Effect of Hot and Cold Chinese Medicine Whirlpool Bath Combined with Motor Control Training on Patients with Shoulder-Hand Syndrome after Stroke by ZHANG Yuming, ZHANG Xiufang, CHEN Jie, LI Ning, ZHANG Xiaolin, ZHANG Ming

“…Before and after four weeks of treatment, visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the severity of shoulder pain; overflow method was used to evaluate the degree of hand swelling; Fugl-Meyer assessment upper extremity (FMA-UE) was used to evaluate motor function of the affected limb; modified Barthel index (MBI) was used to evaluate the activities of daily living; motor activity log-amount of use (MAL-AOU) and motor activity log-quality of movement (MAL-QOM) were recorded by the motor activity record sheet.ResultsCompared with those before treatment, VAS score and hand swelling value of both groups decreased significantly after treatment, while FMA-UE, MBI, MAL-AOU and MAL-QOM scores increased significantly after treatment, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). Compared with the control group, VAS scores and hand swelling value in the observation group were significantly lower after treatment, while FMA-UE, MBI, MAL-AOU and MAL-QOM scores in the observation group were significantly higher, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).ConclusionHot and cold Chinese medicine whirlpool bath combined with motor control training can effectively improve the pain, swelling and upper extremity motor function of patients with SHS after stroke, as well as improve the use of affected limb and the ability of activities of daily living.…”
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Association of the body roundness index with chronic diarrhea and chronic constipation: findings based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2010 data by Yinda Wang, Fei Chen, Binzhong Zhang, Zhengwei Song

“…RCS analysis further uncovered statistically significant nonlinear positive associations of BRI and with diarrhea (P = 0.005) and constipation (P = 0.037). …”
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Comparison of Patent Foramen Ovale Sizing by Transesophageal Echocardiography and Balloon Sizing in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Closure by Birgitte Carbuhn Larsen, MD, Martin Christian Harmsen, MD, Henrik Vase, MD, PhD, Jens Erik Nielsen-Kudsk, MD, DMSc, Asger Andersen, MD, PhD

“…Diverting patients according to the size of the PFO shunt was not statistically significant between PFO of moderate size compared, respectively, to a large and small PFO size. …”
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Predicting local control of brain metastases after stereotactic radiotherapy with clinical, radiomics and deep learning features by Hemalatha Kanakarajan, Wouter De Baene, Patrick Hanssens, Margriet Sitskoorn

“…However, the improvement was not statistically significant when compared to the model trained with clinical and radiomics features. …”
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Effect of Mind Sound Resonance Technique on Pulmonary Function and Smoking Behavior among Smokers – A Prospective Randomized Control Trial by K. S. Moodala Girishankara, Shivaprasad Shetty, Krithika A. Ramaswamy, Prashanth Shetty

“…Between-group comparison showed a statistically significant difference in all three smoking behavior assessments in the SG when compared to the CG after 10 days of intervention. …”
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Prevalence and density of Elaphostrongylus rangiferi larvae in faecal samples of semi-domestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Norway 2013-16 by Terje Domaas Josefsen, Torill Mørk, Ingebjørg Helena Nymo, Javier Sanchez Romano, Morten Tryland

“…Prevalence did not show statistically significant difference between males and females. …”
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<i>CCND1</i> and <i>PTEN</i> genes as markers of progression in vulvar cancer by A. V. Busarova, N. A. Petrusenko, P. A. Kruze, N. V. Porhanova

“…In the 2nd group of patients, a statistically significant 1.7-fold increase in RCQ of the CCND1 gene (p &lt; 0.05) and a 1.9-fold decrease in RCQ of the PTEN gene (p &lt; 0.05) were found.Conclusion. …”
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Differences in catheter-related complications to insertion site selection for long peripheral intravenous catheters in antimicrobial therapy: a randomized controlled trial by Linfang Zhao, Xianghong Jin, Xiangyun Li, Chang Liu, Jie Wang, Xiuzhu Cao, Xufen Zeng, Yiyu Zhuang

