The Role of Safety Behaviors in the Pathogensis of Contamination Fear: An Experimental Investigation. by Tamer I. FAWZY

“…Results showed that instructions to engage in safety behaviors resulted in statistically significant increases on a measure of contamination fear, threat estimation, and responses on a behavioral-approach task (BAT). …”
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Seroepidemiology of Camel Brucellosis in and around Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia by Hika Waktole, Mohammed Aden, Hagos Ashenafi

“…Among the risk factors assessed, only abortion and body condition disclosed a statistically significant difference p<0.05 with regard to the seropositivity of camel brucellosis. …”
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Comprehensibility of gender-fair language in German-language video lectures by Marcus C. G. Friedrich, Bianca Krenz

“…Structural equation models show no statistically significant influence of the use of gender-fair language on the comprehensibility (β = −0.13) or the aesthetic appeal (β = −0.16) of the videos. …”
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Providing a model of the quality of working life with a strategic approach of human resources in the administrative system by Vahid Mohammadi, Musa Rezvani Chaman Zamin, Badri Abbasi, Morteza Hazraty, Mehran Nasirzad

“…In addition, the quality of work life has a statistically significant and positive relationship with the organizational commitment of higher education teachers. …”
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Preoperative prediction of lymphovascular invasion and T-staging of rectal cancer via a dual-energy computed tomography iodine map: a feasibility study by Jinliang Zhang, Hui Qi, Chun Yang, Ling Liu, Yuxin Wang, Wei Li

“…However, there was no statistically significant difference between the NIC value in the LVI+ group and in the LVI− group in the AP. …”
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Two-Layer Retrieval-Augmented Generation Framework for Low-Resource Medical Question Answering Using Reddit Data: Proof-of-Concept Study by Sudeshna Das, Yao Ge, Yuting Guo, Swati Rajwal, JaMor Hairston, Jeanne Powell, Drew Walker, Snigdha Peddireddy, Sahithi Lakamana, Selen Bozkurt, Matthew Reyna, Reza Sameni, Yunyu Xiao, Sangmi Kim, Rasheeta Chandler, Natalie Hernandez, Danielle Mowery, Rachel Wightman, Jennifer Love, Anthony Spadaro, Jeanmarie Perrone, Abeed Sarker

“…A statistically significant difference was noted for the Coleman-Liau Index (U=307.5; n1=20; n2=16; P<.001 two-tailed). …”
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Specimen oriented intraoperative margin assessment in oral cavity and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma by P. Horwich, C. MacKay, M. Bullock, S. M. Taylor, R. Hart, J. Trites, L. Geldenhuys, B. Williams, M. H. Rigby

“…Conclusion Implementation of a specimen oriented intraoperative margin protocol provides a statistically significant decrease in final positive margins. …”
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Anxiety and depression in people with epilepsy during and one year after the COVID‐19 pandemic by Iris E. Martínez‐Juárez, Jimena Gonzalez‐Salido, Jimena Colado‐Martinez, Irving Fuentes‐Calvo, Santiago Philibert‐Rosas, E. Rodrigo Velásquez‐Coria, Salvador Martínez‐Medina, Mijail A. Rivas‐Cruz, Eithel Valenzuela‐Mendivil, Karen E. Guzmán‐Sánchez, Elizabeth M. Ruiz‐Peñaflor, Arnold R. Thomson‐Cerna, Emilia M. González‐Villagómez, Jimena Armenta‐Báez, Andrea Santos‐Peyret, Aurelio Jara‐Prado, Adriana Ochoa‐Morales, Daniel Crail‐Meléndez, Ángel Ruiz‐Chow, Mario A. Sebastián‐Díaz

“…An analysis of associations between sociodemographic or clinical variables and the presence of anxiety and/or depression in PWE revealed no statistically significant results, except for the clinical variable of patients taking anxiolytic or antidepressant medications during the assessment. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Combined with Suspension Exercise Training on Lower Limb Motor Function of Stroke Patients by ZHANG Haiquan, HU Chuan, HUANG Lei, LU Wei, WANG Xin

