Economic impacts and management of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in smallholder agriculture: a panel data analysis for Ghana by Justice A. Tambo, Monica K. Kansiime, Idah Mugambi, Lakpo Koku Agboyi, Patrick K. Beseh, Roger Day

“…Results from panel data regression analysis showed that after controlling for other determinants of maize productivity and unobserved heterogeneity, the negative effect of FAW infestation on maize productivity is not statistically significant. Conclusions Our findings suggest that with better knowledge of FAW and the use of more sustainable and environmentally-friendly solutions, the yield losses due to FAW are not as severe as initially reported.…”
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Evaluation of the Proximity of Root Apices of Maxillary Posterior Teeth to the Maxillary Sinus Floor using CBCT among Different Age Groups: A Retrospective Study by Nadia Rasool, S. Vidhyadhara Shetty, Sajad A. Buch, Prathap MS Nair, S Kalaichelvan, Nishi Jayasheelan

“…Conclusion: Based on the observations, on comparing both sides, the difference noted in the roots of the maxillary first premolar – both buccal and palatal was statistically significant; but the influence of age and sex were found to be non-significant.…”
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Effects of Lotrafilcon A and Senofilcon A Bandage Contact Lenses on Visual Outcome and Ocular Comfort After Photorefractive Keratectomy by Konuralp Yakar, Göksu Alaçamlı

“…Results: Scores for ocular discomfort in the first 5 days postoperatively did not differ significantly between the BCLs (p>0.05). However, a statistically significant difference was observed between the two lenses in terms of SE values at postoperative 15 days and 1 month (p<0.05). …”
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Effect of attenueted parapoxvirus ovis on levels of some serum cytokines and antibody response in sheep by Kamil Atlı, Atilla Şimşek

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> ORFV caused fluctiations but no statistically significant change in levels of IL-1&#946;, IL-12, IFN&gamma;, TNF-&alpha; and IL-10 were detected compared to control sera (p>0,05), and significant increase in IL-4 level was detected in the 30^th day (p<0,05). …”
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Predicting the Birth Delivery Mode: Uncovering the Link Between EHG Topological Features and BMI by Rubana Hoque Chowdhury, Quazi Delwar Hossain, Mohiuddin Ahmad

“…Topological characteristics derived from the border shape of the concave hull with a tolerance of 1.7 exhibits a marked statistically significant difference (p&#x003C;0.005) between cesarean and spontaneous EHG signals. …”
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Screening for Incidence and Effect of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in College-Aged Athletes by Charles J Salvo, Ashlie Crewe, Dillon Estes, Jessica Kroboth, Celia Yost

“… # Results Fifty-three Division III male and female athletes between the ages of 18-25 years old participated in the study. Statistically significant differences were found between Cozean scores and demographic factors of age (*p* \<0.001), gender (*p* \<0.05), self-knowledge of PFD (*p* \<0.001), and sport (*p* \<0.001) among all participants that contributed to the increased likelihood of PFD. …”
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Fecal Elastase Levels Predict Honeycombing in Pancreas Detected with Endoscopic Ultrasound by Sinan Akay, Burcu Şirin, Belkıs Ünsal

“…The difference between the three groups of fecal elastase values was statistically significant compared with Kruskal Wallis test. …”
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Online Shopping Behaviour of Slovak During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was applied to verify the statistically significant relationships between the analysed factors in the hypotheses. …”
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The Effect of Implementing Self-Compassion Program on Moral Injury of Nursing Students by Hanie Dahmardeh

“…Results: The results showed a statistically significant difference for the average score of moral injury between the control and intervention groups (P=0.001). …”
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Defensive response to humans in farm-bred sables (Martes zibellina) by E. G. Sergeev

“…Behavior type in young sables showed no association with age, but the proportion of calm animals increased in each successive test (differences statistically insignificant, p &lt; 0,90). No statistically significant correlation could be found between coloration and tame behavior of pups because of small numbers of such animals. …”
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Comparison of Chest-to-Back Skin-to-Skin Contact and Chest-to-Chest Skin-to-Skin Contact on the Risk of Oxygen Desaturation and Change in Heart Rate in Low Birth Weight and/or Prem... by Sisay Gere, Yemane Berhane, Alemayehu Worku

“…We applied a generalized estimating equation model to analyze the data. No statistically significant difference was observed between babies kept in CB SSC compared to babies kept in CC SSC in either blood oxygen saturation or heart rate (P>0.05). …”
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Attitudes of Teachers towards Individuals with Mental Health Problems and Affecting Factors by Muhammet Tosun, Nazan Karaoğlu, Ömer Adil İlhan, Nur Demirbaş

