The efficacy of hypothermia combined with thrombolysis or mechanical thrombectomy on acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Dan Wang, Dan Yan, Mingmin Yan, Hao Tian, Haiwei Jiang, Bifeng Zhu, Yu Chen, Tao Peng, Yue Wan

“…Subgroup analyses indicated a mild protective effect of selective cerebral hypothermia; however, the difference in mortality between the hypothermia and control groups was not statistically significant (RR = 0.88, 95% CI 0.57–1.35, p = 0.55). …”
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Skin Closure Technique and Postprocedural Pain after Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation: A Retrospective Review by Markus A. Bendel, Ryan S. D’Souza, Taylor J. North, Thomas P. Pittelkow, Jonathan M. Hagedorn

“…The primary outcome showed no statistically significant difference on postoperative pain scores between the suture (6.0 (IQR 5.0–8.0)) and staple (7.0 (IQR 5.0–8.0)) cohorts at postoperative day (POD) #1 (adjusted β 0.17 (95% CI −0.61 to 0.95), P=0.670). …”
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The Role of NMP22 and CSTB Levels in Predicting Postoperative Recurrence of Bladder Cancer by Changkun Huang, Xiaolin Ai, Liping Hu, Da Ren

“…The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of preoperative NMP22 combined with CSTB in evaluating bladder cancer recurrence after surgery were higher than those of preoperative NMP22 and CSTB alone, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion. Preoperative NMP22 and CSTB conveying is hardly interrelated to postoperative recurrence of bladder carcinoma and has certain appraisal worth for postoperative recurrence of bladder carcinoma, and the combined testing of the two has a taller appraisal worth. …”
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Effect of concentric exercise-induced fatigue on proprioception, motor control and performance of the upper limb in handball players. by Stelios Hadjisavvas, Michalis A Efstathiou, Irene-Chrysovalanto Themistocleous, Katerina Daskalaki, Paraskevi Malliou, Christoforos D Giannaki, Jeremy Lewis, Manos Stefanakis

“…Specifically, statistically significant differences were found in anteromedial (AM) (p = 0.041), superolateral (SL) reach directions (p = 0.005), composite score (p = 0.009) in the right hand and inferolateral (IL) reach direction in the left hand (p = 0.020) in the YBT-UQ. …”
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Therapeutic Evidence of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation for Cerebral Palsy: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Baocheng Xie, Minyi Chen, Runkai Hu, Weichao Han, Shaobo Ding

“…Adverse event (AE) of upper respiratory infection, diarrhea, and constipation was not statistically significant between the two groups. This meta-analysis synthesized the primary outcomes and suggested that hMSC therapy is beneficial, effective, and safe in improving GMFM scores and CFA scores in children with CP. …”
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Real World Evaluation of Next-Day Molecular Respiratory Infectious Disease Testing on Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs by French AJ, Fragala MS, Evans AS, Upadhyay P, Goldberg SE, Reddy J

“…This study evaluated healthcare utilization and costs following diagnostic testing for acute oropharyngeal and respiratory tract infections (RTIs).Patients and Methods: Healthcare utilization and costs were evaluated in patients with acute oropharyngeal infections (n=1,172,693), and RTIs (n=4,005,228) who received a syndromic panel-based PCR test with next-day results (HealthTrackRx, Denton, TX), or no test in the IQVIA PharMetrics® Plus adjudicated claims database.Results: Statistically significant differences were observed between patients who received the PCR test compared to those who received no test. …”
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Evaluation of the effect of dental caries, oral hygiene, and treatment need on oral health-related quality of life among Turkish orphan children and adolescents by Ecem Akbeyaz Şivet, Berkant Sezer, Neslihan Atmaca, Narmin Hüseynova, Betül Kargül

“…Multivariable linear regression analysis indicated that the DMFT score (p = 0.009) and the need for radical treatment (TNI code 6) (p < 0.001) had a statistically significant impact on oral health-related quality of life among orphan children and adolescents aged 13–17. …”
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Predicting corneal decompensation in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy with Scheimpflug tomography and clinical parameters by Nilufer Yesilirmak, Vaël Souédan, Aurélie Pison, Jean Louis Bourges

“…Notably, MVD presented a statistically significant odds ratio of 4.63 (95% confidence interval = 1.76–12.86). …”
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Does Health System Responsiveness Differ between Insured and Uninsured Outpatients in Primary Health Care Facilities in Asagirt District, Ethiopia? A Cross-Sectional Study by Wubshet Debebe Negash, Asmamaw Atnafu, Desale Bihonegn Asmamaw, Chalie Tadie Tsehay

