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    33- Mathematical modeling suggests that entry-inhibitor bulevirtide may interfere with hepatitis D virus clearance from circulation Louis Shekhtman, Scott J Cotler, Alexander Ploss, Harel Dahari ."Mathematical modeling suggests that entry-inhibitor bulevirtide may interfere with hepatitis D virus clearance from circulation." Journal of Hepatology, 2022.

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    32- Modeling hepatitis C virus kinetics during liver transplantation reveals the role of the liver in virus clearance Louis Shekhtman, Miquel Navasa, Natasha Sansone, Gonzalo Crespo, Gitanjali Subramanya, Tje Lin Chung, E Fabian Cardozo-Ojeda, Sofía Pérez-del-Pulgar, Alan S Perelson, Scott J Cotler, Xavier Forns, Susan L Uprichard, Harel Dahari ."Modeling hepatitis C virus kinetics during liver transplantation reveals the role of the liver in virus clearance." Elife, 2022.

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    31- EngraveChain: A Blockchain-Based Tamper-Proof Distributed Log System Louis Shekhtman, Erez Waisbard, "EngraveChain: A Blockchain-Based Tamper-Proof Distributed Log System." Future Internet, 2021.

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    30- Optimal resilience of modular interacting networks Gaogao Dong, Fan Wang, Louis Shekhtman, Michael Danziger, Jingfang Fan, Ruijin Du, Jianguo Liu, Lixin Tian, H. Stanley, Shlomo Havlin, "Optimal resilience of modular interacting networks." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021.

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    29- Efficient network immunization under limited knowledge Yangyang Liu, Hillel Sanhedrai, GaoGao Dong, Louis Shekhtman, Fan Wang, Sergey Buldyrev, Shlomo Havlin, "Efficient network immunization under limited knowledge." National Science Review, 2021.

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    28- Multiple metastable network states in urban traffic Guanwen Zeng, Jianxi Gao, Louis Shekhtman, Shengmin Guo, Weifeng Lv, Jianjun Wu, Hao Liu, Orr Levy, Daqing Li, Ziyou Gao, H. Stanley, Shlomo Havlin, "Multiple metastable network states in urban traffic." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020.

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    27- Modelling hepatitis D virus RNA and HBsAg dynamics during nucleic acid polymer monotherapy suggest rapid turnover of HBsAg Louis Shekhtman, Scott Cotler, Leeor Hershkovich, Susan Uprichard, Michel Bazinet, Victor Pantea, Valentin Cebotarescu, Lilia Cojuhari, Pavlina Jimbei, Adalbert Krawczyk, Ulf Dittmer, Andrew Vaillant, Harel Dahari, "Modelling hepatitis D virus RNA and HBsAg dynamics during nucleic acid polymer monotherapy suggest rapid turnover of HBsAg." Scientific reports, 2020.

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    26- Predictability of real temporal networks Disheng Tang, Wenbo Du, Louis Shekhtman, Yijie Wang, Shlomo Havlin, Xianbin Cao, Gang Yan, "Predictability of real temporal networks." National Science Review, 2020.

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    25- Cascading failures in complex networks Lucas Valdez, Louis Shekhtman, Cristian La, Xin Zhang, Sergey Buldyrev, Paul Trunfio, Lidia Braunstein, Shlomo Havlin, "Cascading failures in complex networks." Journal of Complex Networks, 2020.

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    24- Interconnections between networks acting like an external field in a first-order percolation transition Bnaya Gross, Hillel Sanhedrai, Louis Shekhtman, Shlomo Havlin, "Interconnections between networks acting like an external field in a first-order percolation transition." Physical Review E, 2020.

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    23- Lifetime of a greedy forager with long-range smell Hillel Sanhedrai, Yafit Maayan, Louis Shekhtman, "Lifetime of a greedy forager with long-range smell." EPL (Europhysics Letters), 2020.

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    22- Modeling challenges of Ebola virus–host dynamics during infection and treatment Daniel Chertow, Louis Shekhtman, Yoav Lurie, Richard Davey, Theo Heller, Harel Dahari, "Modeling challenges of Ebola virus--host dynamics during infection and treatment." Viruses, 2020.

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    21- Topology of products similarity network for market forecasting Jingfang Fan, Keren Cohen, Louis Shekhtman, Sibo Liu, Jun Meng, Yoram Louzoun, Shlomo Havlin, "Topology of products similarity network for market forecasting." Applied Network Science, 2019.

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    20- Spatio-temporal infrastructure networks Louis Shekhtman, Shlomo Havlin, "Spatio-temporal infrastructure networks." Computational Social Science and Complex Systems, 2019.

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    19- Recent progress on cascading failures and recovery in interdependent networks Jiazhe Li, Yan Wang, Shuhong Huang, Jiarong Xie, Louis Shekhtman, Yanqing Hu, Shlomo Havlin, "Recent progress on cascading failures and recovery in interdependent networks." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2019.

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    18- Possible origin of memory in earthquakes: Real catalogs and an epidemic-type aftershock sequence model Jingfang Fan, Dong Zhou, Louis Shekhtman, Avi Shapira, Rami Hofstetter, Warner Marzocchi, Yosef Ashkenazy, Shlomo Havlin, "Possible origin of memory in earthquakes: Real catalogs and an epidemic-type aftershock sequence model." Physical Review E, 2019.

