Determinants of family planning services uptake among women within the reproductive age in the Yendi municipality in Northern Ghana by Iddrisu Sulemana, Collins Gbeti, Maxwell Dalaba, Adadow Yidana, Gifty Apiung Aninanya

“…Data was analysed using SPSS v27 in descriptive and inferential statistics. More than half of the respondents (54.3%) said they had ever used a family planning method and almost half of them said they were still using a family planning method. …”
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Assessing awareness and treatment knowledge of preventable blindness in rural and urban South African communities by Z Kiva, J E Wolvaardt

“…The results showed a statistically significant difference between the urban and rural participants’ knowledge about the causes of blindness: refractive error χ 2 (1, N=30) = 8.20, p<0.05, and cataract χ2 (1, N=28) = 8.64, p<0.05. …”
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Effect of potent nucleos(t)ide analog on alpha fetoprotein changes and occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B by Qianqian Ma, Junzhao Ye, Ling Luo, Yanhong Sun, Wei Wang, Shiting Feng, Bing Liao, Bihui Zhong

“…The difference in the cumulative incidence of AFP abnormalities and HCC was statistically significant between patients who received ETV or TDF therapy. …”
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Attendance of Patients with ophthalmological problems about Eye Protection from UV/blue Light Radiation from Sun light and Electronic Devices in Sulaimani City by Salah Qadir Mahmood, Muhammad Babakir-Mina, Salar Ibrahim Ali, Abdulrahman M. Ibrahem, Bakhtyar Kamal Talabany

“…A special designed cross-sectional questionnaire was performed on a random sampling for data collection from 9th September 2017 to 1st January 2018. The statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 22.0. …”
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Increasing trend of antimicrobial resistance among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in Southwest Finland, 2007–2016: An analysis of shifting strain dynamics and... by Jaakko Silvola, Kirsi Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, Tiina Hirvioja, Kaisu Rantakokko-Jalava, Mari Kanerva, Kari Auranen, Harri Marttila, Jenna Junnila, Jaana Vuopio

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Effect of polishing methods on Candida albicans adhesion and contributing factors in heat-cured acrylic dentures: an in-vitro comparative study by Shahrukh Ali Khan, Zulfiqar Ali Mirani, Taimur Khalid, Engr Muhammad Wasiq Ali Khan, Ziaullah Choudhary, Syed Murtaza Raza Kazmi

“…Adherence and viable assays were performed on both polished and non-polished specimens. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (Version 24.0). …”
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A within-person investigation of recovery identity following substance use disorder: examining the impact of recovery-focused social contexts by Joseph H. Lancaster, Hannah B. Apsley, Timothy R. Brick, Timothy R. Brick, H. Harrington Cleveland

“…A simple slopes analysis indicated that the relationship of recovery identity with meaningfulness was still statistically significant and positive in both cases (attended: b = 0.56, SE = 0.08, p &lt; 0.001; not attended: b = 0.87, SE = 0.06, p &lt; 0.001).ConclusionThese results suggest that people reporting stronger recovery identity also reported greater day-to-day meaningfulness. …”
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Ovarian Stimulation in Patient-oriented Strategies Encompassing Individualised Oocyte Number-4 Category; Antagonist versus Short-agonist Protocols by Tarek K. Al-Hussaini, Ahmed Aboelfadle Mohamed, Ayman Askar, Ahmed A. Abden, Yousra M. Othman, Reda S. Hussein

“…POSEIDON-4 includes patients ≥ 35 years with poor ovarian reserve markers; AFC < 5 and AMH < 1.2 ng/ml. Statistical Analysis Used: Numerical variables were compared between both groups by student’s t test and Mann Whitney test when appropriate. …”
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Investigation of Potential Profiles and Influencing Factors of Voice Behavior among Chinese Nurses by Shuangying Huang, Hanwen Chen, Liyan Zhang, Xianming Weng, Lingming Zhou, Xiaoqin Ma, Weiyi Wang

“…General demographic questionnaires and voice behavior questionnaires were administered via the questionnaire star platform to collect data for statistical analysis. Results A total of 3528 questionnaires from 552 s-class and three-class hospitals hospitals located in 22 provinces, 4 municipalities, 3 autonomous prefectures and 2 special administrative regions throughout China were collected in this study. …”
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Black Carbon Exposure Characteristics in Diesel Engine Vehicle-related Jobs by Sangjun Choi, Ju-Hyun Park, Won Kim, Seung Won Kim, Kyong-Hui Lee, Taejin Chung, Jihoon Park, Seung-Hun Ryu, Jungah Shin, Dong-Hee Koh, Dong-Uk Park

