The effect of a community-based health behaviour intervention on healthcare services use among people with type 2 diabetes in Nepal by Grish Paudel, Corneel Vandelanotte, M Mamun Huda, Padam Kanta Dahal, Lal Rawal

“…However, these changes were not statistically significant. Visits to health facilities significantly increased, but only among intervention participants attending more sessions (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.16, 95 % CI:1.05–1.28). …”
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Evolutionary conserved regulation of TFEB stability by the E3 ubiquitin ligase WWP2 modulates response to stress in vivo by Juan A. Garcia-Sanchez, Estelle Bonnet, Céline Loubatier, Anne Doye, Guillaume Paillier, Fabien Segui, Frédéric Larbret, Paul Chaintreuil, Ludovic Batistic, Cédric Torre, Marcel Deckert, Jolanta Polanowska, Patrick Munro, Laurent Boyer, Orane Visvikis

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Randomised feasibility study of an intestinal adsorbent in acute diarrhoea in The Gambia by Elena Markaryan, Matthew Dodd, Stephen Allen, Carol Howell, Angela Allen, Paul Rahden, Abdoulie Fatty, Momodou Lamin Jobarteh, Abdoulwahab Sallah, Ebrahim Jaiteh, Doreen Umoh, Fanta Bass, Radovan Hnatič

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Effect of COVID-19 on Severity of Signs and Symptoms of Autoimmune Diseases by Ramand Mohammed Haji, Nabaz Ali Ahmed, Shakhawan Azad Ahmed

“…Furthermore, the data were analysed by SPSS software to produce descriptive statistic measures and to find the difference between dependent categorical variables Sign tests were used but the Chi-square test was used for the categorical independent variables with regarding 0.05 as a significant critical value. …”
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Healthcare utilisation by pregnant patients with asthma in South Korea: a cohort study using nationwide claims data by Deog Kyeom Kim, Chang-Hoon Lee, Ho Il Yoon, Jae-Joon Yim, Eun Jin Jang, Jimin Kim, Yun Jung Kim, Seongmi Choi, Joon-Ho Lee

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INTRA-REGIONAL DIFFERENTIATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF MUNICIPALITIES OF THE ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE VOIVODESHIP IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN 2010 AND 2020 by Paweł Dziekański, Łukasz Popławski, Fabio Fragomeni

“…The variables were selected based on the availability of data from Statistics Poland for the years 2010 and 2020. Synthetic measures were constructed using the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution method. …”
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Semen Parameters Can be Used as a Credible Marker with Doppler Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Subclinical Varicocele Cases by Tulay Irez, Bahar Sarikaya, Mine Erguven, Emre Salabas

“…Student-t Test was used for statistical analysis. p<0.05 was considered significant. …”
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Agreement Between Provider-Completed and Patient-Completed Preoperative Frailty Screening Using the Clinical Risk Analysis Index: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study by Mehraneh Khalighi, Amy C Thomas, Karl J Brown, Katherine C Ritchey

“…There was a moderate but statistically significant correlation between provider-completed and patient-completed RAI-C assessments (r=0.62; 95% CI 0.25-0.83; P=.003). …”
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Moving to lower-poverty neighborhoods offers broad benefits for children with asthma, regardless of sex or other baseline characteristics by Torie L. Grant, MD, MHS, Laken C. Roberts Lavigne, PhD, MPH, Craig Evan Pollack, MD, MHS, Pete Cimbolic, BA, Susan Balcer-Whaley, MPH, Roger D. Peng, PhD, Elizabeth C. Matsui, MD, MHS, Corinne A. Keet, MD, PhD

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Evaluation of reference genes for gene expression analysis in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) under temperature stress by Ping Han, Jianming Chen, Zhennan Sun, Shengjie Ren, Xubo Wang

“…Results In this study, we evaluated the suitability of eight genes including ribosomal protein L6 (rpl6), ribosomal protein L9 (rpl9), delta (4)-desaturase, sphingolipid 1 (degs1), cathepsin L (ctsl), eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 gamma (eef1g), NSA2 ribosome biogenesis homolog (nsa2), eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3, subunit E, a (eif3ea), glutamine amidotransferase class 1 domain containing 1 (gatd1) analyzed from RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) data and two genes including β-actin (actb) and 18S rRNA ribosomal RNA (18S RNA) selected from literature to obtain the best internal controls in qRT-PCR analysis of Japanese flounder under temperature stress. The statistical analysis methods (delta-Ct, BestKeeper, geNorm, and NormFinder) were further used to determine candidate reference gene stability. …”
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The prognostic value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in colorectal cancer and colorectal anastomotic leakage patients: a retrospe... by Nuo Xu, Jian-Xin Zhang, Jia-Jie Zhang, Zhuo Huang, Lian-Chun Mao, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Wei-Dong Jin

