Long-term results of rectocele surgical treatment by Yu. A. Shelygin, A. Yu. Titov, O. M. Biryukov, A. A. Mudrov, L. P. Orlova, A. A. Tikhonov, Yu. A. Dzhanayev, M. A. Voynov

“…During the study statistically significant factors influencing results of rectocele treatment were revealed: age of patients, duration of constipation and number of deliveries in past history, as well as the presence of internal rectal intussusception.…”
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High Percentage of ADAM-10 Positive Melanoma Cells Correlates with Paucity of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes but Does Not Predict Prognosis in Cutaneous Melanoma Patients by Piotr Donizy, Marcin Zietek, Marek Leskiewicz, Agnieszka Halon, Rafal Matkowski

“…It was revealed that high expression of ADAM-10 positive cells was strictly related with lower intensity of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (P=0.037), which suggests that ADAM-10 regulates immunoresponse in melanoma initiation and progression. No statistically significant correlations were found between ADAM-10 expression in primary tumor cells and nodal metastases and other histopathological parameters analyzed. …”
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Evaluation of Diabetic Patients with Breast Cancer Treated with Metformin during Adjuvant Radiotherapy by Adam Ferro, Sharad Goyal, Sinae Kim, Hao Wu, Neil K. Taunk, Devora Schiff, Aneesh Pirlamarla, Bruce G. Haffty

“…There was a statistically significant increase in treatment breaks for diabetic patients receiving concurrent metformin when compared to the nondiabetic patients (P value = 0.02) and a trend toward significance when compared to diabetic patients receiving an alternate diabetes medication (P value = 0.08). …”
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Investigation of Fluoride Release Patterns of Glass Ionomer Lining Materials: A Comparative Study of Chemical, Resin Modified, and Single-Component Glass Ionomer Cements by Neda Sadeghian Marnani, Mehrdad Kazemian

“…All three materials showed a gradual decrease in fluoride release over time, with statistically significant declines observed at each time point. …”
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Effect and Safety of Mycophenolate Mofetil or Sodium in Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Meta-Analysis by Argyris Tzouvelekis, Nikolaos Galanopoulos, Evangelos Bouros, George Kolios, George Zacharis, Paschalis Ntolios, Andreas Koulelidis, Anastasia Oikonomou, Demosthenes Bouros

“…There was no statistically significant difference in both efficacy outcomes of interest, including FVC% pred. …”
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Randomized Controlled Study Comparing Use of Propofol Plus Fentanyl versus Midazolam Plus Fentanyl as Sedation in Diagnostic Endoscopy in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease by Sameh Abdelkhalik Ahmed, Amal Selim, Nehad Hawash, Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, Mohamed Yousef, Abdelrahman Kobtan, Rehab Badawi, Sally Elnawasany, Reham Abdelkader Elkhouly, Amr Shaaban Hanafy, Fatma H. Rizk, Loai Mansour, Sherief Abd-Elsalam

“…There was no statistical significant difference between the studied groups regarding age, sex, weight, Child–Pugh classification score, type and duration of endoscopic intervention, time needed for complete recovery, or time needed for discharge. …”
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Five Decadal Trends in Averages and Extremes of Rainfall and Temperature in Sri Lanka by G. Naveendrakumar, Meththika Vithanage, Hyun-Han Kwon, M. C. M. Iqbal, S. Pathmarajah, Jayantha Obeysekera

“…For the entire period, 80% of the stations demonstrated statistically significant increases of Tmin during June and July. …”
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Predictability of the gingival margin of the upper incisors with transparent aligners: a pilot retrospective study by Antonio Bach-Álvarez, Lourdes Abellán-Ferris, María-Dolores Oteo-Calatayud, Susana de la Cruz-Vigo, Wenceslao Piedra-Gascón, Alba Pérez-Jardón, Naresh Kewalramani, Ángel-Orión Salgado-Peralvo, Carlos Oteo-Morilla

“…This retrospective study aims to analyse the predictability of the gingival margin of the upper incisors designed in the ClinCheck, comparing it with real intraoral photographs of the patients.Materials and methods Thirty-one patients between 16 and 59 years old were selected from the dental clinics of the Complutense University of Madrid and the position of the gingival margin in the ClinCheck was compared with its millimetre template by superimposing it on intraoral photographs taken with a millimetre ruler under the incisors in order to make the match between both.Results In 71% of the upper incisors there were differences between the ClinCheck and the final photographs, being these differences statistically significant (p = 0.001).Conclusion This is a pilot retrospective study with short-term results and a small sample size. …”
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The validity of the renal Doppler resistivity index in renal allograft infections by Moataz Fatthy, Karim M. Soliman, Éva Csongrádi, Abd El Rahman Marzouk, Ahmed Fathy, Ahmed Fayed

“…There was a statistically significant difference in RRI in those with allograft infections, with the ROC curve for detection of infection utilizing RRI demonstrated an Area Under Curve 0.634 (p-value 0.015; cutoff value: 0.765; CI:0.527–0.742), with a specificity of 64.4% and a sensitivity of 68.8%.Conclusion Normal renal graft arterial resistivity index values, despite a renal allograft dysfunction, may be indicative of allograft infection, guiding clinicians’ decisions regarding kidney biopsy and facilitating further biopsy interpretations.…”
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Pleural Fluid Cholesterol in Differentiating Exudative and Transudative Pleural Effusion by A. B. Hamal, K. N. Yogi, N. Bam, S. K. Das, R. Karn

