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Systematic review of methods to discern antagonistic ties in social networks in community settings

2 | Antagonistic Networks , Methodology

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Ana Lucia Rodriguez de la Rosa, Karina Raygoza Cortez, Alice Lu, Bianka Valentin, Amir Ghasemian, Nicholas Christakis. Systematic review of methods to discern antagonistic ties in social networks in community settings. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, Volume 10, 2024, 101039, ISSN 2590-2911.

Environmental, socioeconomic, and health factors associated with gut microbiome species and strains in isolated Honduras villages

10 | Biomarker , Cardiovascular Disease , Geographic Effects , Global Health , Honduras , Indigenous Social Network , LIMC , Mental Health , Microbiome , Trellis Software

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Shridhar SV, Beghini F, Alexander M, Singh A, Juárez RM, Brito IL, Christakis NA. Environmental, socioeconomic, and health factors associated with gut microbiome species and strains in isolated Honduras villages. Cell Reports. 2024 Jul 3;43(7):114442. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114442. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38968070.

Simple Autonomous Agents Can Enhance Creative Discovery in Human Groups

11 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Bots , Breadboard Software , Contagion Intervention , Experiment , Hybrid Systems , Methodology , NAC Favorite , Online Network , Social Contagion , Social Network

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Ueshima A, Jones MI, Christakis NA. Simple autonomous agents can enhance creative semantic discovery by human groups. Nature Communications. 2024 Jun 18;15(1):5212. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49528-y. PMID: 38890368; PMCID: PMC11189566.

The Structure and Function of Antagonistic Ties in Social Networks

9 | Antagonistic Networks , Honduras , LIMC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , PNAS , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software

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Ghasemian A, Christakis NA. The structure and function of antagonistic ties in village social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America (PNAS). 2024 Jun 25;121(26):e2401257121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2401257121. Epub 2024 Jun 18. PMID: 38889155; PMCID: PMC11214085.

Maternal and Child Health Interventions to Promote Behavior Change: A Population-Level Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Honduras

9 | Experiment , Global Health , Honduras , LIMC , Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Methodology , RCT , Social Network , Trellis Software

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Oles W, Alexander M, Negron R, et al. Maternal and child health intervention to promote behaviour change: a population-level cluster-randomised controlled trial in Honduras. BMJ Open 2024;14:e060784. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-060784

Induction of Social Contagion Across Diverse Outcomes in Structured Experiments in Isolated Honduras Villages (Science, 2024)

9 | Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) , Experiment , Network Targeting , Contagion Intervention , Breadboard Software , Global Health , LIMC , Social Contagion , Social Network

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Airoldi EM, Christakis NA. Induction of social contagion for diverse outcomes in structured experiments in isolated villages. Science. 2024 May 3;384(6695):eadi5147. doi: 10.1126/science.adi5147. Epub 2024 May 3. PMID: 38696582.

Emergence and collapse of reciprocity in semiautomatic driving coordination experiments with humans

8 | Cooperation , Economics , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Breadboard Software , Hybrid Systems , Public Goods

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H Shirado, S Kasahara, NA Christakis. "Emergence and collapse of reciprocity in semiautomatic driving coordination experiments with humans," PNAS, 2023 Dec 19;120(51):e2307804120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2307804120. Epub 2023 Dec 11.

Approaching disease transmission with network science

4 | Global Health , Social Network , Infectious Disease , LIMC

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Vishnempet Shridhar, S., Christakis, N.A. Approaching disease transmission with network science. Nat Rev Bioeng 2, 6–7 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-023-00139-0

The Enmity Paradox

8 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , Antagonistic Networks , Honduras , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software , Violence

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Ghasemian A, Christakis NA. The enmity paradox. Sci Rep. 2023 Nov 16;13(1):20040. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47167-9. PMID: 37973933; PMCID: PMC10654772.

Status invisibility alleviates the economic gradient in happiness in social network experiments

10 | Experiment , Breadboard Software , Inequality , Economics , Mental Health , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , NAC Favorite , Social Contagion , Contagion Intervention

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Nishi, A., German, C.A., Iwamoto, S.K. et al. Status invisibility alleviates the economic gradient in happiness in social network experiments. Nat. Mental Health 1, 990–1000 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00159-0