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I always thought yoga was stupid or silly or a complete waste of time. I thought it was for people who didn't want a "real" work out. Then I decided to try it once at Edge Yoga and I was amazed. After my first few sessions I couldn't believe how sore I was even though I workout almost every day. I thought I had good body awareness until coming here and trying to follow along. The instructors are very hands on and helpful with correcting poses in a way I haven't seen in many other yoga classes. There always seems to be something you can do to improve your pose and they help you with it.
The also do a good job working with multiple levels in a single class. Start with something easy (well...ish anyway) and if you feel up to it they show you the more advanced techniques as well.
Now, I go to yoga as an active rest from my more demanding physical activities and if it weren't for this class, I would need more massage and chiropractic adjustments.
I love that Mark's style isn't too eastern and philosophical. He's also a strength and conditioning coach so instead of telling you to "reach for the sun" or some other yoga-ey phrase, he tells you things like "relax your glutes", "activate your hamstrings", etc. Much more direct and easy to follow instructions. You'll quickly find yourself doing balances you never dreamed you could under his careful instruction.

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I definitely felt festive walking around in this ensemble today! I'm a big fan of red tartan prints at the moment and I've been on the hunt for a good warm scarf. I originally purchased one from Zara which had a sort of ombré tartan effect but the scarf itself was way too large and I couldn't find a good style to wrap it around so ended up taking it back. I then found this little gem whilst shopping in Knightsbridge during the weekend and for a mere £7.99 it was a definite bargain. I paired it with this silk printed t-shirt which I got for £4 during a sample sale at French Connection and my disco pants which have been getting a lot of wear recently. I find they keep me much warmer than my usual AA leggings and they do a good job at sucking you in as well so sometimes I think they look more flattering.
During the weekend I also purchased this bowler style hat which is very unlike me. I'm not really a 'hat' person for two reasons. 1 - I like wearing my hair up 99% of the time and 2 - I have quite a round face shape so many hats don't really suit me. I randomly tried this on whilst in the shops and my boyfriend reckoned it really suited me, I wasn't sure to begin with but now I really like it. It adds a little something extra to a casual outfit and is a good look for the Autumn/ Winter season. However, wearing my hat around the tube stations was not a wise idea, I forgot how windy the tunnels are so spent most of the time holding onto it for dear life!


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Hillary Clinton chose Franklin Roosevelt Island in New York City as the venue for her announcement speech, setting up FDR as her own mentor and invoking his Four Freedoms as "a testament to our nation's unmatched aspirations and a reminder of our unfinished work at home and abroad." What disturbs me about some contemporary conservatives is … Continue reading Significance of Hillary Invoking FDR As Mentor
Teddy Roosevelt and the Legacy of 'Class Warfare'
http://player.history.com/pservice/embed-player/?siteId=hist&tPid=21117169 When Teddy Roosevelt became president in 1901, he was far less powerful than J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and other robber barons. When TR dared to take them on - suing to block the Northern Securities merger, & standing up for justice for strikers instead of just siding with management, there was a huge outcry. But he … Continue reading Teddy Roosevelt and the Legacy of 'Class Warfare'
Teddy Roosevelt Speaks, March 20, 1912
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"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." Orwell
"Men are so simple of mind and so dominated by immediate needs that the deceitful man can easily find those ready to be deceived." Machiavelli
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
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Nobody waves hello, or goodbye, that way; if she ,or anybody, was waving to a friend (drumpf, in her case) their hand would have been elevated at an angle above the line of her arm.
Anybody, raised in America would have instantly known, even in childhood, the meaning of the gesture she made; and anyone seeing it would have asked "Why the Nazi salute" (if they didn't just return it).
Even though she quickly turned the gesture into a smiling wave, as she turned to the crowd, the look on her face, as she began the Sieg Heil salute, left no doubt that she was pledging herself, body and soul to her fuhrer. Check out the faces at 30's brown shirt rallies if you doubt what I say.
Certainly our home grown Nazis immediately recognized what she had done, and were jubilant about it.
It was no mistake, it was a planed and practiced move, a deliberate pledge to drumpf and a dog whistle to his fascist followers.
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Libido, or sex drive, varies with each person and is supported by the production of testosterone, both in males and females. Libido tends to naturally decreases with age. Lifestyle and diet play a role in how active a person's libido is. Unhealthy lifestyle habits and foods consumed decrease testosterone production, depressing libido, whereas healthy habits and foods can increase testosterone production, improving libido.
Being overweight or obese, high amounts of stress, not getting enough sleep, taking anti-depressants, and for those with diabetes, having uncontrolled blood glucose levels all decrease testosterone production and negatively affect libido. Consuming large amounts of unhealthy items like high saturated fat foods, caffeine, and alcohol can decrease testosterone production.
