Predictions of State and County Top Civil Servants Regarding the Abolition of County State Administration Offices: Two Sides of the Same Coin? by Iva Lopižić, Romea Manojlović Toman

“…A questionnaire was sent to the respondents in June 2019. The statistical analysis of the data (response rate 52%) shows a statistically significant difference between the predictions of the two groups in relation to all four categories of effects of this organizational change (inputs, processes, outputs, and outcomes). …”
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Poor Employment Conditions and Immigrant Health in Europe by Matthew D. Matsaganis, Maria Petraki, Dionysis Balourdos

“…The estimated country-specific effects point to statistical average differences between Germany and two groups of countries: one showing higher effects (i.e., Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, and France) and another with lower effects (i.e., Greece, Ireland, Italy, and Spain). …”
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Staging of Primary Abdominal Lymphomas: Comparison of Whole-Body MRI with Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and 18F-FDG-PET/CT by Alessandro Stecco, Francesco Buemi, Martina Quagliozzi, Mariangela Lombardi, Alberto Santagostino, Gian Mauro Sacchetti, Alessandro Carriero

“…The weighted kappa agreement statistics with a 95% confidence interval were 0.97 (0.95–0.99) between the two MRI readers and 0.87 (0.82–0.92) between the two methods. …”
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Knee Osteoarthritis: Kinesiophobia and Isometric Strength of Quadriceps in Women by Saulo Machado, null Érika Santana, Victor Brito, Leonardo Maciel, Lucindo J. Quintans Júnior, Walderi da Silva Junior, Jader de Farias Neto, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Bonglee Kim, Valter J. de Santana Filho

“…Data were presented with mean and standard deviation and were analyzed by the SPSS Statistic 22.0 software, considering p<0.05 as significant. …”
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Mirror reflection vs carbon footprint: A mathematical substantiation of the solar energy reflection method for counteracting global warming by Anatoliy Zhukov, Walery Zukow

“…Materials and Methods: Mathematical methods for calculating energy balance, statistical analysis of solar radiation data (4.5-5.4 kWh/m² per day), analysis of global CO₂ emissions (37.8×10¹² kg) were used. …”
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An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Obstetric Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting by R. C. Berg, J. Odgaard-Jensen, A. Fretheim, V. Underland, G. Vist

“…We judged that 7 of the 28 studies included in our original systematic review were prospective. Statistical adjustments for measured confounding factors were made in eight studies, including three prospective studies. …”
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Perceptions of Nigerian Women about Human Papilloma Virus, Cervical Cancer, and HPV Vaccine by Olusola Anuoluwapo Akanbi, Abiodun Iyanda, Folakemi Osundare, Oluyinka Oladele Opaleye

“…Structured questionnaires were administered to a cross section of 737 women randomly selected from the general population in two southwestern States of Nigeria. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS computer software version 16. …”
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Hydrological changes in the Upper Yellow River under the impact of upstream cascade reservoirs over the past 70 years by Jing Hu, Xiong Zhou, Yujun Yi, Chunhui Li, Xuan Wang, Qiang Liu, Jiansu Mao

“…New hydrological insights for the region: Long-term statistical analysis revealed significant declining trends in both the annual runoff and sediment load following dam construction. …”
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Results of multicenter observation study on application of international questionnaire GerdQ for diagnostics of gastroesophageal reflux disease by V. O. Kaybysheva, Yu. A. Kucheryavyy, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. A. Storonova, M. Yu. Konkov, I. V. Mayev, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Upon termination of the study the data received after filling of questionnaire and data of physical investigation by gastroenterologist have been compared to results of instrumental methods of GERD diagnostics. Statistical analysis was carried out by application software packs IBM® SPSS® Statistics. …”
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Investigation of the Natural Frequency Change of the Suspension Bridge Under Operating Conditions by Yazhou Qin, Yansong Cui

