Many authors have asked me for input or comments, and I have done it, and this is Dan Brown's way of saying thanks.' " After the book came out and the review went up, McInerney e-mailed Brown to ask if an upcoming appearance by Brown at a bookstore in Framingham might provide a good opportunity for them finally to meet.
Improvements are going into place with no opportunity for public input, comment or oversight.
We would also sincerely thank Professor Nik Kapur, University of Leeds, UK and Professor Arti Ahluwalia, University of Pisa, Italy for all their valuable inputs and comments to address some technical questions and improve the manuscript.
We thank C. Bleck, B. Anderson and B. Titze for inputs and comments on the manuscript, and we thank W. Ong, L. Ong and R. Ong for help with tracer training and management.
We are thankful to Katelyn Dolan for her valuable inputs and comments that made the manuscript stronger.
Special thanks to Colin McCord for constructive inputs and comments to the manuscript.
RM a co-investigator of the study and contributed to developing the research questions and study design, and provided inputs/ comments for the manuscript.
We also appreciate the valuable inputs and comments provided for the study by the IDSP national, state and district officials.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-684X/13/1/prepub We thank Prof. Dr. Beate Senn and Dr. Diana Staudacher for reviewing the manuscript and their useful inputs and comments.
Participant identities were then separated to account for individual contributions with each of the students' original inputs, edits, and comments counted as single contributions.
She gave comments and inputs on data interpretation and gave inputs to the country reports written as part of the study.
