Does Hands-on Science Practices Make an Impact on Achievement in Science? A Meta-Analysis by Serdar Caglak

“…The effect size estimates for each moderator variable was also statistically significant at alpha level of .01, but no difference was found within sub-categories of moderator variables. …”
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Impact of Artifacts Caused by Intraoral Dental Materials in Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Divya Josephraj, Ravindranath Vineetha, Priya Pattath Sankaran, Prakashini Koteshwara, Mathangi Kumar, Kalyana Chakravarthy Pentapati

“…There was a statistically significant difference between the various classes of intraoral dental materials and diagnostic acceptability (p=0.017). …”
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Blood serum levels of E-cadherin in patients with colorectal cancer by Dariusz Cepowicz, Konrad Zaręba, Anna Pryczynicz, Tomasz Dawidziuk, Joanna Żurawska, Joanna Hołody-Zaręba, Mariusz Gryko, Bogusław Kędra

“…Results : As has been shown here, there is no statistically significant relationship between the levels of E-cadherin in blood serum and the possible prognosis to the progression of colorectal cancer. …”
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Safety analysis in the era of large language models: A case study of STPA using ChatGPT by Yi Qi, Xingyu Zhao, Siddartha Khastgir, Xiaowei Huang

“…While STPA-specific prompt engineering produced statistically significant and more pertinent results, ChatGPT generally yielded more conservative and less comprehensive outcomes. …”
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Estimation of CD8 Parameter Level in Thalassemia Patients by Sajad Abd-Alsahib, Ali Abd-Alhussein, Yousor Majid Jameel

“…The mean value of CD8 level was statistically significantly different in the studied groups (P<0.001). …”
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A modified technique for radial artery access: how interventional radiologists can optimise the cardiologists’ technique to suite their procedures by Zaid Aldin, Josephine Weaver, Maha Khan, Tara Sadik, Viktor Manolas, Georgios Tsampoukas, Tariq Khatri, Marius Rebek, Ali Gharib, James Diss

“…Results Sublingual GTN resulted in a statistically significant increase in radial artery diameter (p < .00001). …”
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Comparison of Perceived Achievement of Complex Thinking Competency Among American, European, and Asian University Students by José Carlos Vázquez-Parra, Jenny Paola Lis-Gutiérrez, Linda Carolina Henao-Rodriguez, Carlos Enrique George-Reyes, Claudia Lorena Tramon-Pregnan, Susana Del Río-Urenda, Ma Esther B. Chio, Rasikh Tariq

“…It was found that (i) there is no statistically significant difference by gender; (ii) there are statistically significant differences in all types of thinking per country, geographical area (continent), and Human Development Index (HDI).…”
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Modulation of diurnal variation in rainfall associated with tropical cyclones over the East Asia–Western North Pacific region by environmental vertical wind shear by Na Wei, Qian Wang, Xinghai Zhang, Dajun Zhao

“…Over CEC, the diurnal signal of TCR is very weak but statistically significant in the downshear‐left and upshear‐right quadrants with opposite phase, illustrating the change in asymmetry of the spatial distribution of TCR induced by the large VWS diurnal cycle. …”
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What is formative assessment? Conceptualisation and level of knowledge of basic education teachers by Maite Zubillaga-Olague, Laura Cañadas, Jesús Manso

“…The results show statistically significant differences in the level of knowledge of the concept formative assessment depending on the variables studied. …”
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Beyond reliability: assessing rater competence when using a behavioural marker system by Samantha Eve Smith, Scott McColgan-Smith, Fiona Stewart, Julie Mardon, Victoria Ruth Tallentire

“…Of experienced faculty raters, 5/9 were competent in all domains versus 2/13 near-peer raters (difference not statistically significant). There was no statistically significant difference between the abilities of clinically experienced versus near-peer raters in agreement with an expert rater, ability to rank performance, stringency or leniency, or avoidance of the halo effect. …”
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Plasmodium Parasitaemia and Urine Alterations among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Aba Metropolis, Abia State, Nigeria by Paula Melariri, Chioma Ihemanma, Udoka Chigbo, Kirstie Eastwood, Chika Uche, Paschal Etusim

“…Infected participants had statistically significant amber and clear urine colour whereas there was no statistically significant difference between the pH levels of urine of the malaria-infected and malaria-noninfected pregnant women.…”
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Effect of Intelligent Exercise Training on Lower Limb Rehabilitation in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy by Xuemei ZHANG, Meicong ZHANG, Liyang XIA, Yue YANG

“…There were no statistically significant differences in the balance of TIS and BBS scores before treatment between the two groups (<italic>P</italic>&gt; 0.05). …”
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Comparison of Hemodynamic Response following Spinal Anesthesia between Controlled Hypertensive and Normotensive Patients Undergoing Surgery below the Umbilicus: An Observational Pr... by Leake Gebrargs, Bereket Gebremeskel, Bacha Aberra, Assefa Hika, Yusuf Yimer, Misrak Weldeyohannes, Suleiman Jemal, Degena Behrey, Abere Tilahun

“…Under spinal anesthesia, patients with controlled hypertension are more likely to develop hypotension than normotensive patients, but on the occurrence of bradycardia, there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups.…”
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Effect of High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Combined with Motor Imagery Training on Patients with Post-Stroke Dysphagia by ZHOU Sujian, WANG Shuiliang, LIU Xiaoying, WANG Pengqi, QIN Yin

