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Here is a more elegant solution using the plyr package.

my.data <- expand.grid(Thesis = 1:3, Day = c(0, 14), Run = 1:10)
my.data$A <- rpois(nrow(my.data), 10)
my.data$B <- rpois(nrow(my.data), 10)
my.data$C <- rpois(nrow(my.data), 10)

library(plyr)
ddply(my.data, .(Thesis, Day), function(x){
	Baseline <- unlist(x[1, c("A", "B", "C")])
	data.frame(t(apply(x[-1, c("A", "B", "C")], 1, function(z){z - Baseline})))
})

Best regards,

Thierry

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ir. Thierry Onkelinx
Instituut voor natuur- en bosonderzoek
team Biometrie & Kwaliteitszorg
Gaverstraat 4
9500 Geraardsbergen
Belgium

Research Institute for Nature and Forest
team Biometrics & Quality Assurance
Gaverstraat 4
9500 Geraardsbergen
Belgium

tel. + 32 54/436 185
Thierry.Onkelinx at inbo.be
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