Effect of Die Spacer Thickness on the Microshear Bond Strength of CAD/CAM Lithium Disilicate Veneers by Sherine Mohamed Farag, Mona Mohamed Ghoneim, Rania Reda Afifi

“…One-way ANOVA (p≤0.05) showed a statistically significant difference in microshear bond strength among the three groups. …”
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Influence of Preheating Procedure and Polymerization Modes on Degree of Conversion of Contemporary Resin Composites by Mutlu Özcan, Başak Yazkan, Nilgün Akgül, Ahmet Erdem, Özge Gizem Yenidünya

“…Preheating application caused a statistically significant increase in the DC values of the VCB*SM, VCB*HM, and GSO*HM groups at both evaluation periods, and the GSX*SM group at 24h post-irradiation. …”
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COVID-19 and renal allograft rejection: insight from controlled and non-controlled studies by Ahmed Daoud, Karim Soliman, Maria Aurora Posadas Salas, Genta Uehara, Sakshi Vaishnav, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Michael J. Casey

“…The combined rejection rate across these studies was calculated to be 11.8%.Conclusion In conclusion, the limited number of published controlled studies revealed no statistically significant association between COVID-19 infection and biopsy-proven rejection among KTRs. …”
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Aggression in crime and sports: a study on prisoners and amateur combat athletes in Türkiye by Muhammed Sıddık Çemç, Enes Madak, Özgür Gülen, Hüseyin Ozan Sönmez

“…Results Analysis of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire scores revealed that the aggression levels of prisoners incarcerated for intentional injury were statistically significantly lower than those of both amateur combat athletes and control group participants (p < 0.001). …”
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Serum interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist levels in South Indian fibromyalgia patients and its correlation with disease severity by Sandeep Surendran, C B Mithun, Vishnu S Chandran, Suma Balan, Arun Tiwari

“…The analysis for the correlation between cytokine and outcome measures failed to show any statistically significant correlation. Conclusion: Fibromyalgia patients in our study had lower serum IL-1Ra level, whereas IL-8 and IL-6 levels were normal. …”
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Introduction of mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise as a mode of assessment for postgraduate students in medicine for examination of sacroiliac joints by Anuj Singhal, Shankar Subramanian, Sonal Singh, Arun Kumar Yadav, Anup Hallapanavar, B Anjali

“…Results: A total of ninety mini-CEX exposures involving 18 PG students and nine faculty were analyzed. We found a statistically significant improvement in the domain of medical interviewing (P < 0.001), physical examination (P = 0.003), professionalism (P = 0.001), clinical judgment (P = 0.003), counseling skills (P < 0.001), and organizing efficiency (P < 0.001). …”
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A Single-Center Retrospective Study of the Impact of Thyroid Cancer on the Malignant Risk of Contralateral TI-RADS 3 and 4 Nodules by Huan Liu, Jun Jin, Qiao Chen, Zhongmin Li

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to control potential confounding factors to investigate whether their differences were statistically significant. Results. A total of 330 patients underwent thyroid surgery, of whom 137 were eligible, including 84 in the experimental group and 53 in the control group. …”
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Rehabilitation Training Activity Analysis Method for Motor Function in Lower Limb in Elderly Patients with Hemiplegia after Stroke by Meng LYU, Haizhou WANG, Zhuping SHAO

“…The activity analysis scores, Holden walking function scores, time of walking for 10 m, and Fugl-Meyer motor function scores were compared between two groups.Results:Compared with before treatment, the activity analysis score, Holden walking ability score, and motor function score of the both groups were significantly increased after 1,2 and 3 months after treatment, while the 10 m walking time was significantly reduced, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), Compared with the control group, the activity analysis score, Holden walking ability score, and motor function score of the observation group were higher, and the 10 m walking time was shorter.Conclusion:Rehabilitation training activity analysis method for treatment of elderly patients with hemiplegia after stroke can effectively improve the walking ability, motor function and lower limb physical activity ability of patients with hemiplegia after stroke.…”
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How does integrating ‘disaster nursing’ into nursing curricula impact nursing students’ perception of disaster literacy and preparedness? by Özüm Erkin, Selahattin Güçlü Kiyan

“…The mean pre-test score on the Perception of Disaster Preparedness in Nurses Scale was 81.66 ± 4.61, rising significantly to 90.64 ± 6.25 post-test (p < 0.05). A statistically significant positive correlation was found between the total scores of the Disaster Literacy and Disaster Preparedness in Nurses scales (r = 0.79). …”
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Comparison of BTX Profiles and Their Mutagenicity Assessment at Two Sites of Agra, India by Vyoma Singla, Tripti Pachauri, Aparna Satsangi, K. Maharaj Kumari, Anita Lakhani