“…Similarly, the median total procedure times (IQR) in the experimental and control groups were 5.55 [4.93, 7.48] minutes and 6.17 [5.00, 7.33] minutes, showed no statistically significant difference (Z = 0.511, P > 0.05). …”
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Cytochrome P450 2J2*7 Single-nucleotide Polymorphism and Nocturnal Hypertension in an Elderly Turkish Population by Elif Hilal Vural, Arzu Güneş Granberg, Atiye Çengel, Marja-Liisa Dahl, Hakan Zengil

“…There was no statistically significant difference in the frequency of NH with the CYP2J2*7 polymorphism. …”
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Effect of Neck Exercises Combined with Stimulating Baihui and Yongquan Acupoints Based on the Concept of Muscle and Bone Balance on Patients with Cervical Hypertension by CHEN Xiuming, LIN Jian, LIU Jinyong, FANG Yuelong, ZHAN Zhengxuan, HE Zhen, CAI Shuhe

“…The systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), visual analogue scale (VAS), neck disability index (NDI) score, TCM syndrome score, and the effective rate of antihypertensive were compared between the two groups before and after the treatment.ResultsThe SBP and DBP of both groups decreased significantly after the treatment, VAS score, NDI score and TCM syndrome score of the observation group decreased significantly after the treatment, the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). Compared with the control group, SBP, DBP, VAS score, NDI score and TCM syndrome score of the observation group after the treatment decreased more significantly (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the total effective rate of antihypertensive of the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group, the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).ConclusionNeck exercises combined with stimulating Baihui and Yongquan acupoints based on the concept of muscle and bone balance can effectively reduce blood pressure and neck pain of CHBP patients with Yin deficiency and Yang hyperactivity, and improve cervical function, which is worthy of clinical application.…”
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Comparison of Profile Attractiveness between Class III Orthodontic Camouflage and Predictive Tracing of Orthognathic Surgery by Mohamad Nagi Bou Wadi, Karina Maria Salvatore Freitas, Daniel Salvatore Freitas, Rodrigo Hermont Cançado, Renata Cristina Gobbi de Oliveira, Ricardo Cesar Gobbi de Oliveira, Guilherme Janson, Fabricio Pinelli Valarelli

“…The profile silhouette of predictive tracing simulating orthognathic surgery showed to be more attractive than that of Class III camouflage orthodontic treatment; however, differences were small but statistically significant. Laypeople showed to be more critical than dentists.…”
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Effect of Qiao Meridian Massage Combined with Modern Rehabilitation Therapy on Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy by YANG Qiuping, WANG Huijuan, CHEN Bichan, FANG Xuexia, YANG Yan, YE Yong, TANG Wei, ZHANG Hong

“…The total effective rate of the experimental group was 90.00% (27/30), and the total effective rate of the control group was 76.67% (23/30), with no statistically significant difference between the two groups (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05).ConclusionQiao meridian massage combined with modern rehabilitation therapy can effectively improve spasticity of adductor muscles of children with SCP, reduce adductor muscle tone, improve ROM of hip joint and gross motor functions such as standing, walking, running and jumping, etc., which is recommended for clinical application.…”
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Comparison of Injury Severity Score (ISS) and New Injury Severity Score (NISS) in the Evaluation of Thoracic Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study by He Jin, Yuanyuan Zhang, Qi Zhang, Lijuan Ouyang, Xueyao Li, Yiyan Zhang, Baosheng Yang, Junfeng Sun, Chaohui Wei, Guimei Yang, Li Guan, Shilan Luo, Junyu Zhu, Huaping Liang

“…There was no statistically significant difference in discrimination between ISS and NISS, but they had different calibrations when predicting different outcomes.…”
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The use of veno-arterial extra corporeal membrane oxygenation for hemodynamics support during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention by Wael Samy, Helmy Elghawaby, Akram Abdelbary, Hany Zakaria Mohamed, Alia Hassan Abdel Fattah

