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Declan Butler
Publications - 790
Citations - 8010
Declan Butler is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agency (sociology) & Government. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 790 publications receiving 7573 citations.
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Flu surveillance lacking
TL;DR: In addition, the surveillance is typically not sustained, but instead is ad hoc and reactive, and is largely in response to disease outbreaks or temporary research projects.
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Disease surveillance needs a revolution
TL;DR: Bird flu has highlighted serious deficiencies in epidemiology and called for urgent action to address these problems.
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Brazil asks whether Zika acts alone to cause birth defects
TL;DR: The Seattle meeting aims to compile a working list of biosignature gases and their chemical properties, which will feed into how astronomers analyse data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, slated for launch in 2018.
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Portrait of a year-old pandemic
TL;DR: Young children and the elderly fared relatively well against H1N1 compared to older children and young adults, and Canada was typical of many other countries; data from the United States, show that under fives were particularly resilient.
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University rankings smarten up
TL;DR: Systems for ranking the world's higher-education and research institutions are about to become more sophisticated, says Declan Butler.