Peripheral Refraction in Myopic Children with and without Atropine Usage by Han-Yin Sun, Wei-Yang Lu, Jhen-Yu You, Hui-Ying Kuo

“…There were no statistically significant differences in spherical equivalent and astigmatism of the three refractive groups in either the nasal or temporal retina. …”
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Results of an Intervention for Improving Arterial Hypertension Control in Four Health Areas by Addys Díaz Piñera, Armando Rodríguez Salvá, René García Roche, Isabel Carbonell García, Fernando Achiong Estupiñán

“…It was evaluated the possible association among variables by the existence of the statistic significance (α= 0,05) by the Square-chi Pearson Test. …”
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Healing potentiality of blood clot, S-PRF and A-PRF as scaffold in treatment of non-vital mature single rooted teeth with chronic peri-apical periodontitis following regenerative e... by Omnia Badawy Darwish, Said Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Hany Samy Sadek

“…There was no statistically significant difference between the three groups according to incidence of healing at 6, 12 and 18 months. …”
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Low Back Pain and Associated Factors among Primary School Teachers in Mekele City, North Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Aregawi Kebede, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Haile Woldie, Melaku Kindie Yenit

“…The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to show the strength of the associations, and variables with a p value of less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results. In this study, the prevalence of low back pain was 74.8% (95% CI: 71.4-78.2). …”
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A pooled analysis of the side effects of non-invasive Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) by Manon Giraudier, Carlos Ventura-Bort, Christoph Szeska, Mathias Weymar, Mathias Weymar

“…Stimulation intensity and duration showed few statistically significant, but clinically minimal (i.e., very small) effects.ConclusionOverall, these findings demonstrate a favorable safety profile of taVNS, with mostly mild and transient effects, supporting its use as a suitable non-invasive tool in both research and clinical applications.…”
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Effect of prednisolone acetate eye drops on blood glucose profile in Indian population by Archana Bhat, Prajakta Paritekar, Y. Umesh

“…Group A showed a statistically significant increase when 1-week preoperative FBS level (105.9 ± 13.3) was compared with 1-week postoperative (114.42 ± 15.6) which returned to the pretreatment level (102.92 ± 8.9) on 1-month follow-up. …”
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The Impact of Uncertainty on Pedestrians’ Decision to Start Roadway Crossing during the Clearance Phase by Milan Simeunović, Andrijana Jović, Pavle Pitka, Mladen Dobrić

“…Chi square independency test showed that there is a statistically significant difference in the behaviour of pedestrians during the clearance time, depending on the existence of the timer, as well as the fact that pedestrians behave in a safer manner if there is no clearance time shown on the timer. …”
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Assessment of Patients Adherence to Oral Regimen of Drug-Resistant   Tuberculosis among Iraqi Patients by Noor Alaa Jasim, Manal Khalid Abdulridha, Ahmed Asmar Mankhy, Ahmed Hadi Tarish

“…There was not a statistically significant difference between those who adhered to the correct dose (the correct count number of pills) and those who adhered to a low dose (low count number of pills) with demographic data. …”
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Evaluation of Apical Sealing Ability of Four Endodontic Sealers: An In vitro Study by Sourabh Ramesh Joshi, S. Sruthi, Viddyasagar Prabhakar Mopagar, Neeta Surendra Padmawar, Gowri Swaminatham Pendyala

“…Cera Seal B had highest mean dye penetration (2.59 ± 1.11) and the difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: Maximum dye penetration was seen in CeraSeal B, showing it had the lowest sealing ability. that CeraSeal had slightly higher sealing ability as compared to AH Plus and MTA Fillapex, although their difference was statistically non-significant.…”
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Evaluation of Mandibular Buccal Shelf Area for Mini Screw Placement in Different Sagittal and Vertical Skeletal Pattern: A CBCT Study by A Abhijith, Anshu Sahu, Raghu Ranjan, Shovan Roy, Parul Priya, Monalisa Goswami

“…Although values tended to be greater in patients with horizontal growth pattern, the difference was not statistically significant. Conclusion: Mandibular buccal shelf provides an optimal bone site for miniscrew insertion with better osseous characteristics at the distal root of the mandibular second molar. …”
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Motives for choice of work in healthcare and individual performance of medical doctors working in public multispecialty hospitals in Warsaw by Malgorzata Chmielewska, Jakub Stokwiszewski, Justyna Markowska, Tomasz Hermanowski

