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Sociological Foundations of Computational Social Science [PDF]

Yoshimichi Sato, Hiroki Takikawa
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Virtual reality and embodied experience induce similar levels of empathy change: Experimental evidence

Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 2020
The theory of psychological proximity implies that individuals should empathize with others more the closer their own experience is to that of the target group.
Andrew Hargrove, Jamie M. Sommer, Jason J. Jones   +2 more
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The Micro-Macro Link in Social Simulation [PDF]

, 2008
This paper aims to look at the problem of the micro-macro link in sociology from the new prospective of social simulation. The adoption of a sociology modelling perspective allows us to sidestep typical domain problems (e.g. individualism vs.
F. SQUAZZONI
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The impact of COVID-19 on the interpretation of psycho-oncological support trial results: a quasi-experimental approach using the data from the new form of care “Integrated cross-sectoral psycho-oncology (nFC-isPO)”

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Objective In addition to the common difficulties of ongoing trials, the COVID-19 pandemic posed several challenges to scientists worldwide and created an additional burden for vulnerable patient groups.
Anna Hagemeier, Anne Adams, Theresia Krieger, Sandra Salm, Natalia Cecon-Stabel, Antje Dresen, Martin Hellmich   +6 more
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Complex Systems: A Survey [PDF]

, 2011
A complex system is a system composed of many interacting parts, often called agents, which displays collective behavior that does not follow trivially from the behaviors of the individual parts.
Newman, M. E. J.
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Co-translational assembly orchestrates competing biogenesis pathways

Nature Communications, 2022
The biogenesis of nuclear pores imposes a logistic challenge for cells. Here, the authors investigate structural motifs for co-translational interactions in nucleoporins and find that co-translational assembly events differ between paralogous assembly ...
Maximilian Seidel, Anja Becker, Filipa Pereira, Jonathan J. M. Landry, Nayara Trevisan Doimo de Azevedo, Claudia M. Fusco, Eva Kaindl, Natalie Romanov, Janina Baumbach, Julian D. Langer, Erin M. Schuman, Kiran Raosaheb Patil, Gerhard Hummer, Vladimir Benes, Martin Beck   +14 more
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Sticky Seeding in Discrete-Time Reversible-Threshold Networks [PDF]

, 2016
When nodes can repeatedly update their behavior (as in agent-based models from computational social science or repeated-game play settings) the problem of optimal network seeding becomes very complex.
Spencer, Gwen
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Epidemiology, mortality, and health service use of local-level multimorbidity patterns in South Spain

Nature Communications, 2023
Multimorbidity –understood as the occurrence of chronic diseases together– represents a major challenge for healthcare systems due to its impact on disability, quality of life, increased use of services and mortality.
Javier Alvarez-Galvez, Esther Ortega-Martin, Begoña Ramos-Fiol, Victor Suarez-Lledo, Jesus Carretero-Bravo   +4 more
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Overview on agent-based social modelling and the use of formal languages [PDF]

, 2013
Transdisciplinary Models and Applications investigates a variety of programming languages used in validating and verifying models in order to assist in their eventual implementation.
Casanovas Garcia, Josep, Cela Espín, José M., Kaplan Marcusan, Adriana, Montañola Sales, Cristina, Rubio Campillo, Xavier   +4 more
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Social media censorship in times of political unrest: a social simulation experiment with the UK riots [PDF]

, 2012
Following the 2011 wave of political unrest, extending from the Arab Spring to the UK riots, the formation of a large consensus around Internet censorship is underway.
Casilli, Antonio A., Tubaro, Paola
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