Effects of a Serratus Anterior Plane Block After Video-Assisted Lung Wedge Resection: A Single-Center, Prospective, and Randomized Controlled Trial by Seokjin Lee, Tae-Yun Sung, Choon-Kyu Cho, Gyuwon Lee, Woojin Kwon

“…Although the VAS scores decreased with time in both groups, the differences were not statistically significant. The SAPB group required fewer opioids by 48 h. …”
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Mediation effects of subjective social status and personality traits between childhood nurturing experiences and depressive symptoms in adult volunteers by Yuki Nakagawa, Miki Ono, Chihiro Morishita, Mina Honyashiki, Yu Tamada, Yota Fujimura, Shinji Higashi, Naoki Hashimoto, Takeshi Inoue, Jiro Masuya

“…Furthermore, it was also shown that complex paths, in which the association of nurturing experiences with depressive symptoms was mediated by two factors, namely, subjective social status and neuroticism, were statistically significant as indirect effects (0.016 for Overprotection and –0.018 for Care). …”
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Topical Application of Orabase Bromelain Gel Reduces Inflammatory Process, Bone Loss and Steatosis in Experimental Periodontitis by Even Herlany Pereira Alves, Hélio Mateus Silva Nascimento, Luiz Felipe de Carvalho França, Any Carolina Cardoso Guimarães Vasconcelos, Larissa dos Santos Pessoa, Felipe Rodolfo Pereira da Silva, John Arlley Sousa Pinho de Lira, Paulo Roberto Carneiro Gomes, André dos Santos Carvalho, André Luiz dos Reis Barbosa, Daniel Fernando Pereira Vasconcelos

“…The results for MPO dosage in the gingival tissue showed statistically significant differences between the groups when compared to the group with periodontitis, MDA and GSH showed promising results in the groups treated with gels in the dosages of gingival and liver tissue. …”
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Utility of adding oesophageal to endobronchial endosonography when staging lung cancer: a randomised trial by Masahide Oki, Hideo Saka, Yukio Seki, Yoshihito Kogure, Hideyuki Niwa, Arisa Yamada, Atsushi Torii, Chiyoe Kitagawa, Masahiko Ando

“…Conclusions The difference in the sensitivities of EBUS alone and EBUS/EUS-B in terms of diagnosing N2/N3 disease was not statistically significant. Although the increase in sensitivity with the addition of EUS-B is modest, it is maximised when EUS-B is used to sample lymph nodes not accessible by EBUS alone.…”
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Efficacy and safety of Mahuang Fuzi and Shenzhuo Decoction for treatment of primary membranous nephropathy: a multicenter prospective trial by Naiqian Zhang, Hanxue Jiang, Haoran Dai, Shuxian Huang, Qihan Zhao, Na Zhang, Wenbin Liu, Zhaocheng Dong, Yu Gao, Xuan Dong, Yuehong Hu, Fanyu Hou, Hongliang Rui, Qingquan Liu, Baoli Liu

“…Subgroup analysis revealed that neither a history of immunosuppressive therapy (HIST) nor an age threshold of ≥60 years exhibited a statistically significant impact on the remission rate at the 24-month mark (p > .05). …”
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Lessons for a learning health system: Effectively communicating to patients about research with their health information and biospecimens by Kayte Spector‐Bagdady, Kerry A. Ryan, Luyun Chen, Camille Giacobone, Reshma Jagsi, Reema Hamasha, Katherine Hendy, J. Denard Thomas, Jessie M. Milne, Alexandra H. Vinson, Jodyn Platt

“…Results Among survey respondents, the type of intervention (poster vs. news) made no statistically significant difference in its influence on any characteristic. …”
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Association of Myasthenia Gravis With Autoimmune Thyroid Disease: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by Yao Wang, Ke Wang, Jing Lu, Peng Xu, Dongmei Zhang, Xinzhi Chen, Jian Wang