“…A video gait system was used to assess gait spatial-temporal parameters (stride frequency, stride speed, stride length, and walking cycle).ResultsCompared with that before treatment, FMA-LE, BBS, FAC scores and gait spatial-temporal parameters (stride frequency, stride speed, stride length, and walking cycle) of the four groups after 4 and 8 weeks of treatment improved, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). Compared with the control group, the HD-tDCS group and the suspension group at 4 and 8 weeks of treatment, FMA-LE, BBS scores of the combined treatment group were significantly higher, and FAC level and gait spatial-temporal parameters of the combined treatment group after 8 weeks of treatment improved, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).ConclusionHD-tDCS combined with suspension exercise training can effectively improve lower limb motor function, balance ability and walking ability of stroke patients, which is recommended for clinical application.…”
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Relationship between Surface Electromyography Parameters and Balance Function in Patients with Lower Limb Spasm after Stroke by ZHENG Bao, LIU Yiwen, WANG Zongbao, XU Wanyue, XIONG Shanshan

“…Finally, Spearman correlation analysis was conducted between the calculated surface EMG parameters and various balance function parameters.ResultsThe RMS values of VM, VL, RF, MG and SE on the affected side were (126±32), (115±26), (88±35), (96±19) and (87±57) µV, respectively, which were significantly lower than those of the healthy side and the healthy group, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). SI of bilateral lower limb VM, VL, RF, MG and SE in the patient group were (-0.218±0.125), (-0.285±0.168), (-0.158±0.112), (-0.255±0.120) and (-0.328±0.173), respectively, and their absolute values were significantly higher than those in the healthy group, the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Response to Aflibercept Therapy in Three Types of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Real-Life Evidence in the Czech Republic by Jan Nemcansky, Alexandr Stepanov, Michal Koubek, Miroslav Veith, Yun Min Klimesova, Jan Studnicka

“…All these changes were statistically significant (p<0.005). Conclusions. The primary outcome of our study is that the treatment with aflibercept in nAMD patients led to statistically significant improvement in BCVA and to a decrease in CRT throughout the follow-up period in both occult and classic types of CNV. …”
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Comparison of Nasal Colonization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in HIV-Infected and Non-HIV Patients Attending the National Public Health Laboratory of Central Nepa... by Kalash Neupane, Binod Rayamajhee, Jyoti Acharya, Nisha Rijal, Dipendra Shrestha, Binod G C, Mahesh Raj Pant, Pradeep Kumar Shah

“…Among the HIV-infected, patients of age group 31–40 years were the ones with highest carriage rate 36 (45%), while in non-HIV patients, the highest rate 13 (28.9%) of carriage was detected among the patients of age group 21–30 years. Statistically significant difference was found between S. aureus carriage and HIV infection in patients (p<0.05). …”
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Effect of Lingnan Painless Apitherapy combined with McKenzie Therapy on Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation by Hongbo WU, Xinghua CHEN, Ruike ZHANG, Qinglu LUO, Yongming CHENG

“…Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of Lingnan painless apitherapy combined with McKenzie therapy on patients with lumbar disc herniation(LDH).Methods:A total of 80 patients with LDH who were treated in the department of rehabilitation medicine of the fifth affiliated hospital of Guangzhou medical university from February 2019 to June 2020 were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group according to the random number table method, with 40 cases in each group.The control group received magnetic thermal-vibration therapy and McKenzie therapy.The Japanese magnetic thermal-vibration therapy instrument(TM-3200)was used in the magnetic thermotherapy, the appropriate intensity(high, hot, warm and low temperature)was selected according to the patient's feeling and symptoms, 20 minutes each time, once a day, seven times a week, continuous treatment for two weeks.In addition, the patients with LDH received McKenzie therapy, which was assisted by the therapist or the patient actively completed the flowing training, such as prone position stretching, prone position stretching combined with compression, standing position lateral movement and so on.Each step rested for one minute, once every two days, continuous treatment for two weeks.The observation group received Lingnan painless apitherapy on the basis of treatment in the control group after half an hour's rest.Before treatment, the patients were given apitherapy tolerance test, performing apitherapy with one bee on each Zusanli acupoints on both sides.After apitherapy for 15 minutes, if there was no adverse reaction, the patients were given painless apitherapy with a quiet and comfortable environment, every other day.In this treatment, both sides of Huatuo Jiaji acupoints on the lumbar spinous processes were selected, and Huatuo Jiaji acupoints on both sides of the 5th lumbar spinous process were selected in the first treatment, one acupoint on the left and one on the right.After that, two acupoints were added each time, and each acupoint was treated by one bee.According to the order of Jiaji points on the 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st lumbar vertebrae, the number of bee needles increased to 10 bees.Before treatment and two weeks after treatment, visual analogue scales(VAS)was used to evaluate the pain degree, Oswestry disability index(ODI)was used to assess the lumbar spine dysfunction, and TCM syndrome score was used to evaluate the therapeutic effect, and the clinical efficacy was evaluated by <italic>the diagnosis and curative effect standards of TCM diseases</italic>.Results:Before treatment, there was no significant difference in the VAS score, ODI score and TCM syndrome score between the observation group and the control group(<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05).Compared with treatment before, the VAS score, ODI score and TCM syndrome score after treatment for two weeks of the two groups were significantly reduced, with a statistically significant difference(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Compared with the control group, the VAS score and TCM syndrome score of the observation group were lower than those of the control group, with a statistically significant difference(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), but there was no considerable difference in ODI score between the two groups(<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05), and the clinical efficacy of the observation group(95%)was significantly higher than that of the control group(80%)(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Lingnan painless apitherapy combined with McKenzie therapy can significantly improve the pain degree and lumbar spine dysfunction of patients with LDH, which have a good effect and it is worthy of clinical promotion.However, it's necessary to develop large-sample randomized controlled trials and follow-up, to provide more reliable basis for clinical treatment of LDH.…”
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Comprehensive health assessment of retired martial arts athletes: bone density, dietary intake, physical activity, and wellbeing by Tasneem Alshaer, Nihad Battikhi, Adam Tawfiq Amawi, Khalid Trabelsi, Khalid Trabelsi, Haitham Jahrami, Haitham Jahrami, Philippe Bouedo, Hadeel Ali Ghazzawi