“…There was a statistically significant negative relationship between age and responsiveness (−1.33; 95% CI: −2.47, −0.19) among 30–39 year olds and (−1.66; 95% CI: −3.02, −0.32) among 40–49 year olds. …”
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Effects of Root Cooling on Plant Growth and Fruit Quality of Cocktail Tomato during Two Consecutive Seasons by F. He, B. Thiele, M. Watt, T. Kraska, A. Ulbrich, A. J. Kuhn

“…The levels of elements decreased by root cooling, with statistically significant reduction of N, P, S, and Fe by 12.1–15.7% in “Delioso” in winter and P and Zn by 9.1–22.2% in both cultivars in summer. …”
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The Impact of the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) on City-Level Youth Crime Victimization Rates by Anthony Petrosino, Herbert Turner, Thomas Hanson, Trevor Fronius, Patricia Campie, Cailean Cooke

“…Findings: Results indicated that SSYI had a statistically significant and positive impact on reducing the number of victims of violent crimes, aggravated assaults, and homicides per month that were reported to the police.  …”
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Mortality prediction of inpatients with NSTEMI in a premier hospital in China based on stacking model. by Li Wang, Yu Zhang, Feng Li, Caiyun Li, Hongzeng Xu

“…<h4>Results</h4>Patient were divided into the surviving group and the death group, and a total of 57 clinical features showed statistically significant for the two groups and finally included in the subsequent model. …”
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Epidemiology and associated factors of genital warts among patients in Iran: A cross-sectional study highlighting the impact of education and sexual behavior by Hossein Faramarzi, Hasti Jofreyi, Nahid Heydari Marandi, Mehdi Ghahartars, Nasrin Aliabadi

“…The study considered findings with a p-value below 0.05 to be statistically significant. Results: Out of 679 participants in this study, 498(73.3 %) were male and 181(26.7 %) were females. …”
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In out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, is the positioning of victims by bystanders adequate for CPR? A cohort study by Julia Braun, Patrick Wagner, Hans-Richard Arntz, Jan Breckwoldt, Sebastian Schloesser

“…Survival with favourable outcome at 3 months was 17.2% when ‘supine position’ had been applied, 13.5% with ‘RP’ and 6.1% with ‘other positions unsuitable for CCs’; a statistically significant association could not be shown (p=0.740, Fisher’s exact test). …”
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Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Cytology Quality in Thyroid Nodules with 22-, 23-, and 25-Gauge Needles by YiJie Dong, LiLi Gao, Yang Sui, MinJing Mao, WeiWei Zhan, JianQiao Zhou

“…However, the differences were not statistically significant in nondiagnostic rate using different gauge of needles (P>0.017 for all). …”
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Severe Injuries of Former Portuguese Football Players: A Post-Career Burden? by Eduardo Teixeira, Carlos Silva, Félix Romero, Mauro Miguel, António Vicente

“…This study found a statistically significant linear model (F(1.82) = 8.089, <i>p</i> < 0.006) that explains 7.9% of the variation in the physical domain of QoL (R2ajuste = 0.079). …”
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Enhanced precision in stone localization and intraoral removal in sialolithiasis: the role of preoperative computer tomographic scanning in surgical planning by Soo Yeon Jung, Mi Sun Chun, Yu Jin Go, Ju Hyun Yun, Han Su Kim

“…Stone volume showed no statistically significant difference between smokers and non-smokers, alcohol consumers and non-consumer. …”
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Exploring the Effects of a Neck Strengthening Program on Purposeful Soccer Heading Biomechanics and Neurocognition by Katelyn M. Waring, Edward R Smith, Gary P Austin, Thomas G Bowman

“…Interactions for all other dependent variables were not statistically significant (p\>0.05). # Conclusions The cervical neck strengthening protocol allowed maintenance of visual memory scores but did not alter other neurocognitive measures or heading biomechanics. …”
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Relationship Between Corpus Callusom Index and Clinical Subtypes, Severity of Cognitive Disorders, and Disability in Multiple Sclerosis by Hussein Soleimantabar, Mehran Ghaffari, Shno Hosseini, Moosa Seifzade

“…There was a statistically significant difference between the different subgroups of MS with the EDSS score, age of disease onset, SDMT score, CCI index, and mean disease duration (all P-values<0.05). …”
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Detection of respiratory frequency rhythm in human alpha phase shifts: topographic distributions in wake and drowsy states by Aleksandar Kalauzi, Zoran Matić, Edin Suljovrujić, Tijana Bojić

“…In addition, in the drowsy state, 0.22-Hz amplitudes decreased for all pairs, while statistically significant reduction was obtained for 20/91 (22%) pairs.DiscussionThese results potentially evidence, for the first time, the respiratory frequency modulation of alpha phase shifts, as well as the significant impact of wakeful consciousness on the observed oscillations.…”
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