FORO: A preliminary report on the comenditic dome and ash flow complex of Sierra La Primavera, Jalisco; reply by Gail A. Mahood

“…The paper was based on observations made during a single field season and on less than a dozen K-Ar dates; I attempted to indicate the preliminary nature of my conclusions in the title of the article. As pointed out by Demant and Vincent, the fundamental error in my interpretation was the assumption that the Tala Tuff was one of the younger eruptive units at Primavera when, in fact, it is one of the older. …”
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Effects of Integrating Jaw Opening and Closing Movements with Active Neck Exercises in the Management of Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Saeed Akhter, Hamayun Zafar, Ashfaq Ahmad, Waqas Ahmed Farooqui

“…The study used various outcome measures, including the numerical pain rating scale (NPRS), neck disability index (NDI), neck flexion endurance (NFE), neck extension endurance (NEE), the neck proprioception error (NPE): neck flexion proprioception error (NFPE), neck extension proprioception error (NEPE), neck right rotation proprioception error (NRRPE), and neck left rotation proprioception error (NLRPE), with measurements taken at week 1 and week 6, respectively; the mean differences between the groups were measured using a two-way repeated ANOVA. …”
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A Hybrid Approach to Modelling ECC Risk: Effectiveness of Nonparametric Regression and MLFNN Techniques by Fei Hong Seng, Wan Muhamad Amir W Ahmad, Mohamad Nasarudin Adnan, Farah Muna Mohamad Ghazali, Nor Azlida Aleng

“…Model performance was assessed using root mean squared error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), median absolute error (MedAE), and mean squared error (MSE). …”
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Accuracy of Intraocular Lens Power Calculation in Microspherophakia Patients: Comparison of 7 Formulas by Yang Sun, Tianhui Chen, Zexu Chen, Wannan Jia, Zhennan Zhao, Yongxiang Jiang

“…In the deep ACD subgroup, Holladay 1 performed superiorly presenting the lowest standard deviation values, mean absolute error and MedAE. Conclusions: Overall, new generation formulas showed a better trend of refractive outcomes in MSP patients. …”
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Next-Gen Decoding: Non-Binary LDPC Algorithms for Emerging Power Line and Visible Light Communications by Waheed Ullah, Fengfan Yang, Kwonhue Choi, Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody

“…Non-Binary Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) codes have gained significant attention due to their remarkable error correction capabilities in various communication systems. …”
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Measuring. Monitoring. Management. Control by G.I. Kozyrev, E.O. Yuditskikh

“…A detailed description is given of the two main components of the total TUE error: the identification error caused by the difference between the real TUE operator and its nominal value due to the effect on the parameters of the real operator of a set of uncertain DFS, and the error in restoring the TUE input signal for the dynamic measurement mode. …”

Retinal Fibre Layer Thickness Measurement in Normal Paediatric Population in Sweden Using Optical Coherence Tomography by Marcelo Ayala, Evangelia Ntoula

“…To evaluate the correlation between peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness and both age and refraction error in healthy children using optical coherence tomography (OCT). …”
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A study on remote-controlled microscopy for enhanced surgical visualisation: The precision vision digiscope by Vaidehi Satushe, Vibha Vyas, Preshit Gujar, Vishwajeet Kadam, Sayali Sarode

“…Results: The use of Digiscope was characterized by significant improvements in surgical precision, operation time, error rate, and surgeons were pleased with the visualization and ergonomics. …”
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IMPACT OF CORNEAL CHANGES IN PSEUDOEXFOLIATIVE SYNDROME ON THE COORDINATION DEGREE BETWEEN THE MAKLAKOV TONOMETER AND THE PASCAL DYNAMIC CONTOUR TONOMETER by V. V. Potemkin, E. L. Akopov, E. V. Ageeva

“…Pascal tonometer was used as a reference one.Results and conclusions. The difference between the levels of IOP in the groups was unreliable. …”
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Applicability of formulas for calculating differential renal depth by Luo Jin, Deng Wei, Cao Jiang, Tian Jia-li, Wang Ying, Wang Rong, Li Yan-mei, Zhao Qian, Yang Ji-qin, Li Juan

“…Objective To evaluate the applicability of differential renal depth calculation formulas for Chinese people and provide references for selecting renal depth calculation formulas.Methods The SPECT/CT data were analyzed retrospectively for 234 patients with glomerular filtration rate measured by renal dynamic imaging from May to December 2018.CT depth was measured as the standard, correlation, average difference and 1 cm error rate between six renal depth calculation formulas and CT measurements were compared.Results Strong correlations existed between estimated values of six formulas and measured values of CT.Data analysis showed that the correlation coefficient between Lee’s equation and CT measured values was better than that of the other five formulas, r=0.737 for left kidney and 0.750 for right kidney.The renal depth obtained by Lee’s equation was closest to that measured by CT and the difference was not statistically significant（left kidney mean deviation 0.03 cm, right kidney mean deviation 0.08 cm）.The 1 cm error rate of Tonnesen formula was the largest.And it was 54.70% for left kidney and 57.69% for right kidney.The 1 cm error rates of the other five formulas were tested by X2 test and there was no statistical difference（P>0.05）.Conclusions No significant difference exists between left and right kidney depth calculated by Lee’s equation and the measured value of CT.Its deviation range is small and it is better than the other five formulas.A wider clinical popularization is worthwhile.…”
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Threshold Cointegration and Price Transmission in Commodity Marketsof India by A. Mishra, P. R. Kumar

