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6 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Honduras , Friendship

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D. Feng, Altmeyer R., D. Stafford, N. A. Christakis, and Zhou H., “Testing for Balance in Social Networks,” Journal of the American Statistical Association, 06/2020: 1-19 (May 2020) DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2020.1764850

Characterizing super-spreaders using population-level weighted social networks in rural communities

8 | Methodology , Honduras , Epidemic Disease , Infectious Disease , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Trellis Software , Network Targeting

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S. Vishnempet Shridhar, M. Alexander, and N. A. Christakis, “Characterizing super-spreaders using population-level weighted social networks in rural communities,” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 380(2214) (Nov 2021) DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0123

Using Trellis software to enhance high-quality large-scale network data collection in the field

5 | Methodology , Trellis Software , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , LMIC

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A. Lungeanu, M. McKnight, R. Negron, W. Munar, N. A. Christakis, and N.S. Contractor, “Using Trellis software to enhance high-quality large-scale network data collection in the field,” Social Networks, 66 (2021) 171–184 (Jul 2021) DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2021.02.007

CurmElo: The theory and practice of a forced-choice approach to producing preference rankings

1 | Methodology

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Sankaran S, Derechin J, Christakis NA. CurmElo: The theory and practice of a forced-choice approach to producing preference rankings. PLoS One. 2021 May 27;16(5):e0252145. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252145. PMID: 34043666; PMCID: PMC8158949.

Vulnerable Robots Positively Shape Human Conversational Dynamics in a Human-Robot Team

6 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , PNAS , Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Hybrid Systems , Contagion Intervention

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M. Traeger, S. Strohkorb Sebo, M. F. Jung, B. Scassellati, and N. A. Christakis, “Vulnerable Robots Positively Shape Human Conversational Dynamics in a Human-Robot Team,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 117 (12) 6370-6375 (Mar 2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910402117

Assortative mating at loci under recent natural selection in humans

7 | Methodology , Behavior Genetics , Evolutionary Biology , Genetics , NAC Favorite , Homophily , Marriage

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A. Nishi, M. Alexander, J.H. Fowler, and N. A. Christakis, “Assortative mating at loci under recent natural selection in humans,” BioSystems, Volume 187, January 2020, 104040 (Oct 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2019.104040

Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial

7 | RCT , Sexuality , LMIC , China , Global Health , Methodology , Contagion Intervention

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Zhang TP, Yang F, Tang W, Alexander M, Forastiere L, Kumar N, Li K, Zou F, Yang L, Mi G, Wang Y, Huang W, Lee A, Zhu W, Vickerman P, Wu D, Yang B, Christakis NA, Tucker JD. Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial. Infect Dis Poverty. 2019 Aug 16;8(1):76. doi: 10.1186/s40249-019-0581-1. PMID: 31426869; PMCID: PMC6700988.

Network multipliers and public health

2 | Methodology , Social Network

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T.J. VanderWeele and N. A. Christakis, “Network multipliers and public health,” International Journal of Epidemiology, (Feb 2019) DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyz010

The Structure of Negative Ties in Rural Village Networks

10 | Methodology , Antagonistic Networks , Honduras , LMIC , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Global Health , Trellis Software , Friendship , NAC Favorite

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A. Isakov, J.H. Fowler, E. Airoldi, and N. A. Christakis, “The Structure of Negative Ties in Rural Village Networks,” Sociological Science, Vol. 6, p197-218 (Mar 2019) DOI: 10.15195/v6.a8

Cyclic motifs in the Sardex monetary network

6 | Methodology , Institutional Network , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Economics , NAC Favorite

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G. Iosifidis, Y. Charette, E. Airoldi, G. Littera, L. Tassiulas, and N. A. Christakis, “Cyclic motifs in the Sardex monetary network,” Nature Human Behavior, (Oct 2018) DOI: 10.1038/s41562-018-0450-0

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