Screening of breast cancer in higher-risk Taiwanese women using contrast-enhanced mammography by Chen-Pin Chou, Yu-Ting Hong, Yun Lin, Pei-Ying Lin

“…The ROC curve area for CEM was 0.85, outperforming DM (0.65), DBT (0.63), and US (0.55), with all comparisons statistically significant (p < 0.05). Lesions detected solely by DM, DBT, or US did not yield any cancer cases. …”
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Challenges and future prospects of online practical education in physical education faculties during the COVID-19 pandemic by O.M. Abdel Fattah, A.A. Zureigat, S.H. Qasim, M.A. Alzughailat, A.S. Khasawneh

“…In addition, there are statistically significant differ­ences in the level of challenges according to the gender variable. …”
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Prevalence of Cattle Trypanosomosis and Temporal Vector Distribution in Jima Arjo District, Upper Didessa Valley, Western Ethiopia by Debela Abdeta, Takele Deresa, Geremew Haile

“…Relatively higher prevalence (10.91%) was seen in animals with poor body condition than those with medium (7.38%) and good (5.55%), body condition though it is not statistically significant (P>0.05). Higher infection rate was observed in male 26 (12.26%) than female 10 (4.39%) due to male cattle more exposed to the tsetse fly area or early released from home for drought reason. …”
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Does water quality matter? Foraging activity of Daubenton’s bat (Myotis daubentonii) over three lakes with different trophy by Małgorzata Strzałka, Katarzyna Kozakiewicz, Postawa Tomasz

“…By contrast, in the case of M. daubentonii, there was no statistically significant difference in the foraging activity over either of the foraging areas (eutrophic and oligotrophic). …”
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Examining the etiology and pregnancy outcomes of 152 critically ill pregnant patients in the Intensive Care Unit by Weiman Liu, Junyou Su, Sumei Wang

“…There was a statistically significant difference in mortality among the three groups of patients with different SOFA scores (p = 0.000), suggesting that the mortality of critically ill pregnant women with higher SOFA scores increased, making it a valuable tool for evaluating prognosis. …”
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Social Cognition in Patients with Early-Onset Parkinson’s Disease by Ana Natalia Seubert-Ravelo, Ma Guillermina Yáñez-Téllez, María Lizbeth Lazo-Barriga, Alejandra Calderón Vallejo, Carlos Eduardo Martínez-Cortés, Adela Hernández-Galván

“…A battery that included six SC tests was administered to all study participants; a decision-making scale was completed by participants’ partners. Statistically significant differences were found between patients with EOPD and controls in all subtests across the four SC domains studied. …”
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Genotypic variability in the functioning of photosystem II in leaves of covered and naked oats by E. M. Lisitsyn, S. A. Churakova, G. A. Batalova

“…For the whole set of genotypes, a statistically significant correlation of grain yield with the PIABS performance index (r = 0.403), light energy adsorption (r = -0.477) and its utilization at the reaction centers of PSII (r = -0.452) was manifested. …”
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INFLUENCE OF INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (IFMIS) ON THE PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT ENTITIES IN NIGERIA by Salaudeen Ibrahim, Abdul-Hakeem Shuaib, Muhammed Basiru Mustapha, Benuh Adama Idris, Tunde Saka Abdulsalam

“…Finding from the quantitative analysis shows that a positive statistically significant relationship exist between the two variables as the path model coefficient results indicates that IFMIS is significantly related to both financial (β = 0.466; p< 0.05) and non-financial performance of government entities’ with (β = 0.490; p< 0.001). …”
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Comparison of the effects of puberty counseling for mothers and adolescents on the aggression levels of female adolescents by Fatemeh Torabi, Nezal Azh, Reza Zeighami, Mehdi Ranjbaran

“…After the intervention, the scores were 37.68±10.16 for the girls’ group, 43.14±76.66 for the mothers’ group, and 49.60±16.11 for the control group, showing a statistically significant difference (P=0.014). Additionally, the intervention had a significant overall effect on reducing the total aggression score (P=0.020), with an effect size estimated at 0.09 based on Partial Eta Squared. …”
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Carotenoids and carotenes in the fruits of <i>Cucurbita maxima</i>, <i>C. moschata</i> and <i>C. pepo</i> under the conditions of Northwestern Russia by T. M. Piskunova, T. V. Shelenga, P. V. Ozersky, A. E. Solovyeva

