Diagnostic Power of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in Breast Cancer Patients Based on ROC Analysis by Monika Zajkowska, Edyta Katarzyna Głażewska, Grażyna Ewa Będkowska, Przemysław Chorąży, Maciej Szmitkowski, Sławomir Ławicki

“…VEGF was also the only parameter which has statistically significant AUC in all stages of cancer. M-CSF has been shown to be comparable to CA15-3 and VEGF, specificity, and AUC values only in stages III and IV of BC. …”
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Plasma Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha and Interleukin-6 in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by N. Konuk, I. O. Tekın, U. Ozturk, L. Atik, N. Atasoy, S. Bektas, A. Erdogan

“…Both TNF-α and IL-6 levels showed statistically significant increases in OCD patients compared to controls (P<.000, P<.001, resp.). …”
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Bone-Implant Contact around Crestal and Subcrestal Dental Implants Submitted to Immediate and Conventional Loading by Ana Emília Farias Pontes, Fernando Salimon Ribeiro, Giovanna Iezzi, Juliana Rico Pires, Elizangela Partata Zuza, Adriano Piattelli, Elcio Marcantonio Junior

“…Differences statistically significant were not observed among groups (P=0.10, ANOVA test). …”
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Effect of Lidocaine and Epinephrine on Human Erythrocyte Shape and Vesiculability of Blood Cells by Tanja Slokar, Carlos Lopez-Mariscal, Judita Lea Krek, Roman Štukelj, Oskar Zupanc, Veronika Kralj-Iglič

“…The differences were highly statistically significant p<10-8 with statistical power P=1. …”
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Therapeutical Intervention, Relaxation, Mental Images, and Spirituality (RIME) for Spiritual Pain in Terminal Patients. A Training Program by Ana Catarina de Araújo Elias, Joel Sales Giglio, Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos Pimenta, Linda Gentry El-Dash

“…The administration of RIME revealed statistically significant differences (p < 0.0001), i.e., patients reported a greater level of well-being at the end than at the beginning of sessions, which suggests that RIME led to the redefinition of spiritual pain for these terminal patients. …”
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Prevalence of Nocturnal Enuresis and Its Associated Factors in Primary School and Preschool Children of Khorramabad in 2013 by Katayoun Bakhtiar, Yadollah Pournia, Farzad Ebrahimzadeh, Ali Farhadi, Fathollah Shafizadeh, Reza Hosseinabadi

“…The prevalence of nocturnal enuresis in the boys (10.7%) was higher compared with that in the girls (5.4%) (P=0.009). There were statistically significant relationships between nocturnal enuresis and history of nocturnal enuresis in siblings (P=0.023), respiratory infections (P=0.036), deep sleep (P=0.007), corporal punishment at school (P=0.036), anal itching (P=0.043), and history of seizures (P=0.043). …”
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The Difference in Interleukin-19 Serum on Degrees of Acne Vulgaris Severity by Moerbono Mochtar, Alamanda Murasmita, M. Eko Irawanto, Indah Julianto, Harijono Kariosentono, Fajar Waskito

“…Analysis test found statistically significant difference between IL-19 serum concentration of group of patients with mild acne vulgaris and that of group of patients with severe acne vulgaris. …”
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Prevalence  of  Chronic  Otitis  Media  and  Its  Associated  Hearing  Impairment  among  School  Going  Children by Arun Maran Sattien, Priyokumar Singh Oinam, Mosin Babu, Shandyalata Yumlembam, Lalnunpuia Thangluah

“…This  study  revealed  statistically  significant  association  of  CSOM  with  parent  illiteracy,  overcrowding,  swimming  in  local  pools  and  recurrent  respiratory  tract  infections. …”
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Readiness to Use Mediation – Judges’ and Entrepreneurs’ Perspective by Włodzimierz Broński, Marek Dąbrowski, Piotr Sławicki, Michał Wiechetek

“…In relation to entrepreneurs, readiness for mediation is statistically significantly related to education and work experience. …”
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Association of Psoriasis Severity with Serum Prolactin, Thyroid Hormones, and Cortisol before and after Treatment by Reza M. Robati, Parviz Toossi, Mohammad Rahmati-Roodsari, Sara Khalilazar, Ehsan Abolhasani, Nastaran Namazi, Shima Younespour

“…At this time, the hormones were measured again and compared to the baseline. Results. No statistical significant difference was observed in the mean PRL, T3, T4, TSH, and cortisol levels between cases and controls. …”
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Analysis of tasks and training load during pre-season training in professional basketball by Olga Calle, Pablo López-Sierra, Sebastián Feu, Sergio J. Ibáñez