“…The mutagenic response was greater for TA100 than TA98 suggesting greater activity for base-pair mutagenicity than frame-shift mutagenicity and was found to be statistically significant.…”
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The Red Supergiant Progenitor Luminosity Problem by Emma R. Beasor, Nathan Smith, Jacob E. Jencson

“…When these corrections and larger uncertainties are included in the analysis, even the most luminous known RSGs are not ruled out at the 3 σ level, indicating there is currently no statistically significant evidence that the most luminous RSGs are missing from the observed sample of II-P progenitors. …”
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Prevalence of Early Postnatal-Care Service Utilization and Its Associated Factors among Mothers in Hawassa Zuria District, Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Shambel Yoseph, Azmach Dache, Aregahegn Dona

“…A P value <0.05 was considered a statistically significant association. Finally, the results were presented by texts, tables, and figures. …”
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Effect of Existential Group Therapy on the Quality of Sexual Life in Infertile Men\'s Spouses by samira ghorbani, Shahrbanoo Salehin, Ali Mohamad Nazari, Seyedeh Solmaz Talebi, Afsaneh Keramat

“…Results: Following the intervention, the quality of sexual life score in the intervention group was 67.42±17.83, indicating a statistically significant improvement compared to the pre-intervention scores and the control group (P<0.001). …”
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Prevalence of selected chronic diseases, health seeking behaviour and associated factors among the elderly workers of a selected district of Sri Lanka by Niluka Gunathilaka, Dulani L. Samaranayake, Manuj C. Weerasinghe

“…Bivariate analysis was carried out using Chi--squared test, considering a p-value of 0.05 as statistically significant. Results: Majority of the workers (78.4%; n=655) were having at least one chronic illness and the occupation of 58% of them was affected by their chronic illness. …”
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The causes and impacts of flood risks in South Africa by Tlou D. Raphela, Mollin Matsididi

“…There was a statistically significant difference between whether floods affected your physical structure as an outcome variable and how the flooding affected participants (Wald χ62 = 30.364; p = 0.001). …”
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A Systematic Literature Review and Bucher Indirect Comparison: Tildrakizumab versus Guselkumab by Kristian Garn Du Jardin, Pepi Hurtado Lopez, Mette Lange, Rachael McCool, Silvia Maeso Naval, Sandra Quickert

“…There was no statistically significant difference between guselkumab and tildrakizumab for PASI 75, PASI 90, SAEs, and rate of discontinuations at either timepoint. …”
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Repeatability and Agreement of Central Corneal Thickness and Keratometry Measurements between Four Different Devices by Laszlo Kiraly, Jana Stange, Kathleen S. Kunert, Saadettin Sel

“…The comparison of CCT measurements revealed statistically significant differences between Pentacam HR versus IOLMaster 700 (p<0.0001) and Pentacam HR versus Cirrus HD-OCT (p<0.0001), respectively. …”
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The presence of risk factors in the home environment that influences the fall of people of the third age by Ratko Zlatičanin, Amila Jaganjac, Arzija Pašalić, Amra Mačak Hadžiomerović

“…Results: There is a statistically significant difference in social and physical activities of daily living in the area of concern about falling. …”
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Measuring the performance of urban management on the quality of life of informal settlements in Miandoab City by farhad Judi, rahim Sarwar, Sayeda Sediqeh Hasani Mehr

“…The results indicated that the urban management index was statistically significant, with a p-value of 0.000, which is less than the threshold of 0.05. …”
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Small Airway Dysfunction in Chronic Bronchitis with Preserved Pulmonary Function by Qi Ding, Bai-Bing Mi, Xia Wei, Jie Li, Jiu-Yun Mi, Jing-Ting Ren, Rui-Li Li

“…Compared with the control group, the PRISm and COPD groups showed statistically significant differences in the predicted FEV1% p<0.001, maximal expiratory flow (MEF) 25% p<0.001, MEF50% p<0.001, maximal midexpiratory flow (MMEF) 25–75% p<0.001, residual volume (RV)/total lung capacity (TLC; p<0.001), FVC% p<0.001, total respiratory resistance and proximal respiratory resistance (R5-R20; p<0.001), respiratory system reactance at 5 Hz (X5; p<0.001), resonant frequency (Fres; p<0.001), and area of reactance (Ax; p<0.001). …”
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