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Spatial Clustering and Regionalization of Cancer Data with Scale-Space Method and Placed-based Theory 

Mu, L.*, Wang, F.*, Chen, V. W., & Wu, X. (2015). A place-oriented, mixed-level regionalization method for constructing geographic areas in health data dissemination and analysis. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 105(1), 48-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2014.968910.

Mu, L.* and F. Wang*, 2008. A scale-space clustering method: mitigating the effect of scale in the analysis of zone-based data. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 98(1), 85-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/00045600701734224

Online map of Play Deserts

ArcGIS Online Interactive Map created by Jue Yang

Physical Activity Disparity (PAD) Index

Yang J, Mu L, Rajbhandari-Thapa J. Measuring and Mapping Physical Activity Disparity (PAD) Index Based on Physical Activity Environment for Children. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2023; 12(3):134. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12030134

Online interactive map of the "Play Deserts".

Media reports 

ArcGIS Hub created by Jielu Zhang

Rural-Urban Disparity and SoDH of CVD (Social Determinants of health of Cardiovascular Disease) 

Son, H., Zhang, D.*, Shen, Y., Jaysing, A., Zhang, J., Chen, Z., Mu, L., Liu, J., Rajbhandari-Thapa, J., Li, Y., Pagan, J. A. (2023). Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Health: A Longitudinal Analysis of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in U.S. Counties from 2009 to 2018. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(2), e026940. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.026940

Video presentation by Jielu Zhang

Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Optimization 

Zhang J, L. Mu*, D. L. Zhang, et al., "Spatiotemporal Optimization for the Placement of Automated External Defibrillators Using Mobile Phone Data," ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 12, no. 3, p.91, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/12/3/91.

Data processing: Yusi Liu and Lan Mu; ArcGIS Swipe Map created by Jielu Zhang.

Medical School Application and Rurality

Mu L*, Liu Y, Zhang D, Gao Y, Nuss M, Rajbhandari-Thapa J, Chen Z, Pagán JA, Li Y, Li G, Son H. Rurality and Origin–Destination Trajectories of Medical School Application and Matriculation in the United States. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. (2021); 10(6):417. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10060417

 

Geotagged Social Media Analysis of COVID-19 and CVD

Zhang, X., Mu, L.* Zhang, D., Mao, Y., Shi L., Rajbhandari-Thapa J., Chen Z., Li Y., Pagán, J.  (2022). Geographical and Temporal Analysis of Tweets Related to COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease in the U.S. Annals of GIS. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475683.2022.2133167

 

Online Grocery Shopping during COVID-19 

Wu N. and L. Mu*, "Impact of COVID-19 on online grocery shopping discussion and behavior reflected from Google Trends and geotagged tweets," Comput Urban Sci, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 7, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43762-023-00083-0

 

National Park Visits based on Cultural Ecosystem Service

Kong, I.*, Sarmiento, F. O., & Mu, L. (2023). Crowdsourced text analysis to characterize the U.S. National Parks based on cultural ecosystem services. Landscape and Urban Planning, 233, 104692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104692

Figure created by Lan Mu

SNAP Accessibility and Rurality

Mu, L.*, Chen, Y., & Zhen, C.* (2020). SNAP office accessibility and its association with rurality. Applied Geography, 120, 102209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102209

  Women Veteran's Access to Healthcare
Calories in soda cans

Map created by Xuan Zhang

Campus Walkability and Health Communication

Show the calories burnt from walking with the # of coke cans  

Zhang, X. and L. Mu* (2019).  The Perceived Importance and Objective Measurement of Walkability in the Built Environment Rating. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399808319832305

 

 

Depression Detected from Social Media

Yang, W. and L. Mu* (2015). GIS analysis of depression among Twitter users. Applied Geography. 60, 217-223. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.10.016.

Yang, W., L. Mu*, and Y. Shen (2015). The effect of climate and seasonality on depressed mood among twitter users. Applied Geography. 60, 184-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.06.017

Figure created by Ping Yin

Optimal Siting of EMS Service

Yin, P. and L. Mu* (2012).  Modular capacitated maximal covering location problem for the optimal siting of emergency vehicles. Applied Geography, 34, 247-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.11.013

Media report