Instead of “Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico,” it should be “IRCCS.”In the published article, there was an error in affiliations 1 and 11. In affiliation 1, instead of “Pediatric Unit, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy”, it should be “Pediatric Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy”.In the published article, there was an error in affiliation 11, instead of “Medical Genetics Unit, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico S.Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, Italy”, it should be “U.O. Genetica Medica, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy”.In The authors 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.All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article, or claim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.


Hinchliffe S, Manderson L, Moore M. Planetary healthy publics after COVID-19. Lancet Planet Health 5: e230–36—2021; In this Personal View, the Acknowledgments section should have read “The Wellcome Trust funded the Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health (grant 203109/Z/16/Z), allowing SH and MM time to work on the Review. The funder of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report.” This correction has been made as of June 10, 2021.


In the published article, there was an error regarding the affiliations for Lola Cañamero. As well as having affiliation 2 “EECAiA Lab, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom”, they should also have 4 “Neurocybernetics Team, ETIS Lab, CY Cergy Paris Université, ENSEA, CNRS UMR8051, Cergy-Pontoise, France”.The authors 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.


In the published article, there was an error in affiliation 1. Instead of “Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China,” it should be “Epigenetics and Epigenome Research Institute, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.” There was an error in affiliation 2. Instead of “Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden,” it should be “Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.” There was an error in affiliation 3. Instead of “Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China,” it should be “Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.” And there was an error in affiliation 4. Instead of “Epigenetics and Epigenome Research Institute, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China,” it should be “College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.” Accordingly, the placement of 1, 2, 3, and 4 has been updated.In the published article, there was an error regarding the affiliations for Feilong Guo. As well as having affiliations 2 and 3, he should also have affiliation 1 “Epigenetics and Epigenome Research Institute, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.”The authors 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.All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article, or claim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.


In , Wei‐guaThe authors' names and the numerals linking their affiliations should thus appear as follows in the author by‐line:1,2, Yan‐bin Zhu1, Jiang‐tao Ma1, Xiao‐li Yan1, Ying‐ze Zhang1.Wei‐guang ZhaoThe reordered and renumbered affiliations should appear as follows:1Department of Trauma Emergency Center, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Orthopaedics Research Institute of Hebei Province, Key Laboratory of Biomechanics of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang and 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, HanDan Central Hospital, HanDan, China.The authors apologize for the error and any inconvenience it may have caused.


Stefano Ghiradello. The correct spelling is Stefano Ghirardello.An author name was incorrectly spelled as 2. Instead of “Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.”, it should be “Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.”In the published article, there was an error in affiliation Fabio Mosca. As well as having affiliation 2, they should also have Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.In the published article, there was an error regarding the affiliation for The authors 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.


In the published article, there was an error in affiliations 5, 6 and 7. Instead of “5 Department of Nutrition, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, 6 CIBERobn, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, 7 Precision Nutrition Program, IMDEA Food, Campus de Excelencia Internacional, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid + Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain”, it should be “5 Centre for Nutrition Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, 6 Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red Area de Fisiologia de la Obesidad y la Nutricion (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain, 7 IdisNA Instituto for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain”.In the published article, there was an error regarding the affiliations for J. Alfredo Martinez. As well as having affiliations 6 and 7, they should also have “16 Department of Nutrition and Physiology, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain” and “17 Precision Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Health Program, IMDEA (Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies)-Food Institute, CEI UAM + CSIC , Madrid, Spain”In the original article, there was an error. In the Conflict of Interest statement, “TLar is advisor for “Sense” diet program AS owns 50% of the shares in Zuman International” should be “TLar is advisor for “Sense” diet program. AS owns 50% of the shares in Zuman International”In the original article, there was an error. In the Conflict of Interest statement, “JB-M was President and Director of the Glycemic Index Foundation” should be “JB-M is President and Director of the Glycemic Index Foundation”.The authors apologize for these errors and state that these do not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article, or claim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.


There is an error in affiliation 6 for author David Diaz in the correction published on June 11, 2021. The correct affiliation 6 is: Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. The publisher apologizes for the error.


Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-021-94035-5, published online 16 July 2021Correction To: The original version of this Article contained an error in Affiliation 2, which was incorrectly given as ‘Department of Urology Hepatobiliary Surgery (2), The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, China’. The correct affiliation is listed below:Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery (2), The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, ChinaThe original Article has been corrected.


In the published article, there were errors in affiliation for authors Sohyoung Won and Heebal Kim.For “Sohyoung Won”, instead of “Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Population Genomics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea,” it should be “Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea”.For “Heebal Kim”, instead of “Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Population Genomics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea,” it should be “Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea”; “Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea” and “eGnome, Inc, Seoul, South Korea”.A correction has also been made in the conflict of interest section to declare competing interests of author Heebal Kim; “HK was employed by company eGnome, Inc.” The corrected statement has been added to the section.The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.JL was employed by company Jung P&C Institute, Inc and HK was employed by company eGnome, Inc. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.


In the published article, there was an error in affiliation 2. Instead of “Department of Medical Oncology, Scientific Institute Romagnolo for the Study and Treatment of Cancer (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy”, it should be “Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy”.The authors 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.


Bates MJ, Gordon MRP, Gordon S, et al. Palliative care and catastrophic costs in Malawi after a diagnosis of advanced cancer: a prospective cohort. Lancet Global Health 9: e1750–572021; —In this Article, table 5 has been added into the article. This correction has been made as of Nov 16, 2021.


Dear Editor,10H16) is a well-known group of monoterpenes and the main component of turpentine, which is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin harvested from coniferous trees, particularly those of the genus Pinus . α-pinene, the most abundant monoterpene in the atmosphere, accounts for more than 50 % of global monoterpene emissions and is a major component of phytoncides . Phyton, antimalarial, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antitumor, analgesic, and antibiotic resistance modulation effects . These dın, 2016; Yang etdın, 2016). Hereindın, 2016; Cardosodın, 2016; Chen etdın, 2016; de Macêdın, 2016; Ensaka dın, 2016; Felipe dın, 2016; Govindadın, 2016; Hou et dın, 2016; İnce etdın, 2016; Jensen dın, 2016; Jo et adın, 2016; Karthikdın, 2016, 2019, antimaldın, 2016). This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2021R1A2C201017811) and this study was carried out with the support of ‘R&D Program for Forest Science Technology (Project No. 2021379B10-2123-BD02)’ provided by Korea Forest Service (Korea Forestry Promotion Institute).The authors declare no conflict of interest.


GBD 2017 Pancreatic Cancer Collaborators. The global, regional, and national burden of pancreatic cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 4: 934–472019; —In this Article, the affiliation for C La Vecchia should read “Clinical Medicine and Community Health, University of Milan, Milano, Italy (Prof C La Vecchia MD)” and the affiliation for D B B Tadesse should read “Department of Nursing (D B B Tadesse), Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia (D B B Tadesse CAP)”. These changes have been made to the online version as of Feb 12, 2020.


Materials” and “Applied Sciences”. The 17 contributions published in this Special Issue of Materials present cutting-edge advances in the field of Manufacturing Engineering, focusing on additive manufacturing and 3D printing; advances and innovations in manufacturing processes; sustainable and green manufacturing; manufacturing of new materials; manufacturing systems: machines, equipment and tooling; robotics, mechatronics and manufacturing automation; metrology and quality in manufacturing; Industry 4.0; design, modeling and simulation in manufacturing engineering. Among them, this issue highlights that the topic “advances and innovations in manufacturing processes” has collected a large number of contributions, followed by additive manufacturing and 3D printing; sustainable and green manufacturing; metrology and quality in manufacturing.The Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2020 (SIMES-2020) has been launched as a joint issue of the journals “ Materials and 10 in Applied Sciences) contributions, respectively, on emerging methods and technologies, the Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society 2020 (SIMES-2020) [Materials” and “Applied Sciences”.After the complete success of the first  and secoES-2020)  was relaOnce again, this Special Issue was promoted by the Manufacturing Engineering Society (MES) of Spain , with thIn this third edition, the joint issue has gathered a total of 31 papers in the topics presented in Materials, 17 contributions about cutting-edge advances in different fields of the manufacturing engineering have been collected. In particular, these concern advances and innovations in manufacturing processes [Regarding the specific contributions of the Special Issue in the journal rocesses ,9,10,11;rocesses ,13; sustrocesses ,15; metrrocesses ,17; manurocesses ; manufacrocesses ; roboticrocesses ; Industrrocesses ; design,rocesses . Figure Among all of them, the topic “Advances and innovations in manufacturing processes” stands out for the number of contributions it has had in this Special Issue , followed by the topics “Additive manufacturing and 3D printing”, “Sustainable and green manufacturing” and “Metrology and quality in manufacturing” (with a 12% each). The rest of the topics represent the remaining 30% of the contributions.Concretely, within the topic “Advances and innovations in manufacturing processes”, the works are focused on manufacturing processes. Mainly, machining ,7,8, forRegarding the rest of the topics collected in the Special Issue, most are focused on “Additive manufacturing and 3D printing”. Alvarez et al.  study thThe Special Issue collects five other works: in “Manufacturing of new materials”, Chaudhari et al.  analyze Materials, in general, and scientists and professionals from the industry in particular.Finally, it only remains to note that, in just five months since the publication of the first work , all the


I have misstated. Obviously, as a governmental agency, the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) could not “endorse” the Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB) to re-review protocols at institutions whose federal assurance was suspended, or advise such institutions to consult WIRB. As Dr. Schwetz reminded me , OHRP co


PLoS Medicine, volume 4, issue 3, doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040116:In In this Perspective, the surname of the lead author of the related research article  was misspelled as Takkala in all but the first use. The correct spelling is Takala.In addition, the amino acid residues cited in the following sentence should be “1691, 1701, or 1716,” rather than “1691, 1700, or 1716”:“For a given surveillance interval in which two infections occurred in the same patient, infection with a haplotype differing in amino acid sequence at residue 1691, 1700, or 1716 was significantly associated with risk of clinical malaria in the latter episode.”


