The Effect of Chewing Gum on Stress in Women with Unexplained Infertility by Ahmet Basar Tekin, Nezihe Kızılkaya Beji, Vehbi Yavuz Tokgöz, Yeliz Kaya, Tuğba Tahta, Tuğba Kartal

“…Reproductive information and stress level data of infertile women were collected with the Descriptive Information Form and Fertility Problem Inventory.Results: No statistically significant difference was found in comparing Fertility Problem Inventory total scores between the groups (p gt; 0.005). …”
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Urocortin in Second Trimester Amniotic Fluid: Its Role as Predictor of Preterm Labor by C. Iavazzo, K. Tassis, D. Gourgiotis, M. Boutsikou, S. Baka, D. Hassiakos, C. Vogiatzi, L. Florentin-Arar, A. Malamitsi-Puchner

“…Conditional logistic regression analysis was used for statistical analysis. Results. Mean amniotic fluid urocortin concentrations in women with preterm labor were 1.55±0.63 ng/mL while those in women with term labor were 1.6±0.49 ng/mL (p: NS). …”
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Prevalence of Dental Anomalies in Deciduous and Permanent Dentition of Cleft Lip and Palate Patients by Bernardo Olsson, Letícia Fontanella Fernandes, Halina Grossmann Pereira, Beatriz Jervásio Silva, Nicoly Ghilardi Cardoso, Giuseppe Valduga Cruz, Caroline de Souza Mendes, Rafaela Scariot

“…Regarding sexual dimorphism, no statistically significant difference was found between OC phenotypes (p>0.05). …”
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Analyzing solid waste management practices for the hotel industry by S.T. Pham Phu, M.G. Hoang, T. Fujiwara

“…Solid wastes from 120 hotels were sampled, the face-to-face interviews were conducted, and statistical methods were carried out to analyze the data. …”
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Development, validation, and reliability testing of the College Perspectives around Food Insecurity survey. by Jennette Kilgrow, Elyce Gamble, Amanda Meier, Kyle Lyman, Andrea Barney, Cade Kartchner, Paola Martinez, Kanae Lee, Carol Mathusek, Kelly Ang, Brooke M Green, Jinan Banna, Dennis L Eggett, Stephanie Grutzmacher, Jennifer A Jackson, Kendra OoNorasak, Nathan Stokes, Rickelle Richards

“…Researchers used descriptive statistics, test-retest reliability statistics, and Cronbach's alpha scores for data analysis. …”
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Association of serum high-sensitivity C reactive protein with risk of mortality in an Asian population: the Health Examinees cohort by Jong-Koo Lee, Daehee Kang, Sang-Ah Lee, Xiao-Ou Shu, Sung Ok Kwon, Hyerim Park

“…Objectives This study aimed to examine the association of high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hsCRP) with mortality risk and the attenuated effect of non-communicable disease history (NCDhistory) on the association.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting Health Examinees cohort.Participants A total of 41 070 men and 81 011 women aged ≥40 years were involved (follow-up: 6.8 years).Outcome measures Data and cause of death occurring until 31 December 2015 were confirmed by death statistics from the National Statistical Office. We conducted advanced analysis after stratification by NCDhistory and sensitivity analysis after excluding death before 1 or 2 years from recruitment. …”
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Effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on length of stay for patients after undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of ran... by YaDan Xiao, Fei Yang, JunLiang Zhou, YuanLing Huang, YaXin Xiao

“…Two independent investigators screened and extracted the data and performed statistical analysis.ResultsSeven RCTs were included in the analysis. …”
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Prevalence of Anxiety among Hungarian Subjects with Parkinson’s Disease by Márton Kovács, Attila Makkos, Rita Weintraut, Kázmér Karádi, József Janszky, Norbert Kovács

“…The presence of anxiety disorder was diagnosed based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria. The cutoff value for PAS which best discriminated the presence of anxiety from the absence was 12.5 points (sensitivity of 88.6%, specificity of 79.9). …”
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Biomechanical Comparison of Self-Compressing Screws and Cortical Screw Inserted with Lag Fashion in Canine Cadaveric Humeral Condylar Fracture Model by Jun-sik Cho, Jung Moon Kim, Youn-woo Choo, Jooyoung Kim, Sorin Kim, Hwi-yool Kim

