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How can we unravel the complex history of networks?

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Dr Min Xu, a statistician specialising in network analysis at Rutgers University, has developed a probabilistic model that can determine how a network has grown, which not only has applications in epidemiology, but is also useful in social science, genetics and counter-terrorism efforts. What is a network? “A

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What lessons can we learn from past pandemics?

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At the University of Missouri , USA, Taylor van Doren and Professor Lisa Sattenspiel are investigating the impacts of the 1918 pandemic in Newfoundland, Canada, from a biological anthropology perspective. Their research sheds light on the significant role that social inequalities play in determining the outcomes of a pandemic.

Biology 85
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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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How does economics combine mathematics and social science? On one hand, we build mathematical models, we conduct statistical analyses, and we run computer simulations,” says Emil. “On During my school years, I was always very interested in computers, video games and foreign languages. What inspired you to study economics?

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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Scientific simulations — an advanced type of computational model that not only represents a real-world phenomenon, but aims to predict how the phenomenon might change under different conditions or parameters. Software — a set of instructions, scripts or programmes that are used to operate computers and perform specific tasks.

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Fire trackers: how can we use modelling techniques to predict where wildfires will occur?

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Professor Trent Penman, Dr Kate Parkins and Dr Erica Marshall are researchers from the FLARE Wildfire Research Group, based at The University of Melbourne. It involves not just fire behaviour but also animal ecology, human ethics, social science, engineering, politics, environmental law, health science and mathematics.”

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