Assessment of long-term changes in subvalvular aortic stenosis in patients following transcatheter aortic valve implantation by Vladlen V. Bazylev, Andrey B. Voevodin, Alexey S. Masyutin

“…CONCLUSION: There was a statistically significant decrease in hypertrophy of IVS in patients who underwent TAVI. …”
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Characterizing the early relationship between covert narcissism and cognitive empathy in medical students: a cross-sectional study by Adelina Alcorta-Garza, Oscar Vidal-Gutiérrez, Juan F. González-Guerrero, Fernando Alcorta-Núñez, Guillermo A. Porras Garza, Montserrat San-Martín, Roberto C. Delgado Bolton, Luis Vivanco

“…This model complied with the necessary conditions for statistic inference and showed an effect size from medium to large. …”
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Cataract surgery in Australia: a review of the regional literature and outcomes from 5018 cases at a tertiary teaching hospital by Chameen Samarawickrama, Muhammad A Khan, Brendon W H Lee, Lauren Sartor

“…PCR rates between consultants (3.1%, n=56), trainees (2.6%, n=61) and fellows (2.1%, n=16) showed no statistically significant difference (p≥0.355). The key risk factors for PCR were advanced cataract, alpha-antagonist use, small pupil size and the presence of glaucoma.Conclusion We present visual and surgical outcomes from the largest study on phacoemulsification cataract surgery in Australia and New Zealand, acknowledging the study’s retrospective nature preventing inter-eye correlations, subdivision of cataract subspecialist versus not and trainee rank, and the minority of missing data. …”
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Burnout among Nurses Working in Ethiopia by Abrha Hailay, Woldu Aberhe, Guesh Mebrahtom, Kidane Zereabruk, Guesh Gebreayezgi, Teklehaimanot Haile

“…Heterogeneity across the included studies was evaluated by the inconsistency index. All statistical analysis was done using R and RStudio software for Windows, and a random-effects model was applied to estimate the overall prevalence of burnout among nurses in Ethiopia. …”
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Relationship between Peripheral Blood miR-181c, miR-101, and Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Complicated with Acute Stroke by Mengxian Shu, Chunhui Xiang

“…The clinical characteristics and general data (blood glucose and blood lipid) of patients were statistically analyzed. The relative expression levels of miR-181c and miR-101 in peripheral blood were detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR. …”
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Systemic Poverty Modelling: Case of Central Asia by F. I. Arzhaev, V. Y. Andriukhin, D. V. Saprynskaya

“…The combination of statistical data, the poor quality of which represent a major limitation of the study, and the results of empirical conclusions has made it possible to identify the existence of two related “vicious circles” of poverty in the region – a vicious circle of factors of poverty persistence and a vicious circle of poverty and its consequences. …”
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Seasonal variation of air quality index and assessment by S.D. Kumar, A. Dash

“…During the study period 2015-16, out of the eight stations most comes under moderately polluted category especially in winter season followed by summer season. Statistical and Duncan’s multiple range test has been applied to the results with two-way and one-way analysis of variance based on different seasons and stations. …”
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The Relation Between Learning Engagement and Academic Self-Efficacy Toward Academic Achievement among University Students by Hong-Ping Pang, Arsaythamby Veloo

“…The method of this research is a descriptive survey conducted in the field. Students’ statistical community from Shangrao Normal University in Jiangxi Province, China that their number is about 15,000 people, and 1,507 people were selected as a sample by simple random method. …”
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Revisiting microgenderome: detecting and cataloguing sexually unique and enriched species in human microbiomes by Zhanshan Sam Ma

“…The SSD framework can randomly search and catalogue the sexually specific unique/enriched species with statistical rigor, guided by species specificity (a synthetic metric of abundance and distribution) and specificity diversity (SD). …”
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Stigma of People Affected by Leprosy and its determinants: a cross-sectional study in Sri Lanka by Udhishtran Arudchelvam, Thayaparan Pulendran, Maheshi Sirimanne, Sandali Pabasara, Indira Kahawita, Nadeeka Chandraratne

