A set of n sorted lists can be merged in time O(l log n), where l is the sum of list lengths, by using a heap-based multiway merging procedure (Knuth, 1973).
While this concordance of data was also true for the vast majority of genes in the HSC vs. LSC comparison, some genes identified as downregulated by array analysis did not show significant downregulation when analyzed by qRT-PCR in an independent set of sorted samples.
Q-methodology involves 3 stages: developing a set of statements to be sorted; sorting of those statements by participants along a continuum of agreement; and analysis and interpretation of the sorted data [ 28, 29].
The set of sorted exact positions can be found by pairing up both sets of marker positions via a minimum distance function.
A total of 100 µl of acid-ethanol was used to extract insulin from each set of sorted INS-832/13 cells.
The Figure shows that the sorted statements could be grouped into a set of six distinct thematic clusters.
The decoded data are entropy and sorted to produce a set of quantized coefficients.
A set of codes was developed and data were sorted and analysed thematically.
