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This finding indicates that although covitality scores reported by the intervention group were not statistically significant, they are practically significant in driving socially valid intervention and evaluation efforts in real-world settings.

As shown in Figure 3 , there was a decreasing trend in PM concentration from the 150th to the 250th day, which was approximately from May to August.

The result showed that the air particulate matter and its chemical components in Xinxiang City were higher in winter as compared to other seasons with an overall trend of winter > spring > autumn > summer.

This study also revealed this to be true, ( F (5,184) = 11.33, p < 0.001, adjusted R 2 = 0.22, R 2 change = 0.02; ß = 0.16, p = 0.02), however, the relationships were partially, but significantly, mediated by parental and partner communication, with highly significant pathways and a significant overall Sobel test statistic.

workers, observed that hearing threshold differences of workers who reported “never” versus “always” wearing hearing protection was marginally significant.

Intuitively, from 2011 to 2018, the overall development of the manufacturing industry in nine cities showed an increasing trend year by year, while the change of green development showed a wave dynamic trend.

A meta-analysis published in 2019 [ 53 ] assessed the strength and direction (increase or decrease) of association between adverse life events such as maltreatment, natural disasters, accidents, domestic violence, etc., and hair cortisol, concluding that there is small to moderately significant association between the two and the strength and direction was dependent on the timing and type of the adverse event.

Spatial Distribution of Ecosystem Services and Analysis of Cold and Hot Spots As shown in Figure 4 , the overall gas regulation showed a decreasing trend from northeast to southwest to the central part, and the spatial distribution of high-value area was consistent with that of forest land.

[ 24 ] noted that stringency has exhibited an increasing trend in OECD countries over the last two decades.

A previous study demonstrated that the TT genotype of rs1137070 was associated with depression in females with only marginal significance in males [ 17 ].

Results from these case studies warrant further investigation and may be significant enough to stimulate innovative curriculum design.

Analysing these figures, a negative trend can be noted regarding the word democracy (“ democracia ”) (see Figure 4 a), probably as a result of the social problems associated with the dramatic reduction in the fundamental rights caused by the successive restrictions imposed by the government.

As for the word sentiment values, some of them exhibit fluctuations over time, therefore missing a clear trend towards positive or negative value regions.

The birth rate was 19.6%, already showing a decreasing trend, while the mortality rate was 11%.

No significant trend has been identified regarding UVR, despite a slight trend towards decrease.

COVID-19 has an average transmissibility like other existing infectious diseases, but a therapeutic drug has not been developed so far; thus, it continues to infect people with an increasing trend [ 1 ].

It can be seen that both in the EU and Romania, there is an increasing trend regarding workplaces and work accidents.

Inverse associations of selenium and FVC, and positive associations of selenium with FEV1:FVC were consistent in analyses using liters/second and those using percent predicted pulmonary function as well, although in both analyses, the positive association with FEV1:FVC was of only borderline significance.

The Pearson’s product moment correlation between (i) the provincial changes in opioid dispensing (2011–2018) and the average percentage of fentanyl of the opioid-related fatality total (2016–2019) was −0.70 ( t = 2.75, df = 8, p = 0.03); the corresponding correlation between (ii) the province-based changes in opioid dispensing (peak year to 2018) and the average percentage of fentanyl of the opioid-related fatality total (2016–2019) was −0.59 ( t = −2.06, df = 8, p = 0.07), indicating significant and near-significant results, respectively (see Figure 2 for corresponding scatterplots). 4.

A residual confounding may also be present, and it may be significant in cohort studies as, for example, some studies determined sunlight exposure only at baseline and/or at the end of the study.

U F k or U B k values greater than 0 indicate an increasing trend; in contrast, U F k or U B k values smaller than 0 indicate a decreasing trend.

There was an increasing trend between a worse sleep pattern and the risk of hypertension.

We observed a decreasing trend: the mean ± SD Kendall’s τ was −0.273 ± 0.12 for TT1, −0.499 ± 0.22 for TT2, −0.138 ± 0.25 for TT3, and −0.507 ± 0.24 for TT4.

(3) The steady burning rate shows a decreasing trend with the slope.

Thus, the relationship between educational attainment and obesity might be significant if the college major were considered as a measure of educational attainment.