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COVID-19 and Its Protocols, a Stressor to Healthcare and Healthcare Delivery: Perception of Nurses in Rivers State COVID-19及其协议，医疗保健和医疗服务的压力源:河流州护士的看法

IPS Intelligentsia Multidisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2023-04-13 DOI: 10.54117/iimj.v3i1.6

Udo Orukwowu, Nnenna Ali Emordi, Aleruchi Lenchi Oji, Jane Baridah Kue

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Comparative Analysis of Ridge, Bridge and Lasso Regression Models In the Presence of Multicollinearity 多重共线性下Ridge、Bridge和Lasso回归模型的比较分析

IPS Intelligentsia Multidisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.54117/iimj.v3i1.5

Kelachi P. Enwere, E. Nduka, U. Ogoke

{"title":"Comparative Analysis of Ridge, Bridge and Lasso Regression Models In the Presence of Multicollinearity","authors":"Kelachi P. Enwere, E. Nduka, U. Ogoke","doi":"10.54117/iimj.v3i1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54117/iimj.v3i1.5","url":null,"abstract":"Aims: This research work investigated the best regression technique in handling multicollinearity using the Ridge, Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) and Bridge regression models in comparison to Analysis and Prediction. Study Design: Two sets of secondary data on Body Size and Heart Rate gotten from the Lulu Briggs Health Center, University of Port Harcourt were used for comparison for model fit and in handling multicollinearity between the regression techniques. Tables were used to present Comparisons made using MSE, RMSE, VIF, AIC and BIC for efficiency. Scatter plots were employed to show fitted regression models. R Software was used to perform data analysis. Methodology: The data were tested for the presence of Multicollinearity using VIF respectively, before proceeding to apply Ridge, LASSO and Bridge regression techniques to solve the problem of multicollinearity. Then comparison was made in analysis and prediction between the regression techniques. Results: The results from the study show that, for analysis on body size, we found that none of the Regression Techniques handled the problem of multicollinearity, even though the degree of multicollinearity present in the data set reduces, with VIF values of 11.36762 for Ridge, 10.8042 for LASSO, and Bridge which are 10.95578, 11.24945, 12.22628 and 12.14645 respectively. For Heart Rate analysis, we see that all the regularized regression techniques handled the problem of multicollinearity. The results show that the Bridge regression technique performed better with a VIF of 1.744461 when","PeriodicalId":301364,"journal":{"name":"IPS Intelligentsia Multidisciplinary Journal","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128074384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Impact of Heavy Metals and Chemicals on Epigenetic Changes 重金属和化学物质对表观遗传变化的影响

IPS Intelligentsia Multidisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-08 DOI: 10.54117/iimj.v1i2.4

T. O. Oni, Dokubo Chiweike, E. C. Destiny, Iloh O. Victor

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Sequential Pathogenicity Study of SOR+ and SOR- Escherichia coli Isolated from Roasted Meat 烤肉中分离的SOR+型和SOR-型大肠杆菌序列致病性研究

IPS Intelligentsia Multidisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-03-26 DOI: 10.54117/iimj.v1i1.2

I. H. Iheukwumere, M. C. Iheukwumere, N. E. Nwakoby

{"title":"Sequential Pathogenicity Study of SOR+ and SOR- Escherichia coli Isolated from Roasted Meat","authors":"I. H. Iheukwumere, M. C. Iheukwumere, N. E. Nwakoby","doi":"10.54117/iimj.v1i1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54117/iimj.v1i1.2","url":null,"abstract":"The roles of E. coli in cases of diseases has been established and reported to have a substantial degree of morbidity and mortality among children and adults. This study was carried out to investigate the sequential pathogenicity of sorbitol positive (SOR+) and sorbitol negative (SOR-) Escherichia coli isolated from roasted meat in Uli Community. A total of 10 roasted meat samples were randomly collected from four different points in Uli Community and screened for the presence of SOR+ and SOR-E. coli using the pour plate technique. The isolates obtained were characterized and identified using their colonial descriptions, morphological and biochemical characteristics. The pathogenic potentials of the isolates on chicks were investigated by challenging the chicks orally using 0.5 ml of the inoculum (108cells/ml). All chicks were kept under complete observation for 2 weeks for pathological signs and symptoms, mortalities and gross morphological lesions of the internal organs. The SOR+E. coli; T1 (21. 78%), T2 (18. 18%), T3 (26. 73%) and SOR-E. coli R1 (19. 80%), R2 (12. 87%) were seen in the studied samples, and R1 was mostly seen in the samples collected from the school front area. There were a significant (P<0.05) increase in organ weights, obvious pathological signs and lesions on the internal organs of the infected chicks, and these were seen most in SOR-E. coli. There were significant (P<0.05) viable plate counts of the isolates from the harvested organs, of which the counts of SOR-E. coli were recorded most. No count was recorded from non-infected chicks. It was observed that T3 was the most predominant from the studied samples when compared to T1, T3, R1 and R2. The test isolates showed reasonable pathogenic features among chicks and SOR-E. coli, mostly R1 proved to be most pathogenic among the tested isolates.","PeriodicalId":301364,"journal":{"name":"IPS Intelligentsia Multidisciplinary Journal","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123459950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluation of Lipid Profile and Some Hematological Parameters of Albino Rats Fed With Honey 白化病大鼠喂蜂蜜后血脂及一些血液学指标的评价

IPS Intelligentsia Multidisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.54117/iimj.v1i1.3

C. Nwozor, E. Alagwu, P. O. Nwabuokei, E. C. Okonobe, H. O. Enwelum

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Epidemiology of Adult Obesity, Measurements, Global Prevalence and Risk Factors 成人肥胖的流行病学、测量、全球患病率和危险因素

IPS Intelligentsia Multidisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-02-13 DOI: 10.54117/iimj.v1i1.1

Udo Orukwowu

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