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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"hotspot analysis"”.
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Air pollution & asthma prevalence: Hotspot analysis on environmental injustice in Buffalo, New York
… people are facing.</p> <p> Hot Spot Analysis was done using the NAD 1983 which measured in meters for the Getis Ord GI* hotspot analysis. This analysis includes several maps that were created using ArcGIS® software by Esri. ArcGIS® and ArcMap™. An Optimized Hot Spot Analysis was the …
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Spatial Analysis of Motor Vehicle Accidents in Johnson City, Tennessee, as Reported to Washington County Emergency Communications District (911).
… through ArcGIS software using proximity analysis, point pattern analysis, and hotspot analysis.</p><p>Motor vehicle accidents evaluated during this study consist of accident locations reported to the Washington County Emergency Communications District concerning property damage, personal …
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Life Cycle Assessment of a Fiberglass House in Iceland
… midpoint categories and 3 endpoint categories. A hotspot analysis shows the relative contribution from each building material to the midpoint impact categories. The use phase GHG emissions are modelled in Iceland, Poland, and Finland using the same LCA method. The results of this study determine …
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A Sociotechnical Systems Approach to Road Safety in a Low- and Medium- Income Country: Gauteng Province South Africa
… as dominant predictors. Through spatiotemporal hotspot analysis (Moran's I=0.2684), the thesis identifies high-risk locales like Soweto and Golden Highway, advocating integrated interventions: targeted infrastructure upgrades, speed management, pedestrian protections, and socioeconomic-aligned …
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System-wide Safety Analysis of a Complex Transportation Facility: Urban Freeway Off-ramps
… priority for many years now. A system-wide crash analysis is a practical solution when only a limited budget is available for improving safety of highways. A systematic approach, in contrast to a hotspot analysis, allows for a widespread installation of lower-cost countermeasures across the …
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Assessing Lightning and Wild Fire Hazard by Land Properties and Cloud to Ground Lightning Data with Association Rule Mining over Alberta, Canada
… lightning data with data mining methods. The hotspot analysis was implemented to find the regions with high frequency CG lightning strikes clustered together. Generally, hotspot regions are located in central, central east and south central regions of the study regions. About 94% of annual …
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Behavioural and cellular basis of the vulnerability to develop compulsive heroin seeking habits
… and compulsivity. Based on the combination of hotspot analysis, quantitative PCR, RNAscope and western-blot analyses, the data presented demonstrate that compulsive habits are associated with a differential pattern of cellular plasticity within corticostriatal networks, and are preceded by …
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An analysis of patterns and trends of road traffic injuries and fatalities in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… It also mapped road accident hotpots using Getis hotspot analysis and linear referencing in ArcGIS 10.2 spatial statistics extension. The research further established correlation between accidents spots and road design geometry. Factors that are responsible for road traffic accidents leading to …
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Evidencing the Circular Economy's Value Creation Potential in Material-Intensive Capital Projects: Identifying, Initiating, and Implementing System-Wide Circular Innovation Orchestration Across Asset Lifecycles
… using hybrid material flow modelling and hotspot analysis over 100 years, based on data from England’s flood risk management projects, including 296 projects for portfolio analysis and three case studies for project-level analysis. Finally, it uses qualitative methods with paradox theory …
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Evidencing the Circular Economy's Value Creation Potential in Material-Intensive Capital Projects: Identifying, Initiating, and Implementing System-Wide Circular Innovation Orchestration Across Asset Lifecycles
… using hybrid material flow modelling and hotspot analysis over 100 years, based on data from England’s flood risk management projects, including 296 projects for portfolio analysis and three case studies for project-level analysis. Finally, it uses qualitative methods with paradox theory …
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Novel Applications of Geospatial Analysis in the Modeling of Infectious Diseases
… seeks to use the tools of geospatial analysis to answer questions about disease. In this work we explore two areas: the use of geostatistical modeling as an extension of niche modeling, and the use of mobility metrics to augment modeling for epidemic responses. Niche modeling refers to …
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A retrospective review of MVC's during the 2022 Festive season in Namibia
… association between variables and a geospatial analysis was done for the location data. Data was geocoded using the ESRI World Geocoder in ArcGIS Online. The data was subjected to cluster analysis and hotspot analysis. Results: A total of 292 crashes were included in the study with Khomas region …
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Assessment of Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors for Diabetes Mellitus Prevention in San Bernardino County, California: Using Secondary Data and Geospatial Analysis
… used spatial epidemiology and secondary data analysis to assess the socio-economic and environmental factors influencing DM prevalence. The study aims to identify the key socioeconomic and environmental determinants and spatial distribution patterns of DM to inform targeted public health …
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Novel clinical and etiopathogenetic findings in Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
… 200 consecutive ischemic stroke patients, ABCC6 hotspot analysis yielded a significant increase in ABCC6 mutations compared to a healthy reference population. This signified another example of heterozygous carriers being prone to cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular disease and introduced the …
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Assessing growth preferences on the rural-urban fringe using a discrete choice model and spatial analysis methods
Landscapes on the rural-urban fringe are experiencing change and diversification, yet the preferences of local residents for how these landscapes should develop is largely overlooked. My thesis contributes to a growing body of research that explores residents’ preferences for landscape change …