PLoS Medicine Debate entitled “What Are the Public Health Effects of Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising?” [In my section of theising?” , I notedising?” , I did nFrom the time of its approval on May 21, 1999, until its voluntary withdrawal on September 30, 2004, Vioxx was prescribed to more than 80 million patients . In the


In the article titled “Mikkeli Osteoporosis Index Identifies Fracture Risk Factors and Osteoporosis and Intervention Thresholds Parallel with FRAX” , there wThe article notes: “WHO fracture risk assessment tool FRAX integrates BMD with CRFs: age, weight/height (BMI), previous fracture, parent fractured hip, current smoking, use of glucocorticoids, use of alcohol 3 or more units/day, rheumatoid arthritis, and causes of secondary osteoporosis [14].” However, the World Health Organization (WHO) did not develop, test, or endorse the FRAX tool or its recommendations . The met


Jiangli Wang as a corresponding author.In the article, “Identification of SEPP1 polymorphisms is not a genetic risk factor for preeclampsia in Chinese Han women: A clinical trial and experimental study”wangjingliya@126.com)Jiangli Wang, Prenatal Diagnosis Center, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China (email:


The affiliation for Arianna Tucci in the article referenced above was listed incorrectly as, “Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK”. The correct affiliation is “Division of Pathology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy” and “Department of Pathophysiology & Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy”.


In the article titled “The Alliance of Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Bone, and Diabetes” , there wThe article notes: “Even the FRAX (fractures risk assessment tool), an algorithm adopted by the WHO to assess the risk of fractures, does not seem useful in T2D patients [186].” However, the World Health Organization (WHO) did not develop, test, or endorse the FRAX tool or its recommendations [


Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Innovazione, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy”, should be affiliated instead only to “Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Lecce, Italy.” Massimo De Vittorio, who appeared affiliated only to “Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Lecce, Italy” should be affiliated also to “Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Innovazione, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy.” Correct affiliations appear below the title of this corrigendum.After the publication of this paper Pisanello et al., we have noticed that there was an error in the institutional affiliations of some of the authors. In particular, Leonardo Sileo, who appeared affiliated to “All authors contributed equally to this work.The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.


Mitjà O, Marks M, Konan DJP, et al. Global epidemiology of yaws: a systematic review. Lancet Glob Health 3: e324–312015; —In figure 4 of this Article, the island group (known as Santa Cruz Islands) shown in the northern tip of Vanuatu (main map and enlargement) actually belongs to Solomon Islands, namely Temotu Province. Additionally, the first name of Lasse S Vestergaard was spelt incorrectly. These corrections have been made to the online version as of June 8, 2015.


Jiro Nakamura60th JDS President / 9th AASD President, JapanYutaka SeinoAASD Chair, JapanTakashi KadowakiJDS Chairman, JapanChairHong Kyu LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, KoreaA‐AL1A journey following the track of my international works and research activitiesNigishi HottaProfessor Emeritus Nagoya University / Director General Emeritus Japan Organization of Occupational Health and safety CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL, JapanChairMasato KasugaNational Center for Global Health and Medicine, JapanA‐AL2Incretins and incretin‐related drugs in the management of type 2 diabetes: From Asian perspectivesDaisuke YabeKansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute and Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, JapanChairLee‐Ming ChuangDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College, TaiwanA‐AL3Prognosis, diagnosis and prevention of diabetes in ChinaWeiping JiaProfessor, President of Chinese Diabetes Society / Director of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, ChinaChairYutaka SeinoKansai Electric Power Hospital / Kansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute, JapanA‐PLCurrent and future strategies for treatment of diabetic neuropathyJiro NakamuraDivision of Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, JapanChairsSusumu Seino Guy A. Rutter Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, JapanSection of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, UKA‐EA1Selective beta‐cell dysfunction as a potential therapeutic strategyPierre MaechlerDepartment of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva Medical Center, SwitzerlandA‐EA2Control of pancreatic beta cell identity : roles of fuel‐sensitive kinases and transcription factorsGuy A. RutterSection of Cell Biology and Functional Genomics, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, UKA‐EA3Beta cell autophagy as a therapeutic target of diabetesMyung Shik LeeDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, KoreaA‐EA4Regulation of pancreatic beta cell mass from the interaction of gene‐environmental factorsYoshiaki KidoAnalytical Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biophysics, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, JapanChairsLee‐Ming ChuangDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College, TaiwanHiroto FurutaThe First Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, JapanA‐MD1Opening remarksKishio NanjoWakayama Rosai Hospital, JapanA‐MD2The association of ALDH2 mutation with glucose hemoestasis and renal function in human and miceYi‐Cheng ChangNational Taiwan University Hospital, TaiwanA‐MD3Genetics of diabetic complicationsRonald C.W. MaThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongA‐MD4A population based study of monogenetic diabetes in ChinaQian RenDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University People's Hospital, ChinaA‐MD5Clinical whole exome sequencing in early onset diabetes patientsSoo‐Heon KwakDepartment of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, KoreaA‐MD6Molecular analysis of suspected monogenic diabetes in children: experience of 476 casesToru YorifujiDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Children's Medical Center, Osaka City General Hospital, JapanA‐MD7Genetic dissection of Japanese patients with early‐onset non type 1 diabetes and the clinical featuresYukio HorikawaDepartment of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, JapanChairsShigeo KonoWHO‐collaborating Centre for Diabetes, Kyoto Medical Center, JapanZhangrong XuDiabetes Center of the 306th Hospital, Beijing, ChinaA‐DS1‐1Diabetic foot in ChinaZhangrong XuDiabetes Center of the 306th Hospital, Beijing, ChinaA‐DS1‐2Diabetic foot in the PhilippinesEnrico A. De JesusJose R. Ryeyes Memorial Medical Center, The PhilippinesA‐DS1‐3Diabetic foot in CambodiaTouch KhunPreah Kossamak Hospital, CambodiaA‐DS1‐4Diabetic Foot Care Project in AASDShigeo KonoWHO‐collaborating Centre for Diabetes, Kyoto Medical Center, JapanA‐DS1‐5Diabetic foot in VietnamTa Van BinhHanoi Medical College, VietnamA‐DS1‐6Debridement in multidisciplinary diabetes foot ulcer care: what is the optimal frequency?Stephen TwiggDepartment of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, AustraliaChairsMoon Kyu LeeDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, KoreaLinong Ji Peking University Diabetes Center / Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University People's Hospital, ChinaA‐DS2‐1Glycemic targets and prevention of T2DMYingying LuoPeking University People's Hospital, ChinaA‐DS2‐2Microvascular complications in diabetes managementRonald C.W. MaThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongA‐DS2‐3Development process of clinical practice guidelines & lipid control in diabetesKyung‐Mook ChoiKorea University, KoreaA‐DS2‐4Blood pressure management guideline in diabetesDaisuke YabeKansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute and Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, JapanA‐DS2‐5Medical nutrition therapy & physical activity in T2DMHung‐Yuan LiNational Taiwan University Hospital, TaiwanCo‐Sponsored by: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.ChairsYutaka Seino Kansai Electric Power Hospital / Kansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute, JapanWeiping JiaDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, ChinaAL‐ES1Diabetes Education and Care in ChinaLinong JiDepartment of Endocrine & Metabolism, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, ChinaAL‐ES2Diabetes Education and Care in JapanDaisuke YabeKansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute and Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, JapanAL‐ES3Diabetes Education and Care in Hong KongRonald MaDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong KongAL‐ES4Diabetes Education and Care in KoreaMoon‐Kyu LeeSungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, KoreaAL‐ES5Diabetes Education and Care in TaiwanWayne H.H. SheuDivision of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, TaiwanAL‐ES6Diabetes Education and Care in KazakhstanZhanay A. AkanovAsfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, KazakhstanCo‐Sponsored by: Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd. and Eli Lilly Japan K.K.AASD and JDIChairNigishi HottaProfessor Emeritus Nagoya University / Director General Emeritus Japan Organization of Occupational Health and safety CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL, JapanYutaka SeinoElectric Power Hospital / Kansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute, JapanDaisuke YabeKansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute and Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, JapanJiro Nakamura60th JDS President / 9th AASD President, JapanYutaka SeinoAASD Chair, JapanDato’ Ikram Shag‐bin Ismail10th AASD President‐elect, Malaysia


Scientific Reports7: Article number: 4058510.1038/srep40585; published online: 01122017; updated: 02212017Affiliation 1 was incorrectly listed as ‘Experimental Oncology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil’ in the original version of the Article. The correct affiliation is listed below:Experimental Oncology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.In Addition, E.G. Rodrigues was incorrectly listed as being affiliated with ‘Laboratory of Cancer Immunobiology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil’.The correct affiliation is listed below:Laboratory of Cancer Immunobiology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.These errors have now been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of this Article.


