# s-behav: collective behavior following strong periodic patterns

<< by using big data to analyse massive data sets of modern and historical news, social media and Wikipedia page views, periodic patterns in the collective behaviour of the population can be observed that could otherwise go unnoticed. >>

<< people's collective behaviour follows strong periodic patterns and is more predictable than previously thought >>

Tom Lansdall-Welfare. Big data shows people’s collective behaviour follows strong periodic patterns. 8 Nov.2016

http://thinkbig.enm.bris.ac.uk/big-data-shows-peoples-collective-behaviour-follows-strong-periodic-patterns/

Dzogang F. et al. Discovering Periodic Patterns in Historical News. PLoS ONE 11(11): e0165736. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165736

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0165736

2016 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM)

http://icdm2016.eurecat.org/

# e-behav: smart obsessions ...

<< On the crowded morning metro in Helsinki, silence prevails >>

<<  A loud "yeah!" breaks the quiet, along with delighted screech from a toddler whose mother has just handed him her smartphone to calm him down with a video >>

Anne Kauranen. Smartphone-obsessed Finns rank tops in screen time. Dec. 27, 2016.

http://m.phys.org/news/2016-12-smartphone-obsessed-finns-tops-screen.html

<< tefficient’s  14th  public  analysis  on  the  development and  drivers  of  mobile  data  usage >>

http://tefficient.com/unlimited-pushes-data-usage-to-new-heights/

doc:   http://media.tefficient.com/2016/12/tefficient-industry-analysis-5-2016-mobile-data-usage-and-pricing-1H-2016-1.pdf

# s-brain: we may be biologically tuned to allow seemingly confident people to ...

<< In today's political climate in particular, we should be aware that when facts aren't clear, we may be biologically tuned to allow seemingly confident people to hold more sway on our own beliefs >>

How our brains are biologically tuned to be influenced by confident people. Dec. 13, 2016.

http://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2016-12-brains-biologically-tuned-confident-people.html

Daniel Campbell-Meiklejohn, Arndis Simonsen, Chris D. Frith and Nathaniel D. Daw. Independent Neural Computation of Value from Other People's Confidence. J. of Neurosci. 9 Dec. 2016, 4490-15; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4490-15.2016

http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2016/12/09/JNEUROSCI.4490-15.2016

s-brain-ethno: beliefs vs brain networks responding

<< When political beliefs are challenged, a person's brain becomes active in areas that govern personal identity and emotional responses to threats >>

<< Political beliefs are like religious beliefs in the respect that both are part of who you are and important for the social circle to which you belong >> Jonas Kaplan.

Emily  Gersema. Which  brain networks respond  when someone sticks to a belief? Dec. 23, 2016.

http://news.usc.edu/114481/which-brain-networks-respond-when-someone-sticks-to-a-belief/

Jonas T. Kaplan, Sarah I. Gimbel,  Sam Harris. Neural correlates of maintaining one's political beliefs in the face of counterevidence. Nature. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 39589 (2016). doi :10.1038/srep39589

http://www.nature.com/articles/srep39589

# s-gst: a model of a silent invasion

<< Cells from early, low-density lesions displayed more stemness features, migrated more and founded more metastases than cells from dense, advanced tumours >>

[AA] << found  that  at  least  80%  of  metastases  were  derived  from  early disseminated  cancer  cells >>

Hedayatollah Hosseini, Milan M. S. Obradović, et al. Early dissemination seeds metastasis in breast cancer. Nature Volume: 540, Pages: 552–558 Date published: (22 Dec. 2016)  doi:10.1038/nature20785

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature20785.html

Kathryn L. Harper, Maria Soledad Sosa, et al. Mechanism of early dissemination and metastasis in Her2+ mammary cancer. Nature Volume: 540, Pages: 588–592 Date published: (22 Dec. 2016) doi:10.1038/nature20609

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature20609.html

# s-arts: le composizioni uniche di Diego, artista, ex bancario market maker 'pescivendolo'

<< Sono sempre stato bravo a vendere, ho fatto il pescivendolo dai 12 ai 23 anni (..) In sostanza ero diventato il pescivendolo dei mercati finanziari. Per essere un bravo venditore, qualunque cosa si venda, bisogna conoscere il prodotto, i clienti e avere quel fattore X che ti permette di mettere insieme le due cose >>

<< Ero il numero uno del mio team da sei anni. Ma la vita è una sola, non è previsto alcun refund >>

<< Ma realizzarsi come artista era comunque la principale ragione per la quale Diego aveva deciso di dare una svolta alla propria esistenza >>

<< Prendo una fotografia o disegno un’immagine, separo le varie forme e tonalità, le intaglio su carta e strato su strato spruzzo i colori (..) Alla fine distruggo lo stencil: voglio che tutte le mie opere siano pezzi unici >>

Andrea de Cesco. Diego Farneti e le sue due vite a Londra: “Questa è la mia arte. A 40 anni ho lasciato tutto per realizzare solo pezzi unici”. 21 Dic. 2016

http://m.huffpost.com/it/entry/13581984

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4928318/thumbs/o-DIEGO-FARNETI-6-900.jpg?3

FonT: chissa' se (e se SI, di quanto) erano tossici i 'pesci' che Diego proponeva e a chi li  'piazzava' ...

# s-acad: statistical associations in genetically modified (GM) crop studies

<< ties between researchers and the GM crop industry were common, with 40% of the articles considered displaying conflicts of interest (COI) >>

<< compared to the absence of COI, the presence of a COI was associated with a 50% higher frequency of outcomes favorable to the interests of the GM crop company >>

Guillemaud T, Lombaert E, Bourguet D. Conflicts of Interest in GM Bt Crop Efficacy and Durability Studies. PLoS ONE 2016; 11(12): e0167777. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167777

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0167777

Many GMO studies have financial conflicts of interest. Dec. 16, 2016.

http://m.phys.org/news/2016-12-gmo-financial-conflicts.html