Conceptual Knowledge of Oral Health Among Primary School Teachers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—A Cross Sectional Survey by Sanjeev. B. Khanagar, Rayan Albar, Abdullah Alghamdi, Sultan Alshamrani, Yousif Alhussain

“…The male group exhibited lower values for the CMOHK score in comparison with the female group; however, these findings were not statistically significant. The findings indicated that the group of government school teachers exhibited higher values for the dependent variable CMOHK score compared to their private school counterparts. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of fluoride releasing and recharging ability for various pit and fissure sealants (An in vitro study). by Vian O. Majeed

“…Both Ketac and Photac were statistically significant with Palfique and Charisma in all experimental fluoride release periods. …”
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Beliefs and outlook toward medications in Indian patients with very early rheumatoid arthritis: Cross sectional survey by Sakir Ahmed, Arup Mahapatra, Basanta Kumar Behera, Prasanta Padhan

“…There was no statistically significant correlation between these scores and sex, age, educational status, occupation, or income. …”
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Accuracy of additive and subtractive hybrid fabrication of complete-arch implant titanium frameworks by WANG Han, HU Jian, LI Lin

“…Results Between the differences in the implant abutment-prosthesis interfaces of the two fabrication methods, there was no statistical difference in the linear deviation on the x, y, and z axes of each interface and the 3D deviation and angular deviation of the interface(P>0.05), and the deviation values were within the clinically acceptable range. There were statistically significant differences in the 3D deviation between the different implant sites of the edentulous implant frameworks in both techniques. …”
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Functional Assessment of Diaphragm Muscle in Stroke Patients and Research of Rehabilitation Intervention by Juanjuan FU, Hui FENG, Huaping PAN

“…The diaphragm muscle thickness ratio, diaphragmatic displacement, forced vital capacity, the FEV₁, FEV₁/FVC, oxygen and index, and SaO₂were significantly higher after EDP, and the pH value and fatigue index were lower after EDP, and all had statistically significant differences.Conclusion:Diaphragm function and lung function are significantly reduced after stroke, and external diaphragm pacemaker treatment plays a role in helping to improve respiratory function and relieve fatigue after stroke.…”
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Evaluation of Bacillus coagulans LMG S-31876 for immunomodulation and stress: a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial by Ranjith Kumar Kallur, Sreenadh Madapati, Mayuri Banerjee, Ankita Mathur, Sourish Bhattacharya

“…Patients were treated with ProBC Plus (2 billion colony-forming units [CFU]) along with a placebo capsule administered once daily for a period of 8 weeks.ResultsThe effects of ProBC Plus exhibited a positive response on stress relief, lipid parameters, immune status, and vital signs, which is further statistically significant (p value <0.05, 5% marginal error at 95% CI).ConclusionThe study on ProBC Plus showed positive results. …”
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A survey on medication adherence and influencing factors among 226 peritoneal dialysis patients in a primary hospital in China by Chen Ling, Yuxia Ouyang, Jiaqi Cao, Jingwen Bi, Yunfang Zhang

“…Univariate analysis showed that there was a statistically significant difference between groups in age (χ2 = 3.990, P = 0.020), PD vintage (t = 2.068, P = 0.040), presence of anaemia (t = -2.750, P = 0.006), PD operator (χ2 = 3.110, P = 0.047), SDS scores (t = 2.818, P = 0.005). …”
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Factors Influencing Hospitalization Expenses Among Patients with Lung Cancer in China by Tingting Xu, Nan Jiang, He Chen, Jun Feng, Qiming Feng, Xianjing Qin, Jinmin Zhao, Hongda Gao

“…For external factor, OR of occupation, medical insurance type, hospitalization frequency, and length of stay are statistically significant in GLM equation. The hospitalization expense is increasing and the effect of cost control is not significant. …”
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Safety Effects of Horizontal Curve Design and Lane and Shoulder Width on Single Motorcycle Accidents in Norway by Sara Kvasnes, Petr Pokorny, Jan Kristian Jensen, Kelly Pitera

“…While the results are not statistically significant, trends seen indicate that wider lanes were associated with increased odds for an accident, while wider shoulders were associated with decreased odds. …”
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Comparative evaluation of marginal fit accuracy of two different designs of endocrown manufactured through CAD-CAM system: An in vitro study by Khushbu Rakesh Gupta, Deepesh Kumar Gupta, Anumeha Jha, Shivam B. Shukla, Aayush Mukund Dubey

