Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among biomedical students of Rivers State University by Moore Ikechi Mike-Ogburia, Gift Mibilanyeofori Hart, Barynem Vito-Peter, Aisha Dio, Victory Chidinma Nwogu

“…Descriptive statistics and Fisher’s exact tests were conducted using GraphPad Prism 9 software, with statistical significance set at p ≤ 0.05. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative evaluations of topography for CAD/CAM all ceramic zirconia after different surface treatments by Sazan M. Azeez, Shatha A. Salih

“…The mean of surface roughness values was calculated and analyzed using one-way ANOVA and using LSD significant difference tests for comparison between groups (a = 0.05). …”
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Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes in thoracic outlet syndrome: a comparative study of cases with and without cervical rib by Amr N. Ali, Hesham ElSobky, El-Sayed Abou El-Magd, Abdel Wahab Mahmoud Ibrahim

“…All patients underwent thorough clinical evaluation, including history taking, physical examination, imaging studies, and electrophysiological tests. Pain levels were assessed using a visual analog scale before and after operation as well as recording intraoperative data and postoperative complications. …”
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Teeth Structure Analysis of Primary Teeth in Children with Congenital Heart Disease (Ventricular Septal Defect) in Erbil City by Huda Raad Mahdi, Omed Ikram Shihab

“…The structural and chemical composition of enamel and dentin were examined by scanning electron microscope/energy-dispersive x-ray (SEM/EDEX). An unpaired t-test was used in statistical analysis. P<0.0001 was considered as significant. …”
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Respiratory abnormalities in sarcoidosis: physiopathology and early diagnosis using oscillometry combined with respiratory modeling by Bruno Falcão Oliveira, Caroline Oliveira Ribeiro, Cíntia Moraes de Sá Sousa, Mariana Carneiro Lopes, Agnaldo José Lopes, Pedro Lopes de Melo

“…Spirometry is the most common lung function test used for assessing lung function in diagnosis and monitoring pulmonary health. …”
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Impact of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation on cardiopulmonary function and prognosis in ST elevation myocardial infarction after PCI patients in extremely cold regions by Shenglong Hou, Li Liu, Jing Yao, Qi Zhao, Wei Feng, Qingqing Liu, Mou Zou, Ruoxi Zhang, Hongtao Yin, Huimin Xian

“…The left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) measured by echocardiography in CR group were significantly higher than those in non-CR group. The cardiopulmonary test indicators for patients in CR group showed significant improvement over one year, including Power, HR, VCO₂, VO₂, VE, VD/VT, PetCO₂, CHO, CO, and SV, all with statistical significance. …”
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Automated Web Tool Measurement of Total Hip Arthroplasty Acetabular Component Inclination and Anteversion Angles by Christine Yoon, BS, Anna Eligulashvili, BS, Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, PhD, Barlas Goker, MD, Eli Kamara, MD, Edward Mardakhaev, MD

“…Differences between manual and web tool measurements were compared with a paired t-test and Bland-Altman analysis. Results: There were no statistically significant differences between the average of manual measurements as compared to the web tool measurement in abduction angle (43.29 ± 7.05 vs 43.00 + 6.22, P = .85), anteversion angle (20.43 ± 7.62 vs 20.82 ± 7.37, P = .52), and ratio of the minor axis of the acetabular cup circumference in the AP radiograph to the total length of the acetabular head (0.42 ± 0.15 vs 0.44 ± 0.15, P = .18). …”
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A Study of Serum Adiponectin Levels in Patients with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and its Correlation with Various Cardiometabolic Risk Markers by G. Surendra Prasad, Uma Kaimal Saikia, Ashok Krishna Bhuyan, Abhamoni Baro

“…Materials and Methods: All the included subjects underwent detailed clinical, biochemical and hormonal evaluation, including lipid profile, 75 g oral glucose tolerance test, fasting serum insulin, fasting serum adiponectin, oxLDL, total testosterone and anti-Mullerian hormone. …”
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A CD36-based prediction model for sepsis-induced myocardial injury by Yun Xie, Hui Lv, Daonan Chen, Peijie Huang, Zhigang Zhou, Ruilan Wang

“…The model’s quality of fit was tested with a P-value of 0.4682, indicating a good degree of discrimination and calibration, as evidenced by the area under the ROC curve (0.7724). …”
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Sistema urbano policéntrico, accesibilidad y “gradientes” demográficos en Extremadura (España) by José Luis Gurría Gascón, José Manuel Sánchez Martín, Enrique Eugenio Ruiz Labrador, Ana María Hernández Carretero

“…En este sentido, Extremadura es un caso paradigmático en España: es una región rural, de interior y fronteriza, que mantiene todavía a la mitad de su población en el medio rural y no tiene ningún municipio abandonado. Esto se debe a un poblamiento más concentrado y a su sistema policéntrico de ciudades, que lo explican básicamente. …”
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Andrographolide prevents acute hyperammonemia-induced motor dysfunction in rats. Evidences for its mechanism of action by Arghya Mukherjee, Santosh Singh