“…Genetic predisposition to MG was linked to an increased likelihood of developing Hashimoto's thyroiditis (OR = 1.242(1.073–1.437, P = 0.0036)), and early‐onset MG also exhibited an association with an elevated risk of HT (OR = 1.157(1.073‐1.246), P = 1.269×10−4). No statistically significant relationships were found for the other conditions. …”
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Factors Associated with Mortality in Severe Acute Cholangitis in a Moroccan Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Analysis of 140 Cases by Soumaya Touzani, Abderrahim El Bouazzaoui, Fatima Bouyarmane, Kaoutar Faraj, Nawfal Houari, Brahim Boukatta, Nabil Kanjaa

“…Mortality rate was 28%. Statistically significant factors for mortality (p<0.05) were history of taking anticoagulant treatment, use of catecholamines and mechanical ventilation during ICU stay, and delay in consultation and administration of antibiotic therapy. …”
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USING E-LEARNING TO PREVENT INFORMATIONAL STRESS OF EMPLOYEES WORKING REMOTELY by Oleksandra Pinchuk, Nataliia I. Pinchuk, Olena I. Bondarchuk, Valentyna V. Balakhtar, Kateryna S. Pavlenok

“…It was found that informational stress has a complex negative impact on the life, work and social contacts of employees who work remotely. There are statistically significant differences in gender, age, organizational and professional factors in stress development between employees with a conventional mode of remote work and employees with a forced remote work mode due to crisis conditions (Covid-19, war, etc.). …”
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Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome in Patients with Bronchial Asthma by N. D. Potskhverashvili, O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. I. Kokina, N. L. Dzhakhaya, A. V. Sedova, E. L. Bueverova, A. S. Trukhmanov

“…The correction of composition disorders of the intestinal microflora is accompanied by a statistically significant decrease in the immune response (p &lt; 0.01) and improvement in the function of external respiration (p &lt; 0.001).Conclusion.  …”
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Factors Influencing Behavioral Intention to Apply Freemium Services in Islamic Lifestyle Digital Applications Using Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) by Yan Putra Timur, Ririn Tri Ratnasari, Anwar Allah Pitchay, Dyah Permata Sari, Muhammad Rifqi

“…Digital literacy (DL) had a positive moderating effect between PE and business expectations in US, but the effect was not statistically significant. Conclusion: The research described that all UTAUT variables, along with UT and US, influenced the intention to adopt freemium services in ILDA. …”
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Effect of selected Indonesian plants on Giardia intestinalis in an experimental in vitro model by Radka Pecková, Karel Doležal, Bohumil Sak, Dana Květoňová, Martin Kváč, Ivan Petřík, Wisnu Nurcahyo, Ivona Foitová

“…Results We recorded a statistically-significant decrease in giardia trophozoites in two extracts: the methanolic extract of A. fagifolium (Kruskal-Wallis: p = 0.013) and the aqueous extract of P. betle (Kruskal-Wallis: p = 0.002). …”
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The characteristics of chronic benzene poisoning in 176 Chinese occupational population cases by Lian Gou, Lian Gou, Xingyu Ma, Lili Huang, Lili Huang, Mei Qiu, Ruiqing Guo, Jun Jia, Peiyu Xu, Nan Lian

“…The working duration of benzene exposure appeared to decline, but this trend was not statistically significant. The majority of employees were in medium and large-sized enterprises. …”
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Health system governance for injury care in low- and middle-income countries: a survey of policymakers and policy implementors by Alice Sitch, Justine Davies, Kathryn Chu, Stephen Tabiri, Junaid Razzak, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Alemayehu Amberbir, Abebe Bekele, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Mohammed Bukari, Derbew Fikadu Berhe, Barnabas Alayande, Pascal Nzasabimana, Jean Claude Byiringiro, Huba Atiq, Komal Abdul Rahim, Jane Acquaye, Anita Eseenam Agbeko, Napoleon Bellua Sam, Leila Ghalichi, Denys Ndangurura, Irene Bagahirwa, Dominic Konadu-Yeboah, Frederick Sarfo-Antwi, Lambert Nzungize, Ntombekhaya Tshabalala, Richard Osei, Tamlyn MacQuene, Zaheer Babar Chand, Zabin Wajidali, Adams Dramani, Ebenezer Kwame Amofa, Eric Twizeyimana, Fazila Sahibjan, Ghislaine Umwali, Mehreen Mustafa, Nadine Mugisha, Tariq Jakhro

