Effect of Chewing Gums with Different Contents on Salivary Flow Rate, pH and Ion Exchange by Handan Yıldırım Işık

“…Statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics, Version 23.0 statistical program. Statistically significance level was set as p<0.05. Results: Calcium concentration of the collected saliva was found to be higher in the gum group containing tricalcium phosphate than in the other groups. …”
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Outcomes of peripherally inserted central catheter vs conventional central venous catheters in hematological cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Weilei Ge, Chen Zheng

“…Meta-analysis showed no statistically significant difference in the risk of thrombosis between PICC and CVC (OR: 1.69 95% CI: 0.75, 3.82 I2 = 78%). …”
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Sperm Cryopreservation in Canaries to Protect Endangered Songbird Species: Comparison of Different Cryoprotectants by Arda Onur Özkök, Burcu Esin, Eser Akal

“…In addition, vitality, plasma membrane integrity and normal sperm morphology were statistically significantly higher in the EG‐frozen group, whereas head and tail abnormality was low (p < 0.05). …”
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Patients' Perceptions: A Group Differences Study Twelve Months Before and Twelve Months During a Worldwide Pandemic by Nancy Valla

“…<strong>Results</strong>: The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test revealed statistically significant differences existed between the pre-COVID-19 group and the deeply immersed group on all four research questions: RQ1 Z = 8.66, <em>p</em> < .001; RQ2 Z = 10.089, <em>p</em> < .001; RQ3 Z = 8.44, <em>p</em> < .001; RQ4 Z = 8.81, <em>p</em> < .001. …”
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The relationship between psychological resilience, perceived social support, acceptance of illness and mindfulness in patients with hepatolenticular degeneration by Tiemei Wang, Nianwei Wu, Senlin Wang, Yanjun Liu

“…The score of mindfulness of patients with WD was (128.63 ± 22.62), and there were statistically significant differences in different courses of disease, clinical classification, and hospitalization times (P < 0.05). …”
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Diagnostic value of Krebs von den Lungen-6, a serological biomarker in interstitial lung disease by Cherukumalli Navya, Praveen Radhakrishnan, S. Yuvarajan, Reenaa Mohan

“…Conclusion: Among the subgroups of ILD, KL-6 had a higher mean value in CTD-ILD when compared to IPF and other subgroups which were statistically significant. KL-6 can be considered the reliable indicator for the clinical diagnosis of ILD with a cutoff of ≥400 U/mL.…”
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Effect Of Intraoperative Erector Spinae Block For Faster Recovery And Reduced Post-Operative Pain In Patients Undergoing Discectomies & Spinal Decompression by Arham Azizi, Athar Muniruddin Siddiqui, Naseem Munshi, Muhammad Salman Masroor, Zahra Salahuddin, Muhammad Hassan

“…The ESB group had a shorter median hospital stay (2 days) compared to the control group (3 days), with this difference being statistically significant (p=0.001). Conclusion: ESB is an effective and safe technique for managing postoperative pain in spinal surgery patients. …”
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Performance of the Colloidal Gold Immunochromatography of Cryptococcal Antigen on Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis by Ning Zhu, Shanhong Lin, Xingbei Weng, Weijie Sun, Xueqin Chen

“…The sensitivity and accuracy of BALF CrAg-LFA were higher than that of serum CrAg-LFA and BALF etiological culture with statistically significant differences (p<0.05). Conclusion. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Coronally Advanced Flap and Vestibular Incision Sub-Periosteal Tunnel Access Technique with Platelet-Rich Fibrin in the Treatment of Gingival Recession De... by Nidhi Yadav, Manini Singh, Amit Wadhawan, Prashant Tyagi

“…However, the values of Group B were more statistically significant (P < 0.05) by showing a reduction in probing depth, recession length, recession width, clinical attachment level, and gain in width of keratinized tissue, as well as a percentage of root coverage, as compared to Group A. …”
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An Observational Study of Glomerular Functions in Beta-thalassemia Major Children by Schwartz Formula and Technetium 99m Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid Renogram by Sukanta Mandal, Tathagata Bose, Rachna Gulati, Manish Singh Ahuja

“…P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The prevalence of glomerular dysfunction by Schwartz formula and DTPA renogram was 44% and 24%, respectively. …”
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Application of Response Surface Methodology (RSM) for Simultaneous Optimization of Kinetic Parameters Affecting Gold Leaching in Thiosulfate Based Media: A Statistical Approach by Nomsa P. Baloyi, Joseph M. Nseke, Mamookho E. Makhatha

