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John Edmunds and Sebastian Funk - measles outbreak
No full textProfessor John Edmunds and Dr Sebastian Funk talk about measles outbreaks, and the potential for future outbreaks in big cities.
This is an extended interview from the May 2013 podcast
R Code accompanying the manuscript "Assessing the performance of real-time epidemic forecasts: A case study of Ebola in the Western Area region of Sierra Leone, 2014-15"
No full textThis repository contains the data and code for the paper: Sebastian Funk, Anton Camacho, Adam J. Kucharski, Rachel Lowe, Rosalind M. Eggo and W. John Edmunds. Assessing the performance of real-time epidemic forecasts: A case study of Ebola in the Western Area region of Sierra Leone, 2014-15. bioRxiv 177451.</p
LSHTM - May 2013 podcast - Measles, vaccine concerns, and mosquito manipulation
No full textThe May 2013 podcast from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Featuring Anne Mills, John Edmunds, Sebastian Funk, Heidi Larson, and James Logan.
Look out for extended video interviews on the School website
Neuburg und das Militär 1918 – 1920
No full textSebastian Funk Nach dem Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs standen die Menschen in Europa vor unzähligen – teils interdependenten – Herausforderungen: Die Beziehungen zwischen den Gesellschaften waren zerrüttet und Millionen von Menschen hatten ihr Leben verloren. In Deutschland löste der Aufstand der Kieler Matrosen im November 1918 einen Umbruch aus, der revolutionäre Kräfte über verschiedene politische Lager hinweg freisetzte und das Deutsche Kaiserreich von 1871 zu Fall brachte. Diesen „Moment de..
Episode 35: Alexis Castellanos, Author of “Isla to Island”, and Her Panel Presentation during the Operación Pedro Pan Two-Day Event
No full textIn Part 1 of “Operación Pedro Pan: The Voices and Stories of Cuba’s Child Exodus—A Knights HistoryCast Mini-Series,” the Department of History’s Sebastian Garcia talked with Alexis Castellanos, an author, illustrator, graphic novelist, and a panelist at the esteemed, conspicuous, and powerful “Operación Pedro Pan: Honoring the Cultural, Historical Legacy of Cuba’s Child Exodus” Two-Day Program that Florida Humanities, UCF’s Department of English and Department of Modern Languages and Literatures sponsored (see https://cah.ucf.edu/pedro-pan/ for more details on sponsors and the program in general).
Sebastian structured this specific episode on Alexis Castellanos’ Isla to Island, a wordless graphic novel grounded by her personal family history and the history of Operación Pedro Pan (Operation Peter Pan). By analyzing such a historic event through the medium of fiction, Sebastian argued that this is one of the most unique Knights HistoryCast episodes of all time. Naturally, their conversation expanded to what she talked about during her panel presentation in Panel One, Day 1 of the event that featured “internationally renowned scholars that discussed the political, historical, and cultural legacy of Operación Pedro Pan (1960-1962).” (https://cah.ucf.edu/pedro-pan/)
To purchase Isla to Island (strongly recommend), check out: https://islatoisland.com/.
To find out more about Alexis and her professional work, check out her website at https://alexiscastellanos.com/https://stars.library.ucf.edu/knightshistorycast/1034/thumbnail.jp
epiforecasts/multi-model-information: Publication release
No full textRelease after acceptance for publication. No changes to code since v1.0; some filing and README updates to reflect the final paper.KS, SF funded by ECDC and Wellcome ( 210758 )AS funded by National Science Foundation Award 2135784 , 2223933KA funded by Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, and European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme - project EpiPose (Grant agreement no. 101003688 )DES, AC, MM, JC, ACG funded by U3CM, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Gobierno de España, European CommissionNF, LW, StA, CF, PB, NH funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant no. 101003688 – EpiPose project)SM, BC, RE, SP, CR, JR, TC, CS, KN funded by Ministry of research and education (BMBF) Germany (Grants no. 031L0300D , 031L0302A )RG, RN, BP, FS funded by ECDC.Kath Sherratt, & Sebastian Funk. (2024). epiforecasts/multi-model-information: Publication release (v1.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10891377
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epiforecasts/multi-model-information: Publication release
No full textRelease after acceptance for publication. No changes to code since v1.0; some filing and README updates to reflect the final paper.KS, SF funded by ECDC and Wellcome ( 210758 )AS funded by National Science Foundation Award 2135784 , 2223933KA funded by Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, and European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme - project EpiPose (Grant agreement no. 101003688 )DES, AC, MM, JC, ACG funded by U3CM, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Gobierno de España, European CommissionNF, LW, StA, CF, PB, NH funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant no. 101003688 – EpiPose project)SM, BC, RE, SP, CR, JR, TC, CS, KN funded by Ministry of research and education (BMBF) Germany (Grants no. 031L0300D , 031L0302A )RG, RN, BP, FS funded by ECDC.Kath Sherratt, & Sebastian Funk. (2024). epiforecasts/multi-model-information: Publication release (v1.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10891377
Related links:
https://github.com/epiforecasts/multi-model-information/tree/v1.1
Indexed in OpenAIRE:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/software?pid=10.5281%2Fzenodo.1089137
Stability in flux: Community structure in dynamic networks
