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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Social network structure"”.
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Kin and social network structure in two populations of Octodon degus
… kin selection is not required in all species for sociality to evolve. Here I investigate two populations of Octodon degus, a South American rodent which has been shown to form kin and non-kin groups. I quantified genetic relatedness within social groups in two populations as well as social network …
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Knowledge construction, social identity and social network structure in completely online groups
… the relation of those patterns to differences in social ability, group efficacy and information horizons among the groups and their members. Completely online small-group development is characterized through detailed analysis of social-network structure, patterns of group-knowledge construction …
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Helping analysts reason about social network structure: Evidence from training and interactive visualization
Communications through phone, email and social networking create increasingly vast webs of data that can be analyzed for research in areas such as marketing, forecasting, and criminal network analyses. Trained analysts can manipulate algorithmically processed data to find conclusions for further …
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Teacher behaviors, student personality, and the emergence of student social network structure in elementary schools
… behavior to be associated with hierarchical social structures in classrooms. While many researchers have attributed this hierarchical structure to teacher modeling—normalizing negative displays of behavior or treating favored students preferentially—student personality may also be a factor. …
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The Relation of Social Network Structure Variables to The Mental Health and The Breadth and Quality of Church Support of Single Young Adult Church Members
The study was designed to investigate the social support networks of single young adult church members with a view towards understanding the significance of differing network patterns, both for mental health, and for the breadth and quality of support these individuals receive from fellow church …
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Defining Social Network Structure Through Text Similarity Analysis: A Model for Promoting Collaboration and Examining Conditions Impacting the Success of Collaborative Endeavors Within a Research Community
The file named "mosercourtney.pdf" is the primary dissertation file. Additional supplemental files (tables/figures) are also available.
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The Structure of Support: Exploring How Social Networks Influence the Physical and Mental Health of U.S. Adults.
… of research documents the strong influence of social relationships, social support, social integration and social networks on well-being. Nonetheless, conceptual clarity remains elusive and these terms are often used interchangeably, precluding confident conclusions and hindering cross-study …
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Mechanisms driving social structure in Octodon degus
… results of a study on the mechanisms shaping social network structure in Octodon degus, a diurnal, semi-fossorial rodent endemic to Chile. Using data collected over three seasons (2022–2023), we tested the roles of nighttime spatial proximity, female social cohesion, and female homophily based …
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Mutual information: inferring tie strength and proximity in bipartite social network data with non-metric associations
… or proximity between individuals from bipartite social network data with non-metric associations. Unlike network datasets with explicit links between nodes, bipartite networks provide only implicit indications of the probable existence of connections. Therefore, as a measure of the amount of …
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Development of Biculturalism In Cross-Cultural Managers In Multinational Corporations: A Cultural Participation Approach
… biculturalism is shaped by managers' social networks with members of two cultures via cultural participation mechanisms which combines interpretive and cultural with network‑analytic approaches by building on concepts of social network structure, culture, and cognition. and structural …
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From Psychology to Phylogeny: Bridging Levels of Analysis in Cultural Evolution
<p>Cultural evolution, or change in the socially learned behavior of a population over time, is a fascinating phenomenon that is widespread in humans and present in some non-human animals. In this dissertation, I present an array of cultural evolutionary studies that bridge pattern and process in a …
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An empirical investigation into music listening behaviour in the presence of the network effect
… interact with each other and the platforms. The network effects (NEs) play a vital role in the success of online platforms, fostering user collaboration and interest exchange, thereby creating a positive feedback loop that influences user behaviours and contributes to a platform’s success. …
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Orchestrating economic development: exploring interorganizational networks in the Chicago metro area
… in the Chicago metro area by exploring the social network structure of cooperation, the conditions under which local governments cooperate and the resulting outcomes of cooperation. The results suggests that communities in the Chicago metro area are spatially aware of the roles of …
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Effective Search in Online Knowledge Communities: A Genetic Algorithm Approach
… with the process of knowledge exchange. The social network of members in an Online Knowledge Community is an important factor to improve search precision. However, prior ranking functions don't handle this kind of document with using this information. In this study, we try to resolve the …
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Ivory poaching, sociality, and the role of behavior in conservation
… decisions and are highly dependent on complex social processes that revolve around older animals (Douglas-Hamilton 1972; Moss 1988; Wittemyer et al. 2005b). Within the last decade poaching of elephants for their ivory has increased to meet rising demand on international markets (Maisels et al. …
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Actor-based Models of Substance Use in Adolescent Social Networks: Unravelling complex drivers of behaviour
Very little is known about social network patterns associated with substance use among adolescent New Zealanders. Social network analysis is useful for understanding subtle and interdependent drivers of adolescent substance use in ways that are not possible using conventional statistical analysis. …
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Privacy-preserving friend recommendations in online social networks
"Online social networks, such as Facebook and Google+, have been emerging as a new communication service for users to stay in touch and share information with family members and friends over the Internet. Since the users are generating huge amounts of data on social network sites, an interesting …
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Observations and theories: cognitive mechanisms of discovery
… The third part broadens the scope by analyzing social aspects that influence the emergence and evolution of useful concepts in a community of interacting agents. Here, I identify the conditions that promote the development of stable communicative conventions, including the role of social network …
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Simulating the Social Dynamics of Spatial Disparity Through Neighborhood Network Evolution
… on spatial disparity, the relationship between social ties and location remains open territory. While local interactions have been studied, they have not been linked to aggregate patterns of community cohesiveness or fragmentation. Recent developments in computer simulation techniques now enable …
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An Empirical Approach to Social Networks
Social networks tend to shape our views about the world. Our study conducts an empirical analysis of social network dynamics using Twitter data. We ask whether social networks influence voting decisions, and determine whether or not people make consistent choices based on their tweets or what they …
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