Disease Network
A prevalent problem in today’s society is the HIV virus. Some of the issue stems from the actual virus itself but what I would like to talk about today is the prevalence in minority populations. In researching what I should write about for this blog post, I came across certain statistics that bothered me. In […]
The House Always Wins
This is common saying in life but is it really true with respect to gambling? Every game you play when you gamble at a casino is designed so that the casino profits. From Roulette to Poker, they often give the impression that it is not down to pure luck but more skill and strategy by […]
The Foot-and-mouth Disease in the UK
This article talks about one of the largest disease outbreak in the recorded history of UK. In 2001, there were over 2000 cases of foot-and-mouth disease. While this virus outbreak not only caused detrimental effects to the economy of UK, it also dealt a huge blow to the natural ecosystem of the rural area of UK as […]
Ideology Bubbles: Applying Network Theory
One of the most discussed phenomena coming out of the 2016 Presidential Election is the filter bubbles that exist in the American ideological landscape. Due to confirmation bias and our ability to select what information to consume, Americans are increasingly ‘protecting’ themselves from news reports that do not align with their views (Facebook coming under […]
Patterns of Cascading Behavior in Large Blog Graphs
Blog has become a very popular medium of information because of its ease to access, edit, and publish. Because of its easy accessibility, one blogs is often influenced by other blogs, which means a link in the blog is created for citing. So actually the number of in-links can be seen as a blog’s popularity. And […]
The Lemon Theory
The source I chose to use while describing and discussing the lemon theroy is written by none other than the founder George A. Akerlof himself. He talks about how he intially started in the field of econonics and how it was progessing at a rapid speed. It was based solely of the complete equilibium and […]
A Closer Look into the Story of Mitochondrial Eve
The molecular clock, formulated in 1967, counts changes in genetic material. It can help construct phylogenies of species; however, it is not applicable to human modern human populations because the exchange of genes has been happening since the very beginning. However, the molecular clock can be used with mitochondrial DNA, which is inherited from the […]
Information Cascade and Push-pull Control in cells
Apparently, we like to fit mathematical models to the nature. It is much easier for us to understand, to analyze, and to predict systems or phenomenons with a good model. In the modern days, we verify the correctness of models by running simulations. If the simulation outcome is identical, or very close to, assuming that there […]
Using the Branching Model in the recent Ebola Epidemic
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-ebola-forecast-20150113-story.html The article is about the most recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and how researchers are using the branching model to set goals and reduce rates of transmission. The main fear of Ebola stems from the fact that we don’t know anything about the virus, how it is transmitted, and its deadliness, resulting in […]
Digital fashion trends: Social media a ‘big influence on nation’s wardrobe’
http://www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com/intelligence/2015/04/digital_fashion_trends_social_media_a_big_influence_on_nations_wardrobe.php Nowadays, our personal shopping styles and habits are changing fundamentally due to the boost in using of technology such as Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. “The research, conducted by TK Maxx, reveals the extent of this influence shift. 37% of Brits said that seeing what others wear on social media inspires them to try something […]
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