diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 720514f..31e8227 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ Apache License
END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work.
-
Copyright 2022 Ian D. Buller; National Cancer Institute
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa2d163..7c68dfc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
Geographic Patterns in U.S. Lung Cancer Mortality and Cigarette Smoking 
===================================================
-
+[](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
+
-**Date repository last updated**: June 08, 2022
+**Date repository last updated**: November 22, 2022
### Authors
* **Alaina H. Shreves**1,2 - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0127-4391)
* **Ian D. Buller**3,4 - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9477-8582)
* **Elizabeth Chase**5,6 - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0452-2976)
-* **Hannah Creutzfeldt**3,7
+* **Hannah Creutzfeldt**3,7 - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7828-8735)
* **Jared A. Fisher**3 - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9203-5742)
* **Barry I. Graubard**6 - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6787-1105)
-* **Robert N. Hoover**8
-* **Debra T. Silverman**3
-* **Susan S. Devesa**5 - *Co-Senior Author*
+* **Robert N. Hoover**8 - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4329-4371)
+* **Debra T. Silverman**3 - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8894-0301)
+* **Susan S. Devesa**5 - *Co-Senior Author* - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3235-4148)
* **Rena R. Jones**3 - *Co-Senior Author* & *Corresponding Author* - [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1294-1679)
1. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
@@ -56,21 +57,20 @@ Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States (US) and v
March 2022 |
Initial manuscript submission to Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention for peer-review |
-TBD |
-Manuscript accepted in a peer-reviewed journal |
+September 2022 |
+Manuscript accepted by Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention |
-TBD |
-Manuscript published in a peer-reviewed journal |
+November 2022 |
+Manuscript published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention |
-
### R Scripts Included In This Repository
-This repository includes R scripts use to calculate the Lee's L statistic and render the geographic visualizations found in the following peer-reviewed manuscript:
+This repository includes R scripts used to calculate the Lee's L statistic and render the geographic visualizations found in the following peer-reviewed manuscript:
-Shreves AH, Buller ID, Chase E, Creutzfeld H, Fisher JA, Graubard BI, Hoover RN, Silverman DT, Devesa SS, Jones RR. Geographic Patterns in U.S. Lung Cancer Mortality and Cigarette Smoking. _Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention_ (Submitted)
+Shreves AH, Buller ID, Chase E, Creutzfeld H, Fisher JA, Graubard BI, Hoover RN, Silverman DT, Devesa SS, Jones RR. Geographic Patterns in U.S. Lung Cancer Mortality and Cigarette Smoking. _Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention_. DOI:[10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0253](https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0253).
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Shreves AH, Buller ID, Chase E, Creutzfeld H, Fisher JA, Graubard BI, Hoover RN,
-The repository also includes the code to create the project hexsticker.
+The repository also includes the code to create the project hex sticker.
### Getting Started
diff --git a/code/README.md b/code/README.md
index dff7fef..14c6a66 100644
--- a/code/README.md
+++ b/code/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Geographic Patterns in U.S. Lung Cancer Mortality and Cigarette Smoking ![]()
diff --git a/figures/README.md b/figures/README.md
index 472bf87..4d50971 100644
--- a/figures/README.md
+++ b/figures/README.md
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ Geographic Patterns in U.S. Lung Cancer Mortality and Cigarette Smoking ![]()
===================================================
-Code to generate the project hexsticker (includes the PNG file).
+Code to generate the project hex sticker (includes the PNG file).
diff --git a/hex/hex.R b/hex/hex.R
index 9f852ae..88bc595 100644
--- a/hex/hex.R
+++ b/hex/hex.R
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
-# Hexsticker for the GitHub Repository idblr/geo_US_lung_cancer_and_smoking
+# Hex Sticker for the GitHub Repository idblr/geo_US_lung_cancer_and_smoking
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
#
# Created by: Ian Buller, Ph.D., M.A. (GitHub: @idblr)
# Created on: May 17, 2022
#
# Recently modified by: @idblr
-# Recently modified on: June 08, 2022
+# Recently modified on: July 23, 2022
#
# Notes:
# A) Uses the "hexSticker" package
# B) Modified image from a companion manuscript figure
-# D) Hexsticker for the GitHub Repository https://github.com/idblr/geo_US_lung_cancer_and_smoking
+# C) Hex sticker for the GitHub Repository https://github.com/idblr/geo_US_lung_cancer_and_smoking
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #
####################
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ LeeHex <- ggplot2::ggplot() +
ggplot2::theme_void()
#####################
-# CREATE HEXSTICKER #
+# CREATE HEX STICKER #
#####################
# Additional Packages