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Modelling the early phase of the Belgian COVID-19 epidemic using a stochastic compartmental model and studying its implied future trajectories

Epidemics, 2021
Following the onset of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic throughout the world, a large fraction of the global population is or has been under strict measures of physical distancing and quarantine, with many countries being in partial or full lockdown.
Steven Abrams, James Wambua, Eva Santermans, Lander Willem, Elise Kuylen, Pietro Coletti, Pieter Libin, Christel Faes, Oana Petrof, Sereina A. Herzog, Philippe Beutels, Niel Hens   +11 more
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SOCRATES: an online tool leveraging a social contact data sharing initiative to assess mitigation strategies for COVID-19

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Objective Establishing a social contact data sharing initiative and an interactive tool to assess mitigation strategies for COVID-19. Results We organized data sharing of published social contact surveys via online repositories and formatting guidelines.
Lander Willem, Thang Van Hoang, Sebastian Funk, Pietro Coletti, Philippe Beutels, Niel Hens   +5 more
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Exploring the impact of population ageing on the spread of emerging respiratory infections and the associated burden of mortality

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Increasing life expectancy and persistently low fertility levels have led to old population age structures in most high-income countries, and population ageing is expected to continue or even accelerate in the coming decades.
Signe Møgelmose, Karel Neels, Philippe Beutels, Niel Hens   +3 more
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Hidden Markov models: Pitfalls and opportunities in ecology

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Hidden Markov models (HMMs) and their extensions are attractive methods for analysing ecological data where noisy, multivariate measurements are made of a hidden, ecological process, and where this hidden process is represented by a sequence of discrete ...
Richard Glennie, Timo Adam, Vianey Leos‐Barajas, Théo Michelot, Theoni Photopoulou, Brett T. McClintock   +5 more
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Physician wellness in orthopaedic surgery: a multinational survey study

Bone & Joint Open, 2021
Aims: Physician burnout and its consequences have been recognized as increasingly prevalent and important issues for both organizations and individuals involved in healthcare delivery. The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the patterns of
Hassan Mir, Katheryne Downes, Antonia F. Chen, Ruby Grewal, Derek M. Kelly, Michael J. Lee, Philipp Leucht, Sukhdeep K. Dulai   +7 more
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Gaussian Parameters Correlate with the Spread of COVID-19 Pandemic: The Italian Case

Applied Sciences, 2021
Until today, numerous models have been formulated to predict the spreading of Covid-19. Among them, the actively discussed susceptible-infected-removed (SIR) model is one of the most reliable.
Carmelo Corsaro, Alessandro Sturniolo, Enza Fazio   +2 more
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Statistical Strategies to Capture Correlation Between Overshooting Effect and Propagation Delay Time in Nano-CMOS Inverters

IEEE Access, 2021
In this paper, we model statistical correlation between overshooting effect and propagation delay time in nano-CMOS technology considering the influence of intrinsic parameter fluctuations caused by discreteness of charge and granularity of matter.
Hamed Jooypa, Daryoosh Dideban, Hadi Heidari   +2 more
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Pension Pessimism in the Young Generation: Basics or Instincts to Blame?

Business Systems Research, 2020
Background: The area of pension expectations in Hungary is barely researched. However, the importance of adequate financial literacy and self-provision is becoming obvious at the economic, the decision-making, and the individual level.
Kovács Erzsébet, Vaskövi Ágnes
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A prospect on the use of antiviral drugs to control local outbreaks of COVID-19

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background Current outbreaks of COVID-19 are threatening the health care systems of several countries around the world. Control measures, based on isolation, contact tracing, and quarantine, can decrease and delay the burden of the ongoing epidemic. With
Andrea Torneri, Pieter Libin, Joris Vanderlocht, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Johan Neyts, Niel Hens   +5 more
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Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus Disease Modelling Review

Animals, 2021
Mathematical modelling is used in disease studies to assess the economical impacts of diseases, as well as to better understand the epidemiological dynamics of the biological and environmental factors that are associated with disease spreading.
Karina Brotto Rebuli, Mario Giacobini, Luigi Bertolotti   +2 more
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