Effect of Situational Interactive Respiratory Training System on Patients with Respiratory Dysfunction after Stroke by TAN Lishuang, WANG Na, ZHAO Xiaoxue, DU Tianshu, ZHANG Yan

“…Before intervention, after intervention for four, eight weeks, FVC, FEV₁, PEF, breathing duration, respiratory rate (RR), SpO₂ and other indicators were used to evaluate the patient’s respiratory function; the Watian drinking water test and the standardized swallowing assessment (SSA) was used to evaluate the patient's swallowing function; the Barthel index was used to assess the patient's activities of daily living.ResultsCompared with before intervention, FVC, FEV₁, PEF, breathing duration, and BI scores of the two groups after intervention for four, eight weeks were significantly improved, while the Watian drinking water test score and SSA score were significantly reduced, and the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). Compared with after intervention for four weeks, the FVC, FEV₁, PEF and BI scores of the two groups after intervention for eight weeks were significantly improved, and the Watian drinking water test score and SSA score were significantly reduced, and the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Efficacy of non-surgical mechanical debridement with and without adjunct antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in the treatment of peri-implantitis among patients undergoing chemother... by Asma Saleh Almeslet, Malak Mohammed ALOsaimi, Chitra Jhugroo, Abdullah Faraj Alshammari, Darshan Devang Divakar, Cristalle Soman

“…P-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: At baseline, there was no statistically significant difference in peri‑implant mPI, mGI, PD and CBL among patients undergoing chemotherapy and systemically healthy individuals with peri‑implantitis. …”
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Comparison of Diaphragmatic Stretch Technique and Manual Diaphragm Release Technique on Diaphragmatic Excursion in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Crossover Tri... by Aishwarya Nair, Gopala Krishna Alaparthi, Shyam Krishnan, Santhosh Rai, R. Anand, Vishak Acharya, Preetam Acharya

“…In manual diaphragm release technique, there was a statistically significant improvement before and after the treatment. …”
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Effect of Core Stability Training based on Bobath Concept on Motor Function of Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy by Yaojin SUN, Xiaoqin ZHANG, Jian TANG, Xiaoke ZHAO, Ran HE

“…After treatment for three months, the effective rate of spasticity improvement in the observation group was higher than that in the control group, the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05). Compared with before treatment, the PDMS-FM, GMFM-88, BBS and ADL scores in the control group and the observation group after treatment for one month and three months were higher; compared with the treatment after one month, the PDMS-FM, GMFM-88, BBS and ADL scores in the control group and the observation group after treatment for three months were higher, the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.05). …”
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Career Development Programs and Employee Performance in Kanungu District, South Western Uganda by Ainebyona, Alex, Moses, Agaba

“…Findings of the study revealed a positive (.894), but statistically significant relationship between staff training and employee performance. …”
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The potential use of brewers' spent grain-based substrates as horticultural bio-fertilizers by Angela Bianco, Angela Bianco, Sara Melito, Matteo Garau, Vittoria Giannini, Giacomo Zara, Giacomo Zara, Davide Assandri, Safa Oufensou, Safa Oufensou, Roberta Coronas, Niccolò Pampuro, Marilena Budroni, Marilena Budroni

“…At the end of the seedbed phase, plants treated with CP 4% and CPE 4% exhibited the most substantial root development, with statistically significant differences from all other treatments. …”
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The Use of Response Surface Methodology in Ammonia Oxidation Reaction Study by Marek Inger, Agnieszka Dobrzyńska-Inger, Jakub Rajewski, Marcin Wilk

“…As a result of these studies, statistically significant models for two responses variables were developed.…”
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Genome-Wide Expression of MicroRNAs Is Regulated by DNA Methylation in Hepatocarcinogenesis by Jing Shen, Shuang Wang, Abby B. Siegel, Helen Remotti, Qiao Wang, Iryna Sirosh, Regina M. Santella

“…We found that expressions of 25 miRNAs were statistically significantly different between tumor and nontumor tissues and perfectly differentiated HCC tumor from nontumor. …”
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Relationship between Sustained Reductions in Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrations with Apheresis and Plasma Levels and mRNA Expression of PTX3 and Plasma Levels of hsCRP in... by Claudia Stefanutti, Fabio Mazza, Michael Steiner, Gerald F. Watts, Joel De Nève, Daniela Pasqualetti, Juergen Paal

“…A progressive reduction in plasma levels of C-reactive protein was also seen from the first session of LA, with a statistically significant linear correlation for treatment-effect in the change in plasma levels of this established inflammatory marker (R2=0.99; p<0.001). …”
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The assessment of white blood corpuscles by geometric-morphometric analysis after the application of calcium aluminate and calcium silicate dental cements in wistar rats by Muhamed KATICA, Zurifa AJANOVIĆ, Aida BEŠIĆ, Ognjenka JANKOVIĆ, Emina DERVIŠEVIĆ, Nedžad HADŽIOMEROVIĆ, Faruk TANDIR 5 Smiljana PARAŠ, Amina LUČKIN, Vukoman JOKANOVIĆ

