Women's Quality of Life After Surgical Treatment for Breast Cancer by Daniel Alejandro Arroyo Zumarraga, Ximena Elizabeth Trujillo Romero, Miguel Ramos Argilagos

“…The data obtained were processed with the STATISTICA software package for statistical analysis and data management. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> women who underwent mastectomy with breast reconstruction had a better quality of life in terms of physical and psychological functioning compared to those without reconstruction. …”
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Role of white-tailed deer in geographic spread of the black-legged tick Ixodes scapularis : Analysis of a spatially nonlocal model by Stephen A. Gourley, Xiulan Lai, Junping Shi, Wendi Wang, Yanyu Xiao, Xingfu Zou

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Teachers' perceptions of teaching mathematics topics based on STEM educational philosophy: A sequential explanatory design by Ibrahim Khalil, Amirah AL Zahrani, Bakri Awaji, Mohammed Mohsen

“…The dimensions were ranked as follows: Teachers' perceptions of their STEM teaching competence (M = 2.49), perceptions of the suitability of mathematics textbook content for STEM-based practice (M = 2.47), and perceptions of their students' interaction and motivation when teaching mathematics in line with STEM (M = 2.26). There were no statistically significant differences in perceptions due to gender, teaching experience, or educational stage. …”
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Assessment of emotional intelligence level in intercultural educational environment by T. V. Kuprina, A. A. Evtyugina, S. M. Minasyan, O. V. Taranova

“…The test results were analysed using the SPSS.27 statistical package.Results. The research results help to understand the psychological characteristics of students of the humanities and economics specialities, taking into account the cultural context, which makes it possible to predict the difficulties and problems faced by teachers in the process of work with this type of students, to more accurately determine the characteristics and motives of their behaviour and the characteristics of the professional development of the individual. …”
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Diabetes self-management education interventions in the WHO African Region: A scoping review. by Emmanuel Kumah, Godfred Otchere, Samuel Egyakwa Ankomah, Adam Fusheini, Collins Kokuro, Kofi Aduo-Adjei, Joseph A Amankwah

“…That notwithstanding, the majority of the interventions demonstrated statistically significant positive effects on HbA1c, the main outcome measure in most DSME intervention studies.…”
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Tourism planning and development: The case of Portugal’s Norte region by Ana Paula Lopes, Filomena Soares

“…For that, we made a descriptive analysis of the main tourism indicators based on data collected from several sources, namely the Instituto Nacional de Estatística (National Statistics Institute) (INE), PENT, the Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte (Northern Portugal Regional Coordination and Development Commission), Turismo de Portugal (Tourism of Portugal) and Turismo do Porto e Norte de Portugal (Tourism of Oporto and Northern Portugal). …”
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Evaluation of Root-End Resections Performed by Er, Cr: YSGG Laser with and without Placement of a Root-End Filling Material by John Sullivan, Roberta Pileggi, Claudio Varella

“…The MTA group demonstrated statistically less leakage and better adaptation to the canal walls when compared to the other groups. …”
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Color Stability and Roughness of Ocular Prosthesis Between Heat-Cured Acrylic and 3D Printed Acrylic After Artificial Weathering by Shahad Fadhil Bunyan, Shahad Mohammed Shakir, Faraedon Mohidden Mostafa Zardawi

“…Color changes were tested using a spectrophotometer, while surface roughness micrometers (µm) were measured with a profilometer. Descriptive statistics were used, followed by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), independent sample t-tests were used, and the significance level was α = 0.05. …”
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Body mass index in relation to dental maturation of 10 to 14 years old school children in Erbil city. A cross-sectional prospective study by Omar Fawzi Chawshli, Yara Ismael Ameen

“…Result: there was a statistically significant relationship between dental maturation and BMI. …”
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Rehabilitation outcomes after comprehensive post-acute inpatient rehabilitation following moderate to severe acquired brain injury—study protocol for an overall prognosis study bas... by Uwe M. Pommerich, Peter W. Stubbs, Jørgen Feldbæk Nielsen

“…Outcomes and rehabilitation needs will be described for the entire cohort, across rehabilitation complexity levels and stratified for relevant demographic and clinical parameters. Descriptive statistics will be used to estimate average prognoses for the level of functioning at discharge from post-acute rehabilitation. …”
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Sustained Self-Regulation of Energy Intake: Initial Hunger Improves Insulin Sensitivity by Mario Ciampolini, David Lovell-Smith, Riccardo Bianchi, Boudewijn de Pont, Massimiliano Sifone, Martine van Weeren, Willem de Hahn, Lorenzo Borselli, Angelo Pietrobelli

