Effects of Therapeutic Hypothermia and Minimal Enteral Nutrition on Short-Term Outcomes in Neonates with Hypoxic–Ischemic Encephalopathy: A 10-Year Experience from Oman by Manoj Malviya, Sathiya Murthi, Dhanya Jayaraj, Vidya Ramdas, Fadia Nazir Malik, Valsala Nair, Nusrabegam Marikkar, Mukesh Talreja, Tariq Sial, Prakash Manikoth, Renjan Varghese, Khalsa Ali Al Ramadhani, Salima Al Aisry, Said Al Kindi, Ahmed Al Habsi, Ranjit Torgalkar, Munawwar Ahmed, Mohammed Al Yahmadi

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Long-term outcome in people who use drugs successfully treated for hepatitis C infection with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir by Shana Yi, David Truong, Brian Conway

“…Conclusion: Among a population of vulnerable inner-city residents cured of HCV infection within a multidisciplinary program of care at the VIDC, all individuals accepted the offer to remain in long-term follow up, with a statistically significant reduction in fentanyl use over time. …”
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Impact of zero-markup consumable policy and national procurement of coronary stents on hospitalization expenses: an interrupted time series analysis by Shao-long Wu, Shao-long Wu, Kun Wang, Xin Yang, Ning Liu, Ning Liu, Wen-xin Zou, Xiao-wei Li, Dan-hua Huang, Tian-hao Yu

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Evaluation of treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma using plasma D-dimer levels by Ruonan Shao, Danchen Meng, Beibei Gao, Lu Zhang, Qingqi Meng, Yanqiu Hou, Zhangbiao Long, Jinsong Yan, Xiaofeng Shi

“…D-dimer difference percentage (Ddp) represents the percentage change in D-dimer levels before and after chemotherapy, calculated as (post-chemotherapy D-dimer minus pre-chemotherapy D-dimer) / pre-chemotherapy D-dimer × 100. Patients showed statistically different plasma D-dimer levels at initial consultation across treatment-response groups: CR (0.63 µg/mL [0.43–1.27]), PR (1.39 µg/mL [0.73–2.46]), SD (0.89 µg/mL [0.59–1.24]), and PD (1.34 µg/mL [0.67–2.62]). …”
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Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) drug efficacy study landscape: A systematic scoping review of clinical trials and observational studies to assess the feasibility of esta... by Sauman Singh-Phulgenda, Rishikesh Kumar, Prabin Dahal, Abdalla Munir, Sumayyah Rashan, Rutuja Chhajed, Caitlin Naylor, Brittany J Maguire, Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Eli Harriss, Manju Rahi, Fabiana Alves, Shyam Sundar, Kasia Stepniewska, Ahmed Musa, Philippe J Guerin, Krishna Pandey

“…Extracted data includes variables on patient characteristics, treatment regimens, diagnostic methods, geographical locations, efficacy endpoints, adverse events and statistical methodology.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 3,418 records were screened, of which 56 unique studies (n = 2,486 patients) were included in this review. …”
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Correlation between meteorological variables, air quality, and the Coronavirus-19 pandemic events by M. Gidarjati, T. Matsumoto

“…Data analysis utilized Microsoft excel and statistical package for the social sciences software, with spearman correlation tests due to non-normal distribution. …”
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TCR transgenic clone selection guided by immune receptor analysis and single-cell RNA expression of polyclonal responders by Nincy Debeuf, Sahine Lameire, Manon Vanheerswynghels, Julie Deckers, Caroline De Wolf, Wendy Toussaint, Rein Verbeke, Kevin Verstaen, Hamida Hammad, Stijn Vanhee, Bart N Lambrecht

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Voacanga africana-artesunate and Voacanga africana-amodiaquine combinations as effective anti-plasmodial agents in mice by Daniel Ampomah Frimpong, Aliu Moomin, Samuel Asare Nkansah, Aaron Opoku Antwi, Abubakar Ibn Sidik, Paa Kofi Tawiah Adu-Gyamfi, Kwesi Boadu Mensah

“…The anti-plasmodial effects of VA alone or in combination with artesunate or amodiaquine were compared by ANOVA, and p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: VA at doses 0 – 300 mg/kg showed no toxicity in the mice, whereas VA at a dose of 3000 mg/kg resulted in the death of mice after 24 h. …”
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Assessment of post-partum physical exercise practice and its associated factors among women in postpartum period, in West Wollega zone, Oromia, Ethiopia by Tegegne Yadeta, Daniel Belema, Seifedin Ahmad, Nurye Sirage, Abubeker Seid Ali, Kedir Ali, Ali Yimer

“…The data was inputted into Epi-Data 4.6 and processed with SPSS 26. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were employed for the analysis. …”
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Policy brief: Optimising antimicrobial usage in paediatric inpatient hospital settings by J Cloete, M Karsas, T Chetty, A Pillay, M Archary, D Moore, T Reddy, Y Balakrishna, F Nakwa, R Lancaster, A Goga, P Jeena

