The concept of outsourcing is a recognised business planning strategy; senior corporate management and facilities services have been progressively outsourced in the UK for many years. However, transforming an outsourcing business plan into an effective and balanced operating contract remains...

A common goal in microarray experiments is to identify genes that are differentially expressed among two or more biological conditions. There is currently no standard methodology for detecting differential expression in time course studies. However, it is clear that monitoring the behavior of...