NETWORK ANALYSIS

Feb 27 2025TECHNOLOGY

Bluesky: Where Do the Users Stand?

Bluesky is a new social media platform that's like Twitter but with a twist. It's decentralized, which means it's not controlled by one big company. This makes it special because users have more control over their data. The platform has been around since February 2023 and has grown to include five million users. Imagine a big party where everyone is connected in some...

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Feb 12 2025RELIGION

Who Snitched on Whom? 13th Century Style

In the 13th century, the inquisition in Bologna relied heavily on people ratting each other out. Testimonies were key to these trials, and who people chose to incriminate wasn't always straightforward. Several factors played a role: the social circles of the accused, the choices made by investigators, the pressure on witnesses, and personal decisions to favor some o...

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Jan 27 2025HEALTH

Unraveling Health Issues in Elderly with Physical Disabilities

Geriatric syndromes, which are common health issues faced by older adults, often occur together in a complex web of conditions. Researchers are now taking a closer look at this network of health problems in physically disabled seniors. They want to understand how these issues connect and impact each other. Imagine a roadmap where one health issue can lead to another....

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Jan 26 2025ENVIRONMENT

The Amazon’s Climate Links: Shifting and Unstable

Over the past years, we've seen a worrying increase in forest fires, deforestation, and local temperature spikes in the Amazon rainforest. This has raised concerns about the collapse of the entire ecosystem. Scientists are working hard to understand how much deforestation and temperature increase could lead to this disaster. New research shows that even now, signs of...

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Jan 16 2025HEALTH

How Resilience and Aging Mix: What Really Matters for Older Adults' Mental Health

Everyone knows that getting older brings challenges. But what if the key to handling those challenges isn't avoiding them, but bouncing back from them? That's what a recent study looked into. They checked out how different things, like health, stress, and even personality, can help or hurt our mental well-being and quality of life as we age. They found that it's not ...

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Jan 10 2025HEALTH

How Lifestyle Choices Affect Health: A Global Look

Have you ever wondered how your daily choices impact your health? Researchers explored this by studying 29 countries to figure out which lifestyle factors matter most and how they influence health outcomes. The goal? To help each country allocate resources better for overall health improvements. First, they wanted to find the most important lifestyle factor. Is it e...

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Jan 06 2025SCIENCE

How New Combinations Lead to Discoveries

Ever wondered how we stumble upon new things? It turns out, it's not just about finding something for the first time. Sometimes, new discoveries come from mixing things we already know. Let's call these "higher-order novelties. " Imagine you've got apples and oranges. You might know about each fruit separately, but it's the first time you combine them in a fruit sala...

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Jan 03 2025HEALTH

Firefighters and PTSD: A Network Analysis Over Time

Firefighters face a higher risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to their frequent exposure to traumatic events. While network analysis has provided new insights into PTSD, most studies have been one-time snapshots and don't show how symptoms change or influence each other over time. This study aimed to fill that gap by looking at PTSD symptoms ...

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Jan 02 2025HEALTH

Brain Networks in ESKD: A Closer Look

Let's dive into how brain networks function differently in people with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) compared to healthy individuals. Researchers studied 38 ESKD patients and 43 healthy participants. They all had normal brain MRIs, with no apparent structural issues. Each person underwent three types of MRI scans: T1-weighted imaging, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)...

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Dec 31 2024ENVIRONMENT

Greening China's Farms: A Network Analysis of Agricultural Carbon Efficiency

With China aiming for a greener future, the spotlight is on making farming cleaner. This study looked at 268 cities in China, checking how well they cut carbon emissions in agriculture from 2001 to 2022. By using social network analysis and tweaking a gravity model, researchers found interesting patterns. For one, the efficiency of cities in cutting farm carbon emiss...

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