“a decreasing trend”

The expression of il-1β in fish fed diets with 3.0, 4.8, 5.9 and 6.8 g/kg Trp showed a decreasing trend compared with the control group, but there was no significant difference except for dietary 6.8 g/kg Trp ( P > 0.05).

For patients with potentially curable GC, there was a decreasing trend in CT-GR with a concurrent increase in GR alone after the first COVID-19 patient was diagnosed in the Netherlands.

Additionally, when considering the immersion time of the test samples in water, it was observed that the highest solubility of soluble oxalate occurred within the first 5 minutes of testing, followed by a decreasing trend as the immersion time of the test samples increased.

At 3 weeks to 2 months after injury, α-SMA expression exhibited a decreasing trend from the anterior to the posterior region.

The responses to preferences for sports, religious, leisure and cultural, commercial, and healthcare facilities were respectively 18.5%, 19.7%, 20.7%, 27.2%, and 40.5%, showing a decreasing trend than before the pandemic.

Introduction As of 2020, most of the earth’s surface is cultivated by mankind: around 50% of the habitable land is actually agricultural land with 37% of the remaining land being forests (with a decreasing trend) [ 1 ].

The slow wave frequency was significantly lower in the expert group compared to the novice group in this study, suggesting that the expert group was more adaptive under training conditions of equal intensity and distance, while the novice group showed a decreasing trend in the working capacity of the neural cells. α band is also involved in participating in individual arousal and attentional states, and as the amount of cortical working memory increases, the α rhythm increases, which can reduce the target information in working memory from extraneous external stimuli interference ( Wang et al., 2017 ).

We observed a decreasing trend in reproductive capacity over time from 2009 to 2016, possibly due to extended time in captivity or hatching of new animals into captive settings with no residual knowledge of natural stimuli.

Vaccination coverage shows a decreasing trend, falling below the 95% threshold needed to stop the circulation of the virus, according to the recommendations of the WHO and the Italian National Plan for the Elimination of Measles and Rubella.

As the number of epochs increases, the accuracy tends to increase, while the loss shows a decreasing trend.

Although no significant difference was detected among the good pulse rates for the five groups, increasing target cavitation level was observed to be associated with a decreasing trend in the good pulse rate (Figure 2 (b)), indicating a decrease in the controllability.

Previous studies have reported that the inflammatory response after cardiac surgery peaks within 48 hours and shows a decreasing trend. 33 , 34 Therefore, we hypothesized that the NLR measured on POD 3 might reflect the early recovery phase after cardiac surgery.

A decreasing trend in the age-standardised point prevalence and YLD rates of vision loss were observed in almost all countries.

Although the calculated incidence rate shows a decreasing trend in all the years analysed, the possible biases introduced during this pandemic period highlight the need for a cautious interpretation of the findings.

The percentage of DALYs attributable to high-BMI had the same pattern among age groups in both 1990 and 2019, with an increasing trend up to 60–64 age group followed by a decreasing trend in older age groups ( Fig. 1 and Supplementary Table S3 ).

The incidence of major trauma was highest in teenagers and did not show a decreasing trend during the study years.

Statistically significant increases were observed in all measured areas of the experimental group, whereas the control group showed a decreasing trend in most threshold values, but this trend was not statistically significant ( Fig. 3 (A-D)).

The Mann-Kendall test of the LGP for Babile, Chinakesen, Kombolcha, Haramaya, Gorogutu, Kurfachale and Gemechis districts showed a decreasing trend, which was not significant at an alpha value of 0.05 confidence level. 3.2.

Concerning the total MET score with a β-difference, most defined groups showed a decreasing trend between prepandemic and early and midpandemic periods.

Pooled data showed that the sensitivity of TAB was similar to TAU findings, but the positive rate of biopsy showed a decreasing trend year by year ( 14 ).

At intermediate packing fractions (0.1 < φ < 0.5), the value of maximum intracyle thickening ratio showed a decreasing trend (Figure S7 , Supporting Information) and the strain where maximal intracycle thickening occurred is also lowered (indicated by stars in Figure 4F ).

In general, RMSEs showed a decreasing trend as we used more updated data to estimate our model input (Table 2 ).

The GDEA, on the other hand, first demonstrates a decreasing trend followed by an increasing trend during the sample period, reaching its lowest point during 2016.

Strength and Deformation Properties As shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7 , with the increase in the applied static axial pressure, the dynamic strength showed an increasing trend and then a decreasing trend, reaching its maximum at an axial pressure of 14 MPa (10% UCS).

Both Shannon diversity and Chao1 richness showed a decreasing trend with the step-wise addition of SO 4 2− and NaCl in the influent, likely due to the elimination of non-halotolerant bacteria and proliferation of halotolerant SO 4 2− and/or SeO 3 2− reducers.