Investigating BLS instructors’ ability to evaluate CPR performance: focus on compression depth, rate, and recoil by Shih-Jhan Lin, Chih-Jan Chang, Shao-Chung Chu, Ying-Hsin Chang, Ming-Yuan Hong, Po-Chang Huang, Chia-Lung Kao, Chih-Hsien Chi

“…Employing the Cohen kappa statistic revealed moderate to low interrater reliability, the kappa value is 0.65 (95% C.I. 0.65–0.65) for depth, 0.56 (95% C.I. 0.33–0.79) for speed, and 0.50 (95% C.I.0.28–0.71) for recoil. …”
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Dynamic Variation in Hippocampal Metabolism after Acute Stress Exposure: An In Vivo Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study at 9.4 T by Yoon Ho Hwang, Min-Hee Lee, Chang-Soo Yun, Yong-Tae Kim, Hyeon-Man Baek, Bong Soo Han, Dong Youn Kim

“…Based on the change in concentration of metabolites, the data were statistically analyzed using two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance between groups and a support vector machine for all time points and Student’s t-test with FDR correction for each time point. …”
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Role of Absorbable Polysaccharide Hemostatic Powder in the Prevention of Complications After Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients: A Multicenter Retrospective A... by Simona Parisi, Francesco Saverio Lucido, Francesca Fisone, Roberto Ruggiero, Salvatore Tolone, Francesco Iovino, Antonio Santoriello, Federico Maria Mongardini, Maddalena Paolicelli, Ludovico Docimo, Claudio Gambardella

“…The duration of axillary drainage placement was shorter in the experimental group (7 ± 3 days) compared to the control group (10 ± 1 days) with a statistically significant difference (0.037). During the US follow-up, on days 7, 15, and 30, the number of patients affected by seroma and the volumes were lower in the experimental group. …”
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Validating a clinically based MS-MLPA threshold through comparison with Sanger sequencing in glioblastoma patients by Halka Lhotska, Karolina Janeckova, Hana Cechova, Jaromir Macoun, Tatiana Aghova, Libuse Lizcova, Karla Svobodova, Lucie Hodanova, Dora Konecna, Jiri Soukup, Filip Kramar, David Netuka, Zuzana Zemanova

“…These patients had statistically significantly better overall survival (p = 0.003). …”
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Clinical Features and Visual Outcomes of Optic Neuritis in Chinese Children by Huanfen Zhou, Wei Wang, Quangang Xu, Shaoying Tan, Shuo Zhao, Mo Yang, Chunxia Peng, Shihui Wei

“…In patients with bilateral ON, only the eyes with worse visual acuity (VA) at presentation were used for statistical analysis. Results. Seventy-six children (76 eyes) with a first episode of ON were included. …”
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Effects of Calliandra and Sesbania on Daily Milk Production in Dairy Cows on Commercial Smallholder Farms in Kenya by D. N. Makau, J. A. VanLeeuwen, G. K. Gitau, S. L. McKenna, C. Walton, J. Muraya, J. J. Wichtel

“…Descriptive and univariable statistical analyses were conducted, and multivariable mixed-model regression was used for identification of factors associated (P<0.05) with daily milk production. …”
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Limitations of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire in Assessing Severity in a Homogeneous Occupational Cohort by Venera Cristina Dinescu, Marius Bica, Ramona Constantina Vasile, Andrei Gresita, Bogdan Catalin, Alexandra Daniela Rotaru-Zavaleanu, Florentin Ananu Vreju, Lorena Sas, Marius Bunescu

“…Subjects completed the BCTQ, and correlations between BCTQ scores and objective measures such as median nerve cross-sectional area and nerve conduction studies were analyzed. Statistical analyses included comparisons across CTS severity groups and subgroup evaluations based on age and tenure. …”
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Impact of Coronary Artery Disease and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation by Anthony G. Matta, Thibault Lhermusier, Francisco Campelo Parada, Frederic Bouisset, Ronan Canitrot, Vanessa Nader, Stéphanie Blanco, Meyer Elbaz, Jerome Roncalli, Didier Carrié

“…Among the studied population, 55% were admitted to the cardiac care unit. No significant statistical difference was observed between groups. …”
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Can muscle synergies shed light on the mechanisms underlying motor gains in response to robot-assisted gait training in children with cerebral palsy? by Gloria P. Vergara-Diaz, Stefano Sapienza, Jean-François Daneault, Eric Fabara, Catherine Adans-Dester, Giacomo Severini, Vincent C. K. Cheung, Carmen Echevarría Ruiz de Vargas, Donna Nimec, Paolo Bonato

“…Participants who demonstrated the most substantial improvements in clinical scores following RGT exhibited multiple changes in the muscle synergies. However, no statistically significant correlations were identified at the group level. …”
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Identification of alterations in the nucleotide sequence of the chromatin remodeling gene PBRM1 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma patients by E. A. Klimentova, I. R. Gilyazova, A. A. Izmailov, I. M. Sultanov, M. A. Bermisheva, V. N. Pavlov, E. K. Khusnutdinova

