Trending on Social Media: Integrating Social Media into Infectious Disease Dynamics.

Social media plays an important role in alerting and educating the public during disease outbreaks. By increasing awareness of the disease and its prevention, it can lead to a modification of behaviour which then affects contact/incidence rates. Social media data may also be used when formulating, developing and parameterising models.

Prognosis and Management of Thick and Ultrathick Melanoma.

Objectives: Thick melanomas, defined as ≥4 mm in thickness, represent ~5% of new melanoma diagnoses and have been associated with poor overall survival (OS). Ultrathick melanomas, those lesions ≥8 mm in thickness, have been associated with worse survival. We sought to compare prognostic factors for thick and ultrathick melanoma.

Suboptimal Compliance With National Comprehensive Cancer Network Melanoma Guidelines: Who Is at Risk?

Background: National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) melanoma treatment guidelines are based on best available literature. We evaluated NCCN excision margin and sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) guideline adherence to identify patient populations at risk for suboptimal care.

Methods: Retrospective review of prospectively maintained database of all patients who underwent operation for invasive melanoma from January 2005 to 2015.

A modified predator-prey model for the interaction of police and gangs.

A modified predator-prey model with transmissible disease in both the predator and prey species is proposed and analysed, with infected prey being more vulnerable to predation and infected predators hunting at a reduced rate. Here, the predators are the police and the prey the gang members. In this system, we examine whether police control of gangs is possible.