Se-methylselenocysteine inhibits inflammatory response in an LPS-stimulated chicken HD11 macrophage-like cell model through the NFKB2 pathway by Min Yao, Binyu Wang, Zitong Li, Suqing Wu, Bingyu Zhao, Ning Sun, Huiping Xiao, Jianwu Wang, Guoping Liu, Tinghua Huang

“…RNA-seq identified 3,263 transcripts that exhibited a statistically significant differential expression between the SeMC-treated group and the control group and 1,344 transcripts that exhibited a statistically significant differential expression between the LPS + SeMC- and LPS-treated groups (FDR < 0.05, FDR > 1.5). …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Articaine and Lidocaine Anesthetics on Blood Pressure after Maxillary Infiltration Technique: A Triple-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Amirhossein Moaddabi, Parisa Soltani, Maryam Zamanzadeh, Kamran Nosrati, Mojtaba Mollamirzaei, Mariangela Cernera, Gianrico Spagnuolo

“…These values show no statistically significant difference (p=0.080). In both groups, the mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures have increased significantly (p<0.001). …”
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Smoking behavior among Asian Americans during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: The influence of pandemic stressors and depression by Paula Lozano, Aven Peters, Alia Southworth, Yicklun Mo, Helen Lam, Fornessa T. Randal, Karen E. Kim

“…We also found a statistically significant interaction between the period indicator variable and current smoking by racial discrimination (p=0.047) and depression symptoms (p=0.02). …”
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Stem cell-derived exosome treatment for acute spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on preclinical evidence by Chunlin Mou, Ziyao Xia, Ziyao Xia, Ziyao Xia, Xiujuan Wang, Xunan Dai, Jiaxian Wang, Chun Zhang, Chun Zhang, Yongsheng Xu, Yongsheng Xu, Yongsheng Xu

“…Meta-analysis results showed no statistically significant differences in therapeutic efficacy among these MSC-exos sources at various treatment time points.ConclusionMSC-exos demonstrated considerable promise in improving motor function in SCI-affected rats, with bone marrow MSC-derived exosomes having particularly notable effectiveness.…”
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Pandemic or “Plandemic”?: The Mediating Role of Epistemic Justification Strategies in the Relationship Between COVID‐19 Conspiracy Beliefs and COVID‐19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs... by Ali Gökalp, Servet Üztemur, Po‐Ching Huang, Aslı Kartol, Hsin‐Chi Tsai, Erkan Dinç, Mark D. Griffiths, Chung‐Ying Lin

“…Results The results demonstrated a strong and statistically significant correlation between beliefs in COVID‐19 conspiracy theories and beliefs in COVID‐19 vaccination conspiracy theories. …”
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Major and minor perineural invasion in salivary gland cancer by Fei Liu, Yinglin Chu, Qizhe Zheng, Yunshuang Hu, Yiyi Wang, Lu Qin, Shuaikun Fu, Suping Wang

“…In the Cox model assessing overall survival, patients exhibiting minor nerve PNI demonstrated a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.78 [95% CI: 1.14-2.47] in comparison to those without PNI, a difference that was statistically significant (p&lt;0.001). Conversely, the variation in HR between patients with major nerve PNI and those with minor nerve PNI was not statistically significant (p=0.673). …”
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Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure due to Mushroom Poisoning by Hayri Canbaz, Attila Bestemir, Sami Akbulut, Sezai Yilmaz, Yusuf Yavuz

“…On the other hand, there were statistically significant differences between the alive and dead groups in terms of MELD score (P = .016; 23 vs. 34), re-transplantation (P = .022; 0% vs. 37.5%), hospital stay (P = .004; 24 vs. 6 days), and follow up (P < .001; 3423 vs. 5 days). …”
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Effect of preoperative hair removal vs. no removal on surgical site infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Abdulsalam Aleid, Zainab Aleid, Abdulmajeed Aljabr, Abdulrahman Almoslem, Lama AlOraini, Mutlaq Alsubaie, Abdulaziz Alharthi, Hasan Ali Abdullah Alaidarous, Saud Nayef Aldanyowi, Abbas Al Mutair

“…Razor shaving was associated with higher skin damage and slightly increased SSI risk compared to clipping but not statistically significant (OR = 0.749, 95% CI 0.346–1.623, p = 0.464). …”
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Reasons for Undesirable Pregnancy Outcomes among Women with Appendicitis: The Experience of a Tertiary Center by Baris Mantoglu, Fatih Altintoprak, Necattin Firat, Emre Gonullu, Enis Dikicier, Yesim Akdeniz, Mehmet Aziret, Unal Erkorkmaz

“…When white blood count (WBC) and C-reactive protein (CRP) were evaluated by laboratory findings, CRP was found to be statistically significantly higher in patients with preterm birth (p 0.042). …”
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Expression of MMP-2, MMP-9 and TIMP-2 in pituitary tumors and their relationship with cavernous sinus invasion by Ane Caroline Thé B Freire, Raquel S Jallad, Rafael L Batista, Andrea Glezer, Marcio C Machado, Gilberto Ochman, Valter A Cescato, Malebranche Berardo Carneiro Cunha Neto, Fernando P Frassetto, Raphael S S de Medeiros, Ericka B Trarbach

“…MMP-2 was not detected in plasma in any case. No statistically significant difference was observed when different tumor subtypes were considered. …”
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Relations between CEO characteristics and mergers and acquisition decisions in Brazilian companies by Kamilla Tairine de Assunção Main, Vinicius Augusto Brunassi Silva

