[Babase] Sexual cycles before maturity
Karl O. Pinc
babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:41:26 +0000
On 10/16/2005 02:05:06 PM, Catherine Markham wrote:
> Hi Karl,
>
> I just want to make sure I'm following this - we can enter mdates
> before the maturity date (we'll get a warning when we do), but those
> mdate won't show up in Cycstats or Repstats?
Right.
I think that's a new
> protocol - in fact, I'm pretty sure that a few months ago we removed
> mdates prior to mature dates from the system. No problem changing
> entry procedures, but just want to make sure.
Yes, it's new. We had decided to remove all the ones
before the maturity date but seem to have changed our
minds.
The wierd question was what to do with seqeuence numbers,
the Mdates before the maturity date won't have them.
It was simpler the old way, but nobody wants to
throw out data.
>
> Catherine
>
>
>
> Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>> Hi Y'all,
>>
>> I just got done reviewing things with Jeanne and here's
>> the result. With a few extras thrown in just to
>> keep Jeanne on her toes.
>>
>> There are no restrictions on swellings (SEXSKINS)
>> before the maturity date. Any swellings larger
>> than 1 before maturity get a warning. (Do we want warnings for
>> anything before the maturity date? I'm inclined
>> to think so.)
>>
>> There are warnings on MDates before the maturity
>> date.
>>
>> DDates and TDates are not allowed before the maturity
>> date. (As soon as the swelling goes above 1
>> we code DDates and TDates and assign a maturity date.)
>>
>> CYCSTATS (and REPSTATS) do not contain any rows
>> before the maturity date. (So any early MDates
>> are ignored.)
>>
>> Karl <kop@meme.com>
>> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
>> -- Robert A. Heinlein
>>
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>
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> Catherine Markham
> Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
> Princeton University
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Karl <kop@meme.com>
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