But improving your sex life is also about improving blood flow to key organs and tissues so foods good for your heart are good for sex.
Consuming foods high in Zinc and B Vitamins, and in general foods found in the Mediterranean Diet can aid in the production of testosterone. Omega-3 EPA/DHA fish oil and the amino acid L-arginine are good for healthy blood flow; a critical requirement of important sex organs such as the penis and clitoris in males and females, respectively.
Below is a checklist of foods for both men and women to consume regularly to help support testosterone production, healthy blood flow and an overall healthy sex life:
Salmon (wild not farmed), and mackerel – high in Omega-3 EPA/DHA, B vitamins, B5, B6 and B12
Avocados – high in vitamin B6 and potassium
Bananas – high in potassium and B vitamins, especially riboflavin
Almonds, pine nuts and other nuts – high in zinc and essential fatty acids
Oysters – high in zinc
Asparagus – contain B vitamins
Eggs – good source of B vitamins
Brown rice, cheese, turkey – all great sources of zinc
Almonds, granola, oatmeal, peanuts, pine nuts, cashews, walnuts, soybeans—these are high in L-arginine which studies show improve blood flow and sexual function in men.
Exercising regularly, getting adequate sleep (7-9 hours) each night, managing stress levels, and being at a healthy body weight all help support testosterone production, and a healthy libido.
Remember, just eating the right foods is only part of the solution--Be sure to exercise, get plenty of sleep, stress less and consume "heart healthy" foods to reinvigorate your sex life!


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During its Sony Playstation press conference today, Sony have announced a new slim model of the PS4 which will become the standard version moving forward, and the PS4 Pro which sports more processing power and is 4K capable.
The PS4 slim will have all of the capabilities of the current console and goes on sale on September 15th for $299.
The PS4 Pro gets upgraded hardware with doubled GPU power, AMD Polaris technology, boosted clock speed, and a 1Tb hard drive. The PS4 Pro launches November 10th priced at $399.
Both consoles will be made HDR compatible in a firmware update next week. All games will work for both consoles.


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How Do I Make an Appointment?
To make an appointment for your initial consultation at our Chapel Hill, Raleigh or Carolina Conceptions office call (919) 933-4480. If you are a patient at the Duke Fertility Center you can make an appointment for retrieval or embryo transfer by emailing us at firstname.lastname@example.com. We encourage you to set up your initial appointment as early in your fertility journey as possible but it is also never too late to add the benefits of our services to your plan. You will need to fill out paperwork before you come to the appointment which can be found on our Forms Page. Please print out the forms specific for male or female fertility.
How Many Treatments Will I Need?
The anticipation that surrounds the ticking of a biological clock once a pregnancy is desired can create a sense of urgency for a couple. However, stress and the psychological effects of hopefulness and then depression with each menstrual period can hamper the process of conception. We will work together to focus our attention on your gynecological health and away from the desperate feelings surrounding conception. It is recommended that patients make a three month commitment to acupuncture and Chinese medicine when considering it as a viable option. During this time, we will refer to the FAM charting of your ovulation to evaluate the effectiveness and also communicate with your doctor to perform any diagnostic testing you may need to confirm results. This is not to say that a couple won't conceive within this timeframe but this is a reasonable amount of time for the patient to see measurable results. In fact, most patients see positive changes in their health as soon as after the first or second treatment whether it is better sleep, less PMS and a decrease in stress & tension.
What Makes an Acupuncturist a Fertility Specialist?
You will notice that many clinics offer infertility care as part of a long list of "specialties." Triangle Acupuncture Clinic stands out for many reasons. Our fertility practitioners have spent hundreds of hours in extra coursework studying the western and eastern medical approach to treating infertility. They all focus on infertility in practice and primarily treat only fertility and women's health patients. In addition, Katherine Rowe, founder and supervisor of the fertility program at Triangle Acupuncture Clinic, as well as Kolleen Mitchell are ABORM certified, an organization comprised of the leading professionals in Oriental Reproductive Medicine. Each diplomat of ABORM has demonstrated a high level of competency in the clinical application of acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine as it pertains to current ART practices. Click here for more information on ABORM. As a patient of Triangle Acupuncture Clinic's Fertility program, you will find that our practitioners are familiar with all aspects of infertility from the emotional to the highly technical.
