Novel prehospital lactate cut-off estimation for mortality: a multicentre observational study by Ancor Sanz-García, Carlos del Pozo Vegas, Daniel Zalama-Sánchez, Raúl López-Izquierdo, Francisco Martín-Rodríguez, Pedro Ángel de Santos Castro, Eduardo Silva Alvarado, Santos Gracia Villar, Luis Alonso Dzul López, Silvia Aparicio Obregón, Rubén Calderon Iglesias

“…The difference in the median prehospital lactate concentration (mmol/L) between survivors and non-survivors was statistically significant (p<0.001): 2.29 (95% CI 1.43 to 3.38) and 7.14 (95% CI 5.11 to 9.71), respectively. …”
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Advantages of alginate and PPI combination in relief of heartburn and regurgitation during the first days of treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease by D. S. Bordin, O. B. Yanova, O. I. Berezina, Ye. V. Treyman

“…The intergroup differences of the score at the 7th day was statistically significant (р<0,001). By the 14th day difference disappeared (78,8±9,7 mm vs 75,6±12,5 mm, р=0,1).Conclusions. …”
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Balanced crystalloid versus saline for resuscitation in pediatric septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Barkhá Vijendra, Ana Beatriz Bertol, Mylena Maria Guedes de Almeida, Pedro Henrique Aquino Gil de Freitas, Áurea Maria Salomão Simão, Bianca Lisa de Faria

“…We found no statistically significant difference between groups in AKI, hospital mortality, mechanical ventilation, need for renal replacement therapy, and PICU length of stay. …”
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Basolateral amygdala volume in affective disorders using 7T MRI in vivo by Benedikt Kürzinger, Stephanie Schindler, Martin Meffert, Anja Rosenhahn, Robert Trampel, Robert Turner, Peter Schoenknecht, Peter Schoenknecht, Peter Schoenknecht

“…Quadratic regressions were computed within the MDD group and in relevant subgroups to investigate the presence of a U-shaped relationship between the number of preceding major depressive episodes or the duration of the disease since the first episode and the dependent variables.ResultsDiagnostic groups did not exhibit statistically significant differences in the volumes of the basolateral amygdala (left F (3,75) = 0.66, p >.05; right F (3,76) = 1.80, p >.05), the lateral nucleus (left F (3,75) = 1.22, p >.05; right F (3,76) = 2.30, p >.05)), or the whole amygdala (left F (3,75) = 0.48, p >.05; right F (3,76) = 1.58, p >.05). …”
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Incidence and survival of skin melanoma in Puglia: A comparison with the rest of Italy by Anna Maria Nannavecchia, Danila Bruno, Antonino Ardizzone, Enrico Caputo, Anna Melcarne, Antonia Mincuzzi, Fernando Palma, Lucia Bisceglia, Ida Galise, Francesco Cuccaro

“…Conclusions: Incidence of skin melanoma is higher in Puglia compared with the southern Italy pool and lower compared with the other three Italian macro-areas (central, north-western and north-eastern Italy),but there are not statistically significant differences. A North to South gradient of melanoma skin is showed also in Puglia, except for Bari district where incidence is higher probably due to greater availability of public and private diagnostic centres. …”
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Middle Cerebral Artery Pulsatility Index for Prediction of Successful Induction of Labour in Postdated Pregnancy: A Prospective Observational Study by Yashi Nagar, Rekha Bharti, Kajal Baleja, Amita Malik, Divya Pandey, Jyotsna Suri

“…A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Out of 296 women enrolled in the study, 285 women (96.3%) had successful IOL. …”
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Identification of Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors Based on Facial Photos: Exploratory Study on the Use of Deep Learning for Software Development by Yanong Li, Yixuan He, Yawei Liu, Bingchen Wang, Bo Li, Xiaoguang Qiu

“…A regression model using clinically relevant, statistically significant data was developed and combined with GVisageNet outputs to create a hybrid model. …”
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PCT/ALB Ratio in Initial Three days for the Prediction of Secondary Infection in Septic Patients by Zhang C, Huang G, Li H, Zhang T, Jian M, Huang C, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Hou X, Xia Y, Jiang W

“…Decreasing quartile of ΔPCT/ALB adm-72h was statistically significantly associated with secondary infection, particularly among survivors.Conclusion: The decline in the PCT/ALB ratio over the initial 72 hours of the acute phase of sepsis serves as an association for the onset of secondary infections during a septic patient’s hospitalization.Keywords: sepsis, PCT, secondary infection, biomarker…”
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Utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets and associated factors among households in Pawie District, Benshangul Gumuz, Northwest Ethiopia by Tilahun Merga, Mesafint Molla Adane, Tebkew Shibabaw, Fekie Ahemed Salah, Lemessa Jira Ejigu, Sileshi Mulatu

“…All of these variables were found to be statistically significant for the utilization of insecticide-treated bed net. …”
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites and Helicobacter pylori co-infection in people with gastrointestinal symptoms in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yenesew Mihret Wondmagegn, Getu Girmay, Gashaw Azanaw Amare, Muluneh Assefa, Mebratu Tamir, Zufan Yiheyis Abriham, Abebaw Setegn

