C.E. Credit. Assessment of Pre-Doctoral Dental Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs of HPV-Related Diseases and Vaccination Trends by Andrew Halverson, Mark Mintline, Fanglong Dong, Elizabeth Andrews

“…Statistical analyses were conducted utilizing two-sided Crosstab Chi-square tests assessing pre- and post-survey responses. P-value <.05 was considered to be statistically significant.Results Knowledge levels of HPV-related diseases varied amongst cohorts, but improved post – intervention. …”
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Complete transurethral resection of bladder tumor before radical cystectomy is not a risk factor for organ-confined bladder cancer: A case-control study by Xiaoxu Yuan, Mingkun Chen, Jing Yang, Yunlin Ye

“…Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank tests assessed disease-free survival (DFS). Logistic and Cox regression analyses were performed to identify potential predictors. …”
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Exploratory factor analysis for cybersecurity regulation and consumer data in autonomous vehicle acceptance: Insights from four OECD countries by Shah Khalid Khan, Nirajan Shiwakoti, Peter Stasinopoulos, Yilun Chen, Matthew Warren

“…Correlation analysis further explored the relationships between these constructs, while Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis H tests assessed the significance of differences across participant groups.The empirical findings indicate that 80% of respondents agreed on the necessity of cybersecurity regulation for AV operations, with 67% perceiving it as a means to enhance AV safety. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and use of mHealth technology among students in Ghana: A university-based survey by Prince Peprah, Emmanuel Mawuli Abalo, Williams Agyemang-Duah, Razak M Gyasi, Okwei Reforce, Julius Nyonyo, Godfred Amankwaa, Jones Amoako, Paulinus Kaaratoore

“…Pearson’s Chi-square (χ 2) test assessed the differences between variables whilst  logistic regression models estimated the independent predictors of use of mHealth with p < 0.05 as significant. …”
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Community-based management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Nepal-Designing and implementing a training program for Female Community Health Volunteers. by Tara Ballav Adhikari, Bishal Gyawali, Anupa Rijal, Abhishek Sapkota, Marieann Högman, Arjun Karki, Torben Sigsgaard, Dinesh Neupane, Per Kallestrup

“…The findings of the pre- and post- test assessments showed a significant improvement in FCHVs' COPD-related knowledge from a median (interquartile range) score of 12 (3-16) before to 21 (21-22) (p<0.001) after the training program. …”
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Age-Friendly Research: promoting inclusion of older adults in clinical and translational research by Bryanna De Lima, Allison Lindauer, Elizabeth Eckstrom

“…Wilcoxon signed-rank tests assessed differences in confidence scores. Results: Self-reported confidence scores improved after the webinar series. …”
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Virtual reality and augmented reality in medical education: an umbrella review by Talia Tene, Diego Fabián Vique López, Paulina Elizabeth Valverde Aguirre, Luz María Orna Puente, Cristian Vacacela Gomez

“…Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were employed to analyze the data, supplemented by the Fisher test for small sample sizes or specific conditions.AnalysisThe analysis involved cross-tabulating the stages of work (Development and Testing, Results, Evaluated) and variables of interest (Performance, Engagement, Performance and Engagement, Effectiveness, no evaluated) against the types of technologies used. Chi-square tests assessed the associations between these categorical variables.ResultsA total of 28 studies were included, with the majority reporting increased or positive effects from the use of immersive technologies. …”
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Analysis of Bank Health Before and After the Implementation of Pernyataan Standar Akuntansi Keuangan (PSAK) 71 by Wulan Dwi Antari, Triana Anggraini, Reni Rosita*

“…Using a non-parametric test namely, the Wilcoxon rank sign range test, assessed by the SPSS v.22. Bank soundness level is measured using Risk Profile, Good Corporate Governance, Earnings, and Capital (RGEC). …”
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Randomised controlled trial of the effects of kefir on behaviour, sleep and the microbiome in children with ADHD: a study protocol by Philippa Fibert, Paul D Cotter, Alice M Gregory, Kate Lawrence, Kyriaki Myrissa, Jemima Hobbs, Miguel A Toribio-Mateas, Frits Quadt

“…Secondary outcomes will include gut microbiota composition (using shotgun metagenomic microbiome sequencing), gut symptomatology (The Gastrointestinal Severity Index questionnaire), sleep (using 7-day actigraphy recordings, The Child’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire and Sleep Self Report questionnaire), inattention and impulsivity (with a computerised Go/NoGo test). Assessments will be conducted prior to the intervention and at the end of the intervention. …”
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Effects of Velocity-Based versus Percentage-Based Resistance Training on Explosive Neuromuscular Adaptations and Anaerobic Power in Sport-College Female Basketball Players by Mingyang Zhang, Duanying Li, Jiaxin He, Xingyue Liang, Dongyu Li, Wenfeng Song, Shicong Ding, Jie Shu, Xiaoning Sun, Jian Sun