Costs and Insurance Coverage
Currently in NC most insurance companies do not accept claims from licensed acupuncturists. Triangle Acupuncture Clinic, LLC is listed as a provider for a group of insurance companies which includes Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, Cigna, United Healthcare, Wellpath and many others. To members of these insurance companies we offer a discount off our services. At this time, insurance companies do not allow us to bill them for treatment reimbursement so payment is due at the time of treatment. Patients are encouraged to send in receipts to their insurance carrier to see if it may be applied to their deductible or considered part of a health savings account.
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Does Acupuncture Hurt?
Acupuncture in general is not painful. The needles are extremely thin (about the width of 2 human hairs), solid, disposable and flexible. Sensations that patients normally experience are a dull ache or tingling which is associated with the movement of energy stimulated by the insertion of the needles. This is a desired affect and should not feel painful. First-timers are usually uneasy about the prospect of needles and have a hard time believing that needles will be able to help you attain a deeply relaxed state. Do not be afraid! We are very gentle and interested primarily in your comfort. Once you feel (or don't feel) the first needle, all your fears will vanish.
What Happens at the Initial Consultation?
All of your questions are welcome and will be answered at your initial consultation. Here is what you can expect: The first visit will last approximately 1 ½ hours. - You will discuss your fertility and menstrual history, as well as daily habits such as digestion, sleep and exercise. Bring any information you have easily available such as BBT charts, lab reports, etc. - Your pulse and tongue will be read according to traditional Chinese principles — these two physical assessments give your acupuncturist valuable information about your blood and body systems. - Acupuncture treatment may consist of needling points on your lower back and legs and/or your abdomen, arms, legs, and head. The treatment may or may not also include the use of electrical stimulation of the points. This is a very gentle and relaxing addition to the needles which promotes circulation in the reproductive organs. The needling itself should be painless and sometimes a heavy or achy sensation will surround the location of the needles. This is a positive sign that the treatment is effective and overall it should be a deeply relaxing experience. - After the acupuncture, you will discuss any questions you may have and review the treatment plan designed for you. This may or may not include a prescription of Chinese herbs. The second visit will take a closer look at your diet, supplement usage and overall lifestyle. What you put into your body in the form of nutrients dramatically affects the health of eggs that are maturing and becoming ready for fertilization. Poor quality of sleep and digestive upset can also increase stress in the body. Abdominal massage will be introduced to increase circulation to the pelvic organs and minimize any stagnation present. You will then be expected to follow through with the massage at home at regular intervals. Your acupuncturist will lead you through a breathing exercise to promote relaxation and help you incorporate more relaxation into your daily life.
Subsequent visits will include acupuncture, updates and check-ins on diet and lifestyle health as well as uterine massage and relaxation exercises when needed.


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Add These 7 Heart-Healthy Foods to Your Diet
Don't be scared. The list starts with chocolate.
Don't be scared. The list starts with chocolate.
Tracy Jacobsen came out of retirement in 2008 to make bread and share recipes to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He made the decision to give back to organizations that have helped him continue to thrive in his life's passion, food and cooking, despite obstacles.
Man, people sure do some crazy things when it comes to Chicken McNuggets.
Chocolate Strawberry Oreos have hit the shelves, and we decided to continue our review of any new Oreo flavor that comes out. This time, I grabbed the guy from the next office space over (Josh) to see what he thought.
This may be the greatest thing in the history of great things.
I can't believe I actually look forward to Harold's Wild Game Feed at the Carlton VFW now! I don't usually stray very far from the norm so I haven't been a fan of wild game feeds until now. It's become a favorite because my husband and I get to share our eggrolls made with Buffalo meat to stay in the wild game theme.
When a new restaurant opens in the Twin Ports there is always a high level of excitement. It didn't take long for another restaurant to open where Old Country Buffet had been. It's called Lucky's 13 Pub and the menu is huge, just like the portions, according to General Manager, Ken Wilson.
I did not fully understand how this would work since I don't keep my grocery receipts. How do you prove that you purchased milk and/or dairy products while a resident of Wisconsin from the year 2003 until now? Sounds goofy doesn't it, but worth the few minutes it takes to give your information since you may be entitled to some cash. Oh, and they don't ask for receipts.
The last time I was at Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank it was to interview the Executive Director Shaye Moris, about the Back Pack Program. I was amazed at two things. One was the number of area students that rely the backpack program and the other was the incredible dedication of the volunteers that were packing them. That day it was a group representing Essentia Health.
It happens every new year, you have great intentions, you enthusiastically put together a list and then you get busy. The list gets shoved under papers, you find it and stress a little because you haven't gotten to it and ultimately it gets forgotten. Not this year, I'm here to help! Here are 5 super easy things to get done and feel accomplished.
The Kitchen' in Superior doesn't look like much when you drive by. It's an old building in the industrial area of North End Superior. But when you do drive by you see a packed parking lot everyday they are open. The reason is simple. It's fantastic food. And a couple breakfasts ago, I tried my new favorite breakfast of all time: The hash brown omelet.