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    17- Modeling suggests that microliter volumes of contaminated blood caused an outbreak of hepatitis C during computerized tomography Eyal Shteyer, Louis Shekhtman, Tal Zinger, Sheri Harari, Inna Gafanovich, Dana Wolf, Hefziba Ivgi, Rima Barsuk, Ilana Dery, Daniela Armoni, Mila Rivkin, Rahul Pipalia, Michal Cohen, Yizhak Skorochod, Gabriel Breur, Ran Tur-Kaspa, Yonit Weil, Adi Stern, Scott Cotler, Harel Dahari, Yoav Lurie, "Modeling suggests that microliter volumes of contaminated blood caused an outbreak of hepatitis C during computerized tomography." Plos one, 2019.

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    9- Critical field-exponents for secure message-passing in modular networks Louis Shekhtman, Michael Danziger, Ivan Bonamassa, Sergey Buldyrev, Guido Caldarelli, Vinko Zlati{\'c}, Shlomo Havlin, "Critical field-exponents for secure message-passing in modular networks." New Journal of Physics, 2018.

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    16- Robustness of spatial networks and networks of networks Louis Shekhtman, Michael Danziger, Dana Vaknin, Shlomo Havlin, "Robustness of spatial networks and networks of networks." Comptes Rendus Physique, 2018.

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    15- High-risk geographic mobility patterns among young urban and suburban persons who inject drugs and their injection network members Basmattee Boodram, Anna Hotton, Louis Shekhtman, Alexander Gutfraind, Harel Dahari, "High-risk geographic mobility patterns among young urban and suburban persons who inject drugs and their injection network members." Journal of Urban Health, 2018.

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    14- Interdependent networks in Economics and Finance—A Physics approach Alex Smolyak, Orr Levy, Louis Shekhtman, Shlomo Havlin, "Interdependent networks in Economics and Finance—A Physics approach." Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2018.

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    13- Percolation of hierarchical networks and networks of networks Louis Shekhtman, Shlomo Havlin, "Percolation of hierarchical networks and networks of networks." Physical Review E, 2018.

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    12- Structural resilience of spatial networks with inter-links behaving as an external field Jingfang Fan, Gaogao Dong, Louis Shekhtman, Dong Zhou, Jun Meng, Xiaosong Chen, Shlomo Havlin, "Structural resilience of spatial networks with inter-links behaving as an external field." New Journal of Physics, 2018.

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    11- Modeling of patient virus titers suggests that availability of a vaccine could reduce hepatitis C virus transmission among injecting drug users Marian Major, Alexander Gutfraind, Louis Shekhtman, Qingwen Cui, Alla Kachko, Scott Cotler, Behzad Hajarizadeh, Rachel Sacks-Davis, Kimberly Page, Basmattee Boodram, Harel Dahari, "Modeling of patient virus titers suggests that availability of a vaccine could reduce hepatitis C virus transmission among injecting drug users." Science translational medicine, 2018.

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    10- Resilience of networks with community structure behaves as if under an external field Gaogao Dong, Jingfang Fan, Louis Shekhtman, Saray Shai, Ruijin Du, Lixin Tian, Xiaosong Chen, H Stanley, Shlomo Havlin, "Resilience of networks with community structure behaves as if under an external field." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018.

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    8- Debunking in a world of tribes Fabiana Zollo, Alessandro Bessi, Michela Del, Antonio Scala, Guido Caldarelli, Louis Shekhtman, Shlomo Havlin, Walter Quattrociocchi, "Debunking in a world of tribes." PloS one, 2017.

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    7- Recent advances on failure and recovery in networks of networks Louis Shekhtman, Michael Danziger, Shlomo Havlin, "Recent advances on failure and recovery in networks of networks." Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2016.

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    6- Comparing the diversity of information by word-of-mouth vs. web spread Alon Sela, Louis Shekhtman, Shlomo Havlin, Irad Ben-Gal, "Comparing the diversity of information by word-of-mouth vs. web spread." EPL (Europhysics Letters), 2016.

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    5- The effect of spatiality on multiplex networks Michael Danziger, Louis Shekhtman, Yehiel Berezin, Shlomo Havlin, "The effect of spatiality on multiplex networks." EPL (Europhysics Letters), 2016.

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    4- Resilience of networks formed of interdependent modular networks Louis Shekhtman, Saray Shai, Shlomo Havlin, "Resilience of networks formed of interdependent modular networks." New Journal of Physics, 2015.

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    3- Robustness of a network formed of spatially embedded networks Louis Shekhtman, Yehiel Berezin, Michael Danziger, Shlomo Havlin, "Robustness of a network formed of spatially embedded networks." Phys. Rev. E, 2014.

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    2- Robustness of skeletons and salient features in networks Louis Shekhtman, James Bagrow, Dirk Brockmann, "Robustness of skeletons and salient features in networks." Journal of Complex Networks, 2014.

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    1- Thermal Phase Variations of WASP-12b: Defying Predictions N.B. Cowan, P. Machalek, B. Croll, Louis Shekhtman, A. Burrows, D. Deming, T. Greene, J. Hora, "Thermal Phase Variations of WASP-12b: Defying Predictions." The Astrophysical Journal, 2012.

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