“…The pCHOL values determined were for exudates, for transudates, the differences between the transudates and others are statistically significant (). It is seen that pfP/sP ratio has a sensitivity of 81.4% and specificity of 82.6%; pfLDH/sLDH ratio has a sensitivity of 86% and specificity of 94.7% and pCHOL with sensitivity of 97.7% and specificity of 100% for differentiating exudative and transudative PE. …”
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Technical Considerations of Phosphorous-32 Bremsstrahlung SPECT Imaging after Radioembolization of Hepatic Tumors: A Clinical Assessment with a Review of Imaging Parameters by Elahe Pirayesh, Mahasti Amoui, Shahram Akhlaghpoor, Shahnaz Tolooee, Maryam Khorrami, Hossain PoorBeigi, Shahab Sheibani, Majid Assadi

“….), there was no statistically significant difference between them. Conclusion. …”
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Pulsed Electric Field Induces Significant Changes in the Metabolome of <i>Fusarium</i> Species and Decreases Their Viability and Toxigenicity by Adam Behner, Jana Palicova, Anna-Hirt Tobolkova, Nela Prusova, Milena Stranska

“…The metabolomes of the treated and untreated fungi showed statistically significant differences, and PEF-associated biomarkers from the classes oxidized fatty acid derivatives, cyclic hexapeptides, macrolides, pyranocoumarins, carbazoles, and guanidines were identified.…”
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Non-invasive physical plasma improves conventional wound management of cut and bite wounds in wild European hedgehogs by Jürgen Eichler, Björn Rulik, Alexander Abazid, Matthias B. Stope

“…In patients in the CWM + NIPP group, wound treatment was completed statistically significantly 6 d earlier (CWM: 19.0 d versus CWM + NIPP: 13.2 d; p = 0.0008). …”
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Insulin Growth Factor-I in Protein-Energy Malnutrition during Rehabilitation in Two Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres in Burkina Faso by S. Kouanda, B. Doulougou, V. De Coninck, L. Habimana, B. Sondo, R. Tonglet, J. M. Ketelslegers, A. Robert

“…The differences between these values were statistically significant (P<.001). There is a significant correlation between the changes of IGF-I with the change of weight for height Z-score (P = .01). …”
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Antibodies to Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria in Young Children with Different Propensity to Develop Islet Autoimmunity by Ija Talja, Anna-Liisa Kubo, Riitta Veijola, Mikael Knip, Olli Simell, Jorma Ilonen, Mari Vähä-Mäkilä, Epp Sepp, Marika Mikelsaar, Meeme Utt, Raivo Uibo

“…B. adolescentis strains showed more IgM type antibodies in children who developed T1D later in life, but the difference was not statistically significant. B. longum proteins were recognized by IgG and IgA antibodies to a higher extent compared to other bacteria studied. …”
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Complex Monitoring of Biochemical and Radionuclide Parameters in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma during Immunotherapy by M. S. Sayapina, S. G. Averinova, T. V. Zacharova, A. V. Kashkadaeva, S. V. Shiryaev, M. V. Poluectova, O. A. Vorob’eva

“…Study Results. Statistically significant correlations were established between IL-17A, TGF-β, and D (excretion rate of 99mTc-technephore from the parenchyma) and Rnfsc (a stable sign of nephrosclerosis), respectively. …”
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The Prevalence of Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients with Migraine: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hooman Ghasemi, Behnam Khaledi-Paveh, Alireza Abdi, Rostam Jalali, Nader Salari, Aliakbar Vaisi-Raygani, Masoud Mohammadi

“…The prevalence of RLS migraine patients decreased with increasing the sample size, and the prevalence of RLS migraine patients increased with increasing the research year, which was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion. This study highlights that RLS is high in patients with migraine, and therefore, the clinicians should be aware of its incidence and take preventive measures.…”
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Endothelial Cell Loss after Phacoemulsification according to Different Anterior Chamber Depths by Hyung Bin Hwang, Byul Lyu, Hye Bin Yim, Na Young Lee

“…There were also more changes in CCT in all of the cataract density groups in the ACD I group compared to the ACD II and III groups 2 months postoperatively, but the difference was not statistically significant. Conclusions. Eyes with shallow ACDs, especially those with relatively hard cataract densities, can be vulnerable to more corneal endothelial cell loss in phacoemulsification surgery.…”
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The Response of Duckweed (Lemna minor L.) Roots to Cd and Its Chemical Forms by Yan Xue, Jin-qin Wang, Jin Huang, Feng-ying Li, Ming Wang

“…Taken together, it can be concluded that the chemical forms of Cd are statistically significant predictors of Cd toxicity to duckweed and to the other similar aquatic plants.…”
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Bovine Tooth Discoloration Induced by Endodontic Filling Materials for Primary Teeth by Samantha Rodrigues Xavier, Katerine Jahnecke Pilownic, Andressa Heberle Gastmann, Mariana Silveira Echeverria, Ana Regina Romano, Fernanda Geraldo Pappen

“…The effect of the materials on the color variation (ΔE00⁎) was statistically significant (p=0.004). Interactions between time and materials demonstrated a significant effect on the values (ΔE00⁎) (p<0.0001). …”
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