Falling sex ratios and emerging evidence of sex-selective abortion in Nepal: evidence from nationally representative survey data by Mahesh Puri, Melanie Dawn Frost, Peter Richard Andrew Hinde

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A Systematic Literature Review and Bucher Indirect Comparison: Tildrakizumab versus Guselkumab by Kristian Garn Du Jardin, Pepi Hurtado Lopez, Mette Lange, Rachael McCool, Silvia Maeso Naval, Sandra Quickert

“…Five studies met the eligibility criteria and were included in the analysis; two tildrakizumab trials (reSURFACE 1 and reSURFACE 2) and three guselkumab trials (VOYAGE 1, VOYAGE 2, and a Japanese study). There was no statistically significant difference between guselkumab and tildrakizumab for PASI 75, PASI 90, SAEs, and rate of discontinuations at either timepoint. …”
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An Alternative Model of Care for the Treatment of Adolescent Athletes with Extension-Based Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study. by Mitchell Selhorst, Richard Rodenberg, Nick Padgett, Anastasia Fischer, Reno Ravindran, James MacDonald

“…Adverse events were monitored in order to assess safety. Descriptive statistics were completed to assess the viability of the alternative model…”
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Effectiveness of a novel amine + zinc + fluoride toothpaste in reducing plaque and gingivitis: results of a six-month randomized controlled trial by Dutmanee Seriwatanachai, Terdphong Triratana, Petcharat Kraivaphan, Norbert Huber, Tilo Poth, Luis R. Mateo, Melissa Stellitano, Yun-Po Zhang

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Examining the Impact of Certificate of Need Laws on the Utilization and Reimbursement of Cataract Surgeries Among Medicare Beneficiaries by Alvina Liang, Jennifer L. Lindsey

“…Utilization and reimbursement patterns were analyzed in states with and without CON laws using the compound annual growth rate, with reimbursement adjusted by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index. **Results:** The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported 893 682 non-complex cataract surgeries in the study period; of these, 609 237 were in CON and 280 215 in non-CON states. …”
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Association between red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio at admission and all-cause mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis based on the MIMIC-III database. by Qingsong Wu, Lianyi Liao, Qingjun Deng

“…Kaplan-Meier survival analysis demonstrated a statistically significant increase in 28-day mortality among patients in the high RAR group compared to those in the low RAR group. …”
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Interacting Large Language Model Agents Bayesian Social Learning Based Interpretable Models by Adit Jain, Vikram Krishnamurthy

“…This paper discusses the theory and algorithms for interacting large language model agents (LLMAs) using methods from statistical signal processing and microeconomics. While both fields are mature, their application to decision-making involving interacting LLMAs remains unexplored. …”
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The Merit-based Incentive Payment System: Pearson’s Chi-Square and Categorical Dependent Variable Models Analyzed for Domains---Effective Clinical Care and Efficiency/Cost Reductio... by Amrita Shenoy

“…**Results:** The Pearson’s chi-square test showed statistically significant distributions between ECC and E/CR when analyzed with the types of quality measures. …”
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Self-Care Interventions as a Health Technology for Managing Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Study in Iran by Zahra Yousefi Malekroodi, Seyed Ali Majidi, Amirmohammad Taalipasand

“…The data obtained from field investigations were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical tests, including Pearson correlation and linear regression, at a significance level of 0.01 and a confidence interval of 0.99, in SPSS software version 16. …”
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Acute Effects of Percussive Therapy on the Posterior Shoulder Muscles Differ Based on the Athlete’s Soreness Response by Jack H Trainer, Matthew Pascarella, Ryan W Paul, Stephen J Thomas

“…All other muscle architecture changes were not statistically different between groups. # Conclusion Participants with a positive response to percussive therapy had increased dominant arm IR ROM and IR strength, and decreased teres minor MT, after percussive therapy compared to the negative response participants…”
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The Influence of Access Barriers on Outpatient Services Use among Low-income Households in Malaysia. by Aziz Jamal, Yunfei Li, Ning Liu, Mohd Zulkifli Abdullah

“…Perceived triviality and accessibility also exhibited statistical significance in influencing the use of outpatient services among urban and rural households, with moderate to large effect sizes. …”
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A comparative dataset on the GC–MS analysis and antioxidant activity of Selaginella bryopteris from different geolocations of IndiaMendeley Data by Utkarsha Srivastava, Ashwani Mathur

“…Ethanolic and methanolic extracts showed nearly similar IC50 for all the antioxidant assays. The results were statistically evaluated using Data Analysis tools of Microsoft Excel. …”
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Assessment Of Awareness Level and Perception In Usage Of Plastic Bags And Its Hazards Among Secondary School Students by Mohi Ud Din, Zain Arif, Hafiz Usama Naveed, Maryam Tauseef, Nouman Yaseen, Talha Mahboob

“…A p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: About 97.6 % of the participants considered plastic as a contributory factor to environmental pollution and 67.6% used plastic bags as carrying materials. …”
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Link Scheduling in Satellite Networks via Machine Learning Over Riemannian Manifolds by Joarder Jafor Sadique, Imtiaz Nasim, Ahmed S. Ibrahim

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The effect of maintenance therapy on Crohn’s disease clinical outcomes by O. B. Schukina, E. A. Kondrashina, A. M. Kharitidis, Ye. G. Vepreva, A. G. Kharitonov, A. Yu. Baranovsky

“…At mesalazine maintenance therapy in patients with inflammatory forms of CD there was no statistically significant demand in treatment enhancement for medium-term perspective (р=0,0088, OR=0,46, 95% CI=0,26-0,80). …”
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The influence of uterine leiomyomatosis on the onset of psoriasis: a nationwide population-based study of 2.5 million Korean females by Yeong Ho Kim, Hyun Jee Kim, Jee Yun Doh, Kyung Do Han, Ji Hyun Lee

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Comparison Of The Effectiveness Of Daily Versus Weekly Oral Iron Supplementation In Preventing Anemia During Pregnancy by Maliha Sadaf, Khansa Iqbal, Saira Ahmed, Mehak Sehar, Nabeela Waheed

“…Results: There was no statistically significant difference could be detected between both groups as regards the hemoglobin level before starting iron supplementation and duration of supplementation and this can be attributed to proper randomization. …”
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Driving sustainable energy transition: Understanding residential rooftop solar photovoltaic adoption in Malaysia through a behavioural analysis by Sook-Theng Lam, Kian-Meng Yap, Keat-Hoe Yeoh

“…Social Influence (SI, β = −0.111, p = 0.165), Effort Expectancy (EE, β = −0.098, p = 0.266) and Hedonic Motivation (HM, β = 0.082, p = 0.167) were statistically insignificant. The model explained 88.6 % of the variance (R² = 0.886), with high sampling adequacy (KMO = 0.949). …”
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Clinicopathological spectrum of central nervous system germ cell tumors: A single-institution retrospective study by Sreelekha Appasani, Neelima Radhakrishnan, Anitha Mathews

“…Materials and Methods: The patients’ data were retrieved from the hospital information systems and analyzed. Statistical Analysis: Data on categorical variables were analyzed as percentages, and data on continuous variables calculated as mean. …”
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The Influence of Marketing Mix and Cafe Atmosphere on Customer Loyalty Through Customer Satisfaction As a Mediation Variable by M. Risal, Achmad Efendi, Adi Firmanzah

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