Abstract: A method of scheduling input/output operations for a storage system including determining a deadline for a storage operation, wherein the deadline is dependent on an expected latency of the storage operation; adding the storage operation to a queue of storage operations; and reordering the queue dependent upon the deadline of the storage operation and one or more deadlines of one or more storage operations in the queue of storage operations.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides methods for classifying the quality of a repair response after injury to a joint of a subject. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a tissue sample from the injured region of the joint and determining expression levels in the sample of a plurality of genes, including at least those genes listed in Table 1, Table 2 and Table 3. Another aspect of the invention provides methods of treating a human or veterinary subject having an injury to a joint based on the classification of the quality of the repair response.