Radiological and Clinical Prognostic Factors of Recurrence of Subacute and Chronic Subdural Hematomas by Milda Paliulytė, Gytis Šustickas

“…To assess characteristic data of patients hospitalized due to subacute subdural hematomas (SSDHs) and chronic subdural hematomas (CSDHs) and to evaluate radiological findings and establish predictors of hematoma recurrence of SSDHs and CSDHs patient populations. …”
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Proteotranscriptomic Profiling of the Toxic Mucus of <i>Kulikovia alborostrata</i> (Pilidiophora, Nemertea) by Vasiliy G. Kuznetsov, Daria I. Melnikova, Sergey V. Shabelnikov, Timur Yu. Magarlamov

“…Recent transcriptomic studies have shown that nemerteans from all taxonomic groups possess a wide range of putative protein and peptide toxins, while the proteomic data for these animals are highly limited. …”
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Influence of Geographic Origin and Plant Source on Physicochemical Properties, Mineral Content, and Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Moroccan Propolis by Naoual El Menyiy, Meryem Bakour, Asmae El Ghouizi, Soukaina El Guendouz, Badiaa Lyoussi

“…Linear discriminant analysis revealed that the samples studied were divided into two groups which were differentiated by the data of antioxidant activity, mineral contents, and antibacterial activity. …”
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The Influence of Polymerization Type and Reinforcement Method on Flexural Strength of Acrylic Resin by Rodrigo Borges Fonseca, Amanda Vessoni Barbosa Kasuya, Isabella Negro Favarão, Lucas Zago Naves, Márcio Grama Hoeppner

“…Reinforced bars (25×2×2 mm) were tested in flexural strength (0.5 mm/min) and examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Data (MPa) were submitted to factorial analysis, ANOVA, and Tukey and T-student tests (a=5%) showing significant interaction (P=0.008), for SC: Uni (241.71±67.77)a, Uni-Short (221.05±71.97)a, Ind (215.21±46.59)ab, SW (190.51±31.49)abc, Short (156.31±28.76)bcd, Tpl (132.51±20.21)cd, Control SC (101.47±19.79)d and for HC: Ind (268.93±105.65)a, Uni (215.14±67.60)ab, Short (198.44±95.27)abc, Uni-Short (189.56±92.27)abc, Tpl (161.32±62.51)cd, SW (106.69±28.70)cd, and Control HC (93.39±39.61)d. …”
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Effect of Different Beverages and Polishing Systems on Color Stability and Surface Roughness of a Smart Chromatic Composite Resin and Methacrylate Composites by Özcan Karataş, Semiha Ekrikaya

“…The mean color change values of the specimens were calculated in ΔE, and the surface roughness values were recorded in Ra. Statistical analysis of the data was performed using One-way ANOVA and post hoc Tukey test (P =.05).Results: Statistically significant variations were observed in the mean color change values among the groups, as a consequence of the utilization of various polishing systems and exposure to different solutions (P.05). …”
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Customised Enriched Coconut Oil as Panacea for Oral Biofilm Mediated Diseases - A Prospective Study by Shamini Sai, Raga T Nivedha, Srinivasan Narasimhan, Aruna K. Veronica, Jayaraman Selvakumar, Anand V. Susila

“…Oratest at baseline, days 15 and 30 were recorded. Statistical Analysis Used: Due to 5 dropouts on day 30, data were analysed based on the intention-to-treat (ITT) approach. …”
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Simultaneous gains for negatively correlated traits of interest in plantain by Geferson Rocha Santos, Letícia Casseano de Souza Santos, Rafael Nunes de Almeida, Hércules dos Santos Pereira, Inês de Moura Trindade, Irany Rodrigues Pretti, Dimmy Herllen Silveira Gomes Barbosa, Edson Perito Amorim, Sávio da Silva Berilli, Ana Paula Candido Gabriel Berilli

“…Genotype dispersion regarding the set of traits was evaluated using the principal component analysis and the separation of dissimilarity groups via clustering (Mahalanobis distance). …”
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Virtual choir as a kind of digital musical art by Xinbin Fu

“…The article also uses the results of statistical data obtained by other researchers on the psychophysiological impact of singing in real and virtual groups on the well-being of choristers. …”
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Diagnostic Concordance Characteristics of Oral Cavity Lesions by Ufuk Tatli, Özgür Erdoğan, Aysun Uğuz, Yakup Üstün, Yaşar Sertdemır, İbrahim Damlar

“…The diagnoses were also recategorized into 3 groups expressing prognostic implications as benign, precancerous, and malignant. …”
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External validation of population pharmacokinetic models of gentamicin in paediatric population from preterm newborns to adolescents by Črček Mateja, Grabnar Iztok, Zdovc Jurij Aguiar, Grosek Štefan, Kos Mojca Kerec

