The Effect of Synbiotic Supplementation on Self-Reported Aggression in Healthy Adult Men: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial by Rahele Sadat Montazeri, Farzad Shidfar, Fatemeh Sadat Hosseini-Baharanchi, Golraste Kholasezadeh

“…The intensity of aggression (verbal, physical aggression, hostility, and anger), depression, anxiety and stress, food intake, physical activity, and anthropometric indicators were measured at the beginning and end of the study. Statistical analysis of data was done using SPSS software version 26. …”
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Gaps in U.S. livestock data are a barrier to effective environmental and disease management by Rebecca Logsdon Muenich, Sanskriti Aryal, Amanda J Ashworth, Michelle L Bell, Melanie R Boudreau, Stephanie A Cunningham, K Colton Flynn, Kerry A Hamilton, Ting Liu, Michael L Mashtare, Natalie G Nelson, Barira Rashid, Arghajeet Saha, Danica Schaffer-Smith, Callie Showalter, Aureliane Tchamdja, Jada Thompson

“…In the U.S. the National Agricultural Statistics Service completes a Census once every 5 years that includes livestock, but data are only available at the county level leaving little inference that can be made at such a coarse spatiotemporal scale. …”
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Hybrid learning in post-pandemic higher education systems: an analysis using SEM and DNN by Alvin Muhammad ‘Ainul Yaqin, Ahmad Kamil Muqoffi, Sigit Rahmat Rizalmi, Faishal Arham Pratikno, Remba Yanuar Efranto

“…SEM validated the conceptual model, confirming all eight hypotheses as statistically significant (p-value of ≤ 0.05) and achieving good model fit with a comparative fit index (CFI) of 0.901 and a root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) of 0.069. …”
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Antibacterial potential of celery (Apium graveolens L.) extract gel against Staphylococcus aureus by Martinus Ezra Sunarno, Anita Lidesna Shinta Amat, Arley Sadra Telussa, Prisca Deviani Pakan

“…The results were analyzed using the One-Way ANOVA statistical test. Results: Celery extract gel demonstrated strong antibacterial potency at 25% (F1), 50% (F2), and 75% (F3) concentrations and very strong potency at 100% (F4). …”
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Experience of rectosacropexy in treatment of patients with rectum prolapse by A. Yu. Titov, O. M. Biryukov, O. Yu. Fomenko, A. A. Tikhonov, M. A. Voynov

“…After surgical treatment of rectal prolapse statistically significant improvement of anal sphincter pressure was diagnosed in both groups at I and II degree of sphincter insufficiency. …”
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The Eclipsing Binaries via Artificial Intelligence. II. Need for Speed in PHOEBE Forward Models by Marcin Wrona, Andrej Prša

“…Extensive testing enabled us to establish ANN's applicability limits and to quantify the systematic and statistical errors associated with using such networks for EB analysis. …”
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Profile of proinflammatory markers in pregnant women who died of severe COVID-19 by Pablo B. Bautista-García, Mariana Bahena-Campos, Diana H. Alcántara-Rosas

“…Results: It was observed that pregnant women with critical COVID-19 showed increased values of C-reactive protein, leukocytes, D-dimer, and DHL compared to surviving pregnant patients with critical COVID-19; however, no statistical significance was observed for platelet number and fibrinogen. …”
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Determinants of ICT Adoption and Performance in Healthcare: The Role of Individual Attributes and Organizational Contextual Factors by Abey Jose, Alejandro F. Mac Cawley, Luis Enberg Gaete, Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Roberto Vassolo, Manisha Kumar, Nick Rich, Maneesh Kumar

“…Furthermore, the relationships between competence and experience in ICT adoption were not statistically significant, indicating that individual attributes may have less influence on ICT adoption; this implies that technological advancements typically occur through management decisions in collaboration with the relevant IT department, emphasizing the importance of increased user participation and the process of adoption and effective use, which are distinct aspects while evaluating individual aspects. …”
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Beyond the Comfort Zone: Strenuous Sports as a Preventive Tactic Against Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Wei Zhang, Gang Li, Chengya Hao, Aijun Cheng

“…Heterogeneity of the results is assessed using Cochran’s Q -statistic, while horizontal pleiotropy is evaluated using MR-Egger. …”
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Natural selection and adaptive traits in the Maniq, a nomadic hunter-gatherer society from Mainland Southeast Asia by Tobias Herzog, Maximilian Larena, Wibhu Kutanan, Helmut Lukas, Martin Fieder, Helmut Schaschl