“…Results: In the present study, the marginal fit of WoF showed a superior marginal fit than WF. A statistically significant difference was seen in the marginal fit of two endocrowns, with a higher marginal discrepancy observed in the endocrown with the ferrule. …”
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Occurrence and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Listeria monocytogenes Isolated From Bovine’s Milk and Meat in Mekelle City, Ethiopia by Tesfay Hailu, Getachew Gugsa, Yisehak Tsegaye, Meselu Ahmed, Nesibu Awol

“…There was a statistically significant difference (p <0.05) in the prevalence rates of the organism in meat samples collected from abattoir (1.67%), butcher shops (8.33%), and restaurants (8.33%). …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study towards Genomic Predictive Power for High Production and Quality of Milk in American Alpine Goats by Y. Tilahun, T. A. Gipson, T. Alexander, M. L. McCallum, P. R. Hoyt

“…These candidate genes segregated as separate novel SNPs and were identified as statistically significant regions for genome and chromosome level trait associations. …”
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Less is more - Retrospective analysis of the two-incision implantation technique for hypoglossal nerve stimulation and comparison of respiratory sensing lead curves against the thr... by Nikhil Thakur, Valentin Krüger, Marcus Czabanka, Johanna Quick-Weller

“…Mean OR-time was marginally less in the 2-incision group without being statistically significant. Conclusion: The 2-incision-technique generates respiratory-sensing curves at par with those generated with 3-incision-implants. …”
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Evaluation of Risk Factors of Peri-Implant Disease Using a New Manual Risk Assessment Model: A Clinical study by Mahima Jain, Mohd Shafiq Bin Shaffa’ee, Ashita Uppoor, Swati Pralhad, Sangeeta U. Nayak, Sharon Saldanha

“…This comparison was statistically significant with a p value of 0.022. Conclusion. …”
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The success rate of 2619 consecutively inserted extra-alveolar miniscrews for temporary skeletal anchorage by soroush basafa, Johnny Liaw, Nikhilesh Vaid, Donald Ferguson

“…P-value<0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: The overall success rate was 79.3%. …”
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Blind Spot in the Radar of MEST-C Score: Type and Severity of Tubulointerstitial Nephritis in IgA Nephropathy by Iram Asrar, Mudassar Hussain, Aurangzeb Afzal, Usman Hassan, Sheeba Ishtiaq

“…A p value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results. A total of 247/300 biopsies were eligible for inclusion. …”
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Penetration of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Deep Carious Lesions of Human Permanent Teeth: An In Vitro Study by Jutharat Manuschai, Supitcha Talungchit, Supawadee Naorungroj

“…The micro-CT analysis showed that the PD/LD ratios of group B (1.07–2.29) were marginally greater than those of group A (1.00–1.31). However, a statistically significant difference was not observed (pvalue = 0.5078). …”
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Determinants of nosocomial infections and emerging antibiotic resistance in the Intensive Care Unit: A prospective evidence-based study by Pranali Patil, Amol Muthal, Jignesh Shah, Asavari Raut

“…Stress ulcer prophylaxis (aOR 7.691, 95% CI 2.202-26.860, P=0.001), endotracheal intubation (aOR 3.251, 95% CI 1.251-8.420, P=0.015), Foley’s catheter (aOR 11.917, 95% CI 1.335-106.410, P=0.027), and ICU stay > 7 days (aOR 30.915, 95% CI 10.062-94.980, P=0.001) were statistically significant risk factors associated with nosocomial infection in ICU patients. …”
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Efficient removal of lead (II) from paint factory wastewater using Noug stalk activated carbon: A sustainable adsorption approach by Getasew Yirdaw

“…Statistical analysis using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20 was employed, with a paired sample t-test determining the significance of differences in lead (II) concentrations before and after treatment, considering a p-value of <0.05 as statistically significant. The paint factory wastewater sample exhibited a pH of 6.62, temperature of 20.40 °C, chemical oxygen demand of 1717 mg/L, total suspended solids of 710 mg/L, total dissolved solids of 1231 mg/L, and a lead (II) concentration of 23.54 mg/L. …”
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Role of obturator in restoring quality of life and function in maxillary oncological defect cases- A systematic review by Neelima Manoj, Ahila Singaravel Chidambaranathan, MuthuKumar Balasubramanium, Ganesh RamKumar Rajapandi

“…The results demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in both speech and quality of life for patients using maxillary obturators. …”
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