Cross-cultural adaptation of the writer-reader relationship in non-translated and translated English health information websites on HIV and TB diagnostic testing by Amy Dara Hochberg

“…The findings show statistically significant differences between the two English subcorpora as regards the writers’ and translators’ approach; the non-translated English sub-corpus contained more relational and engagement markers, whereas the translated English sub-corpus had more persuasion markers. …”
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Improved Clinical Outcomes with Appropriate Meropenem De-escalation in Patients with Febrile Neutropenia by Tyler Luu, Austin Fan, Reid Shaw, Hina Dalal, Jenna Adams, Maressa Santarossa, Gail Reid, Stephanie Tsai, Nina M. Clark, Fritzie S. Albarillo

“…The 30-day all-cause mortality was 8.3% (n = 5/60 subjects) in the MDE group and 2.4% (n = 3/121) in the NDE group but was not statistically significant (P=0.1). Median hospital length of stay was 13 days in the MDE group versus 20 days in the NDE group (P = 0.049). …”
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Integrating Ambulatory Care Pharmacists Into Value-Based Primary Care: A Scalable Solution to Chronic Disease by Alexander J. Blood, Harry Saag, Adam Chesler, Dalia Ameripour, Max Gutierrez, Van Nguyen, Cassandra Richardson, Clive Fields, Jen Clair, Aaron Yao, Sashi Moodley

“…Conclusions: Statistically significant reductions in systolic BP and hemoglobinA1c were observed in the pharmacist-managed group compared with matched controls. …”
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In-Hospital Mortality among Ischemic Stroke Patients in Gondar University Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Eyob Alemayehu Gebreyohannes, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Tamrat Befekadu Abebe, Mohammed Assen Seid, Kaleab Taye Haile

“…Cox regression revealed that only a decrease in renal function, particularly elevated serum creatinine (AHR=8.848, 95% CI: 1.616-67.437), was associated with a statistically significant increase of in-hospital mortality. …”
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High Prevalence of Low Back Pain in College Rifle Athletes by Bailey Urbach, Cody Mansfield, Mica Harr, Matthew S. Briggs, James Onate, Laura Boucher

“…An association between sex and LBP was statistically significant (p<0.001). # Conclusion There is a high prevalence of LBP in collegiate rifle athletes. …”
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Review of presentations and radiotherapy outcomes of patients with malignant spinal cord compression by Louisa M. Mbokazi, Sheynaz Bassa, Krishanthavathie Pillay

“…Patients with a Rades score of 32–37 points had a statistically significant better overall survival at 1 year compared with those with a score of 22–31 points. …”
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MAOA uVNTR Polymorphism Influence on Older Adults Diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus/Systemic Arterial Hypertension by Gabriel Moura Alves Seixas, Renata de Souza Freitas, Caroline Ferreira Fratelli, Calliandra Maria de Souza Silva, Luciano Ramos de Lima, Marina Morato Stival, Silvana Schwerz Funghetto, Izabel Cristina Rodrigues da Silva

“…Although not statistically significant, only 3R and 3R/4R genotypes presented cases of severe depression per the revised BDI interpretations. …”
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Appraisal of Periodontal Condition amongst Leather Manufacturing Plant Workers in Central India: A Prevalence Survey by Ashwini Dayma, P. Amith, Venkat Raman Singh, Nilotpol Kashyap

“…Mean number of loss of attachment (LOA) 0 sextants was 3.55 ± 2.35, LOA 1 was 0.935 ± 1.3, LOA 2 was 0.414 ± 0.8, LOA 3 was 0.529 ± 0.94, and LOA 4 was 1.24 ± 0.04; all the parameters showed statistically significant difference (p=0.001) except LOA 1 and LOA 2. …”
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A Unique Simulation Methodology for Practicing Clinical Decision Making by Shimon Amar, Yuval Bitan

“…Notably, participants demonstrated a statistically significant increase in willingness to make clinical decisions. …”
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Exploring the relationship between ambient sulfur dioxide and semen quality parameters: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Seyed Sobhan Bahreiny, Mojtaba Aghaei, Mohammad Reza Dabbagh, Hamid Ghorbani, Moslem Javidan, Reza Mohammadpour Fard

