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Mapping Nevada's Dental Workforce, Kelvin Chen 2021 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mapping Nevada's Dental Workforce, Kelvin Chen

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Access to care is a concern at the forefront of public health. Due to socioeconomic and geopolitical pressures, the distribution of healthcare providers across a population often does not coincide with the demand for healthcare in a specific geographic area. Rural areas typically do not have enough providers and urban areas typically have too many. This stark reality underscores an inherent inefficiency in the allocation of healthcare resources and is a discrepancy that must be addressed by state-sponsored institutions and programs. From a public health perspective, the problem of insufficient or lack of access to care is the greater of …


Geospatial Analysis Of Registered Sex Offenders: A Case Study From Pulaski County, Arkansas, Maggie Rose Bridges 2021 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Geospatial Analysis Of Registered Sex Offenders: A Case Study From Pulaski County, Arkansas, Maggie Rose Bridges

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this case study was to analyze the spatial distribution patterns of the residences of registered sex offenders in Pulaski County, Arkansas to determine the impact of state enforced residence restrictions. Density and clustering factors were used to identify census tracts of the study area with high and low concentrations of offenders. These zones were then compared to identify which characteristics were similar and dissimilar between high and low concentration zones. The results indicate that there is a non-random distribution of registered sex offenders in the study area. The findings also indicate that the residence restrictions placed on …


Using Immersive Data Visualization To Highlight Changing Travel Patterns In Maine Due To Covid 19, Colleen Metcalf, Charlotte Aucoin 2021 University of Southern Maine

Using Immersive Data Visualization To Highlight Changing Travel Patterns In Maine Due To Covid 19, Colleen Metcalf, Charlotte Aucoin

Thinking Matters Symposium

The impacts of COVID 19 are of top concern to tourism policy makers and stakeholders across Maine, as tourism plays a vital role in the state’s economy. This project shows the value of the Storymap to present, in an accessible and visually appealing way, the continuing research on how volunteered geographic information from social media can track changes in tourist’s movement and spending in Maine. The metadata from Flickr photos was used to examine where visitors spent time in the summer of 2020, revealing new patterns of tourism activity due to Covid-19 travel restrictions. In addition, we incorporate the results …


268— Nature Centers In New York State, Allison Menendez 2021 SUNY Geneseo

268— Nature Centers In New York State, Allison Menendez

GREAT Day Posters

Nature centers provide an informal education to the public about wildlife, ecology, and the environment. They can be owned privately or be run by parks. The purpose of this project was to create a GIS layer that maps the location of New York nature centers and holds information about them. The main vector layer of this project is a point layer representing the locations of nature centers in the state with fields including the name of the nature center, the park in which it is located, the county in which it is located, its website, its owner, the year it …


331— Temporal Trends In The Receding Glaciers In Glacier National Park, Montana, 1904 To 2020, Emily Keenan 2021 SUNY Geneseo

331— Temporal Trends In The Receding Glaciers In Glacier National Park, Montana, 1904 To 2020, Emily Keenan

GREAT Day Posters

Glacier National Park, located in Montana along the Canadian border, was comprised of approximately 80 glaciers following the Little Ice Age. During this time, the glaciers hit their peak; however, over the years, many of these glaciers have decreased drastically in size. As of 2015, only 26 of these glaciers still remain and meet the requirement to be considered an active glacier (being larger than 0.1 km2). As a result of climate change, both natural and anthropogenic, the glaciers are shrinking and the number is decreasing more and more each year. The purpose of this research was to …


330— Spatial Trends Of Green Burial Grounds, U.S., Emma Ranney 2021 SUNY Geneseo

330— Spatial Trends Of Green Burial Grounds, U.S., Emma Ranney

GREAT Day Posters

"Green" burial was the standard form of interment in the United States prior to the late 1800s. During the Civil War, the rate of chemical embalming grew out of necessity, as the deceased often had to be transported considerable distances to arrive in their home state. Chemical embalming quickly became one of the most common and accepted funeral practices in the nation. In 1993, however, the natural burial movement began in the U.K., and by 1998, the U.S. had its first green-burial-friendly cemetery. The purpose of this project is to analyze spatial, temporal, and additional significant trends regarding green burial …


427— Understanding The Spatial Distribution Of Avalanche Fatalities In Utah, 2010-2020, Jackson Ferguson 2021 SUNY Geneseo

427— Understanding The Spatial Distribution Of Avalanche Fatalities In Utah, 2010-2020, Jackson Ferguson

GREAT Day Posters

This project continues the work of building knowledge about avalanches by creating a database that maps avalanche fatalities in Utah. The primary vector layer is a point layer that marks the precise location of avalanche fatalities, which has the potential to capture spatial trends in such occurrences.The mapping in this project confirms that there is a strong spatial pattern to avalanche fatalities in Utah, with a high density of accidents in the Salt Lake county. A likely explanation for why there are higher numbers of fatalities in this region is simply population density. A statistical analysis exposes the complexity of …


333— Analyzing The Geography Of The Salem Witch Trials: Studying The Distribution Of People And Places Involved In This 17th Century Witch Hysteria, Hannah Dorn 2021 SUNY Geneseo

333— Analyzing The Geography Of The Salem Witch Trials: Studying The Distribution Of People And Places Involved In This 17th Century Witch Hysteria, Hannah Dorn

GREAT Day Posters

Through this research project, I analyzed and studied geographical elements associated with the Salem Witch Trials throughout towns in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1692-1693. With this research, and the data that I collected and mapped throughout the reseach process, I was able to gain a better understanding of when and where the hysteria of the trials spread. Additionally, I was able to uncover where this hysteria of accusations was most concentrated, and how many people were affected as a result of this puzzling and mysterious phenomenon.


