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Results Agronomic performance of introgression line hybrids (ILHs) Analysis of variance revealed that mean squares attributable to genotypes were highly significant for all the traits, indicating considerable amount of genetic variation in the material used in this study ( Table S1 , Figure S1 a–f).

For the period 1998–2008, a clear trend towards reduction in the annual number of VL cases over time (years) was observed (Chi2 = 245.156, df = 10, p 0.001).

The highly significant correlation between histomorphometrical reference standard and measurements of CBCT as well as MDCT, however, indicates that both CT methods represent a reliable non invasive tool for monitoring of osseous consolidation in this animal model.

Since a highly significant, positive linear relationship exist between carnivore density and the biomass of their preferred prey or prey weight range [37] the distinct distribution of large and small prey necessitates focus area conservation strategies for the different large carnivore species.

A prospective study by Ahn et al comprising 749 cases of prostate cancer also detected a significant trend of association between increasing quintiles of 25(OH)D levels with increased risk of aggressive disease [19] .

Statistical analysis The significance of difference between the two barley genotypes in physiological traits and gene expression was examined using data processing system (DPS) statistical software package, followed by the Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT) and the difference at P<0.05 and 0.01 is considered as significant and highly significant, respectively.

However, distribution shape showed a level of phylogenetic close to significance ( Table 5 ).

Carrying one or more CDR/CGR showed a trend towards a worse prognosis, although our cohort was heterogeneous for survival analysis and besides, multivariate analysis could not be performed.

Similarly, when we monitored the expression of several autophagy related genes we found a significant upregulation of Cathepsin L ( Cat L ) and Bnip3 ( Figure 3B ), while LC3 and Beclin-1 mRNAs showed a trend of induction.

We found increasing maternal vitamin D concentration showed a trend towards a reduced risk of preterm delivery.

FISH HER2 was also marginally significant at α = 10% ( Table 2 ).

When BPZE1 and RSV were added simultaneously, MDDC very efficiently induced allogeneic T cell proliferation, with an increasing trend as compared to the proliferation induced by BPZE1-treated MDDC.

For the errorless, dual-task and analogy learning strategies, there was however a slight trend for the experts to consider these strategies as likely to result in a more implicit form of learning.

We used permutation method (bootstrap n = 1,000) to adjust the p-values, and rs4631962 (adjusted p-value = 0.043) and rs1338565 (adjusted p-value = 0.015) showed marginal significance of allele frequency differences between 705 cases and 1,802 controls ( Table 1 ).

Relationship between SES and Access to Health Care, Knowledge, and Sexual Behaviors Overall, as expected, there was a positive and highly significant association between SES and access to health care ( Table 3 ).

Vaccinated animals (range 2.2% to 5%) showed a trend towards slightly less weight loss and more rapid recovery compared to naïve ferrets (range 3.3% to 8%), but this did not reach statistical significance.

The z1 treatment led to a highly significant increase in esterase activity, irrespective of the cultivar considered.

After multiple comparisons, rs16971436 conferred a borderline significant association with the risk of AF.

[9] found that submersed, emergent and upland species germinated in all water levels, and not show an obvious trend.

In this case, transcripts were clearly linked to known antioxidant enzymes and most of them had highly significant BLASTP hits against ciliates or other non-photosynthetic organisms, thus minimizing the possibility that these genes belong to the food algae ( Tables S3 and S4 ).

Recently, increased β-galactosidase (EC = 3.2.1.23) and cathepsin E (EC = 3.4.23.34) activities and a reduced α-fucosidase (EC = 3.2.1.51) activity have been found in the CSF of PD patients compared to healthy controls, and β-glucocerebrosidase showed a trend toward reduction in the PD group (17).

By contrast, community participation had a marginally significant association with having a toddler with suspected ASD in the crude model (p for trend = 0.049), which became non-significant in the adjusted model (p for trend = 0.094).

For all analyses, P<0.05 was considered significant and P<0.001 highly significant.

A clear trend towards Fads1 mRNA level recovery in Ago3 −/− animals further supports the involvement of Ago3 in siRNA-mediated 3′UTR-targeted knockdown.

There was a decreasing trend in the incidence of depression during the 1 year follow up, with 303 (28.4%), 220 (20.6%), 166 (15.6)%, and 154(14.4%) cases at 14±2 day, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year, respectively.