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Sensory acceptability of buffalo meat compared to beef by Luis A. de la Cruz-Cruz, Cristian Larrondo-Cornejo, Patricia Roldán-Santiago, René Rodríguez-Florentino

“…Analysis of variance was conducted (PROC GLM; SAS®), considering the sensory characteristics as dependent variables and the types of meat as independent variables. When statistical differences were noticed, a multiple comparison Tukey test was utilized (p<0.05). …”
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South to south collaboration: advancing quality of abortion care through health care professionals exchange program by Abraham Fessehaye Sium, Wondimu Gudu, Abrham Getachew, Diomede Ntasumbumuyange, Polyphile Nithinyurwa, Tamrat Endale Woldemichael, Delayehu Bekele

“…Simple descriptive statistics using SPSS version 23 was employed to analyze the quantitative data. …”
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A Dynamic Adaptive Ensemble Learning Framework for Noninvasive Mild Cognitive Impairment Detection: Development and Validation Study by Aoyu Li, Jingwen Li, Yishan Hu, Yan Geng, Yan Qiang, Juanjuan Zhao

“…The area under the curve for the binary classification task was 0.945 (95% CI 0.903-0.986), 0.912 (95% CI 0.859-0.965), and 0.904 (95% CI 0.846-0.962) on these datasets. Furthermore, a statistical analysis of feature subsets during the iterative modeling process revealed that the decay time of skin conductance response, the percentage of continuous normal-to-normal intervals exceeding 50 milliseconds, the ratio of low-frequency to high-frequency (LF/HF) components in heart rate variability, and cognitive time features emerged as the most prevalent and effective indicators. …”
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Allelopathic Properties of the Species Comprising Communities of Invasive <i>Impatiens</i> spp. and Antioxidant System of Invaders’ Populations by Eugenija Kupcinskiene, Ruta Budreviciute, Vaida Jasionyte, Laura Simanaviciute, Lina Jociene, Edvina Krokaite-Kudakiene, Tomas Rekasius, Vitas Marozas

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Mendelian randomization analysis of plasma proteins reveals potential novel tumor markers for gastric cancer by Wenhai Fan, Zhenjiang Wu, Shenghao Xu, Zhiheng Liu, Yiming Huang, Pan Wang

“…We employed a set of statistical methods centered on inverse variance weighting (IVW) for Mendelian randomization analysis to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) for the effects of these plasma proteins on gastric cancer susceptibility. …”
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Impact of the Smarter Safer Homes Solution on Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Older People Living in Their Own Homes: Randomized Controlled Trial by Wei Lu, David Silvera-Tawil, Hwan-Jin Yoon, Liesel Higgins, Qing Zhang, Mohanraj Karunanithi, Julia Bomke, Joshua Byrnes, Jennifer Hewitt, Vanessa Smallbon, Jill Freyne, Deepa Prabhu, Marlien Varnfield

“…However, the improvement was not sustained over the long term. The lack of statistically significant findings and diminished long-term improvements may be attributed to the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic during the later stage of the trial. …”
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Quality Assessment of Systematic Review of the Bariatric Surgery for Diabetes Mellitus by Xinye Jin, Jinjing Wang, Xueqiong Li, Ping An, Haibin Wang, Wenfeng Mao, Qi Zhou, Yaolong Chen, Jie Wang, Kang Chen, Yiming Mu

“…For high-quality SRs published after 2016 (n=11, 17.2%) compared to other SRs (n=53, 82.8%), statistically significant differences were noted (MD=1.75, 95% CI (1.01, 2.49), P<0.00001). …”
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Anemia, Hyperglycemia, and Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Improve the GRACE Score&rsquo;s Predictability for In-hospital Mortality in Acute Coronary Syndrome; Single-Ce... by Turu' Allo IJ, Pramudyo M, Akbar MR

“…The predictive accuracy of the GRACE score alone and combined with these parameters were evaluated through receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, an area under the curve (AUC), and concordance (C)-statistics. Reclassification improvement was quantified using continuous net reclassification improvement (cNRI) and integrated discrimination improvement (IDI).Results: Among 634 patients (mean age 58.10± 11.08 years old; 80.3% male), anemia, hyperglycemia, and reduced LVEF were observed in 197 (31.1%), 123 (19.4%), and 364 (57.4%) patients, respectively. …”
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Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Predictors of Disability in a Cohort of Jordanian Patients with the First Ischemic Stroke by Majdi Al Qawasmeh, Belal Aldabbour, Aiman Momani, Deema Obiedat, Kefah Alhayek, Raid Kofahi, Ahmed Yassin, Khalid El-Salem

“…Analysis of the sample demographics and descriptive statistics were done, including frequencies of prevalence of independent variables (risk factors) and frequencies of stroke and etiology work-up. …”
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Assessment of maternal healthcare services among the women of reproductive age in the rural municipality of Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Mukesh Adhikari, Manish Rajbanshi, Anita Karki, Richa Aryal, Bishnu Prasad Choulagai

“…Bivariate and multivariable regression analysis was performed using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences V.20 to determine the association between dependent and independent variables. …”
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