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Comparative effects of gong’s mobilization and mobilization with movement in patients with adhesive capsulitis: a randomized clinical trial by Fareeha Amjad, Hasha Asghar

“…Following four weeks of treatment, it pronounced statistically significant and clinically relevant results in improving pain, ROM and functional status of patients with Adhesive Capsulitis. …”
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Finite element stress analysis to evaluate and compare the effect of splinting in periodontally compromised teeth having 55 % bone loss with different materials by Shivangi Joshi, Prakash Talreja, Prajakta Rao, Nilesh Joshi, Vinayak Thorat, Ruhi Mohta

“…Von Mises stress values in the PDL and cortical bone were recorded and statistically analyzed using MedCalc software to compare the performance of different splint materials. …”
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Factors Affecting Utilization of Insecticide Treated Nets in Households Among Children Under Five Years of Age in Kazo Town Council, Kazo District. by Tumwebaze, Rodgers

“…Data was analyzed using SPSS version 21 to generate both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The study findings indicate that significant socio-economic factors affect utilization of ITNs within households and these include; gender of the household head (p= .017), age of household head (p = .005), level of education; (p< .001) religion(p = .031), household size(p=0.028), income status(p= .031 ), number of children below 5(p= .002), gender of the child(p = .026), age of the child(p = .001), presence of fever a month before the survey and sleeping arrangement(p = .046). …”
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Investigating the Effect of Bamboo Fibers on The Engineering Properties of Laterite Soils in Road Construction. by Kiiza, Obed

“…Also the ANOVA analysis for effect of bamboo fibre on strength characteristics showed that in all cases, Fcal > FCrit indicating that the effects of bamboo fibre on lateritic soil were statistically significant. Based on the results, soil optimally treated at 0.75% bamboo fibre improved the soil and was recommended for use in construction of sub-base layer of road pavement.…”
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Effects of Teaching Methods on Academic Performance of Pupils in Mathematics In Primary Schools of Bufundi Sub-County Rubanda District. by Byarugaba, Joseph

“…Data was analyzed using the statistical package for social scientists (SPSS) version 20.0 later presented in tables. …”
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The Impact of Sex Education Towards Moral Development Among Pupils in Kebisoni Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Kamagara, Annet

“…Data collected was edited, coded, entered into the computer, and analyzed with Excel, a Microsoft statistical package, the results were presented in tables. …”
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Assessing the Effect of Large Class Size and Pupils Academic Performance in Public Primary School in Rukungiri Municipality. by Kashumbusha, Robert

“…Data collected was edited, coded, entered into the computer, and analyzed with Excel, a Microsoft statistical package, the results were presented in tables. …”
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Packaging and Organizational Sales Turnover: A Case Study of Kigezi Industries Uganda Limited in Kitumba Sub-County Kabale District. by Kyakimwa, Loice

“…Self administered questionnaires and interview guides were used in data collection and data was analyzed using excel, a computer software to generate descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages and were presented in tables and text, the findings of the study packaging and organizational sales turnover a case study of Kigezi industries Uganda limited in Kitumba sub-county Kabale district, on strategic importance of packaging to Kigezi industries Uganda limited in Kitumba sub-county Kabale district, the following were mentioned; packaging preserves, packaging promotes customer choices and packaging informs and instructs, on different designs used in packaging by Kigezi industries Uganda limited in Kitumba sub¬county Kabale district structural and graphical designs were used, on relationship between of packaging and organizational sales turnover the findings revealed that increase profits of the organization, packaging stimulates customers to buy products, facilitates quick and easy products delivery and packaging makes easy handling of the products. …”
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An Examination of Records Management in Private Sector Agencies in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of Kigezi Private Sector. by Kakuru, Danis

“…The data was analyzed using Excel, a computer software to generate descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages and they were presented in tables and text. …”
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