Causes of cost overruns on Zimbabwe’s construction infrastructure projects by Tirivavi Moyo, Benviolent Chigara

“…This article reports on a study that sought to determine the causes of cost overruns on infrastructural construction projects and to establish statistically significant differences in ranking due to quantity surveyor designations. …”
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Comparison of the antibacterial efficacy of 810 nm diode laser and photodynamic therapy in reducing microbial flora in patients with peri-implant mucositis – An in vivo study by Poonam Siwach, Reshu Sanan, Abhishek Nagpal, Omkar Krishna Shetty, Amit Bhardwaj, Mukesh Sharma

“…Results: Intragroup comparison was found to be statistically significant when compared at baseline and at 3 months in the photodynamic (P = 0.001) and diode laser groups (P = 0.001), respectively. …”
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Evaluation of Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence in Orthopantomogram in Detecting and Classifying Radiolucent Lesions by Sheetal Singar, Ajay Parihar, Prashanthi Reddy

“…Conclusion: Both CNN showed statistically significant and satisfactory results in detecting and classifying radiolucency in OPG.…”
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Students’ Possession of Social and Emotional Learning Competencies in the Second Cycle Schools of Basic Education in the Sultanate of Oman by Ali Said Sulayiam Al Matari, Moza Abdullah Almoqbali, Iman Mohammad Almaawali

“…The results of the study showed that the overall degree of students’ ownership of social and emotional learning competencies was largely, with an average account (3.70), 74%, and a degree of ownership of each competency to a large extent, and in proportions percentage, ranged from 60.3% to 82%. There are statistically significant differences in the degree to which students have social and emotional learning competencies in the schools of the second episode of basic education in Oman in the total degree attributable to the sex variable, in favor of females (female students), while there are no statistically significant differences in the degree to which students have the competencies of social and emotional learning in the overall degree depending on the age variable. …”
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Evaluation of buffalo milk production in several states of Venezuela by Néstor Simón Montiel-Urdaneta, José Raúl Pérez-González

“…Factor B was not statistically significant (p>0.05). …”
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The Effect of Quantum Learning Model on Attitude, Anxiety, and Achievement of Middle School Students Towards Mathematics by Mehmet Bahaddin Acat, Dilek Girit Yıldız

“…The experimental group experienced a decrease in post-test mean scores of anxiety, which was not statistically significant, whereas the control group experienced a statistically significant increase in post-test scores. …”
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Effect of Modified Yijinjing Exercise on Sleep Quality in Stroke Patients with Sleep Disorder during Convalescent Period by Li ZHANG, Jun HU, Xin XUE, Xueming JIN

“…Compared with the control group, the before and after intervention score difference of PSQI total score, daytime function, physical component summary and mental component summary in the experimental group was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Modified Yijinjing exercise can improve the quality of sleep and life in stroke patients with sleep disorder during convalescent period.…”
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Assessment of the Brand Attitudes of Taekwondo Coaches and Referees by Yusuf Barsbuğa, Tuncay Sarıipek, İbrahim Bülent Fişekçioğlu

“…In the study, the significance level was taken as 0.05 In conclusion of the study, and upon the scrutiny of the Brand Attitude Questionnaire point averages of the referees and coaches participating in the study as per the variables of gender, economic level, and sportive experience period, no statistically significant level of differentiation was observed in all the subcategories, while statistically significant differences were found in some subcategories according to the variables of age and marital status.…”
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Occurrence of the Elongated Styloid Process on Digital Panoramic Radiographs in the Riyadh Population by Lingam Amara Swapna, Nada Tarek AlMegbil, Alhanouf Othman Almutlaq, Pradeep Koppolu

“…The symptoms of styloid process elongation were higher among females (78.6%), and this difference was statistically significant (χ2 = 7.182; P=0.007). No statistically significant association was observed between styloid process elongation and symptoms between different age groups. …”
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The Effect of Sense of School Belonging on Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analytic Review by Fatma Uslu Gülşen

“…Furthermore, the analysis found no statistically significant differences among the measurement tools. …”
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Noninvasive Tests to Assess Liver Stiffness in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B: APRI, FIB-4, and FIB-5 Scores by Aysun Yakut, Murat Aladag

“…The average age of the patients was 38.05 ± 12.63 years. A weak, statistically significant correlation was observed between FIB-4 and APRI scores. …”
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Corrigendum to “Spatio‐temporal Variability and Trends in Extreme Temperature Events in Finland over the Recent Decades: Influence of Northern Hemisphere Teleconnection Patterns”... by Masoud Irannezhad, Hamid Moradkhani, Bjørn Kløve

“…During the study period (1961–2011), warming trends in extreme temperatures were generally manifested by statistically significant increases in cold temperature extremes rather than in the warm temperature extremes. …”
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Sensory seeking and its influence on sustained attention performance in adult males with Autism Spectrum Condition by Takashi Itahashi, Ryuta Aoki, Motoaki Nakamura, Haruhisa Ohta, Ryu-ichiro Hashimoto

“…In the ASC group, omission error rate and post-error slowing were statistically significantly associated with difficulties in social communication and interactions. …”
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Health profile assessment of school children of Jodhpur District of Rajasthan by Shazia Shafi, Pankaja Raghav, K H Naveen, Yachana Chowdhary, Ashish Pundhir

“…Fluorosis was observed in the majority (60.2%) in rural schools in comparison with urban and this was found to be statistically significant (P = 0.000). The majority (21, 0.04%) of them were suffering from hearing loss, among them (13,61.9%) were from rural area in comparison with (08, 38.1%) in urban and this difference was found to be statistically significant. (0.000*). …”
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DIVIDEND POLICY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF QUOTED OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA by Ajose Kehinde Gabriel

“…Findings revealed that the variable- leverage (LEV), earnings per share (EPS), risk (RISK) has statistical significant effect on the Return on Asset (ROA) while Dividend per share (DPS) and liquidity (LIQ) have negative and significant impact on Return on Asset (ROA). …”
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Laboratory Literacy: Surveying Lab Result Interpretations of a Local Patient Population by Jordan Franco, Mark Fung

“…There was a statistically significant association between one's health literacy and one's confidence in interpreting lab results (p < 0.001). …”
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Helicobacter pylori Pathogenicity Factors Related to Gastric Cancer by Kianoosh Dadashzadeh, Maikel P. Peppelenbosch, Akyala Ishaku Adamu

“…The relation of the presence of iceA1 and the development of cases to GC was statistically significant (P=0.008), but babA2 and babB alleles were not detected in these patients. …”
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Modelling and Estimation of Regional Consumption Functions: A Case for the Russian Far East by Artyom Gennadyevich Isaev

“…For the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) the data reveals a statistically significant short-term relationship between income and consumption in the absence of a long-term relationship between the indicators. …”
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Clinical, cytologic, bacteriologic and radiographic analysis of respiratory diseases in dogs by Mehmet Maden, Fatih M. Birdane, Fahrettin Atkan, Hasan H, Hadimli

“…While there was a statistically significant increase (p<0,0011 in the neutrophil counts, there was a statistically significant decrease (p<0.001) on macrophage and lenfocyte counts in both groups Statistically sıgnilıcani increase (p<0.05) on epithel cells counts was found Coc and/or bacits were seen in all cases Three dogs had fungal organisms, and one had anaerob bacteria Uordetella bronchiseptica and E coli (% 24) were the most isolated bacteria species in BAL fluid culture. …”
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Ologen Implantation versus Conjunctival Autograft Transplantation for Treatment of Pterygium by Xiuping Chen, Fei Yuan

“…There was no statistically significant difference between both groups (P=0.157, χ2 = 3.781). …”
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