#' Set non-detects in residue series without replicates
#'
#' Sets non-detects directly before or directly after detects to NA. Values between
#' lod and loq are set to their mean value if an loq is specified.
#' If 'time_zero' is set to TRUE, the residue series is assumed to start with time
#' zero, and non-detects at time zero are set to 'time_zero_nd_value'. For the
#' set_nd_focus variant, this is zero, otherwise this argument has NA as default
#' value.
#' If stopping after the first non-detection is requested, as in in the FOCUS
#' variant of the function, an loq has to be specified in order to decide
#' if any later detections are above the loq.
#'
#' @param r A character vector of sequential residues without replicates, with
#' non-detects specified as 'nd' and unquantified values above the limit of
#' detection specified as 'nq', otherwise coercible to numeric
#' @param lod Limit of detection (numeric)
#' @param loq Limit of quantification(numeric). Must be specified if the FOCUS rule to
#' stop after the first non-detection is to be applied
#' @param time_zero Is the first value in the series a time zero value?
#' @param time_zero_nd_value Which value should we use for non-detects or zero values at time zero?
#' @param stop_after_first_nondetect Should we really stop after the first non-detection?
#' @references FOCUS (2014) Generic Guidance for Estimating Persistence and Degradation
#' Kinetics from Environmental Fate Studies on Pesticides in EU Registration, Version 1.1,
#' 18 December 2014, p. 251
#' @describeIn set_nd Set non-detects in residues series
#' @export
#' @examples
#' # FOCUS (2014) p. 75/76 and 131/132
#' parent_1 <- c(.12, .09, .05, .03, "nd", "nd", "nd", "nd", "nd", "nd")
#' set_nd(parent_1, 0.02)
#' parent_2 <- c(.12, .09, .05, .03, "nd", "nd", .03, "nd", "nd", "nd")
#' set_nd(parent_2, 0.02)
#' set_nd_focus(parent_2, 0.02, loq = 0.05)
#' parent_3 <- c(.12, .09, .05, .03, "nd", "nd", .06, "nd", "nd", "nd")
#' set_nd(parent_3, 0.02)
#' set_nd_focus(parent_3, 0.02, loq = 0.05)
#' metabolite <- c("nd", "nd", "nd", 0.03, 0.06, 0.10, 0.11, 0.10, 0.09, 0.05, 0.03, "nd", "nd")
#' set_nd(metabolite, 0.02)
set_nd <- function(r, lod, loq = NA,
time_zero = TRUE, time_zero_nd_value = NA, stop_after_first_nondetect = FALSE)
{
if (stop_after_first_nondetect & is.na(loq)) {
stop("You need to specify an loq to decide if the curve should be cut off after the first non-detect")
}
result <- r
# Handle nq values
if (!missing(loq)) {
nq = 0.5 * (lod + loq)
result[r == "nq"] <- nq
} else {
if (any(r == "nq")) stop("You need to specify lod and loq")
}
# Handle nd values
if (time_zero) {
if (r[1] %in% c("nd", 0)) {
residues_present = FALSE
result[1] <- time_zero_nd_value
} else {
residues_present = TRUE
}
start_i <- 2
} else {
residues_present <- if (r[1] == "nd") FALSE else TRUE
start_i <- 1
}
for (i in start_i:length(r)) {
# residues_in_next
if (i < length(r)) {
next_value <- r[i + 1]
if (next_value == "nd") residues_in_next = FALSE
else residues_in_next = TRUE
} else {
residues_in_next = FALSE
}
if (r[i] == "nd") {
if (residues_present | residues_in_next) {
result[i] <- 0.5 * lod
} else {
result[i] <- NA
}
if (stop_after_first_nondetect) {
if (residues_present & !residues_in_next) {
remaining <- (i + 1):length(r)
if (!any(suppressWarnings(as.numeric(r[remaining])) > loq, na.rm = TRUE)) {
result[remaining] <- NA
return(as.numeric(result))
}
}
}
if (!residues_in_next) residues_present <- FALSE
else residues_present <- TRUE
} else {
residues_present <- TRUE
}
}
return(as.numeric(result))
}
#' @describeIn set_nd Set non-detects in residues series according to FOCUS rules
#' @export
set_nd_focus <- function(r, lod, loq = NA, time_zero = TRUE) {
result <- set_nd(r, lod, loq = loq, time_zero = time_zero,
time_zero_nd_value = 0, stop_after_first_nondetect = TRUE)
return(result)
}