Chemical, biological and nerve gas attacks: need for education among healthcare personnel and medical students; a Swedish regional cross-sectional web-survey by Albert Gyllencreutz Castellheim, Gustav Persson, Juuso Kuikka, Karol Babinski, Yohan Robinson, Fabian Taube

“…The perception of need for education were high in the high half and low in the low half of the Likert Scale. The were no statistically significant differences across the sections among the study groups. …”
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Association of physical and sexual assault with mortality in two British birth cohorts by Jayati Das-Munshi, Ioannis Bakolis, William Lee, Vishal Bhavsar, James H MacCabe

“…Greater need for medical treatment for assault was associated with a fully adjusted mortality HR of 1.56 (95% CI 1.19 to 2.05) in the combined cohorts, 1.43 (95% CI 1.00 to 2.05) in the 1958 birth cohort and 1.79 (95% CI 1.18 to 2.74) in the 1970 birth cohort.Conclusions There was statistical evidence on combining the two birth cohorts, and on analysing the 1970 birth cohort, that assault in adulthood is associated with mortality. …”
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Bit selection method based on the rock drillability characteristics and principal component analysis of rock-breaking indicators by Yang Hu, Xian Xinlong, Zhou Penggao, Li Zhen, Wei Ruihua, Liang Junqiao, Xiong Shilong

“…At the same time, the comprehensive method is used to select the drill bit, and the actual drilling data of 11 typical wells in the southern margin are statistically analyzed. Based on the principal component method, the actual drilling data of the drill bit in each layer are analyzed, and the high-efficiency drill bit model is optimized. …”
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Pain Perception of the First Eye versus the Second Eye during Phacoemulsification under Local Anesthesia for Patients Going through Cataract Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-A... by Chuying Shi, Jinqiu Yuan, Benny Zee

“…However, the difference of the pain scores accessed on the first postoperative day between the first and second eye surgeries (WMD: −0.05; 95% CI −0.40, 0.31; P=0.79) as well as cooperation grades of patients between the first and second eye surgeries (WMD: 0.35; 95% CI −0.07, 0.76; P=0.10) was not statistically significant. Conclusion. Patients experienced more pain in the surgery of the second eye than that of the first eye, which probably related to lower anxiety before the second surgery. …”
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Evaluating the influence of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy combined with IMRT on thyroid dysfunction in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Liqianqi Chen, Zihuang Li, Xianming Li, Shihai Wu, Long Gong, Gang Xu, Shanyi Chen, Yucong Zhang

“…The immunotherapy plus chemoradiotherapy group showed lower incidence but increased severity of hypothyroidism compared to the immunotherapy plus chemotherapy group, though these differences were not statistically significant.ConclusionNPC patients with smoking history, thyroid nodules, and cervical lymph node metastasis have significantly increased risk of thyroid dysfunction when receiving anti-PD-1 immunotherapy combined with IMRT. …”
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Heterosis and heritability of traits contributing to select high yielding drought stress tolerance sweetpotato breeding lines by Mahaman Mourtala Issa Zakari, Emeka Benjamin Utobo, Zangui Souley Moussa, Josefina Ndamononghenda Abed, Ifeanyi Maxwell Nwankwo Innocent, Happiness Ogba Oselebe

“…Data were collected on storage root yield and its components as well as drought parameters. Statistical analysis was performed using SAS software. …”
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Role of B7‐H3 in predicting response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in muscle‐invasive bladder cancer by Ekamjit S. Deol, Reza Nabavizadeh, Roxane R. Lavoie, Mihai G. Dumbrava, Edlira Horjeti, Prabin Thapa, John C. Cheville, Igor Frank, Fabrice Lucien

“…The primary outcome of interest was pathologic complete response (pCR). Statistical analysis included Mann–Whitney U test, Fisher's exact test, Kaplan–Meier method, and Cox regression for survival analysis. …”
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Contradictory Effect of Lymphocyte Therapy and Prednisolone Therapy on CD3+CD8+CD56+ Natural Killer T Population in Women with Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion by Fatemeh Rezayat, Nafiseh Esmaeil, Abbas Rezaei, Roya Sherkat

“…Furthermore, the concentration of interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) was measured quantitatively using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique. Statistical Analysis Used: Normality and comparisons between study groups were performed by non-parametric unpaired Mann–Whitney, Kruskal–Wallis rank sum test, and one-way ANOVA. …”
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Serum cardiac and inflammatory biomarker levels following chemotherapy among female patients with breast cancer attending at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiop... by Muluabay Getie, Biset Asrade Mekonnen, Daniel Seifu, Yonas Mulugeta, Solomon Tebeje, Chernet Tafere, Asmare Amuamuta

“…Data were analyzed using the SPSS version 23 package, and a p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results Among female patients with BCa receiving chemotherapy, 20%, 15%, and 35% of patients had elevated cTnT, CK-MB, and CRP levels, respectively, after three cycles of chemotherapy. …”
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Correlation between Speeches of the President of Lithuania and the National Day Celebrations in the period 1920-1938: influential Communication by Vita Ulytė-Grigelevičienė