“…The maximum failure load in Group 3 was significantly higher than in Group 2 (<i>p</i> = 0.014), while there were no statistically significant differences between Group 1 and Group 2) or between Group 1 and Group 3. …”
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Cyclic Peak Extraction from a Spatial Likelihood Map for Multi-Array Multi-Target Bearing-Only Localization by Chuanxing Hu, Bo Zhang, Xishan Yang, Zhaokai Zhai, Dai Liu

“…Then, a multi-target cyclic peak extraction algorithm based on a statistical dual-threshold is proposed, which eliminates false peaks by cyclic extraction of target positions, so as to reduce false targets. …”
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Clinicopathological Features and Increased Expression of Toll-Like Receptor 4 of Gastric Cardia Cancer in a High-Risk Chinese Population by Guangcan Chen, Muming Xu, Jingyao Chen, Liangli Hong, Wenting Lin, Shukun Zhao, Guohong Zhang, Guo Dan, Shuhui Liu

“…Survival was shorter with lymph node metastasis. We found a statistically significant trend for progressive increase of TLR4 expression from normal mucosa to inflammation in GCC. …”
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High Performance 3D PET Reconstruction Using Spherical Basis Functions on a Polar Grid by J. Cabello, J. E. Gillam, M. Rafecas

“…Statistical iterative methods are a widely used method of image reconstruction in emission tomography. …”
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Examining the Effects of Different Exertion Levels and Reference Standards on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Exercise ECG for Detecting Coronary Artery Disease — A Pilot Study by Julius Heimann, Thomas Schramm, Martin Grauduszus, Christine Joisten

“…Conclusions Although the results of this pilot study lack statistical significance, the numeric differences clearly justify further research on this topic.…”
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Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis on intention to screen for cervical cancer and predictors among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia by Begetayinoral Kussia Lahole, Tesfahun Simon, Wondimu Ewunetu, Wondafrash Kussia

“…The inverse variance (I2) and Cochran Q statistics will be used to examine the heterogeneity between studies. …”
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From Lab to Clinic: Effect of Academia–Industry Collaboration Characteristics on Oncology Phase 1 Trial Entry by Wonseok Yang, Sang‐Won Lee

“…For discovery stage contracts, strong statistical significance was observed for contract type (co‐development OR 16.45, p = 0.008; licensing OR 42.43, p = 0.000) and technology (cell or gene therapy OR 3.82, p = 0.008). …”
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Associations between Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment and Patient Nutritional Status and Height by Mariana F. Granato, Alexandre A. Ferraro, Denise M. Lellis, Erasmo B. Casella

“…After treating ADHD patients with methylphenidate, a statistically significant decrease in the BMI z-score was observed (0.695 vs. 0.305; P<0.01). …”
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Application of Artificial Intelligence Models for Evapotranspiration Prediction along the Southern Coast of Turkey by Mohammed Majeed Hameed, Mohamed Khalid AlOmar, Siti Fatin Mohd Razali, Mohammed Abd Kareem Khalaf, Wajdi Jaber Baniya, Ahmad Sharafati, Mohammed Abdulhakim AlSaadi

“…Moreover, among the 10 statistical measures, the uncertainty at 95% U95 indicator showed an excellent ability to select the best and most efficient forecast model. …”
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The usage of the paris classification system in urine cytology in the diagnosis of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a retrospective single-center study by Perttu Saarinen, Otto Jokelainen, Liida Ruotsalainen, Essi Ikonen, Timo K. Nykopp

“…Chi-squared and Fisher’s exact tests were used to calculate statistical significance. Results In the absence of exophytic tumors on cystoscopy, the risks of bladder cancer was 0.1% for NHGUC, 1.5% for AUC, 22.7% for SHGUC, and 83.3% for HGUC. …”
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Child Nutritional Status: A Representative Survey in a Metropolitan School by Paolo Rosati, Stefania Triunfo, Giovanni Scambia

“…Obesity, overweight, and thinness prevalence was 5.9%, 9.6%, and 10.9%, respectively, without statistical differences in both genders, except the prevalence of overweight that resulted statistically significant (13.1% males versus 6.2% females, ). …”
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Association of ABO Blood Group and Body Mass Index: A Cross-Sectional Study from a Ghanaian Population by Samuel Smith, Isaac Okai, Chrissie Stansie Abaidoo, Emmanuel Acheampong

“…ABO blood group and body mass index (BMI) have individually been appraised as risk factors for certain diseases. From statistical perspective, it may be important to examine the relationship between the ABO blood antigen and BMI. …”
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