“…Besides, the study also shows that while the effective wind speed has a statistically significant impact on the frequency change of the vertical modes, vibration intensity (caused by traffic loads) appears to be a more dominant factor. …”
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An applied noise model for scintillation-based CCD detectors in transmission electron microscopy by Christian Zietlow, Jörg K. N. Lindner

“…However, correlation also has a strong impact on the noise statistics of basic operations like the binning of signals, as it is usually done in electron energy-loss spectroscopy. …”
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Historical simulations of temperature and precipitation from the CORDEX Africa model in the Wabi Shebele Basin by Sisay Guta Alemu, Chala Hailu Sime, Tamene Adugna Demissie

“…Model performance was evaluated using statistical indicators such as bias, RMSE, r , MAE, and a concise plot of the statistical indicators which is Taylor’s diagram. …”
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Preprocedural Mean Platelet Volume Level Is a Predictor of In-Stent Restenosis of the Superficial Femoral Artery Stents in Follow-Up by Kurtulus Karauzum, Ulas Bildirici, Emir Dervis, Irem Karauzum, Canan Baydemir

“…The in-stent restenosis was observed in 42 patients (35.6%). There were no statistically significant differences between the restenosis group and no-restenosis group in terms of age, gender, and smoking (p=0.116, p=0.924, and p=0.428, resp.). …”
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Recapitulation of previously reported associations for type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits in the 126K East Asians by Ji-Young Choi, Hye-Mi Jang, Sohee Han, Mi Yeong Hwang, Bong-Jo Kim, Young Jin Kim

“…Our findings provide valuable information on effect sizes and statistical significance, which is essential to improve the assessment of disease risk using PRS analysis.…”
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Investigating the Challenges and Barriers of Home Businesses from the Perspective of Business Experts and Owners (Case study of rural communities of Isfahan province) by ahmad hajarian, ahmad taghdisi, hamid barghi

“…The purpose of this study is applied research and descriptive-analytical in nature and has a qualitative approach. The statistical population of the study consists of two groups. …”
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Local Inflammation in Fracture Hematoma: Results from a Combined Trauma Model in Pigs by K. Horst, D. Eschbach, R. Pfeifer, S. Hübenthal, M. Sassen, T. Steinfeldt, H. Wulf, S. Ruchholtz, H. C. Pape, F. Hildebrand

“…Moreover, there was a statistical significant difference in the serum values of the fracture hematoma of IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and HMGB1 when compared to the systemic inflammatory response. …”
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Genetics of Myasthenia Gravis: A Case-Control Association Study in the Hellenic Population by Zoi Zagoriti, Marianthi Georgitsi, Olga Giannakopoulou, Fotios Ntellos, Socrates J. Tzartos, George P. Patrinos, Konstantinos Poulas

“…No statistically significant differences were observed in the rest of the variants examined. …”
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Tendency to depressive states, anxiety and strategies of coping behavior for boys and girls by E. F. Yashchenko, N. B. Kaznacheeva, E. V. Bazhanova

“…Kuftyak’s adaptation. Statistical methods for processing empirical data include descriptive statistics by group, Mann–Whitney U test, correlation analysis, factor analysis. …”
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Necrotizing Periodontal Diseases in a Semirural District of South Africa by Neil Hamilton Wood, Elaine Blignaut, Johan Lemmer, Robin Meyerov, Liviu Feller

“…Ninety percent of all patients had a mean severity of ≤4 mm. There was no statistically significant association between either extent or severity of NG/NP and HIV serostatus, CD4+ T-cell count, neutrophil count, age, or gender. …”
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Influence of the Cement Film Thickness on the Push-Out Bond Strength of Glass Fiber Posts Cemented in Human Root Canals by Natália Araújo Silva Prado, Reinaldo de Souza Ferreira, Marcos Henrique de Pinho Maurício, Sidnei Paciornik, Mauro Sayão de Miranda

“…The data were analyzed statistically using Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s test. G2 (14.62±5.15 MPa) showed statistically higher bond strength values than G1 (10.04±5.13 MPa) and G3 (7.68±6.14 MPa). …”
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