Application of Anchoring Technique in Unilateral Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Neurologically Intact Kümmell’s Disease by Rongqing Qin, Xing Zhang, Hongpeng Liu, Bing Zhou, Pin Zhou, Chuanliang Hu

“…And all patients were able to walk/ambulate with a thoracolumbar brace after 12 to 24 hours, staying in bed postoperatively. Significantly statistical differences were observed in both BP-VAS and ODI scores at each time point of follow-up when compared with the preoperative condition (P<0.05). …”
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Heliox Improves Carbon Dioxide Removal during Lung Protective Mechanical Ventilation by Charlotte J. Beurskens, Daniel Brevoord, Wim K. Lagrand, Walter M. van den Bergh, Margreeth B. Vroom, Benedikt Preckel, Janneke Horn, Nicole P. Juffermans

“…A fixed protective ventilation protocol (6 mL/kg) was used, with prospective observation for changes in lung mechanics and gas exchange. Statistics was by Bonferroni post-hoc correction with statistical significance set at P<0.017. …”
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Rifaximin versus Nonabsorbable Disaccharides for the Treatment of Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Meta-Analysis by Dong Wu, Shu-Mei Wu, Jie Lu, Ying-Qun Zhou, Ling Xu, Chuan-Yong Guo

“…The efficacy of rifaximin was equivalent to nonabsorbable disaccharides according to the statistical data (risk ratio (RR): 1.06, 95% CI: 0.94–1.19; P=0.34). …”
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The Effects of Hemodialysis on Tear Osmolarity by Muhittin Taskapili, Kubra Serefoglu Cabuk, Rukiye Aydin, Kursat Atalay, Ahmet Kirgiz, Dede Sit, Hasan Kayabasi

“…Post-HD tear osmolarity was statistically significantly correlated with the post-HD glucose levels (r=0.305  p=0.047). …”
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Analyzing the Effect of Structural Differentiation and Inter-Organizational Relations on Organizational Ambidexterity with an Emphasis on the Mediating Role of the Organizational P... by Peyman Akbari, Ali Karimi, Ibrahim Aeini

“…Purpose: This research aims to analyze the effect of structural differentiation and inter-organizational relations on organizational ambidexterity, emphasizing organizational content's mediating role in increasing organizational performance.Methodology: The current research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive survey in nature and method. The statistical population of this research includes 250 employees of the general department of sports and youth of Ilam province. …”
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Chronic periodontitis clinical and epidemiological characterization by Bernardo Pérez Barrero, Clara Ortiz Moncada, Walkyria del Carmen González Rodríguez, Lilian Judith Del Todo Pupo

“…The information was taken from the individual medical history, entered into a data form prepared for each patient, and presented in tables through descriptive statistics of absolute and relative frequencies. The Chi-square statistical test was used with a significance level of 0.05.…”
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Influence of SARS-CoV2 Pandemic on Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis, Presentation, and Surgical Management in a Tertiary Center: A Retrospective Study by Roman Taulean, Roxana Zaharie, Dan Valean, Lia Usatiuc, Mohammad Dib, Emil Moiș, Calin Popa, Andra Ciocan, Alin Fetti, Nadim Al-Hajjar, Florin Zaharie

“…Statistically significant differences regarding emergency diagnosis as well as late diagnosis were highlighted. …”
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Primary Outcomes of Accelerated Epithelium-Off Corneal Cross-Linking in Progressive Keratoconus in Children: A 1-Year Prospective Study by Sherif A. Eissa, Nashwa Badr Eldin, Ashraf Ahmed Nossair, Wael Ahmed Ewais

“…The mean baseline and corneal densitometry peaked at 3 months post-ACXL while central and posterior densitometry showed a statistically significant increase (P<0.05) and peaked at 8 months postoperatively. …”
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PPAR-α regulates metabolic remodelling and participates in myocardial fibrosis in patients with atrial fibrillation of rheumatic heart disease by Xiaoying Hu, Daisong Jiang, Zheng Zhang, Zhenmei An

“…The protein expression related to mitochondrial dysfunction was statistically different. Conclusions This study found that there is a negative correlation between the expression of PPAR-α protein and myocardial fibrosis in rheumatic heart disease AF, which plays a protective role. …”
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Search for clinical, genetic, morphological and immunohistochemical predictors of parathyroid cancer recurrence by Ekaterina I. Kim, Anna K. Eremkina, Alina R. Elfimova, Natalia G. Mokrysheva

“…After adjustments for multiple comparisons, a statistically significant association of recurrence was found for preoperative calcium level (p0.001), pT4 stage (p0.001) according to TNM-classification (Tumor, Nodus, Metastasis) American Joint Committee on Cancer 2017. …”
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Short-term follow-up of antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate in treating chronic periprosthetic joint infection during two-stage revision by Xiao Sun, Jun Tan, Lijuan Zhan, Mingkui Sheng, Zhongxin Tang, Lingxiao Wu, Jianzhong Xu, Haijun Ma