“…Before treatment and four weeks after treatment , video fluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS), penetration aspiration scale (PAS) and the standardized swallowing assessment (SSA) were used to assess the swallowing function of patients.ResultsVFSS score of the three groups increased significantly after treatment, PAS score and SSA score of the three groups decreased significantly after treatment, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). Compared with the control group, VFSS score of the rTMS group and the combination group increased significantly after treatment, PAS score and SSA score of the rTMS group and the combination group decreased significantly after treatment, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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The effect of dexmedetomidine vs. atracurium on intubation condition in children - a randomized clinical trial by Mohammad Alipour, Samira Ghanei, Shahrzad Sheikh, Masoud Ghanei, Ahmad Nemati, Shabnam Niroumand

“…This score had no statistically significant difference between study groups. …”
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Effect of High-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Patients with Post-Stroke Comorbid Cognitive Impairment and Depression by YANG Jinghan, LI Yamei, YU Qian

“…The 3.0T magnetic resonance imaging system was used to scan the patient's brain, and voxel-based morphological analysis was used to analyze the changes of gray matter density in local brain areas.ResultsCompared with those before treatment, the MMSE and MoCA scores were higher and the HAMD-17 score was lower in both groups after treatment, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). Compared with the control group, the MMSE and MoCA scores were higher in the observation group after treatment, and the HAMD-17 score were lower, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Effect of Visual Tracking Training combined with Six-character Formula on Motor Function and Quality of Life in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Wanhong WANG, Hongyan BI, Zhengang QIU, Xihua LIU, He ZHUANG, Shijie HAO, Xin ZHANG, Wenyu SUN

“…Objective:To observe the effects of visual tracking training combined with six-character formula on motor function and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease.Methods:A total of 42 patients with Parkinson's disease treated in the affiliated hospital of Shandong university of traditional Chinese medicine were selected and divided into the control group and the observation group according to random number table method, with 21 cases in each group.The control group received routine rehabilitation training, mainly including core training, balance training, coordination training, gait training, and daily life ability training, twice a day, 45 minutes each time, five days a week, continuous training for six weeks.The observation group received visual tracking training combined with six-character formula training on the basis of the control group.Visual tracking training included thumb tracking, Whack-a-mole game, posture control, training eyeball moving as figure "8", each training for 20 minutes, once a day.Six-character formula of pronunciation training with blowing, shout, hippies, oh, boo, si breathing exercises, and cooperated with body guidance training, each training for 25 minutes, once a day.The above training for five days per week, continuous training for six weeks.The third part of the unified Parkinson's disease rating scale(UPDRS-Ⅲ)and the time up and go test(TUGT)were used to assess the patient's motor function; the balance stability limit test(AP-SD, ML-SD)was used to evaluate the patient's balance function;the Parkinson's questionnaire-39(PDQ-39)was used to evaluate the patient's quality of life.Results:Before treatment, there were no statistically significant difference in UPDRSⅢscore, AP-SD and ML-SD, TUGT time and PDQ-39 score between two groups(<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05); Compared with before treatment, the UPDRSⅢ, AP-SD, ML-SD, TUGT and PDQ-39 scores of the two groups after treatment decreased significantly, the differences were statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); Compared with the control group, UPDRSⅢ, AP-SD, ML-SD, TUGT and PDQ-39 scores of the observation group after treatment were lower, the differences were statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Visual tracking training combined with six-character formula can effectively improve the motor function and quality of life of patients with Parkinson's disease.…”
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Investigation of Association with First-Trimester Free Human Chorionic Gonadotropin-ß, Pregnancy - Associated Plasma Protein-A, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes by Gokhan Gonen, Yasam Kemal Akpak, Murat Muhcu

“…Preeclampsia was statistically significant, however had a fair association (AUC, 0.74 95% CI 0.690-0.802, p<0.01). …”
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Using the socioecological model to explore factors associated with obesity among reproductive age women by Amanda Gilbert, Alicia Persaud, Sarah Farabi, Sarah Farabi, Cindy Schwarz, Debra Haire-Joshu, Rachel G. Tabak

“…Interpersonal and environmental factors were not statistically significantly associated with obesity relative to overweight in bivariate analyses. …”
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Clinical Study of Chuanzi Moxibustion in Improving Neurogenic Bladder Function and Preventing Urinary Tract Infection after Spinal Cord Injury by Xia ZHOU, Xiangyu WANG, Xiangxia MENG, Jiale ZHANG, Liping SUN

“…After treatment for eight weeks, bladder residual urine volume, spontaneous urination volume, QoL scores and HAMD-17 scores in both groups were significantly improved, and the differences were statistically significant than before treatment(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05);two cases of urinary tract infection occurred in the treatment group, nine cases of urinary tract infection occurred in the control group, the number of urinary tract infection cases occurred in the treatment group was significantly less than that in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05);at the end of treatment, bladder residual urine volume, spontaneous urination volume, QoL scores and HAMD-17 scores in the treatment group were(82.53±33.78)mL, (237.23±30.66)mL, (4.13±0.78)scores and(6.10±1.90)scores, respectively, which were superior to(109.63±35.21)mL, (87.63±28.35)mL, (4.80±0.89)scores and(8.63±2.17)scores in the control group, and the differences were statistically significant(<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Chuanzi moxibustion can effectively improve bladder function of patients with spinal cord injury, such as reduce residual urine volume, increase spontaneous urination volume, reduce the occurrence of urinary system infection. …”
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