For the past several years, the JACMP has issued awards to several manuscripts deemed by the Board of Editors to be worthy of the designation “Best Papers.” These awards are selected by a committee of the Board of Editors and are supported by grants from some of our corporate sponsors. By listing the Best Papers of 2010, I would like to honor the award winners for their contributions to the clinical practice of medical physics, and thank our corporate sponsors for their financial support.The Elekta Award of Excellence for an Outstanding Radiation Oncology Article was awarded to Vladimir Feygelman, Geoffrey G Zhang, and Craig W Stevens for their article entitled “Initial dosimetric evaluation of SmartArc ‐ a novel VMAT treatment planning module implemented in a multi‐vendor delivery chain,” JACMP 11(3), 135–153.The RIT Award of Excellence for the Best Imaging Article was awarded to Luciant Wolfsberger, Matthew Wagar, Paige Nitsch, Mandar Bhagwat, and Piotr Zygmanski for their article entitled “Angular dose dependence of MatriXX and its calibration,” JACMP 11(1), 241–251.The Sun Nuclear Award of Excellence for an Outstanding Radiation Oncology Physics Article was awarded to Ahmed Abdel Rahman Eldib, Mohamed I. Elgohary, Jiajin Fan, Lihui Jin, Jinsheng Li, Charlie Ma, and Nader A. Elsherbini for their article entitled “Dosimetric characteristics of an electron multileaf collimator for modulated electron radiation therapy,” JACMP 11(2), 5–22.The Unfors Award of Excellence for the Best Radiation Measurements Article was awarded to Thomas Frederick Boltz, William Pavlicek, Robert Paden, Markus Renno, Angela Jensen, and Metin Akay for their article entitled “An anthropomorphic beating heart phantom for cardiac X‐ray CT imaging evaluation,” JACMP 11(1), 191–199.The Varian – Editor‐in‐Chief Award of Excellence for an Outstanding General Medical Physics Article was awarded to Salahuddin Ahmad, Daniel Johnson, Jessica R. Hiatt, D. Timothy Still, Eli E. Furhang, David Marsden, Frank Kearly, Damian A. Bernard, and Randall W. Holt for their article entitled “Comparison of tumor and normal tissue dose for accelerated partial breast irradiation using an electronic brachytherapy eBx source and an Iridium‐192 source,” JACMP 11(4), 155–161.Congratulations to all the award winners, and thanks very much to all the award sponsors.George Starkschall, PhDEditor‐in‐ChiefAugust 15, 2011


Accessed November 22, 2016. The SRGs in our article should have carried the following credit line: © 2011–2016, American College of Emergency Physicians, Adapted with Permission.Since the publication of our article , it has


The authors of this published article  would li“We also thank the University program PASPA-UNAM for the scholarship granted to CE to carry out a sabbatical stay in Mucosal and Salivary Biology Division, King’s College, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK”.


Bae's PhD thesis.In the article, “The influences of cognitive appraisal, physical injury, coping strategy, and forgiveness of others on PTSD symptoms in traffic accidents using hierarchical linear modeling”,


The exciting end of the year was, for the medical world, full of moments of reunionand also moments of professional and human dedication.The 3rd European Congress of NeuroRehabilitation, which took place between 1st and4th of December 2015, in Hofburg Center, Vienna, Austria, should be mentionedamong the many professional events which took place last year. The event wasorganized by the European Federation of NeuroRehabilitation Societies incollaboration with the Austrian Society of NeuroRehabilitation and the GermanSociety of NeuroRehabilitation.Moreover, the event was envisioned and turned out to be a binder for the remarkablespecialists in the field and had the following main theme “Transition andTranslation: Two challenges for NeuroRehabilitation”.The latest accomplishments in neurorehabilitation research were presented during theevent. The participation of a great number of renowned speakers raised toexcellence the scientific quality of the congress manifestations.Among the most important plenary lectures of the 3rd European Congress ofNeuroRehabilitation the following should be mentioned: “Advances inneurorehabilitation fundamentals – an update”, Dafin Muresanu, Cluj Napoca,Romania; “Investigating anhedonia with whole-brain computational connectomics:Avenues for a new psychiatry?”, Leopold Saltuari, Austria; “The neurophysiology ofbeauty”, Semir Zeki, UK; Heinrich Binder, Austria; “Memory disorders and theconcept of reality” – “Psychogenic amnesia”, Michael Kopelman, UK; “Determinantsof reality distortion in psychosis”, Werner K. Strik, Czech Republic;„Neurorehabilitation in spinal cord injury” – „An update on perspectives: stemcells, nogo and so on”, Armin Curt, Switzerland; „Neuromodulation by manipulatingproprioception” – “Neurochemistry and connectivity of the propriospinal system”,Peter Riederer, Germany; “Focal vibration in neurorehabilitation”, FredericAlbert, France; “Advances in neuroprosthetics and mind-brain interfaces” – “BionicEye”, Susanne Binder, Austria; “Cochlea-Implants”, Thomas Lenarz, Germany;“Biokinetic rehabilitation after stroke”, chairs Mario Siebler, Germany andHermann Moser, Austria; “Parkinson disease: new advances in treatment andrehabilitation”, chairs Wassilios Meissner, France and Giovanni Abbruzzese, Italy. During the event, the following “Meet the Experts Sessions” took place: “Pharmacologyin neurorehabilitation”, Volker Homberg, Germany; “Early neurorehabilitation: dowe need specialization at ICU or at rehabilitation unit?, Heinrich Binder,Austria, etc., and also “The Free Communication Sessions” among which thefollowing should be mentioned: “Neuromodulation, pharmacology and post-surgicalrehabilitation” – “Neuromodulation with whole-hand electrical stimulation instroke patients in subacute stage”, K. Schwenker, M. Christova, H. Bartsch, M.Seidl, L. Koenig, A. Kunz, E. Trinka, F. Gerstenbrand, S. Golaszewski, Austria,etc.Moreover, issues of public health were also approached: “Analysis of the outcome inhome healthcare services in Abruzzo region : survey on district”, R.Saggini, R.G. Bellomo, E. Ancona, S.M. Carmignano, A. Di Stefano, G. Barassi,Italy.Also, the ENFR Awards for Young Researchers endowed with EUR 500 – each, were awardedto the 2 best abstracts and were presented during the Closing Session on the 4thof December 2015.As a confirmation of his scientific recognition and international prestige, on thisoccasion, the famous Prof. Dafin Fior Muresanu, MD, President of the RomanianSociety of Neurology was elected Vice-president of the European Federation ofNeuroRehabilitation Societies.What should also be mentioned as belonging to the moments of human dedication in thediversity of the medical world is the “Christmas and New Year’s Festive Concert”of “Dr. Ermil Nichifor” Physicians Orchestra in Bucharest under the inspired batonof the orchestra conductor, Iosif Ion Prunner, on the 27th of December, inRomanian sanctuary of classical music, the Romanian Athenaeum. The artistic program also included some important music pieces belonging to theuniversal classic music treasure, such as: J. STRAUSS , G. VERDI , P.I. CEAIKOVSKI , P. MASCAGNI, SOSTAKOVICI , E. DOGA , L. ANDERSON , all being interpreteddevotedly and with talent and profusely offered to a connoisseur auditorium. The Concert’s exceptional success was also guaranteed by the remarkable contributionof the opera singers such as Alina Bottez ,Irina Iordachescu (Ave Maria from Otello), Oana Andra , Catalin Toropoc (Felice ancor io son? Per me e giunta il di supremo Ariafrom Don Carlo) and Adrian Dumitru .At the end of the wonderful Concert, the book “Iosif Ion PRUNNER – Three generationsat the Romanian Athenaeum” was launched in front of an impressive public. Executive Editor Prof. Dr. Eng. Victor Lorin PurcareaExecutive EditorAssoc. Prof. Dr. Eng. Victor Lorin Purcarea


Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-018-24976-x, published online 25 April 2018Correction to: The Acknowledgements section in this Article is incomplete.www.sequencing.uio.no) supported by the Research Council of Norway and the South-eastern Regional Health Authorities.”“The MyoGlu trial is registered at ClinicalTrail.gov; NCT01803568. This work was supported by grants from the institute of Basic Medical Sciences, UiO, Johan Throne-Holst Foundation for Nutrition Research, Freia Medical Research Foundation, the “Functional Genomics” and “Infrastructure” programs of the Research Council of Norway and the Southeastern Regional Health Authorities and EU-financed FP7 project (NutriTech grant agreement no: 289511). We thank Anne Randi Enget, Ansgar Heck and Birgitte Nellemann for taking the biopsies, and Tor I Gloppen, Torstein Dalen, Håvard Moen, Marius A Dahl, Guro Grøthe, Egil Johansen, Katrine A Krog, Øyvind Skattebo, Daniel S Tangen, Kristoffer K Jensen, Hans K Stadheim, and Eirin Rise for conducting the human strength and endurance intervention (MyoGlu) under supervision of Professor Jørgen Jensen. Sequencing was performed by PhD Gregor Gilfilan at the Norwegian Sequencing Centre (should read:www.sequencing.uio.no) supported by the Research Council of Norway and the South-eastern Regional Health Authorities. EU Joint Programming Initiative ‘A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life’ on Biomarkers BioNH FOODBALL (grant number 52905100).”“The MyoGlu trial is registered at ClinicalTrail.gov; NCT01803568. This work was supported by grants from the institute of Basic Medical Sciences, UiO, Johan Throne-Holst Foundation for Nutrition Research, Freia Medical Research Foundation, the “Functional Genomics” and “Infrastructure” programs of the Research Council of Norway and the Southeastern Regional Health Authorities and EU-financed FP7 project (NutriTech grant agreement no: 289511). We thank Anne Randi Enget, Ansgar Heck and Birgitte Nellemann for taking the biopsies, and Tor I Gloppen, Torstein Dalen, Håvard Moen, Marius A Dahl, Guro Grøthe, Egil Johansen, Katrine A Krog, Øyvind Skattebo, Daniel S Tangen, Kristoffer K Jensen, Hans K Stadheim, and Eirin Rise for conducting the human strength and endurance intervention (MyoGlu) under supervision of Professor Jørgen Jensen. Sequencing was performed by PhD Gregor Gilfilan at the Norwegian Sequencing Centre (


GBD 2015 HIV Collaborators. Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet HIV 3: e361–87—2016; In this Article, Kerrie E Doyle and David M Pereira have been added to the list of collaborators and Claudia C Pereira has been removed. These corrections have been made as of Aug 22, 2016.


There is an error in affiliation 1 for the first author, Tao He. Affiliation 1 should be: Eye Center Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan, Hubei, PR China.


Nature Communications8 Article number: 14881 ; DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14881 (2017); Published: 03282017; Updated: 08112017The original version of this Article contained an error in which the second affiliation ‘Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA’; was inadvertently switched with the third affiliation ‘School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, China’.Additionally, ‘Shaanxi’ was misspelt as ‘Shaansi’. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.


Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-017-16298-1, published online 22 November 2017Correction to: In the original version of this Article, Jong Min Lee was incorrectly affiliated with ‘Department of Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang University, Nanyang Dr, Singapore.’The correct affiliation is listed below.“Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea”This error has now been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the Article, and in the accompanying ‘Table 1’ file.


Scientific Reports7: Article number: 4673810.1038/srep46738; published online: 05032017; updated: 05262017The original version of this Article contained errors. In the Introduction section,PatHNL 25, ParsHNL (Prunus armeniaca L.)26, PeHNL (Passiflora edulis)27 , and the fern HNL from Phlebodium aureum (PhaHNL)28”.“Finally there is a number of characterized HNLs with yet unpublished amino acid sequences and protein folds, for example, should read:PatHNL 25, ParsHNL (Prunus armeniaca L.)26, PeHNL (Passiflora edulis)27 , and the fern HNL from Phlebodium aureum (PhaHNL)29”.“Finally there is a number of characterized HNLs with yet unpublished amino acid sequences and protein folds, for example, In addition, in the Results section,Davallia and different other fern genera28,31,32”.“Mandelonitrile was chosen, as this is the natural cyanohydrin identified in the genus should read:Davallia and different other fern genera29,31,32”.“Mandelonitrile was chosen, as this is the natural cyanohydrin identified in the genus


Candida lusitaniae Fungemia”, which appeared in Volume 96, Issue 45 of Medicine, Dr. Puvanalingam Ayyadurai's first name appeared incorrectly as Puvvalingam.In the article, “Uncommon cause of fungemia in a patient with renal cell cancer: A case report of


Eun Jin Janh's affiliation also includes “Department of Information Statistics, Colloge of Natural Science, Andong National University, Andong, Republic of Korea.” Jimin Kim's affiliation should have included “’Department of Health Policy and Hospital Management, Graduate School of Public Health, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.”In the article, “Inhaled Corticosteroids Use Is Not Associated With an Increased Risk of Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus”,


Kyung Eun Shin's affiliation should appear as “Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea.”In the article, “Myocardial CT perfusion imaging for pre- and postoperative evaluation of myocardial ischemia in a patient with myocardial bridging: A case report”,


TABLE 2. Number and age-adjusted rate per 100,000 persons for drug overdose deaths, by sex, race/ethnicity, intent of death, and age group, for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties of residence — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1999–2015.*”In the Surveillance Summary “Illicit Drug Use, Illicit Drug Use Disorders, and Drug Overdose Deaths in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas — United States,” on page 8, the title of Table 2 should have read “


Anaplasma phagocytophilum” should have been inserted with all of the values that were incorrectly listed for “Ehrlichiosis/Anaplasmosis.”In the “Summary of Notifiable Diseases, United States, 2011,” on page 26, in Table 1, the row for “Ehrlichiosis/Anaplasmosis” should have been left blank, with no values. Three rows down, above “Undetermined,” the row for “Anaplasma phagocytophilum” should have been inserted with all of the values that were incorrectly listed for “Ehrlichiosis/Anaplasmosis.”In addition, on page 41, in Table 3, the row for “Ehrlichiosis/Anaplasmosis” should have been left blank, with no values. Three rows down, above “Undetermined,” the row “Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia ewingii, and Undetermined. The total counts are in correct order.Finally, on page 43, in Table 4, the diseases are presented out of order. The order should be as follows: 937, 716, and 221, respectively. For Babesiosis, S. Atlantic, the values for Total, Confirmed, and Probable should read 3, 1, and 2, respectively. For Babesiosis, District of Columbia, the entries for Total, Confirmed, and Probable all should read N. On page 679, for Rabies, Animal, the United States value should read 4,541; the E.N. Central value should read 170, and the Illinois value should read 63.In the report, “Final 2012 Reports of Nationally Notifiable Diseases,” in Table 2, multiple errors occurred. On page 671, for Babesiosis, United States, the values for Total, Confirmed, and Probable should read On page 662, the bottom section of Table 2 should appear as follows:5–11, 2014, is National Folic Acid Awareness Week.In the second announcement on page 1052, an error occurred in the first sentence of the second paragraph. That sentence should read, “January


Liang Shen's affiliation should have been a Department of Neurosurgery, Huzhou Central Hospital, Huzhou, Zhejiang.In the article, “Effects of atorvastatin on chronic subdural hematoma: A systematic review”,


Scientific Reports6: Article number: 35345; 10.1038/srep35345 published online: 10142016; updated: 01292018.The original version of this Article contained errors in the affiliation list. Affiliations 1, 2 and 3 were incorrectly listed as affiliations 2, 3 and 1 respectively.In addition, Jiabin Liu was incorrectly affiliated with ‘State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049’. The correct affiliation for Jiabin Liu is listed below:College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, ChinaFinally, an additional affiliation for Xiaoyang Fang was omitted. The correct affiliations for Xiaoyang Fang are listed below:College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, ChinaState Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaThese errors have now been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the Article.


Jin-Tae Kim's affiliation should have appeared as “Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.”In the article, “Desflurane versus sevoflurane in pediatric anesthesia with a laryngeal mask airway: A randomized controlled trial”,


Scientific Reports6: Article number: 2017710.1038/srep20177; published online: 02092016; updated: 03232017In this Article, Yaw Aniweh and Peter Preiser are incorrectly listed as being affiliated with the ‘School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637457’. The correct affiliation for both is listed below:‘School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 637551, Singapore’.


Georgia, New York, New York City, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia require 2 doses of measles and mumps, and 1 dose of rubella vaccines. Iowa requires 2 doses of measles and 2 doses of rubella vaccines.”On page 1077, in Table 1, footnote “**” should have read “


The correct affiliation is 2L. Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw 53–114, Poland and 3Lower Silesian Center for Cellular Transplantation with National Bone Marrow Donor Registry, Wroclaw 53–439, Poland. The correct affiliations for each author can be seen above in the author list.Following publication of this article , it has


In the article titled “Effectiveness and Safety of Electroacupuncture on Poststroke Urinary Incontinence: Study Protocol of a Pilot Multicentered, Randomized, Parallel, Sham-Controlled Trial” , the fir


The second affiliation for the first author is not indicated. Seth C. Inzaule is also affiliated with: ISGlobal, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB) Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.