“…A p-value < 0.05 indicated statistically significant publication bias. Results The combined prevalence of intestinal parasites and H. pylori co-infections was 31.03% (95% CI: 18.66–43.39) with significant heterogeneity (I2 = 98.9%, p = 0.000). …”
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Inhibitory potential of probiotic spore formers grown as mono- and mix-cultures under conditions of different nutrient availability by O. V. Knysh, A. V. Martynov, T. P. Osolodchenko

“…However, the inhibition indicators of probiotic mix-cultures were statistically significantly higher than those of monocultures. …”
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Contraceptive experience and factors associated with desire for postpartum family planning among pregnant women of the nkongsamba health district, Littoral Region, Cameroon by Atem Bethel Ajong, Martin Ndinakie Yakum, Fulbert Nkwele Mangala, Cavin Epie Bekolo, Valirie Ndip Agbor, Larissa Matcha Waffo, Bruno Kenfack

“…Two-tailed p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results Among the 1074 participants, 41.71% [95% CI: 38.78–44.70] reported a future desire for modern postpartum contraception. …”
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Playing hide and seek with primates: A comparative study of Theory of Mind by Aurore San‑Galli, Marie Devaine, Cinzia Trapanese, Shelly Masi, Sébastien Bouret, Jean Daunizeau

“…Moreover, in every species, at least one individual exhibited mild (but statistically significant) ToM sophistication. Taken together, these data indicate that the distribution of ToM sophistication within each of these non-human primate species is quite heterogeneous. …”
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The impact of teacher emotional support on learning engagement among college students mediated by academic self-efficacy and academic resilience by Wenjing Guo, Juan Wang, Na Li, Luxin Wang

“…For data analysis, Pearson correlation analysis was performed first, followed by the bias-corrected percentile Bootstrap method. (1) The study detected no significant systematic bias, and the correlations among teacher emotional support, learning engagement, academic self-efficacy, and academic resilience were all statistically significant. (2) Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, this study clarifies the relationship between teacher emotional support and learning engagement. …”
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A Pilot Study on the Age-Dependent, Biomechanical Properties of Longitudinal Ligaments in the Human Cervical Spine by Narendra Singh, Ana Trajkovski, Jovan Trajkovski, Robert Kunc, Jose Felix Rodriguez Matas

“…However, when introducing age as a variable into the context of the ALL and PLL, statistically significant differences became evident. The findings underscored a reduction in maximum tangent stiffness (<i>p</i>-value = 0.0147), ultimate stress (<i>p</i>-value = 0.0009), and ultimate stretch (<i>p</i>-value = 0.0024) when the ALL and PLL were grouped under and above 50 years as a consequence of ageing.…”
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Efficacy of sacubitril/valsartan among patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by Madiha Butt, Ayesha Niazi, Zahra Rafique, Nadia Shams, Lubna Meraj, Asma Rauf

“…After six months, 16 patients had no MR, 13(trace MR), 37(mild MR), 13(moderate MR) and 2 had severe MR. The statistically significant difference found in pro-BNP, creatinine, SBP, ejection fraction, E/e, E/A ratio, left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LEDV) and left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV) between baseline versus at six months (p<0.05). …”
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Vaginal colonization and vertical transmission of Candida species: prevalence and associated factors among pregnant women and their neonates at public health facilities of Northeas... by Alemu Gedefie, Getnet Shimeles, Hilina Motbainor, Brhanu Kassanew, Chalachew Genet

“…Variables with p < 0.05 and their 95% confidence interval were considered statistically significant. Result A total of 348 pregnant women attending vaginal delivery were included in the study. …”
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Job satisfaction amongst special education teachers by Z. S. Alkayed, S. M. Al Ali, M. M. Al Masa’deh

“…Stepwise regression method adopted in the study introduced predicted variables into the regression equation stepwise, resulting in two statistically significant predictive models at the significance level α ≤ 0.05. …”
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Novel CAD/CAM-splint-based navigation protocol enhances intraoperative maxillary position control in orthognathic surgery: a case control study by Felix Schrader, Leonardo Saigo, Norbert Kübler, Majeed Rana, Max Wilkat

“…Other movements also showed improved precision in the navigated group, though not statistically significant; y-axis (back-front): -0.60 mm (p = 0.094); pitch rotation: -0.70° (p = 0.071); roll rotation: -0.04° (p = 0.428). …”
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Changes of Lacrimal Puncta by Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography after Topical Combined Antibiotic and Steroid Treatment in Cases of Inflammatory Punctual Stenosis by Islam Awny, Elshimaa A. Mateen Mossa, Tasneem Mohammed Bakheet, Hany Mahmoud, Amr Mounir

“…Both groups were comparable regarding mean age (49 ± 13 vs 53 ± 11 years, P value = 0.2) and sex (males were 38.6% vs 31.8%, female were 61.4% vs 68.2%, P value = 0.6), respectively, with no statistically significant difference between both groups. Both groups were comparable regarding outer punctual diameter and length between the puncti before treatment. …”
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