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Statistical Analysis of Tract-Tracing Experiments Demonstrates a Dense, Complex Cortical Network in the Mouse by Ypma, Rolf J F, Bullmore, Edward T

“…Anatomical tract tracing methods are the gold standard for estimating the weight of axonal connectivity between a pair of pre-defined brain regions. Large…”
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Wiring cost and topological participation of the mouse brain connectome by Rubinov, Mikail, Ypma, Rolf J. F., Watson, Charles, Bullmore, Edward T.

“…Brain connectomes are topologically complex systems, anatomically embedded in 3D space. Anatomical conservation of “wiring cost” explains many but not all…”
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Genetic Data Provide Evidence for Wind-Mediated Transmission of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza by Ypma, Rolf J.F., Jonges, Marcel, Bataille, Arnaud, Stegeman, Arjan, Koch, Guus, van Boven, Michiel, Koopmans, Marion, van Ballegooijen, W. Marijn, Wallinga, Jacco

“…Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry can cause severe economic damage and represent a public health threat. Development of efficient…”
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From data to a validated score-based LR system: A practitioner’s guide by Leegwater, Anna Jeannette, Vergeer, Peter, Alberink, Ivo, van der Ham, Leen V., van de Wetering, Judith, El Harchaoui, Rachid, Bosma, Wauter, Ypma, Rolf J.F., Sjerps, Marjan J.

“…Likelihood ratios (LRs) are a useful measure of evidential strength. In forensic casework consisting of a flow of cases with essentially the same question and…”
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A Sign of Superspreading in Tuberculosis: Highly Skewed Distribution of Genotypic Cluster Sizes by Ypma, Rolf J. F., Altes, Hester Korthals, van Soolingen, Dick, Wallinga, Jacco, van Ballegooijen, W. Marijn

“…Background: Molecular typing is a valuable tool for gaining insight into spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Typing allows for clustering of cases whose…”
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Viral Substitution Rate Variation Can Arise from the Interplay between Within-Host and Epidemiological Dynamics by Scholle, Stacy O., Ypma, Rolf J. F., Lloyd, Alun L., Koelle, Katia

“…The evolutionary rates of RNA viruses can differ from one another by several orders of magnitude. Much of this variation has been explained by differences in…”
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Finding evidence for local transmission of contagious disease in molecular epidemiological datasets by Ypma, Rolf J F, Donker, Tjibbe, van Ballegooijen, W Marijn, Wallinga, Jacco

“…Surveillance systems of contagious diseases record information on cases to monitor incidence of disease and to evaluate effectiveness of interventions. These…”
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Transmission tree of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) epidemic in Israel, 2015 by Vergne, Timothée, Fournié, Guillaume, Markovich, Michal Perry, Ypma, Rolf J F, Katz, Ram, Shkoda, Irena, Lublin, Avishai, Perk, Shimon, Pfeiffer, Dirk U

“…The transmission tree of the Israeli 2015 epidemic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) was modelled by combining the spatio-temporal distribution of…”
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Relating phylogenetic trees to transmission trees of infectious disease outbreaks by Ypma, Rolf J F, van Ballegooijen, W Marijn, Wallinga, Jacco

“…Transmission events are the fundamental building blocks of the dynamics of any infectious disease. Much about the epidemiology of a disease can be learned when…”
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Graph theory analysis of complex brain networks: new concepts in brain mapping applied to neurosurgery by Hart, Michael G, Ypma, Rolf J F, Romero-Garcia, Rafael, Price, Stephen J, Suckling, John

“…Neuroanatomy has entered a new era, culminating in the search for the connectome, otherwise known as the brain's wiring diagram. While this approach has led to…”
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Consensus on validation of forensic voice comparison by Morrison, Geoffrey Stewart, Enzinger, Ewald, Hughes, Vincent, Jessen, Michael, Meuwly, Didier, Neumann, Cedric, Planting, S., Thompson, William C., van der Vloed, David, Ypma, Rolf J.F., Zhang, Cuiling, Anonymous, A., Anonymous, B.

“…•Forensic-voice-comparison systems that output numeric likelihood ratios.•Guidance on how to validate in the context of a case.•Developed via a consensus…”
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Explainable artificial intelligence in forensics: Realistic explanations for number of contributor predictions of DNA profiles by Veldhuis, Marthe S., Ariëns, Simone, Ypma, Rolf J.F., Abeel, Thomas, Benschop, Corina C.G.

“…Machine learning obtains good accuracy in determining the number of contributors (NOC) in short tandem repeat (STR) mixture DNA profiles. However, the models…”
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Objectifying evidence evaluation for gunshot residue comparisons using machine learning on criminal case data by Matzen, Timo, Kukurin, Corina, van de Wetering, Judith, Ariëns, Simone, Bosma, Wauter, Knijnenberg, Alwin, Stamouli, Amalia, Ypma, Rolf JF

“…Comparative gunshot residue analysis addresses relevant forensic questions such as ‘did suspect X fire shot Y?’. More formally, it weighs the evidence for…”
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Development and validation of a fast and automated DNA identification line by Benschop, Corina C.G., Slagter, Martin, Nagel, Jord H.A., Hovers, Pauline, Tuinman, Sietske, Duijs, Francisca E., Grol, Laurens J.W., Jegers, Mariëlle, Berghout, Abigayle, van der Zwan, Anne-Wil, Ypma, Rolf J.F., de Jong, Jeroen, Kneppers, Alexander L.J.

“…The importance of DNA evidence for gaining investigative leads demands a fast workflow for forensic DNA profiling performed in large volumes. Therefore, we…”
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A strawman with machine learning for a brain: A response to Biedermann (2022) the strange persistence of (source) “identification” claims in forensic literature by Morrison, Geoffrey Stewart, Ramos, Daniel, Ypma, Rolf JF, Basu, Nabanita, de Bie, Kim, Enzinger, Ewald, Geradts, Zeno, Meuwly, Didier, van der Vloed, David, Vergeer, Peter, Weber, Philip

“…We agree wholeheartedly with Biedermann (2022) FSI Synergy article 100222 in its criticism of research publications that treat forensic inference in source…”
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From understanding to justifying: Computational reliabilism for AI-based forensic evidence evaluation by Durán, Juan M., van der Vloed, David, Ruifrok, Arnout, Ypma, Rolf J.F.

“…Techniques from artificial intelligence (AI) can be used in forensic evidence evaluation and are currently applied in biometric fields. However, it is…”
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Default Mode Hypoconnectivity Underlies a Sex-related Autism Spectrum by Ypma, Rolf J.F, Moseley, Rachel L, Holt, Rosemary J, Rughooputh, Naresh, Floris, Dorothea L, Chura, Lindsay R, Spencer, Michael D, Baron-Cohen, Simon, Suckling, John, Bullmore, Edward T, Rubinov, Mikail

“…Abstract Background Females and males differ significantly in the prevalence and presentation of autism spectrum conditions. One theory of this effect…”
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Evidential strength of categorical expert witness statements by Ypma, Rolf JF

“…In many jurisdictions, forensic evidence is presented in the form of categorical statements by forensic experts. Several large-scale performance studies have…”
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