Spatiotemporal Variation in Distance Dependent Animal Movement Contacts: One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Spatiotemporal Variation in Distance Dependent Animal Movement Contacts: One Size Doesn’t Fit All

The structure of contacts that mediate transmission has a pronounced effect on the outbreak dynamics of infectious disease and simulation models are powerful tools to inform policy decisions. Most simulation models of livestock disease spread rely to some degree on predictions of animal movement between holdings. Typically, movements are more common between nearby farms than between those locat...

One size does not fit all: flexible models are required to understand animal movement across scales.

1. Large data sets containing precise movement data from free-roaming animals are now becoming commonplace. One means of analysing individual movement data is through discrete, random walk-based models. 2. Random walk models are easily modified to incorporate common features of animal movement, and the ways that these modifications affect the scaling of net displacement are well studied. Recent...

Does one size fit all?

Should ‘ one size fit all ? ’

Silver dressings were compared with non-antimicrobial, low-adherent control dressings. A total of 304 patients were recruited, all with venous ulceration of the lower leg that had been present for more than 6 weeks, of whom 213 participated in the trial, and 91 underwent observation only. Participants were randomized to receive either an antimicrobial silver dressing (n = 107) or a control dres...

When One Size Doesn't Fit All.

There are few things in this world that we buy and use that don’t require some form of variation or customization to achieve a satisfactory outcome or experience. Whether it’s cars, clothing, or cooking oils, personal experience and comfort level are important factors in arriving at the right choice. I’ve worked in pharmacy clinical decision support at several database companies over the years,...