SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

 

I. PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles (15)

  1. Oyana TJ, Dai D. Automatic cluster identification for environmental applications using the self-organizing maps and a new genetic algorithm. (In press, Geocarto International).

  2. Oyana TJ. Visualization of High-Dimensional Clinically Acquired Geospatial Data Using the Self-Organizing Maps (In Press, Journal of Environmental Informatics)

  3. Dai D, Oyana TJ. Spatial variations in the incidence of breast cancer and potential risks associated with soil dioxin contamination in Midland, Saginaw, and Bay Counties, Michigan, USA. Environmental Health 2008; 7(1):49.

  4. Sirikulchayanon P, Sun W, Oyana TJ. Assessing the impact of the 2004 tsunami on mangroves using remote sensing and GIS techniques International Journal of Remote Sensing 2008; 29(12):3553–3576.

  5. Mcdonald PT, Nielsen C, Oyana TJ, Sun W. Modelling habitat overlap among sympatric carnivores in southern Illinois. Ecological Modelling 2008; 215(4):276–286.

  6. Oyana TJ, Margai FM. Geographic analysis of health risks of pediatric lead exposure: a golden opportunity to promote healthy neighborhoods, Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health 2007; 62(2):93–104.

  7. Oyana TJ, Dajun D, Scott KE. Spatiotemporal Distributions of Reported Cases of the Avian Influenza H5N1 (Bird Flu) in Southern China in Early 2004. Avian Diseases 2006; 50(4):508–515.

  8. Rivers PA. Dobalian A, Oyana TJ, Bae S. Socioeconomic Determinants of Planned Methadone Treatment. American Journal of Health Behavior 2006; 30(5):451–459.

  9. Oyana TJ, Rivers PA. Geographic variations of childhood asthma hospitalization and outpatient visits and proximity to ambient pollution sources at a U.S.-Canada border crossing. International Journal of Health Geographics 2005; 4(1):14.

  10. Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Oyana TJ, Johnson C. Local ecological factors, ultrafine particulate concentrations, and asthma prevalence rates in Buffalo neighborhoods, New York. Journal of Asthma 2005; 42(5):337–348.

  11. Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Oyana TJ, Thenappan A, Ayurookuzhi SJ. Association between traffic volume and healthcare utilization for asthma among residents at a U.S.–Canada border crossing point. Journal of Asthma 2004; 41(3):289–304.

  12. Oyana TJ, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS. Spatial relationships among asthma prevalence, healthcare utilization, and pollution sources in Buffalo neighborhoods, New York State. Journal of Environmental Health 2004; 66(8):25–38.

  13. Oyana TJ, Rogerson P, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS. Geographic clustering of adult asthma hospitalization and residential exposure to pollution sites in Buffalo neighborhoods at a U.S.–Canada Border Crossing Point. American Journal of Public Health 2004; 94(7):1250–1257.

  14. Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Oyana TJ, Wydro P. Risk factors influencing asthma prevalence and chronic respiratory illnesses among residents of different neighborhoods in Buffalo, New York. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004; 58:951–957.

  15. Lerner EB, Billitier AJ IV, Oyana TJ, Moscati RM, Hunt R. “Using a geographic information system to identify general rules for time-efficient trauma patient transport.” Research Forum Abstracts, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, October 2001; part 1, 38(4).

 

 Major Refereed Conference Papers/Proceedings (13)

  1. Wang G, Oyana TJ, Zhang M, Adu-Prah S, Gertner GZ, Zeng S, Lin H, She J. 2008. A Methodology for Mapping and Uncertainty Analysis of Forest Carbon by Combining Images and National Forest Inventory Data. In Proceedings of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2008 Annual Conference, April 28–May 2, 2008. Portland, Oregon.

  2. Oyana TJ, Bhatt LM, Rushomesa RI, Using diffusion-based cartograms for visual analytics and authentication of study hypotheses. In Proceedings of the 31st International Geographical Congress, August 12–15, 2008. Tunis, Tunisia.

  3. Oyana TJ. A Geospatial Implementation of a novel delineation clustering algorithm employing the k-means. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on GeoComputation 2007, September 3–5, National University of Ireland in Maynooth, Ireland.

  4. Dai, D and Oyana TJ. A genetic algorithm for spatiotemporal cluster detection and analysis. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on GeoComputation 2007, September 3–5, National University of Ireland in Maynooth, Ireland.

  5. Mcdonald PT, Nielsen C, Oyana TJ, and Sun W. Habitat Affiliations of Sympatric Carnivores in Southern Illinois. In Proceedings of Defenders of Wildlife’s Carnivores 2006: Habitats, Challenges, and Opportunities, St. Petersburg, Florida. November 12–15, 2006: pp.93.

