Comparative analysis of clinical efficacy of unilateral biportal endoscopic and open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in the treatment of lumbar degenerative by Tao Ma, Xiaoshuang Tu, Junyang Li, Yongcun Geng, Yongcun Geng, Jingwei Wu, Senlin Chen, Dengming Yan, Dengming Yan, Ming Jiang, Ming Jiang, Gongming Gao, Luming Nong

“…MRI at 1 year postoperatively was used to manually trace the cross-sectional area of the paraspinal muscles to compare muscle atrophy.ResultsA total of 150 patients were included in the study, with 71 patients in the ULIF group and 79 patients in the TLIF group. No statistically significant disparities were observed between the two groups with respect to age, gender, BMI, diagnosis, and surgical segment. …”
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Dynamics of Somatic and Comorbid Mental Disorders (Distress, Anxiety, Somatisation and Depression) in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome during Therapy with Alimemazine: Result... by V. T. Ivashkin, O. Z. Okhlobystina, M. V. Mayevskaya, O. S. Shifrin, Z. A. Mamieva, Yu. E. Azimova

“…In addition, alimemazine treatment contributed to a statistically significant positive dynamics of the patients’ psychoemotional state. …”
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Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a rural area in South Africa by G Maimela, C E Martin, M Chersich, B Bello, J Mauti, T Bäernighausen, S Kohler, A Almuedo-Riera, S Luchters, S Sawry

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Survey on the Status and Training Demands of Capabilities for Diagnosing and Treating Common Diseases of Primary Care General Practitioners in Hunan Province by LI Lingqi, GAO Yinyan, ZHANG Yuqin, SUN Dingkui, WU Xinyin, ZHANG Weiru

“…The differences in gender, age, professional title, years of service at the grassroots level, and staffing status between general practitioners in township health institutions and community health service centers are all statistically significant (P<0.05). The results show that 75.1% (253/337) of participants consider themselves competent in the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases; 16.6% (56/337) of participants reported a lack of competence in certain diseases, with the top six including depression[89.3% (50/56) ], stress incontinence[69.6% (39/56) ], dementia[66.1% (37/56) ], stroke[53.6% (30/56) ], co-morbidities[51.8% (29/56) ]and tuberculosis[46.4% (26/56) ]. …”
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Impact of antiviral prophylaxis on EBV viremia and posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders in solid organ transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Marjan Moghadamnia, Khadijeh Delroba, Shima Heidari, Zahra Rezaie, Simin Dashti-Khavidaki

“…Fixed or random effect models were applied based on the heterogeneity assessed via the I2 statistic, using Stata 16.0 software for data analysis. …”
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Prevailing Antibiotic Resistance Patterns in Hospitalized Patients with Urinary Tract Infections in a Vietnamese Teaching Hospital (2014 – 2021) by Le HHL, Thuc LC, Ta TB, Tran TV, Hung DV, Kien HT, Le MN, Luong VH, Nguyen VTH, Pham HQ, Le HV, Viet NH, Hoang LH, Nguyen TT, Latsavong M, Le TD, Trong Tuan D, An NV

“…Bacteria with a frequency of less than 2% were excluded. Statistical analysis was performed using R software, with the chi-square test applied and significance set at p < 0.05.Results: Of 4060 urine samples collected, 892 (22.0%) had positive results for common infections. …”
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MOKSLO VERTYBINIO NEUTRALUMO PROBLEMA XX A. FILOSOFIJOJE (M. WEBERIS, ANALITINĖ MOKSLO FILOSOFIJA IR METAETIKA, KRITINĖ TEORIJA) by Zenonas Norkus

“…One of these difficulties is dependence of choice of significance level in statistical inference on practical considerations concerning consequences of the type I vs. type II error (this is a problem for logical empiricist philosophy of science). …”
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Vibration therapy as an intervention for trochanteric hip fractures – A randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial by Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Pui Yan Wong, Chaoran Liu, Chun Sing Chui, Wing Hong Liu, Ning Tang, James Griffith, Ning Zhang, Wing Hoi Cheung

“…For fracture healing, CT scan at 6 weeks showed improved osseous union for the LMHFV group at 71.5 ± 19.4 % compared to placebo group at 58.8 ± 30.5 %, but no statistical significance detected. X-rays showed fractures healed at 12 months. …”
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Exploring the Impact of Drought Stress on the Yield and Yield Components of Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) Ecotypes by Vahid Bazr Afshan, Farzad Paknejad, Hamid Reza Fanay, davood Habibi, Morteza Siavoshi

“…The highest seed yield of 102.78 g m-2 was achieved by the ecotype Turbat Jam 8 under full irrigation conditions, which was statistically similar to the ecotypes Afghani, Khorasan-Birjand, Yazd 7, Turbat Jam 9, and Sabzevar under normal irrigation conditions. …”
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Pratiques de l’automédication à l’ère de la pandémie COVID-19 dans trois villes de l’Ouest algérien [Practices of self-medication in the COVID-19 pandemic era in three cities of We... by Derouicha Matmou, Asma Memou, Yassine Merad, Ayoub Bouzid, Sohaïb Abd-El-Koudous Bouzid, Aissa Brik, Mounia Sakouhi

