Occurrences and characteristics of forced marriages among girls married before the age of 16 in a Northern Nigerian State by Felix O. Sanni, Olumide F. Ajani, Elizabeth A. Sanni, Zachary T. Gwa, Michael O. Dada, Yemisi B. Alabi, Donald C. Udah, Jubril A. Kareem

“…Data analysis was done using IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 25.0, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States. …”
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Epidemiologic Investigation of Intestinal Parasite Infection and Associated Risk Factors among Primary Schoolchildren in the Manzini and Lubombo Provinces, the Kingdom of Eswatini by Ai-Wen Yin, Yueh-Lun Lee, Sindisiwe Dlamini, Gugu Maphalala, Chien-Wei Liao, Chia-Kwung Fan

“…In addition, demographic characteristics and risk factors acquired by questionnaire surveys were included to be statistically analyzed. The overall prevalence was 40.5% (128/316), of which the infection rate in Manzini and Lubombo was 28.8% (19/66) and 58.3% (74/140), respectively. …”
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Advances and Pitfalls of Specialized Pain Care through Public and Private Health Care Providers in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands: A Physician’s Survey by Javier Medel, Ancor Serrano, Carme Batet, Lluis Lorente, Susana Bella, Marta Ferrandiz, María-del-Mar Monerris, Sergi Boada, Jesus Villoria, Maria-Victoria Ribera, Antonio Montes, Sebastian Videla

“…In turn, private practices were slightly less staffed and equipped, albeit the differences did not reach statistical significance. Respondents made a median of 530 regular and 30 emergency visits per year, of which 190 involved interventional procedures. …”
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Intratumor heterogeneity of HPV integration in HPV-associated head and neck cancer by Noah Sasa, Toshihiro Kishikawa, Masashi Mori, Rie Ito, Yumie Mizoro, Masami Suzuki, Hirotaka Eguchi, Hidenori Tanaka, Takahito Fukusumi, Motoyuki Suzuki, Yukinori Takenaka, Keisuke Nimura, Yukinori Okada, Hidenori Inohara

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Magnitude and Associated Factors of Unintended Pregnancy among Pregnant Women at Saesie Tsaeda Emba Woreda Eastern Zone of Tigray, North Ethiopia, 2018 by Gebrehiwot Gebremariam Weldearegawi, Kidanemaryam Berhe Tekola, Berhane Fseha Teklehaymanot

“…Variable at p value < 0.05 was declared as statistically significant variable. Model goodness of fit was checked using Hosmer lemeshow test. …”
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Dynamic Stabilisation in the Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease with Modic Changes by Olcay Eser, Cengiz Gomleksiz, Mehdi Sasani, Tunc Oktenoglu, Ahmet Levent Aydin, Yaprak Ataker, Tuncer Suzer, Ali Fahir Ozer

“…The quality of life and pain scores were evaluated by visual analog scale (VAS) score and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) preoperatively and at 3, 12, and 24 months after surgery. Appropriate statistical method was chosen. Results. The mean 3- and 12-month postoperative IVS ratio was significantly greater than that of the preoperative group (P<0.001). …”
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Extracellular MMP-9-Based Assessment of Ocular Surface Inflammation in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma by Anna Zaleska-Żmijewska, Ewa Strzemecka, Zbigniew M. Wawrzyniak, Jacek P. Szaflik

“…This difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). MMP-9 results correlated with other indicators of inflammation and disease severity. …”
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Comparison of Maylard and Cherney incisions' outcomes in hysterectomy surgery for benign indications: a double-blind randomized controlled trial by Maryam Vaezi, Roghayeh Zarei, Hosein Azizi

“…The average blood loss was 506.6 mL in the Maylard group and 429.3 mL in the Cherney group, which was statistically significant (p = 0.031). Postoperative hemoglobin levels were 11.68 g/dL in the Maylard group and 12.07 g/dL in the Cherney group (p = 0.133). …”
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Delta-opioid receptor signaling alleviates neuropathology and cognitive impairment in the mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease by regulating microglia homeostasis and inhibiting HMGB... by Yuan Xu, Naiyuan Shao, Feng Zhi, Ronghua Chen, Yilin Yang, Jiahui Li, Ying Xia, Ya Peng

“…Unpaired t-test and one/two way analysis for variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze statistical significance of the data. Results We show a distinct role of DOR and its major difference with MOR in AD injury in an APP/PS1 mouse model. …”
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Isolating the net effect of multiple government interventions with an extended Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered (SEIR) framework: empirical evidence from the second wave of... by Jie Liu, Boya Gao, Helen Xiaohui Bao, Zhenwu Shi

