Geographic Information Systems (Latest Articles)

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Density of tobacco retailers near schools: effects on tobacco use among students.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: We examined the relationship between students' tobacco use and the density and proximity of tobacco retailers near their schools. METHODS: We used data from the 2003-2004 California Student Tobacco Survey and California retail licensing ...
rec_pub_19820214-density-tobacco-retailers-near-schools-effects-tobacco-use-students.htm

Hurricane Ike rapid needs assessment - Houston, Texas, September 2008.

30 Sep 2009 On the morning of September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall on the upper Texas Gulf coast at Galveston Island as a category 2 storm, with hurricane force winds extending 125 miles from its center. As the storm continued through nearby Houston ...
rec_pub_19798020-hurricane-ike-rapid-needs-assessment-houston-texas-september-2008.htm

Impact of drainage networks on cholera outbreaks in Lusaka, Zambia.

15 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: We investigated the association between precipitation patterns and cholera outbreaks and the preventative roles of drainage networks against outbreaks in Lusaka, Zambia. METHODS: We collected data on 6542 registered cholera patients in ...
rec_pub_19762668-impact-drainage-networks-cholera-outbreaks-lusaka-zambia.htm

Methods for assessing movement path recursion with application to African buffalo in South Africa.

30 Aug 2009 Recent developments of automated methods for monitoring animal movement, e.g., global positioning systems (GPS) technology, yield high-resolution spatiotemporal data. To gain insights into the processes creating movement patterns, we present two new ...
rec_pub_19769125-methods-assessing-movement-path-recursion-application-african-buffalo.htm

Assessing fuel treatment effectiveness using satellite imagery and spatial statistics.

30 Aug 2009 Understanding the influences of forest management practices on wildfire severity is critical in fire-prone ecosystems of the western United States. Newly available geospatial data sets characterizing vegetation, fuels, topography, and burn severity ...
rec_pub_19769087-assessing-fuel-treatment-effectiveness-using-satellite-imagery.htm

The use of Geographic Information System (GIS) and non-GIS methods to assess the external validity of samples postcollection.

30 Aug 2009 External validity is fundamental to veterinary diagnostic investigation, reflecting the accuracy with which sample results can be extrapolated to a broader population of interest. Probability sampling methods are routinely used during the collection ...
rec_pub_19737758-the-use-geographic-information-system-gis-non-gis-methods-assess.htm

Using hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions to measure access to primary health care: an application of spatial structural equation modeling.

26 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: In data commonly used for health services research, a number of relevant variables are unobservable. These include population lifestyle and socio-economic status, physician practice behaviors, population tendency to use health care ...
rec_pub_19715587-using-hospitalization-ambulatory-care-sensitive-conditions-measure.htm

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in North-Western Yemen: a clinicoepidemiologic study and Leishmania species identification by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.

17 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is widespread in Yemen, but not fully documented. OBJECTIVE: To study the clinicoepidemiologic profile of CL in the northwestern region of Yemen Republic and to identify the responsible Leishmania species by ...
rec_pub_19695737-cutaneous-leishmaniasis-north-western-yemen-clinicoepidemiologic.htm

An agent-based approach for modeling dynamics of contagious disease spread.

3 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The propagation of communicable diseases through a population is an inherent spatial and temporal process of great importance for modern society. For this reason a spatially explicit epidemiologic model of infectious disease is proposed ...
rec_pub_19656403-an-agent-based-approach-modeling-dynamics-contagious-disease-spread.htm

Double burden of deprivation and high concentrations of ambient air pollution at the neighbourhood scale in Montreal, Canada.

3 Aug 2009 Some neighbourhoods in urban areas are characterised by concentrations of socially and materially deprived populations. Additionally, levels of ambient air pollution in a city can be variable at the local scale and can create disparities in air ...
rec_pub_19656603-double-burden-deprivation-high-concentrations-ambient-air-pollution.htm

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