  6. Dai D and Oyana TJ. An improved genetic algorithm for spatial clustering. In Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI-2006), Arlington, VA (Washington, DC.), November 13–15, 2006: pp.371–380.

  7. Oyana TJ. Introducing an improved fast and computationally-efficient SOM algorithm—MIL-SOM*: issues and benefits for large-scale geospatial data. In M. Raubal, H. Miller, A. Frank, and M. Goodchild, (eds.) Geographic Information Science. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference, GIScience 2006, Münster, Germany, September 20–23, 2006. pp.141–145.

  8. Scott EK and Oyana TJ. An improved algorithm for segregating large geospatial data. In Proceeding of 9th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science. Visegrad, Hungary, April 20–22, 2006: pp.177–185.

  9. Guo D, Guo R, Thiart C, Oyana TJ, Dai D, and Hession SL. GM(1,1)-Kriging Prediction of Soil Dioxin Pattern. In Proceedings of the GIS Research UK 14th Annual Conference, GISRUK 2006, School of Geography, University of Nottingham, April 5–7, 2006: pp.69–77.

  10. Oyana TJ, Boppidi D, Yan J, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, 2005. Integration of self-organizing maps (SOM) into a geographic information systems (GIS) data model. In Proceedings of the Topology and Spatial Databases Workshop, April 5th–8th, 2005,The Department of Geomatics Engineering at University College London, Department of Geography and Geomatics, University of Glasgow and Laser-Scan.

  11. Oyana TJ, Boppidi D, Yan J, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS 2005. Exploration of geographic information systems (GIS)-based medical databases with self-organizing maps (SOM): A case study of adult asthma. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on GeoComputation, August 1st–3rd, 2005, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan.

  12. Oyana TJ. Statistical comparisons of positional accuracies of geocoded databases for use in medical research. In Egenhofer M, Freksa C, and Miller H. (eds.): Extended Abstracts, In Proceedings of the Third International Geographic Information Science, GIScience 2004, October 20–23, 2004. Regents of the University of California: pp.309–313.

  13. Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Oyana TJ, Johnson C, Wydro P. Local ecological factors and asthma prevalence rates in Buffalo neighborhoods. Meeting the Challenge of Healthy People 2010: Preventing and Controlling Asthma. National Conference on Asthma Abstracts, Washington DC, June 19-21, 2003.

 

II. BOOKS (2), BOOK CHAPTERS (7), AND BOOK REVIEWS (6)

  1. Guo D, Guo R, Thiart C, Oyana TJ. 2009. GM(1,1)-Kriging Prediction of Soil Dioxin Patterns. In Mount, N., Harvey, GL., Aplin P. and Priestnall G. (eds.) Innovations in GIS 13: Representation, Modeling, and Visualizing the Natural Environment, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, Florida, 405pp.

  2. Oyana TJ, Scott KE. 2008. A Geospatial Implementation of a novel delineation clustering algorithm employing the k-means. In Lars B., Anders F., and Hardy P. (eds.): The European Information Society, Taking Geoinformation Science One Step Further Series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Heidelberg: Springer Ltd, 447pp.

  3. Gaffney JC, Oyana TJ. Using GIS to Track Lyme Disease. In Madden, M (ed.): The Manual of Geographic Information Systems. Press American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Inc., Forthcoming.

  4. Bidgoli, H. 2009. Book Chapter on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The Handbook of Technology Management, 3 Volume Set, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Reviewed in 2008.

  5. Chang, K. 2008. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Fifth edition, New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Reviewed in 2007.

  6. Anonymous, GIS Tutorial for Advanced Applications, Redlands: ESRI Press, Inc. Reviewed in 2008.

  7. Kimerling, A.J, Buckley, A., Muehrcke, P.C., and Muehrcke, J.O. 2009. Map Use: Reading and Analysis, Sixth Edition, Redlands: ESRI Press, Inc. Reviewed in 2008.

  8. Oyana TJ, Achenie LEK, Cuadros-Vargas E, Rivers PA, and Scott KE. 2006. A Mathematical Improvement of the Self-Organizing Map Algorithm. Chapter 8: ICT and Mathematical Modeling (pp 522–531). In Mwakali J.A. and Taban-Wani G. (eds.): Advances in Engineering and Technology, London: Elsevier Ltd, 847pp.

  9. Oyana, TJ. and Nakileza, B.R. 2004. Cross-border activities in Eastern and Southern Africa: implications for regional development. Chapter 2 (pp 13–20). In: (eds.) Africa in World Affairs: Challenges to Humanities. Makerere University Press, Inc. Kampala, Uganda.

