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Intro -- West's Last ReportIs There an Optimal Funding Strategy forSTEM Research? -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1Research Quality -- 1.1. The Problem -- Funding Scenarios: -- 1.2. Forecasting Technology -- 1.3. Truncated History of Military Research -- 1.4. Is Everything Normal? -- Typical is not Normal -- Beguiled by Averages: -- 1.5. What is to Come? -- Chapter 2Tales of Tails -- 2.1. Multiplicative Processes -- 2.2. Pareto Principle -- 2.3. Nonsimple Social Networks -- Managing Nonsimplicity -- 2.4. S2TEM -- S2TEM Research Quality Measures -- Chapter 3Quality versus Quantity -- 3.1. Number of Publications -- Collaboration Patterns -- 3.2. Number of Citations -- SI Research Quality -- 3.3. Aggregate Measures -- Research Wealth of Nations -- Ranking Institutions -- Chapter 4Extremes -- 4.1. Single Investigators (SIs) -- Research Strategy -- 4.2. What is a Breakthrough Idea? -- Quality versus Popularity -- Journal Rankings -- Chapter 5Universality -- 5.1. C-AR -- Scaling -- SICNs -- Master Curve -- 5.2. Mittag-Leffler Probability -- 5.3. Hyperbolic PDF -- Multiplicative Fluctuations -- Chapter 6The Study -- 6.1. Scientific Significance as a Source of Value -- Visibility Indicators -- Influence Indicator -- Persistence Indicator -- 6.2. Mission Relevance as a Source of Value -- Co-Investment Indicators -- Broader Interest Indicators -- Transition Potential Indicator -- 6.3. Potential Breakthrough as Source of Value -- Invention Indicators -- Interdisciplinarity Indicators -- Commercial Interest Indicators -- 6.4. Datasets and Results -- 6.5. Summary and Conclusion -- Question One -- Question Two -- Main Conclusion: -- Chapter 7Closing Observations -- Personal Observations -- References -- Index -- Blank Page.

This book presents distinctive perspectives and voices concerning the nature, utility, and limitations of science and technology in national security, as well as outlining the nature of science and technology's interdependency with military operations. These dialogues are particularly timely during the period of transition for the US military in which these implicit ideas are molding the Army Futures Command and similar other service agencies. The design decisions being made to equip, train, educate, deploy, and lead the future force need wisdom from experienced scientists, engineers, and innovators. This book addresses fundamental issues such as the relationship between scientific advances and technological innovation and the roles of science and technology in a modern society and the military. -- Back cover

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Do word-of-mouth and other peer influence processes really affect how quickly people adopt a new product? Can one identify the most influential customers and hence those who are good seeding points for a word-of-mouth marketing campaign? Can one also identify those customers most likely to be influenced by their peers? A pharmaceutical company seeking to improve its marketing effectiveness by leveraging social dynamics among physicians set out to answer these questions. There is indeed evidence of social influence, even after controlling for sales calls and individual characteristics. Also, people who are central in the network and those who use the product intensively are more influential. Finally, people who view themselves as opinion leaders are less affected by peer influence, whereas people who others really turn to for information or advice are not differentially affected. This last finding suggests that self-reported opinion leadership captures self-confidence, whereas a central position in the social network captures true leadership. Since sociometric techniques identify true opinion leaders more effectively than self-reports do, word-of-mouth programs targeting sociometric leaders are expected to be more effective than programs targeting self-reported leaders

The First International Conference in Systems and Network Medicine gathered together 200 global thought leaders, scientists, clinicians, academicians, industry and government experts, medical and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and policymakers. Held at Georgetown University Conference Center in Washington D.C. on September 11-13, 2019, the event featured a day of pre-conference lectures and hands-on bioinformatic computational workshops followed by two days of deep and diverse scientific talks, panel discussions with eminent thought leaders, and scientific poster presentations. Topics ranged from: Systems and Network Medicine in Clinical Practice; the role of -omics technologies in Health Care; the role of Education and Ethics in Clinical Practice, Systems Thinking, and Rare Diseases; and the role of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. The conference served as a unique nexus for interdisciplinary discovery and dialogue and fostered formation of new insights and possibilities for health care systems advances.

The First International Conference in Systems and Network Medicine gathered together 200 global thought leaders, scientists, clinicians, academicians, industry and government experts, medical and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and policymakers. Held at Georgetown University Conference Center in Washington D.C. on September 11-13, 2019, the event featured a day of pre-conference lectures and hands-on bioinformatic computational workshops followed by two days of deep and diverse scientific talks, panel discussions with eminent thought leaders, and scientific poster presentations. Topics ranged from: Systems and Network Medicine in Clinical Practice; the role of -omics technologies in Health Care; the role of Education and Ethics in Clinical Practice, Systems Thinking, and Rare Diseases; and the role of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. The conference served as a unique nexus for interdisciplinary discovery and dialogue and fostered formation of new insights and possibilities for health care systems advances.