Yongmei Lu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3635642 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yongmei Lu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yongmei |
| FAMILY NAME | Lu |
| SIGNATURE | LU Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1994-3458 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Gentrification and foodscapes
This article presents a purposive integrative review of research published since 2000 examining the dynamics of food environments and residents’ experiences of food access in relation to urban gentrification. The review synthesizes findings on how food environments and gentrification processes interact and how these interactions influence access for different groups. Guided by a realist Context–Mechanism–Outcome framework, the analysis identifies…
Street-level noise assessment across different urban block typologies
Urban noise pollution is a growing concern with significant implications for public health and urban livability. This study introduces a voxel-based forward ray tracing (V-FRT) method to investigate how different types of urban block design may impact street-level noise distribution. Nine urban block scenarios were simulated by considering the various building types and densities. V-FRT was implemented in Grasshopper Rhino to estimate noise propa…
Latent profile analysis of oral health self-efficacy in maintenance hemodialysis patients and its impact on oral health
Objective To investigate the heterogeneity of oral health self-efficacy among patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) and its influencing factors, and to compare the discrepancies in oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) across different patient subgroups, thereby furnishing evidence for the formulation of targeted interventions. Methods A convenience sampling approach was adopted to recruit 352 MHD patients from three tertiary …
Deadly connections
Structural and Environmental Determinants of Irregular Migrant Deaths
Irregular migration has become a major humanitarian challenge, with thousands of preventable deaths occurring annually along global migration routes. Using data from the International Organization for Migration’s Missing Migrants Project, this study analyzes 8,819 migration-related incidents resulting in 24,078 irregular migrant deaths worldwide between 2014 and 2021. Examining both total fatalities and deaths per incident, the analysis reveals t…
Galax
Untangling the myth of flood risk and mitigation in affluent inland urban neighbourhood – A case study of the Onion Creek Neighbourhood in Austin, Texas
Recognizing Texas Women in Time and Space
Historical markers offer important insights into the portrayal of place, social dynamics, and untold narratives within various landscapes. The vast collection of over 195,000 historical markers scattered throughout the United States provide a wealth of data that can shed light on distinctive representation patterns and narratives associated with different individuals and events. Yet, only a few studies examined historical markers as a valuable da…
Multi-Mode Huff-Based 2SFCA
The retail food environment draws much attention from scholars because it can shape individuals’ eating behaviors and health outcomes. Although much progress has been made, current retail food environment assessments mainly use simple food accessibility measures while overlooking the role of multiple transportation modes. This research proposed a multiple-mode Huff-based Two-step Floating Catchment Area (2SFCA) method to measure geographical acce…
Racial/Ethnic Heterogeneity and Rural-Urban Disparity of Covid-19 Case Fatality Ratio in the USA
Journey-to-crime and offender’s geographic background
SAR-Gi
Perceived Impact of Gentrification on Health and Well-Being
Despite its positive aspects, gentrification has been criticized for displacing the longtime low-income minorities. This study examined the role of social capital and community activism through the ecosocial, politico-ecological, and structuralist lens to explore the perceived impact of gentrification on residents’ health and well-being. A key informant interview (KII = 1) and in-depth interviews (IDI = 9) were conducted between June and October;…
Evaluating Consumer Nutrition Environment in Food Deserts and Food Swamps
This research examines the consumer nutrition environment in the selected neighborhoods identified as food deserts, food swamps, and food oases in Austin, Texas, by considering food availability, food price, food quality, and food labeling. A food auditing instrument M-TxNEA-S (He Jin, San Marcos, TX, USA) was developed to capture the unique dietary culture and food preferences in Texas. A total of 93 food items in 14 grocery stores and supermark…
Gentrification is not improving my health’
Underage tobacco sales violations and neighborhood crime arrest in Philadephia
The Missing Parts from Social Media-Enabled Smart Cities
Social networking sites (SNS), such as Facebook and Twitter, have attracted users worldwide by providing a means to communicate and share opinions and experiences of daily lives. When empowered by pervasive location acquisition technologies, location-based social media (LBSM) has become a potential resource for smart city applications to characterize social perceptions of place and model human activities. There is a lack of systematic examination…