“…Using genome-wide approaches, including iHS, xp-EHH, PBE, and beta statistics, we identified signatures of positive and balancing selection. …”
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Diversity of beetles (Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera) associated with coniferous forests in Honduras by Mauricio Hernández, Mauricio Michel, Joel García, Geisy Dueñas, Marcela Moncada, Kevin Amaya, Yensi Yánez, Alejandra Pinto, Gabriela Matamoros, Alejandro Zamora, Gustavo Fontecha

“…Individuals belonging to the order Coleoptera were identified across different forest areas in Honduras. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate the number of families, subfamilies, genera, and species collected per department. …”
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Assessment of groundwater potential zones using geospatial techniques in Mangalore Taluk, Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, India by Eka Putri Elsa, Hamidi Masyhuri, M Shet Suraj, S A Swapna

“…Each weighted thematic layer was computed statistically for the groundwater potential zones. The results were verified with bore well yield data from India Water Resources Information System (IWRIS). …”
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SRAM and Mixed-Signal Logic With Noise Immunity in 3-nm Nano-Sheet Technology by Rajiv V. Joshi, J. Frougier, Alberto Cestero, Crystal Castellanos, Sudipto Chakraborty, Carl Radens, M. Silvestre, S. Lucarini, I. Ahsan, E. Leobandung

“…The proposed circuits are evaluated extensively and compared to prior techniques. Statistical simulations are used to predict the benefits of these circuits in the context of dual supply use. …”
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Optimal WSN Deployment to Measure Air Quality in Dynamic Multi-Source Dispersion Scenarios: A Case Study in Arequipa by Alexander Hilario-Tacuri, Alberth Tamo, Marco Pinares-Mamani, Walter Butron, Romel Jimenez

“…Given these alarming statistic, it is imperative for governments, organizations, and communities to prioritize air quality management. …”
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The landscape of nucleotide diversity in Drosophila melanogaster is shaped by mutation rate variation by Barroso, Gustavo V, Dutheil, Julien Y

“…Here we present a new statistical method that jointly infers the genomic landscapes of genealogies, recombination rates and mutation rates. …”
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Exploring the intricate relationship between public debts and economic development in Nigeria by Christian Ugwueze Amu, Success Ikechi Kanu, Hilary Chinedu Akuwudike, Kingsley Ikechukwu Okere

“…With the aid of E-view statistical package, varied econometric analyses were conducted. …”
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A New Awareness: Probiotic, Prebiotic and Microbiota Knowledge and Attitude of Obstetricians by Duygu Tugrul Ersak, Ozgur Kara, Atakan Tanacan, Burak Ersak, Dilek Menekse Beser, Dilek Sahin

“…RESULTS: There was a statistically significant difference between obstetricians with a profession of < 12 years and ≥12 years in their self-knowledge assessment of probiotics, prebiotics, and microbiota. …”
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Factors Affecting Ultrasonographic Fetal Weight Estimation Accuracy in Low Birth Weight Newborns by Nevin Tuten, Onur Guralp, Koray Gok, Abdullah Tuten, Altay Gezer

“…The multiple linear regression analysis showed that gestational age at birth, birth weight, examination during labor, and duration between examination to delivery were statistically significant for the accurate estimation(p=0.001) Conclusions: Accurate estimation rates were lower in the term compared to the preterm delivery group, and in the SGA group compared to the AGA group. …”
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Prognosis of Pregnancies with Different Degrees of Glucose Intolerance by Sevgi Ayhan, Sündüz Özlem Altınkaya, Tayfun Güngör, Utku Özcan

“…The difference in the rate of preeclampsia, polyhydramnios, neonatal hypoglycemia and hypocalcemia was not statistically significant (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: Although women with one elevated value after glucose tolerance test are not diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus, they are still at risk for adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. …”
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Development of neighborhood networks in suburban areas for persuading women to adhere to breast cancer screening programs by Towhid Babazadeh, Zeinab Javadivala, Fatemeh Yaghoubi, Shayesteh Shirzadi, Hava Özkan, Hamid Allahverdipour

“…The data were analyzed with SPSS statistical software version 21. Results: After the intervention, the results showed an improvement in the intention of referring to mammography centers, perceived benefits of early diagnosis of breast cancer, receiving social support, breast cancer screening behaviors, and a decrease in barriers to early diagnosis of breast cancer compared to the control group (P<0.05). …”
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