Evaluating Curative Effects of Different Moxibustion Temperatures on Patients with Spastic Hemiplegia after Stroke by Liu YANG, Haili MA, Li GE, Qiaojing LIAO, Qiong HAN, Ling YE

“…A modified MAS scale was used to assess the degree of spasticity; a simplified Fugl-Meyer scale was used to assess motor function; Barthel's number was used to assess the ability of daily living.Results:Comparing the difference at the end of intervention to that before, the degree of upper limb paralysis was improved in both groups with statistically significant difference (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), the effect of thermal burning group improved more obvious. …”
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Evaluation and Comparison of Accuracy of Complete Arch Digital and Conventional Implant Impression as Influenced by the Use of a 3D Printed Modular Splint –An In-Vitro Study by Bhushan S. Pol, Ajay V. Sabane, Rajashree D. Jadhav, Pankaj P. Kadam, Arti R. Gachake, Bhagyashree G. Kalsekar

“…All the data analysis was performed with SPSS version 22.0 with P < 0.05 as statistical significance. Results: There was no significant difference in the mean standard deviation along the X-axis (P > 0.05). …”
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The Effect of Aromatherapy with Lavender Oil on the Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Fibromyalgia by Gulsah Yasa Ozturk, Ibrahim Bashan

“…It was found that all the subscale scores, except for general health, were statistically significantly higher compared to the baseline scores (p < 0.05). …”
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Exploring potential biomarkers for acute myocardial infarction by combining circadian rhythm gene expression and immune cell infiltration by Xiao Yu, Xiaopeng Zhang, Hazrat Bilal, Chang Shi, Lei Sun

“…The Benjamini–Hochberg method was employed to adjust for multiple testing, and the results retained statistical significance. RT-qPCR analysis further confirmed the upregulation of these five genes under hypoxic conditions, compared to controls. …”
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Low Dose X-Ray Sources and High Quantum Efficiency Sensors: The Next Challenge in Dental Digital Imaging? by Arnav R. Mistry, Daniel Uzbelger Feldman, Jie Yang, Eric Ryterski

“…The Mann-Whitney test showed no statistical significance (α=0.01) in dose exposure between groups 1 and 3 and 1 and 4 and timing exposure (seconds) between groups 1 and 5 and 2 and 3. …”
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Acute effects of virtual reality exercise bike games on psychophysiological outcomes in college North-African adolescents with cerebral palsy: A randomized clinical trial [version... by Mehdi Chlif, Amine Ghram, Makrem Soudani, Faical Farhat, Helmi Ben Saad

“…The results indicated that VRE had a statistically significant positive effect on attention and vigor compared to TE. …”
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Correlation of the internal genetic evaluation and the ANASB genomic index of a buffalo herd in Venezuela by Iván A. Cárdenas

“…None of them present statistical significance. Although positive, the correlation between MPL with IgBMI, EF, and MG was low and insignificant (0.17, 0.03, and 0.16, respectively). …”
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Selection of suitable reference genes for gene expression studies in HMC3 cell line by quantitative real-time RT-PCR by Martina Fazzina, Matteo Bergonzoni, Francesca Massenzio, Barbara Monti, Flavia Frabetti, Raffaella Casadei

“…In addition, the most stable and unstable reference genes were used to normalize the expression of a gene of interest in HMC3, resulting in a difference in the statistical significance in cells treated with Rotenone. This is the first reference gene validation study in HMC3 cell line in pro-inflammatory status and can contribute to more reliable gene expression analysis in the field of neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory research.…”
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Individual, health facility and wider health system factors contributing to maternal deaths in Africa: A scoping review. by Francis G Muriithi, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Ruth Gakuo, Kia Pope, Arri Coomarasamy, Ioannis D Gallos

“…Information gaps exist in the following areas: Statistical significance of each contributing factor and whether contributing factors alone adequately explain the variations in maternal mortality ratios (MMR) seen between countries and at sub-national levels.…”
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Evaluation of the risk of hypothyroidism and its clinical manifestations using the Zulewski scale by Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo, Juan Omar Toledo, Karla Cordoba

“…Information gathered was subjected to hierarchical segmentation analysis to explore trends and patterns. Statistical significance was set as &lt;0.05.ResultsAmong the participants, 87.7% were women, and 80% fell within the age group 18 and 44 years. …”
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Volatility characteristics and hyperspectral-based detection models of diesel in soils by Jihye Shin, Jaehyung Yu, Jihee Seo, Lei Wang, Hyun-Cheol Kim

