Comparative Evaluation of Salivary pH, Gustatory Function, and Dental Caries among Pubertal, Menstruation, Menopause Women – An Analytical Cross-sectional Study by Banda Sri Deepti Sindhusha, Ravoori Srinivas, Srinivas Pachava

“…Regarding the intensity of taste perception, statistically significant difference was observed between the groups in sweet (P = 0.002) and bitter (P = 0.009) and no statistical significance regarding salt and sour tastes. …”
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Assessment of Patients’ Adherence to Antiepileptic Medications at Dessie Referral Hospital, Chronic Follow-Up, South Wollo, Amhara Region, North East Ethiopia by Gizachew Kassahun, Getachew Moges, Yitayew Demessie

“…Majority of epileptic patients in Dessie Referral Hospital was adherent to their AEDs treatment and among the determinants of adherence assessed the level of education and the side effect of drugs showed statistical significance.…”
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Statin Induced Changes in Rat Pancreatic Tissue: A Histological and Biochemical Perspective by Abdullah Qamar, Hammad Gul Khan, Muhammad Marghoob Khan, Muhammad Rizwan Bashir Kiani, Hina Kundi, Fareeha Mushtaq

“…Chi-square tests compared qualitative variables while independent sample t-tests compared quantitative variables between groups, with P < 0.05 defining statistical significance. Results: The administration of Simvastatin resulted in a substantial induction of pancreatic inflammation and fatty infiltration, accompanied by notable alterations in the biochemical profile. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemisinin Diş Hekimliği Hastaları Üzerine Etkisinin Path Analizi Kullanılarak Değerlendirilmesi by Figen Kaptan, Gözde Sarak, Güher Barut, Vahide Hazal Abat

“…Chi-Square tests were used to evaluate qualitative data. The statistical significance level was set at p < 0.05. Results: COVID-19 knowledge level was determined as 92.85 ± 11.47 (100) (min ± SD). 97.3 % of the patients (n=814) reported that they wanted to reach their doctor in case of emergency toothache. 4.2 % (n= 35) reported that they did not know what to do for emergency tooth pain. …”
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Knowledge of clear aligner therapy in orthodontics among dental practitioners in Benin city, Nigeria by Otaren NJ

“…The resident doctors had a higher population of knowledge of clear aligners (95.0%), but there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05). …”
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Is Tonsillolith a Protective Factor Against Covid-19 ? by Sevcihan Günen Yılmaz, Gamze Coşan Ata

“…All Statistical analyzes were performed with SPSS version 22.0 and P &lt;0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance. The Chi-square test and Student's t-test were performed.Results: The incidence of tonsillolith was significantly lower in the patient group (29.1%) than in the control group (45%) (p &lt;0.01). …”
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Platelet Volume Parameters as Predictors of Valvular Thrombosis Risk in Patients with Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement by Boshra Pourbashash MD, Seyed Parsa Eftekhar MD, Pooria Ahmadi MD, Arash Jalali PhD, Ali Hosseinsabet MD, Reza Mohseni Badalabadi MD

“…PDW was significantly associated with an increased risk of thrombosis after adjusting for confounders, while MPV showed a clinical difference but did not reach statistical significance. P-LCR did not exhibit a significant association. …”
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Assessing the Risk Factors for Refractory Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children and Adults by Erminia Ridolo, Irene Martignago, Irene Pellicelli, Cristoforo Incorvaia

“…Among adults, statistical significance was reached for years of follow-up (p=0.001), diagnostic delay (p=0.03), use of antibiotics during infancy (p=0.01), and food allergy (p=0.04). …”
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Entropy, complexity, and spectral features of EEG signals in autism and typical development: a quantitative approach by Aleksandar Tenev, Silvana Markovska-Simoska, Andreas Müller, Igor Mishkovski

“…The features were compared between the ASD and TD groups and tested for statistical significance. The results showed that the ASD group had a lower brain rate, higher Tsallis entropy and Rényi entropy, and lower Lempel–Ziv complexity than the TD group. …”
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FOX-TSA: Navigating Complex Search Spaces and Superior Performance in Benchmark and Real-World Optimization Problems by Sirwan A. Aula, Tarik A. Rashid

“…The integration of statistical analyses, such as t-tests and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, further supports the statistical significance of its performance improvements.…”
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Induced Abortion: Risk Factors for Adolescent Female Students, a Brazilian Study by Divanise S. Correia, Jairo C. Cavalcante, Eulàlia M. C. Maia

