Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in the Treatment of Aphasia after Stroke：A Meta-Analysis by CUI Ying, LI Bo, TIAN Guang

“…The odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used as the effect indicators for the ranking data and Stata 15 was used for meta-analysis of clinical efficacy; RevMan 5.4 was used to analyze the continuous data by Meta-analysis, and the mean difference (MD) and 95% <italic>CI</italic> were used as the effect indexes. The statistical heterogeneity was assessed by probability value (<italic>P</italic> value) and heterogeneity value (<italic>I </italic>² value). …”
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Examining Inclusive Tertiary Education Delivery through the National Open University of Nigeria's Community Study Centres by Musibau O. Oyebode

“…Using the survey method involving qualitative and quantitative approaches, the instruments of data collection included a set of Likert five scale questionnaire administered to 600 respondents and an interview guide conducted with 24 interviewees selected through snowball and purposive sampling techniques. Statistical records of enrolment, registration and graduation were also analysed for attrition rate. …”
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Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a rural area in South Africa by G Maimela, C E Martin, M Chersich, B Bello, J Mauti, T Bäernighausen, S Kohler, A Almuedo-Riera, S Luchters, S Sawry

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Survey on the Status and Training Demands of Capabilities for Diagnosing and Treating Common Diseases of Primary Care General Practitioners in Hunan Province by LI Lingqi, GAO Yinyan, ZHANG Yuqin, SUN Dingkui, WU Xinyin, ZHANG Weiru

“…The differences in gender, age, professional title, years of service at the grassroots level, and staffing status between general practitioners in township health institutions and community health service centers are all statistically significant (P&lt;0.05). The results show that 75.1% (253/337) of participants consider themselves competent in the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases; 16.6% (56/337) of participants reported a lack of competence in certain diseases, with the top six including depression[89.3% (50/56) ], stress incontinence[69.6% (39/56) ], dementia[66.1% (37/56) ], stroke[53.6% (30/56) ], co-morbidities[51.8% (29/56) ]and tuberculosis[46.4% (26/56) ]. …”
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Diagnostic markers of severe diabetic macular edema in patients with type 2 diabetes by S.A. Suk, S.Yu. Mogilevskyy

“…Ophthalmic examination methods included: history taking, visometry, refractometry, posterior ocular biomicroscopy, pneumotonometry, fundus photography, OCT, OCT angiography, microperimetry. Statistical data processing was carried out. The observation period was 3 months. …”
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Impact of antiviral prophylaxis on EBV viremia and posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders in solid organ transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Marjan Moghadamnia, Khadijeh Delroba, Shima Heidari, Zahra Rezaie, Simin Dashti-Khavidaki

“…Fixed or random effect models were applied based on the heterogeneity assessed via the I2 statistic, using Stata 16.0 software for data analysis. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Different Levels of Butyric Acid Glycerides and Clove Oil on Growth Performance, Blood Parameters and Tibia Bone Characteristics of Broiler Chickens by Seyyedeh azam khatami, Mir Daryoush Shakouri, Nemat Hedayat Evrigh

“…The equation of the statistical model of the experiment was according to the relation Yijk = µ + Ai + Bj + (AB)ij + eijk, where Yijk represents the numerical value of each observation, µ is the population mean, Ai is the effect of butyric acid glycerides (0 and 0.2%), Bj was the effect of clove oil (0, 500 and 1000 mg/kg), ij (AB) was the interaction effect of butyric acid glycerides and clove oil, and eijk was the experimental error.Results and Discussion: The results showed that the addition of 0.2% butyric acid glycerides in the diet of broiler chickens reduced feed intake, body weight and daily weight gain compared to the control group (P<0.05). …”
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Clinical and genetic characteristics of a total or partial congenital aniridia by N.V. Sukhanova, V.V. Kadyshev, T.A. Vasilieva, A.V. Marakhonov, L.A. Katargina, S.I. Kutsev, R.A. Zinchenko

“…</p> <p> <b>Conclusion</b>: the analysis of genotypic and phenotypic correlations has revealed statistical regularities which may underpin the relationship between the clinical pattern of CA and the types of mutations. …”
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Prevailing Antibiotic Resistance Patterns in Hospitalized Patients with Urinary Tract Infections in a Vietnamese Teaching Hospital (2014 &ndash; 2021) by Le HHL, Thuc LC, Ta TB, Tran TV, Hung DV, Kien HT, Le MN, Luong VH, Nguyen VTH, Pham HQ, Le HV, Viet NH, Hoang LH, Nguyen TT, Latsavong M, Le TD, Trong Tuan D, An NV

“…Bacteria with a frequency of less than 2% were excluded. Statistical analysis was performed using R software, with the chi-square test applied and significance set at p < 0.05.Results: Of 4060 urine samples collected, 892 (22.0%) had positive results for common infections. …”
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MOKSLO VERTYBINIO NEUTRALUMO PROBLEMA XX A. FILOSOFIJOJE (M. WEBERIS, ANALITINĖ MOKSLO FILOSOFIJA IR METAETIKA, KRITINĖ TEORIJA) by Zenonas Norkus

