ADAPTING TO A CHANGING WORLD: STRATEGIES FOR MITIGATING THE GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE by FRANK FUNKEYE SAPELE, AKUMKA JOSEPH YABAYANZE, KANYINSOLA AZEEZ

“…Major findings showed that environmental degradation, desertification caused by climate change had greatly stunted agricultural production and government rules universally; climate change has increased food uncertainty, poor statistical analysis and implementation by government. …”
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Effect of Work-Related Stress on Employee's Performance among Construction Professionals in Julius Berger PLC, Abuja, Nigeria by Waziri Babamaaji Goodnews, Kabiru Jinjiri Ringim, Halima Shuaibu

“…Data collected from the study were analysed using descriptive statistics. SPSS 20 was used to analyze the data. The study reveaked that the total work related stress reduces performance among all the construction professionals in a medium effect (r = +0.356). …”
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Vertical marginal gap evaluation of PEEK and Zirconia crowns using extra-oral scanner and CAD/CAM systems (An Invitro study). by Raz Ali Aula, Jawad Mohammed Mikaeel

“…Results: The average (mean) for the marginal gap of proximal, buccal and lingual surfaces of both PEEK, and zirconia materials were: 409.097 μm, 112.869 μm, 198.563 μm, for PEEK and, 105.085 μm, 27.659 μm, 45.135 μm for zirconia respectively. Statistical analysis using t-test for two independent samples revealed that PEEK material showed a significantly higher marginal gap than z. irconia material. …”
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Functional Outcome of Surgical Management of Mid-diaphyseal Clavicle Fractures Treated by Plate Osteosynthesis by Selvaraj Ramalingam, K. Arvind Kumar, V. Dhivaakar, M. S. Santhosh

“…Results: Out of 30 patients treated, overall excellent to good outcomes were obtained in 26 patients. No statistical significance was noted between age, sex, mode of injury, and different method of fixation on functional outcome. …”
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Effect of 940 nm Diode Laser Irradiation and Dentin Bonding Agent on Permeability of Furcation Area in Primary Molars by Mohammad Atif, Nitesh Tewari, Vijay P. Mathur, Kalpana Bansal, Morankar Rahul

“…Reduction in permeability was observed in Group 3 Laser group (LG) but this was not statistically significant (P = 0.197). Scanning electron microscope revealed open dentinal tubules in Group 1. …”
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The role of candidate genetic polymorphisms in covid-19 susceptibility and outcomes by Anthony Yazbeck, Reem Akika, Zainab Awada, Nathalie K. Zgheib

“…Results In this study, there were no statistically significant differences in the frequencies of candidate variant alleles between cases, controls and within disease outcomes subgroups, after adjustment for confounders. …”
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Comparison of canal transportation and centering ability of three different endodontic rotary systems (an invitro study) by Shakhawan Kadir Kadir

“…The difference in transportation between the ProTaper Gold and ProTaper Next systems was not statistically significant differences (P > 0.05) while between ProTaper Gold and 2 shape and between ProTaper Next and 2 shape were significant differences (P < 0.05). …”
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Prediction of High-ozone Events Using GAM, SMOTE, and Tail Dependence Approaches in Texas (2005–2019) by Benjamin Brown-Steiner, Xiong Zhou, Matthew J. Alvarado, Brook T. Russell

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Gender similarities in high school mathematics: affective and cognitive aspects by Negasi Hagos Tekola, Dawit Asrat Getahun, Hailu Hagos

“…Data gathering tools had acceptable reliability coefficients; 0.80 for teacher affective support scale and 0.93 for mathematics self-efficacy scale. Descriptive statistics and independent samples t-test were used to analyze the data. …”
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Adverse childhood experiences and elder abuse victimization nexus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Kofi Awuviry-Newton, Bernadette Saunders, Nestor Asiamah, Kwamina Abekah-Carter, Daniel Doh

“…Pooled ORs and CIs showed statistically significant results for all ACEs and EAVs associations whether in singular or multiple form. …”
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Practice Patterns for N-acetylcysteine Dosing for Acetaminophen Toxicity in the United States by Michael Thomas, Christopher Edwards, Amanda Dunlap

