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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Araujo Navas ◽  
Frank Osei ◽  
Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães ◽  
Lydia R. Leonardo ◽  
Alfred Stein

Abstract Background: The modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) arises when the support size of a spatial variable affects the relationship between prevalence and environmental risk factors. Its effect on schistosomiasis modelling studies could lead to unreliable parameter estimates. The present research aims to quantify MAUP effects on environmental drivers of Schistosoma japonicum infection by (i) bringing all covariates to the same spatial support, (ii) estimating individual-level regression parameters at 30 m, 90 m, 250 m, 500 m, and 1 km spatial supports, and (iii) quantifying the differences between parameter estimates using five models. Methods: We modelled the prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum using sub-provinces health outcome data and pixel-level environmental data. We estimated and compared regression coefficients from convolution models using Bayesian statistics. Results: Increasing the spatial support to 500 m gradually increased the parameter estimates and their associated uncertainties. Abrupt changes in the parameter estimates occur at 1 km spatial support, resulting in loss of significance of almost all the covariates. No significant differences were found between the predicted values and their uncertainties from the five models. We provide suggestions to define an appropriate spatial data structure for modelling that gives more reliable parameter estimates and a clear relationship between risk factors and the disease. Conclusions: Inclusion of quantified MAUP effects was important in this study on schistosomiasis. This will support helminth control programs by providing reliable parameter estimates at the same spatial support, and suggesting the use of an adequate spatial data structure, to generate reliable maps that could guide efficient mass drug administration campaigns.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Araujo Navas ◽  
Frank Osei ◽  
Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães ◽  
Lydia R. Leonardo ◽  
Alfred Stein

Abstract Background: The modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) arises when the support size of a spatial variable affects the relationship between prevalence and environmental risk factors. Its effect on Schistosomiasis modelling studies could lead to unreliable parameter estimates. The present research aims to quantify MAUP effects on environmental drivers of Schistosoma japonicum infection by (i) bringing all covariates to the same spatial support, (ii) estimating individual-level regression parameters at 30 m, 90 m, 250 m, 500 m, and 1 km spatial supports, and (iii) quantifying the differences between parameter estimates using five models.Methods: We modelled the prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum using sub-provinces health outcome data and pixel-level environmental data. We estimated and compared regression coefficients from convolution models using Bayesian statistics. Results: Increasing the spatial support to 500 m gradually increased the parameter estimates and their associated uncertainties. Abrupt changes in the parameter estimates occur at 1 km spatial support, resulting in loss of significance of almost all the covariates. No significant differences were found between the predicted values and their uncertainties from the five models. We provide suggestions to define an appropriate spatial data structure for modelling that gives more reliable parameter estimates and a clear relationship between risk factors and the disease. Conclusions: Inclusion of quantified MAUP effects was important in this study on schistosomiasis. This will support helminth control programs by providing reliable parameter estimates at the same spatial support, and suggesting the use of an adequate spatial data structure, to generate reliable maps that could guide efficient mass drug administration campaigns.


2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samad Nejatian ◽  
Vahideh Rezaie ◽  
Hamid Parvin ◽  
Mohamadamin Pirbonyeh ◽  
Karamolah Bagherifard ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 511-519
Author(s):  
Hyunoh Song ◽  
Hyuk Lee ◽  
Taegu Kang ◽  
Kyunghyun Kim ◽  
Jaekwan Lee ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 874-886
Author(s):  
Pouya Bisadi ◽  
Zahra Mirikharaji ◽  
Bradford G. Nickerson

2011 ◽  
pp. 81-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maude Manouvrier ◽  
Marta Rukoz ◽  
Geneviève Jomier

This chapter is a survey of quadtree uses in the image domain, from image representation to image storage and content-based retrieval. A quadtree is a spatial data structure built by a recursive decomposition of space into quadrants. Applied to images, it allows representing image content, compacting or compressing image information, and querying images. For 13 years, numerous image-based approaches have used this structure. In this chapter, the authors underline the contribution of quadtree in image applications.


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