Assessment of surface roughness and compressive strength of resin-based composite using different types of bleaching protocols. by Hemn Muhssin Suleman

“…Results: The enamel surface roughness of all specimens were increased after bleaching protocols to a very similar extent with no statistically significant difference between the means of enamel roughness of the control group and the other three groups and the highest value was recorded in the Carbamide Peroxide group (CP), while compressive strength of the composite was decreased after using bleaching protocols in all groups in comparision with the control group and the least compressive strength was recorded in (HP) group followed by (HP in-Office) group and (CP) group respectively. …”
Get full text

Trend of skin cancer mortality and years of life lost in China from 2013 to 2021 by Jingyi Li, Jiaqi Zeng, Yuanchao Yang, Biran Huang

“…This study aimed to estimate the mortality trends of skin cancer in China within 2013–2021.MethodsA retrospective analysis of skin cancer deaths within 2013–2021 was performed using the China death cause surveillance dataset compiled by the National Health Commission Statistics Information Center and the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Center. …”
Get full text

Study on clinically manifested reproductive health problems of dairy cows managed under intensive and semi-intensive production systems in Wondo Genet district, Southern Ethiopia by Amene Fekadu, Yifat Denbarga, Tesfaye Belay, Desie Sheferaw, Fufa Abunna, Kebede Amenu, Rahmeto Abebe, Mesele Abera, Berhanu Mekibib

“…Among the considered host and management related risk factors, only presence of previous reproductive disorder had statistically significant association with the occurrence of reproductive disorder (p<0.05). …”
Get full text

ESTIMATED ELECTRICITY BILLING SYSTEM AND ITS EFFECTS ON CONSUMERS IN RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS CENTRES IN WUKARI METROPOLIS, TARABA STATE by Abubakar Ahmadu, Vyonkhen Tanko Nacho

“…Descriptive and inferential statistics like percentages and linear regression were used respectively to address the research questions and test the hypothesis. …”
Get full text

Influence of dual stratification on the magnetohydrodynamic flow of Jeffrey nanofluid over an exponentially stretching permeable sheet with viscous dissipation and Joule heating by M. Siva Sankari, M. Eswara Rao, Fuad A. Awwad, Emad A. A. Ismail, O. D. Makinde, Waris Khan

Get full text

LASSO–MOGAT: a multi-omics graph attention framework for cancer classification by Fadi Alharbi, Aleksandar Vakanski, Murtada K. Elbashir, Mohanad Mohammed

Get full text

Analysing COVID-19 Verified, Recuperate and Death Cases in Ethiopia Using ARIMA Models by Birhanu Betela Warssamo

Get full text

CHALLENGES OF LOCALIZATION OF THE POLICY FRAMEWORK AND NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR PREVENTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA by BEJI GOWAL BEKUMA, JOHN UKAWUILULU

“…Simple descriptive statistics presented in tables using frequency and percentages were used to analyse the quantitative data collected in the study. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of Polymerization Shrinkage and Depth of Cure of Silorane Based Composite Resin and Methacrylate Based Composite Resin (Comparative Study) by Diyar kh Bakr

“…Results: The descriptive statistics for the degree of polymerization shrinkage among three groups cleared that the P90 showed the lowest value for polymerization shrinkage with significant difference among three groups. …”
Get full text

Efficient Handling of Data Imbalance in Health Insurance Fraud Detection Using Meta-Reinforcement Learning by Supriya Seshagiri, K. V. Prema

“…Data imbalance is one of the major challenges in health insurance fraud detection where the distribution of classes within the dataset is significantly skewed, leading statistical models to be biased toward the dominant class. …”
Get full text

Endovascular intervention in patients with blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury: Early results by Hasan Toz, Yusuf Kuserli, Gulsum Turkyilmaz, Saygin Turkyilmaz, Ali Aycan Kavala

“…The most common cause of injury was motor vehicle accidents (81.4%, n=57). No statistically significant difference was found between patients regarding the locations of the landing zones (p&gt;0.05). …”
Get full text

Metabolome profiling dissects the oat (Avena sativa L.) innate immune response to Pseudomonas syringae pathovars. by Chanel J Pretorius, Paul A Steenkamp, Ian A Dubery

“…Chemometric modelling and multivariate statistical analysis indicated time-related metabolic reconfigurations that point to host and nonhost interactions in response to bacterial inoculation/infection. …”
Get full text

Exceeding expectations: A study on human resource management implementation in construction organisations by Munodani Chapano, Chux G. Iwu

“…Collected data were processed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 28, and analysed using descriptive analysis and a one-sample t-test. …”
Get full text

Reduction in Healthcare Resource Utilization Following Treatment With a Home-Based Footworn Device in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Claims Analysis by Josh Mark, Shirley Shema-Shiratzky, Joel Sommer, Tim Nolan, Ganit Segal

“…Data prior to the index date and post-index date were used to monitor changes in HCRU while in treatment. Descriptive statistics, including frequencies, means and standard deviations, were used to present patient characteristics. …”
Get full text

Prevalence of Risk Factors of the Female Athlete Triad among Young Elite Athletes of Pakistan by Jaweria Syed, Anam Jamil, Nazma Namroz, Madiha Shakeel, Ayesha Malik, Sumaira Kanwal, Huma Riaz

“…The data were analyzed using SPSS-20 and descriptive statistics applied. # Results A sample of 60 elite athletes, (23.57 <u>+</u> 2.37 years, BMI 21.97 <u">+</u>1.90) who participated in various sports were included. …”
Get full text

Response to induction chemotherapy as a prognostic indicator in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Francesca Huwyler, Roland Giger, Ruben Bill, Daniel Rauch, Simon Haefliger

“…This effect was not statistically significant in tumors of the oral cavity or oropharynx, where it was only observed as a trend. …”
Get full text

Qualitative and quantitative evaluations of topography for CAD/CAM all ceramic zirconia after different surface treatments by Sazan M. Azeez, Shatha A. Salih

“…While polished specimen appeared smoother and more homogeneity. Statistically significant differences were noted among the experimental groups, in which GB resulted in the highest roughness, GD with the lowest roughness. …”
Get full text

Injury and Illness in Elite Athletics: A Prospective Cohort Study Over Three Seasons by Shane Kelly, Noel Pollock, George Polglass, Ben Clarsen

“…All data pertaining to these records were reviewed and analyzed for sports injury and illness epidemiological descriptive statistics. # Results The average age of the athletes was 24 years for both males and females (24 years, +/- 4). …”
Get full text

Assessment Design And Practices Toward Holistic Learning Of Higher Education Students: Empirical Evidence Via Path Analysis Modelling Approach by Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Esther Adama, Amanda Graf, Kwadwo Adusei-Asante

“…In relation to academic misconduct, students generally perceived invigilated exams to restrain such practices; however, the perceived effect was not statistically significant when compared with alternative assessments (. …”
Get full text

Increase in assisted suicide in Switzerland: did the socioeconomic predictors change? Results from the Swiss National Cohort by Marcel Zwahlen, Nicole Steck, Christoph Junker

Get full text