Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) remains widespread in the
North American pig population. Despite improvements in virus characterization, it is unclear …

There is a growing risk to the health and productivity of the Illinois and United States swine
population from foreign and endemic infectious diseases. Effective on-farm biosecurity …

Identifying and restricting animal movements is a common approach used to mitigate the
spread of diseases between premises in livestock systems. Therefore, it is essential to …

Animal movement networks are essential in understanding and containing the spread of
infectious diseases in farming industries. Due to its confidential nature, movement data for …

Contact structure among livestock populations influences the transmission of infectious
agents among them. Models simulating realistic contact networks therefore have important …

As a consequence of multi-site pig production practiced in North America, frequent and
widespread animal movements create extensive networks of interaction between farms …

The spread of infectious livestock diseases is a major cause for concern in modern
agricultural systems. In the dynamics of the transmission of such diseases, movements of …

We present an ultra-compact optical combiner using a waveguide and geometric phase
lenses (GPL) for augmented reality displays. By sandwiching the output coupler of a planar …

This research develops a novel system science approach to examine the potential risk of
outbreaks caused by geographical clustering of underimmunized individuals for an …

This paper describes the development of the disease ecology tradition of health and medical
geography including some key themes and innovations. It first grounds disease ecology in …