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The CIR generally showed a decreasing trend followed by an increasing trend (AAPC = 0.6).

The urge to win and play created a sense of rushing attitude among athletes with an increasing trend of eSport prevalence.

However, an inspection of the scales’ distributions ( Figure 3 ) reveals that, while there is an overall trend of scores being slightly higher for the respondents who tested positive for COVID-19, the difference is far from striking, and it is especially small for the SIDAS score. 3.4.

In general, the abundance of the trace elements in urban sites with a decreasing trend in PM 2.5 was: Al, Fe > Ba > Zn > V > Cu > Cr > Pb, Ni > Sb > Mn > Mo > Sr > As > Rb > Li, Co > U; whereas the trend in PM 10 was: Al > Fe > Zn > Cu, Ba > Pb, V > Mn, Sb > Sr, Cr > Ni > Mo > Rb > As > Li > Co > U.

For instance, studies on AL have suggested that cultural issues might be significant since different societies can tolerate authority differently, and AL may also have different popularity in different cultures.

Descriptive Statistics Health expenditures in China showed a trend of continuous growth in our analysis.

The sustainable increasing trend of THEE as a share of GDP in China is different from the global trend, which has shown a decreasing trend since 2016.

Although the Chinese government has offered much propaganda and policy guidance in recent years, there is still no significant improvement in the area of breastfeeding and, in fact, there is a decreasing trend in pertinent knowledge and practice of breastfeeding in China.

[ 83 ] found an increasing trend in sedentary time among college students over the last decade, with an average of 9.82 h per day measured by accelerometers.

In addition, the effects of two follow-up durations on PA were significantly different, while the difference between the two intervention durations’ effects was marginally significant.

However, there was a contrasting pattern, especially between 1500–3000 m, where the K’ value showed an increasing trend.

Various studies have used focus group or individual semi-structured interviews to examine students’ perceptions of newly developed teaching and learning activities and generated results that are conceptually and practically significant [ 67 , 68 ].

Studies have shown that the detection rate of psychological symptoms among Chinese university students has revealed a decreasing trend year by year, and the incidence of problems including suicidal behavior, depression, and anxiety has been decreasing, which is closely related to the emphasis on mental health education for university students in recent years [ 35 ].

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.

There was also a decreasing trend in the proportion of cases involving benefits for medical treatment, but this was not linear.

The significance level at 0.05 and the marginal significance level was set at 0.10. 5.

The percentage of Internet usage showed an increasing trend, from 29.9% in 2014 to 53.1% in 2018.

In terms of the area occupied by each soil class ( Table 3 ), with an increase in the erosion class, the area occupied by each class shows a decreasing trend.

The area proportion (AP) occupied by slight erosion (LE) shows an increasing trend.

(2021) [ 16 ], SampEn in the ML direction almost reached statistical significance between the ASD and TD groups.

Introduction Diabetes affects almost half a billion people worldwide, accounting for more than 10.5% of the adult population and an increasing trend is anticipated to continue, posing a serious danger to global health [ 1 ].

As for education, there was a clear trend towards more OTC medication use among parents with an undergraduate education.

With the extension of incubation time, NH 4 + -N content showed a trend of gradual decline, while NO 3 − -N content increased ( Figure 1 d,e). 3.2.