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Protocol for visual-acoustic intervention with service delivery in-person and via telepractice (VISIT) non-inferiority trial for residual speech sound disorder by Tara McAllister, Jonathan L. Preston, Elaine R. Hitchcock, Nina R. Benway, Jennifer Hill

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Multistrategic Approaches in the Treatment of Acute Migraine During Pregnancy: The Effectiveness of Physiotherapy, Exercise, and Relaxation Techniques by Özge Baykan Çopuroğlu, Mehmet Çopuroğlu

“…The secondary outcomes included quality of life (SF-36), stress (PSS), and sleep quality (PSQI). Statistical analyses were conducted using one-way ANOVA and paired <i>t</i>-tests. …”
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Outdoor Performance Assessment of New and Old Photovoltaic Panel Technologies Using a Designed Multi-Photovoltaic Panel Power Measurement System by Mehmet Karabulut, Huseyin Kusetogullari, Sinan Kivrak

“…Test results obtained from the experimental system are also statistically examined and discussed to analyze the performance of PV panels in terms of monthly panel efficiencies.…”
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Assessment of Stakeholder Involvement and Borehole Water Projects Delivery in Kogi West Senatorial District, Nigeria by Adeyemi Adepoju, Tokunboh Obademi

“…The study objective was assessed with inferential statistics (Partial Least Square in Structural Equation Modelling). …”
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A Cross-Sectional Study on the Readiness of Dentistry Specialty Students in the Role of Associate Educator by Hüseyin Hatırlı, Alem Coşgun, Işıl Sarıkaya

“…Cross-tabulations and chi-square tests were used to evaluate whether there was a relationship between qualitative variables. p values were considered statistically significant when calculated to be less than 0.05.Results: According to the results obtained from our study, 78% of the speciality students reported that they thought that the clinical practice training they received during their student years was sufficient to educate clinical students, and 87.8% reported that they did not have communication problems with clinical practice students. …”
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Like objects or like subjects? Effects of student–robot interaction (SRI) and mathematical ability on students learning outcomes by Segun Michael Ojetunde, Umesh Ramnarain

“…Data collected was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics alongside thematic analysis for qualitative data. …”
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Estimating the Growing Degree Days in the Northwest of Iran based on Climate Change Models by Hasan Zolfaghari, Jafar Masoompourv Samakosh, Shabnam Chahvari

“…Calibration, verification and Performance Model with the rate of the adaption of observed data and the simulated measures through statistics , RMSE and MAE were analyzed. Finally, using the simulated temperature growing degree-day was calculated and compared under 4 Base temperature including 0°,5°,10°, and 15° centigrade in the basic span (1985-2009) and future span (2011-2030 and 2046-2065). …”
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Cognitive and Emotional Resilience in Parents with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder During COVID-19: The Role of Promoting Variables by Aziz Sarhani-Robles, María Guillot-Valdés, María Auxiliadora Robles-Bello, David Sánchez-Teruel

“…The information analysed is based on data provided by the parents. Statistical methods included Student’s <i>t</i>-tests, Pearson’s correlations, and stepwise multivariate regression analysis to identify predictors of resilience. …”
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Self-selected vs. prescribed aerobic exercise intensity: impacts on pleasure in women with obesity by Carlos Eduardo Rosa Da Silva, Wilian Jesus Santana, Gustavo Almeida, Adriano Verame, Antonio Roberto Doro, Eduardo Barbosa, Leonardo Lima, Helton Magalhães Dias, Marcelo Callegari Zanetti, Aylton Figueira Junior

“…Heart rate (HR), total session volume (VL), affective valence was determined by feeling scale (FS), enjoyment was determined by Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES), intention to repeat the exercise session (INT), and Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale (BPNFS) were evaluated. Statistical analyses were conducted using two-way ANOVA for HR and FS, and one-way ANOVA for VL, PACES, INT, and BPNFS with Tukey post hoc test and significance criteria (p &lt; 0.05).ResultsThe results showed that HR and VL were similar (p &gt; 0.05) between the protocols IPI, SGS and ISS, while FS, PACES, and INT were significantly higher in SGS and ISS than IPI protocols (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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