It's not what you think. It's neither human or tiger flesh that makes up these sandwiches, it's raw hamburger or horse meat. Yes, horse meat and apparently is popular in the state of Wisconsin. I've never seen it on a menu, but I have heard of steak tartare. Wisconsin's Health Agency brought this to our attention with a warning against eating raw or under cooked meats.


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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Hillbilly Dance Fun ... I think I Would Like Her
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Nickie, Up early today. Decaf ? Oh look what we would be missing. She looks like a fun lady to me.ReplyDelete
Nickie I forgot to mention, I love the way the kids ignore what's going on.ReplyDelete
Wood that chick would keep you busy fixing the bed, her moving like that's got to carry a lot of momentum.ReplyDelete
Freakster ... I think it would take welded steel. That way repairs could be kept at weekly instead of daily.ReplyDelete
I like her too. She looks sweet and fun to be with. I especially liked the part where she tossed off the hair tie. I know you men like it when a woman lets their hair down...ReplyDelete
Opie, I live for that ... I just have trouble remembering it.ReplyDelete
Woo Hoo, she looks like a party!ReplyDelete
But, maybe she needs to get out more.
Bunni, I don't know about the getting out part, but I think she should lay off the prune juice.ReplyDelete


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Youths hunted over woman's firework murder
POLICE have opened a murder inquiry into the death of a mother of nine in a house fire that started when a firework was pushed through her letterbox.
Mary Fox, 59, died after helping her teenage son jump through an upstairs window to save him as flames engulfed the house in Bodmin, Cornwall. Neighbours said Raum Fox, 17, was being targeted by bullies.
Detective Superintendent Martin Orpe said: "We are appealing to those responsible to do the decent thing and come forward. If not, we have a team of officers who will find them. It seems there has been some bullying towards Raum in and around school. That is an issue we will be looking at in depth as part of the inquiry."
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Nature 438, 850-853 (8 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/nature04134; Received 22 April 2005; Accepted 16 August 2005; Published online 4 September 2005
The phylogenetic position of the 'giant deer' Megaloceros giganteus
A. M. Lister1, C. J. Edwards2, D. A. W. Nock1,5, M. Bunce3,5, I. A. van Pijlen1,4, D. G. Bradley2, M. G. Thomas1 & I. Barnes1
- Department of Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Ancient Biomolecules Centre, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
- Department of Zoology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
- †Present addresses: MRC Clinical Trials Unit, 222 Euston Road, London NW1 2DA, UK (D.A.W.N.); Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Ontario L8S 4L9, Canada (M.B.)
Correspondence to: I. Barnes1 Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to I.B. (Email: firstname.lastname@example.com). Sequences are deposited in GenBank under accession numbers AM072730–AM072749. Sequences are deposited in GenBank under accession numbers AM072730-AM072749.
The giant deer, or 'Irish elk', has featured extensively in debates on adaptation, sexual selection, and extinction. Its huge antlers—the largest of any deer species, living or extinct—formed a focus of much past work1, 2, 3, 4. Yet the phylogenetic position of the giant deer has remained an enigma. On the basis of its flattened antlers, the species was previously regarded as closely related to the living fallow deer5, 6, 7. Recent morphological studies8, however, have challenged that view and placed the giant deer closer to the living red deer or wapiti. Here we present a new phylogenetic analysis encompassing morphological and DNA sequence evidence, and find that both sets of data independently support a sister-group relationship of giant and fallow deer. Our results include the successful extraction and sequencing of DNA from this extinct species, and highlight the value of a joint molecular and morphological approach.
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Gay pride parade march for NBA's Jason Collins
veteran Jason Collins has marched in Boston's gay pride parade with
Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy III, his onetime roommate at
Stanford University.
Collins wore a T-shirt that read (hash)BeTrue when he joined thousands of marchers Saturday.
April, Collins became the first active player in one of the four major
U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay. He wrote in an
article for Sports Illustrated that the decision to go public came when
Kennedy marched in last year's parade and Collins didn't feel that he
could join him.
Collins also said the Boston Marathon bombing
reinforced the notion that things can change in an instant, so he might
as well live truthfully.
