Modeling the modulation of beta oscillations in the basal ganglia by dual-target optogenetic stimulation by Xiaomin Wang, Ying Yu, Qingyun Wang

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Attitude, Practice and Preparedness of Dental Practitioners for Providing Oral Care to Patients with Speech and Hearing Impairment by Khansa Rafi, Syed Masood-ul- Hasan, Saba Tabassum

“…Data was analyzed with STATA version 16. Descriptive statistics with frequencies were computed and x² was used to find out the associations between different variables. …”
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Clinical Effects of Kinesio-taping on Shoulder Pain in Patients with Spastic Hemiplegia after Stroke by Wenlin SUN, Qiong YI, Min LU, Yu HAN, Yang LIU, Xiaowen SHEN, Guangxu XU

“…The comparison was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01). …”
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Assessing Mean Change in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness on Optical Coherence Tomography in Glaucoma Patients after Trabeculectomy by Khizir Hayat, Muhammad Younis Tahir, Muhammad Ajmal Chaudhary, Adeel Ahmad Siddiqui, Sadia Haneef

“…Mean pre-operative and post-operative RNFLT was 48.56±9.46 µm and 58.03±16.81 µm respectively, and the mean RNFLT change after trabeculectomy was 24.43±18.61 µm which was statistically significant (p <0.004). Conclusion: This study showed significant increase in RNFLT after trabeculectomy which is a good prognostic factor in the  .......... …”
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Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Predicting Mortality in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Coronary Syndrome Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention... by Can Hua, Haitao Tian, Yubin Wang, Jianyong Zheng, Pengfei Liu, Boyang Zhang, Nannan Wang, Haihong Tang, Feng Wang, Xiufeng Xie, Haifeng Yuan, Tianchang Li

“…The C-index of the nomogram for predicting mortality was 0.764 (95% CI, 0.718-0.810), which was statistically higher than the C-index values for the current risk scores (from 0.573 to 0.681). …”
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Acupuncture as a Therapeutic Intervention for Alleviating Pain Associated with Knee Osteoarthritis in the Elderly by Ida Ayu Suptika Strisanti, Ida Ayu Anom Rastiti, Kadek Buja Harditya, I Dewa Ayu Agra Darmawati, Komang Rosa Tri Anggaraeni

“…The change in pain levels was statistically significant (p < 0.05). The median pain score decreased from Md = 5.50 before the intervention to Md = 2.00 after, with a z-value of -4.53 and r = 0.58. …”
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Exploring the effects of gut microbiota on cholangiocarcinoma progression by patient-derived organoids by Ann-Kathrin Lederer, Nele Görrissen, Tinh Thi Nguyen, Clemens Kreutz, Hannah Rasel, Fabian Bartsch, Hauke Lang, Kristina Endres

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Smart city based on community empowerment, social capital, and public trust in urban areas by H. Herdiansyah

“…The primary data were analyzed through ordinary least squares regression.FINDINGS: This study founds that the fundamental factors of smart city applications that are statistically significant were on quality, satisfaction, and reliability. …”
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Perceptions of climatic variability among millet farmers: insights from tribal communities in the Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu, South India by Rajendra R. Chapke, C. Tara Satyavathi, E. D. Israel Oliver King, Peddiveeti Laxmiprasanna, Vavilala Priyanka

“…Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected for analysis with different statistical tools. The majority of tribal farmers were found to be in the young age, with a high level of illiteracy and had less than 1.5 hectares of land with low mass media utility and limited decision-making ability. …”
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The Effect of FourWeeks of Beta-Alanine Supplementationon Anaerobic Power and Plasma Lactate Level in Unprofessional Male Bodybuilders by Mahdi Rezagholizadeh

“…To analyze data, dependent t-test as well as two-way covariance analysis test was used. Statistical operations were checked in significance level of P≤0.05 and then the following results were obtained: compared to placebo group, four weeks of beta-alanine supplementation led to significant improvement of anaerobic peak power and fatigue index of subjects (P≤0.05) but it didn’t have any significant effect on average anaerobic power and plasma lactate level following one session of intense anaerobic activity. …”
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Salivary Lactate Dehydrogenase in Relationship to the Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy among Newborn Infants by Hend Elmoursi, Mohamed Abdalla, Bader Eldin Mesbah, Abdelmoneim Khashana