“…The results indicate that there were statistically significant morphological differences between these two groups of lymphocytes (P=0.02). …”
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Choroidal Thickness Analysis in Patients with Usher Syndrome Type 2 Using EDI OCT by L. Colombo, B. Sala, G. Montesano, C. Pierrottet, S. De Cillà, P. Maltese, M. Bertelli, L. Rossetti

“…No statistically significant correlation was found between SFCT and BCVA, IOP, AL, VF, and RT. …”
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Chronic Microvascular Complications in Sulfonylureas-Treated Diabetic Patients: Correlations with Glycemic Control, Risk Factors and Duration of the Disease by Luminita-Georgeta Confederat, Roxana Stefan, Mihaela-Iustina Condurache, Oana-Maria Dragostin

“…For diabetic retinopathy, the results demonstrated a statistically significant dependence of the risk factors hypertension (significance level = 0.05) and hyperlipidemia (significance level = 0.01). …”
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Local Inflammation in Fracture Hematoma: Results from a Combined Trauma Model in Pigs by K. Horst, D. Eschbach, R. Pfeifer, S. Hübenthal, M. Sassen, T. Steinfeldt, H. Wulf, S. Ruchholtz, H. C. Pape, F. Hildebrand

“…Moreover, there was a statistical significant difference in the serum values of the fracture hematoma of IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and HMGB1 when compared to the systemic inflammatory response. …”
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Necrotizing Periodontal Diseases in a Semirural District of South Africa by Neil Hamilton Wood, Elaine Blignaut, Johan Lemmer, Robin Meyerov, Liviu Feller

“…There was no statistically significant association between either extent or severity of NG/NP and HIV serostatus, CD4+ T-cell count, neutrophil count, age, or gender. …”
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Biochemical Characterization of Early Osteoarthritis in the Ankle by Hagen Schmal, Gian M. Salzmann, Elia R. Langenmair, Ralf Henkelmann, Norbert P. Südkamp, Philipp Niemeyer

“…Biochemically, aggrecan and BMP-7 positively indicated OA with statistically significant associations with duration of symptoms, FFI, AOFAS, and KLS (P<0.04). …”
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Could the Injury Severity Score be a new indicator for surgical treatment in patients with traumatic splenic injury? by HyeJeong Jeong, SungWon Jung, Tae Gil Heo, Pyong Wha Choi, Jae Il Kim, Sung Min Jung, Heungman Jun, Yong Chan Shin, Eunhae Um

“…However, in multivariate logistic regression analysis, only active bleeding on computed tomography showed a statistically significant relationship (P=0.014). Conclusions Although ISS failed to show a statistically significant independent relationship with splenectomy, it may still play a supplementary role in traumatic splenic injury management.…”
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Biomechanical Comparison of Self-Compressing Screws and Cortical Screw Inserted with Lag Fashion in Canine Cadaveric Humeral Condylar Fracture Model by Jun-sik Cho, Jung Moon Kim, Youn-woo Choo, Jooyoung Kim, Sorin Kim, Hwi-yool Kim

“…The maximum failure load in Group 3 was significantly higher than in Group 2 (<i>p</i> = 0.014), while there were no statistically significant differences between Group 1 and Group 2) or between Group 1 and Group 3. …”
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Effect of Counseling on the Knowledge and Attitude of Childbearing in Single-child Couples in Hamadan City, Iran: An Interventional Study by Sargol Shafiei, Batul Khodakarami, Farzaneh Soltani, Ghodratollah Roshanaei

“…Results: The independent t-test revealed that the average score of women's fertility knowledge in the test and control groups, both immediately after the intervention and one month later, exhibited a statistically significant difference. There was no statistically significant difference in the average score of the childbearing attitude of women and men in the two test and control groups before the intervention, after the intervention and one month after the intervention (P>0.05). …”
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Autologous Serum Skin Test versus Autologous Plasma Skin Test in Patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria by Aysegul Alpay, Nilgün Solak Tekin, Ishak Özel Tekin, H. Cevdet Altinyazar, Rafet Koca, Saniye Çınar

“…A total of 31 (62%) patients and 5 (10%) control patients had positive ASST; 21 (42%) patients and 3 (6%) control patients had positive APST. Statistically significant differences were noted in ASST and APST positivity between the patient and control groups (ASST P<0.001; APST P<0.001). …”
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Do atmospheric rivers trigger tabular iceberg calving? by Tristan Scott Rendfrey, Jeremy Bassis, Claire Pettersen

“…However, the remaining ~20% of calving events that occur during periods with short-term enhanced IVT exhibit a statistically significant correlation. The results, however, are regionally dependent, with a statistically significant correlation between enhanced IVT and calving in the Antarctic Peninsula and none in the Amundsen Sea Embayment. …”
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