Regionalization of school youth obesity and overweight in Texas by considering both body mass index and socioeconomic status
Impact of climate change on human infectious diseases
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in weather conditions and patterns of extreme weather events. It may lead to changes in health threat to human beings, multiplying existing health problems. This review examines the scientific evidences on the impact of climate change on human infectious diseases. It identifies research progress and gaps on how human society may respond to, adapt to, and prepare for the related changes. Based on a survey …
Illegal drug cultivation in Mexico
Patterns of illicit narcotics cultivation are among the understudied topics. Some studies estimate the prevalence of illegal crops using imagery and remote sensing data. These studies rely heavily on the availability and quality of the related images, which is often an issue for many countries known as major drug producers. Using official drug crop eradication data, this study examines the patterns of illegal drug cultivation in Mexico at the mun…
Considering Risk Locations When Defining Perturbation Zones for Geomasking
Geomasking techniques are commonly used to mask the true location information of cases by introducing noise into location data. This study seeks to improve the spatially adaptive random perturbation (SARP) geomasking method by using the actual distribution of the residential addresses (or “risk location”) rather than the people (or “risk population”) to define a perturbation zone. The procedure used in the study also employs a “donut-shaped” pert…
College students’ consumption, contribution, and risk awareness related to online mapping services and social media outlets
Access to healthcare and disparities in colorectal cancer survival in Texas
Chagas disease in Texas
On the false alarm of planar K-function when analyzing urban crime distributed along streets
The Missing Parts from Social Media-Enabled Smart Cities
Social networking sites (SNS), such as Facebook and Twitter, have attracted users worldwide by providing a means to communicate and share opinions and experiences of daily lives. When empowered by pervasive location acquisition technologies, location-based social media (LBSM) has become a potential resource for smart city applications to characterize social perceptions of place and model human activities. There is a lack of systematic examination…
Chagas disease in Texas
Gentrification is not improving my health’
Access to healthcare and disparities in colorectal cancer survival in Texas
On the false alarm of planar K-function when analyzing urban crime distributed along streets
Illegal drug cultivation in Mexico
Patterns of illicit narcotics cultivation are among the understudied topics. Some studies estimate the prevalence of illegal crops using imagery and remote sensing data. These studies rely heavily on the availability and quality of the related images, which is often an issue for many countries known as major drug producers. Using official drug crop eradication data, this study examines the patterns of illegal drug cultivation in Mexico at the mun…
College students’ consumption, contribution, and risk awareness related to online mapping services and social media outlets
Chagas disease in Texas
On the false alarm of planar K-function when analyzing urban crime distributed along streets
Access to healthcare and disparities in colorectal cancer survival in Texas
Considering Risk Locations When Defining Perturbation Zones for Geomasking
Geomasking techniques are commonly used to mask the true location information of cases by introducing noise into location data. This study seeks to improve the spatially adaptive random perturbation (SARP) geomasking method by using the actual distribution of the residential addresses (or “risk location”) rather than the people (or “risk population”) to define a perturbation zone. The procedure used in the study also employs a “donut-shaped” pert…
College students’ consumption, contribution, and risk awareness related to online mapping services and social media outlets
Illegal drug cultivation in Mexico
Patterns of illicit narcotics cultivation are among the understudied topics. Some studies estimate the prevalence of illegal crops using imagery and remote sensing data. These studies rely heavily on the availability and quality of the related images, which is often an issue for many countries known as major drug producers. Using official drug crop eradication data, this study examines the patterns of illegal drug cultivation in Mexico at the mun…
Impact of climate change on human infectious diseases
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in weather conditions and patterns of extreme weather events. It may lead to changes in health threat to human beings, multiplying existing health problems. This review examines the scientific evidences on the impact of climate change on human infectious diseases. It identifies research progress and gaps on how human society may respond to, adapt to, and prepare for the related changes. Based on a survey …
