Vulnerability and adaptation in flood-prone ecosystems of Bangladesh: a case study of rice farming households by Mohammad Chhiddikur Rahman, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar, Md. Jahangir Kabir, Md. Shajedur Rahaman, Jatish C. Biswas, Md. Abdullah Aziz, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Niaz Md. Farhat Rahman, Andrew M. McKenzie

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Long-Term Comparative Outcomes of Short Implants Versus Maxillary Sinus Elevation in Posterior Maxilla Rehabilitation by Eduardo Anitua, Laura Piñas, Mohammad Hamdan Alkhraisat

“…The evaluation of the statistical significance of the difference in categorical variables was accomplished by Chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test. …”
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Dynamics of a predator-prey system with prey subject to Allee effects and disease by Yun Kang, Sourav Kumar Sasmal, Amiya Ranjan Bhowmick, Joydev Chattopadhyay

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Determinants of Preterm Birth among Women Who Gave Birth in Amhara Region Referral Hospitals, Northern Ethiopia, 2018: Institutional Based Case Control Study by Abebayehu Melesew Mekuriyaw, Muhabaw Shumye Mihret, Ayenew Engida Yismaw

“…Data were entered into Epi Info version 7 and export to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 for analysis. …”
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Low Fifth-Minute Apgar Score Analysed According to Robson Ten Group Classification at a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria by Olakunle Makinde, Benjamin O. Awotundun, Nkencho Osegi

“…Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 25. Descriptive statistics and association between low fifth-minute APGAR Score and the Robson group are presented. …”
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Investigation of Association with First-Trimester Free Human Chorionic Gonadotropin-ß, Pregnancy - Associated Plasma Protein-A, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes by Gokhan Gonen, Yasam Kemal Akpak, Murat Muhcu

“…Preeclampsia was statistically significant, however had a fair association (AUC, 0.74 95% CI 0.690-0.802, p<0.01). …”
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Multiple Dimensions Define Thresholds for Population Resilience of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica by Megan K. La Peyre, Hongqing Wang, Shaye E. Sable, Wei Wu, Bin Li, Devin Comba, Carlos Perez, Melanie Bates, Lauren M. Swam

“…However, actual number of days and salinity threshold differed by statistical approach, oyster life stage, and estuary highlighting the multiple dimensions defining ecological thresholds. …”
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Assessment of Confidence Levels of Undergraduate Senior Dental Students and Interns&rsquo; During Endodontic Treatment Procedures in a Sample From Saudi Arabia by Madfa AA, Almansour MI, Al‑Zubaidi SM, Almohefer SA, Alajlan SS, Alsaleh MK, Alanazi YA, Alajlan AS

“…However, there were no statistically significant differences between the genders (p > 0.05). …”
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FOOD SECURITY IN SOUTH ASIA: MAJOR CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS by N. V. Galistcheva

“…The article presents statistical data characterizing hunger and undernourishment trends in South Asia.…”
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Supply-Side Practices and Constraints of the Kola Nut (Cola nitida (Vent) Schott. and Endl.) Value Chain in Ghana: A Descriptive Evidence by Frederick Amon-Armah, Solomon Sefa Oduro, Eric Kofi Doe, Moses Asani, Daniel Nyadanu, Sampson Konlan

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Clinicopathological Analysis and Surgical Outcome of Eyelid Malignancies: A Study of 332 Cases by Syeed Mehbub Ul Kadir, Mukti Rani Mitra, Riffat Rashid, Murtuza Nuruddin, Md. Kamrul Hassan Khan, Golam Haider, Mst. Sayedatun Nessa

“…All patients were managed by surgical excision with tumor-free margins verified on histopathology, either the frozen section or excision biopsy with 2–3 mm microscopic view of normal tissue followed by eyelid reconstruction. Computer-based statistical software SPSS was used for the analysis, and an appropriate test of significance (chi-square) was used for the statistical analysis. …”
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Moving beyond post hoc explainable artificial intelligence: a perspective paper on lessons learned from dynamical climate modeling by R. J. O'Loughlin, D. Li, R. Neale, T. A. O'Brien, T. A. O'Brien

“…We propose three types of understanding as a basis to evaluate trust in dynamical and AI models alike: (1) instrumental understanding, which is obtained when a model has passed a functional test; (2) statistical understanding, obtained when researchers can make sense of the modeling results using statistical techniques to identify input–output relationships; and (3) component-level understanding, which refers to modelers' ability to point to specific model components or parts in the model architecture as the culprit for erratic model behaviors or as the crucial reason why the model functions well. …”
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Association of the body roundness index with chronic diarrhea and chronic constipation: findings based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2010 data by Yinda Wang, Fei Chen, Binzhong Zhang, Zhengwei Song

“…Results After comprehensive adjustment in the final statistical model (Model 3), the BRI demonstrated the statistically significant associations with diarrhea and persistent constipation. …”
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The effects of deprivation, age, and regional differences in COVID-19 mortality from 2020 to 2022: a retrospective analysis of public provincial data by Anqi A. Chen, Elizabeth M. Renouf, Charmaine B. Dean, X. Joan Hu

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Environmental awareness factor of used cell phones by N. Wibowo, R. Nurcahyo, D.S. Gabriel

“…The fifth section consisted of willingness to recycle. Statistical correlations between variables were assessed, and the chi-square independence test was used to evaluate the statistical correlations. …”
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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Female Patients Seeking or Undergoing Fertility Treatment in a Single In Vitro Fertilisation Clinic in Greece: An International,... by Konstantina Pappa, Emmanouil M. Xydias, Apostolos C. Ziogas, Kanelina Bimba, Elias Tsakos, Efstratios Kolibianakis

“…A P value lower than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. All analyses were conducted using the SPSS Statistics software. …”
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Predicting residual pain after vertebral augmentation in vertebral compression fractures: a systematic review and critical appraisal of risk prediction models by Siyi Wang, Mingpeng Shi, Xue Zhou, Jianan Yu, Mingze Han, Xianshuai Zhang, Zhenhua Li, Xinhua Chen

“…All statistical analyses were performed using R 4.3.1 and STATA 17 software. …”
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Dentoskeletal effects of aesthetic and conventional twin block appliances in the treatment of skeletal class II malocclusion: a randomized controlled trial by Mohamed Najati Alsilq, Mohamed Youssef

“…The change in upper incisor angulation was statistically significant (−1.88 ± 1.48°) for the ATB group and (−3.5 ± 4.18°) for the CTB group (P = 0·001). …”
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Modern contraceptive discontinuation and associated factors among adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania: An analysis of a nationally representative data by Victoria J Solomon, Shadrack E Kibona, Elevatus N Mukyanuzi, Christopher H Mbotwa

“…The unit of analysis was the contraceptive episode of use, defined as the period between the start of use and the termination of the method. Our analysis was mainly based on the discontinuation due to dissatisfaction with the method. …”
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Significance of Combining Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid With Targeted Next‐Generation Sequencing in the Pathogen Detection‐Based Diagnosis of Pulmonary Infections by Jiangbo Liu, Bo Yang, Yu Wu, Guihong Yang, Xiaojiu Zha, Wei Jiang

“…There was no statistically significant difference in the positive diagnosis rate when compared with the tNGS group (p > 0.05). …”
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