No full textThe structure of many biological, social and technological systems can usefully be described in terms of complex networks. Although often portrayed as fixed in time, such networks are inherently dynamic, as the edges that join nodes are cut and rewired, and nodes themselves update their states. Understanding the structure of these networks requires us to understand the dynamic processes that create, maintain and modify them. Here, we build upon existing models of coevolving networks to characterize how dynamic behaviour at the level of individual nodes generates stable aggregate behaviours. We focus particularly on the dynamics of groups of nodes formed endogenously by nodes that share similar properties (represented as node state) and demonstrate that, under certain conditions, network modularity based on state compares well with network modularity based on topology. We show that if nodes rewire their edges based on fixed node states, the network modularity reaches a stable equilibrium which we quantify analytically. Furthermore, if node state is not fixed, but can be adopted from neighbouring nodes, the distribution of group sizes reaches a dynamic equilibrium, which remains stable even as the composition and identity of the groups change. These results show that dynamic networks can maintain the stable community structure that has been observed in many social and biological systems
"Cronica der Turckey" Sebastian Franck's Translation of the "Tractatus de Moribus, Condicionibus et Nequitia Turcorum" by Georgius de Hungaria
No full textThe Tractatus de moribus, condicionibus et nequitia Turcorum is one of the most important first-hand accounts of life in fifteenth-century Turkey known to modern scholarship. It is the work of a Christian former slave of the Turks, writing after his return to the West. Although the author does not name himself, he can be identified as a
Dominican priest, Georgius de Hungaria, who died in Rome in 1502. His Tractatus is conceived as a work of anti-Islamic polemic, yet it contains a surprisingly unbiased appraisal of Turkish customs.
First printed c.1480 when European apprehension in the face of Ottoman expansion was at its height, the Tractatus was reprinted in numerous editions, and was widely used as a
source by other authors. Luther edited the text in 1530, using the positive account of Turkish customs and religious observance as a weapon in his polemic against the Roman
Catholic Church: if heathens could perform such exemplary works, who could fail to doubt the efficacy of works as a means of salvation?
Sebastian Franck in his German translation of the Tractatus went further: replacing Georgius' commentary with his own, he used the text to attack institutional religion as a
whole and to promote his concept of a non-dogmatic, spiritual Church of individuals united with each other only through their union with God -a Church which was not closed to Moslems or members of any other creed. This translation or adaptation, the Cronica der Türckey, marks Franck's decisive break with the Lutheran cause and the beginning of his lonely path as a 'spiritual individualist'. Franck reworked his translation of the Tractatus for his major geographical work, the Weltbuch of 1534.
This thesis concerns itself primarily with Franck's Cronica, providing the first modern critical edition of this text, in a near-diplomatic transcription with an extensive glossary. The thesis also includes transcriptions of the Tractatus; of Türckei, an anonymous translation of the Tractatus, and of relevant additional material from Franck's Weltbuch. None of these texts has been published in full in a modern edition.
In the Introduction Franck's Cronica is compared in detail with the Tractatus, highlighting the changes that occur in translation; the character and the significance of these changes are then discussed. It is established that Franck, whilst being unwilling to reverse any of Georgius' value judgements on Islam and Turkish culture, is highly selective in his choice of material for translation, and frequently gives the text new nuances and adds his own
comment. The question of the Tractatus' influence on Franck's further development as a writer and thinker is also raised.
The investigation then turns to Franck's use of the Tractatus material in his Weltbuch. His eclecticism becomes apparent in this text, in which Georgius' account is juxtaposed - but not synthesised - with material from other sources, often of lesser veracity and greater anti-Islamic bias. Franck's distortion of the Tractatus material to suit his own line of argument is clearly discernible: from the unique phenomenon presented in the Tractatus the Turks
become one more example of the general human tendency to externalise and dogmatise faith.
In addition, the transmission of Cronica and Türckei is examined, and the relationship between these two translations is clarified: Franck certainly used Türckei in writing his Cronica, but is unlikely to be the author of the anonymous work
2. A Human Being to Be Remembered | The 2024 UCF VLP Podcast Series
No full textIn Episode Two, Andrew Carroll’s herculean efforts to seek and collect over 210,000 war letters—that span since the American Revolution—demonstrate how others are as seriously committed to preserving the legacies of the men and women who served and fought for their country. Andrew shares several letters from his impressive collection, allowing us to be as close as possible to the Veterans—engaging with their own words, thoughts, and emotions. Indeed, themes central to UCF VLP are often exemplified in the 210,000 war letters Andrew has preserved for over twenty-five years.
Andrew Carroll is an award-winning historian and author and is the founder and director of the Center for American War Letters at Chapman University. Andrew was the second keynote speaker invited to share his extraordinary work during the 2024 UCF VLP Institute.
This episode was directed, produced, written, edited, and hosted by Sebastian Garcia and featured Andrew Carroll.
Executive Producers: Sebastian Garcia and Dr. Amelia Lyons.
Music: “Honor and Glory” and “Real Heroes” by SergePavkinMusic (Pixabay)
Podcast Cover Artwork: Sebastian Garcia
The 2024 UCF VLP Podcast Series is brought to you by the UCF History Department Podcast Network and UCF’s Veterans Legacy Program—a partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration.https://stars.library.ucf.edu/knightshistorycast/1051/thumbnail.jp
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