Can Meditation Influence Quality of Life, Depression, and Disease Outcome in Multiple Sclerosis? Findings from a Large International Web-Based Study by Adam B. Levin, Emily J. Hadgkiss, Tracey J. Weiland, Claudia H. Marck, Dania M. van der Meer, Naresh G. Pereira, George A. Jelinek

“…The MHC results remained statistically significant on multivariate regression modelling when covariates were accounted for. …”
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ONLINE RETAIL FOOD SHOPPING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD by Ahmet Buğra Hamşıoğlu, Serhat Karaoğlan

“…There was no statistically significant difference between the three groups regarding perceived price advantage and pandemic anxiety.…”
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Serum free light-chain concentration and relationship with some characteristics of patients with multiple myeloma by Van Nguyen-Thanh Phan, Loc Thi Cao, Minh Duc Tong, Trung Hoang Nguyen, Kha Van Tran, Dung Trong Le

“…High serum free light-chain concentration was correlated with M protein concentration > 3 g/dL (p< 0.05) and there was no statistically significant correlation between high serum free light-chain and other clinical and subclinical features. …”
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Effects of selenomethionine on the growth, oxidative potential, digestive enzyme activity, and immune status of juvenile sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) by Jarmołowicz Sylwia, Prusińska Maja, Wiszniewski Grzegorz, Schulz Patrycja, Kamaszewski Maciej, Szudrowicz Hubert, Wiechetek Wiktoria, Kawalski Kacper, Duda Arkadiusz, Sikorska Justyna, Kapusta Andrzej

“…The concentration of selenomethionine (SeMet) from SeY in the feed was 0 mg kg−1 (C), 0.7 mg kg−1 feed (S1), 1.4 mg kg−1 feed (S2), and 2.1 mg kg−1 feed (S3). Statistically significant differences were found in the final fish body weight between the control and groups S1 and S3. …”
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Validation of preoperative predictor score for difficult laparascopic cholecystectomy and a modified intraoperative grading score of the difficulty of laparascopic cholecystectomy:... by Nurhussen Mossa Ahmed, Surafel Mulatu Djote, Getachew Desta Alemayehu, Wondwossen Amtataw, Sitotaw Mossa Ahmed

“…Result prevalence of difficult LC was 40%. age greater than or equal to 50years, history of admission for acute cholecystitis, BMI > 30, palpable GB, impacted stone on imaging, adhesion burying GB, time to identify cystic artery/duct, bile/stone spillage and type of ligature were statistically significantly factors for difficult laparascopic cholecystectomy. …”
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Retrospective Study Looking at Cinacalcet in the Management of Hyperparathyroidism after Kidney Transplantation by Habib Mawad, Hugues Bouchard, Duy Tran, Denis Ouimet, Jean-Philippe Lafrance, Robert Zoël Bell, Sarah Bezzaoucha, Anne Boucher, Suzon Collette, Vincent Pichette, Lynne Senécal, Michel Vallée

“…There was no statistically significant association between baseline factors and cinacalcet status a year later. …”
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Perception of danger, coping strategies, and mental health in university population by Nicol Altamirano, Pablo Melo-Moreno, Felipe García

“…Result: A positive and statistically significant relationship was found between coping with perceived danger, such as cautious avoidance (r=0.274, p ≤ 0.00), preventive coping (r=0.344, p ≤ 0.00), and extreme avoidance (r=0.207, p ≤0.00), with psychological distress. …”
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Bio-primed machine learning to enhance discovery of relevant biomarkers by David M. Henke, Alexander Renwick, Joseph R. Zoeller, Jitendra K. Meena, Nicholas J. Neill, Elizabeth A. Bowling, Kristen L. Meerbrey, Thomas F. Westbrook, Lukas M. Simon

“…This bio-primed approach prioritizes variables that are both statistically significant and biologically relevant. Applying our method to multiple dependency datasets, we identified biomarkers which traditional methods overlooked. …”
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Associations of Plasma Phospholipid Omega-6 and Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Levels and MRI Measures of Cardiovascular Structure and Function: The Multiethnic Study of Athero... by Jennifer S. Anderson, Jennifer A. Nettleton, W. Gregory Hundley, Michael Y. Tsai, Lyn M. Steffen, Rozenn N. Lemaitre, David Siscovick, João Lima, Martin R. Prince, David Herrington

“…Results of multivariate analysis showed no statistically significant associations of plasma omega-6 or omega-3 levels with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging measures. …”
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Efficacy of SMART Stent Placement for Salvage Angioplasty in Hemodialysis Patients with Recurrent Vascular Access Stenosis by Shingo Hatakeyama, Terumasa Toikawa, Akiko Okamoto, Hayato Yamamoto, Kengo Imanishi, Teppei Okamoto, Noriko Tokui, Yuichiro Suzuki, Naoki Sugiyama, Atsushi Imai, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Shigemasa Kudo, Takahiro Yoneyama, Takuya Koie, Noritaka Kamimura, Hisao Saitoh, Tomihisa Funyu, Chikara Ohyama

“…Although there were no statistically significant difference in patency between AVF and AVG, AVG showed poor tendency in primary and secondary patency. …”
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Role of Serum Fibrinogen Levels in Patients with Rotator Cuff Tears by Umile Giuseppe Longo, Stefano Petrillo, Alessandra Berton, Filippo Spiezia, Mattia Loppini, Nicola Maffulli, Vincenzo Denaro

