Overcoming dietary complexity in type 2 diabetes: influencing factors and coping strategies by Yingying Tang, Dongmei Yang

“…There were significant correlations between dietary compliance and several demographic and clinical factors, including age (r = 0.501), gender (r = 0.447), education level (r = 0.610), average monthly household per capita income (r = 0.627), and the duration, since T2DM diagnosis (r = 0.552), all of which were statistically significant (p < 0.05). Logistic regression identified age (OR = 1.705, 95%CI 1.262 ~ 1.987), gender (OR = 2.401, 95%CI 1.909 ~ 3.134), education level (OR = 3.083, 95%CI 2.434 ~ 3.957), average monthly household per capita income (OR = 3.721, 95%CI 2.553 ~ 4.405), and the time since T2DM diagnosis (OR = 2.470, 95%CI 1.755 ~ 3.262) as significant predictors of dietary compliance. …”
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AMMI analysis of elite bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) selections for genotype by environment interaction and stability of grain yield in Southern Ethiopia. by Liyew Alemayehu, Mesfin Kebede, Eyasu Wada

“…The data recorded from all plots on 13 agronomic traits and the three wheat rust diseases were computed using appropriate statistical software. The results showed that individual and combined analysis of variance (ANOVA) exhibited the presence of highly significant variability (P<0.01) among the locations, genotypes, and GEI effects for most of the traits including grain yield. …”
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Comparison of optical coherence tomography vs. fluorescein angiography-based macular neovascularization classifications in age-related macular degeneration by Gábor G. Deák, Klaudia Birner, Bianca S. Gerendas, Georgios Mylonas, Günther Weigert, Martin Michl, Irene Steiner, Ursula M. Schmidt-Erfurth

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Oral health status in children undergoing chemotherapy at Erbil city: A case control study. by Zahraa Emaad Ahmed, Sazan Sherdl Salim

“…Data on decayed, missing and filled teeth as (DMFT/dmft) scores and simplified plaque index (PI) were collected through and intra-oral examination. Result: A high statistically significant difference of a p-value of 0.000 was seen in the dmft caries index for (primary dentition) with the highest mean (5.32) for the controls when compared with the children undergoing chemotherapy (2.84), while no statically significant differences were found in the DMFT for (permanent dentition) and PI. …”
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Evaluating the Fracture Resistance of Different Reinforcement Methods of Repaired Maxillary Complete Denture. by Zhala Dara Miran, Nasa Hasan Ahmad

“…Conclusion: Within the limitations of the present study, it can be concluded that:
There is statistically significant difference present in the mean fracture resistance values in all groups. …”
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Ordos Mausoleum of Genghis Khan: History and Modernity by Nomin D. Tsyrenova, Chingis Ts. Tsyrenov

“…When conducting the study, a complex of heterogeneous sources was used, represented by Internet publications, journal articles and statistical data related to the Ordos Mausoleum of Genghis Khan. …”
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Onset after New Coronavirus Infection COVID-19 by I. Yu. Feklina, M. G. Mnatsakanyan, A. P. Pogromov, O. V. Tashchyаn

“…Depression was scored with the Beck Inventory, anxiety — with Spielberger—Khanin (adapted STAI) questionnaire; childhood psychogeny has also been assessed.Results. In statistical analysis of cohort 1, mean depression, personality and reactive anxiety scores were 11 ± 2.27, 43.8 ± 1.93 and 46.7 ± 2.05, respectively. …”
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Gamification with Codeathon for Productivity Toward Sustainable Development Goal 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth by Swati Tayal, K Rajagopal

“…Design/Methodology/Approach: An online questionnaire gathered data from IT professionals to adopt the exploratory research, where respondents from Pune, India, were the study participants. The statistical approach adopted for this study was factory analysis followed by structural modelling with the help of tools such as IBM SPSS and Amos, which adds to the empirical Gamification contribution. …”
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Hip and Groin Problems in Female Team-Sport Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Study by Juan Diego Stadelmann, Freddy Reichmann, Romana Franceschini-Brunner, Andrea Mosler, Nicola A. Maffiuletti, Mario Bizzini

“…Comparisons between the participants with vs without hip and groin problems were made, and correlational statistics were used to examine relationships between strength and HAGOS scores…”
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Attitude, Practice and Preparedness of Dental Practitioners for Providing Oral Care to Patients with Speech and Hearing Impairment by Khansa Rafi, Syed Masood-ul- Hasan, Saba Tabassum

