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(2) In terms of temporal differences, the combined scores of “production, living and ecological” environmental quality of the 285 cities in the study period show a decreasing trend, and the contribution of the PLE subsystem scores are, in descending order, production environmental quality > living environmental quality > ecological environmental quality.

The differences within the four major zones of the country are higher than those between the four major zones, and the differences within the zones show an increasing trend year by year.

A study indicated that the polypharmacy trend among older adults in Japan declined from 2013 to 2016, following an increasing trend from 2010 to 2013 [ 2 ].

Catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) activity showed a positive trend followed by a negative decline, while superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity significantly increased with increasing levels of Pb exposure stress.

In all treatment groups, the accumulation of Pb in plant organs showed a trend of root > stem > leaf, and Pb accumulation reached 81.31%~86.69% in the root.

paniculata proportionally increased with Pb stress concentration ( Table 3 ), and there was an overall trend of root > stem > leaf in the plant tissues.

A negative trend was also observed in n-PFOS and ∑PFOS ( p for trend < 0.05).

As our previous study, low-dose PFOA and PFOS might present a hormesis-effect, which shows a positive trend on cognitive function [ 26 ].

In the first months of the pandemic, significant peaks in contagion cases were observed due to the rapid spread of the virus and the lack of effective control measures, with an increasing trend from March to October 2020. 193 infected people were registered in March, while in October, there was an increase of 90.5% in seven months, reaching a total of 17,662 infected people.

In fact, the health effect estimates of PM in Seoul showed temporal heterogeneity, with a decreasing trend in recent years [ 18 , 19 ].

All q-values of POPD(X 1 ) and GDPD(X 2 ) showed a decreasing trend in the urbanization subsystem.

Meta-Regression Analysis of VR-Based Exposure Therapy Sessions The meta-analysis showed a trend in the dose–response relationship, but there was no significant dose effect ( p = 0.159) ( Figure 5 ), which indicated that more therapy sessions could not yield larger effect sizes. 4.

The northwest region of the YRB showed a trend of supply exceeding demand, while the southeast region of YRB showed a trend of demand exceeding supply.

Analysis of Influencing Factors on Green-Biased Technical Change in Chinese Agriculture According to previous findings, the agricultural production in China shows an evident trend of capital substituting for labor and land.

In general, the substitution effect of desirable output on undesirable output at the national level is slightly stronger and the advantage is not immediately apparent, but there has been a positive trend over the recent few years.

Regarding the capital–labor and capital–land combinations, the eastern, central, and western regions show a clear trend of capital substituting for labor and land.

The SO 4 2− concentration is characterized by an intense fluctuation with a slightly increasing trend and shows a better response to atmospheric precipitation.

Despite the decrease in the number of fire events, mainly due to the improvement of fire detection and the extinguishing media, the total burned area follows a positive trend worldwide, destroying immense forested areas of incalculable ecological value.

At this stage, driven by the demographic dividend and large-scale investment and construction, China’s economy showed a trend of rapid growth.

When the tourism industry develops to the growth and mature stages, the demand and supply of tourism will show an increasing trend.

The results showed that O 3 pollution in Northeast China was generally at a relatively low level and showed a decreasing trend during 2017–2020, with the highest concentrations in the spring and the lowest concentrations in the autumn and winter.

Although the total sample could be considered significant, 500 participants in each group is small.

Compared to 10,644 noncaregivers, 209 family caregivers exhibited lower health utility and mental component summary scores and a trend toward significance on lower physical component summary scores, suggesting poor mental HRQoL and overall health in dementia caregivers [ 41 ].

The dashed vertical line in Figure 1 is the year when the carbon trading policy started, and we found that PM 2.5 in the treatment group tended to be higher than that in the control group in most years before 2013; however, PM 2.5 in the treatment group showed a decreasing trend after policy implementation.

Therefore, residents with higher perceived risk of CCPs will, to a certain extent, be more concerned about the quality of their living and community environment, and accordingly show a positive trend in their attitudes toward CCPs, which are considered highly environmentally beneficial. 6.5.