Factors and barriers to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine uptake for intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy in Ghana by Akua Kumi Yeboah, Patrick Ohemeng Gyaase, Richmond Bediako Nsiah, Regina Amoa-Tutu, Saida Abdul-Rahman Zakaria, Lynna Naa Adede Obeng, Frank Prempeh, Phenihas Kwadwo Opoku, Amos Andoono, Gilbert Elara Dagoe, Kwame Kusi Agyemang, Jonathan Mawutor Gmanyami, Dominic Nyarko, Paul Kofi Awuah, Gifty Sefaah Owusu, Solomon Anum-Doku

“…Data were gathered through pretested questionnaires, and statistical analyses included descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate methods, with logistic regression used to assess relationships at a significance level of α = 0.05. …”
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Body Composition and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Characteristics Among Female University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mădălina-Gabriela Coman, Andreea Maria Adam, Carmen Gheorghe, Mircea Dan Mocanu, Leonard Stoica, Daniel-Andrei Iordan, Ilie Onu, Dragoș Florin Teodor

“…SPSS 26 software was used for statistical analysis, applying Skewness and Kurtosis to assess data distribution, while Pearson correlation evaluated relationships between physical activity and body composition. …”
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Detection of alteration in carotid artery volumetry using standard-of-care computed tomography surveillance scans following unilateral radiation therapy for early-stage tonsillar s... by Efstratios Koutroumpakis, Mohamed A. Naser, Abdallah Sherif Radwan Mohamed, Salman A. Eraj, Andrea Jarre, Jay C. Shiao, Mona Kamal, Subha Perni, Jack P. Phan, William H. Morrison, Steven J. Frank, G.Brandon Gunn, Adam S. Garden, Anita Deswal, Jun-ichi Abe, David I. Rosenthal, Elie Mouhayar, Clifton D. Fuller

“…A decrease in the volume of the irradiated carotid artery was observed in 78 % of patients, while there was a statistically significant difference in mean %-change (±SD) between the total irradiated and spared carotid volumes (−7.0 ± 9.0 vs. + 3.5 ± 7.2, respectively, p < 0.0001). …”
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The Influence of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms in Spondyloarthritis by Janisleya Silva Ferreira Neves, Jeane Eliete Laguila Visentainer, Denise Manjurma da Silva Reis, Marco Antonio Rocha Loures, Hugo Vicentin Alves, Fernanda Formaggi Lara-Armi, Josiane Bazzo de Alencar, Joana Maira Valentin Zacarias, Ana Maria Sell

“…SNPStats and OpenEpi software were used for statistical analysis. The ApaI a allele and ApaI a/a genotype were less frequent in PsA compared with controls. …”
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JWST-TST DREAMS: A Precise Water Abundance for Hot Jupiter WASP-17b from the NIRISS SOSS Transmission Spectrum by Dana R. Louie, Elijah Mullens, Lili Alderson, Ana Glidden, Nikole K. Lewis, Hannah R. Wakeford, Natasha E. Batalha, Knicole D. Colón, Amélie Gressier, Douglas Long, Michael Radica, Néstor Espinoza, Jayesh Goyal, Ryan J. MacDonald, Erin M. May, Sara Seager, Kevin B. Stevenson, Jeff A. Valenti, Natalie H. Allen, Caleb I. Cañas, Ryan C. Challener, David Grant, Jingcheng Huang, Zifan Lin, Daniel Valentine, Mark Clampin, Marshall Perrin, Laurent Pueyo, Roeland P. van der Marel, C. Matt Mountain

“…However, previous analyses of WASP-17b’s atmosphere based upon Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Spitzer data could not constrain the water abundance, finding that subsolar, supersolar, and bimodal posterior distributions were all statistically valid. In this work, we observe one transit of the hot Jupiter WASP-17b using JWST’s Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) Single Object Slitless Spectroscopy (SOSS) mode. …”
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Machine learning reveals sex differences in distinguishing between conduct-disordered and neurotypical youth based on emotion processing dysfunction by Gregor Kohls, Erik M. Elster, Peter Tino, Graeme Fairchild, Christina Stadler, Arne Popma, Christine M. Freitag, Stephane A. De Brito, Kerstin Konrad, Ruth Pauli

“…The “differential threshold” hypothesis suggests greater emotion dysfunction in conduct-disordered girls than boys, but previous research using conventional statistical analyses has failed to support this hypothesis. …”
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Comparison of conventional versus robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty using the Mako system: An Italian retrospective study by Roberta Banchetti, Silvia Dari, Maria Elisabetta Ricciarini, Domenico Lup, Francesco Carpinteri, Fabio Catani, Patrizio Caldora

