Surface Electromyographic Responses During Rest on Mattresses with Different Firmness Levels in Adults with Normal BMI by Xiaohong Hu, Yuhong Gao, Keyang Liu, Luyao Xiang, Bin Luo, Li Li

“…Eleven participants were analyzed, and the <i>RMS</i> values for lower back sEMG on three mattresses were measured as 8.37 ± 0.85 μV, 8.43 ± 1.06 μV, and 7.77 ± 1.15 μV during the final five minutes of testing, showing no statistical significance. Similarly, no significant differences in electromyographic activity were observed across different time periods. …”
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THE ROLE OF PEER INFLUENCE IN SPORT SELECTION DECISIONS AMONG STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BENIN by RAPHAEL F. ANI, SHALLOM OZIOMA UKEJE

“…When it comes to social network influence, there was no statistical significance, suggesting that social network influence on sports choice does not differ significantly between the groups. …”
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DIAGNOSTIC COMPETENCE IN BONE TUMORS: INFLUENCE OF ONCO-ORTHOPEDIC TRAINING by Julia Pozzetti Daou, Caio Falk Giannotti, Jairo Greco Garcia, Marcelo de Toledo Petrilli, Dan Carai Maia Viola, Reynaldo Jesus Garcia Filho

“…Among non-specialists, there was no statistical significance when comparing whether they underwent specialization internship during residency nor the duration of the year of such training. …”
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The Increasing Financial Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease in Australia by Patrick S. Tucker, Michael I. Kingsley, R. Hugh Morton, Aaron T. Scanlan, Vincent J. Dalbo

“…Direct statistical comparisons of rates of annual increase utilised indicator variables in combined regressions. Statistical significance was set at P<0.05. Dollar amounts were adjusted for inflation prior to analysis. …”
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Prevalence and economic costs of diarrheal illness among adult slum dwellers in Khulna City, Bangladesh by Faijan Bin Halim, Mohammed Ziaul Haider

“…Socioeconomic variables such as age (P < .001), to be married (P < .05), household income (P < .001), BMI (P < .001), and behavioral variables, such as hand washing (P < .001), awareness of diseases (P < .05), daily water consumption (P < .001), boiling water (P < .05), and household with latrines and piped sewer system (P < .001), were statistically significant associated with number of days of work missed due to diarrheal illness. …”
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Impact of Surgeon Experience in the Resection of Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Region by Carlos Gonzalo Acosta Mayorga, Piedad Elizabeth Acurio Padilla, Guido Nino Guida Acevedo

“…Chi-square, Fisher, and Mann-Whitney tests were used to determine statistical significance. The results were considered significant for p value less than 0.05. …”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Remestemcel-L-rknd versus Ruxolitinib in Pediatric Patients with Steroid-Refractory Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease using Simulated Treatment Compariso... by Gabriel Tremblay, Dimitrios Tomaras, Eric Strati, Anna Forsythe

“…**Results:** In the full populations, the STC of risk ratios (RRs) found treatment with remestemcel-L-rknd to be associated with a numerical but not statistically significant improvement in the 28-day ORR versus ruxolitinib. …”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Stunting among Primary School Children in Northeast Ethiopia by Getaw Walle Bazie, Mohammed Seid, Gudina Egata

“…The level of statistical significance was declared at p value ≤ 0.05. Results. …”
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The effect of different surface characterization on bonding strength of maxillofacial silicone elastomer to two different framework materials. by Zhala Meran, Omar Kamaran Anwar

“…The obtained results were then subjectedto statistical analysis using Stat Graph 5.1 and the statistical significance was set at 5% level of significance. …”
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Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Performance of Contrast-Fractional Flow Reserve versus Quantitative Flow Ratio for Functional Assessment of Coronary Stenoses by Ruitao Zhang, Jianwei Zhang, Lijun Guo

“…The pooled sensitivity and specificity were 0.87 (95% CI: 0.81, 0.91) and 0.92 (95% CI: 0.88, 0.94) for cFFR and 0.87 (95% CI: 0.82, 0.91) and 0.91 (95% CI: 0.87, 0.93) for QFR, respectively. No statistical significance of sensitivity and specificity for cFFR and QFR were observed in the bivariate analysis (P=0.8406 and 0.4397, resp.). …”
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Maternal prediabetes as a risk factor of preeclampsia and placental dysfunction in pregnant female Sprague-Dawley rats by Aneliswe Siboto, Asiphaphola Ludidi, Ntethelelo Sibiya, Andile Khathi, Phikelelani Ngubane