“…Spearman’s correlation and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to analyze associations, with statistical significance set at 0.05. Results The dataset showed a non-normal, right-skewed distribution. …”
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Effects of Immediate or Delayed Estradiol on Behavior in Old Menopausal Macaques on Obesogenic Diet by Kristine Coleman, Nicola D. Robertson, Adriane Maier, Cynthia L. Bethea

“…All animals exhibited an increase in “consume” behavior over time with no statistical difference between the groups. By the end of the protocol, the placebo-control group exhibited less activity compared to ImE + DE-treated animals combined. …”
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Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Explain Expecting Couples Birth Preparedness Intentions in a Rural Setting: A Cross-Sectional Study from Rukwa, Southern Tanzania by Fabiola V. Moshi, Stephen M. Kibusi, Flora Fabian

“…Among the three domains of intention, attitude and perceived behavior control were statistically significant predictors of birth preparedness intention among pregnant women. …”
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Career Motivation in the Process of State Regulation of Youth Employment by Natalya Stativka, Anna Batiuk

“…Design/Methodology/Approach: To accomplish the research objectives, a set of mutually reinforcing general scientific and special research methods was used. The basic statistical analyses of unemployment rate data according to the methodology of the International Labour Organization, while the level of registered unemployment (the national indicator of the unemployment rate in Ukraine) serves as an indicator of the State Employment Service performance. …”
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Features of Crohn's Disease Depending on the Age of Disease Onset by E. G. Ganich, O. B. Shchukina

“…The visits included: the collection of complaints, medical history, objective examination, clinical blood testing; biochemical blood testing (C-reactive protein); fecal calprotectin; ileocolonoscopy. Statistical processing of the obtained data was carried out using Excel, RStudio and the R language; for categorical data, the Pearson chi-square test or Fisher's exact test was used (for 2 × 2 tables with small samples). …”
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Adsorption characteristics of metronidazole on CoZr-LDH and its GO nanocomposite: Experimental and theoretical study by Edris Jamshidi, Fateme Fathabadi, Faranak Manteghi, Rahime Eshaghimalekshah

“…This approach, known for simulating numerous particle trajectories and statistical averaging, allowed for an in-depth examination of adsorption mechanisms under various conditions. …”
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The serum levels of gasdermin D in uremic patients and its relationship with the prognosis: a prospective observational cohort study by XiaPing Zhang, Bo Yang

“…All data used SPSS 26.0 to statistical analyses.Results The serum total cholesterol (TC) levels of patients in the AACS > 4 group were significantly elevated compared with those in the AACS ≤ 4 group. …”
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A modified non-contrast MRI in the preoperative examination of periacetabular osteotomy at 3.0T by Chuanhui Xu, Xin Pan, Baochen Song, Guangwei Zhang, Daguang Zhang

“…All patients underwent hip-preserving PAO surgery subsequently. Statistical analyses were performed to compare the joint injury examined by the two imaging methods. …”
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INFORMATION OPENNESS OF THE MUNICIPAL SYSTEM OF EDUCATION: THE EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL AUDIT by Tatiana E. Zerchaninova, Olga V. Novgorodtseva

“…Research methods involve: description, analysis of documents, questionnaires, expert interviews, analysis of statistical data. Results. The article presents the results of a social audit of information openness of the municipal General educational system of Pervouralsk city district. …”
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It takes a ‘spark’. Exploring parent perception of long-term sports participation after a practitioner-led, peer-group sports intervention for ambulant, school-aged children with c... by Georgina Clutterbuck, Mikaila Gent, Daniel Thomson

“…Most parents reported environmental factors as a barrier to ongoing sports participation.Statistically significant improvements in children's relevant sports-focussed activity and participation goals were demonstrated compared to pre-Sports Stars (COPM activity performance mean improvement (MI) ​= ​3.94, p ​= ​0.004, participation performance MI ​= ​4.88, p ​< ​0.001). …”
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Medical thoracoscopy combined with intrapleural injection of urokinase for treatment of pleural infection-a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled study: study protocol by Kaige Wang, Linhui Yang, Panwen Tian, Fen Tan, Dan Liu, Weimin Li

“…Subsequently, comprehensive statistical analyses will be conducted to compare treatment effects and complications across all groups, ultimately leading to conclusive findings. …”
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