“…The main endpoint was the evaluation of­self-medication practices. Data entry, statistical analysis and editing of results were perfor­med using SPSS software version 20. …”
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An exploratory study of INPP4B, a biomarker of gemcitabine chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer by REN Jiaqiang, WU Shuai, SU Tong, LI Jie, HAN Liang, WU Zheng

“…Although patients with low INPP4B expression also showed better overall survival (OS), the difference was not statistically significant (HR=1.484, 95% CI: 0.518-4.250, P=0.465). …”
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Foreign Direct Investment and Violent Crimes: Evidence from the Iranian Provinces by gholamreza zamanian, Frnaz Dehghan, foruzan falahati, ali davari

“…Findings The results indicate that the test of the first model shows a negative relationship between foreign direct investment and crime, which is not statistically significant. In other words, with the increase in crime, the power to attract foreign direct investment in each province decreases. …”
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Examining Inclusive Tertiary Education Delivery through the National Open University of Nigeria's Community Study Centres by Musibau O. Oyebode

“…Using the survey method involving qualitative and quantitative approaches, the instruments of data collection included a set of Likert five scale questionnaire administered to 600 respondents and an interview guide conducted with 24 interviewees selected through snowball and purposive sampling techniques. Statistical records of enrolment, registration and graduation were also analysed for attrition rate. …”
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Construction of feature selection and efficacy prediction model for transformation therapy of locally advanced pancreatic cancer based on CT, 18F-FDG PET/CT, DNA mutation, and CA19... by Liang Qi, Xiang Li, Jiayao Ni, Yali Du, Qing Gu, Baorui Liu, Jian He, Juan Du

“…We used short-term and long-term treatment efficacy as the prediction outcomes and performed statistical and machine learning-based feature selection and COX regression analysis to identify potentially predictive features. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of GPM-IMERG, CMORPH, and TMPA Precipitation Products with Gauged Rainfall over Mainland China by Guanghua Wei, Haishen Lü, Wade T. Crow, Yonghua Zhu, Jianqun Wang, Jianbin Su

“…Categorical verification techniques and statistical methods are used to quantify their performance. …”
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Novel type 2 diabetes prediction score based on traditional risk factors and circulating metabolites: model derivation and validation in two large cohort studiesResearch in context by Ruijie Xie, Christian Herder, Sha Sha, Lei Peng, Hermann Brenner, Ben Schöttker

“…External validation in the ESTHER cohort showed a comparable statistically significant C-index increase from 0.770 (0.750, 0.791) to 0.798 (0.779, 0.817) and a continuous NRI of 33.8% (26.4%, 41.2%). …”
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Pratiques de l’automédication à l’ère de la pandémie COVID-19 dans trois villes de l’Ouest algérien [Practices of self-medication in the COVID-19 pandemic era in three cities of We... by Derouicha Matmou, Asma Memou, Yassine Merad, Ayoub Bouzid, Sohaïb Abd-El-Koudous Bouzid, Aissa Brik, Mounia Sakouhi

“…The main endpoint was the evaluation of­self-medication practices. Data entry, statistical analysis and editing of results were perfor­med using SPSS software version 20. …”
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Application effect of Zhulianhua Gargle in oral care of inpatients with hyperthermia syndrome (竹连花含漱液在实热证住院患者口腔护理中的应用效果) by HAO Tiantian (郝天天), WEI Jinrong (魏金荣), ZHANG Lingyan (张玲燕), QIU Shuang (邱爽), ZHAO Wei (赵伟), GENG Tong (耿桐)

“…After 2 weeks of intervention, patients in the observation group achieved better outcomes in oral pH value (6. 23±0. 52), oral function score (8. 71±4. 05), halitosis value score (1. 29±0. 61) and oral comfort rate of the observation group(100. 00%), and he difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P＜0. 05). Conclusion Zhulianhua Gargle has a good effect on improving the oral syndrome of hyperthermia, improving oral pH value, oral function, making oral freshness and improving oral comfort. …”
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Food insecurity and the risk of HIV acquisition: findings from population-based surveys in six sub-Saharan African countries (2016–2017) by Danielle Barradas, Nicholus Mutenda, Hetal Patel, Avi J Hakim, Lloyd Mulenga, Sally Findley, Andrea Low, George Rutherford, Sarah Ayton, Elizabeth Gummerson, Amee Schwitters, Rogerio Bonifacio, Mekleet Teferi, James Juma, Claudia Ahpoe, Choice Ginindza, Samuel Biraro, Karam Sachathep, Ahmed Saadani Hassani, Willford Kirungi, Keisha Jackson, Leah Goeke, Neena Philips, Jennifer Ward, Steven Hong

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A retrospective analysis of outcomes and complications of living- and deceased-donor split-liver transplantation in Johannesburg, South Africa by R Crawford, J Loveland, P Gaylard, J Fabian, K Kinandu, B Bobat, A Mahomed, D Parbhoo, M Beretta, S Berkenfeld, S Rambarran, F van der Schyff, L Brannigan, B Strobele

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