Is it beneficial to use lateral protective crossing K-wires during medial open wedge high tibial osteotomy? A retrospective comparative study by Hossam Fathi Mahmoud, Ahmed Hatem Farhan, Ahmed Mohamed Abdelwahab, Ahmed Mohamed Elshaer, Mahmoud Abdo Mahmoud, Fahmy Samir Fahmy

“…There was no statistically significant difference regarding mean age, sex, KOOS-12, MPTA, and time of surgery between both groups. …”
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Ventricular function assessment using an ultrafast spoiled gradient echo sequence with an intravascular blood pool contrast agent in pediatric patients. by Tayaba Miah, Rithvik Gunda, Gerald Greil, Mohammad Hussain, Qing Zou

“…<h4>Results</h4>Ventricular function assessment via volumetric data analysis resulted in no statistically significant differences (P > 0.05), and high R2 values. …”
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Lipidomic and Instrumental Evaluation of a Melatonin-Based In & Out Strategy Versus Topical Treatment in Skin Aging: A Randomized Prospective Trial by Francesca Colombo, Stefano Alfano, Massimo Milani

“…The “In & Out” strategy resulted in a statistically significant increase in triacylglycerols and ceramides, key lipids that exhibit water-holding properties. …”
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Acute and Subchronic Toxicity Assessment of Conventional Soxhlet Cymbopogon citratus Leaves Extracts in Sprague–Dawley Rats by Jacob Apibilla Ayembilla, Abdul Raouf Khalid, Sharif Buari Abubakari, Abdul Rashid Adams, Felix Abekah Botchway, Stephen Antwi, Phyllis Naa Yarley Otu, Michael Appiah, George Osei-Adjei, Kwame Owen Kottoh, Peace Ahiabenu-Williams, Olga Quasie

“…Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine statistically significant differences between the test and control rats at P < 0.05. …”
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mHealth-based exercise vs. traditional exercise on pain, functional disability, and quality of life in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of r... by Liang Tang, Meng-Ming Wang, He-Xia Wang, Xiao-Ya He, Yue-Shuai Jiang

“…There was no statistically significant difference between mHealth-supported exercise compared with the traditional exercise without mHealth in terms of pain reduction (standard mean differences [SMD] = −0.35; 95%CI: −0.74 to 0.04, P = 0.08), functional disability (SMD = −0.5; 95%CI: −0.1 to 0.01; P = 0.05), and quality of life (SMD = 0.11; 95%CI: −0.26 to 0.48; P = 0.56). …”
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Solid Waste Management Practice and Its Associated Factors among Households in Gessa Town, Dawuro Zone, Southwest Ethiopia by Matiwos Maldaye, Desta Haftu, Sewunet Sako, Zenebe Jebero, Fikre Moga, Ayichew Alemu

“…In multivariable logistic regression, variables having a p value <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Result. In this study, improper solid waste management practice was 86.2%. …”
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Clinical characteristics of catatonic symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder by LI Yongmei, HE Jieqiong, XING Yipei, LIU Xinghua, ZHU Huilin, DENG Hongzhu, ZOU Xiaobing

“…The days of functional loss and inefficiency in study/work， social life， family life/family responsibilities， and the proportion of “moderate” or above degree of disability of ASD children in the ABQ-positive group were higher than those in the negative group， and the differences were statistically significant （all <i>P &lt; </i>0.001）. The scores of stereotypical behaviors， self-injurious behavior， compulsive behavior， sameness/ritual behavior （all <i>P &lt; </i>0.001）， simplified emotion scale （<i>P &lt; </i>0.001） and anxiety scale （both <i>P &lt; </i>0.01） in the ABQ-positive group were significantly higher than those in the ABQ-negative group， and the differences were statistically significant. …”
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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis C Viral Infection in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Teshiwal Deress, Yihenew Million, Teshome Belachew, Mohabaw Jemal, Mekonnen Girma

“…Predictor variables, including the diagnostic method, study group, and level of bias, showed a statistically significant relationship with the outcome variable. …”
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Effect on Movement and Balance Function with Robot Training for Stroke Patients in Lower Limb Rehabilitation by Zhiyuan WU, Kunbin LI, Shuwei LOU, Xianli YAO, Pingge SUN, Xiaoxing LI

“…BBS score and FMA score of the observation group were significantly higher than those of the control group at the same time after treatment, and NIHSS score was significantly lower than that of the control group, with statistically significant differences (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:The application of lower limb rehabilitation robot training can reduce the neurological deficit in stroke patients, and promote the recovery of balance function and lower extremity motor function.…”
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Occurrence and assessment of chronic pain fatigue and sleep disturbance in axial spondyloarthritis patients by Eman Abdel Ghani Sayed, Samer Samy, Faruk Ali Abdi, Anna Abou-Raya

“…ASDAS (p = 0.014), PSS (p = 0.015), RAPID3 (p = 0.015), and HADS (p = 0.011) were highly related to sleep disturbance and were statistically significant. The relationship between fatigue, age, BMI, CRP, ESR, PSS, and HADS was not statistically significant.Conclusion The increased occurrence of sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and chronic pain and elevated ESR, CRP, HLA-B27, and disease activity scores with lowered QoL explain the association of these factors with disease comorbidities. …”
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Employee Training and The Adoption of E-Government in Local Governments in Uganda: A Case Study of Jinja Local Government by Mugavu, George, Mbabazi, Phelix Businge, Baremwire, Mary Bekoreire, Mucunguzi, Abel

