Investigating the Asymmetric Impact of the Stock Market Index on the Real Estate Price Index by Sakineh Sojoodi, Morteza Ashoor, Elmira Azizi Norouzabadi

“…It is necessary to examine this relationship for each country in detail and based on statistical evidence. Accordingly, in the present study, the effect of the stock market index on housing prices in Iran is investigated. …”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Home Delivery among Women with Easy Access to Health Facilities in Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Multi-level Mixed Effect Analysis by Berhan Tekeba, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Deresse Abebe Gebrehana, Tadesse Tarik Tamir

“…Factors with a p-value of < 0.05 are declared statistically significant. Results: The pooled prevalence of home delivery among women who had easy access to health facilities in 22 SSA countries was 23.67% (95% CI, 23.55–23.79). …”
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Diversity in mitotic DNA repair efficiencies between commercial inbred maize lines and native Central American purple landraces by Carlos Víquez-Zamora, Sergio Castro-Pacheco, María Viñas, Pablo Bolaños-Villegas

“…Results Single-cell electrophoresis results of statistical significance suggested that the landrace P1-Pujagua Santa Cruz is resistant to damage caused by the radiomimetic agent Zeocin, and landrace P2-Pujagua La Cruz was able to repair all DNA damage after 24 h of treatment and 1 h of recovery time. …”
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Increasing Access to Mental Health Supports for 18- to 25-Year-Old Indigenous Youth With the JoyPop Mobile Mental Health App: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Angela MacIsaac, Teagan Neufeld, Ishaq Malik, Elaine Toombs, Janine V Olthuis, Fred Schmidt, Crystal Dunning, Kristine Stasiuk, Tina Bobinski, Arto Ohinmaa, Sherry H Stewart, Amanda S Newton, Aislin R Mushquash

“…Participants will complete self-report measures of emotion regulation (primary outcome), mental health, treatment readiness, and service use during 3 assessments (baseline, second [after 2 weeks], and third [after 4 weeks]). Descriptive statistics pertaining to baseline variables and app usage will be reported. …”
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Effects of Immune System-Related Medications on COVID-19 Outcome in a Cohort of Iranian Patients: Preliminary Report of a Data Mining Study by Ehsan Bitaraf, Seyyed Amir Yasin Ahmadi, Alireza Gandomi-Mohammadabadi, Zahra Noorani Mejareh, Bahare Abdollahi, Javad Balasi, Farzan Moodi, Nima Hemmati, Ali Kabir

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Three-dimensional evaluation of tongue position and volume in adult patients with different skeletal malocclusions by CHIOU Wei-Cho, MEN Xinrui, ZHANG Kaiwen, JIANG Xiaoge, CHEN Song

“…Mimics software was used for 3D reconstruction of the tongue, oral cavity, and upper airway to measure tongue position, tongue volume, oral cavity volume, and upper airway volume, followed by statistical analysis. Results The skeletal Class III group had significantly larger tongue and oral cavity volumes than the skeletal Class I and Class II groups (<i>P </i>= 0.02). …”
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Effect of stress management based self-care counseling on glycemic control in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial study by Atefeh Bagheri-Tirtashi, Fatemeh Nasiri-Amiri, Hajar Adib-Rad, Hossein-Ali Nikbakht, Mahbobeh Faramarzi, Ezzat Kiani

“…The HbA1c level was lower in the intervention group than in the control group, but not statistically significant (P = 0.078). The mean score of SDSCA after counseling in the intervention group was significantly higher than the control group (P < 0.001, η2 = 0.79). …”
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Association Between Diurnal Temperature Range and Risk of Cardiomyopathy-Induced Hospitalisation in Henan, China: A Time-Series Study by Zhang Z, Wang Y, Zhou Y, Pei J, Zhao G, Dong P, Yang K, Liu H, Xie N, Li X, Zang X, Lin F, Chen Z

“…Zhaolin Zhang,1,&ast; Yongbin Wang,2,&ast; Yifeng Zhou,1 Jiachao Pei,1 Guoan Zhao,1,3 Pingshuan Dong,4 Kan Yang,5 Hui Liu,6 Na Xie,7 Xuefang Li,3 Xiayan Zang,3 Fei Lin,1,3 Zhigang Chen1 1Department of Cardiology,The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, 453100, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, People’s Republic of China; 3Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Environmental Meteorological Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Weihui, 453100, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Cardiology,The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyan, 471000, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Cardiology,Nanyang Central Hospital, Nanyang, 473005, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Cardiology,Anyang District Hospital, Anyang, 455000, People’s Republic of China; 7Department of Cardiology,The Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Fei Lin; Zhigang Chen, Department of Cardiology,The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, No. 88 Jiankang Road, Weihui, Henan, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 18567557937, Email 1fy2000129@xxmu.edu.cn; 1fy2015157@xxmu.edu.cnPurpose: The effect of the diurnal temperature range (DTR) on human health in diverse geographic areas and the potential confounding factors are not fully understood. …”
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Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of First-Line Treatment Options for Unresectable Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis by Luqing Zhao, Zhiting Zhao, Xiaoqi Yan, Fei Wu, Ning Sun, Renhong Guo, Shaorong Yu, Xiao Hu, Jifeng Feng