“…The research presented in the article has been carried out using the methods of statistical/contrastive analysis and rhetorical analysis. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare professionals in the management of patients with hypertension and concurrent bronchial asthma: a cross-sectional study in the Yello... by Yang Yang, Wenwen Xu, Fei Yu, Xiaohong Yan, Xingbin Ma, Jinxiang Gao

“…However, the direct link between attitude and practice (β=0.162, p=0.052) and indirect effect of knowledge on practice via attitude (β=0.094, p=0.052) were not statistically significant.Conclusions Healthcare professionals exhibited limited knowledge, positive attitudes but suboptimal practices when managing patients with comorbid hypertension and bronchial asthma. …”
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Transcriptional activity of repair, apoptosis and cell cycle genes (TP53, MDM2, ATM, BAX, BCL-2, CDKN1A, OGG1, XPC, PADI4, MAPK8, NF-KB1, STAT3, GATA3) in chronically exposed perso... by V. S. Nikiforov, E. A. Blinova, A. I. Kotikova, A. V. Akleyev

“…Modulation of the relative content of mRNA of the TP53 (p = 0.013) and BCL-2 (p = 0.021) genes was detected in the group of chronically exposed individuals with the increased intensity of the late stage of apoptosis. A statistically significant increase in the transcriptional activity of the TP53 gene was observed in the group of chronically exposed persons with the increased intensity of peripheral blood lymphocyte necrosis in the long-term period (p = 0.015). …”
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Consistency of the Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire in Peruvian female university nursing students by Margarita Córdova-Delgado, Mónica Ayne Guevara-Saravia, Marlene Muñoz-Aguirre, Gladys Marcelina Puza-Mendoza, Alfredo Enrique Oyola-García

“…Introducción: la conducta agresiva forma parte de los trastornos disruptivos del control de impulsos y de la conducta establecidos en The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fifth Edition (DSM-V). …”
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Correlation between selenium levels and selenoproteins expression in idiopathic generalized epilepsy: a study from Karachi by Hareem Nisar, Rafat Amin, Sadaf Khan, Tehseen Fatima, Qamar-Un-Nisa, Jawwad-Us-Salam

“…Selenium levels in cases were significantly lower as compared to controls (p = 0.031). No statistically significant differences were observed between the serum levels of selenoproteins GPx1, TRxR1 and SEPW1 in epileptic patients and the healthy group. …”
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Exploring salivary gene expression clusters: A bioinformatics approach for advanced diagnosis and prognosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Rajesh Parsanathan, Rishaba Byju, D.S. Prabakaran

“…Results: In HNSCC compared to normal tissue, CHRM3, GYLTL1B, MMP3, and WDR91 were identified as statistically upregulated genes, while the downregulated genes included AGFG2, CCDC64B, CD24, CRISP3, CXCL17, ELF5, KRT7, MANSC1, MYO5C, PRR4, SCGB3A1, SH3YL1, TCN1, TRPV6, and ZG16B. …”
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Environmental risk factors for self-harm during imprisonment: A pilot prospective cohort study. by Thomas Stephenson, Imogen Harris, Charlotte Armstrong, Seena Fazel, Roxanna Short, Nigel Blackwood

“…Following sensitivity analyses, the associations between frequent cell changes and self-harm behaviour, and between single cell placement and self-harm ideation, remained statistically significant.<h4>Discussion</h4>This exploratory pilot study provides prospective longitudinal data regarding relationships between prison environmental factors and self-harm behaviour. …”
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CT Texture Analysis in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing CT-Guided Bone Biopsy: Correlations With Histopathology by Silvio Wermelskirchen, Jakob Leonhardi, Anne-Kathrin Höhn, Georg Osterhoff, Nikolas Schopow, Susanne Briest, Timm Denecke, Hans-Jonas Meyer

“…For the Her 2 discrimination, only 3 parameters reached statistical significance, “S(4,-4)SumOfSqs” with a P -value of .01. …”
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B Cell Activation, Differentiation, and Their Potential Molecular Mechanisms in Osteoarthritic Synovial Tissue by Lu P, Li Y, Yang S, Yao H, Tu B, Ning R

“…The proportion of CD38+ B cells also decreased with increasing severity, although this change lacked statistical significance. Immunofluorescence staining of CD19+ and CD86+ cells in mice indicated increased expression with greater OA severity. …”
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Forty-two-year frequencies of river buffaloes calving in the Terecay ranch, Venezuela by Renny Jesús Becerra, Inés Valentina Reggeti-Gómez, Francisco Miguel Reggeti Gómez, Néstor Simón Montiel-Urdaneta

“…For calculating calving frequency, the PROC FREC procedure of the statistical package SAS version 9.1 was used, and a polynomial regression analysis was performed to evaluate the prediction of future behavior of the calving distribution. …”
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Comparing Rotational Stability of Clareon and Eyhance Toric IOLs in a Real-World Setting by Connell B, LaHood B

“…Median rotation from P0 to P1 (3.0 vs 4.0 degrees, p = 0.091) and P0 to P2 (1.0 vs − 0.5 degrees, p = 0.482) were not statistically different. However, the Clareon IOL showed less rotation between P1 and P2 (0.0 vs 1.0 degrees, p = 0.049). …”
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