“…Analysis of the allelic association for the polymorphic locus rs17264436 showed a statistically significant increase in the risk of developing advanced kidney cancer in carriers of allele rs17264436*A, which can be used in the development of prognostic marker panels. …”
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Structured lactation support for mothers of very low birthweight preterm infants and establishment of human donor milk banks in German NICUs (Neo-MILK): protocol for a hybrid type... by Angela Kribs, Nicole Ernstmann, Nadine Scholten, Martin Hellmich, Antje Hammer, Eva Mildenberger, Andreas Müller, Dirk Horenkamp-Sonntag, Juliane Köberlein-Neu, Tim Ohnhäuser, Katja Matthias, Jens Ulrich Rüffer, Nicola Gabriela Dymek, Julia Jaschke, Anna Katharina Stirner, Isabella Schwab, Daniel Wiesen, Till Dresbach, Friederike Eyssel, Katharina Lugani, Anne Sunder-Plaßmann, Melanie Klein, Christoph Rupprecht

“…The data set comprises survey and interview data and routinely collected data from medical records. Statistical analysis will be performed using generalised linear mixed models.Ethics and dissemination Data collection, storage and analysis comply with current data protection regulations. …”
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MSC-sEVs exacerbate senescence by transferring bisecting GlcNAcylated GPNMB by Yihan Ma, Chongfu Zhao, Jingjing Feng, Junjie Gou, Enci Kang, Feng Guan, Qiong Wu, Xiang Li

“…We employed advanced proteomic analysis to quantify the expression levels of GPNMB in both BMMSCs and sEVs. Statistical methods were utilized to investigate the correlations between GPNMB expression, glycosylation modifications, and established senescence markers. …”
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Comparison between 18F-DCFPyL PET/MRI-guided ultrasound fusion targeted biopsy and systematic biopsy for tumor detection and grading in selected patients: A prospective randomized... by Shaoxi Niu, Yachao Liu, Liyan Ao, Xiaohui Ding, Xiao Chang, Jinhang Li, Jiajin Liu, Kan Liu, Nanxing Zou, Baixuan Xu, Yong Xu, Baojun Wang, Xu Zhang

“…Complications (Clavien–Dindo grade of ≤2) occurred in both the TB group (n=11) and control group (n=13). No statistically significant difference was observed between the groups in terms of the positive surgical margin, complications, or 6-week postoperative prostate-specific antigen level. …”
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Incidence and risk of endocrine and metabolic abnormalities linked to PARP inhibitors in solid tumors: a meta-analysis by Shunlian Fu, Pingjin Zou, Zengyi Fang, Xinxiang Zhou, Junyang Chen, Cuicui Gong, Li Quan, Bing Lin, Qiu Chen, Jinyi Lang, Meihua Chen

“…Conversely, rucaparib exhibited a potential ameliorative effect on hyperglycemia (OR = 0.54, 95% CI 0.30–0.97). No statistically significant disparities were observed for other outcomes associated with PARPi utilization. …”
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The safety and effectiveness of tDCS for epileptic patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiao-Tong Ding, Ming-Yu Hu, Chi Wang, Wei-Ye Kang, Jin-Zhao Huang, Rui-Yu Wang, Qiu-Song Shen, Hou-Ming Kan

“…For secondary outcome measures, there are no statistical differences between the tDCS group and the sham group in epileptiform discharges (SMD = − 0.27, 95 % CI = [-0.71, 0.16], P = 0.22) and adverse events (MD = 1.30, 95 % CI = [0.49, 3.45], P = 0.60). …”
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Impact of Collagenated and Non-Collagenated Deproteinized Bovine Bone Mineral on Schneiderian Membrane Integrity in Rabbits by Rihito Yamada, Samuel Porfirio Xavier, Yasushi Nakajima, Erick Ricardo Silva, Daniele Botticelli, Yuki Teranishi, Shunsuke Baba

“…These perforations were distributed across three sinuses in the collagenated group and two sinuses in the non-collagenated group. No statistically significant differences were found between the groups. …”
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Determination of genetic diversity in persimmon accessions using morphological and inter simple sequence repeat markers by Yazgan Tunç, Canan Aydınlıoğlu, Kadir Uğurtan Yılmaz, Ali Khadivi, Daya Shankar Mishra, El Hassan Sakar, Tomáš Vyhnánek

“…This study evaluated the genetic diversity of 100 persimmon accessions from Hatay province, Türkiye using 42 morphological and pomological traits, along with inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers and multivariate analysis. Results: Statistical analysis revealed significant differences among the accessions (ANOVA, p < 0.05). …”
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Watermelon Germplasm with Resistance to Whitefly-transmitted Viruses by Alex Luckew, Nebahat Sari, Swikriti Pandey, Ted McAvoy, Alvin M. Simmons, Geoffrey Meru, Cecilia McGregor

“…In 2022, there was a significant difference among cultivars regarding the CYSDV load, with ‘AU-Producer’, ‘Crimson Sweet’, and ‘Estrella’ having lower loads than those of ‘Charleston Gray’ and ‘Sugar Baby’. There were no statistical differences in CCYV loads between the best-performing accessions and ‘Charleston Gray’. …”
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γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Metabolic Bypass Plays a Crucial Role in Stress Tolerance and Biofilm Formation in <i>C. sakazakii</i> ATCC 29544 by Jiangchao Wu, Yigang Yu, Fengsong Liu, Yifang Cao, Jiahao Ren, Yiting Fan, Xinglong Xiao

“…Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to observe cellular damage and biofilm formation. Statistical analysis was performed using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). …”
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Understanding regular exercise behavior in frail older adults: a structural equation model based on social-cognitive variables by Shiqi Yu, Jie Lin, Siping Song, Shuqi Huang, Fan Liu, Mingzhao Xiao

“…Results The percentage of regular exercise behavior was 29.1% among participants. There were statistically significant differences in the regular exercise behavior for demographic characters of occupation, disposable monthly income, frail phenotype of fatigue, resistance and weight loss (p < 0.05). …”
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