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In addition, cities with a decreasing trend in carbon intensity were mainly located in the south, while cities with an increasing trend were mainly located in the north.

An increasing trend in the number of terminations was observed both in Poland and in the United Kingdom.

Independently of the supplement taken, mature mDCs showed a decreasing trend between the test one hour after and 24 h after testing ended.

Vaginal delivery showed a trend toward more MOM feeding at discharge, but did not reach statistical significance ( Table 3 ). 3.

However, in other parts of the world, particularly Asian countries with traditionally low obesity prevalence, an increasing trend in obesity prevalence has become apparent only in recent decades [ 9 , 12 ].

However, the PM 2.5 switched to a slightly increasing trend from 2019.

Nowadays there is an increasing trend towards the use of natural antioxidants obtained from spices and herb extracts in food products, including bakery ones, to reduce the formation of AA in these foods due to the fact that the consumers are demanding natural foods without preservatives.

A decreasing trend was observed in both estimates from 2014 to 2017.

A positive trend was documented from 1990 to 2017, and dengue rates increased by an average of 64% per year (AAPC = 64%, 95% CI 44–87%).

As cord serum MBP level increased, a decreasing trend of cord serum TSH in newborns was also observed ( Figure 1 ). 3.5.

Muscle oxygen saturation (% SmO2) during reported muscle strength exercises showed a decreasing trend after a muscle strength protocol; that is, before the protocol (range = 68.07–77.9%) and after (range = 9.50–46.09%).

The results show that: (1) From 1978 to 2018, agricultural drought vulnerability showed a decreasing trend in China with more less vulnerable to mildly vulnerable cities, and less highly vulnerable cities.

We found 0.22, 0.17, and 0.20 as the measurement of a non-linear relationship between COVID-19 case fatality and the number of physicians, nurses and midwives, and hospital beds and these relationships are highly significant with a p -value less than 0.001.

In both cases, the evolution of the mean height of the recruits conscripted in the region shows a clear trend towards stagnation, with annual growth rates of −0.01 and 0.01, respectively.

Projections of mortality under different climate change scenarios in China also estimate increasing trends in heat-related excess mortality for mental disorders but a decreasing trend in cold-related excess mortality [ 59 ]. 3.3.4.

In addition, it can be seen from Table 2 that with the increase in θ , the total profit of the collection center has shown an increasing trend; this is mainly because more and more consumers will choose online recycling channels to recycle their e-waste, so the increase in total collective quantity will increase the profit of collection centers.

Variables that were significant (or borderline significant) in the univariate models were included in the multivariate regression model.

Over this period, a decreasing trend was observed in the greenhouse construction incidence rate but with fluctuations.

The number of synchronization times in the three cities show a positive trend concerning the density of the transit network in Figure 6 .

According to data provided by the Portuguese Directorate-General of Health in the scope of the report of the 2nd European survey on the prevention program for infection control in 2017, the prevalence of HAIs in Portugal was around 7.8%, showing a decreasing trend since 2012 [ 24 , 25 ].

The MMTs in Australia, Brazil and the United Kingdom showed a decreasing trend between around 1990 and around 2010, from 17.2–27.4 °C in the first year to 16.3–24.8 °C in the last year [ 39 ], indicating that the mortality attribute to cold would decline with time.

As for the indicators related to change in value proposition, a negative trend or disagreement was observed in the two indicators: introduction of new products or services (M = 1.36) and reduction in the number of products or services (M =1.82).

The authors were able to find a statistically borderline significant association between Rossella Brescia and endometriosis related web searches.

One study presented partially significant results when exposure and outcome were analyzed cross-sectionally but not longitudinally [ 50 ], which only lends support to the notion that concurrent nature exposure has a beneficial effect.

Productivity continues to show a negative trend, investments are at only 80% of the pre-crisis average and the unemployment rate is one of the lowest by international standards while the Italian public debt/GDP ratio is the third-highest among the OECD countries [ 17 , 18 ].