“…One of these difficulties is dependence of choice of significance level in statistical inference on practical considerations concerning consequences of the type I vs. type II error (this is a problem for logical empiricist philosophy of science). …”
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Vibration therapy as an intervention for trochanteric hip fractures – A randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial by Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Pui Yan Wong, Chaoran Liu, Chun Sing Chui, Wing Hong Liu, Ning Tang, James Griffith, Ning Zhang, Wing Hoi Cheung

“…For fracture healing, CT scan at 6 weeks showed improved osseous union for the LMHFV group at 71.5 ± 19.4 % compared to placebo group at 58.8 ± 30.5 %, but no statistical significance detected. X-rays showed fractures healed at 12 months. …”
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Exploring the Impact of Drought Stress on the Yield and Yield Components of Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) Ecotypes by Vahid Bazr Afshan, Farzad Paknejad, Hamid Reza Fanay, davood Habibi, Morteza Siavoshi

“…The highest seed yield of 102.78 g m-2 was achieved by the ecotype Turbat Jam 8 under full irrigation conditions, which was statistically similar to the ecotypes Afghani, Khorasan-Birjand, Yazd 7, Turbat Jam 9, and Sabzevar under normal irrigation conditions. …”
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Pratiques de l’automédication à l’ère de la pandémie COVID-19 dans trois villes de l’Ouest algérien [Practices of self-medication in the COVID-19 pandemic era in three cities of We... by Derouicha Matmou, Asma Memou, Yassine Merad, Ayoub Bouzid, Sohaïb Abd-El-Koudous Bouzid, Aissa Brik, Mounia Sakouhi

“…The main endpoint was the evaluation of­self-medication practices. Data entry, statistical analysis and editing of results were perfor­med using SPSS software version 20. …”
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An exploratory study of INPP4B, a biomarker of gemcitabine chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer by REN Jiaqiang, WU Shuai, SU Tong, LI Jie, HAN Liang, WU Zheng

“…Although patients with low INPP4B expression also showed better overall survival (OS), the difference was not statistically significant (HR=1.484, 95% CI: 0.518-4.250, P=0.465). …”
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Foreign Direct Investment and Violent Crimes: Evidence from the Iranian Provinces by gholamreza zamanian, Frnaz Dehghan, foruzan falahati, ali davari

“…Findings The results indicate that the test of the first model shows a negative relationship between foreign direct investment and crime, which is not statistically significant. In other words, with the increase in crime, the power to attract foreign direct investment in each province decreases. …”
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Examining Inclusive Tertiary Education Delivery through the National Open University of Nigeria's Community Study Centres by Musibau O. Oyebode

“…Using the survey method involving qualitative and quantitative approaches, the instruments of data collection included a set of Likert five scale questionnaire administered to 600 respondents and an interview guide conducted with 24 interviewees selected through snowball and purposive sampling techniques. Statistical records of enrolment, registration and graduation were also analysed for attrition rate. …”
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Thrombolytic therapy for patients with acute ischemic stroke: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized trials by Li-Chao-Yue Sun, Wen-Shu Li, Wei Chen, Zhao Ren, Chun-Xing Li, Ze Jiang, Le Wang, De-Li Wang, Qing Xie

“…For safety outcomes, 0.25 mg/kg tenecteplase had lower incidences of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (OR 0.88, 95% CI: 0.35–1.8), death within 90 days (OR 0.91, 95% CI: 0.54–1.4), and serious adverse events (OR 1.0, 95% CI: 0.47–2.3) compared to alteplase, though differences were not statistically significant. Reteplase at 18 mg + 18 mg had higher incidences of death within 90 days (OR 1.2, 95% CI: 0.48–3) and serious adverse events (OR 1.4, 95% CI: 0.4–5.0) compared to alteplase, without significant differences. …”
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Construction of feature selection and efficacy prediction model for transformation therapy of locally advanced pancreatic cancer based on CT, 18F-FDG PET/CT, DNA mutation, and CA19... by Liang Qi, Xiang Li, Jiayao Ni, Yali Du, Qing Gu, Baorui Liu, Jian He, Juan Du

“…We used short-term and long-term treatment efficacy as the prediction outcomes and performed statistical and machine learning-based feature selection and COX regression analysis to identify potentially predictive features. …”
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Examining Inclusive Tertiary Education Delivery through the National Open University of Nigeria's Community Study Centres by Musibau O. Oyebode

“…Using the survey method involving qualitative and quantitative approaches, the instruments of data collection included a set of Likert five scale questionnaire administered to 600 respondents and an interview guide conducted with 24 interviewees selected through snowball and purposive sampling techniques. Statistical records of enrolment, registration and graduation were also analysed for attrition rate. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of GPM-IMERG, CMORPH, and TMPA Precipitation Products with Gauged Rainfall over Mainland China by Guanghua Wei, Haishen Lü, Wade T. Crow, Yonghua Zhu, Jianqun Wang, Jianbin Su

“…Categorical verification techniques and statistical methods are used to quantify their performance. …”
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