“…The predictive ability of the literature and the tweaked models was evaluated. Retrospectively collected data from a routine clinical practice (512 concentrations from 308 patients) were used for validation. …”
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Impact of diabetes mellitus on dental implants: A cross sectional controlled clinical study. by Rezhna Muhammed Hamad-Ameen, Othman Abu-Bakr Omer

“…The statistical package for the social sciences program (SPSS, version 28) was used for data analysis. Results: Diabetic patients show a Statistically significant difference to non diabetic subjects in the level of interleukin 6 with (P value 0.004), Culture and sensitivity with (P value 0.003), Peri -implant bone loss in mesial and distal sides of the implant with P values 0.006 and 0.002 respectively, and also, in gingival recession with (P value 0.017). while the difference was not significant in gingival sulcus depth P value0.220, bleeding on probing P value0.550, implant suppuration P value 0.999, and mobility P value 0.999. …”
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New insights in large-pores mesoporous silica microspheres for hemostatic application by Sara Saber Younes Mohamed, Roberta Cavalli, Elisabetta Rombi, Luciano Atzori, Marco Armandi, Barbara Onida

“…The success of surface modification was investigated by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), which confirmed the increase in the amount of surface hydroxyl groups. …”
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An exploration of distinguishing subjective cognitive decline and mild cognitive impairment based on resting-state prefrontal functional connectivity assessed by functional near-in... by Zhengping Pu, Zhengping Pu, Hongna Huang, Man Li, Hongyan Li, Xiaoyan Shen, Qingfeng Wu, Qin Ni, Yong Lin, Donghong Cui

“…The models showed a satisfactory ability to differentiate among the three groups, especially those employing linear discriminant analysis, logistic regression, and support vector machine. …”
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Variables influencing telemedicine utilization via telephone appointments among rural patients by Eliseo García, Benjamin C. Vincent, Shivani Thakur, Ashish Thakur, Fatima Zabiba, Sandhini Agarwal, Jasmin Dominguez Cervantes, Ahmed Zabiba

“…Patient responses for those who attended (n = 120) or canceled/rescheduled (n = 33) telemedicine encounters were analyzed using paired difference t-tests and t-tests of correlations between different groups of variables. An ad-hoc method patterned after the least significant differences was applied to the analysis of variance results to evaluate patient-valued variables. …”
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Synthesis and Anti-inflammatory Activity of Some Novel 2,4-Diaryl-3,5-bis(arylimino)-1,2,4-thiadiazolidine Derivatives by P. Venkatesh, S. N. Pandeya

“…The purity of the synthesized compounds were judged by their C, H and N analysis and the structure was analyzed on the basis of IR, H1NMR, C13 NMR and Mass spectral data. …”
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Global burden, trends, and disparities in kidney cancer attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021 by Siyu Han, Shiyu Zhao, Ran Zhong, Peizhe Li, Yuewen Pang, Shuang He, Junyao Duan, Huijie Gong, Jing Shi, Li Liu, Yongji Yan

“…We conducted a cross-country analysis to evaluate disparities in the kidney cancer burden from 1990 to 2021, with absolute and relative inequalities measured by the slope index of inequality and concentration index, respectively. …”
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Assessment of Renal Function in Women with Preeclampsia by Measuring of Serum Cystatin C Level by Marwa Basim Yarmurad, Miami Abdul Hassan Ali

“…From March 1, 2022, to September 1, 2022, 94 3rd-trimester pregnant women with newly diagnosed or a history of PE were included in the study and interviewed and subsequently divided into three groups. The GraphPad Prism Software was used for data analysis and graphical presentations in addition to SPSS version 28; 0.05 was selected as a cutoff point for statistical significance. …”
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Exploring knowledge gaps and research needs in respiratory therapy: A qualitative description study by Marco Zaccagnini, Andrew West, Esther Khor, Shirley Quach, Mika L. Nonoyama

“…Data was analyzed using qualitative content analysis…”
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Severity of Burn Injury and the Relationship to Socioeconomic Status in Nova Scotia, Canada by Jeffrey Le, Sarah Alyouha, Lihui Liu, Michael Bezuhly, Jason Williams

“…SES was estimated by linking the subject’s postal code to median family household income via Canadian population census data at the level of dissemination areas. Four equal income groups ranging from lowest to highest income quartile were compared (average total burn percentage). …”
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Medication adherence and blood pressure control in treated hypertensive patients: first follow-up findings from the PREDIcT-HTN study in Northern Bangladesh by Ahmed Hossain, Gias Uddin Ahsan, Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Probal Sutradhar, Sarowar-E. Alam, Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Heba Hijazi, Syed Azizur Rahman, Mohamad Alameddine

“…Patients were divided into three groups (good, moderate, and poor) based on their 9-item Hill-Bone medication adherence scale. …”
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