Seroprevalence of COVID-19 among voluntary blood donors by Arumugam Pothipillai, Swathandran Hamsavardhini, Deepa Duraisamy, Lincy Thiyagarajan, Chandrasekaran Kaliyaperumal, Jyotsnaa Grace Velure Mohan Rao

“…P = 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: IgG seropositivity among the donors was 58.8%, and IgM + IgA seropositivity was 29.6%. …”
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In-home work environment for home care workers in Northern Sweden before and during the Covid-19 pandemic by Fredrik Norström, Karin Bölenius, Klas-Göran Sahlén, Magnus Zingmark, Anita Pettersson-Strömbäck

“…Results Daily problems with the in-home work environment were common before the pandemic, and they increased statistically significantly during the pandemic for, among other things, non-ergonomic beds (29% vs. 37%), impractical bathrooms (40% vs. 50%), indoor smoking (24% vs. 31%), and pets (19% vs. 25%). …”
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Association of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism and Hyperkalemia in Hemodialysis-dependent Chronic Kidney Disease Patients by Ashutosh Soni, Jagdish Vishnoi, Kamlesh Bhatt, Kalu Ram Sharma, Akanksha Shukla

“…There was a strong positive correlation between iPTH and serum potassium, and this correlation was statistically significant (rho = 0.72, P ≤ 0.001). Conclusion: The present study shows a statistically significant association of iPTH (SHPTH) and serum potassium (hyperkalemia), and high iPTH is positively associated with hyperkalemia.…”
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The Effect of Detethering Surgery on the Bladder Function and Psychology of Children with Primary Tethered Cord Syndrome by Shuai Yang, Zhaokai Zhou, Xingchen Liu, Zhan Wang, Yanping Zhang, He Zhang, Lei Lv, Yibo Wen, Qingwei Wang, Wei Jia, Jinhua Hu, Jian Guo Wen

“…Results: A total of 66 children fulfilled the criteria, with a mean age at surgery of 89.5 ± 13.7 months. There were statistically significant differences in bladder detrusor sphincter synergy and urodynamic score and no statistically significant difference in the remaining urodynamic parameters and psychological-behavioral items before and after DS. …”
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Comparison of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Intragastric Balloon Procedures by Fatih Türkoğlu, Serdar Yormaz

“…Both results were statistically significant (p<0.05). There was no mortality, and one patient who underwent IGB experienced intolerance. …”
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The impact of self-care training using the teach-back method on health anxiety in patients with coronary artery disease: A randomized controlled clinical trial by Mansoreh Barati, Zahra Amouzeshi, Fahimeh Nikraftar

“…The mean ages of the intervention and control groups were 47.1 ± 12.83 and 48.1 ± 44.81 years, respectively, with no statistically significant difference (P = 0.67). The results indicated that there was a statistically significant difference in the total mean score (P = 0.000) and mean scores of subscales of health anxiety (awareness of bodily sensations or changes (P = 0.001), feared consequences of having an illness (P = 0.001), and worry about health (P = 0.008)) between the two groups. …”
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Dissemination of Evidence-Based Recommendations for Sickle Cell Disease to Primary Care and Emergency Department Providers in North Carolina: A Cost Benefit Analysis by Paula Tanabe, Audrey L. Blewer, Emily Bonnabeau, Hayden B. Bosworth, Denise H. Clayton, Nancy Crego, Marian F. Earls, Kern Eason, Grayson Forlines, Gary Rains, Matthew Young, Nirmish Shah

“…**Results:** There was no statistically significant shift in the number of outpatient specialty visits, ED visits or hospitalizations. …”
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Efficacy of Voriconazole Corneal Intrastromal Injection for the Treatment of Fungal Keratitis by Chenshuang Li, Kunpeng Pang, Liqun Du, Xinyi Wu

“…The difference in the risk of perforation and/or TPK requirement was not statistically significant between two groups (P>0.05). Conclusion. …”
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Preprocedural Hypertension Is Not a Risk Factor for Postoperative Bleeding following Image-Guided Core Needle Breast Biopsy by Ninad Salastekar, Alexis Saunders, Kushal Patel, Katherine Willer