“…The T-30m sprint time, relative power of countermovement jump (RP-CMJ), and Wingate test were evaluated. The Wingate test assessed peak power (PP), mean power (MP), fatigue index (FI), maximal velocity (Vmax), and total work (TW). …”
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Silver Nanoparticles Impair Cognitive Functions and Modify the Hippocampal Level of Neurotransmitters in a Coating-Dependent Manner by Katarzyna Dziendzikowska, Małgorzata Węsierska, Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska, Jacek Wilczak, Michał Oczkowski, Sylwia Męczyńska-Wielgosz, Marcin Kruszewski

“…In the retrieval test assessing long-term memory, only rats from AgNPs(Cit) and Ctrl groups showed memory maintenance. …”
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Race and Ethnicity Impacts Overall Survival of Patients with Appendiceal Cancer Who Undergo Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy by Devon C. Freudenberger, Vignesh Vudatha, Luke G. Wolfe, Andrea N. Riner, Kelly M. Herremans, Brian K. Sparkman, Leopoldo J. Fernandez, Jose G. Trevino

“…Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and Log-rank tests assessed differences in overall survival (OS). Cox Multivariate Regression evaluated factors associated with OS. …”
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Advancing Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training in Medical Schools: Ultrasound-Guided Subclavian Vein Access Training Using Formalin-Embalmed Cadavers by Bosten A. Loveless, BS, Maxton W. Muir, BA, Abigail L. Limov, BS, Alexa R. Fritsch, BS, Rebecca J. Thomas, BS, Taylor J. Yancey, BS, Chad J. Skidmore, BS, Isain Zapata, PhD, Andrew D. Nigh, MD, Nena Lundgreen Mason, PhD

“…Twenty-three of the 25 participants were able to successfully complete the skills testing assessment. CONCLUSIONS:. The formalin-embalmed cadaver can be a readily available and effective learning tool for medical education programs seeking to provide training opportunities in ultrasound-guided clinical procedures. …”
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Patterns of Mentally Active versus Passive Sedentary Behavior in Adults: Post-COVID-19 Insights by Daliya S. Alobaid, Abdullah B. Alansare

“…Adjusted ANCOVA on Ranks tests assessed differences between mentally active and mentally passive SB during the day, on weekdays, and weekend days. …”
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Assessment of Thermochromic Packaging Prints’ Resistance to UV Radiation and Various Chemical Agents by Sonja Jamnicki Hanzer, Rahela Kulčar, Marina Vukoje, Ana Marošević Dolovski

“…Hence, two thermochromic inks with different activation temperatures (one being cold and the other being body-heat activated), printed on two food packaging label papers that differ in their surface properties were chosen to be tested. Assessment of their resistance to specific chemical agents was performed according to the procedure described in the ISO 2836:2021 standard. …”
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Men’s Health Research versus Andrology—Defining the Division and Closing the Divide by Vivian W.L. Tsang, Richard J. Wassersug, PhD

“…A sample of 30 terms that directly or indirectly related to sex and gender were searched in Google Scholar and the ratios of each term’s appearance within the literature for the two disciplines was recorded. Chi-squared tests assessed the statistical differences between the usage of each term in the two fields. …”
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White matter abnormalities are associated with the declined ability of reasoning and problem‐solving in major depressive disorder by Ruihua Ma, Yang Luo, Sijia Liu, Xuan Wang, Hua Guo, Meng Zhao, Nan Chen, Panqi Liu, Jing Shi, Yingna Li, Yunlong Tan, Shuping Tan, Fude Yang, Li Tian, Zhiren Wang

“…We hypothesized that the maze tests in neuropsychological tests assessed reasoning and problem‐solving abilities dependent on the integrity of brain white matter fibers, and assessed this relationship using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in depressed patients and healthy controls. …”
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Assessment of eHealth literacy to reduce financial toxicity and improve shared decision-making in cancer patients: A cross-sectional study by Richard Huan Xu, Ling-ling Wang, Ling-ming Zhou, Eliza Lai-yi Wong, Dong Wang

“…Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Kruskal–Wallis H test assessed the differences between population subgroups. …”
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Re-examining the relationship between measures of static and dynamic balance among young adults by Adriana Duquette, Micheline Senia, Paula van Wyk, Joseph Baker, Kate Paquin, Sean Horton

“…A Spearman’s rank-order correlation test, assessing the relationship between the results, revealed significant weak to moderate correlations. …”
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355 Connecting computational models of reading to the brain in post-stroke alexia by Ryan Staples, Andrew DeMarco, Peter Turkeltaub

“…These deficits are measured with cognitive tests assessing the intactness of mappings between representations. …”
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