An agent-based model of the spread of behavioural risk-factors for cardiovascular disease in city-scale populations

J Archbold, S Clohessy, D Herath, N Griffiths… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality globally, and is the second
main cause of mortality in the UK. Four key modifiable behaviours are known to increase …

A Tiny Viral Protein, SARS-CoV-2-ORF7b: Functional Molecular Mechanisms

G Mansueto, G Fusco, G Colonna - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study presents the interaction with the human host metabolism of SARS-CoV-2 ORF7b
protein (43 aa), using a protein–protein interaction network analysis. After pruning, we …

Scaling Expected Force: Efficient Identification of Key Nodes in Network-Based Epidemic Models

PS Labini, A Jurco, M Ceccarello… - … and Network-Based …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Structural centrality measures are often used to approximate or predict dynamical influence
in a network. The recently proposed Expected Force of Infection (ExF) measures the entropy …

The Hidden-Degree Geometric Block Model

S Guarino, E Mastrostefano, D Torre - International Conference on …, 2023 - Springer
Defining accurate models for real-world social networks is essential across various research
fields including sociology, epidemiology, and marketing. Such models serve as …