Principal component analysis of ODA sectors per capita

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Per Capita

scholarly journals Evaluation Methods of Water Environment Safety and Their Application to the Three Northeast Provinces of China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 5135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li ◽  
Sun ◽  
Yuan ◽  
Liu
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Chemical Oxygen Demand ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Industry Output ◽  
Per Capita

Focusing on the topic of water environment safety of China, this paper has selected the three northeast provinces of China as the research object due to their representativeness in economic development and resource security. By using the Entropy Weight Method, the Grey Correlation Analysis Method, and the Principal Component Analysis Method, this paper has first constructed a water environment safety evaluation system with 17 indicators from the economic, environmental, and ecological aspects. Furthermore, this paper has screened the initially selected indicators by the Principal Component Analysis Method and finally determined 11 indicators as the evaluation indicators. After indicator screening, this paper has adopted the improved Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method to evaluate the water environment safety of the three northeast provinces of China and obtained the change in water environment safety of different provinces from 2009 to 2017. The results show that the overall water environment safety of the region had improved first but worsened afterward, and that in terms of water safety level, Jilin Province ranked first, followed by Heilongjiang Province and Liaoning Province. The three factors that have the greatest impact on the water environment safety of the three provinces are: Liaoning—Chemical Oxygen Demand (score: 17.10), Per Capita Disposable Income (score: 13.50), and Secondary Industry Output (score: 11.50); Heilongjiang—Chemical Oxygen Demand (score: 18.64), Per Capita Water Resources (score: 12.75), and Concentration of Inhalable Particles (score: 10.89); Jilin—Per Capita Water Resources (score: 15.75), Chemical Oxygen Demand (score: 14.87), and Service Industry Output (score: 11.55). Based on analysis of the evaluation results, this paper has proposed corresponding policy recommendations to improve the water environment safety and promote sustainable development in the northeast provinces of China.

Analysis on the Change of Arable Land Area and its Driving Force in Hefei City

2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 4879-4882
Author(s):  
Hong Mei Zhang ◽  
Yang Gao
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Land Resource ◽  
Cultivated Land ◽  
Land Change ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Per Capita

In recent years, the decrease of total arable land area and the area per capita of available arable land resource are serious problems in China. These problems will become more serious with the development of economy. In this paper, based on the statistical data of cultivated land in Hefei city from 1998 to 2009, their driving forces of the cultivated land change were analyzed by means of principal component analysis. The results showed the changing trends. The total and per capita of cultivated land were declining, but the speed of change was not the same. The sharp decrease was occurred in the period of 2002-2005. Nine affecting factors having influenced on cultivated land change which were analyzed by principal component analysis. The results show that population growth, economic development and efficiency of agricultural production were main driving forces affecting cultivated land change in Hefei city.

scholarly journals Multivariate visualization of the global COVID-19 pandemic: A comparison of 161 countries

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0252273
Author(s):  
Jane K. L. Teh ◽  
David A. Bradley ◽  
Jack Bee Chook ◽  
Kee Huong Lai ◽  
Woo Teck Ang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Population Density ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Global Spread ◽  
Multivariate Visualization ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
First 90 Days

Background The aim of the study was to visualize the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic over the first 90 days, through the principal component analysis approach of dimensionality reduction. Methods This study used data from the Global COVID-19 Index provided by PEMANDU Associates. The sample, representing 161 countries, comprised the number of confirmed cases, deaths, stringency indices, population density and GNI per capita (USD). Correlation matrices were computed to reveal the association between the variables at three time points: day-30, day-60 and day-90. Three separate principal component analyses were computed for similar time points, and several standardized plots were produced. Results Confirmed cases and deaths due to COVID-19 showed positive but weak correlation with stringency and GNI per capita. Through principal component analysis, the first two principal components captured close to 70% of the variance of the data. The first component can be viewed as the severity of the COVID-19 surge in countries, whereas the second component largely corresponded to population density, followed by GNI per capita of countries. Multivariate visualization of the two dominating principal components provided a standardized comparison of the situation in the161 countries, performed on day-30, day-60 and day-90 since the first confirmed cases in countries worldwide. Conclusion Visualization of the global spread of COVID-19 showed the unequal severity of the pandemic across continents and over time. Distinct patterns in clusters of countries, which separated many European countries from those in Africa, suggested a contrast in terms of stringency measures and wealth of a country. The African continent appeared to fare better in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic and the burden of mortality in the first 90 days. A noticeable worsening trend was observed in several countries in the same relative time frame of the disease’s first 90 days, especially in the United States of America.

A German version of the Intermittent Claudication Questionnaire (ICQ): cultural adaptation and validation

VASA ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 333-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirchberger ◽  
Finger ◽  
Müller-Bühl
Keyword(s):  
Principal Component Analysis ◽  
Intermittent Claudication ◽  
Completion Time ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Component Analysis ◽  
German Version ◽  
Average Completion Time ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Related Quality

Background: The Intermittent Claudication Questionnaire (ICQ) is a short questionnaire for the assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with intermittent claudication (IC). The objective of this study was to translate the ICQ into German and to investigate the psychometric properties of the German ICQ version in patients with IC. Patients and methods: The original English version was translated using a forward-backward method. The resulting German version was reviewed by the author of the original version and an experienced clinician. Finally, it was tested for clarity with 5 German patients with IC. A sample of 81 patients were administered the German ICQ. The sample consisted of 58.0 % male patients with a median age of 71 years and a median IC duration of 36 months. Test of feasibility included completeness of questionnaires, completion time, and ratings of clarity, length and relevance. Reliability was assessed through a retest in 13 patients at 14 days, and analysis of Cronbach’s alpha for internal consistency. Construct validity was investigated using principal component analysis. Concurrent validity was assessed by correlating the ICQ scores with the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) as well as clinical measures. Results: The ICQ was completely filled in by 73 subjects (90.1 %) with an average completion time of 6.3 minutes. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient reached 0.75. Intra-class correlation for test-retest reliability was r = 0.88. Principal component analysis resulted in a 3 factor solution. The first factor explained 51.5 of the total variation and all items had loadings of at least 0.65 on it. The ICQ was significantly associated with the SF-36 and treadmill-walking distances whereas no association was found for resting ABPI. Conclusions: The German version of the ICQ demonstrated good feasibility, satisfactory reliability and good validity. Responsiveness should be investigated in further validation studies.

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