“…Median scores were higher for policymakers (33, 27–48) than for policy implementers (27, 17–42), but the difference was not statistically significant.Conclusion The four studied countries have developed some of the foundations of good injury care governance, although many governance domains require more attention. …”
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First validation of the novel Freiburg Neurointerventional Score purposely designed for use by emergency medical dispatchers for detecting anterior circulation large-vessel occlusi... by Erik Farin-Glattacker, Christian A Taschner, Hans-Jörg Busch, Wolf-Dirk Niesen, Matthias L Herrmann, Florian F Schuchardt, Clara Franck, Simone Meier, Max Henningsen, Friederike S Brohl, Christoph Sonntag, Nicole Wimmesberger, Jochen Brich

“…A positive FRENS was statistically significantly correlated with an aLVO stroke. …”
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Infection Frequency and Allelic Variants of <em>Toxoplasma gondii</em> in Wildlife from the Panama Canal Zone by Evelyn Henríquez-Carrizo, Hector Cruz, Alessandra Jurado, Diorene Smith, Delba Villalobos-Cerrud, Lorena Fábrega, Carolina de la Guardia, Ryan Cano, Ricardo Correa, Edy Frías, Anabel Argelis García, Nivia Ríos, Nidia Sandoval, Alex O. Martínez Torres, Armando Castillo-Pimentel, Zuleima Caballero E.

“…Stratified analyses for bird and mammal samples showed positivity rates of 67.2% and 70.12%, respectively, with no statistically significant differences. Infection frequency was also measured in five types of organs (brain, liver, heart, lung, and skeletal muscle), which showed homogeneous frequencies. …”
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure in real life: the tip of the iceberg in the sea of comorbidities. A prospective observational study by Ombretta Para, Marco Vanetti, Chiara Dibonaventura, Davide Salerno, Lorenzo Caruso, Christian Carleo, Asim Raza, Carlo Nozzoli, Antonio Spanevello

“…Some variables showed a statistically significant difference when comparing patients with COPD and HF to those with COPD without HF. …”
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CD4+CD25highCD127low/−FoxP3+ Regulatory T Cell Subpopulations in the Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood of Children with ALL: Brief Report by M. Niedźwiecki, O. Budziło, M. Zieliński, E. Adamkiewicz-Drożyńska, L. Maciejka-Kembłowska, T. Szczepański, P. Trzonkowski

“…By analyzing Treg subpopulations, it was shown that only memory Tregs in contact with leukemic antigens showed statistically significant differences. We noticed a low negative correlation between Treg cells in the bone marrow and the percentage of blasts (R=−0.36) as well as a moderate correlation between Treg cells in the bone marrow and Hb level (R=+0.41) in peripheral blood before therapy. …”
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Evaluating ChatGPT-4's performance on oral and maxillofacial queries: Chain of Thought and standard method by Kaiyuan Ji, Zhihan Wu, Jing Han, Guangtao Zhai, Guangtao Zhai, Jiannan Liu

“…These questions encompass 12 areas of oral and maxillofacial surgery, including Prosthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Maxillofacial Tumors and Salivary Gland Diseases, and maxillofacial Infections.ResultsUsing CoT approach, ChatGPT-4 exhibited marked enhancements in accuracy, structure, completeness, professionalism, and overall impression for open-ended questions, revealing statistically significant differences compared to its performance on general oral and maxillofacial inquiries. …”
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Influence of age, sex, and presence of cleft lip and palate on the quantity and quality of saliva-derived DNA by Lina M. Escobar, Zita Bendahan, Deisy Abril, David Díaz-Baez, Adolfo Paternina, Farith González-Martinez, Ma Clara González-Carrera

“…The sample comprised 32.2 % females and 67.8 % males.Statistically significant differences in DNA concentrations were found between individuals under and over 18 years old (12.38 and 21.3 ng/μl, respectively, p = 0.0001), but no differences were observed between males and females. …”
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