“…We retrospectively analyzed 397 patients who received first-line treatment for unresectable stage III NSCLC. Comparisons and statistical analyses of treatment were made in terms of efficacy and safety. …”
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Efficacy of an artificial intelligence preoperative planning system for assisting in revision surgery after artificial total hip arthroplasty by Jiaqing Zhu, Shanbin Zheng, Jiahao Sun, Bowen Ma, Chiyu Zhang, Chao Zhang, Jirong Shen, Tianwei Xia

“…Hip mobility at 6 months after surgery was 111.15 ± 9.72°, and the difference was statistically significant compared with the preoperative value of 79.42 ± 17.51° (t = -8.077, P < 0.001). …”
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Direct superior approach versus posterolateral approach in mid-term clinical outcomes of total hip arthroplasty: a prospective randomized controlled study by Zhanqi Wei, Yiming Xu, Wei Zhu, Xisheng Weng, Bin Feng

“…Compared with PLA group, DSA group had longer surgical duration ([124.1 ± 11.2] min vs. [103.3 ± 20.7] min), less total blood loss ([482.4 ± 236.1] ml vs. [680.2 ± 299.4] ml), shorter incision ([8.7 ± 1.9] cm vs. [15.6 ± 1.7] cm), and earlier ambulation time ([15.8 ± 4.0] h vs. [20.5 ± 3.5] h), with statistically significant differences (P < 0.0001). Furthermore, the DSA group had significantly lower WOMAC Scores compared to the PLA group at 1-year postoperatively (P = 0.011), and had significantly lower WOMAC Function Scores and WOMAC Stiffness Scores both at 1-year postoperatively and at the last follow-up. …”
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Multimorbidity is associated with risk of incident venous thromboembolism – A nationwide proof-of-concept study by Jonatan Ahrén, MirNabi Pirouzifard, Björn Holmquist, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist, Bengt Zöller

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Predictors of the Short‐Term Outcomes of Guillain–Barré Syndrome: Exploring Electrodiagnostic and Clinical Features by Yi‐Hsiang Chen, Chia‐Lun Wu, Wei‐Chieh Weng, Yi‐Chia Wei

“…Comprehensive clinical and electrophysiological data were collected. Statistical analyses were performed to identify the predictors of poor outcomes. …”
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How do palliative care doctors recognise imminently dying patients? A judgement analysis by Nicola White, Priscilla Harries, Adam JL Harris, Victoria Vickerstaff, Philip Lodge, Catherine McGowan, Ollie Minton, Christopher Tomlinson, Adrian Tookman, Fiona Reid, Patrick Stone

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Physicochemical and sensory analysis of fruit juices based on buffalo yogurt whey by Gladis Rébak, Gladys Obregón, Luz Segovia-Espindola, Victoria Cantero, Mariano Pino, Liliana Alegre

“…The juice was evaluated by a 9-point hedonic test, recording the degree of acceptability considering smell, color, and taste, from 1 to 4: I dislike it (“extremely”, “a lot”, “moderately”, “slightly”); 5 “I don’t like it, nor do I dislike it”; and from 6 to 9: I like it (“slightly”, “moderately”, “a lot” and “extremely”). The results were statistically compared by Tuckey with a significance level of 5%. …”
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Personality's Time Perspective as a Resource for Overcoming the Identity Crisis at Different Stages of Life Realization by E.M. Meshcheryakova, A.V. Seryy, M.S. Yanitskiy

“…Schneider. The methods of statistical analysis (correlation analysis, Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal&ndash;Wallis test, regression analysis) were used in the processing of the obtained data. …”
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Challenges and support factors in managing type 2 diabetes among pregnant women in Thailand: A convergent mixed-methods study by Ratchanok Phonyiam, Chiao-Hsin Teng, Catherine Sullivan, Aunchalee Palmquist, Eric Hodges, Yamnia Cortés, Marianne Baernholdt

“…., gestational weight gain and glycated hemoglobin [HbA1c]) were reviewed and extracted. Descriptive statistics were used for quantitative analysis, while directed content analysis was used for qualitative data. …”
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The pattern and burden of non-communicable diseases in armed conflict-exposed populations in Northeastern Nigeria by Roland I. Stephen, Jennifer A. Tyndall, Jamiu S. Olumoh, Malachy I. Okeke, Jacob A. Dunga, Tonde G. Elijah, Dillys M. Bello, Oyelola A. Adegboye, Jimmy A. Reyes

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Pregnancy Complications and Outcomes in Obese Women with Gestational Diabetes by Gitana Ramonienė, Laura Malakauskienė, Eglė Savukynė, Laima Maleckienė, Greta Gruzdaitė

“…Survey data were analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0 and MS Excel 2016 software. A value of <i>p</i> < 0.05 was considered significant. …”
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The Evaluation of Serum KIM-1 in a Pediatric Cohort of Renal Transplantation—A Pilot Study by Paul Luchian Aldea, Roxana Andreea Turbuleasa-Jurje, Bogdan Bulata, Dan Delean, Florin Ioan Elec, Lorena Ciumarnean, Andreea Liana Bot (Rachisan)

“…The motivation of this study was to analyze a predictive biological marker in comparison with standard markers for the evaluation of renal function, with the aim of observing if there are statistically significant differences regarding the performance and promptness of its increase compared to the current monitoring methods in order to improve graft survival, quality of life, and overall patient prognosis. …”
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