“…All investigated kinetic parameters were found statistically significant with pvalue <0.05. The optimal concentrations of gold leaching media to achieve potentially complete dissolution of gold from its ore in copper-ammoniacal thiosulphate media based on the effect of the investigated parameters were 0.5 M S2O3, 3 M NH3, and 0.003 M Cu2+ with a desirability value equivalent to unity (d = 1.000).…”
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Contribution of Medical Wards Contamination to Wound Infection among Patients Attending Ruhengeri Referral Hospital by Emmanuel Munyeshyaka, Parfait Cyuzuzo, Callixte Yadufashije, John Karemera

“…There was a statistically significant association with E. coli and swabbed materials and surgical wound sites (x2 = 10.0253, P value = 0.018). …”
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Impact of Anterior Commissure Involvement and Frozen Guided Resections on Oncological Outcomes after Laser Cordectomy in Early Glottic Cancers – A 10-year Retrospective Analysis fr... by Elizabeth Mathew Iype, Ankit Vishwani, Bipin T Varghese, Shaji Thomas, Sahya S Lal

“…ACI and frozen margin positivity were statistically significant poor prognostic factors. Conclusion: TLM is a safe and effective treatment of early glottic carcinoma. …”
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Common Organisms causing surgical site infection(SSI) in Postoperative patients in a tertiary care Hospital by Fatima Mustafa, Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Abdullah Mustafa, Arifa Manzoor, Safia Safa, Samiullah Khogyani

“…There was a statistically significant association between SSI and type of surgery (p=0.002). …”
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Comparison of chewing activity in patients requiring complete denture with two different occlusions by Jiyar Amin Ali, Rizgar Mohammed Ameen Hasan

“…Results: The mean amount of the walnuts that passed through the sieve in LO dentures were (1.78g), during the fourth visit while it was (1.18g) in BBO. There were statistically significant difference between LO and BBO schemes of complete denture when measuring the amount of the chewed walnuts that passed through the sieve in second, third and fourth visit (p=0.037, 0.001 and 0.000). …”
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The surgical time-out: the relationship between perceptions of a safety-task anchor and surgical team workflow by Vivian J. Zagarese, Ivan Hernandez, Neil M. A. Hauenstein, Roseanne J. Foti, Sarah H. Parker

“…However, the relationship between perceived usefulness of the time-out with the length of the time-out was significant (β = 0.346, p < .05) and the effect between perceived usefulness of the time-out and the rate at which the nurse left the OR was statistically significant (β= − 0.424, p = < 0.001). Conclusion In this study we explore how surgical teams’ attitudes towards the usefulness of the time-out affect its utilization, and how attitudes about time-outs are related to the important process measure of rate at which the circulating nurse leaves the OR. …”
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Evaluation of maxillary sinus pathologies and the posterior superior alveolar artery canal using cone-beam computed tomography by Melike Gulec, Veysel Icen, Elif Esra Ozmen

“…Chi-square analyses showed no statistically significant relationship between gender and the presence of PSAA. …”
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Association between physical activity and quality of life in haemodialysed and peritoneal dialyzed patients in Hungary by Enikő Király, Gergő József Szőllősi, Zoltán Jenei, István Kárpáti

“…Non-parametric statistical tests were executed with 0.05 as the level of significance.Results The physical activity of patients treated in both HD and PD programs could be considered as low, without a statistically significant difference between the two modalities. …”
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The Impacts of Blue Stain Degradation on the Industrial Processing Properties of logs by Osman Komut, Atakan Öztürk

“…Furthermore, it has been confirmed that statistically significant differences (p<0.05) exist between the blue stained area in corrupted volume ratio and the cross-section horizontal to the log variables between managements manufacturing for the construction and woodworking sectors. …”
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Effect of Optiglaze Color on Wear Resistance of Heat Cure Acrylic Prosthesis by Najwah Yousuf Hameed, Atyaf Mseer Naser, Maha Kareem Jabbar

“…Conclusions: When compared to group A, there was no statistically significant wear value in heat cure acrylic resin specimens covered with Optiglaze group (C).Clinical implications: This research will help us learn more about surface glazed heat cure acrylic resin denture materials and how they might increase wear resistance. …”
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