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The self-sufficiency ratio (SSR = (FRR+FNR)/U) indicator exhibited a decreasing trend for the ratio of renewable inputs to total inputs.

Moreover, a significant ( p < 0.0001) age × treatment (food/control) interaction was observed for larval body area, revealing that fed larvae retained a greater body area on 18, 20, 22, and 24 dph compared to non-feeding larvae; however still in a decreasing trend (Figure 1G ).

Looking at the total entropy production up to the first assembly time, σ , normalized by the drive value, as a function of the drive value, we see a decreasing trend, indicating that fewer entropy-producing cycles are needed to achieve assembly for higher driving forces ( Fig. 4 B and SI Appendix , Fig.

Our previous studies found that a decreasing trend in serum OCN levels accompanied an increase in VFA, and VFA was inversely correlated with serum OCN levels [ 11 , 12 ].

1 – 3 Despite a decreasing trend in traffic-related deaths, 4 traffic accidents remain the second largest cause of mortality in Iran. 5 , 6 Although the World Health Organization reported 24.1 traffic deaths per 100,000 people every year in Iran, the prevalence rate is substantially lower in, for example, Switzerland (3.4), Germany (4.3), and USA (11.6).

One can also see a decreasing trend with increase in temperature.

Inter-annual yield variability When expressed relative to decadal mean yields, the variability of crop yields (as CV, Coefficient of Variation, defined as standard deviation over mean) shows a decreasing trend over time for a large proportion of crop-department combinations (Fig. 4 ; SI Fig. 7a ).

The presence of cPTIO in the cultivating water in both plasma-discharged and tap water showed a decreasing trend in the weight and length of the sprout.

At baseline, when participants had not yet started to take PrEP, the score for “worries about drug side effects” was 2.97 ± 1.15, but it showed a decreasing trend during the follow-up.

gondii , in the prehighly activated antiretroviral therapy (HAART) era, with a decreasing trend in later years.[ 5 ] In developing countries such as India, however, CT still continues to be an important cause of focal brain lesions.[ 6 ] There are three main genotypes of T. gondii , namely, I, II, and III, and Genotype IV has been recognized recently in North America.[ 7 ] Canonical Types II and III of the parasite are commonly found to cause infection in immunocompromised patients in Europe and North America.[ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ] Hence, the parasite was assumed to be clonal, globally and virulence was thought to be associated with particular genotypes.

Serum triglyceride levels were followed every 12 hours, and a decreasing trend became apparent after 24 hours of continuous insulin infusion.

An increasing trend of A T / A 1 means a decreasing trend of p because the fractal p is negative with A T / A 1 (see Eq.

Citric acid, the major organic acid in Ponkan fruit, showed a decreasing trend during storage.

From the perspective of the annual variation trend, NDVI showed a significantly increasing trend during 2000–2004 at all regions with different elevations and, subsequently, a decreasing trend in the lower- and middle-elevation regions, but a stable level in the higher-elevation regions during 2004–2006.

A decreasing trend in pan evaporation in India has been reported 27 during 1971–2010, which is mainly due to decline in short-wave radiation.

Discussion Analysis of DDDs, AUD, and drug variety from the five-year data of 89 tertiary general hospitals in China showed a decreasing trend of antibiotic consumption, with the largest decrease in AUD.

Thus, the next step minimizes the number of salient points by iteratively merging time intervals belonging to the same trend (i.e, either an increasing or a decreasing trend), which is presented in Fig 4 .

On the other hand, in both species we registered a decreasing trend of respiration rates in colonies submitted to thermal stress, which suggest sublethal effects on their metabolic activity under thermal stress, in spite of the absence of necrosis in M . truncata .

However, a decreasing trend can be observed regarding the number of novel isolates from hydrothermal vent environments, which may be caused by insuperable obstacles in defining the appropriate culture conditions.

Furthermore, comparison of data from two studies in Denmark with sampling in the period 2006 to 2008 or more recent in 2011 revealed a decreasing trend in phthalate exposure [ 32 , 81 ].

The water demands of apple trees in Shaanxi Province, Yuncheng Region, and Sanmenxia Region all show a decreasing trend in the past period.

Moreover, the HR showed a decreasing trend with level of intake of both EPA ( p for trend = 0.009) and DHA ( p for trend = 0.032).

However, coal presented a decreasing trend, and its share in UREC was only 4.15% in 2016.

Although a decreasing trend in road injury mortality associated with the implementation of various road laws and preventive measures has been observed in a number of developed and developing countries over the last several decades, it remains an important cause of high disability and mortality that threatens the health and lives worldwide [ 3 ].

At both these λ max , the absorbance showed a decreasing trend at all the three catalyst concentrations.