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In recent years researchers have investigated a growing number of weighted heterogeneous networks, where connections are not merely binary entities, but are proportional to the intensity or capacity of the connections among the various elements. Different degree centrality measures have been proposed for this kind of networks. In this work we propose weighted degree and strength centrality measures (WDC and WSC). Using a reducing factor we correct classical centrality measures (CD) to account for tie weights distribution. The bigger the departure from equal weights distribution, the greater the reduction. These measures are applied to a real network of Italian livestock movements as an example. A simulation model has been developed to predict disease spread into Italian regions according to animal movements and animal population density. Model's results, expressed as infected regions and number of times a region gets infected, were related to weighted and classical degree centrality measures. WDC and WSC were shown to be more efficient in predicting node's risk and vulnerability. The proposed measures and their application in an animal network could be used to support surveillance and infection control strategy plans.
Citation: Candeloro L, Savini L, Conte A (2016) A New Weighted Degree Centrality Measure: The Application in an Animal Disease Epidemic. PLoS ONE 11(11): e0165781. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165781
Editor: Renaud Lambiotte, Universite de Namur, BELGIUM
Received: June 7, 2016; Accepted: October 18, 2016; Published: November 1, 2016
Copyright: © 2016 Candeloro et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Data Availability: Data are available from Figshare at https://figshare.com/s/93d179debe602969bcac.
Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Network analysis has been used as an explanatory tool to describe the evolution and spread of ideas and innovations in societies [1]; observed social dynamics can often be understood through the analysis of the social networks that underlie them. A network is a set of nodes (actors), that could be individuals, organizations, holdings, administrative units, connected by a set of ties, that can refer to friendship or communications or animal movements or trade.
Attention has been given to the nature of connections, particularly to properties such as symmetry and transitivity (whether the friend of a friend is a friend), which together provide measures of social cohesion [2,3]. In addition, measures of the importance of individuals have also been derived, from the simplest (such as the number of connections) to the highly complex (number of paths between other actors in which an individual features) [3,4].
Ties between nodes can be considered in different ways when analyzing network structures. A great number of studies have been conducted to find measures about the strength of connections and a variety of centrality measures (CM) have been developed for the quantification of the interconnectedness of actors [5–11]. Degree centrality (DC) represents the simplest CM and determines the number of direct contacts as an indicator of the a network node's interconnectedness. The advantage of DC is the relatively easy interpretability and communicability of the results [12]. It can be easily calculated because only what happens around a focal node is needed. Other measures of centrality have been proposed to consider global network structure, namely betweeness and closeness [6,13].
Most of the previous measures only concern networks based on the presence or absence of a tie between two nodes (binary network), and when applied on weighted networks (in which an attribute is used to weight the tie between nodes), a loss of information occurs [3,14].
An increasing number of studies have been focused on finding appropriate measures for weighted networks [5,15,16].
In weighted networks the degree centrality is calculated as the sum of weights assigned to the node's direct connections and represents the node strength (Strength Centrality—SC). It is then based on tie weights and not on the number of ties. The disadvantage is that two nodes with the same strength, can be linked to a different number of nodes, and the initial information caught by DC is lost when SC is calculated. To overcome this disadvantage a tuning parameter has been defined to give relevance either to tie weights or number of ties alternatively [10].
In this work a new weighted DC (WDC) has been developed to account for tie weights distribution. This new measure has been applied to an animal movement network in Italy, where nodes are administrative units (NUTS 2 level) and ties are animal movements. Considering the same amount of links and the same amount of animals moved, in such a network it is possible to find different situations: an 'equal' number of animals is dispatched to linked nodes; a high number of animals is dispatched to a single linked node and only a few animals are distributed among others. While the DC is the same in these two cases, the developed WDC is lower in the last case providing a more proper measure of connectedness.
A number of studies have been carried out to analyse the networks of animal movements in order to predict the spread of diseases or to optimise the control and surveillance strategies in an outbreak situation [17–22]. These works showed the degree centrality measure (among the known classical network centrality measures) to have a better ability to detect the central role of holdings in the network of animal movements.
In this paper a disease spread has been simulated through the animal movement network, testing how WDC (both in terms of in-degree and out-degree) led to a better estimate of nodes' vulnerability and infecting capacity (risk) than DC values.
Material and Methods
To illustrate the concept underlying the new WDC calculation, three different situations with the same DC and SC are illustrated: three focal nodes (X, Y, Z) may be connected to the same number of nodes (DC = 5) with the same nodes' strength (SC = 100), see Fig 1. But the strength of each focal node can be distributed among linked nodes in different ways: uniformly (in case of X node) or privileging only a fewer number of nodes (in case of Y and Z nodes). It is intuitive the need to reduce the degree of Y and Z nodes in relation to the fact that 85% and 96% of the weights concerns a relationship with only three and one of the linked nodes respectively.
Three different situations with the same DC and SC are illustrated: three focal nodes (X, Y, Z) are connected to the same number of nodes (DC = 5) with the same nodes' strength (SC = 100). The strength of each focal node is distributed among linked nodes in different ways: uniformly (X node) or to a fewer number of nodes (case Y and Z nodes).
