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Selected AbstractsErratum: Molecular bases of antithrombin deficiency: twenty-two novel mutations in the antithrombin gene,,HUMAN MUTATION, Issue 11 2006Véronique Picard Several errors are present in Table 1; most of them originated in translating our initial antithrombin gene numbering system (Olds RJ et al., Biochemistry, 1993, 32, 4216,4224) into the HGVS gene numbering system, where nucleotide +1 corresponds to the A of the ATG initiation codon of the H. sapiens antithrombin gene (SERPINC1; GenBank accession number X68793.1). This does not affect the discussion on the consequences of the mutations. Corrections are as follows, and corrections to mutations #5 and #22 apply to the Abstract (line 13) and Results and Discussion sections (lines 19 and 71). © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] Erratum: mutational screening of the RB1 gene in Indian patients with retinoblastoma reveals eight novel and several recurrent mutations ,,HUMAN MUTATION, Issue 6 2003Velamakanni Saroj Kiran The original article to which this Erratum refers was published in Human Mutation 22:339 Human Mutation (2003) 22(4) 339 The authors have noted several errors in their manuscript that they were unable to correct prior to publication. They regret the errors and list corrections below: 1.Abstract line 9,10: "Eight novel mutations were identified, including 4 single base changes," This should read: "Eight novel mutations were identified, including 5 single base changes," 2.Page 3 2nd line from bottom: ",(g.76940del12; IVS15del+20-33) extending from +18 to +32 of the intron (RB72)." This should be ",(g.76940del14; IVS15del+20-33) extending from +20 to +33 of the intron (RB72)." 3.Page 4 line 7: ",were also to recur," This should read ",were also found to recur," [source] A classical dataset from Williams, and its role in the study of supersaturated designsJOURNAL OF CHEMOMETRICS, Issue 7 2008Rolf Sundberg Abstract A Plackett-Burman type dataset from a paper by Williams [1], with 28 observations and 24 two-level factors, has become a standard dataset for illustrating construction (by halving) of supersaturated designs (SSDs) and for a corresponding data analysis. The aim here is to point out that for several reasons this is an unfortunate situation. The original paper by Williams contains several errors and misprints. Some are in the design matrix, which will here be reconstructed, but worse is an outlier in the response values, which can be observed when data are plotted against the dominating factor. In addition, the data should better be analysed on log-scale than on original scale. The implications of the outlier for SSD analysis are drastic, and it will be concluded that the data should be used for this purpose only if the outlier is properly treated (omitted or modified). Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] AN AUDIT OF OPERATIVE NOTES: FACTS AND WAYS TO IMPROVE,ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Issue 9 2008Liviu P. Lefter Background: Accurate operation record keeping is an important element of risk management. Handwritten surgical notes are often produced as evidence in medico-legal malpractice cases and incomplete and illegible notes may be a source of weakness in a surgeon's defence. Therefore, we audited the surgical notes in a teaching hospital surgical department. Methods: During 1 week 190 operative notes were audited for patient identity details, preoperative diagnosis, operation title and details, CMB code, postoperative instruction and author of the note. The operative notes were assessed by a medico-legal lawyer and a medical expert to establish level of legibility and usefulness in a virtual court case. Results: Several operative notes were found incomplete (51.57%) missing important information as CMB code (13.68%), patient details (6.8%) preoperative diagnosis (6.31%), operation title (6.31%) and postoperative instruction (14.73%). Overall, only 92 notes were complete. Conclusion: This audit suggests that handwritten surgical notes generate several errors that could lead to confusion when notes are reviewed for further follow up or are produced as evidence in medico-legal disputes. [source] Use, misuse and extensions of "ideal gas" models of animal encounterBIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, Issue 3 2007John M. C. Hutchinson Abstract Biologists have repeatedly rediscovered classical models from physics predicting collision rates in an ideal gas. These models, and their two-dimensional analogues, have been used to predict rates and durations of encounters among animals or social groups that move randomly and independently, given population density, velocity, and distance at which an encounter occurs. They have helped to separate cases of mixed-species association based on behavioural attraction from those that simply reflect high population densities, and to detect cases of attraction or avoidance among conspecifics. They have been used to estimate the impact of population density, speeds of movement and size on rates of encounter between members of the opposite sex, between gametes, between predators and prey, and between observers and the individuals that they are counting. One limitation of published models has been that they predict rates of encounter, but give no means of determining whether observations differ significantly from predictions. Another uncertainty is the robustness of the predictions when animal movements deviate from the model's assumptions in specific, biologically relevant ways. Here, we review applications of the ideal gas model, derive extensions of the model to cover some more realistic movement patterns, correct several errors that have arisen in the literature, and show how to generate confidence limits for expected rates of encounter among independently moving individuals. We illustrate these results using data from mangabey monkeys originally used along with the ideal gas model to argue that groups avoid each other. Although agent-based simulations provide a more flexible alternative approach, the ideal gas model remains both a valuable null model and a useful, less onerous, approximation to biological reality. [source] | ||||||||||