“…There were no significant differences in preoperative and post-operative scores between robotic-assisted and standard groups in all of the patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), but we reported a statistically and clinically significant improvement in all of the post-operative PROMs scores for both surgical procedures (P < 0.001). …”
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Utilizing Technology-Enabled Intervention to Improve Blood Glucose Self-Management Outcome in Type 2 Diabetic Patients Initiated on Insulin Therapy: A Retrospective Real-World Stud... by Jian Lin, Xia Li, Shan Jiang, Xiao Ma, Yuxin Yang, Zhiguang Zhou

“…Furthermore, at week 12, the proportion of patients attaining a target glucose level of FBG <7.0 mmol/L and PPG <10.0 mmol/L was 25.37% and 59.68%, respectively, with a statistically significant increase compared with that at baseline (6.74% and 45.59%, respectively, both P<0.001). …”
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Correlations among fatigue, respiratory function, balance and core muscle morphology in multiple sclerosis: a comprehensive observational study by Marta De La Plaza San Frutos, Ismael Sanz-Esteban, Ismael Sanz-Esteban, Federico Salniccia, Federico Salniccia, Alberto Bermejo-Franco, Alberto Bermejo-Franco, Ameyalli García-Corona, María Cristina Palma-Baquedano, Marina Castel-Sánchez, Marina Castel-Sánchez, Cecilia Estrada-Barranco, Cecilia Estrada-Barranco

“…Correlations were analyzed using Spearman’s correlation, with a statistical significance level of p &lt; 0.05.ResultsSignificant correlations were found between respiratory function and balance scores. …”
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Four microcolumn agglutination anti-human globulin cards in unexpected antibody screening results: a comparative analysis by SONG Ke, MA Chunya, FU Lihui, XIAO Pan, SHI Hongmei, YU Yang

“…[Results] The sensitivity of the four anti-human globulin cards was as follows: D card 88.51% (131/148) > C card 83.22% (124/149) > B card 81.63% (120/147) > A card 80.54% (120/149); the specificity was A card 97.79% (133/136) > B card 95.65% (132/138) > D card 95.62% (131/137) > C card 93.38% (127/136); and the average agglutination intensity score (points) was D card 214.57 > C card 191.90 > A Card 179.69 > B Card 175.83, and the H value of Kruskal-Wallis test was 7.221, with no statistically significant difference (P > 0.05). Among them, C card was prone to false positives, accounting for 3.16% (9/285), and A card was prone to false negatives, accounting for 10.18% (29/285). …”
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Effect of anastomotic reinforcement with barded suture on anastomotic leakage prevention following laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer: a retrospective single-cen... by Xinyu Qi, Kai Xu, Maoxing Liu, Fei Tan, Pin Gao, Chuanyong Zhou, Zhendan Yao, Nan Zhang, Hong Yang, Chenghai Zhang, Jiadi Xing, Ming Cui, Xiangqian Su

“…In multivariate regression analyses, the neoadjuvant therapy (OR = 11.994, P < 0.01), tumor location (OR = 5.306, P = 0.015), anastomosis bleeding (OR = 58.822, P < 0.01), and number of staple firings used (≥ 3) (OR = 24.752, P < 0.01) were independent risk factors for AL, whereas the defunctioning stoma (OR = 0.051, P < 0.01) and reinforcing sutures (OR = 0.054, P = 0.001) were independent protective factors for AL in this study. No statistically significant differences were found in 36-item short-Form (SF-36) when evaluating the quality of patient’s life between the two groups. …”
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An evidence-based tailored eHealth patient education tool for patients with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial by Chong Li, Chuanmei Zhu, Kangping Song, Xiaona Xiang, Xiaoyi Wang, Jing Hu, Zhao Li, Yi Deng, Daoxin Jiang, Lixin Guo, Ting Ren, Luwen Zhu, Haibo Ai, Shaojun Zhang, Zhongliang Liu, Yonghong Yang, Siyi Zhu, Chengqi He

“…Measurements were taken at baseline, post-intervention (T1), 1-month (T2), 3-month (T3), and 6-month (T4) follow-up. Statistical analyses, including ANOVA and chi-square tests, were employed to compare outcomes between the groups. …”
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Comparison of intensity normalization methods in prostate, brain, and breast cancer multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging by Savannah R. Duenweg, Samuel A. Bobholz, Allison K. Lowman, Aleksandra Winiarz, Biprojit Nath, Michael J. Barrett, Fitzgerald Kyereme, Stephanie Vincent-Sheldon, Peter LaViolette

