Letter
Ophthalmology
Nurullah Kocak
Summary: The aim of this study was to explain the questions regarding the calculation of choroidal vascularity index (CVI) mentioned in the manuscript titled 'Acute effects of coffee on peripapillary and subfoveal choroidal parameters in young healthy subjects'.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Mathematics
[Anonymous]
Summary: This paper investigates the stability of the finite time type II blow up solutions for the energy critical nonlinear wave equation. It shows that these solutions are stable along a co-dimension one Lipschitz manifold of data perturbations in a suitable topology, provided the scaling parameter is sufficiently close to the self-similar rate.
MEMOIRS OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Paulo Moutinho, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos
Summary: A significant amount of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is currently taking place on public forestlands without proper land titles, often due to illegal land grabbing. In order to address this emerging risk, long-term conservation strategies should emphasize securing land tenure, improving technological capabilities, and enforcing existing laws.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Letter
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Shilong Li, Pei Wang, Li Li
Summary: The authors reply to a letter raising concerns about their interpretation of an interaction test in their paper. They clarify that their main clinical question was the association between ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers and COVID-19 outcomes. They explain their use of stratification to control confounding factors and highlight that testing the interaction term assesses association heterogeneity, not treatment effectiveness.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
(2022)
Editorial Material
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Tarak Nandy, Mohd Yamani Idna Idris, Rafidah Md Noor, Ainuddin Wahid Abdul Wahab, Sananda Bhattacharyya, Raenu Kolandaisamy, Muktar Yahuza
Summary: This article discusses the importance of communication and authentication in VANET, examines Nandy et al.'s authentication scheme and the raised concerns from Chaudhry, and provides detailed clarifications on the comments.
IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
(2022)
Letter
Oncology
Satoshi Kato, Satoru Demura, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Summary: This letter to the editor is a response to comments made on a recently published review article about metastasectomy in the spine.
Letter
Oncology
Robert W. Corty
Summary: This letter to the editor addresses comments on the authors' report of gemcitabine-related adverse events associated with antibacterial use.
Letter
Oncology
Sriram Gubbi, Lisa M. Cordes, Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska, Ravi A. Madan, Lynnette K. Nieman, James L. Gulley, Jaydira Del Rivero
Summary: This letter to the editor responds to comments by Salinas and colleagues on experiences with identification of adrenal insufficiency among patients on immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
Letter
Oncology
Mario E. Lacouture, Anisha B. Patel, Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Peter H. O'Donnell
Summary: This letter to the editor responds to remarks on a recently published article about dermatologic events associated with enfortumab vedotin and emphasizes the importance of education on the prevention and management of such events.
Letter
International Relations
David Hannay
Summary: The continuation of Russia on the United Nations Security Council following the breakup of the Soviet Union suggests a similar outcome for the UK in the event of Scottish independence.
Editorial Material
Optics
Victor Pacheco-Pena, Nader Engheta
Summary: The authors provide a detailed reply to a comment on their recent article, discussing the use of time-dependent metamaterials for antireflection temporary coatings in the time domain. While there are fundamental differences in the physics of temporal and spatial boundaries, the authors believe that both approaches offer opportunities for different applications.
Editorial Material
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Oriel FeldmanHall, Jeroen van Baar
Summary: Despite suggesting integration between cognitive-mechanistic and existentialist-humanistic perspectives, Schneider (2022) emphasizes that the two approaches tackle fundamentally different questions in psychology.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST
(2022)
Letter
Virology
Liyang Zhao, Yusi Li, Wenjuan Yi, Kuo Yan, Chao Yang, Sridhar Radhakrishnan, Rui Li, Ruirong Tan, Gang Fan, Mengyuan Dai, Miao Liu, Ning-Yi Shao
Summary: Although smoking might increase the risk of severe COVID-19, our previous study did not find strong evidence to support this conclusion. We also acknowledged that patients with diabetes or other chronic diseases could have worse outcomes in COVID-19, but this aspect was not investigated in our study as we had published separate research on diabetes. Due to limited sample size and medical records, our study could not encompass multiple factors. Nonetheless, we hope our study serves as a useful and meaningful pilot study for future research.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
(2023)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Carsten Schroeder
Summary: The article starts by stating that it does not discuss the legitimacy of mandatory vaccination from a moral or legal perspective. However, it then proceeds to argue against mandatory vaccination, claiming that it puts others at risk and is a deliberate endangerment of people's health. The article lacks scientific evidence and relies on personal opinions and questionable interpretations. Contrary to the article's claim, the data shows that a majority of opponents did get vaccinated, but they are against a mandate. The reasons for or against mandatory COVID-19 vaccination should be considered in the opposite direction.
DEUTSCHES ARZTEBLATT INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Christian Michel, Guido Lohr
Summary: In "Lohr and Michel (2022)", a neurocognitive model is proposed within the predictive processing paradigm to explain acceptability intuitions about copredication sentences. The paper also addresses predicate order effects and discusses alternative interpretations to Murphy's hierarchy-based explanation. In a reply letter, Murphy criticizes the approach, raising methodological and conceptual issues. The reply aims to clarify points of agreement and disagreement, and highlight misrepresentations made by Murphy.