Managing, processing and understanding big healthcare data is challenging, costly and
demanding. Without a robust fundamental theory for representation, analysis and inference …

Scholars of transnationalism have argued that migrants create transnational social fields or
spaces that connect their place of origin to destination areas. Despite the centrality that …

Background Microbial inhabitants of soils are important to ecosystem and planetary
functions, yet there are large gaps in our knowledge of their diversity and ecology. The …

The social network analysis (SNA) studies the interactions among actors in a network
formed through some relationship (friendship, cooperation, trade, among others). The SNA …

The relation between divorce, co-parenting conflicts, and children's adjustment problems
has been well established. An unresolved question for research and clinical interventions …

Building typologies allows to compare networks on multiple dimensions, and to approach a
generalization grounded on empirical data. In this article, we present a typology of personal …

Relative to White families, Black families have been described as relying on extended social
networks to compensate for other social and economic disadvantages. The presence or …

Social isolation is a core challenge associated with autism. Interpersonal relationships and
the resources and support embedded in the social networks of autistic young adults could …

Although research shows that conjoint social networks are associated with well‐being
among newlyweds, little is known about how these network types are linked to marital …

In this research, we considered how various structural aspects of friendship networks relate
to marital quality according to gender. To investigate this issue, we drew on data from a …