“…The P-value of 0.000, was less than 0.01 which depicted that the observed correlation was statistically significant at 0.01 level. This correlation analysis depicted that there was a moderate positive statistically significant relationship between employee training and the adoption of E-government in Jinja local government. …”
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Levels of generalized anxiety, moral distress, and moral courage among nurses: A comparative study in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 wards by Seyede Fatemeh Gheiasi, Ahmad Reza Abedi, Mahboobeh Khosravani, Fatemeh Rafiei, Andrew Fournier, Maryam Ebrahimabadi

“…There was no statistically significant difference in the mean (SD) generalized anxiety score between nurses in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 wards [5.51 (2.53) vs. 4.83 (2.50), p=0.168]. …”
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Effects of melatonin supplementation on oxidative stress, and inflammatory biomarkers in diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial by Sara Sadeghi, Amirahmad Nassiri, Monir Sadat Hakemi, Fatemeh Hosseini, Fatemeh Pourrezagholie, Fatemeh Naeini, Aylar Nadiri Niri, Hossein Imani, Hamed Mohammadi

“…Despite a decrement in TOS, MDA, IL-6, and hs-CRP levels after 10 weeks, this was not statistically significant. Further studies with larger sample sizes, greater dosages, and longer follow-up periods are recommended.…”
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Intermittent theta burst stimulation for negative symptoms in schizophrenia patients with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trail by Jing Li, Xian Mo, Dan Jiang, Xinyu Huang, Xiao Wang, Tingting Xia, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang

“…After treatment, prefrontal cortex activation was significantly higher in the treatment group than in controls, with a statistically significant difference. Regarding functional connectivity, the small-world properties Sigma and Gamma were enhanced.ConclusioniTBS on bilateral DMPFC can effectively alleviate negative symptoms and enhance prefrontal cortex activation and the small-world properties in patients of schizophrenia.…”
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The effectiveness of David procedure for aneurysm of the root and ascending part of the aorta by O.V. Zelenchuk, B.M. Todurov, I.O. Stetsiuk, V.B. Demyanchuk, D.O. Loskutov, N.O. Yashchenko, N.V. Ponych

“…The study did not determine statistically significant differences in such indicators as the duration of artificial blood circulation and the time of aortic clamping. …”
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Impact of primary care benefits on healthcare utilisation and estimated out-of-pocket expenses in urban, rural and remote settings in the Philippines by Antonio L Dans, Arianna Maever L Amit, Leonila F Dans, Gillian Sandigan, Regine Ynez H De Mesa, Mia P Rey, Josephine T Sanchez, Cara Lois T Galingana, Nannette Bernal-Sundiang, Maria Rhodora N Aquino, Johanna Faye E Lopez, Janelle Micaela S Panganiban, Romelei Camiling-Alfonso, Jose Rafael A Marfori, Ramon Pedro Paterno, Carol Stephanie Chua Tan-Lim, Noleen Marie Fabian, Chad Lester Lastrilla, Miguel Callo

“…The remote site had the steepest increase in utilisation, but the reduction in estimated OOP expenses was not statistically significant. The urban site experienced the lowest increase in utilisation, and the smallest reduction in estimated OOP expenses, which was also not statistically significant. …”
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The effect of Ocimum basilicum on the prevention of postpartum depression symptoms and sleep quality: A triple-blind randomized controlled clinical trial by Monireh Abdi, Elham Rezaei, Mojgan Mirghafourvand, Fatemeh Ebrahimi, Laleh Payahoo, Alireza Shafiei-Kandjani, Solmaz Ghanbari-Homaie

“…There was no statistically significant difference in sleep quality scores between the basil and placebo groups (p = 0.400). …”
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Evaluation of Inflammatory, Cardiac and Hematological Parameters in Hospitalized Children with COVID-19 by Damla Geçkalan, Rahmi Özdemir, Zülal Yılmaz, Onur Sivas, Yasin Yılmaz, Cemile Hilal Çelik

“…Elevation of fibrinogen and D-dimer was not found to be statistically significant (p=0.07, p=0.29, respectively). There was no statistical difference between coagulation and inflammatory parameters in children with COVID-19 pneumonia. …”
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Salivary alpha-amylase activity and its association with early childhood caries and rampant caries experience: a cross-sectional study by Vivek Padmanabhan, Md Sofiqul Islam, Muhammed Mustahsen Rahman, Manjunatha B. K. Goud, Latifa Majed Sulaiman Allay Alshehhi, Hebah Mushref Ahmad Hamed, Sheela Haridas, Dileep Sharma

“…The differences were statistically significant (p &lt; 0.0001). Pearson’s correlation coefficients indicated a strong positive correlation between salivary alpha-amylase levels and severity of dental caries in both ECC (r = 0.9891, p &lt; 0.0001) and RC (r = 0.9142, p &lt; 0.0001) groups.ConclusionThe study concludes that elevated salivary alpha-amylase levels, which are statistically significant, are observed in children with ECC and RC. …”
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Influence of buccal mucosa width/height ratio, emergence profile and buccal bone width on peri-implant tissues: a prospective one-year study by Yiman Tang, Juan Wang, Lixin Qiu, Huajie Yu

“…The correlation between MR and initial BMW (r=-0.381), initial W/H ratio (r=-0.422), BBW (r=-0.290) was statistically significant. The correlation between VBL and initial BMW (r=-0.421), initial W/H ratio (r=-0.305), implant buccal inclination angle (r = 0.507), BBW (r=-0.556) was statistically significant. …”
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