“…Methods: Rotarod and traction test was performed to access the motor function. …”
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Clinical Outcomes in Patients Receiving Originator Follitropin Alfa and Follitropin Alfa Biosimilars in Real-world Clinical Practice: A Retrospective Study by Nayana Hitesh Patel, Niket H. Patel, Molina Niket Patel, Harsha K. Bhadarka, Kairavi Sunilkumar Vyas

“…Statistical Analysis Used: Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were used for analysis. Results: The number of oocytes retrieved from Gonal-f® and biosimilar cohorts were comparable (13.3 vs. 14.4). …”
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Investigating factors influencing utilization of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy among unaccompanied young refugees: an exploratory analysis by Barbara Kasparik, Madina Farani, Elisa Pfeiffer, Cedric Sachser, Rita Rosner

“…In addition, the association between intention to seek MHC and actual utilization was determined using a chi square test. Results The results demonstrated a significant correlation between age (η = 0.25, p <.01), length of stay in Germany (η = 0.28, p <.01), and severity of PTSD symptoms (η = 0.26, p <.01) with intention to use MHC. …”
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Potenciamiento de la comunicación científica con base en sus latitudes y a los factores fundamentales de la virtud by Yesenia Mendoza Villalobos, Javier Tarango, Juan Daniel Machin-Mastromatteo

“…A su vez, con base en dichos elementos de virtud, se detectaron tres latitudes: conocimiento y razón, acciones realizadas, e intencionalidad. El paralelismo entre estos factores de la virtud y latitudes de la comunicación científica puede expresarse de las siguientes maneras: (i) al factor de carácter le corresponde la latitud del conocimiento y la razón, ya que el conocimiento de la ciencia del investigador comprendería manejo de literatura, herramientas, técnicas y métodos; (ii) el hecho moral, como elemento de la virtud, da pie a la latitud de acciones realizadas en cultura científica, comprendiendo el acto investigativo en sí, el trabajo de campo, redacción de artículos y la búsqueda de espacios para la comunicación; y (iii) el elemento de la voluntad, que trae consigo la latitud de la intencionalidad, implica la inclinación e interés del investigador, ya sea motivada por su búsqueda de reconocimiento, logro personal o profesional y posibilita el logro de incentivos para continuar realizando la actividad científica. …”
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Psychometric Validation of the Hepatitis C Symptom and Impact Questionnaire (HCV-SIQv4) in a Diverse Sample of Adults with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Treated with an Inter... by Andrew Trigg, Eric Chan, Helen Kitchen, Tom Willgoss, Kai Fai Ho, Renee Pierson, Jane Scott

“…Reliability was acceptable (test-retest ICC ≥0.7) for most scores except the Gastrointestinal and Integumentary domains. …”
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Prognostic impact of presenting symptoms of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma by Samuel Jun Ming Lim, Ying Hao, George Boon Bee Goh, Jason Pik Eu Chang, Chee Kiat Tan

“…Survival analysis was done by Kaplan–Meier method with log-rank testing. Bivariate Pearson correlation was used to look for any association between duration of symptoms and overall survival. …”
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Evaluating the Correlation between High Titers of Tissue-Transglutaminase Antibody with the Grade of Severity of Villous Atrophy in Syrian Patients with Celiac Disease by A. Alhabbal, I. Abou Khamis

“…Diagnosis of celiac disease depends on the patient’s history and serological tests, and is confirmed by biopsies from the duodenum. …”
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Design and experiment of air-suction drum-type seedling seeder for irregular-shaped vegetable seeds by Yanjun Li, Yunqiang Liu, Yichao Ning, Hongxin Wu, Yaqian Zhao

“…The results show that: the factors affecting the seeding qualification rate in the order of suction air pressure, clearing air pressure and vibration frequency, the optimal parameter combination of suction air pressure 16.0 kPa, clearing air pressure 3.4 kPa, vibration frequency of 50 Hz, in the optimal parameter combination of the sowing test, to get the replanting rate, the rate of empty holes, the qualification rate of the time were 1.4%, 1.7% and 96.9%, respectively.It shows that the performance of this seeder is better adapted, accurate and efficient, and can meet the requirements of irregular-shaped vegetable seeding operation. …”
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Mindfulness-based (non-contact) boxing therapy (MBBT) for depression and anxiety: A feasibility study. by Johny Bozdarov, Brett D M Jones, Madeha Umer, Daniel M Blumberger, Ishrat M Husain

“…MBBT is an instructor-led, manualized, non-contact boxing group-exercise program (delivered in 90 min sessions, twice a week, over 10 weeks) that blends principles of mindfulness, meditation and group therapy. The current study tested the acceptability and feasibility of delivering MBBT to adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).…”
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CLINICAL EVALUATION OF POST TOTAL HIP / KNEE REPLACEMENT IN HIP / KNEE SPINE SYNDROME by Achmad Fachrizal, Komang Agung Irianto

“…Data pasien didapatkan dari Rumah Sakit Orthopaedi dan Traumatologi Surabaya mulai bulan Juni-November 2015. Berdasarkan test paired samples, didapatkan hasil sig 0,001 (< 0,05) pada skor VAS dan sig 0,033 (<0,05) pada skor ODI. …”
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