“…A p value of &lt;0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: In this study, 477 teachers were participated. …”
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Comparison of Force Decay of Two Different Types of Elastomeric Chains with the Use of Different Types of Mouth Washes – An In vitro Study by Rahul Pawar, Tanmoy Majumder, Shalini Singh, Dip G. Choudhury, Md Kamal Hassan, Swati Mrinal

“…Results: The initial force levels of elastomeric chains before and after immersion in various solutions over different time intervals showed statistically significant differences. These differences were observed in both prestretched and unstretched elastomeric chain groups as well as between the prestretched and unstretched conditions. …”
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Effect Of Non-Oral Stimulation With Field Massage On The Time Of Onset And Achievement Of Independent Oral Feeding And Weight GainIn Premature Infants by Naghmeh Razaghi, najmeh zabihi torbati, hamidreza behnam vashani, mohammad Heidarzadeh

“…The results showed that the intervention group compared to the control group had a statistically significant difference in the beginning of oral feeding (p = 0.01) and the weight difference on the first and seventh days (p = 0.001), but even though nutritional progress to eight times of oral feeding in the intervention group was two days faster than the control group, but this difference was not significant (p = 0.17). …”
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Examination of Depression Levels in Individuals Aged 65 and Over by Rukuye Aylaz, Nuri Yıldırım, Fidan Balkaya

“…It was also found that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the Geriatrics Depression Scale and education, people living with them, source of income, and chronic disease status. …”
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CPAP vs HFNC in treatment of patients with COVID-19 ARDS: A retrospective propensity-matched study by Ivan Šitum, Lovro Hrvoić, Ante Erceg, Anja Mandarić, Dora Karmelić, Gloria Mamić, Nikolina Džaja, Anđela Babić, Slobodan Mihaljević, Mirabel Mažar, Daniel Lovrić

“…Marginally significant difference in survival between the two groups was observed at 30 days (*p* = 0.050) but was statistically significant at 60 days (*p* = 0.043). # Conclusions Respiratory support with high-flow nasal cannula and noninvasive ventilation with continuous positive airway pressure yielded significantly different intubation rates in favour of continuous positive airway pressure. …”
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Genetic Variant of C-5434T REN Enhancer on Serum Renin Levels and Binding Pattern of Signal Transducers and Activators Transcription 3 by Imama Maslahah, Mohammad Saifur Rohman, Nashi Widodo, Agustina Tri Endharti, Didik Utomo

“…The data showed that serum renin is slightly higher in hypertensive patients with the TT genotype (39 ± 10.3) than patients with the CC genotype (33 ± 10.6) but the difference was not statistically significant (p=0.35). Here, we also present a docking approach for predicting interaction between genetic variant -5434C/T and STAT3 (Signal Transducers and Activators Transcription 3), the predicted transcription factor that regulates renin gene enhancer. …”
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A Study of the Relationship between Professional Communication and Professional Commitment in Operating Room Nurses by Hamed Parnikh, Camellia Torabizadeh, Majid Najafi Kalyani, Mitra Soltanian

“…The results of the Pearson correlation coefficient test showed that there was a statistically significant linear relationship between professional communication and professional commitment (p<0.001, r = 0.235). …”
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The Effect of Thermocycling on Fracture Resistance of CAD- CAM and 3D Printing Provisional Prosthesis by Maab Qassim Hadi, Suha Fadhil Dulami

“…The mean with standard deviation values of fracture resistance were recorded for the milled group before thermocycling (560.50 ±83.581 newton) and after thermocycling (901.00± 311.598 newton) meanwhile the mean ± stander deviation value was recorded with the printed group before thermocycling (1972.50±399.181 Newton) and after thermocycling (2284.10±239.001 Newton), it was found that the printed group recorded statistically significant higher fracture resistance mean value than the milled group. …”
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Comparative Study of Microorganisms in Diabetic and non-diabetic Patients with Moderate and Severe Periodontitis by Grace Alejandra Cabezas Cantos, Jonathan Armando Yanza Freire, Ingrid Polethe Morillo Gavilema, Aisha Adamarys Pineda Gómez

“…Streptococcus viridans was present in 100 % of the sample studied, but it did not have a statistically significant relationship. Candida albicans had a prevalence of 73.1 % in diabetic patients with an OR of 1.6.…”
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