“…Values of p < .05 were used to indicate statistical significance.Results Maternal PD and PE significantly increased blood glucose, decrease NO concentration and increase in MAP by comparison to the normal pregnant control group. …”
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Determining the risk factors of malaria and anemia in children between 6 and 59 months using the joint generalized linear mixed model on the 2021 Nigeria Malaria Indicator Survey d... by Talani Mhelembe, Shaun Ramroop, Faustin Habyarimana

“…SAS was used in analyzing the data and statistical significance was set at 5% significance level.ResultsThe prevalence of malaria and anemia was 36.81 and 67.66%, respectively, in children between 6 and 59 months old in Nigeria. …”
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Surgical ergonomics among ophthalmologists at Alsaim Eye Hospital, Wad Madani, Sudan: a clinical audit by Imtinan Yousif, Khawla Jibreel, Mehera Mohammed

“…When calculating the association between years of experience and adherence to the established operating postures, only maintaining proper gaze reached a statistical significance (P value of 0.04). MSK pain was associated with more years of experience (P value of 0.04). …”
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Effectiveness rehabilitative therapy and Pridinol Mesylate in low back pain by Lorenza Lauricella, Noemi Calabrese, Dalila Scaturro, Domenico Migliorino, Michele Vecchio, Giulia Letizia Mauro

“…In the RG, statistically significant improvements were observed only for the QBPDS scale. …”
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Contrast sensitivity before and after refractive error correction among refractive error patients in Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia 2023 by Balcha Negese Kebede, Seid Mohammed Seid, Eyerus Gesesse Samuel

“…A P-value of ≤ 0.05 was used to indicate statistical significance. Results One hundred sixty-two patients attending refraction clinics participated in this study with response rate 98.19% of which 51.9% were male. …”
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Study on association of nuclear factor kappa B gene polymorphism with bacterial load in pulmonary tuberculosis by Pallavi Baliarsingh, Pratima Kumari Sahu, Paresh Nath Mohanty, Roma Rattan, Monalisa Mohapatro

“…Conclusion: The bacterial load showed significant variation among the del/del genotype, ins/del genotype, and ins/ins genotype which was statistically significant. The del/del genotype exhibited the highest bacterial load in and greater statistical significance was found between ins/del and del/del genotypes. …”
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Dynamic analysis of the epidemiology and pathogen distribution of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in children with severe pulmonary infection: a retrospective study by Muchun Yu, Mingchao Li, Huiqing Sun

“…The proportion of severe pulmonary infections across the different age groups and years was statistically significant (p < 0.001). Among children with severe pulmonary infections, bacilli were the most prevalent, followed by cocci and fungi. …”
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Effect of Streblus asper Leaf Extract on Scopolamine-Induced Memory Deficits in Zebrafish: The Model of Alzheimer’s Disease by Kanathip Singsai, Natthanicha Ladpala, Natthan Dangja, Thanyaret Boonchuen, Niracha Jaikhamfu, Pirinyapat Fakthong

“…In the spatial memory test, results showed that the RV + SCO group had the best time spent ratio in the T-maze, followed by SA800 + SCO, SA400 + SCO, SA200 + SCO, control, and SCO group, respectively, but with no statistical significance. For the fear memory test, zebrafish that received SA at doses of 200, 400, and 800 mg/kg had significantly increased latency time as 21.75 ± 4.59, 23.75 ± 13.01, and 18.20 ± 18.84 min, respectively, when compared to the SCO group (9.80 ± 10.45 min). …”
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Rifaximin versus Nonabsorbable Disaccharides for the Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Meta-Analysis by Dong Wu, Shu-Mei Wu, Jie Lu, Ying-Qun Zhou, Ling Xu, Chuan-Yong Guo

“…Analysis showed that patients treated with rifaximin had better results in serum ammonia levels (weighted mean difference (WMD): −10.63, 95% CI: −30.63–9.38; P=0.30), mental status (WMD: −0.32, 95% CI: −0.67–0.03; P=0.07), asterixis (WMD: −0.12, 95% CI: −0.31–0.08; P=0.23), electroencephalogram response (WMD: −0.21, 95% CI: −0.34–−0.09; P=0.0007), and grades of portosystemic encephalopathy (WMD: −2.30, 95% CI: −2.78–−1.82; P<0.00001), but only the last ones had statistical significance. The safety of rifaximin was better than nonabsorbable disaccharides (RR: 0.19, 95% CI: 0.10–0.34; P<0.00001). …”
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Evaluation of Internal and Marginal Accuracy (Trueness and Precision) of Laminates Using DLP Printing and Milling Methods by Mijun Noh, Habin Lee, Wansun Lee, Jaehong Kim, Jihwan Kim

“…Statistically significant differences were found in RMS values for both groups in the internal and marginal areas (<i>p</i> < 0.001 and <i>p</i> = 0.034, respectively). …”
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