“…Conclusions from this study show that understanding the price transmission flow and its impact on pricing might help in making better trading strategies. …”
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Implementing EUCAST rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing method for sepsis: lessons learned in a tertiary care center by Mohammad Aadam Bin Najeeb, Ayush Gupta, Shashank Purwar, Vishnu Teja Nallapati, Jogender Yadav, Farha Siddiqui

“…Results categorized as “Area of Technical Uncertainty” were significantly lower at 8-hour {10.2% (39/384) vs 5.2% (28/534), 4- vs 8-hour, p = 0.003, Fischer’s exact test}. Conclusions: Except for a slightly higher Very major error rate, rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing at 8-hour is equivalent to Disk-diffusion method (CLSI-M100) using CLSI-M52 criteria for equivalence: (Categorical agreement ≥ 90%, Very major error ≤ 1.5% and Major error ≤ 3%). …”
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IDENTIFICATION OF REAR MODEL OF TV3-117 AIRCRAFT ENGINE BASED ON THE BASIS OF NEURO-MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES by Serhii Vladov, Yurii Shmelov, Ivan Derevyanko, Inna Dieriabina, Liudmyla Chyzhova

“…In the process of solving the task of identifying the mathematical model of the aircraft engine TV3-117 on the basis of neural networks, it was established that neural networks solve the problem of identification more precisely classical methods. Conclusions: It was established that the error of identification of the aircraft engine TV3-117 with the help of a neural network of type perceptron did not exceed 1.8 %; For the neural network of radial-basic function (RBF) – 4.6 %, whereas for the classical method (LSM) it makes about 5.7 % in the considered range of changes in engine operation modes. …”
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Establishment of a New Equation for Ultrasonographic Estimated Foetal Weight in Chongqing: A Prospective Study by Chenhuizi Wu, Jianfeng Sun, XiaoJing Dong, Liuyun Cai, Xinru Deng, Fenglan Zhang, Yang Shu, Maochao Zhang, Xiaodong Luo

“…In the sets established by the 1925 data, the mean absolute error and standard deviation of the estimation error of the new equation were 178.9 g and 140.3 g respectively. …”
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Inference for the treatment effect in staircase designs with continuous outcomes: a simulation study by Ehsan Rezaei-Darzi, Kelsey L. Grantham, Andrew B. Forbes, Jessica Kasza

“…Misspecification of the correlation structure (fitting an exchangeable model when the true structure is block-exchangeable) can lead to inflated Type I error and poor confidence interval coverage. Conclusions Staircase designs with one cluster per sequence should be used with caution. …”
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Urinary incontinence and subjective well-being among Chinese old adults: the multiple mediation effect of social participation and sleep quality by Lu Lin, ZiYi Liao

“…Urinary incontinence is not only directly associated with the subjective well-being of the older people (effect = 0.9195;) Standard error = 0.1572; 95%CI: LL = 0.6115, UL = 1.2276), and also through the independent mediating effect of social participation (effect = 0.1508; Standard error = 0.0180; 95%CI: LL = 0.1178, UL = 0.1880), the independent mediating effect of sleep quality (effect = 0.2046; Standard error = 0.0495; 95%CI: LL = 0.1067, UL = 0.3004), the chain mediating effect between social participation and sleep quality (effect = 0.3670; Standard error = 0.0531; 95%CI: LL = 0.2601, UL = 0.4720) was associated with subjective well-being. …”
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A simple quantitative model for the prediction of exposure of renally excreted drugs in pregnant women: a comparison with whole body PBPK model by Iftekhar Mahmood

“…Results: Out of 17 Cmax data points, 15 (88.2%), 15 (88.2%), and 12 (70.6%) data points were within 0.5–2.0-fold, 0.5–1.5-fold and 0.7–1.30-fold prediction error, respectively, by SQM, whereas, 17 (100%), 15 (88.2%), and 13 (76.5%) data points were within 0.5–2.0-fold, 0.5–1.5-fold and 0.7–1.30 fold prediction error, respectively, by PBPK. …”
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The research of ARIMA, GM(1,1), and LSTM models for prediction of TB cases in China. by Daren Zhao, Huiwu Zhang, Qing Cao, Zhiyi Wang, Sizhang He, Minghua Zhou, Ruihua Zhang

“…According to the TB data characteristics and the sample requirements, we created the ARIMA, GM(1,1), and LSTM models, which can make predictions for the prevalence trend of TB. The mean absolute error (MAE), root mean square error (RMSE), and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) were applied to evaluate the effects of model fitting predicting accuracy.…”
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Erratum: a synonymous variant in GCK gene as a cause of gestational diabetes mellitus (diabetes mellitus. 2019;22(2). Doi: 10.14341/dm9938) by Natalia A. Zubkova, Petr M. Rubtsov, Fatima F. Burumkulova, Liudmila I. Ibragimova, Nina A. Makretskaya, Evgeny V. Vasilyev, Vasily M. Petrov, Anatoly N. Tiulpakov

“…Tiulpakov.The editorial board apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way.The original article has been updated.…”
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Haavikko’s technique for dental age estimation: Brazilian application and technique variation at the age of 10 years by Isabella de Lima Silva, Brendha Ogando, Rosemary Sadami Arai Shinkai, Cláudio Costa, Hrvoje Brkić, Edgard Michel-Crosato, Maria Gabriela Haye Biazevic

“…Conclusions We conclude that the technique is replicable and can be applied with a low error rate in the Brazilian population.…”
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