“…However, no statistically significant associations were observed for total sperm count (PC = -0.038; 95% CI: -0.079 to 0.003; P=0.070), seminal fluid volume (PC = -0.009; 95% CI: -0.048 to -0.030; P=0.662) and sperm motility (PC = -0.17; 95% CI: -0.363 to 0.022; P=0.830). …”
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Neuroelectrophysiological evaluation of carpal tunnel syndrome before and after surgical intervention by Debanjana Chowdhury, Sangita Sen, Tibar Banerjee

“…Results: In the case of motor conduction parameter, distal motor latency showed statistically significant improvement after 1 month of CTR (P < 0.05) in all three groups of patients, and improvement consistently increased during 3rd month follow-up (P < 0.001). …”
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Effect of Tronclass combined with team-based learning on nursing students’ self-directed learning and academic performance: a pretest-posttest study by Longyi Hu, Siqi Li, Leshan Zhou

“…The results of the study showed a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05), in the students who engaged in Tronclass combined with team-based learning. …”
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Exploring Coaching Leadership Behaviours in Strength and Conditioning Coaching: Preferences of NCAA Division I and II Collegiate Student-Athletes Based on Task Dependence by Severiano Tiberi, Joseph I. Esformes, George Jennings, Steve Cooper, Jeremy Moody

“…The observation of a marginal statistically significant difference for social support suggests task-dependence-based variations (p = 0.018). …”
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Influence of Donor Thickness on Visual Acuity in Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty by Tomislav Kuzman, Ana Meter, Miro Kalauz, Sanja Masnec, Ivan Škegro, Ivana Jonjić

“…Better visual acuity of 0.20 logMAR was achieved with postoperative lamellas thinner than 124 μm, while statistically significantly lower visual acuity of 0.29 logMAR was gained with postoperative lamellas thicker than 124 μm. …”
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Frequency of Different Types of Diagnostic Errors in Patients with Central Nervous System Infections: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study by HamidReza Naderi, Fereshte Sheybani, Omid Khosravi, Mehdi Jabbari Nooghabi

“…The relationship between poor clinical outcome and longer delay from the onset of illness to diagnosis, inappropriate empirical antibiotic therapy, and lower level of consciousness on admission were found to be statistically significant. Conclusions. Although diagnosis and management of CNS infection in some patients are straightforward, clinical decision making in facing patients with complex scenarios often requires clinical reasoning instead of relying only on intuitive diagnosis. …”
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Optimization of Effective Parameters on Biohydrogen Production Using Bioaugmentation by Saeed Khesareh, Seyed-Ahmad Ataei

“…Stirring wasn’t statistically significant. The optimum conditions for hydrogen production were pH=5.4, temperature=39 ˚C, whey concentration=30 g/L, and nitrate concentration=3.6 g/L. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccination-Related Concerns Amongst Healthcare Workers by Ammarah Saeed, Bushra Rabbani, Naseem Amin Dhedhi, Faisal Ahmed, Mehrunnisa Umar, Jameel Ahmed

“…A two-tailed p-value of  <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The mean age of the study participants was 38.28±11.73 years, the majority were females (n=110, 55.8%), married (n=132, 67.0%), doctors by profession (n=129, 65.5%), non-smoker (n=169, 85.8%) and had no comorbidity (n=155, 78.7%). …”
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Verisyse versus Veriflex Phakic Intraocular Lenses: Refractive Outcomes and Endothelial Cell Density 5 Years after Surgery by Dilek Yaşa, Alper Ağca

“…In both groups, there was a statistically significant myopic shift between 1-year and 5-year visits (−0.25 ± 0.30 D and −0.23 ± 0.48 D in the Verisyse and Veriflex groups, respectively). …”
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Warfarin Use Is Associated with Increased Mortality at One Year in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Syeda Fatima Naqvi, Amir Humza Sohail, Dhairya A. Lakhani, James Maurer, Sarah Sofka, Yousaf B. Hadi

“…In our study of patients with IPF requiring anticoagulants, we noted statistically significant higher mortality with warfarin anticoagulation when compared to DOAC use. …”
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Is the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) a Useful Tool for Predicting IVF Success? by Dragiša Šljivancanin, Snežana Vidaković, Darija Kisić Tepavčević, Bojana Petrović, Una Šljivančanin, Milan Dokić

“…The overall IVF efficacy in our cohort was 18.6%. A statistically significant logistic regression model (<i>p</i> = 0.001) managed to explain 47.6% of the variability. …”
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