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Folic acid supplementation during preconception period in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Mekuriaw Nibret Aweke, Elsa Awoke Fentie, Muluken Chanie Agimas, Lemlem Daniel Baffa, Ever Siyoum Shewarega, Aysheshim Kassahun Belew, Esmael Ali Muhammad, Berhanu Mengistu

“…Heterogeneity was evaluated with Cochrane Q and I2 statistics, and small study effects were tested with Egger's test at a 5% significance level. …”
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The variation in the number of roots and canals morphology of permanent mandibular first molar teeth by using cone beam computed tomography imaging in a sample of Erbil city by Hassan Ali Mahmoyd Albarzanji, Alaa Muhamed Sadiq Muhamed Jamil

“…The data were analyzed statistically by Pearson’s Chi-square. Results: The result indicated that the first molar tooth had two roots one mesial and one distal, while about the numbers of extra roots the result indicated that only the distal root showed five extra roots (3.5%). …”
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The assessment of routine health information system performance towards improvement of quality of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services in Ondo and... by Victoria Oladoyin, Sunday Adedini, Kayode Ijadunola, Hassan Ogunwemimo, Olubunmi Folorunso, Elizabeth Chukwu, Ugo Okoli, Anthony Adoghe, Samuel Oyeniyi, Oniyire Adetiloye, Adesegun Fatusi

“…Performance of routine HMIS for RMNCAEH+N QoC in terms of data collection, data quality, and data use were analysed using univariate and bivariate statistics.<h4>Results</h4>Results show that 67.3% of health facilities in Ekiti and 88.9% of facilities in Ondo had all required HMIS tools for selected RMNCAEH+N services (p<0.001). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Cataract Surgery Combined with Ab Interno Canaloplasty and Micro-Trabecular Bypass Stent Surgery in Open-Angle Glaucoma by Porter MS, Flowers A, Wood BP, Gallardo MJ

“…IOP reduced to 12.8± 2.4 (p=0.005) at 12 months while the number of medications did not show any statistically significant change: 1.9± 1.6 (p=0.4). No eyes underwent additional glaucoma surgery in the study period.Conclusion: Canaloplasty combined with microtrabecular bypass stent surgery following cataract extraction demonstrated efficacy in reducing IOP and medication burden up to 24 months postoperatively. …”
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Assessment of phytochemical screening, antibacterial, analgesic, and antipyretic potentials of Litsea glutinosa (L.) leaves extracts in a mice model. by Zubair Khalid Labu, Samira Karim, Md Tarekur Rahman, Md Imran Hossain, Sarder Arifuzzaman, Md Shakil

“…Analgesic activity at 500 mg/kg, LG extract produced a 70% suppression of writhing in mice, which was statistically significant (p < 0.001) compared to standard morphine's (77.5%) inhibition. …”
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Efficacy of combined colorectal cancer treatment in senile patients by P. V. Tsarkov, D. R. Markaryan, V. M. Nekoval

“…In group of patients with III and IV stages of CRC who received postoperative adjuvant therapy, the tendency to higher total survival was noted, however only cancer-specific survival scores had statistically significant differences in this subgroup. …”
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Increased serum ferritin is associated with severity of orbital disease in COVID-19–associated rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis: A quantitative analysis by Shashi Tanwar, Nibha Mishra, Prachi Sharma, Apjit Kaur

“…Mean serum ferritin (μg/l) was 302.67 ± 266.95 in stage 1, 444.19 ± 116.36 in stage 2, 504.85 ± 205.99 in stage 3, and 825.95 ± 777.30 in stage 4. A statistically significant increase in serum ferritin levels with severity of disease (P = 0.005) was noted. …”
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Propagation phenological phase and fruiting habits of the Nitraria tangutorum in the lower reaches of Shiyang River by LIU Hujun, LIU Yun, LIU Shujuan, ZHAO Peng, QI Fujun, LIU Kailin

“…[Methods] Combined with the biological and ecology survey method, the phenological and biological analysis methods were used to statistically analyze the phenology and fruit habits by the basis of the field investigation in the survey area. …”
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Development of a machine learning model related to explore the association between heavy metal exposure and alveolar bone loss among US adults utilizing SHAP: a study based on NHAN... by Jiayi Chen

“…Overfitting using kernel function, long calculation period, the definition of prior distribution and lack of rank of heavy metal will affect the performance of the statistical model. Optimal model on this topic still remains controversy. …”
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A deep learning-based method for the intelligent identification of the quantity of coals flushed out during borehole hydraulic flushing by Xiaojun LI, Mingyang ZHAO, Miao LI

“…ObjectiveGiven the inaccurate and low-efficiency manual statistics of the quantity of coals flushed out during borehole hydraulic flushing, this study proposed an intelligent identification method that combines YOLOv8n, ResNet34, and PP-OCRv4 algorithms. …”
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