“…The survey was open for 4 weeks with several reminder e-mails sent to non-responders. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data. Results: There were 119 responses (9.2% response rate). …”
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Unilateral baseball pitching: morphological and functional adaptations in the neck muscles by Leila Rahnama, Ceren Acik, Christine Dy, Stefan Keslacy

“…Controls showed more bilateral differences in muscle stiffness in the splenius capitis and the semispinalis cervicis, although statistical asymmetry was not demonstrated.ConclusionThe cervical multifidus muscles showed bilateral symmetry despite the unilateral throwing motion in baseball pitching. …”
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Do Pathologic Fractures in Long Bone Following Bony Malignancy Increase the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism? A Comparative Study by Sanjay Kumar Rai, Tej Pratap Gupta, Bhavya Sirohi, Surbhi Rajauria, Nitish Khandelwal

“…Results: There were 12 patients (17.64%) in the study group and 8 (5.71%) patients in the control group that developed DVT after performing risk ratio and Student’s t-test and calculating odds ratio (P < 0.031). There was a statistically significant correlation found between the development of DVT with the type of implant used, the presence of neoplastic lesions, and the presence of metastases. …”
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THE ROLE OF (ECONOMIC) INSTITUTIONS IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Amra Babajić, Mirnesa Baraković-Nurikić

“…Correlation analysis confirmed a positive relationship between FDI and Voice and Accountability and a negative relationship between FDI and Rule of Law, while linear regression indicates that only Rule of Law has a statistically significant and positive impact on FDI in BiH. …”
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EVALUATING LOYALTY IN SOUTH AFRICA’S HOTEL INDUSTRY: THE EFFECT OF SERVICE QUALITY AND BRAND EQUITY by Sharmila Ragunanan, Michael C. Cant, Johannes A. Wiid

“…The findings revealed a statistically significant effect of service quality and brand equity on customer loyalty.  …”
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Prevalence of Depression and Burnout among Family Medicine Residents in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia by Alaa AlNahedh, Asma BinRusayyis, Mohamad Al-Tannir, Isamme AlFayyad

“…The survey included the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-9 to assess burnout and depression. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize participants' characteristics, and regression model was developed to explore predictors of burnout and depression…”
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Perturbative Stability and Error-Correction Thresholds of Quantum Codes by Yaodong Li, Nicholas O’Dea, Vedika Khemani

“…We connect the two notions of stability by constructing classical statistical mechanics models for decoding general Calderbank-Shor-Steane codes and classical linear codes. …”
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Assessing Professionalism among First Year Medical Students through Professionalism Assessment Tool by Nabiha Farasat Khan, Muhammad Saeed, Ruksana Majid

“…Thirty four percent (68/200) demonstrated only the basic level of critical thinking and only 10 students (5%) demonstrated the higher cognitive level. Overall, statistically significant results were observed at items number 3 and 1 (p-<.001) of domain 3 and 4 respectively (empathizing to the situations of others and actively and productively participating in the profession respectively) Conclusion: Students of 1st year MBBS demonstrate positive attitude towards professionalism. …”
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An Automated Clinical Laboratory Decision Support System for Test Utilization, Medical Necessity Verification, and Payment Processing by Safedin Beqaj, Rojeet Shrestha, Tim Hamill

“…In addition, many ordered tests are not reimbursed by Medicare because they are inappropriate for the medical condition or were ordered with the incorrect International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision diagnostic code, not meeting the medical necessity. …”
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Relationship between weather parameters and risk of exertional heat injuries during military training by Beng Hoong Poon, Alexander Wilhelm Gorny, Kaiyuan Zheng, Wee Kiong Cheong

“…Conclusion: Integrating the data from the SAF and MSS demonstrated that a dew-point temperature ≥25.1°C on D correlates statistically with the risk of EHI on D + 1 and could be used to supplement the risk mitigation system.…”
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