Christian Windpassinger's affiliation should have appeared as “Institute of Human Genetics,In the article, “How frequent is osteogenesis imperfecta in patients with idiopathic osteoporosis?: Case reports”,Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.”


The seventh author’s name is spelled incorrectly. The correct name is: Antonio Arnofi.Affiliation 4 for authors Emanuela Medda, Corrado Fagnani, Antonio Arnofi, and Maria Antonietta Stazi is incorrect. Affiliation 4 should be: Centre for Behavioural Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.


Affiliation “a” should read as follows:In the article “Severity of pulmonary emphysema and lung cancer: analysis using quantitative lobar emphysema scoring”,Department of Radiology, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea.


In the article titled “Effects of Shenfu Injection in the Treatment of Septic Shock Patients: A Multicenter, Controlled, Randomized, Open-Label Trial” , affilia


Nature Communications 10.1038/s41467-017-02380-9, published online 22 January 2018Correction to: In the originally published version of this Article, the affiliation details for Santi González, Jian’an Luan and Claudia Langenberg were inadvertently omitted. Santi González should have been affiliated with 'Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Joint BSC-CRG-IRB Research Program in Computational Biology, 08034 Barcelona, Spain’, and Jian’an Luan and Claudia Langenberg should have been affiliated with ‘MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK’. Furthermore, the abstract contained an error in the SNP ID for the rare variant in chromosome Xq23, which was incorrectly given as rs146662057 and should have been rs146662075. These errors have now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.


In the article titled “Perceived Body Image, Eating Behavior, and Sedentary Activities and Body Mass Index Categories in Kuwaiti Female Adolescents” , referen


Woods A, Jones N, Alderson-Day B, Callard F, Fernyhough C. Experiences of hearing voices: analysis of a novel phenomenological survey. Lancet Psychiatry 2015;2: 323–31—In table 1 of this Article , values for the number of individuals of different genders have been corrected for schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, and mixed depression. In the last paragraph of the Results, the third sentence should have read “We detected no significant associations between gender and subgroup, and only three codes were significantly associated: paranoia was more likely in men (p=0·036), while childhood onset (p=0·001) and structured longitudinal change (p=0·039) was more likely in women.” Additionally, the fourth sentence of the ninth paragraph in the Discussion should have read “When we analysed gender effects in our data, we detected differences for only three codes: paranoia (which was more likely in men), childhood onset, and structured longitudinal change (which were both more likely in women than in men).” The online version has been corrected as of April 2, 2015.


In the article titled “Recommendations for Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis in COPD Men” , there wThe article notes: “For example, the Garvan fracture risk calculator and the WHO fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX) are useful supplements to BMD assessments, as they help physicians to decide which patients might require prolonged treatment to reduce the risk of future fractures 24, 25]”; “The updated National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) guide based upon the WHO fracture prediction algorithm (FRAX), in conjunction with an updated US-specific economic analysis, provides also treatment recommendations for men with osteopenia on BMD.” However, the World Health Organization (WHO) did not develop, test, or endorse the FRAX tool or its recommendations [4, 25”; “


In the article titled “Prevalence and Perinatal Outcomes of Singleton Term Breech Delivery in Wolisso Hospital, Oromia Region, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study” , the nam


In the article titled “The Current Practice of Screening, Prevention, and Treatment of Androgen-Deprivation-Therapy Induced Osteoporosis in Patients with Prostate Cancer” , there wThe article notes: “As a result of the potential consequences of ADT, expert guideline recommendations advocate for assessing men prescribed ADT for osteoporosis and to estimate the baseline fracture risk using an assessment tool, such as the World Health Organization fracture risk assessment tool 6, 21, 32, 33]”. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) did not develop, test, or endorse the FRAX® tool or its recommendations [1, 32, 33


Scientific Reports6: Article number: 37909; 10.1038/srep37909 published online: 12022016; updated: 03072017.The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of the author Jorge Luis Galeano Niño, which was incorrectly given as Jorge Luis Galenano-Niño.Additionally, there were typographical errors in Affiliation 9 which was incorrectly listed as ‘Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.’ The correct affiliation is listed below:Centenary Institute, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.These errors have now been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.


In the report, “Measles Outbreak — California, December 2014–February 2015,” two errors occurred.Texas (one), Utah (three), and Washington (two), as well as linked cases reported in two neighboring countries, Mexico (one) and Canada (10).”In the second paragraph, the sixth sentence should read, “In addition, 15 cases linked to the two Disney theme parks have been reported in seven other states: Arizona (seven), Colorado (one), Nebraska (one), Oregon (one), 76%) were intentionally unvaccinated because of personal beliefs, and one was on an alternative plan for vaccination.”In the third paragraph, the third sentence should read, “Among the 37 remaining vaccine-eligible patients, 28 (


There is an error in affiliation 1 for authors Situ KC and Suvi M. Virtanen. Affiliation 1 should be: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.


Dr. Chen's affiliation in both articles should have read “Department of Pediatrics (SC-CC), School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan”.In the articles “Infant stool color card screening helps reduce the hospitalization rate and mortality of biliary atresia: A 14-year nationwide cohort study in Taiwan”


Mortality rates for severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) range from 17 to 48 % in published studies.In this review, we searched PubMed for relevant papers published between 1981 and June 2016 and relevant files. We explored how early and aggressive management measures, implemented within 24 hours of recognition of severe CAP and carried out both in the emergency department and in the ICU, decrease mortality in severe CAP.These measures begin with the use of severity assessment tools and the application of care bundles via clinical decision support tools. The bundles include early guideline-concordant antibiotics including macrolides, early haemodynamic support , and early respiratory support .While the proposed interventions appear straightforward, multiple barriers to their implementation exist. To successfully decrease mortality for severe CAP, early and close collaboration between emergency medicine and respiratory and critical care medicine teams is required. We propose a workflow incorporating these interventions. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has plagued humankind for millennia. Hippocrates described pneumonia as a disease which the “ancients” named, and stated that “when pneumonia is at its height, the case is beyond remedy if he is not purged” . PrognosCalls have been made to treat CAP as an emergency, with aggressive interventions to lower mortality . UnfortuWe electronically searched PubMed (1981–June 2016) using a sensitive search strategy without language restrictions and with the following Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) terms: “pneumonia”, “mortality”, “severe”, “severity assessment tools”, “severity scores”, “emergency service, hospital”, and “intensive care units”, “antibiotics”, “sepsis”, “shock septic”, “resuscitation”, “early goal-directed therapy”, “hypoxaemia”, “acute respiratory distress syndrome”, “patient care bundles”, and “quality improvement”. We supplemented the search by reviewing references of included studies and our files. The findings of key papers on the impact of various management measures on mortality are summarised in Table Severity assessment tools may help clinicians recognise severe CAP and select patients for early intervention. In 1997, Fine et al. . HoweverTwo systematic reviews and meta-analyses found 40 studies on different severity assessment tools to guide ICU admission , 6. MartSeverity assessment tools have several limitations . FirstlyMuch work has been devoted to finding the ideal severity assessment tool to guide ICU admission because several studies have linked delayed ICU admission for severe CAP with increased mortality –36. SuchGiven the limitations of severity assessment tools, we argue that it is time to move on from the search for the perfect tool to effective translation of currently available tools into action. Lim et al.  linked CStreptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Legionella species, Gram-negative bacilli, Haemophilus influenzae, and influenza A and B viruses [Common causative organisms for severe CAP include  viruses , 15, 17. viruses , 40  [Multidrug resistance is increasingly of concern, and American and European guidelines also suggest that when a ropenem) , 17. In ropenem)  that extropenem) –52.A recent systematic review concluded from four large observational studies that administration of antibiotics for CAP within 4–8 hours of hospital arrival was associated with a 5–43 % relative reduction in mortality, even in non-ICU patients . MultiplPneumonia is the most common cause of sepsis and often presents with septic shock , 60. In In 2014 and 2015, however, three large multicentre randomised trials—the ProCESS, ARISE, and ProMISe studies –66—reporAcute respiratory failure frequently complicates severe CAP; the combined impact of acute respiratory failure and sepsis on mortality is exponential . Delay i2/FIO2) ≤ 300 mmHg, but without haemodynamic instability, were randomised within 3 hours of meeting inclusion criteria to high-flow oxygen therapy through a nasal cannula, standard oxygen therapy delivered through a face mask, or non-invasive ventilation [In the multicentre FLORALI study, 310 patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure and a ratio of the partial pressure of arterial oxygen to the fraction of inspired oxygen  lowers mortality [Pneumonia is the most common cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) , and as ortality , 82, as ortality , 84 (TabWhile systemic corticosteroids attenuate the inflammatory response in CAP, recent data on their role are conflicting. In a multicentre randomised controlled trial of 785 patients, 386 of whom had severe CAP as defined by PSI classes IV and V, Blum et al. , 88 Tab and one Care bundles combine several management practices to improve outcomes . In 2002A few before-and-after studies have focused on sepsis care bundles derived from the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines  for seveWithout explicit guidelines, clinical management differs between individual physicians . WorkfloTo illustrate, Lim et al.’s intervention  was desiWe propose in Fig. The proposed approach has its limitations and must be adapted to each individual setting. Selected antimicrobials should be tailored to the local antibiogram. While we have focused on antibiotics for bacterial pathogens, empiric treatment with neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza in the presence of typical symptoms should be considered , 104. ReSevere CAP has claimed too many lives for too long. The emergency medicine and respiratory and critical care medicine communities should work together to decrease mortality by implementing early and aggressive management measures upon recognition of severe CAP.2, fraction of inspired oxygen; GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation; HCAP, healthcare-associated pneumonia; IDSA, Infectious Diseases Society of America; MeSH®, Medical Subject Headings; OR, odds ratio; PaO2, partial pressure of arterial oxygen; PSI, Pneumonia Severity Index; qSOFA, quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; SCAP, Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia; SMART-COP, Systolic blood pressure, Multilobar infiltrates, Albumin, Respiratory rate, Tachycardia, Confusion, low Oxygen, low PHARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; ATS, American Thoracic Society; CAP, community-acquired pneumonia; CI, confidence interval; CURB65, Confusion, Urea, Respiratory Rate, Blood pressure, Age > 65 years; ED, emergency department; EGDT, early goal-directed therapy; FIO