“…We show that CEOs with finance backgrounds are less likely to perform M&As. We find no statistically significant correlations for other CEO’s characteristics, such as executive tenure, age, education, participation as chair of the board, previous experience as an entrepreneur or being a shareholder of the acquiring company.…”
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Investigation of the effects of combination of acetylsalicylic acid and vitamin c on functions of bovine neutrophils in vitro conditions by Ahmet Levent Baş, Nuri Başpınar, Muammer Elmas, Seyfullah Haliloğlu, Enver Yazar

“…Intracellular vitamin C levels were incerased by combination of ASA and vitamin C at different concentrations, bul this increase was not statistically significant. Furthenmore, phagocytic and microbicidal activity of PMNL were not statistically changed by these combinations.…”
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GENDER DISPARITIES IN SUICIDAL IDEATION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY by Razaw Nury Hama Faraj

“…The results indicated a statistically significant difference between males and females regarding suicidal ideation, with a higher prevalence among female students. …”
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Adoption of renewable energy innovations among hoteliers in Portugal by Luís Silva

“…Third, market factors have a statistically significant influence on adoption, whereas the characteristics of the hotels and hoteliers, their opinion about the need to cut the carbon footprint of tourist accommodations and the type of hotel ownership have no significant influence.…”
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Modified minimally invasive chevron osteotomy versus traditional incision chevron osteotomy by Run Tang, Jie Yang, Xiao Jun Liang, Yi Li, JunHu Wang, MiaoLuo Jin, Yang Du, Tong Lu, YiXiang Hao

“…The AOFAS scores, VAS, HVA, 1-2IMA, and DMAA in the MIC group improved from 54.61 ± 7.60, 4.50 ± 0.79, 28.38° ± 5.02°, 12.88° ± 1.50°, 12.03° ± 1.88°preoperatively to 89.93 ± 4.96, 2.04 ± 1.10, 10.27° ± 1.68°, 7.49° ± 0.95° and 7.83° ± 1.33° at the last follow-up, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05); the AOFAS score, VAS, HVA, 1-2IMA, and DMAA of the TIC group improved from 57.31 ± 7.59, 4.34 ± 0.70, 28.45° ± 4.47°, 12.88° ± 1.50°, 12.16° ± 1.81° preoperatively to 87.97 ± 5.96, 2.00 ± 1.11, 10.99° ± 2.25°, 7.49° ± 0.95°, and 8.25° ± 1.12° at the last follow-up, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference in AOFAS score, VAS, HVA, 1-2IMA, and DMAA between the two groups (P > 0.05). …”
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Effect of Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training on Motor Function of Rats with Spinal Cord Injury Based on AMPK-Autophagy Signaling Pathway by CAI Jili, ZHAI Chenyuan, WANG Zun, WU Qi, FANG Lu, WANG Yu, WANG Tong

“…Compared with the model group at the same time, the BBB score of the exercise group was significantly higher at the 14th, 21st and 28th days after modeling, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). The BBB score in the model group and the exercise group were compared at different times, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). (2) Gait parameters: compared with the sham operation group, the footprint area, touchdown intensity, swing speed, stride length and movement speed were significantly lower in the model group, and the footprint area was significantly lower of the exercise group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the model group, the footprint area, touchdown intensity, swing speed, stride length and movement speed were significantly higher in the exercise group at the 28th day after modeling, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). (3) Morphology and number of neurons in the anterior horn of the spinal cord: compared with the sham operation group, the number of neurons in the anterior horn of the spinal cord reduced significantly in the model group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and nuclear pyknosis was observed. …”
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The Impact of Fiscal Rules on Public Debt and Public Deficits Based on the Budget Institutions Approach by İlter Ünlükaplan, Ebru Yalçın

“…Considering the Fiscal Rule Index (Eurostat 2019) for the design of fiscal rules, we show that well-designed rules reduce public deficits but have no statistically significant effect on public debt.…”
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Collaboration for Innovation and Sustainable Performance: Evidence of Relationship in Electro-Electronic Industry by Marcos Roberto Kuhl, João Carlos da Cunha, Marlete Beatriz Maçaneiro, Sieglinde Kindl da Cunha

“…The same is noticed in checking the relationship between the collaboration and the three dimensions of sustainable performance, although no statistically significant difference was found between the degree of correlation and the three dimensions. …”
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Treatment of the rectocele caused by pelvic floor muscles incompetence in women by A. O. Solovyov, A. A. Vorobyev, O. L. Solovyev, G. A. Solovyova, E. V. Litvina

“…Prior to the surgery the average score was 23.5±4.1, after operation - 12.4±2.2, in 1 month after operation it decreased to 5.8±1.9, difference in score in comparison to preoperative level was statistically significant (р…”
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Differences in pronotum shape in Phlaeothripinae thrips (Thysanoptera) of quarantine importance by Allan H. Smith-Pardo

“…To do that, a multitude of digital images and illustrations of different genera of phytophagous phlaeothripine thrips were examined to compare their pronotum shape for genera that contain more than 20 species, which are known to feed on plants, as well as those that have been intercepted at U.S. ports of entry coming from other countries. Statistically significant differences in the pronotum shape were found between most of the examined genera, making GMM a viable tool for genus-level identification of adults of most species-rich, phytophagous genera of Phlaeothripinae.…”
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