Publications (7)
City size and the spreading of COVID-19 in Brazil
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Andre S. Sunahara, Jack Sutton +2
The current outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an unprecedented example of how fast an infectious disease can spread around the globe (especially in urban areas…
Nonlinear Rank Scaling and Hidden Structure in NHS Expenditure Transparency Data
Animotu Mohammed, Golnaz Shahtahmassebi, Haroldo V. Ribeiro +2
A variety of transparency initiatives have been introduced by governments to reduce corruption and allow citizens to independently evaluate effectiveness and efficiency of spending…
Impact of inter-city interactions on disease scaling
Nathalia A. Loureiro, Camilo R. Neto, Jack Sutton +2
Inter-city interactions are critical for the transmission of infectious diseases, yet their effects on the scaling of disease cases remain largely underexplored. Here, we use the c…
A Heteroscedastic Bayesian Generalized Logistic Regression Model with Application to Scaling Problems
Jack Sutton, Golnaz Shahtahmassebi, Quentin S. Hanley +1
Power law scaling models have been used to understand the complexity of systems as diverse as cities, neurological activity, and rainfall and lightning. In the scaling framework, p…
Population Density and Spreading of COVID-19 in England and Wales
Jack Sutton, Golnaz Shahtahmassebi, Haroldo V. Ribeiro +1
We investigated daily COVID-19 cases and deaths in the 337 lower tier local authority regions in England and Wales to better understand how the disease propagated over a 15-month p…
Monthly Rural-Urban Scaling of Road Accidents in England, Wales and Scotland (2019-2023)
Isabel Copsey, Quentin Hanley, Jack Sutton
Road traffic accidents remain a major public health challenge worldwide, with urbanisation and population density identified as key factors influencing risk. This study analyses mo…