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The indirect effects analysis showed a trend in the mechanism with which PI is affected as a function of both persuasive appeal and risk perception, indicated by bootstrap regression coefficients at three levels of risk perception (lower, moderate, and higher).

[ 42 ] reviewed surveys compiled from 2008 to 2012 in the Russian Federation, reporting that the average contents of mobile species of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb, Ni, Cr, Hg) were several times lower than the allowed maximum permissible concentrations [ 55 ], and reported a decreasing trend both in the country scale and federal districts scale.

The paper indicated that institutional factors might be significant, as they contributed to a situation in which physicians who personally approved of abortion did not perform the procedure in hospitals where they worked [ 32 ].

NO 2 reacts with VOCs to produce O 3 , resulting in a decreasing trend at all three stations.

The NO 2 concentration shows an increasing trend from 04:00–8:00 at the two roadside stations (HS and JY) because of traffic emissions.

Driven by rapid urbanization, the spatial pattern of ecosystem health shows an increasing trend from the urban areas to the surrounding areas.

There is also a clear trend of higher Al concentrations in the lower (older) leaves.

The water discharge into the Yellow River initially showed a decreasing trend but then increased from 1990 to 2016.

UK’s national statistics data found that there is overall an increasing trend of 1.6%.

The results indicate that from 2005 to 2020, Jiangsu’s ACEs showed a decreasing trend, with an average annual decrease of 0.32%, while agricultural carbon emission density (ACED) showed an increasing trend, with an average annual increase of 0.16%.

The second was whether ER and hospital inpatient service utilization showed a decreasing or an increasing trend with an increase in the total number of outpatient visits.

Trend Test of Association between Outpatient Visits Types and ER or Hospital Inpatient Services Utilization There are two main trend findings, as follows: firstly, a decreasing trend in the number of hospitalizations, and secondly, an increasing trend in the chance of ER visits with the number of total outpatient visits.

Overall, the total ESV showed a decreasing trend. 3.3.

This study observes an increasing trend in the number and frequency of papers on vulnerability in the Himalayan region because only seven (7) papers were published during the first period (from 1994 to 2011), while fifty-two (52) of them were published in the last nine years (2012–2021) ( Figure 4 ).

The increase in non-vegetated areas in Tocantins in these last ten years has been an important trend shown by the Brazil MapBiomas platform, with native vegetation being replaced mainly by areas of agriculture, livestock and urban infrastructure (MapBiomas, 2021).

Both comparisons are at the limit of significance.

Statistical significance of differences between the compared means was assumed at p < 0.05, and probabilities at p < 0.01 were considered highly significant. 3.

The strength of their internal logical association is an increasing trend.

The research result is theoretically and practically significant for both China and other countries or regions worldwide when formulating environmental regulations and their implementation. 2.

In addition, the ratio of the trunk flexion/extension strength of peak torque showed a decreasing trend, whereas that of work and average power did not change significantly following PT.

In the past 20 years, energy consumption for human activity and economic development in the YRB has been relatively large, showing an overall trend of fluctuating growth. 3.1.2.

Based on a confidence level of 0.05, the Mann-Kendall test results were divided into nine grades: extremely significant increase, significant increase, slight increase, insignificant increase, no change, insignificant decrease, slight decrease, significant decrease and extremely significant decrease.

ET showed an increasing trend in the most regions of Ningxia, accounting for 96.58% of the total area ( Table 1 and Figure 6 ).

The unnecessary use of a single dose of intravenous antibiotics, especially a third-generation cephalosporin (ceftriaxone), is a worrying trend since these should be reserved for complicated UTIs [ 51 ].

All four groups show a slight trend of increasing average SUHI intensity through time.