what score each essay would receive. In addition, you ll have the opportunity to practice writing quick thesis statements and hooks to a number of sample prompts. These exercises are designed to help you put into practice what you learned in this chapter, and prepare you for writing your own essays in the next three chapters. 

This poem is by an unknown author. It is not great literature. For decades, however, it has helped many students remember the solubility guidelines. Maybe it will do the same for you. If not, you can try writing your own poem ... 

An ionic equation that is written this way, without the spectator ions, is called a net ionic equation. Before you try writing your own net ionic equations, examine the guidelines in Table 9.2 below. 

This pathway s gone on far too long, dooh-dah, dooh-dah You ll have to write your own sweet song, (done quite easily) To transform hypo-xanthine moiety To adenine and guanine counterparts AMP and GMP... 

The usual solution is to write your own INPUT routine using the GET statement, which fetches one key at a time from the keyboard. With such a simple statement as GET, however, you have to reinvent the wheel anytime you need such a protected INPUT routine. And it certainly isn t as easy to use as a simple INPUT statement. 

Find a poem or story that you admire and, using this chapter as a guide, write your own essay of literary analysis. Be sure your readers have access to a copy of the work you choose. 

After reading Steven Muller s article Our Youth Should Serve (pages 179-182), write your own summary-and-response essay, drawing on your own knowledge and experience to support or reject his proposed program. In your opinion, would this be a worthwhile, feasible program Why or why not ... 

Read and annotate the selection So What s So Bad about Being So-So on pages 200-202 of this textbook and then write your own summary-and-response essay, agreeing or disagreeing (wholly or in part) with the writer s view of competition today. Remember to support your position with logical reasons, persuasive examples, or relevant facts. (If you prefer, you may select some other professional essay from this textbook or from another source, such as a newspaper or magazine, but be sure to obtain your instructor s approval of your selection in advance.)... 

Writing your own plug-in functions or integration methods... 

You have several options if you want to solve differential equations on the computer. If you like to do things yourself, you can write your own numerical integration routines, and plot the results using whatever graphics facilities are available. The information given above should be enough to get you started. For further guidance, consult Press et al. (1986) they provide sample routines written in Fortran, C, and Pascal. 

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