Adaptive Time-Location Sampling for COMPASS: A SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence Study in Fifteen Diverse Communities in the United States. [PDF]
Epidemiology, 2023 Background: COVID-19 has placed a disproportionate burden on underserved racial and ethnic groups, community members working in essential industries, those living in areas of high population density, and those reliant on in-person services such as transportation.
Zangeneh SZ +10 more
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DEVELOPMENT OF A LOCATION-BASED MOBILE APPLICATION FOR SMARTPHONES USING OPEN-SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021 Smartphones capable of receiving Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) signals and location-based mobile applications have been finding new usage areas day by day.
T. Ş. Babaoğlu +2 more
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Design-based inference in time-location sampling [PDF]
Biostatistics, 2015 Time-location sampling (TLS), also called time-space sampling or venue-based sampling is a sampling technique widely used in populations at high risk of infectious diseases. The principle is to reach individuals in places and at times where they gather.
Leon, L +2 more
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Approaches to Recruiting ‘Hard-To-Reach’ Populations into Research: A Review of the Literature [PDF]
Health Promotion Perspectives, 2011 Background: ‘Hard-to-reach’ is a term used to describe those sub-groups of the populationthat may be difficult to reach or involve in research or public health programmes.
Aziz Sheikh +2 more
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Reaching black men who have sex with men: a comparison between respondent-driven sampling and time-location sampling. [PDF]
Sex Transm Infect, 2012 ObjectivesThe authors explored whether respondent-driven sampling (RDS) can generate a more diverse sample of black men who have sex with men (MSM) than time-location sampling (TLS) by comparing sample characteristics accrued by each method in two independent studies.MethodsThe first study exclusively recruited black MSM through RDS (N=256), while the ...
Wei C +4 more
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Monopulse Parameter Estimation for FDA-MIMO Radar under Mainlobe Deception Jamming
Remote Sensing, 2023 Multiple input multiple output with frequency diversity array (FDA-MIMO) radar has unique advantages in mainlobe deception jamming suppression and target location.
Hao Chen +6 more
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Knowledge of HIV status among men aged 20-35 years in Lusaka, Zambia: Findings from a pilot time location sampling survey in the "Yaba Guy Che" (for the guys) study. [PDF]
Trop Med Int HealthAbstractObjectivesWe conducted a pilot time location sampling survey with young men aged 20–35 years in Lusaka, Zambia and aimed to describe knowledge of HIV status and determine factors associated with knowledge of HIV status.MethodsHotspots where men congregate were identified in a densely populated community in Lusaka.
Phiri MM +10 more
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Efficient Sample Location Selection for Query Zone in Geo-Social Networks
Complexity, 2021 While promoting a business or activity in geo-social networks, the geographical distance between its location and users is critical. Therefore, the problem of Distance-Aware Influence Maximization (DAIM) has been investigated recently.
Kejian Tang +9 more
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Measuring Membership Privacy on Aggregate Location Time-Series [PDF]
, 2020 While location data is extremely valuable for various applications, disclosing it prompts serious threats to individuals' privacy. To limit such concerns, organizations often provide analysts with aggregate time-series that indicate, e.g., how many ...
De Cristofaro, Emiliano +2 more
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Information-theoretic analysis of realistic odor plumes: What cues are useful for determining location? [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2018 Many species rely on olfaction to navigate towards food sources or mates. Olfactory navigation is a challenging task since odor environments are typically turbulent.
Sebastian D Boie +6 more
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