The pace of the book quickens about halfway through, when the Salisburys interleave descriptions of the two sets of dogs as they converged in the middle of the frozen Alaskan wilderness.
In the case of singular definite descriptions (like 'the dog') we are still denoting the maximal set of dogs in the domain of discourse (since in this case there is only one dog).
It follows then, that a definite description 'the F'thethe Fs') denotes the maximal sum or mass in the extension of F. So, for example, when we utter 'The dogs' we are denoting the maximal set of dogs in the domain of discourse.
The general lymphoma immunosignature identified in the initial set of dogs (n = 32) was able to predict disease status in an independent set of dogs (n = 42, 97% accuracy).
The total set of SNPs was filtered for genotype call probability, heterozygosity rate, and call rate across a large set of dogs, reducing the dataset to 26,625 SNPs.
Initially, the immunosignature was evaluated with a small set of dogs to determine the ability to distinguish LSA (either B or T cell) from healthy.
In analyzing the phylogenetic tree obtained from the two separate sets of dogs at the TERT locus, it was found there was no instance that placed all individuals of the same breed in one branch.
The 340 peptides selected above to separate LSA and healthy clearly separated the expanded test set of dogs, even though the print run and anti-IgG secondary antibody were different (Additional file 1: Figure S1).
For filling out a form, I could have a free set of dog tags printed with any name I chose; I chose "Traveler, Frugal".
