Dear Author - Thank you for the pleasure of editing your interesting paper.&nbsp; I did reduce the word count by about 350 words to just over 5900 words. Otherwise it didn't seem overly wordy,&nbsp;seemed well written,&nbsp;and I hesitated to cut out more.&nbsp; I moved&nbsp;quite a bit of text out of the Abstract (which&nbsp;should normally be no more than 200&nbsp;words) into the Introductory section. I changed some of the spacing between sections,&nbsp;just to make it easier to read, but you should set that up according to the&nbsp;specific style you're following. &nbsp;Let me know if you have any questions or comments.&nbsp; RebeccaTDE