Using ZIP code business patterns data to measure alcohol outlet density

Using ZIP Code and GIS Studies to Assess Disease Risk

In several recent articles in EHP, investigators have attempted to link proximity to hazardous waste sites, as measured by geographic information systems (GIS) or ZIP codes, with increased incidences of various diseases. An implicit assumption in these studies is that proximity is a surrogate for exposure. However, numerous studies have demonstrated that the presence of chemicals in an individu...

Title: A longitudinal analysis of alcohol outlet density and domestic violence Short title: Alcohol outlet density and domestic violence

Multi-period network Data Envelopment Analysis to measure the efficiency of a real business

Measuring the efficiency of real businesses is not a simple task, because a real business may involve several processes and sub-processes, forming a very complicated dynamic network of interactions. In this paper, a customized dynamic network data envelopment analysis (NDEA) model is proposed to measure the efficiency of the sub-processes in a real business. The proposed dynamic NDEA model is f...

Automatic Zip Code Reader

Computers excel at performing quantitative and repetitive tasks quickly, but they struggle with qualitative tasks, such as handwriting recognition. This is because it is effectively impossible to program recognition of millions of different handwriting styles into one algorithm. However, with the advent of machine learning, computers can be trained to recognize unknown objects and characters by...

Is local alcohol outlet density related to alcohol-related morbidity and mortality in Scottish cities?

Alcohol consumption may be influenced by the local alcohol retailing environment. This study is the first to examine neighbourhood alcohol outlet availability (on- and off-sales outlets) and alcohol-related health outcomes in Scotland. Alcohol-related hospitalisations and deaths were significantly higher in neighbourhoods with higher outlet densities, and off-sales outlets were more important t...