Legionella pneumophila, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa” [Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases has retracted the article titled “Contamination of Hospital Water Supplies in Gilan, Iran, withuginosa” . The art


In the article titled “Low Body Mass Index Can Identify Majority of Osteoporotic Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Missed by Current Guidelines” , there wThe article notes: “In fact, the WHO fracture risk predictor model (FRAX) based on data derived from nine cohorts from Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia includes low BMI as an important clinical predictor to predict 10-year probability of fracture [11].” However, the World Health Organization (WHO) did not develop, test, or endorse the FRAX tool or its recommendations . The met


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Similardesign study, language, and tables were found in a previously published article,“Botulinum toxin type A for neuropathic pain in patients with spinal cordinjury”, which appeared inVolume 79, Issue 4 of Annals of Neurology, without any attribution orcitation.The article, “A randomized controlled trial of botulinum toxin A for treatingneuropathic pain in patients with spinal cord injury”,


There is an error in affiliation 2 for author Roberto Henriques. Affiliation 2 should be: NOVA IMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.


Due to a typesetting error, affiliation 5 was incorrectly identified as “Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,” the correct affiliation is: “Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.” Also, affiliation 6 was missing “University of Oslo,” the correct affiliation 6 is: “Department of Biosciences, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.”The publisher apologizes for this error and the original article has been updated to reflect this. This error does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way.


Page 2○ Incorrect: In this study, we thoroughly reinvestigated the Burgess Shale euarthropod Habelia Walcott, 1912 based on Walcott’s original material and new specimens discovered by the Royal Ontario Museum. Habelia optata was initially regarded by Walcott as an “aglaspidid merostome,” which would hint at a chelicerate affinity [36], but this statement lacked much justification [37]. Simonetta [38] and Simonetta and Delle Cave [39] followed this view based mostly on overall aspect, while preferring to compare H. brevicauda, the new morphotype erected by Simonetta, to Leanchoilia [39]—a megacheiran. Importantly, early authors [37–41] recognized the presence of at least five pairs of head appendages, a condition that could have later related this animal to Sanctacaris—even if an interpretation of strictly five pairs and some other morphological details led to comparisons with crustaceans instead . In his revision of the genus, however, Whittington [43] rejected previous interpretations of a cephalon with five head appendages or more, leaving Habelia as a problematicum. Herafter, we reevaluate the significance of Habelia for the early evolution of chelicerates, as well as for the understanding of morphological convergence in the ecological context of the radiation of Cambrian euarthropods.○ Correct: In this study, we thoroughly reinvestigated the Burgess Shale euarthropod Habelia optata Walcott, 1912 based on Walcott’s original material and new specimens discovered by the Royal Ontario Museum. H. optata was initially regarded by Walcott as an “aglaspidid merostome,” which would hint at a chelicerate affinity [36], but this statement lacked much justification [37]. Simonetta [38] and Simonetta and Delle Cave [39] followed this view based mostly on overall aspect, while preferring to compare H. brevicauda, the new species erected by Simonetta, to Leanchoilia [39]—a megacheiran. Importantly, early authors [37–41] recognized the presence of at least five pairs of head appendages, a condition that could have later related this animal to Sanctacaris—even if an interpretation of strictly five pairs and some other morphological details led to comparisons with crustaceans instead . In his revision of the species, however, Whittington [43] rejected previous interpretations of a cephalon with five head appendages or more, leaving H. optata as a problematicum. Herafter, we reevaluate the significance of H. optata [...]Page 3○ Incorrect: Abbreviations used in figures…○ Correct: Abbreviations used in figures and additional files…Page 3○ Incorrect: Abbreviations used in figures: ag, anterior gnathobase; am, arthrodial membrane; an, anus; ap, anal pouch; att, endopod attachment on gnathobase; bas, basipod(s); ce, cephalic endopod(s); cen, cephalic endopod n; cel, left cephalic exopods; cpl, cephalic pleura; cx, cephalic exopod(s); cxn, cephalic exopod n; db, distal brush; dpex, distal part of exopod; ds, dorsal spine; dtp; distal telson piece; e, eye; en, endopod n; en, endopod; ex, exopod; das, dark stain;○ Correct: Abbreviations used in figures: ag, anterior gnathobase; am, arthrodial membrane; an, anus; ap, anal pouch; att, endopod attachment on gnathobase; bas, basipod(s); ce, cephalic endopod(s); cen, cephalic endopod n; cel, left cephalic exopods; cpl, cephalic pleura; cx, cephalic exopod(s); cxn, cephalic exopod n; das, dark stain; db, distal brush; dpex, distal part of exopod; ds, dorsal spine; dtp; distal telson piece; e, eye; en, endopod n; en, endopod; ex, exopod;Page 4○ Incorrect: “however, the presence of eight post-cephalic tergites and a pygidium would rather seem to indicate a relationship with Mollisonia”○ Correct: “however, the presence of seven post-cephalic tergites and a pygidium would rather seem to indicate a relationship with Mollisonia”The original article  had 4 pa


In Oezel et al. Institute for Surgical Research, Philipps University of Marburg, Baldingerstrasse, 35043 Marburg.


Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-018-20303-6, published online 31 January 2018Correction to: In the original version of this Article, María-José Cao was incorrectly affiliated with:‘Centre of Excellence for the Study and Treatment of Diabetes and Obesity, Valladolid, Spain’and‘Nursing Faculty, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain’and‘Endocrinology and Clinical Nutrition Research Centre (ECNRC), University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain’.The correct affiliations are below:‘Nursing Faculty, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain’and‘Endocrinology and Clinical Nutrition Research Centre (ECNRC), University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain’.


There is an error in affiliation 2 for authors Michael Baier and Bettina Löffler. Affiliation 2 should be: Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.There is also an error in affiliation 3 for author Christoph Lübbert. Affiliation 3 should be: Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.


The affiliation for the third author is incorrect. Michael Leitner is not affiliated with #5 Department of Geoinformatics—Z_GIS, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria


Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-017-00978-z, published online 21 April 2017Correction to: The original version of this Article contained an error in Affiliation 2 which was incorrectly listed as ‘People’s Hospital of Deyan, Chengdu and Deyang, Cheng du, China’. The correct affiliation is listed below:People’s Hospital of Deyang, Deyang, China.This error has now been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.


In the article titled “Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, and Cancer” , an Ackn


Scientific Reports6: Article number: 3620610.1038/srep36206; published online: 11102016; updated: 02162017Affiliation 1 was incorrectly listed as ‘Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21211, USA’ in the original version of the Article. The correct affiliation is listed below:Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.In addition, in the Introduction section,2,4,6,8 or10 that is randomly chosen with equal distribution (known by the subjects)”.“Afterwards, subjects are shown their cardnow reads:“Afterwards, subjects are shown their card  that is randomly chosen with equal distribution (known by the subjects).”In the Methods section under subheading ‘Gambling Task’,2,4,6,8 or10 for a duration of 2 seconds”.“Once centered, the subject is shown his cardnow reads:“Once centered, the subject is shown his card  for a duration of 2 seconds”.These errors have now been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of this Article.


