“a decreasing trend”

Remarkably, the number of publications on urinary bladder cancer showed a decreasing trend per year, but the decrease was not statistically significant (p = 0.05).

repens had a decreasing trend with the stolon connection intact and an increasing trend in nutrient treatment but not significantly ( Fig. 3 ).

In recent years, a decreasing trend in the incidence of salmonellosis has been observed in Crete and in all over Greece as well [ 12 , 13 ].

For the toluene SOA, the RI values change slightly under the low and high NO x levels, with the high NO x condition being slightly higher, but the SOA under the HONO condition gives a significantly higher RI value with a decreasing trend.

The study found a decreasing trend of oesophageal cancer rates and increasing incidence of colorectal and lung cancer compared to a previous study in this area between 1968 to 1971.

Mortality data, extracted from the world health organization (WHO) database showed that for both males and females, age-standardized rates mortality of oral cavity cancer in China (Hong Kong) were high and have decreased apparently over the period, whereas the mortality rates in the USA and Australia showed a decreasing trend throughout the observation period (1990–2006) ( 19 ).

24 found out that the prevalence of PUD and mainly that of duodenal ulcers had a decreasing trend.

Conclusions Argentina has a low prevalence of HBsAg, anti-HCV and anti-HIV in blood donors, with a decreasing trend for HBsAg, anti-HBc and anti-HCV but not for anti-HIV over the last 8 years.

The CPs of these copolymer solutions (Table 1 ) show a decreasing trend with increasing NCA contents.

During this period, a decreasing trend was observed in clusters P13 and P14, and in the latter group, the pattern extended to day three.

In the cross-section, the carbon content showed a decreasing trend from the cathode to the anode, while the sulfur content showed an increasing trend from the cathode to the anode and then to the poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) layer.

In the last ten years, a decreasing trend in the number of malaria cases has been recorded in some African and South East Asian countries [ 14 ].

However, proteinuria remained in the range of 1–2 g/day, although it showed a decreasing trend.

One epidemiological study in Taiwan showed that the average incidence of NTM skin and soft tissue infections was 1.39 per 100,000 patients between 1997 to 2008, with a decreasing trend in the cases involving immunosupressed patients 12 .

Conclusions Although the prevalence of UAI with male partners among MSM in China presents a decreasing trend over the past decade, the concomitant rise in HIV prevalence and incidence indicates that current prevention intervention efforts are insufficient to effectively contain the spread of HIV.

In this sense, it is interesting to note that in a meta-analysis of published studies, a decreasing trend of underestimation was obvious over time between CNB and surgical excision [ 7 ].

A decreasing trend of viscosity was observed with increasing shear rate and biomass with smaller particle sizes displaying higher viscosities.

We detected increasing trends in precipitation in the southeastern PPR, which is consistent with the location of strata showing greatest increases in May and July pond numbers; the southeastern PPR was the only area to show a decreasing trend in temperature, although this trend, like increases in the rest of the PPR, was not statistically significant.

A decreasing trend was observed in the agmatine-treated rats compared with the rats in the model control group, however, no significant difference was observed.

( 17 ), the concentrations of total bilirubin showed a decreasing trend stored in plain serum at RT.

The proportion of coniferous foliage decreases gradually over time; the canopy CI also presents a decreasing trend during this process, and a CI decrease indicates an increase in the canopy clumping degree.

Remarkably, a decreasing trend in MRSA bacteremia has been seen since 2006 in UK, following a government initiative to establish a mandatory surveillance and a target to reduce MRSA bacteremia rates over a 3-year period [5] , facilitated by the corresponding optimization of administrative support, infrastructural change and resource allocation [1] .

The participation rate ranged from 32% to 94%, with a decreasing trend from 1975 to the present [ 5 , 16 ].

Further surveys in Korea indicated a decreasing trend in the mean consumption of pure alcohol among men (28.53 g/day in 1998; 26.68 g/day in 2001; 25.33 g/day in 2005), and a slightly increasing trend among women (6.38 g/day in 1998; 5.70 g/day in 2001; 7.92 g/day in 2005) [ 10 ].

If the 2001 data had been included in the final publication, the results would have been consistent with a more recent CDC study [ 29 ] where a decreasing trend of autism prevalence in Denmark after the removal of Thimerosal in 1992 was reported.