Appendix

US EPA’s Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure ccte@epa.gov

Introduction

Throughout the invitroTKstats R package, there is standardized notation used to describe the data processing pipeline. This appendix serves as an overview for users to understand the data structure at each processing step.

The minimum information required to pipeline data through invitroTKstats can be found in each of the vignettes titled “<Assay>” where “<Assay>” can be replaced with the following assays represented in the invitroTKstats package:

Data Notation

L0 - Compiled raw data files generated by the laboratory containing mass spectrometry results

L1 - L0 data with standardized column names

L2 - L1 data with added “Verification” column

L3 - Frequentist point estimates of desired chemical-specific toxicokinetic (TK) parameters

L4 - Bayesian estimates of desired chemical-specific toxicokinetic (TK) parameters

Function Notation

In the function notations, “<assay>” can be replaced with the following:

build_mydata_<assay> - function used to create data objects necessary for Bayesian modeling

calc_<assay>_point - function used to calculate frequentist estimates from L2 file

calc_<assay> - function used to calculate Bayesian estimates from L2 file

create_catalog - function used to create catalog of raw data (L0) files to be merged with “merge_level0” function

create_chem_table - function used to create chemical ID mapping table

create_method_table - function used to create chemical analysis method mapping table from L1 or L2 file

format_<assay> - function used to create L1 file from L0 file

Heaviside - function used to calculate Heaviside step function at desired values

initfunction_<assay> - function used to set initial values for Bayesian modeling

merge_level0 - function used to compile many raw data (L0) files into a single comprehensive L0 file

plot_clint - function used to plot response vs. time plot for Clint estimates

plot_fup_uc - function used to plot response vs. sample type for fup estimates collected used ultracentrifugation (UC)

sample_verification - function used to create L2 file from L1 file, i.e. add sample verification or exclusion criteria notes

summarize_table - function used to summarize L2 files