“…In contrast, there were no statistically significant mean differences between the groups in quality of life, subjective happiness, and the Insomnia Severity Index.ConclusionThe study reveals that retired elite athletes maintain better bone density but face greater weight gain and stress than their non-athlete counterparts. …”
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Association of Autoantibodies to BP180 with Disease Activity in Greek Patients with Bullous Pemphigoid by Aikaterini Patsatsi, Aikaterini Kyriakou, Aikaterini Pavlitou-Tsiontsi, Anastasia Giannakou, Dimitrios Sotiriadis

“…There was no statistically significant correlation between titers of anti-BP230 autoantibodies and the BPDAI, ABSIS, and BPDAI component for the intensity of pruritus at the same time points.…”
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The Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Sustainable Marketing in Hayel Saeed Anam Group by Faiza Ahmed, Abeer Jameel Thabet, Ejlal Waleed Al-Hamedi

“…The study confirmed a statistically significant relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and sustainable marketing. …”
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PROJECTS SUCCESS AMONG DEVELOPING ECONOMIES– AN EGYPTIAN COMPARATIVE STUDY by Yasser M. R. Aboelmagd

“…Despite this total being consistent, significant disparities in the perceived relevance of these best practices emerge between construction professionals and the project team. A statistically significant correlation existed between the cause and effect of best practices, alongside notable differences in participants' perceptions of best practices and success indicators based on gender, age, education level, profession, current work experience, and overall experience. …”
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Evaluating the Psychological Effect of Orthodontic Treatment after 1 Year Using Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire in Indian Subjects: A Prospective Assessment by JK Sonia Bai, Sambhu Prasad, Nitu Dubey, Padma Panni, Awanindra K. Jha, Abhik Sinha

“…Also, IOTN (Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need) was used to assess self-perception and severity of malocclusion. Results: A statistically significant decrease in each factor and total PIDAQ score was seen after 1 year of treatment (P < 0.001). …”
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Switch to Aflibercept in the Treatment of Neovascular AMD: Long-Term Results by Pedro Neves Cardoso, Ana Fernanda Pinheiro, Jorge Meira, Ana Catarina Pedrosa, Manuel S. Falcão, João Pinheiro-Costa, Fernando Falcão-Reis, Ângela M. Carneiro

“…Three years after, there was an overall mean decrease of 7 ETDRS letters, which was statistically significant. A significant improvement in the mean CRT was found at 1, 2, and 3 years. …”
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Sensory Disturbance of the Lower Extremity after Sural Artery Flap Elevation by Kaoru Tada, Seigo Suganuma, Mika Nakada, Masashi Matsuta, Atsuro Murai, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

“…The sensory disturbance was 4.48 immediately after surgery and 2.24 presently, and the difference between the timepoints was not statistically significant. The influence of surgery on activities of daily living was 2.30, and the patient satisfaction was 7.90. …”
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