“…It was found that patients with HIE had a statistically significant higher salivary LDH level (1927 ± 390.3 IU/L) than patients without HIE (523.6 ± 142.8 IU/L) (p<0.001). …”
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DPP4 Activities Are Associated with Osteopenia/Osteoporosis and Fracture Risk in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes by Min Qiu, Shuheng Zhai, Da Liu

“…With increasing plasma DPP activities, the incidence rate of osteoporosis/osteopenia is gradually increasing (P for the trend between quartiles = 0.04). Of note, a statistically significant linear correlation was found between plasma DPP4 activities and modified FRAX MOF (r = 0.20, P=0.02). …”
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Evaluating the effect of virgin coconut oil pulling on viral load, bacterial load and inflammatory mediator levels in chronic periodontitis – A clinical study by Monika M, Rudhra K, Vennila K, Elanchezhiyan, Sri Harini P, S. Shakeron

“…The reductions in the VCO and CHX groups were statistically significant, with comparable efficacy between the two interventions. …”
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Investigating the role of foreign aid, FDI, and remittance on the public health of selected South Asian countries by Md. Atik Hasan, Shabikunnahar Suborna, Afrida Jinnurain Urbee

“…To ensure the precision and dependability of the findings, this research utilizes sophisticated statistical methodologies, including the Common Correlated Effect of Mean Group (CCEMG), Driscoll-Kraay Robust Standard Error approaches, and Dumitrescu and Hurlin (D-H) causality test, thereby establishing their dependability. …”
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Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction and Antithyroid Antibodies in North India by Cherry Bansal, Amanpreet Singh, Pragya Pandey

“…For data analysis, the study population was grouped into hypothyroid (low FT3, low FT4, and high TSH), hyperthyroid (high FT3, high FT4, and low TSH), and others – including all other biochemical patterns. Statistical analysis was done using the IBM-SPSS software, version 20. …”
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Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine uptake, effectiveness, and impact in Sweden from 2018 to 2022 by Andreas Palmborg, Frederick J. Angulo, Pingping Zhang, Andreas Pilz, James Stark, Jennifer C. Moïsi, Luis Jodar

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Antibacterial effectiveness of different final irrigation activation techniques. by Bizhyan Mahdi Mustafa, Bahar Jaafar Selivany, Abduloma Baraka Ali

“…The antimicrobial efficacy was tested by collecting transfer fluid saline from the canals and counting the colony forming units (CFUs) of viable E. faecalis on agar plates. The statistical calculations were performed in JMP pro 14.3.0. using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) followed by a Tukey test to define the differences between the tested groups. …”
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Temperature variability and its effect on seasonal yield of rice in Bangladesh: a long-term trend assessment by Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Md. Abdur Rouf Sarkar, Mou Rani Sarker, Andrew M. McKenzie, Sheikh Arafat Islam Nihad, Md. Arafat Hossain, Akbar Hossain

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Influenza Vaccination Rates, Perceptions, and Vaccine Hesitancy in K-12 Teachers and Staff by Kevin Cleveland, Kathy Eroschenko, Dalys Davenport, Elaine Nguyen

“…Surveys were distributed July 2020 and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Response differences between those who most recently received their influenza vaccine and those who did not were also compared using chi-square or Mann-Whitney U tests when appropriate.  …”
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Insulinoma in Patients with Diabetes- A Systematic Review of Previously Reported Cases by Subhankar Chatterjee, Rana Bhattacharjee, Ritwik Ghosh, Partha P. Chakraborty, Anirban Sinha, Animesh Maiti

“…Exclusion criteria included non-English publications, duplicate articles, reports lacking sufficient data, cases of endogenous hyperinsulinemic hypoglycaemia other than insulinoma, and inaccessible articles. Statistical analysis was performed using appropriate methods. …”
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