“…The interdependence between individual performance and the main reason for choosing a career in healthcare was examined with a Kruskal-Wallis test.ResultsThe research results indicate a statistically significant relationship between the main motive for choosing a career in healthcare—namely, the individual motivation of hospital doctors, and individual work performance as measured by “notion that my work is valuable in itself” (p = 0.003) and “responsibility for outcomes” (p = 0.024) response categories. …”
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Occurrence of Clinostomum Metacercariae in Oreochromis mossambicus from Mashoko Dam, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe by Casper Mutengu, Wilson Mhlanga

“…There was no statistically significant difference in mean intensity of infection between male and female fish (n=180; t=0.521; p<0.05). …”
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Incidence and management of intraocular lens opacification after primary phacovitrectomy for combined cataract and diabetic vitrectomy by Mohammed A. Al-Naimy, Marwa A. Khairy, Ahmed Roshdy Alagorie, Yasmine A. Deiaeldin

“…One patient of those undergone IOL exchange developed progressive secondary neovascular glaucoma. A statistically significant association between diabetic control and the level of glycosylated hemoglobin and the development of IOL opacification in hydrophilic group was noticed. …”
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Overcoming dietary complexity in type 2 diabetes: influencing factors and coping strategies by Yingying Tang, Dongmei Yang

“…There were significant correlations between dietary compliance and several demographic and clinical factors, including age (r = 0.501), gender (r = 0.447), education level (r = 0.610), average monthly household per capita income (r = 0.627), and the duration, since T2DM diagnosis (r = 0.552), all of which were statistically significant (p < 0.05). Logistic regression identified age (OR = 1.705, 95%CI 1.262 ~ 1.987), gender (OR = 2.401, 95%CI 1.909 ~ 3.134), education level (OR = 3.083, 95%CI 2.434 ~ 3.957), average monthly household per capita income (OR = 3.721, 95%CI 2.553 ~ 4.405), and the time since T2DM diagnosis (OR = 2.470, 95%CI 1.755 ~ 3.262) as significant predictors of dietary compliance. …”
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Oral health status in children undergoing chemotherapy at Erbil city: A case control study. by Zahraa Emaad Ahmed, Sazan Sherdl Salim

“…Result: A high statistically significant difference of a p-value of 0.000 was seen in the dmft caries index for (primary dentition) with the highest mean (5.32) for the controls when compared with the children undergoing chemotherapy (2.84), while no statically significant differences were found in the DMFT for (permanent dentition) and PI. …”
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Exploring the Decision-making Process of Medical Students’ on Choosing Radiology as a Specialty in Northern Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Study by Pakeeza Shafiq

“…A p-value of ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant. Result: The gender distribution was 56 males (37.58%) and 93 females (62.42%), with only 16 participants (10.74%) having chosen radiology as their specialty, despite significant exposure to the specialty (76 participants, or 51.01%). …”
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Sleep recovery ameliorates submandibular salivary gland inflammation associated with paradoxical sleep deprivation in male Wistar rats by Jude Ijuo Abeje, Shehu-Tijani T. Shittu, Olayinka Olawale Asafa, Bimpe Bolarinwa, Taye J. Lasisi

“…P-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: Levels of TNF-α, IL-6, and nitrite in the submandibular salivary glands were significantly higher in the TSD groups (p=0.04,p<0.001, p=0.03, respectively) than in the control. …”
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Evaluating the Fracture Resistance of Different Reinforcement Methods of Repaired Maxillary Complete Denture. by Zhala Dara Miran, Nasa Hasan Ahmad

“…Conclusion: Within the limitations of the present study, it can be concluded that:
There is statistically significant difference present in the mean fracture resistance values in all groups. …”
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How is maternal employment associated with infant and young child feeding in Bangladesh? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. by M A Rifat, Plabon Sarkar, Israth Jahan Rimu, Syeda Saima Alam, Tasnu Ara, Tobias Lindström Battle, Manzur Kader, Sanjib Saha

“…For example, there was a statistically significant lower likelihood of exclusive breastfeeding practice among employed mothers as compared to those who were not employed. …”
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To what extent is socioeconomic status associated with not taking up and dropout from cardiac rehabilitation: a population-based follow-up study by Thomas Maribo, Christina M Stapelfeldt, Marie Louise Svendsen, Birgitte Bitsch Gadager, Maiken Bay Ravn, Sanne Moeller Palner

“…All adjusted ORs, except one (education/dropout) demonstrated that low SES compared with high are statistically significantly associated with higher odds of not taking up CR and dropout from CR. …”
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