“…Results: All indicators of the pedagogical and external load variables show a statistically significant association with the game situation (p<.05). …”
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Doxycycline Degradation by the Oxidative Fenton Process by Alexandre A. Borghi, Milena F. Silva, Saleh Al Arni, Attilio Converti, Mauri S. A. Palma

“…The best operating conditions were concentrations of H2O2 and Fe2+ of 611 and 25 mg/L, respectively, and temperature of 35.0°C, but the analysis of variance revealed that only the first variable exerted a statistically significant effect on the residual doxycycline concentration. …”
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Experimentally Induced Pulpal Lesion and Substance P Expression: Effect of Ketoprofen—A Preliminary Study by Gian Marco Abbate, Paola Sacerdote, Giada Amodeo, Alessandro Mangano, Luca Levrini

“…Results. No statistically significant difference could be detected in SP expression between the two groups. …”
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Combined Effects of Aerobic Exercise and Diet on Lipids and Lipoproteins in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Meta-Analysis by George A. Kelley, Kristi S. Kelley, Susan Roberts, William Haskell

“…Using random-effects models, statistically significant, intervention minus control reductions were found for TC (−12.8 mg/dL, 95% CI, −19.9 to −5.7), TC : HDL-C (−0.5 mg/dL, 95% CI, −0.8 to −0.1), LDL-C (−6.8 mg/dL, 95% CI, −11.8 to −1.8), and TG (−13.1 mg/dL, 95% CI, −21.2 to −5.0) but not HDL-C (−0.4 mg/dL, 95% CI, −2.3 to 1.6). …”
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Protective Effects of Trehalose on the Corneal Epithelial Cells by Pasquale Aragona, Pietro Colosi, Laura Rania, Francesca Colosi, Antonina Pisani, Domenico Puzzolo, Antonio Micali

“…The morphometric analysis showed statistically significant differences between the two groups: the TTE epithelial height was higher, the basal cells showed larger area and clearer cytoplasm. …”
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Adaptation of Organizational Social Entrepreneurship Scale into Turkish: Validity and Reliability Study by Ömer İşcan, Şahin Gafuroğlu

“…After the factors were determined by explanatory factor analysis, they were tested with confirmatory factor analysis to test their suitability for factor structures, and all factors were found to be statistically significant. As a result, the findings on the psychometric properties of the Organizational Social Entrepreneurship scale, which was adapted into Turkish, reveal that it can be applied as a reliable and valid tool in studies on social entrepreneurship activities of organizations.…”
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Cost Effectiveness of TNF-α Inhibitors in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Cynthia Said, Bernard Coleiro, Maurice Zarb Adami, Lilian M. Azzopardi, Anthony Serracino Inglott

“…Suppression of disease activity was assessed through the DAS-28. Results. Statistically significant improvements (P<0.05) were noted for the SF-36 and HAQ after 3 months and for the DAS-28 after 6 months of TNF-α inhibitor therapy. …”
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Development of General Chemistry Teaching Materials Using the PjBL-STEM Model to Enhance Students' Creative Thinking Skills by Jamalum Purba, Freddy Tua Musa Panggabean, Ani Sutiani

“…Their effectiveness in enhancing students' creative thinking abilities was statistically significant (t-count = 32.488; p = 0.000), with an average improvement of 42.725 ± 8.317. …”
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Viable Extreme Preterm Birth and Some Neonatal Outcomes in Double Cerclage versus Traditional Cerclage: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Farzaneh Broumand, Fatemeh Bahadori, Tahereh Behrouzilak, Zahra Yekta, Farkhondeh Ashrafi

“…The gestational age was 1.2 weeks longer for double cerclage group but the difference was not found to be statistically significant. Preterm birth before 33 weeks of gestation was not experienced by any of the patients who received double cerclage, but five women in control group developed such an extreme preterm labor (𝑃<0.05). …”
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Role of sclerostin in mastocytosis bone disease by Aneta Szudy-Szczyrek, Radosław Mlak, Dominika Pigoń-Zając, Witold Krupski, Marcin Mazurek, Aleksandra Tomczak, Karolina Chromik, Aleksandra Górska, Paweł Koźlik, Adrian Juda, Anna Kokoć, Maciej Dubaj, Tomasz Sacha, Marek Niedoszytko, Grzegorz Helbig, Michał Szczyrek, Justyna Szumiło, Teresa Małecka-Massalska, Marek Hus

“…We observed a statistically significant correlation between concentations of sclerostin and its bioactive form and the concentration of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and between sclerostin and interleukin-6 (IL-6). …”
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