“…In contrast to C. pepo, the accessions of C. maxima and C. moscato were characterized by a wide range of variation of these characters. A statistically significant effect of the flesh and fruit skin color on the content of carotenoids, carotenes and β-carotene in them was observed (p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Assessment of Hearing Ability in Patients after Head and Neck Cancer Radiotherapy by Sohaila Yazdani, Kolsoum Teimouri, Negin Farshchian, Karim Khoshgard

“…There was a statistically significant difference in SNHL thresholds between patients who underwent CRT versus those treated with RT alone (P-value < 0.05). …”
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Comparative efficacy of uterine artery embolization versus laparoscopic myomectomy in treating uterine fibroids: a propensity score matched analysis by Cunbao Wei, Xingwei Sun, Shenzhi Li, Xuming Bai, Yong Jin

“…Compared to the LM group, the UAE group had less intraoperative bleeding (P < 0.001), a lower rate of hemoglobin decrease (P < 0.001), shorter operation, postoperative, and overall hospital stays (P < 0.001), and a lower postoperative recurrence rate (P < 0.05), all statistically significant. Moreover, the UAE group showed notable advantages in postoperative activities (P < 0.05). …”
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Nicotine-free vape liquids containing essential oils of peppermint, lavender, and tangerine: safety and efficacy profiles by Rahmad Aji Prasetya, Djamilah Arifiyana, Zain Budi Syulthoni

“…At the same time, 50% had a lower post-test STAI score, indicating a decrease in anxiety, although it was not statistically significant. …”
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Analgesic efficacy of serratus anterior plane block v/s thoracic paravertebral nerve block in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries: A prospective randomized study by Jaya Lalwani, Sonali Sahu, Vritika Manghnani

“…A P value less than 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: At rest, mean VAS scores in group B were slightly higher than group A till 18 hours, but the difference was statistically insignificant. …”
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Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life in Kawasaki Disease-Related Coronary Artery Aneurysm: A Large Single-Center Assessment in Nanjing, China by Yun Zhou, MD, Mei Chen, MD, Wenting Gao, MD, Yu Chen, MD, Ying Meng, MD

“…Parents also reported a comparable mean (SD) score of 81.03 (12.57) vs 83.30 (15.17) in the small and medium-sized aneurysms group and arterio-arterial fistula group, both of which had statistically significantly lower scores than the pneumonia group (P = .010) and higher scores than the giant aneurysms group (P = .009). …”
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Efficacy and safety of camrelizumab combined with chemotherapy as second-line treatment for locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Yinfang Gu, Xiaofang Zou, Junlin Zhu, Guowu Wu

“…There were no statistically significant differences in ORR (33.33% vs. 13.33%) and DCR (73.33% vs. 56.67%) between the combination therapy and chemotherapy-alone groups (P > 0.05). …”
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Infestation of Ixodidae Ticks in Cattle: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors in Ambo District, Western Ethiopia by Addis Kassahun Gebremeskel, Berhanu Mekibib, Bekele Dabesa

“…The difference in tick infestation was found to be statistically insignificant (P >0.05) between different age groups and kebeles but statistically significant (P <0.05) among sex groups, breeds, and different body condition scores (P <0.05). …”
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Subjective and objective vestibular changes that occur following paediatric cochlear implantation: systematic review and meta-analysis by Michael Yong, Emily Young, Jane Lea, Hannah Foggin, Erica Zaia, Frederick K. Kozak, Brian D. Westerberg

“…Conclusion Pediatric cochlear implantation is associated with a statistically significant decrease in VEMP responses post-operatively (RR 1.8, p < 0.001, I2 91.86, 95%CI 1.57–2.02). …”
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Prevalence of periapical radiolucent lesions in endodontically-treated teeth with intraradicular posts: a cross-sectional CBCT study by Badi Alotaibi, Muhammad Qasim Javed, Abdullah Alsallomi, Hanin Alsalhi, Roqayah Aljuailan, Hanan Alharbi

“…Among the predictors, post presence was the only statistically significant variable (B = 1.300,p < .001,]OR = 3.670,95%CI[1.985–6.785]). …”
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Combination of APACHE Scoring Systems with Adductor Pollicis Muscle Thickness for the Prediction of Mortality in Patients Who Spend More Than One Day in the Intensive Care Unit by Elahe Nematifard, Seyed Hossein Ardehali, Shaahin Shahbazi, Hassan Eini-Zinab, Zahra Vahdat Shariatpanahi

“…Although improvements in the area under ROC curves were not statistically significant when the APM thickness added to the APACHE systems, but the numerical value added to AUCs are considerable.…”
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