“…Likewise, Z-score normalization provided the highest percentage of radiomic features that were statistically equal across the three organs.…”
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Impact of Improved Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures on Microbial Populations at Three Tree Fruit Packing Facilities by M. Laura Rolon, Marysabel Mendez Acevedo, Priscilla Sinclair, Dumitru Macarisin, Luke F. LaBorde, Jasna Kovac

“…Among the treatments tested, the inclusion of a biofilm remover in T4 was most effective in significantly reducing the total Listeria spp. concentration by 1.57–1.27 log10 MPN/swab (p < 0.02) and the frequency of L. monocytogenes, although the latter was not statistically significant. We observed inconsistent changes in the bacterial and fungal microbiota composition due to the application of cleaning and sanitizing SSOPs, which may be due to the presence of dead DNA after the treatment. …”
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Precise Detection of Gene Mutations in Fine-Needle Aspiration Specimens of the Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma Using Next-Generation Sequencing by Feng-xia Yu, Min-xia Hu, Han-xue Zhao, Li-juan Niu, Xue-yu Rong, Wei-hua Li, Qiang Zhu, Jian-ming Ying, Ning Lyu

“…BRAF mutation of p.V600E was statistically associated with PTMC with a Dmax larger than 5 mm.…”
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A Potential Protective Effect of Alcohol Consumption in Male Genital Lichen Sclerosus: A Case-Control Study by Joey El Khoury, Jessica Andraos, Anthony Kanbar, Rami Halabi, Serge Assaf, Anthony Mina, Sabine El Breidi, Charbel Dabal, Charbel El Hachem, Rodrigue Saad, Antoine Kassis, Maher Abdessater, Raghid El Khoury

“…A potential protective effect of alcohol consumption is to be explored in future projects with bigger sample sizes and higher statistical powers.…”
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Early Endoscopic Outcomes After Risankizumab Are Associated With Fewer Hospitalizations and Surgeries in Crohn’s Disease by Brian G. Feagan, Jean-Frederic Colombel, Remo Panaccione, Stefan Schreiber, Marc Ferrante, Koji Kamikozuru, Christopher Ma, Wan-Ju Lee, Jenny Griffith, Namita Joshi, Kristina Kligys, Jasmina Kalabic, Si Xuan, Marla Dubinsky

“…In contrast, patients who received placebo during maintenance had statistically similar rates of CD-related hospitalizations and surgeries regardless of achievement of endoscopic outcomes after induction. …”
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Language function improvement and cortical activity alteration using scalp acupuncture coupled with speech-language training in post-stroke aphasia: A randomised controlled study by Bingbing Lin, Jinglei Ni, Xiao Xiong, Lanlan Zhang, Jian Song, Mengxue Wang, Linsong Chai, Yunshi Huang, Jia Huang

“…Results: The acupuncture group showed significant improvements in WAB subscales (Spontaneous Speech, Comprehension, Repetition, Naming, and AQ) with all changes statistically significant (P < 0.001). The acupuncture group also showed higher OxyHb indices in the left frontopolar area, left fusiform gyrus, and left pars opercularis (P < 0.05). …”
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Comparison of growth hormone therapy response according to the presence of growth hormone deficiency in children born small for gestational age with short stature in Korea: a retro... by Ha Young Jo, Hyun Ji Jang, Chong Kun Cheon, Ju Young Yoon, Sukdong Yoo, Jung Hyun Lee, Jeong Eun Lee, Ye Jin Kim, Sejin Kim, Hyun-Ji Kim, Im Jeong Choi, Min Jung Kwak

“…Regarding the factors affecting growth response, younger age and bone age, higher height SDS, BMI SDS and MPH SDS were related to higher growth response (Δheight SDS and Δgrowth velocity), but there was no statistically significant correlation. Conclusion GHD is rare among children born SGA. …”
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Association between Anemia and Risk of Parkinson Disease by Yao-Chin Wang, Abel Po-Hao Huang, Sheng-Po Yuan, Chu-Ya Huang, Chieh-Chen Wu, Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Suleman Atique, Woon-Man Kung

“…Heterogeneity among the studies was assessed using the Q and I2 statistic. We utilized the random-effect model to calculate the overall RR with 95% CI. …”
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