“…Both groups demonstrated statistically significant improvements in ROM, HSS, and KSS scores compared to preoperative values (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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Thromboelastography in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Yonghua Shen, Liangliang Shi, Juanjuan Zhang, Hao Zhu, Yuling Yao, Zhenqing Liu, Xiaoping Zou, Xiaoqi Zhang

“…Except for the G level in the CD group, differences in all TEG levels between healthy individuals and IBD patients in remission were not statistically significant. No statistical differences were observed in LY30 among patients with active phase, patients in remission, and the healthy individuals. …”
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Flow Cytometric Analysis of T, B, and NK Cells Antigens in Patients with Mycosis Fungoides by Serkan Yazıcı, Emel Bülbül Başkan, Ferah Budak, Barbaros Oral, Şaduman Balaban Adim, Zübeyde Ceylan Kalin, Güven Özkaya, Kenan Aydoğan, Hayriye Saricaoğlu, Şükran Tunali

“…The mean value of all cell surface antigens was not statistically significant between parapsoriasis and MF groups. …”
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Decision-making in ethical dilemmas faced by auditors: a case study of small and medium sized audit firms that are trusted by the stock exchange by Maryam Rokhshi, Kaveh Azinfar, Seyyed Ali Nabavi Chashmi

“…The collected data were analysed using SPSS20 statistical software and qualitative analysis techniques.Findings: Four hypotheses were stated for this research. …”
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Adapting the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist to High-Income Settings: A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial Protocol by Nathan Turley, MA, MBA, Karolina Kogut, BA, Barbara Burian, PhD, Rachel Moyal-Smith, DrPH, PA-C, James Etheridge, MD, MPH, Yves Sonnay, MScPH, William Berry, MD, MPH, Alan Merry, MD, MBChB, Alexander Hannenberg, MD, Alex B. Haynes, MD, MPH, Roger D. Dias, MD, PhD, MBA, Kathryn Hagen, MD, George Molina, MD, MPH, Lisa Spruce, DNP, RN, Carla Williams, RN, MHSM, Mary E. Brindle, MD, MPH, FRCSC

“…Additionally, patient outcome and OR efficiency data will be collected from the study sites’ health surveillance systems. Data analysis:. Statistical data will be analyzed using Statistical Product and Service Solutions, while qualitative data will be analyzed thematically using NVivo. …”
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A socioeconomic disadvantage index for informing policy, systems, and environmental change interventions for senior nutrition programs by Shadi Maleki, Cassandra M. Johnson, Francis A. Méndez Mediavilla, Ramalingam Shanmugam, Lesli Biediger-Friedman

“…The OASDI was used to statistically compare two local policy regions for senior nutrition programs in the Austin and San Antonio, Texas metro areas. …”
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Development of New Models for the Estimation of Hourly Components of Solar Radiation: Tests, Comparisons, and Application for the Generation of a Solar Database in Morocco by Mohammed Benchrifa, Rachid Tadili, Ahmed Idrissi, Hajar Essalhi, Abdellah Mechaqrane

“…Then, these equations will be verified by using statistical tests. Moreover, we compared our results with those obtained by similar studies. …”
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Influence of Overnight Orthokeratology on Corneal Surface Shape and Optical Quality by Yuan Sun, Lin Wang, Jing Gao, Mei Yang, Qi Zhao

“…A P value of less than 0.05 was statistically significant. Results. Months after orthokeratology, SRI and SAI were both showing a significant increase in comparison with those before orthokeratology (P<0.001). …”
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Evaluating shear bond strength efficacy of seventh and eighth generation bonding agents (an in vitro study) by Hidayat Ababakr Khudhur, Diyar Khalid Bakr, Sazan Sherdl Saleem, Sohela Fakher Mahdi

“…To measure the shear bond strength of the specimens a universal material tester was used. Descriptive Statistics and One Sample test was conducted for statistical analysis. …”
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Effectiveness of Fluoride Varnish Application as Cariostatic and Desensitizing Agent in Irradiated Head and Neck Cancer Patients by Kanchan P. Dholam, Priyanka Piyush Somani, Seema D. Prabhu, Shubhangi R. Ambre

“…Decayed-missing-filling-teeth indices, dental sensitivity, and compliance to fluoride varnish application were noted for fifteen months and analyzed statistically. Results. Significant increase in decayed-missing-filling-teeth index was seen at nine (P=0.028), twelve (P=0.003) and fifteen (P=0.002) months follow-up. …”
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