HOW NETWORKS SHAPE DIVERSITY FOR BETTER OR WORSE

How networks shape diversity for better or worse

Socio-diversity, the variety of human opinions, ideas, behaviours and styles, has profound implications for social systems.While it fuels innovation, productivity and collective intelligence, han it can also complicate communication and erode trust.So what mechanisms can influence it? This paper studies how fundamental characteristics of social net

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Pasteurella multocida in backyard chickens in Upper Egypt: incidence with polymerase chain reaction analysis for capsule type, virulence in chicken embryos and antimicrobial resistance

The prevalence of Pasteurella multocida strains among 275 backyard chickens from different regions of Upper Egypt was studied.A total of 21 isolates of P.multocida were recovered in 21 out of 275 chickens tested (7.6%) and were confirmed using phenotypic characterisation.Somatic serotyping of the 21 isolates resulted in 12 isolates being classed as

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