The idea is to calculate a reducing factor (R) that doesn't change the DC value when weights (w) are uniformly distributed (node X) and reduces the original DC value accordingly to the shift from the uniform condition (nodes Y and Z).
The calculation method of the reducing factor (R) originates from the cumulative distribution of the percentage weights (Fc), for X, Y and Z nodes as illustrated in Fig 2.
Graphical representation of the Area Under the Curve AUCFc of weights relative to nodes X, Y and Z of Fig 1. The AUCFc(3), the area related to the first 3 links of Y node is highlighted in grey.
The area under the Fc (AUC) decreases accordingly with the deviation from equal weight distribution. Under uniformly distributed weights (node X) Fc is a straight line, with constant slope equal to 1/DC and with AUC reaching the maximum. As Fc deviates from this straight line, the AUC drops down consequently.
The behavior of Fc allows to calculate R as the ratio between the AUCFc and AUCmax:
In such a way, when weights distribution is uniform AUCFc is equal to AUCmax, R becomes 1 and WDC is equal to DC.
In this way the original number of links is reduced and a more reliable number of links is associated to each focal node.
As both SC and WDC can vary independently, the WSC is defined as their geometric mean, so that if SC (or WDC) remains constant and WDC (or SC) rises, then WSC assumes a higher value and vice versa:
Formulas in AUCmax and AUCFc calculation
AUCmax is the area under the straight line with equation , with x ranging from 0 to DC, thus:
The AUCFc is the sum of the areas AUCFc(i) under segments with different slopes for each link i:
To calculate the area AUC Fc(i) the equation of each segment (line) is needed: A straight line passing for 2 known points {(i-1); Fc(i-1)} and {i;Fc(i)}, is:
The previous equation becomes:
To compute the new weighted degree measure, a custom function in R [23] has been developed.
Dataset and network representation
Data on cattle trade movement used in the present study are obtained from the Italian National Bovine Database (NBD). The database contains detailed data about movement of each animal. Each movement record reported the unique identification code of the animal, the code of the origin and destination holdings, and the date of movement. In addition the following attribute for each holding were exported from the database: the holding type (farm, slaughterhouse, market etc.), number of animals at the beginning of the year and the address. The dataset refers to the year 2009.
The network was built from the data movement by aggregating at region level. Movements towards slaughterhouses and to and from foreign countries have been removed from the dataset.
The resulting directed weighted network (IT2009) consists of 21 nodes (Italian regions) and 369 ties, where tie weight is defined by the number of live cattle moved from/to a region during the year. The network has been represented by an adjacency matrix A whose elements [A]j,k indicate whether pairs of nodes are adjacent or not in the network. In the special case of a finite weighted network, the adjacency matrix stores directly edge weights [24]. A is a 21x21 matrix. An example of weighted network and the related weighted adjacency matrix is shown in Fig 3. In Table 1 the symbology adopted throughout the text to define a generic matrix A is reported.
The transition matrix shows how the number of animals that come out from a node is distributed to the nodes with which it is connected.
Model description
The disease spread on the network is modelled using a simple Susceptible-Infectious (SI) compartmental model [17,21,25]. Regions are the units of the process and are labelled as Susceptible or Infectious according to the stage of the disease. All regions are considered susceptible at the beginning of the simulations, except for the single seeding node whose prevalence of animals moved (percentage of infected animals moved) is set to 5%.
The considered model is a stochastic process where an infectious node can transmit the disease along its outgoing ties to its neighboring susceptible nodes that in turn become infected.
The model uses a daily framework and movements are supposed to be uniform through the year, hence daily number of animals moved are approximatively constant.
Defined the 21x2 matrix M, whose element [M]j,c represents the number of outgoing animals from region j, with sanitary state c (where c = 1 for infected an c = 2 for susceptible animals), infected moved animals [M]j,1 from node j is supposed to be binomial distributed at each time-step t: And Where:
mj is the number of moved animals from node j
ij is the number of infected animals in node j
Nj = sj + ij is the number of animals of node j derived from the total of susceptible (sj) and infected (ij) animals in node j. Nj is the population at 01/01/2009 for the first time step.
The number of infected animals moved from a node j towards its neighbors is calculated by a multinomial distribution of the number of infected animals moved from j towards a destination node and the percentage reported into the transition matrix T: Where I is the matrix whose elements [I]j,k represents infected animals moved from region j to region k, and T is the row-standardized adjacency matrix ([T]j,k = [A]j,k /sum(Aj)). T reflects how the number of animals outgoing from a node j is distributed to other nodes. An example of transition matrix is shows in Fig 3.