  10. Oyana, TJ. 2003. On the detection of patterns, trends, and distributions of respiratory diseases in western New York: an analysis of asthma using geographical information systems (GIS). Ph.D. Thesis, February 2003, Department of Geography, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA, 150pp. Also published in Dissertation Abstracts International—A 63/12 (June 2003), p. 4423.

  11. Sengendo, H., Oyana, TJ., Nakileza, B.R., and Musali, P. 2001. The informal sector in employment creation in Kampala City. Chapter 2 (pp 25–50). In: Alila, O.P., and Pedersen, P.O. (eds.) Negotiating social space: East African Micro Enterprises. African World Press, Inc. Trenton, New Jersey, USA.

  12. Henninger, N., 1998. Mapping and Geographic Analysis of Human Welfare and Poverty—Review and Assessment. World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C., USA. http://www.povertymap.net/publications/doc/henninger

  13. Jones, A.L, 1997 (ed). The Arendal IV Workshop Report, UNEP–CGIAR cooperation on the Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Agricultural Research, Cali, Colombia (Sept 23–25, 1997) http://www.grida.no/cgiar/arendal4/arendal4.html

  14. Oyana, T.J., 1996. The Application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to Resource Management and Environmental Planning in Africa: The Case of Kampala City. Unpublished Thesis, Master of Science Degree, University College Cork—a Constituent College of the National University of Ireland.

  15. Oyana, TJ. 1994. Learning experience with the youth.  In Guijt, I., Fuglesang, A., and Kisadha, T., (eds.) It is young trees that make a thick forest: A report on Redd Barna’s Learning Experience with Participatory Rural Appraisal (Masaka District, Uganda, March 1994) IIED, London and Redd Barna Norway. , # 6,000  http://www.iied.org/sarl/pubs/otherpubs.html

 

III. TECHNICAL WORK AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS (12)

  1. Oyana TJ, Lwebuga-Mukasa JS, Rivers PA, Dai D. 2005. Geographic distribution of sleep apnea and associations between access to fast food restaurants and health outcomes related to obesity in western New York State.

  2. Oyana, T.J., and Rogerson, P., 2002. On the Ability of Individuals to Construct Random Point Patterns.

  3. Lwebuga-Mukasa, J.S., and Oyana, T.J., 2002. High Asthma Prevalence Rate Among Two Suburban Schools Clustered Along Major Roadways.

  4. Leclerc G, Ravnborg H, Nelson A, Barbier B, Couillaud P, Oyana T.J., Knapp EB, Ashby JA. 1999. Human welfare in Honduras and natural resource management: the search for the missing link! CIAT Internal Seminars Series. CIAT, Cali, Colombia. 8 p.

  5. Oyana, T.J., Couillaud, P., Leclerc, G., Knapp, R., and Bell, W., 1998. Processing Social Indicators at Individual, Household Level and its Localisation at Different Scales. Using the 1988 Population Census of Honduras. GIS Poverty Mapping Project, Working Document for CIAT, CIAT Cali, Colombia.

  6. Oyana, T.J., Couillaud, P., Leclerc, G., Knapp, R., and Bell, W., 1998. Census Data: A Means of Understanding Spatial Complexities. A Case Study – Honduras. GIS Unit, CIAT, Cali, Colombia.

  7. Oyana, T.J., Sengendo, H., Nakileza, B.R., and Musali, P., 1997. Theoretical and Empirical Consideration in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Kampala City, Uganda. The Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi in Collaboration with the Center for Development Research, Copenhagen, Denmark.

  8. Oyana, T.J., 1997. An Inventory of Existing Poverty Assessment Methods. Working Paper for GIS/ Poverty Mapping Environment Project, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).

  9. Oyana, T.J., 1996. Cross-Border Activities: Implications for Regional Development, the Case of Eastern and Southern African Borders. Chimera. 11. University College of Cork (UCC), Cork, Ireland.

  10. Oyana, T.J., 1996. The Conceptual Framework for African GIS. Departmental Occasional Paper No. 151. Department of Geography, Makerere University.

  11. Oyana, T.J., 1994. A preliminary study for the United Nations Center for Regional Development.  Planning for the development of Border Regions in Eastern and Southern Africa: The Case of Busia Border Region, UNCRD, Nairobi, Kenya.

  12. Oyana, T.J., 1991. A study of land-use, soil survey, and economic activities in Bagamoyo and Dar-es-Salaam. Undergraduate thesis, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.