Changes in version 0.99.0                        

    o   BERT has been released.

    o   BERT provides an hierarchical approach to batch effect
	adjustment with tolerance to missing values. BERT has been
	found to outperform similar algorithmms, e.g. HarmonizR with
	regard to execution time, preservation of numerical values in
	the input data and flexibility wrt. covariables and references.

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