Similarly for susceptible animals moved:
At each time step, population dynamic of node j is described by the following ODE's system:
Each simulation was iterate 100 times and repeated for 21 scenarios, using a different region as seeding node per each scenario and 365 time steps.
Measures evaluation in terms of vulnerability and risk
The classical and the new weighted centrality measures have been calculated on the IT2009 network. Considering that the network is direct, both in and out degree measures have been calculated.
The spread model has been applied to the network to simulate infection across the regions. At each simulation the number of infected nodes (seeding site excluded) and the number of infected animals per region have been registered.
The model was run assuming two different population and movement conditions to better evaluate differences between classical and new measures in terms of risk and vulnerability:
- in the first condition we assume that all nodes have the same population size (using a fixed value for each node set to 100000) and move the same number of animals (equal to 3,65% of population) and model results are used for WDC and DC evaluation (when nodes have the same strength the difference between WDC and DC is more evident and the ability of the new measure to capture the role of the node based only on the network structure is evaluated).
- in the second condition the model employs real values of population and number of moved animals and model results are used for WSC and SC evaluation. Similarly a randomized network, obtained by randomizing (network) structure and by conserving the node's weight, was considered. Correlation between centrality measures and epidemic model results was evaluated through non-parametric Kendall's Tau correlation coefficient.
Results and Discussion
The classical and the new weighted centrality measures calculated on the IT2009 network dataset revealed different patterns when compared. The new weighted measures showed a significant difference in terms of nodes' roles, not highlighted by the classical measures. In the case of a high network density, as IT2009, these differences are particularly evident (density values of region and holding level networks are 0.88 and 0.0000207 respectively),.
Fig 4 shows the spatial distribution of DCIN and WDCIN values. The WDCIN shows a greater variability between regions than DCIN (the variation coefficient of WDCIN is 0.36 and DCIN is 0.16). Moreover the differences between northern and southern regions arise.
The WDCIN (on the right) shows a more evident variability among regions than DCIN (on the left). The scale bars report the DCIN and WDCIN values for each region. In case of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region, in the north-east part of Italy, the two measures are particularly different (DCIN = 17 and WDCIN = 1.73). Arrows representing in-going links are reported (17 regions), but only 5 regions already cover the 99% of the weights (fi values are reported on the corresponding region).
For example the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region is one of the regions in which DCIN and WDCIN are particularly different (DCIN = 17 and WDCIN = 1.73). The WDCIN value reflects that only few links cumulate up to 99% of the weights (just one link, Veneto region, has the 82% of the total weights).
As expected the correlation of the two measures is low as showed in Fig 5; for example, 5 regions that have the same value of 19 for out-degree, present a wide range of weight degree values between 2 and 7.
The correlation shows a moderate agreement between DC and WDC (0.55 'in' and 0.31 'out'). For example, in 5 regions the same value of 19 for out-degree, is associated to a weighted out degree range of 2–7 and vice-versa 5 regions with values of weighted out-degree between 2 and 2.5, have values of out-degree ranging from 9 to 19.
Fig 6 shows the correlation values between model results and degree centrality measures when it is assumed that all nodes have the same population size (first condition).
In the upper side of the figure the correlation between the node's risk (the mean number of infected nodes) and DCOUT (a) and WDCOUT (b) is showed; the last two graphs report the correlation between node's vulnerability (the mean number of times a node gets infected) and the DCIN (c) and WDCIN (d).
In the Fig 6(a) and 6(b) the correlation between the average number of infected nodes (node's risk) and DCOUT and WDCOUT is showed; the last two graphs (c) and (d) report the correlation between the average number of times a node becomes infected (node's vulnerability) and the DCIN and WDCIN.
Fig 7 shows the correlation values between model results and the strength centrality measures when real values of population and number of moved animals (second condition) are used. The correlation values are greater for the weighted measures in both risk of infection (Fig 7(b)) and vulnerability (Fig 7(d)) comparisons (0.8 and 0.85 respectively).
In the upper side of the figure the correlation between the node's risk (the mean number of infected nodes) and SCOUT (a) and WSCOUT (b) is showed; the last two graphs report the correlation between node's vulnerability (the mean number of times a node gets infected) and the SCIN (c) and WSCIN(d).
Table 2, following the example in Fig 4, reports data about incoming movements to Friuli Venezia Giulia region for years 2008–2010 (percentage values) Both in previous and successive years, the region tends to be related to the same regions and with the same intensity.