The funding statement for this article should read as follows:“Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the Swiss National Science Foundation, the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 686070, MicroscapesX within SystemsX.ch, the Swiss Initiative for Systems Biology evaluated by the Swiss National Science Foundation, and RobustYeast within ERA net project via SystemsX.ch. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.”


Scientific Reports7: Article number: 4229610.1038/srep42296; published online: 02082017; updated: 03162017The original version of this Article contained an error in Affiliation 2, which was incorrectly given as:‘Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Baltimore, PA, USA’.The correct affiliation is listed below:‘Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA’.Additionally, there was a typographical error in the Acknowledgements section.‘EPA STAR 8357360 (UPitt)’.now reads:‘EPA STAR 83573601 (UPitt)’.These errors have been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.


Nature Communications8:80 doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00031-7; Article published online 19 Jul 2017The previously published version of this Article contained typographical errors in the spelling of the author names Stephen C. J. Parker and H.-Erich Wichmann, which were incorrectly given as Stephan Parker and H.-Erich Wichman, respectively. Furthermore, Affiliation 53 was incorrectly given as ‘Research Group on Geriatrics, The Berlin Aging Study II, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin 13353, Germany’, Affiliation 66 was incorrectly given as ‘Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA’, and Affiliation 152 was incorrectly given as ‘Group Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA’. These errors have been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.


There are errors in the Funding section. The correct funding information is as follows: The study was supported by research grants from Carlos III Institute of Health, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain), within the Technical, Scientific and Innovation Research National Plan, with reference PI11/01082, RD16/0007/0001, co-funded with European Union ERDF funds ”, VI Catedra of the European University of Madrid, Funding for the realization of doctoral theses “Isabel Fernández” 2015 SEMFYC, Ajut XB 2012 Unitat de Suport a la Recerca de Barcelona de l’Institut Català de la Salut and 14th Financial aid for training in research and doctorate in primary care IDIAP Jordi Gol 2013. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


Koh-Hei Sonoda's affiliation should have been affiliation f, Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka.In the article, “Regorafenib-induced retinal and gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a metastatic colorectal cancer patient with liver dysfunction: A case report”


CHEK2”, which appeared in Volume 95, Issue 29 of Medicine, Dr. Zhuang's affiliation was originally given incorrectly. The correct affiliation is as follows: Department of Vascular and Endocrine Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China.In the article “Case report of a Li–Fraumeni syndrome-like phenotype with a de novo mutation in


The following information is missing from the Funding section: This study was also funded by a grant from the Collaborative Research Center / Transregio 124 consortium “Pathogenic fungi and their human host: Networks of Interaction”  to AAB, ES, KR, MM, IDJ and KV.


Hobbs FDR, Bankhead C, Mukhtar T, et al, on behalf of the National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research. Clinical workload in UK primary care: a retrospective analysis of 100 million consultations in England, 2007–14. Lancet 387: 2323–302016; —This Article should have been published under a Creative Commons CC BY open access licence. This correction has been made as of June 2, 2016, and the printed Article is correct.


An affiliation was omitted. The additional affiliation, which is for first author Nino Künzli, is University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.


The 10th author's affiliation is incorrect. The affiliation should be institution 1: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.


There was an error in affiliation 2 for authors Ewert Linder and Cecilia Thors. Affiliation 2 should be: 2 Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden


There was an error in affiliation 3 for author Sophie Clément. Affiliation 3 should be: Division of Clinical Pathology, Medical School of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.


Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the fission yeast, has long been a crucial model for the studyof the eukaryote cell cycle. We take a look at this important yeast, whose genome hasrecently been completed, featuring comments from Valerie Wood, Jürg Bähler, RamsayMcFarlane, Susan Forsburg, Iain Hagan and Paul Nurse on the implications of having thecomplete sequence and future prospects for pombe genomics.


The changes were made on March 13, 2008, and appear online at


Since vascular cell dysfunction plays a major role in the atherothrombotic complications in central obesity, this paper aims at focusing, in particular, on the relationship between platelets and vascular smooth muscle cells, and the impaired secretory pattern of adipose tissue.Visceral obesity is a relevant pathological condition closely associated with high risk of atherosclerotic vascular disease including myocardial infarction and stroke. The increased vascular risk is related also to peculiar dysfunction in the endocrine activity of adipose tissue responsible of vascular impairment , prothrombotic tendency, and low-grade chronic inflammation. In particular, increased synthesis and release of different cytokines, including interleukins and tumor necrosis factor- Subjects affected by central obesity  are characterized by insulin resistance, metabolic disorders, and vascular abnormalities which cooperate to induce high cardiovascular risk –3. The so-called “metabolic syndrome”, defined on the basis of a combination of central obesity, glucose intolerance, atherogenic dyslipidemia, and arterial hypertension , 4, is pIn central obesity, abnormalities in the extent and distribution of fat mass are associated with a peculiar dysfunction of adipose tissue, responsible—together with the insulin resistance—of alterations of vascular function , pro-thrombotic tendency, low-grade chronic inflammation, and oxidative stress: these defects, frequently associated as a cluster, represent the main pathogenetic link between obesity and the increased risk of athero-thrombotic events –7.Omental adipose tissue, which comprises both adipocytes and a stromovascular cell fraction, is not an inert lipid storage site, but a dynamic endocrine organ able to synthesize and secrete many bioactive peptides—collectively named “adipocytokines”—deeply involved in the metabolic, vascular, and immunological homeostasis by paracrine and endocrine mechanisms , 6, 8–10Some molecules, directly synthesized by adipocytes and called “adipokines” (i) control energy balance and appetite, and influence insulin sensitivity via endocrine mechanisms, and (ii) modulate adipocyte size/number and angiogenesis via paracrine mechanisms, thus exerting a major role in the regulation of fat mass , 11. FurOther peptides belonging to the cytokine group—produced and released by the stromal vascular components of adipose tissue  , 12–14—aWith the exception of the insulin sensitizing peptide adiponectin, adipokine production and secretion are increased in central obesity , 11, 15:Also, cytokine release is enhanced: this phenomenon is attributable to increased prevalence of hypertrophied adipocytes with altered adipokine synthesis and secretion, local hypoxia, as well as activation of resident inflammatory cells and macrophages , 15. In particular, adipose tissue from individuals with central obesity synthesizes and releases increased amount of α (TNF-α), and interleukins, including interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin-6 (IL-6)  domain of vWF and fibrinogen, and GPVI which ensures a stable anchorage with subendothelial matrix by direct interaction with collagen   , 114. Th(IGF-1)] , 114. 2O2) production mediated by NADPH oxidase  in neointimal formation in obese Zucker rats has been recently recognized  , is abunAlthough it is not a cytokine, visfatin expression is up-regulated by cytokines: several studies showed its involvement in metabolic and vascular homeostasis , 309. MeVisfatin influences VSMC phenotype maturation from a proliferative noncontractile to a nonproliferative contractile one required for vasomotor function , and proResistin has been originally identified as an adipocyte-secreted peptide able to induce insulin resistance in rodents; in humans it is represented by a 12.5 kDa cysteine-rich protein of 108 amino acids . Also inκ B [Resistin is an important regulator of glucose homeostasis, adipogenesis, and, potentially, inflammation ; in partκ B .The interplay between resistin and vascular wall cells can potentially contribute to the development of atherosclerotic lesions : in partResistin induces proliferation of cultured human aortic VSMC through both ERK 1/2 and Akt signaling pathways . FurtherIncreased circulating levels of ET-1 have been observed in patients affected by central obesity and metabolic syndrome . ET-1 elper se to vasoconstriction by influencing calcium fluxes, by activating the renin-angiotensin system, and by inducing VSMC hypertrophy [The increase of ET-1 accounts for a prevailing vasoconstrictive effect of insulin in insulin resistant states, in which the insulin-induced, PI3-K-mediated increase of NO is impaired ; furtherertrophy .in vitro exposure to ET-1 induces platelet activation or increases platelet responses to aggregating agonists [Platelets are a potential target of circulating ET-1. However, as recently reviewed, ET-1 effects on platelets are still conflicting : some stagonists –329, othagonists .These conflicting results may be due to complex interactions between platelet ET(A) and ET(B) receptors.β [VSMC are both a source and a target of ET-1 –333. As β .The major adverse consequences of central obesity are related to the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus and of athero-thrombotic vascular diseases, which account for a high disease-related mortality , 5–7. AsIn particular, the activation of an inflammatory process by adipose tissue is related to impairment of the secretion pattern of adipocytokines, including increased local availability of major cytokines , 341, asOn the basis of the large number of reviewed studies, a relevant role can be recognized to impairment of platelet and VSMC functions in the pro-thrombotic tendency, proinflammatory state and accelerated atherogenesis of the patients with central obesity –22. Impaired synthesis and/or secretion of single adipocytokines which can interplay with platelets and VSMC are deeply involved in these phenomena.α, interleukins and likely leptin [As extensively reviewed, a large body of evidences showed detrimental actions of the increased synthesis and secretion of several mediators which act through pro-thrombotic and proliferative actions and oxidative stress, including TNF-y leptin . Howevery leptin , 343 andy leptin , 343: thIn summary, available evidences allow to hypothesize the presence of a complex scenario related to increased atherogenic and atherothrombotic risk in central obesity: in this context an impaired pattern of adipocytokine synthesis and secretion, rather than alteration of single mediators, has to be considered a major mechanistic link.α ”, “vascular smooth muscle cells”, and “visfatin”. All papers identified were English-language, full-text papers and were selected on the basis of relevance and novelty; a priority was given to those published in peer-reviewed journals.Searches for original articles and reviews from 1985 to February 2010 focusing on obesity, hemostasis, vascular function and adipokines were performed in MEDLINE and PubMed electronic databases. The search terms were: “adipocytokines”, “adipokines”, “adiponectin”, “apelin”, “cytokines”, “central obesity”, “endothelin-1”, “ghrelin”, “insulin resistance”, “interleukin-6”, “leptin”, “metabolic syndrome”, “obesity”, “overweight”, “platelets”, “platelet dysfunction”, “resistin”, “thrombosis”, “Tumor necrosis factor-


