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Given the close relevance of environmental regulation intensity with competition for economic resources and selection of business location and its potential influence on how innovation is made in and around the region [ 18 ], in the context of a multitask principle-agent system, what are the local government environmental regulation policy which are ultimately interlinked with competitive strategies? Further, it will be quite significant to ascertain whether environmental regulation policy competition affects the innovative capability of the region itself and other regions or not?

The RLGIL significantly varied among provinces, but displayed an overall trend of steady development.

The time trend analysis revealed an increasing trend over the years in the number of articles on sevoflurane, possibly due to its increasing use linked to its advantageous properties over other halogenated anaesthetic gases.

Intrinsic motives independently predicted increased mental wellbeing at Time 1 and 2 and approached significance at Time 3 and 4.

It has a relatively developed economy and a majority of the young and middle-aged population, so the aging phenomenon shows a decreasing trend year by year.

The spatial distribution showed a trend of high south and low north.

For distances greater than 1400 metres, girls exhibit no tendency to walk, but boys continue to walk despite a decreasing trend.

The cumulative contribution of EI effect to the reduction of CE in the manufacturing sector continues to increase from 2010–2018, followed by a decreasing trend from 2019–2020.

The services sector is similar to the construction sector in that both sectors show an increasing trend in their annual contribution to the reduction of CE over time.

The annual average concentrations of SO 2 and CO showed a trend similar to that of PM 10 , and both showed a decreasing trend.

Near to significance higher concentration of Cd and significantly higher Pb in the serum of COPD patients without therapy with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) compared to those with ICS was found (0.4330 ± 0.1135 μg/L vs. 0.3687 ± 0.1017 μg/L, p = 0.054 for Cd, and 0.0811 ± 0.0166 μg/L vs. 0.0707 ± 0.0129 μg/L, p = 0.025 for Pb).

When evaluating the entire study period, the highest prevalence of use in pediatric patients was observed in Group J, albeit with a decreasing trend (with the proportion of patients with at least one prescription in a year ranging from 63.0% in 2008 to 48.2% in 2018), followed by Group A, showing an increasing trend (range from 12.9% in 2008 to 23.4% in 2018, with a maximum of 25.3% in 2016).

Model (3) shows that the coefficient of financial agglomeration is 0.073 and is highly significant.

In the same dynamic, only G-Int showed a trend to an improved selective inhibitory control over impulsive reactions in the Simon task at Post1.

Most metal(loid) contents in the mosses showed an increasing trend from the northeast low-altitude area to the southwest high-altitude area, while As, Co, V, Ni, Cr, and Zn in soil decreased significantly with altitude and were enriched near the service areas and the highway.

However, the mean value equal to 0.24 (the highest value among the domains) and the quartile values (the first one is 0 and the third one is equal to 1) indicate that difficulties with preparing game meat may be significant for many people.

In Portugal, population-wise, most deaths including those caused by conditions needing palliative care take place in hospital (61.9%), with an increasing trend over the years.

For both species, there was a slight trend for an increase in the tissues water content, but this was not statistically significant ( C. fluminea : F 4, 20 = 1.830, p = 0.163; C. edule : F 4, 20 = 2.689, p = 0.061).

The observed values appear not to be significantly relevant due to their small magnitude (1.55 each PhA angle), but it can be determined that slight increases in patients with a low VO 2peak (mean of 15.3 ± 4) may be significant as a health improvement.

We do not have any recovery data extending the 30-min observation period, perhaps after an hour or two there might be significant changes.

The confidence interval indicates this association is partially significant.

The response of TD to its own shocks showed a decreasing trend, and the impact intensity was 0.0065 in period 0, and then gradually decreased.

For example, the carbon emission intensity of Chinese cities shows a decreasing trend, which is more prominent in the south-central and eastern cities [ 8 ].

[ 15 ] found a borderline significant protective effect for children aged 12–23 months compared to children aged less than 12 months, and Tran et al.

(2) The suitability of the human environment in urban areas is better than that in non-urban areas and shows a decreasing trend from the south to the north circle.