Although Italian regions tend over time to trade with same regions and the same number of animal, at the least in percentages, the randomized network was considered and analyzed
Fig 8 shows the correlation values between model results and the strength centrality measures for the randomized network (second condition). The correlation values are greater for the weighted measures in both risk of infection (Fig 8(b)) and vulnerability (Fig 8(d)) comparisons (0.7 and 0.45 respectively). It is worth to note that the correlation between the vulnerability and the measures of centrality (both classical and weighted) is lower than the association between the risk of infection and the weighted degree.
In the upper side of the figure the correlation between the node's risk (the mean number of infected nodes) and SCOUT (a) and WSCOUT (b) is showed; the last two graphs report the correlation between node's vulnerability (the mean number of times a node gets infected) and the SCIN (c) and WSCIN(d).
The identification of a new weighted degree measure arises from the need to consider the number of ties and tie weights simultaneously in order to correctly estimate the centrality of each actor within a weighted network. Opsahl et al 2010 proposed measures including a tuning parameter to control the relative importance of these two aspects. This parameter, varying from 0 to 1, needs to be subjectively set to give more importance either to the number of ties or to tie weights. To overcome the subjectivity of the use of this parameter, the new proposed weighted degree measure is objectively calculated. In the case study proposed in this work, the weighed degree is a number of ties that includes, on average, the 90% of the animals moved.
The worst case in terms of equal weight distribution occurs when all weights are equal to 1 for DC-1 links. The equation becomes:
This highlights that varying SC and DC in their domain, different R values can be obtained, as reported in Table 3. When DC is equal to 2 the reduction factor R has a range between 0.5 and 0.8, never getting values less than 0.5; when DC approaches infinity, R approaches 0, this being the maximum difference between the standard and new weighted centrality measure.
Therefore the new weighted measure best captures the characteristics of a node in a highly connected weighted network.
As shown in Fig 5, the differences between the weighted and classical measures are even more pronounced for higher DC values. WDC could be used for the detection of high-risk holdings, both for contracting and spreading an infection within the network, and their removal, e.g. by trade restrictions or selective vaccination or culling, can efficiently change the network structure decomposing it into fragments so that infection chain is interrupted.
Although the region level network has been used throughout the paper, the Italian holding level network has been considered to evaluate node targeted selection based on proposed measures. Italian network at holding level consists of 122,702 nodes. In case of a disease control strategy based on targeted selection, centrality measures can be used. The selection of the nodes with degree value greater than the 95% percentile leads to 6,530 nodes using DC and 6,136 using WDC selection. The number of nodes common to both the measures are 5,148 nodes that correspond to a potential reduction of 21%.
A centrality measure that takes into account the heterogeneity of the connections within a real network of animal movements, allows then a more precise and accurate identification of the crucial nodes for the spread of an epidemic disease. This identification leads to a targeted surveillance with consequent reduction of costs and a better allocation of resources.
Author Contributions
- Conceptualization: LC LS AC.
- Data curation: LC LS AC.
- Formal analysis: LC LS AC.
- Methodology: LC LS AC.
- Writing – original draft: LC LS AC.
- Writing – review & editing: LC LS AC.
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LARAMIE, Wyo. -
In the final three minutes of today'sUniversity of Wyoming/Air Force soccer match, UW sophomore Marci Crankscored the game winning goal, putting the Cowgirls up 1-0 and giving themtheir first conference win of the season.
Wyoming (3-10-3, 1-3-2 MWC) played a tough match that remained gridlockedat 0-0 until 86:10 when Crank played the ball down field and droveit into the Falcon's net in spite of heavy Air Force pressure. This wasCrank's first goal of the season, as well as her first collegiate goal.
Air Force (7-10-1, 2-4-0 MWC) made a spectacular effort throughout thegame, especially dominating the Cowgirls in the second half. They outshotUW 21-11. Ten of those shots were saved by UW goalie, Lori Scheider.
"I think overall we played well and didn't give up," said Wyoming's headcoach Anne Moore. "Air Force is a tough team. They never quit and they'realways pressuring us. It was good to see we were able to step up and putthe ball in the back of the net."
Today's win over Air Force is the first time the Cowgirls have everdefeated the Falcons in their six meetings. It's not only the firstconference win of the season for UW, but the first Mountain West Conferencewin since the Cowgirls defeated the University of New Mexico, 1-0, inAlbuquerque on Oct. 17, 1999.
"It's a relief (to get the first conference win of the season). We'veplayed well all season but haven't gotten the results. It's nice for onceto get a win, especially going into the conference tournament. It gives usconfidence. Now we know that not only can we play with the teams in ourconference, we can beat them," said Moore.
The Cowgirls have one final match before the MWC tournament in Las Vegasnext week. They host the University of San Francisco in a make-up game,Sun., Nov. 4 at 1 p.m. to conclude their 2001 regular season.


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