“…Results This is a case-control study where total of 20 patients were identified, 10 patients underwent high-risk PCI on V-A ECMO support, (Control group) 10 patients underwent high-risk PCI without V-A ECMO; our study showed a statistically significant higher SYNTAX score in group 1 than that in group 2, p value 0.025, no statistically significance difference between the number of cases with left main lesions, unprotected LM and MVD between group 1 and group 2, average ECMO duration of 2.5 h, 6 patients on awake ECMO, and statistically non-significant difference between NYHA class between group 1 and group 2. …”
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Changing Attitudes Towards Research Through a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience by Keith Brazendale, Michael Rovito, Jeanette Garcia

“…For usefulness of research for profession (F1), statistically significant differences were observed in four out of the eight semesters (p<0.05). …”
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Effect of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy on Motor Function of Rats with Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Based on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Imaging by JIANG Pingli, CHEN Xiaocheng, XU Wenshan, DING Yanyi, LIU Weilin, TAO Jing

“…Before and after CIMT intervention, the open field test was used to evaluate the motor function; the modified neurological severity score (mNSS) was used to evaluate the neurological deficits; 9.4 T small animal nuclear magnetic resonance (MRS) imaging was used to detect the changes of glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid levels in the bilateral motor cortex of rats.Results① Open field test results：compared with the control group, the total distance of exercise in the CIMT group after intervention for two weeks was significantly increased, the difference was statistically significant (P&lt;0.05). ② mNSS score results: compared with the control group, the mNSS score of the CIMT group after intervention for two weeks was significantly decreased, the difference was statistically significant (P&lt;0.05). ③ Comparison of glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid levels in the M1 area of the motor cortex: compared with before intervention, the ratio of glutamate/creatinine in the M1 area of the healthy side motor cortex was significantly decreased, and the glutamate/creatinine ratio in the M1 area of the affected side motor cortex of rats in the CIMT group was significantly increased, γ-aminobutyric acid/creatinine ratio was significantly was significantly decreased (P&lt;0.05). …”
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Prevalence and Residual Risk of HIV in Volunteer Blood Donors of Zhejiang Province, China, from 2018 to 2022 by Hong Zhu, Wei Ding, Wenjuan Han, Xiaofan Zheng, Yiqing Hu, Jie Dong, Yaling Wu, Danxiao Wu, Jinhui Liu, Faming Zhu

“…The HIV prevalence of blood donors in 12 blood services in Zhejiang Province was 6.11, 6.98, 7.45, 8.21, 8.36, 8.94, 9.04, 9.66, 9.73, 10.22, 11.80, and 12.47 per 100000 donors, without statistically significant difference observed among the services (p>0.05). …”
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Povezanost zdravstvenega absentizma in temperamenta zaposlenih v javni upravi [Correlation between Sickness Absenteeism and Temperament of Employees in the Public Administration] by Jernej Buzeti, Marjan Bilban, Janez Stare

“…We can, however, confirm a statistically significant correlation in the overall average number of frequencies of sickness absenteeism among employees with regard to their temperament.   …”
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PSYCHOSOCIAL ILLNESS IN CHILDREN WITH THALASSEMIA: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY by Erum Afzal, Muhammad Aslam Sheikh, Sajjad Hussain Bhaba, Tanveer Ahmed, Imran Iqbal, Muhammad Khalid Iqbal

“…Psychosocial problems were statistically significant in children with Thalassemia as compared to healthy ones (p-value<0.001).Poorly controlled thalassemia and complications of heart and growth failure were found statistically significant risk factors.  …”
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Interdisciplinary Team Pilot to Reduce Time to Administration of Piperacillin/Tazobactam in the Emergency Department at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center by DiVittorio MM, Fisher T, Steadman B, Cone B, Elfessi Z

“…There were statistically significant reductions in the time from EM physician recognition to pharmacist order verification (54.37± 50.22 vs 40.52± 31.26 minutes, p=0.009). …”
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