A disease known since antiquity, typhus has been described as follows: “A kind of continued fever, attended with great prostration of the nervous and vascular systems, with a tendency to putrefaction in the fluids and vitiation in the secretions; putrid fever. A genus of the order Febres, class Pyrexia, of Cullen’s nosology” .From Greek τīϕος [Rickettsia prowazekii, is characterized by headache, high fever, chills, rash, and, in serious cases, by stupor or lack of awareness of reality. Outbreaks usually occur in crowded or unsanitary environments.Today, typhus refers to any of a group of acute infections caused by rickettsiae and transmitted to persons by the bite of arthropods such as fleas and lice. Epidemic typhus, caused by


In addition to their currently listed affiliation, Stefano Benvegnù and Giuseppe Legname are also affiliated with: Italian Institute of Technology - SISSA Unit, Trieste, Italy.


Candidatus Serratia symbiotica” is a facultative bacterial symbiont of aphids that affects various ecological traits of the host insects. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of “Candidatus Serratia symbiotica” strain IS, consisting of a 2,736,352-bp chromosome and an 82,605-bp plasmid, from the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum.“ Candidatus Serratia symbiotica” is a facultative bacterial symbiont of aphids that affects various ecological traits of the host insects. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of “Candidatus Serratia symbiotica” strain IS, consisting of a 2,736,352-bp chromosome and an 82,605-bp plasmid, from the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum.“ Candidatus Serratia symbiotica” represents a bacterial clade of facultative symbionts associated with the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum and other aphid species, and it belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family of the Gammaproteobacteria , AP019532 (plasmid), and DRA008151 (raw sequence reads).The genome sequence data for “


White C, Noble SIR, Watson M, et al. Prevalence, symptom burden, and natural history of deep vein thrombosis in people with advanced cancer in specialist palliative care units (HIDDen): a prospective longitudinal observational study. Lancet Haematol 6: e79–882019; —In figure 1, the number of ineligible patients should have been 825 (59%), among which 28 non-cancer; the number of eligible patients should have been 565, of whom 359 were recruited and 16 excluded because they were repeat admissions. The second sentence of the results section should have been “16 participants were admitted more than once during the study period”. These corrections have been made to the online version as of May 21, 2019.


Nature Communications 10.1038/s41467-019-09971-8, published online 16 May 2019.Correction to: The original version of this Article incorrectly listed the affiliation of ‘Zhenggang Xu’ as ‘The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), Slimbridge, Gloucestershire GL2 7BT, UK’, instead of the correct ‘College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 410004 Changsha, China’. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.


In the published article, there was an error in affiliations 1, 3, 4, and 5.1Department of Mental Health, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil,” “3Post-Graduation Program in Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil,” “4Department of Sports, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil,” and “5INCT of Molecular Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil” the affiliations should read as follows: “1Department of Mental Health, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais–UFMG , Belo Horizonte, Brazil,” “3Post-Graduation Program in Molecular Medicine (Pós-Graduação em Medicina Molecular), School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais–UFMG , Belo Horizonte, Brazil,” “4Department of Sports, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais–UFMG , Belo Horizonte, Brazil,” and “5INCT of Molecular Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais–UFMG , Belo Horizonte, Brazil.”As required by our institution, “UFMG” should appear in the author affiliations. Instead of the following: “The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.


In the published article, there was an error in affiliations 1 and 2. Instead of “Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Changsha, China,” and “School of Educational Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China,” it should only be “Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, School of Educational Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.”The authors 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.


Desai, MD. This article has been corrected.1In the Original Investigation titled “Trends in Characteristics, Mortality, and Other Outcomes of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Cirrhosis,”


Maria Morales-Betoulle, PhD; Sara E. Zufan, MPH; and Shannon L.M. Whitmer, PhD, all affiliated with the Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC, should have been included in the author list, and the affiliation for Heather Venkat, DVM, MPH should have been the Arizona Department of Health Services. In addition, in the first paragraph, the seventh sentence should have read “A blood specimen collected on November 9 tested positive for SNV, with an immunoglobulin M titer of ≥1:6400 and an immunoglobulin G titer of ≥1:6400; nested reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) followed by nucleic acid sequencing confirmed the SNV diagnosis.”In the report “Notes from the Field: Exported Case of Sin Nombre Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome – Israel, 2017,” on page 1129,


Due to a production error, the affiliation for Antonio G. Naccarato was incorrectly given as the “Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel” (affiliation 8). The correct affiliation is the “Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy” (affiliation 10).The publisher apologizes for this mistake. The original article has been updated.


Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-018-23657-z, published online 28 March 2018Correction to: In the original version of this Article, Matthew L. Farnsworth was incorrectly affiliated with “Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States”. The correct affiliation is listed below:“Conservation Science Partners, Truckee, California, United States”This error has now been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. In addition, the HTML version of this Article contains a lower resolution Figure 2.The fully detailed version of this figure is now available to download as a Supplementary Information File.


In the published article, there was an error regarding the affiliations for Marco Salvetti. As well as having affiliation “3,” he should also have “IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo (INM) Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy.”There was also an omission in the affiliation for Tatiana Koudriavtseva. Instead of “Department of Clinical Experimental Oncology, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy”, it should be “Department of Clinical Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy”.The authors 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.


The Journal of Infectious Diseases, jiy522, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy522.Corrigendum to “Phase I of the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project (SEAP): An Overview and Lessons Learned” by Barkume et al. The text “Nepal, however, had age distributions curves shifted toward young adults , as did India .” has been replaced with the text “Nepal, however, had age distributions curves shifted toward young adults , as did India .”


In article titled “Bioinformatics Analysis Reveals the Altered Gene Expression of Patients with Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Using Liuweidihuang Pills Treatment” , there wRui Gong was only affiliated to affiliation number 1 “Hebei Medical University Endocrine Research Institute.” However, they should be affiliated to affiliations 1, 2, and 3.Yukun Li was wrongly affiliated to affiliation number 2 “Department of Gerontology, The Third Hospital of Shijiazhuang, China.” However, they should be affiliated to affiliation number 3 “Department of Endocrinology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, China.”The corrected authors' list and affiliations are shown above, and it has been added in-line to the published article.


In the article titled “Circulating Levels of Sirtuin 4, a Potential Marker of Oxidative Metabolism, Related to Coronary Artery Disease in Obese Patients Suffering from NAFLD, with Normal or Slightly Increased Liver Enzymes” , the sec


Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-018-37431-8, published online 28 February 2019Correction to: The original version of this Article contained an error in the title of the paper, where “Pattern of Altered Plasma Elemental Phosphorus, Calcium, Zinc, and Iron in Alzheimer’s Disease” was incorrectly given as “Pattern of Altered Plasma Elemental Phosphorus, Calcium, Selenium, Iron and Copper in Alzheimer’s Disease”.This has now been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the Article, and in the accompanying Supplementary Information file.


Please note that following publication of the original article , one of “Brazil, Russia, India and China”.However, in accordance with reference ‘38’ , in rela


There is an error in affiliation 3. Affiliation 3 should be: Institut Pasteur, Biology of Infection Unit, INSERM U1117 and National Reference Centre / WHO Collaborating Centre for Listeria, Paris, France.In the Author Contributions section, Marc Lecuit should be listed as one of the persons who contributed to “Formal analysis”.The following information is missing from the Funding section: ML’s laboratory is funded by Institut Pasteur, Inserm and Santé Publique France.


The first author's affiliation should be corrected by adding “I-Shou University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan” (Affiliation No. 10), to the “Department of Surgery, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.” (Affiliation No. 1), as shown in the title page above.


Ann O’Leary, PhD, should have been listed as the second author and Loretta Sweet Jemmott, PhD, RN, as the third author. This article has been corrected.1In the Original Investigation titled “Effect of a Behavioral Intervention on Perpetrating and Experiencing Forced Sex Among South African Adolescents: A Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Trial,”