Response to Lee et al.

Reply to Rao et al. and Lee et al

In the last issue, I presented a piece that called into question some of the techniques reported in two papers in high-profile journals that purported to provide statistical evidence for the linguistic status of some ancient symbol systems (Sproat 2010a). Not surprisingly the authors of those two papers took issue with a number of my claims, and have requested the opportunity to respond. The tw...

Response to Comment on Lee et al. Diabetes 2015;64:2836-2846. Comment on Roberts et al. Diabetes 2015;64:471-484.

We thank Kruszelnicka and Surdacki (1) for their insightful comments on our recent article (2), which suggested a favorable metabolic effect of endothelial nitric oxide (NO) that stimulates the polarization of hepatic resident macrophages toward an anti-inflammatory M2 phenotype. Kruszelnicka and Surdacki ask whether the nitrate-nitrite pathway exerts beneficial metabolic effects in the liver. ...

Public Participation: Methods Matter; A Response to Boaz et al.

Reply to S. Zhang, L. Fornaro et al, and H.J. Lee et al

Zhang, Fornaro et al, and Lee et al have posed several questions and suggestions regarding our study on apatinib in chemotherapy-refractory gastric cancer. According to the concept offered by the International Conference on Harmonisation’s E9 guidelines and the China Food and Drug Administration, it is acceptable to exclude from the full analysis set (FAS) any patient who did not receive at lea...

Commentary and Discussion: Reply to Rao et al. and Lee et al.

In the last issue of this journal, I presented a piece that called into question some of the techniques reported in two papers in high-profile journals that purported to provide statistical evidence for the linguistic status of some ancient symbol systems (Sproat 2010a). Not surprisingly, the authors of those two papers took issue with a number of my claims, and have requested the opportunity t...