213— Deadly Summers: Infant And Child Deaths In 19th Century Rochester, New York, Nykole Nevol 2021 SUNY Geneseo

213— Deadly Summers: Infant And Child Deaths In 19th Century Rochester, New York, Nykole Nevol

GREAT Day Posters

During the 19th century, Rochester, NY, became a bustling city full of potential. Although there were many benefits to living in Rochester, the prevalence of infectious disease was not one of them. At this point in history, short lives were very common, and many people did not live past childhood. Therefore, children and infants were the most affected by these diseases. During the summer months, fever and diarrhea, likely due to contaminated food or water, took the lives of many infants and children. This study will explore these diseases, which were commonly referred to as cholera infantum and summer complaint, …


A Site Suitability Analysis Of A Tattoo Art School In Tallahassee, Florida, Gianni McCrea, Andre Kimble 2021 Ohio Northern University

A Site Suitability Analysis Of A Tattoo Art School In Tallahassee, Florida, Gianni Mccrea, Andre Kimble

ONU Student Research Colloquium

This research presents the utility of a Site Suitability Analysis to help determine the viability of a business venture in a particular location. Specifically, we present the results of a case study that focuses on the area immediately around Tallahassee, Florida as providing a sufficient number of customers to warrant a new and sustainable Tattoo Art School. Site Suitability Analysis provides a variety of statistical and analytical methods of analysis, which is commonly used in market research. This research presents the results of some of these methods, as applied to commonly-used datasets, and concludes that Site Suitability Analysis can provide …


Developing A New Paintball Facility In New Orleans, Louisiana, Jevon Taylor, Justin Taylor 2021 Ohio Northern University

Developing A New Paintball Facility In New Orleans, Louisiana, Jevon Taylor, Justin Taylor

ONU Student Research Colloquium

This research presents the utility of a Site Suitability Analysis to help determine the viability of a business venture in a particular location. Specifically, we present the results of a case study that focuses on the area immediately around New Orleans, Louisiana as providing a sufficient number of customers to warrant a new and sustainable paintball facility. Site Suitability Analysis provides a variety of statistical and analytical methods of analysis, which is commonly used in market research. This research presents the results of some of these methods, as applied to commonly-used datasets, and concludes that Site Suitability Analysis can provide …


Developing An Investment Consulting Firm Near Denver, Colorado: A Site-Suitability Analysis, Caiman Moore, Matthew Studenic 2021 Ohio Northern University

Developing An Investment Consulting Firm Near Denver, Colorado: A Site-Suitability Analysis, Caiman Moore, Matthew Studenic

ONU Student Research Colloquium

This research presents the utility of a Site Suitability Analysis to help determine the viability of a business venture in a particular location. Specifically, we present the results of a case study that focuses on the area immediately around Denver, Colorado as providing a sufficient number of customers to warrant a new and sustainable Investment Consulting Firm. Site Suitability Analysis provides a variety of statistical and analytical methods of analysis, which is commonly used in market research. This research presents the results of some of these methods, as applied to commonly-used datasets, and concludes that Site Suitability Analysis can provide …


A Site-Suitability Analysis For A New Interstate Highway Rest Area Near Ft. Meyers, Florida, Krue Thwaits 2021 Ohio Northern University

A Site-Suitability Analysis For A New Interstate Highway Rest Area Near Ft. Meyers, Florida, Krue Thwaits

ONU Student Research Colloquium

This research presents the utility of a Site Suitability Analysis to help determine the viability of a business venture in a particular location. Specifically, we present the results of a case study that focuses on the area immediately around Ft. Meyers, Florida as providing a sufficient number of customers to warrant a new and sustainable interstate highway rest area. Site Suitability Analysis provides a variety of statistical and analytical methods of analysis, which is commonly used in market research. This research presents the results of some of these methods, as applied to commonly-used datasets, and concludes that Site Suitability Analysis …


A Site Suitability Analysis Of A Book Store/Coffee Shop In Seattle, Washington, Hannah Paul, Jennifer Hahn 2021 Ohio Northern University

A Site Suitability Analysis Of A Book Store/Coffee Shop In Seattle, Washington, Hannah Paul, Jennifer Hahn

