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Interaction networks are generally much less homophilic than affiliation networks, accommodating for many more cross-cutting links. By statistically assigning a political valence to users from their follower ties, and by further contrasting interaction on Twitter (quotes retweets) within specific discursive events, namely quote trees, we describe variety of patterns which significantly nuance t...

BACKGROUND It is one of the most infamous quotes in the history of biomedicine: "It is time to close the book on infectious diseases, and declare the war against pestilence won." Long attributed to the United States Surgeon General, Dr. William H. Stewart (1965-1969), the statement is frequently used as a foil by scientific and lay authors to underscore the ever-increasing problems of antibioti...

Graphical Abstract „The most important future applications of my research are second-generation batteries and production energy-dense chemical fuels. … My favorite quote is: ‘Those who fear the rise mountains live forever in shadow.’ “ Find out more about Montaha Anjass her Introducing Profile.

Distributed callbacks differ from CORBA’s conventional synchronous invocation model because they decouple the request for a service from the response(s). Callbacks are often useful when consumers of events don’t need to wait synchronously for suppliers to generate the events. In addition, they can be used to deliver responses to long-running operations, rather than making clients block waiting ...

looks at the news reports describing the world's first transgenic monkey. There is a rhythm to many science reports. First, the dramatic headline. Next, the pithy lead paragraph, which often promises more than the story delivers. And then the knockout quote — someone of stature validating the story's premise. A funny thing happened with the stories regarding ANDi, the world's first genetically ...

Graphical Abstract „My favorite research is focused on developing 3D and 4D printable gels to fabricate custom-sensitive materials … My quote is: ‘What we know a drop, what don't an ocean’ …“ Find out more about Miryam Criado-Gonzalez in her Introducing Profile.