“…Data was analyzed with STATA version 16. Descriptive statistics with frequencies were computed and x² was used to find out the associations between different variables. …”
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Assessing Mean Change in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness on Optical Coherence Tomography in Glaucoma Patients after Trabeculectomy by Khizir Hayat, Muhammad Younis Tahir, Muhammad Ajmal Chaudhary, Adeel Ahmad Siddiqui, Sadia Haneef

“…Mean pre-operative and post-operative RNFLT was 48.56±9.46 µm and 58.03±16.81 µm respectively, and the mean RNFLT change after trabeculectomy was 24.43±18.61 µm which was statistically significant (p <0.004). Conclusion: This study showed significant increase in RNFLT after trabeculectomy which is a good prognostic factor in the  .......... …”
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Legalitas Perjanjian Jual Beli dengan Hak Membeli Kembali pada Tanah dan/atau Bangunan (Studi Putusan-Putusan Pengadilan) by Vanessa Maurizkha, Akhmad Budi Cahyono

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Evaluating the effect of virgin coconut oil pulling on viral load, bacterial load and inflammatory mediator levels in chronic periodontitis – A clinical study by Monika M, Rudhra K, Vennila K, Elanchezhiyan, Sri Harini P, S. Shakeron

“…The reductions in the VCO and CHX groups were statistically significant, with comparable efficacy between the two interventions. …”
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Antibacterial effectiveness of different final irrigation activation techniques. by Bizhyan Mahdi Mustafa, Bahar Jaafar Selivany, Abduloma Baraka Ali

“…The antimicrobial efficacy was tested by collecting transfer fluid saline from the canals and counting the colony forming units (CFUs) of viable E. faecalis on agar plates. The statistical calculations were performed in JMP pro 14.3.0. using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) followed by a Tukey test to define the differences between the tested groups. …”
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Influenza Vaccination Rates, Perceptions, and Vaccine Hesitancy in K-12 Teachers and Staff by Kevin Cleveland, Kathy Eroschenko, Dalys Davenport, Elaine Nguyen

“…Surveys were distributed July 2020 and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Response differences between those who most recently received their influenza vaccine and those who did not were also compared using chi-square or Mann-Whitney U tests when appropriate.  …”
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The g-generalized Mittag-Leffler (p,s,k)-function by Umbreen Ayub, Madiha Shafiq, Amir Abbas, Umair Khan, Anuar Ishak, Y.S. Hamed, Homan Emadifar

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Effect of Radiation, Organic Solvents and Vibration Occupational Exposure on the Thyroid Disease: Results from Project ELEFANT by Bibo Yuan, Citlalli Osorio-Yáñez, Junkai Fang, Lei Zhao, Ander Wilson, Marco Sanchez-Guerra, Hongbin Liu, Peng-Hui Li, Liqiong Guo

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Recruitment and retention of participants in randomised controlled trials: a review of trials funded and published by the United Kingdom Health Technology Assessment Programme by Stephen J Walters, Daniel Hind, Richard M Jacques, Steven A Julious, Joanne Rothwell, Oscar Bortolami, Laura Flight, Inês Bonacho dos Anjos Henriques-Cadby, Christopher Knox, Ben Nadin, Michael Surtees

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Longitudinal Invariance Testing Of The Knee Injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score For Joint Replacement Scale (KOOS-JR) by Alexandra Dluzniewski, Caleb Allred, Madeline P Casanova, Jonathan D Moore, Adam C Cady, Russell T Baker

“…Latent group means were compared with statistical significance set at α ≤ .05 and Cohen’s d effect size as d = 0.2 (small), d = 0.5 (medium), and d = 0.8 (large)…”
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Modeling, evaluation and forecasting of suspended sediment load in Kal-e Shur River, Sabzevar Basin, in northeast of Iran by M. A. Zangeneh Asadi, L. Goli Mokhtari, R. Zandi, M. Naemitabar

“…The algorithms were trained with this data, and their performance was evaluated using the coefficient of determination (R 2), root mean square error (RMSE), and Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE) statistics. Additionally, a partial least squares (PLS) regression model was employed to identify the most influential factors affecting suspended sediment load in the basin. …”
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