“…Using the hull-quotient reflectance at 2236 nm, the diesel content prediction model derived from a stepwise multiple linear regression (SMLR) achieved satisfactory accuracy with sufficient statistical significance (R2 = 0.89, RPD = 2.52). This spectral band was well visualized for diesel presence in hyperspectral images as the band infers variations in two absorptions (CH/AlOH and CH) concurrently. …”
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Case Control Analyses of Acute Endophthalmitis after Cataract Surgery in South India Associated with Technique, Patient Care, and Socioeconomic Status by Taraprasad Das, Anjli Hussain, Thomas Naduvilath, Savitri Sharma, Subhadra Jalali, Ajit B. Majji

“…Differential incidence of 0.10% and 0.17% for in- and ambulatory care surgeries, respectively, was close to statistical significance (𝑃=0.054). Lower economy category ambulatory patients had higher risk of infection. …”
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Impact of prosthetic rehabilitation on the life quality related to oral health in older adults by Zuilen Jiménez Quintana, Ileana Bárbara Grau León, Rafael Maresma Frómeta, Milay Justo Díaz, Emilio Terry Pérez

“…The Oral Health Impact Profile questionnaire was applied, and variables such as age, sex and the main reason for consultation were explored. Statistical significance tests were applied when comparing and correlating the study variables.…”
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The Evaluation of Diagnostic Role of Cardiac Troponin T (cTnT) in Newborns with Heart Defects by Agata Tarkowska, Wanda Furmaga-Jablonska

“…Only hemodynamic significance evaluated by echocardiography influenced the cTnT levels with statistical significance. Conclusions. (1) Statistically significant differences in cTnT levels between newborns with heart defects and healthy subjects were shown. (2) CTnT levels in newborns with heart defects refer only to hemodynamic significance of the defect.…”
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Deciding which is the best ${}^1\protect \text{H}$ NMR predictor for organic compounds using statistical tools by Mah, Wern Huay, Ahmad Nazuan, Nadzran Hafiy, Yeap, Wei Sheung, Fakharudin, Farah Hasyeena, Faye, Ibrahima, Wilfred, Cecilia Devi

“…One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Tukey’s honestly significant difference (HSD) and $t$-test were carried out to analyse the statistical significance of the differences between the predictors. …”
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Serum amyloid A protein as a predictor of severity in coronavirus disease 2019-infected Egyptian patients by Dalia A.E.M.A.E.R. Negm, Wafaa M.A.E.-W. Elzefzafy, Sabah E.A. El Raheem, Nessren M.B. El Deen

“…Results There is no statistical significance among the comparison groups as regards SAA. …”
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An Enhanced Semisteady-State Jaya Algorithm With a Control Coefficient and a Self-Adaptive Multipopulation Strategy by Joshua Churchill Ankrah, Francis Boafo Effah, Elvis Twumasi

“…The Wilcoxon signed-rank test confirms the statistical significance of the overall rankings. When compared with the Snow Geese Algorithm (SGA), Big Bang–Big Crunch Algorithm (BBBCA), firefly algorithm (FA), bat algorithm (BA), cuckoo search algorithm (CSA), and flower pollination algorithm (FPA), the ESJaya algorithm gives competitive results in terms of obtaining optimum values, mean accuracy, and stability. …”
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Otolith Function in Young Skilled Football Players by Animesh Barman, Prajeesh Thomas, Shivaprakash Apoorva

“…The amplitude for left ear stimulation was higher than the right ear for both cVEMP and oVEMP in football players and it reached statistical significance for oVEMP in left ear stimulation (p<0.05). …”
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Oral Health-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Diabetic Patients in Tanzania by Karpal Singh Sohal, Ramadhani Kambole, Sira Stanslaus Owibingire

“…An alpha of less than 0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance. Results: Participants with good levels of KAP related to oral health comprised 51.0%, 82.3%, and 20.6%, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of sleep and treatment discipline in people with epilepsy by D. Streckytė, R. Mameniškienė

“…Statistical analysis was performed using MS Excel and SPSS 21.0 pro- grams. Statistical significance was defined with a p<0.05. Results. …”
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