Regionalization of school youth obesity and overweight in Texas by considering both body mass index and socioeconomic status
The Missing Parts from Social Media-Enabled Smart Cities
Social networking sites (SNS), such as Facebook and Twitter, have attracted users worldwide by providing a means to communicate and share opinions and experiences of daily lives. When empowered by pervasive location acquisition technologies, location-based social media (LBSM) has become a potential resource for smart city applications to characterize social perceptions of place and model human activities. There is a lack of systematic examination…
Journey-to-crime and offender’s geographic background
SAR-Gi
Perceived Impact of Gentrification on Health and Well-Being
Despite its positive aspects, gentrification has been criticized for displacing the longtime low-income minorities. This study examined the role of social capital and community activism through the ecosocial, politico-ecological, and structuralist lens to explore the perceived impact of gentrification on residents’ health and well-being. A key informant interview (KII = 1) and in-depth interviews (IDI = 9) were conducted between June and October;…
Evaluating Consumer Nutrition Environment in Food Deserts and Food Swamps
This research examines the consumer nutrition environment in the selected neighborhoods identified as food deserts, food swamps, and food oases in Austin, Texas, by considering food availability, food price, food quality, and food labeling. A food auditing instrument M-TxNEA-S (He Jin, San Marcos, TX, USA) was developed to capture the unique dietary culture and food preferences in Texas. A total of 93 food items in 14 grocery stores and supermark…
Gentrification is not improving my health’
Underage tobacco sales violations and neighborhood crime arrest in Philadephia
Multi-Mode Huff-Based 2SFCA
The retail food environment draws much attention from scholars because it can shape individuals’ eating behaviors and health outcomes. Although much progress has been made, current retail food environment assessments mainly use simple food accessibility measures while overlooking the role of multiple transportation modes. This research proposed a multiple-mode Huff-based Two-step Floating Catchment Area (2SFCA) method to measure geographical acce…
Racial/Ethnic Heterogeneity and Rural-Urban Disparity of Covid-19 Case Fatality Ratio in the USA
Untangling the myth of flood risk and mitigation in affluent inland urban neighbourhood – A case study of the Onion Creek Neighbourhood in Austin, Texas
Recognizing Texas Women in Time and Space
Historical markers offer important insights into the portrayal of place, social dynamics, and untold narratives within various landscapes. The vast collection of over 195,000 historical markers scattered throughout the United States provide a wealth of data that can shed light on distinctive representation patterns and narratives associated with different individuals and events. Yet, only a few studies examined historical markers as a valuable da…
Galax
Gentrification and foodscapes
This article presents a purposive integrative review of research published since 2000 examining the dynamics of food environments and residents’ experiences of food access in relation to urban gentrification. The review synthesizes findings on how food environments and gentrification processes interact and how these interactions influence access for different groups. Guided by a realist Context–Mechanism–Outcome framework, the analysis identifies…
Street-level noise assessment across different urban block typologies
Urban noise pollution is a growing concern with significant implications for public health and urban livability. This study introduces a voxel-based forward ray tracing (V-FRT) method to investigate how different types of urban block design may impact street-level noise distribution. Nine urban block scenarios were simulated by considering the various building types and densities. V-FRT was implemented in Grasshopper Rhino to estimate noise propa…
Latent profile analysis of oral health self-efficacy in maintenance hemodialysis patients and its impact on oral health
Objective To investigate the heterogeneity of oral health self-efficacy among patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) and its influencing factors, and to compare the discrepancies in oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) across different patient subgroups, thereby furnishing evidence for the formulation of targeted interventions. Methods A convenience sampling approach was adopted to recruit 352 MHD patients from three tertiary …
Deadly connections
Structural and Environmental Determinants of Irregular Migrant Deaths
Irregular migration has become a major humanitarian challenge, with thousands of preventable deaths occurring annually along global migration routes. Using data from the International Organization for Migration’s Missing Migrants Project, this study analyzes 8,819 migration-related incidents resulting in 24,078 irregular migrant deaths worldwide between 2014 and 2021. Examining both total fatalities and deaths per incident, the analysis reveals t…
Geography (16 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (6 works) · Biology (5 works) · Political science (5 works)