“…We found no statistically significant differences in serum concentration of fibrinogen when comparing patients with RC tears and patients who underwent arthroscopic meniscectomy (P = 0.5). …”
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Quantitative assessment of thermal effects on the auricle region caused by mobile phones operating in different modes by Tomasz Rok, Artur Kacprzyk, Eugeniusz Rokita, Dorota Kantor, Grzegorz Tatoń

“…The measurements were performed in three modes: OFF, ON, and FLIGHT. Statistically significant differences (p = 0.03) were observed between the experimental temperature increase of the auricle region in OFF mode (average temperature rise = 1.1 °C ± 0.2 °C) and in ON mode (average temperature rise = 1.9 °C ± 0.3 °C), while between FLIGHT (average temperature rise = 1.4 °C ± 0.2 °C) and ON modes, no statistical differences were observed (p = 0.20). …”
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Microbial Contamination of Nebulizers in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis by Cansu Yilmaz Yegit, Pinar Ergenekon, Nurcan Duman, Hakan Mursaloglu, Muruvvet Cenk, Burcu Suzer Uzunoglu, Gamze Tastan, Yasemin Gokdemir, Ela Erdem Eralp, Aysegul Karahasan Yagci, Fazilet Karakoc, Bulent Karadag

“…When the relationship between nebulizer cleaning/disinfection frequencies, methods, and storage locations was evaluated separately with microbial growth from nebulizers, no statistically significant relationship was found for all (P > .05 for all). …”
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Transcaruncular Medial Wall Orbital Decompression: An Effective Approach for Patients with Unilateral Graves Ophthalmopathy by Robert H. Hill, Craig N. Czyz, Thomas A. Bersani

“…There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of diplopia pre- and postoperatively (P=1.0). …”
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Biological Effect of Organically Coated Grias neuberthii and Persea americana Silver Nanoparticles on HeLa and MCF-7 Cancer Cell Lines by Lizeth Salazar, María José Vallejo López, Marcelo Grijalva, Luis Castillo, Alexander Maldonado

“…HeLa cells remained viable when exposed to piton and avocado AgNPs. A statistically significant, dose-dependent cytotoxic response to both AgNPs was found on the breast cancer (MCF-7) cell line at concentrations above 50 µM. …”
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Phospholipogenic Pharmaceuticals Are Associated with a Higher Incidence of Histological Findings than Nonphospholipogenic Pharmaceuticals in Preclinical Toxicology Studies by Linda R. Barone, Scott Boyer, James R. Damewood, James Fikes, Paul J. Ciaccio

“…Phospholipogenics yielded proportionally more histologic changes (exclusive of phospholipidosis itself) in all organs. Statistically significant higher frequencies of liver necrosis, alveolitis/pneumonitis, as well as lymphocytolysis in the thymus, lymph nodes, and spleen occurred in response to phospholipogenics compared to that for nonphospholipogenics.…”
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High-energy Neutrino Source Cross-correlations with Nearest-neighbor Distributions by Zhuoyang Zhou, Jessi Cisewski-Kehe, Ke Fang, Arka Banerjee

“…We apply the method to IceCube’s public ten-year point-source data and find no statistically significant evidence for spatial cross-correlations with the selected galaxy sample. …”
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Methodological Approaches to Comparative Trend Analyses: The Case of Adolescent Toothbrushing by Torbjørn Torsheim, Frank J. Elgar, Alina Cosma, Alina Cosma, Caroline Residori, Oddrun Samdal, Christina Schnohr, Christina Schnohr

“…The fixed effect and the random effect approach converged on a positive but flattening overall trend, with a statistically significant country variation in trends.ConclusionOnly the fixed effect approach and the random effects approach provided clear answers to the research question. …”
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The Impact of Osteopontin Gene Variations on Multiple Sclerosis Development and Progression by Cristoforo Comi, Giuseppe Cappellano, Annalisa Chiocchetti, Elisabetta Orilieri, Sara Buttini, Laura Ghezzi, Daniela Galimberti, Franca Guerini, Nadia Barizzone, Franco Perla, Maurizio Leone, Sandra D’Alfonso, Domenico Caputo, Elio Scarpini, Roberto Cantello, Umberto Dianzani

“…We found that only +1239A>C SNP displayed a statistically significant association with MS development, but both +1239A>C and -156G>GG had an influence on MS progression, since patients homozygous for both +1239A and −156GG alleles displayed slower progression of disability and slower switch to secondary progression than those carrying +1239C and/or −156G and those homozygous for +1239A only. …”
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Classification of Coffee Beans by GC-C-IRMS, GC-MS, and 1H-NMR by Victoria Andrea Arana, Jessica Medina, Pierre Esseiva, Diego Pazos, Julien Wist

“…In this work, we report on our attempt to obtain comparable classification results using alternative techniques that have been reported promising as an alternative to NMR: GC-MS and GC-C-IRMS. Although statistically significant information could be obtained by all three methods, the results show that the quality of the classifiers depends mainly on the number of variables included in the analysis; hence NMR provides an advantage since more molecules are detected to obtain a model with better predictions.…”
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