Reply to I. Petropavlovskikh’s interactive comment

Radically Questioning the Principle of the Least Restrictive Alternative: A Reply to Nir Eyal; Comment on “Nudging by Shaming, Shaming by Nudging”

In his insightful editorial, Nir Eyal explores the connections between nudging and shaming. One upshot of his argument is that we should question the principle of the least restrictive alternative in public health and health policy. In this commentary, I maintain that Eyal’s argument undermines only a rather implausible version of the principle of the least restrictive alternative and I sketch ...

Environmental gamma radiation: a comment (Letter to the Editor)

Editor, I read the recent publication by Toossi et al. with a great interest (1). Toossi et al. concluded that “Average gonad and bone marrow doses for North Khorasan, Boshehr and Hormozgan provinces were less than the corresponding values for normal area (2).” There are some facts on this report to be concerned. I agree that the detected levels might be high in the mentioned area, but th...

Comment to the Letter to the Editor: Subjective Symptoms Related to GSM Radiation from Mobile Phone Base Stations: a cross-sectional study In reply to the comments by Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi

Interactive comment on “Technical note: Dimensioning IRGA gas sampling system: laboratory and field experiments” by M. Aubinet et al

Thank you for your useful comments. We will reply point by point. Comment : However, as pointed out by Dr Sargent in the interactive discussion, cut-off frequency is normally defined as the half-power point, and the amplitude spectrum at this frequencyfalls to 1= p 2 = 0:707, not 1=2 = 0:5. Please check it and re-calculate the results if necessary. Reply : Thanks for the remark. See also our re...

Interactive comment on “Impact of mire reclamation on export potential and characteristics of dissolved carbons in the Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China” by Y. D. Guo et al

Thanks very much for the comments from the Anonymous Referee ! I have learned a lot from the comments. The statements below are my reply to the comments, and I wish to obtain more advice from the referee and other researchers who have looked through my paper! Comments 1: I have some reservations with the paper in that some of the data appear to have been previously published in Song et al. (201...