“…The results of this study, demonstrating the importance of the group in adolescence, and the statistical significance of having a partner to support and approve the pregnancy appears as a preventive factor for abortion. …”
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Pit and Fissure Sealant versus Fluoride Varnish for the Prevention of Dental Caries in School Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Tasneem Rashed, Nura Alkhalefa, Alaa Adam, Abdulaziz AlKheraif

“…Three included trial reported caries increment of first permanent molars (FPM) with 24 months of follow-up, there was no statistical significance (RR: 0.65; 95% CI 0.31 to 1.35; P = 0.26 I2 = 89%). …”
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Gastrointestinal Dysfunctions Are Associated with IL-10 Variants in Parkinson’s Disease by Li Shu, Dongxiao Liang, Hongxu Pan, Qian Xu, Xinxiang Yan, Beisha Tang, Qiying Sun

“…As to comorbidity, no significant statistical significance was observed between the two SNPs and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI). …”
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The Effect of Pilates Exercises Applied to Overweight and Obese Women on Body Composition by Havva Arguz, Şükran İribalcı

“…Mann-Whitney U test and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test were applied for the variables that did not show normal distribution. Statistical significance level was accepted as 0,05. According to the research findings, when the pre-test-post-test values of the training and control groups were compared, the waist circumference, BFP, BFM and BMI values at the beginning of the study, and at the end of the study A statistically significant difference was determined in favor of the training group in all parameters except mass LBM and LBMI (p…”
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Assessment of Renal Function in Women with Preeclampsia by Measuring of Serum Cystatin C Level by Marwa Basim Yarmurad, Miami Abdul Hassan Ali

“…The GraphPad Prism Software was used for data analysis and graphical presentations in addition to SPSS version 28; 0.05 was selected as a cutoff point for statistical significance. Results: The mean of cystatin C for control 0.39 ± 0.15 was significantly lower than for severe PE 1.12 ± 0.53, P < 0.001. …”
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Profile of proinflammatory markers in pregnant women who died of severe COVID-19 by Pablo B. Bautista-García, Mariana Bahena-Campos, Diana H. Alcántara-Rosas

“…Results: It was observed that pregnant women with critical COVID-19 showed increased values of C-reactive protein, leukocytes, D-dimer, and DHL compared to surviving pregnant patients with critical COVID-19; however, no statistical significance was observed for platelet number and fibrinogen. …”
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Climate extreme indices and its implication on crop production: The case of Mana district, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia by Biyeshi Ayansa Abdissa, Dessalegn Obsi Gemeda

“…Conversely, none of the rainfall trends and extreme indices demonstrated statistical significance. Results reveal that warm nights, warm days, and diurnal temperature ranges were experienced an increasing trend, which have tremendous impacts on crop production. …”
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Investigating contemporary dental practice in restorative dentistry and Dentists-related factors in placing and replacing restorations in Kurdistan, Iraq by Bushra Rashid Noaman, Lezan Dawood Fattah

“…Results: Both male and female dentists placed restorations more than they replaced and the difference between placement and replacement was statistically significant (P = 0.000). Clinicians with professional experience between 1-10 years performed more restoration replacement than the older group and this difference showed statistical significance (P = 0.000). …”
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Dental Service Quality and Patient Satisfaction: Insights From Anutapura General Hospital, Palu City by Sudirman Sudirman, Herlina Yusuf, Nurhidayati Nurhidayati, Maya Ariandini

“…However, responsiveness showed a positive trend without statistical significance. Assurance and empathy emerged as crucial determinants, significantly influencing patient satisfaction. …”
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Polypharmacy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Arterial Hypertension Treated in a Provincial Hospital by José Ander Asenjo Alarcón

“…The independent analysis of variables was done using absolute and relative frequencies, 95 % confidence intervals, mean, standard deviation, minimum, maximum and the association between variables with chi-square of independence, with p &lt; 0.05 of statistical significance. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: 72.3 % of patients were women, their mean age was 68.6 years, the consumption of 4 drugs was the average for the comorbidity of type 2 diabetes and arterial hypertension, followed by 3 drugs in arterial hypertension, which represented polypharmacy for both cases (30.2 and 23.8 %, respectively). …”
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