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This is an area with a well-organized leprosy control program and with a decreasing trend in new case detection since the mid-1990′s.

Effects of the inhibitors also were apparent in the femoral cortical compartment ( Table 2 ), where cortical BMD, cortical area and thickness, and periosteal and endosteal perimeters exhibited a decreasing trend in inhibitor-treated mice.

Specifically, while a decreasing trend in MCR was observed using fewer components, similar to the PLS-LDA method, the MCR was consistently higher than the PLS-LDA approach using the first seven components ( Figure 1 A–D ).

During the study period, the mortality rates for most cause-specific injuries showed a decreasing trend, while the mortality rate for RTI increased from 1.35 per 100,000 in 1984 to 4.63 per 100,000 in 2008.

In Taiwan, there was a decreasing trend in poisoning mortality from 1975 to 1998, with a drop of 41.2%.

Longitudinal Variation over study period For several activities we observed a decreasing trend over time, mostly for young children and their parents.

In addition, prevalence of akathisia showed a decreasing trend with age [32] .

In both the groups, mean scores of all individual symptoms showed a decreasing trend from week 0 to week 6 except for few symptoms in placebo which either remained constant (Avoidance of even familiar people, and missing appointments) or got aggravated (Blurring of vision, abnormal sensory perceptions, and frequent sleep problems) from week 4 to week 6.

( 1987 ) and Finley and Nugent ( 1995 ) reported a decreasing trend of overall cardiac autonomic activity from 5 to 24 years.

In the LGT, HGT and PCT groups, FBG levels showed a decreasing trend.

The concentration of NH 4 + peaked at site 707 and, except for this site, the concentration of NH 4 + showed a decreasing trend from the continental shelf adjacent to Pearl River estuary discharge to the slope of the SCS.

The change in NSW from ICD-9 in 1997 to ICD-10 in 1998 coincided with a shift from an increasing to a decreasing trend in pregnancy hypertension, suggesting that the impact of the ICD version should not be disregarded.

Comparisons of lung ventilation functional parameters among CWP and control groups As shown in Figure 1 , when compared with the data from asymptomatic miners, most of the lung ventilation functional parameters were in a decreasing trend in patients with CWP.

Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the world while there appears to be a decreasing trend in occurrence, notably in Western countries; it is still commonly reported in China and Japan [ 2 , 3 ].

The K m value for NADP + also showed a decreasing trend under anoxia as compared with the aerobic control value ( Table 2 , Figure 2 ).

Nonetheless, there is evidence for a decreasing trend in some complications.

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The age-specific incidence rate in Korea was 134.5 per 100,000 for those in their 40s, 123.1 for those in their 50s, 89.2 for those in their 60s, and 44.9 for those in their 70s, again showing a decreasing trend along with the increasing age.

Studies have shown a decreasing trend in compliance, with Kenya ranking first [ 1 ].

Acute alcohol treatment during the TLR8 and TLR4 stimulation resulted in a decreasing trend in IFNβ production in monocytes but this did not reach statistical significance (Figure 1 ).

It is shown from these figures, that reflection coefficient S11 has a decreasing trend with increasing temperatures except at 10 GHz ( Figure 9 (a) ).

A decreasing trend in the skin fluxes of Evo and Rut was observed when the water weight fraction in the ME was greater or less than 50%.

Recently, a decreasing trend in the incidence of HCC in high-risk areas has been reported.

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Mean search activity demonstrated a decreasing trend through 2004 to 2009.