“…The difference in the mean time for which manual pressure was held after biopsy for patients with and without preprocedural hypertension was not statistically significant (13 ± 7 vs. 13 ± 8 minutes, respectively, P = 0.856). …”
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Procedure-Related Access Site Pain Multimodal Management following Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention: A Randomized Control Trial by Liuda Brogiene, Aiste Urbonaite, Giedre Baksyte, Andrius Macas

“…A-S pain intensity mean scores were statistically significantly higher in CG during the follow-up period (Wilks’ λ = 0.84 F (7,125) = 3.37, p=0.002). …”
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The relationship between hemogram parameters and mortality in neonatal calves with diarrhea by Merve Ider, Amir Naseri, Alper Erturk

“…There was no statistically significant difference in hemogram parameters of calves infected with C. parvum.…”
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Effect of Locally Delivered Melatonin as an Adjunct to Nonsurgical Therapy on GCF Antioxidant Capacity and MMP-9 in Stage II Periodontitis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Clinica... by Enji Ahmed, Olfat G. Shaker, Nermin Yussif, Dalia M. Ghalwash

“…Melatonin-treated sites showed a more statistically significant percent reduction in PD and more statistically significant percent gain in CAL than the control site. …”
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Robotic assisted TKA may allow for smaller polyethylene liner sizes compared to manual TKA with simultaneous removal of Hardware by Andrew D. Lachance, Alexander Edelstein, Shaya Shahsavarani, Roman Steika, Mason Stilwell, Jeffrey Lutton

“…Patients undergoing ROH and RA-TKA had a statistically significant decrease in poly size with a trend of less revision component utilization. …”
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Comparison of Asymptomatic Brain Lesions Between Thalassemia Major and Sickle Cell Anemia Patients by Derya Yavuz Demiray, Özge Eriş Davut, Gönül Oktay

“…<i>Results:</i> The mean age was 27.33 years in the thalassemia major group and 32.65 years in the sickle cell anemia group (<i>p</i> = 0.010). No statistically significant difference was observed in the distribution of ischemia types between the groups (<i>p</i> = 0.303). …”
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Developmental quotient of specialist's degree students and bachelor's program students by Albert A. Abrosimov, Viacheslav V. Zayvyy

“…Rank correlation analysis of development indicators found that the correlation between the profile of the Bachelor's program students and specialist's degree students is statistically significant.…”
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Estimation for a Second-Order Jump Diffusion Model from Discrete Observations: Application to Stock Market Returns by Tianshun Yan, Yanyong Zhao, Shuanghua Luo

“…Furthermore, we consider a likelihood ratio test to identify the statistically significant presence of jump factor. The empirical analysis of stock market data from North America, Asia, and Europe is provided for illustration.…”
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Perception of Advertisement in Visegrad Four Countries by Veronika Gašparíkov, Ľudmila Nagyová, Beáta Rizovová

“…There were almost no statistically significant differences just in the area of Internet advertisement effectiveness where the first position of making electronic purchases due to Internet advertisement is held by Polish respondents.…”
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The Relationship between E-Journal Use and User's Discipline: A Descriptive Study by Hülya Dilek Kayaoğlu

“…The results revealed that discipline was statistically significantly associated with both the 'frequency of use' and 'format preferences'. …”
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Update on Extracorporeal Oxygenation in Adults by W Demajo

“…None of these differences was statistically significant. Indications for extracorporeal oxygenation may need to be re-evaluated to clarify those cases that would not be manageable with current ventilation strategies and, hence, would merit extracorporeal support.…”
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Influence of SARS-CoV2 Pandemic on Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis, Presentation, and Surgical Management in a Tertiary Center: A Retrospective Study by Roman Taulean, Roxana Zaharie, Dan Valean, Lia Usatiuc, Mohammad Dib, Emil Moiș, Calin Popa, Andra Ciocan, Alin Fetti, Nadim Al-Hajjar, Florin Zaharie

“…Statistically significant differences regarding emergency diagnosis as well as late diagnosis were highlighted. …”
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