ONU Student Research Colloquium

This research presents the utility of a Site Suitability Analysis to help determine the viability of a business venture in a particular location. Specifically, we present the results of a case study that focuses on the area immediately around Seattle, WA as providing a sufficient number of customers to warrant a new and sustainable used book store/ coffee shop. Site Suitability Analysis provides a variety of statistical and analytical methods of analysis, which is commonly used in market research. This research presents the results of some of these methods, as applied to commonly-used datasets, and concludes that Site Suitability Analysis …


A New Vegetarian Restaurant In Detroit, Michigan: A Site-Suitability Analysis, John Politowicz 2021 Ohio Northern University

A New Vegetarian Restaurant In Detroit, Michigan: A Site-Suitability Analysis, John Politowicz

ONU Student Research Colloquium

This research presents the utility of a Site Suitability Analysis to help determine the viability of a business venture in a particular location. Specifically, we present the results of a case study that focuses on the area immediately around Detroit, Michigan as providing a sufficient number of customers to warrant a new and sustainable vegetarian restaurant. Site Suitability Analysis provides a variety of statistical and analytical methods of analysis, which is commonly used in market research. This research presents the results of some of these methods, as applied to commonly-used datasets, and concludes that Site Suitability Analysis can provide valuable …


Identifying Appropriate Strategies To Sell Tesla Automobiles In Ohio, Trever Maughmer 2021 Ohio Northern University

Identifying Appropriate Strategies To Sell Tesla Automobiles In Ohio, Trever Maughmer

ONU Student Research Colloquium

Segmentation data serves as an important resource used in business research. It encapsulates people who live in certain areas according to similar demographic traits, behaviors and habits, and consumer trends. Companies such as ESRI make their segmentation data available for a price, along with highly-specialized analysis tools. This project is a case study that examines the utility of ESRI segmentation data and tools to identify a suitable marketing strategy for potential customers in specific locations in Ohio. It further identifies population segments in certain geographic areas according to consumer trends and demographic characteristics. Unlike traditional brick-and-mortar (B&M) dealerships, this project …


Creating A New Amazon Warehouse/Distribution Center Near Miami, Florida: A Site-Suitability Analysis, Daniel Unruh, Cameron Veto 2021 Ohio Northern University

Creating A New Amazon Warehouse/Distribution Center Near Miami, Florida: A Site-Suitability Analysis, Daniel Unruh, Cameron Veto

ONU Student Research Colloquium

This research presents the utility of a Site Suitability Analysis to help determine the viability of a business venture in a particular location. Specifically, we present the results of a case study that focuses on the area immediately around Miami, FL as providing a sufficient number of customers to warrant a new and sustainable Amazon Warehouse. Site Suitability Analysis provides a variety of statistical and analytical methods of analysis, which is commonly used in market research. This research presents the results of some of these methods, as applied to commonly-used datasets, and concludes that Site Suitability Analysis can provide valuable …


Dole Foods Distribution Center Near Chicago, Illinois: A Site Suitability Analysis, Corey Frye 2021 Ohio Northern University

Dole Foods Distribution Center Near Chicago, Illinois: A Site Suitability Analysis, Corey Frye

ONU Student Research Colloquium

This research presents the utility of a Site Suitability Analysis to help determine the viability of a business venture in a particular location. Specifically, we present the results of a case study that focuses on the area immediately around Chicago, Illinois as providing a sufficient number of customers to warrant a new and sustainable Dole Foods Distribution Center. Site Suitability Analysis provides a variety of statistical and analytical methods of analysis, which is commonly used in market research. This research presents the results of some of these methods, as applied to commonly-used datasets, and concludes that Site Suitability Analysis can …


A Site-Suitability Analysis Of An Indoor Snow Ski Park Near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Ethan Falsone, Austin White 2021 Ohio Northern University

A Site-Suitability Analysis Of An Indoor Snow Ski Park Near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Ethan Falsone, Austin White

ONU Student Research Colloquium

This research presents the utility of a Site Suitability Analysis to help determine the viability of a business venture in a particular location. Specifically, we present the results of a case study that focuses on the area immediately around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as providing a sufficient number of customers to warrant a new and sustainable Indoor Snow Ski Slope. Site Suitability Analysis provides a variety of statistical and analytical methods of analysis, which is commonly used in market research. This research presents the results of some of these methods, as applied to commonly-used datasets, and concludes that Site Suitability Analysis can …


Site Suitability Analysis Of A Brewery Supply Outlet Near Tampa, Florida, Ethan Hartman, Hunter Wolfe 2021 Ohio Northern University

Site Suitability Analysis Of A Brewery Supply Outlet Near Tampa, Florida, Ethan Hartman, Hunter Wolfe

ONU Student Research Colloquium

This research presents the utility of a Site Suitability Analysis to help determine the viability of a business venture in a particular location. Specifically, we present the results of a case study that focuses on the area immediately around Tampa, FL as providing a sufficient number of customers to warrant a new and sustainable beer brewing supply retail outlet. Site Suitability Analysis provides a variety of statistical and analytical methods of analysis, which is commonly used in market research. This research presents the results of some of these methods, as applied to commonly-used datasets, and concludes that Site Suitability Analysis …


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