“…Objective By using a data-driven statistical approach, we isolated the net effect of multiple government interventions that were simultaneously implemented during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in China.Design, data sources and eligibility criteria We gathered epidemiological data and government interventions data of nine cities with local outbreaks during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in China. …”
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Effects of Homeopathic Arsenicum Album, Nosode, and Gibberellic Acid Preparations on the Growth Rate of Arsenic-Impaired Duckweed (Lemna gibba L.) by Tim Jäger, Claudia Scherr, Meinhard Simon, Peter Heusser, Stephan Baumgartner

“…Data from the control and treatment groups were pooled to increase statistical power. Growth rates for days 0–2 were not influenced by any homeopathic preparation. …”
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Adherence patterns, risk factors and complications among patients with tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study at Nsawam Government Hospital by Abraham Norman Nortey, Amanda Adjoda, Amidu Alhassan, Godfred Yawson Scott

“…All p&lt;0.05 were considered statistically significant.Results Majority (36.1%) of the patients were between the ages of 29 and 38. …”
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Performance of Ultrasound in the Clinical Evaluation of Gout and Hyperuricemia by Ling Cao, Tianyi Zhao, Chunmei Xie, Shucong Zheng, Weiguo Wan, Hejian Zou, Xiaoxia Zhu

“…The clinical data and ultrasonic assessment results were collected and statistically analyzed. Results. Deposition of MSU crystals was found in 25.58% (11/43) of patients with asymptomatic HUA and 76.24% (154/202) of patients with gout. …”
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Detection of damage caused by Nezara viridula on soybean using novel imaging approaches based on computed tomography and image color analysis by Szilvia Gibicsár, Tamás Donkó, Dániel Fajtai, Sándor Keszthelyi

“…Image color analysis showed that the damaged samples were well distinguishable, and the differences were statistically verifiable. The achieved data derived from our external and internal imaging approaches contribute to a better understanding of the internal chemical processes, and CT analysis helps to understand the alteration trends of the hidden structure of seeds caused by a pest. …”
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Prediction models used in the progression of chronic kidney disease: A scoping review. by David K E Lim, James H Boyd, Elizabeth Thomas, Aron Chakera, Sawitchaya Tippaya, Ashley Irish, Justin Manuel, Kim Betts, Suzanne Robinson

“…<h4>Study selection</h4>All English written studies that are published in peer-reviewed journals in any country, that developed at least a statistical or computational model that predicted the risk of CKD progression.…”
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Performance of Bell Pepper (Capsicum annum) Under Different Grow Bag Media in Lalitpur District, Nepal by Sakuna Nepal, Pratibha Khatiwada, Pankaj Karki Dholi, Safal Adhikari

“…The media consisting of T3 (Soil: Sand: FYM: Vermicompost (1.25:0.75:0.5:0.5)) proved to be statistically superior over the rest of the combinations for almost all aspects under investigation, whereas comparatively poor performance was observed in Coco peat: vermicompost (1:1) media. …”
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Association of Low Birth Weight Infants and Maternal Sociodemographic Status in Tuzla Canton during 1992–1995 War Period in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Fahrija Skokić, Dubravka Bačaj, Amela Selimović, Evlijana Hasanović, Selma Muratović, Amir Halilbašić

“…Conclusions. We found statistically significant association between low-birth-weight and maternal sociodemographic status in Tuzla Canton during 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.…”
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Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Production in Patients with Colorectal Cancer In Vitro by J. J. R. Richardson, C. Hendrickse, F. Gao-Smith, D. R. Thickett

“…An increase in NETs production was also observed in patients who died, but this did not reach statistical significance. Cancer location and tumour stage did not appear to affect preoperative NETs production. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: A Pilot Study on HIV and Quality of Life and a Suggested Cure for HIV and AIDS by Søren Ventegodt, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Niels Jørgen Andersen, Mohammed Morad, Joav Merrick

“…This study was undertaken to examine the association between the immunological impact of HIV (measured by CD4 count) and global self-assessed quality of life (QOL) (measured with QOL1) for people suffering from HIV, to see if the connection was large and statistically strong enough to support our hypothesis of a strong QOL-immunological connection through the nonspecific, nonreceptor-mediated immune system, and thus to give a rationale for a holistic cure for HIV. …”
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Unlocking faba bean (Vicia faba L.) potential: How cattle manure and fertilizer boost yields in Kaffa Zone, South-Western Ethiopia by Isreal Zewide, Asrat Ademe

“…., 50, 100, 150 kg ha−1) arranged in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Statistical analysis revealed highly significant combined effects of cattle manure (CAM) and blended nitrogen phosphrous sulfur and boron (NPSB) fertilizer on faba bean harvest index at Alargeta, while Boka exhibited no significance. …”
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