“a decreasing trend”

Prescription of weak opioids showed a decreasing trend in the pandemic period.

A decrease in the smoking population has been observed, mainly between 15 and 64 years of age, confirming a decreasing trend since 2009.

Similarly, TNF-α expression in the DoAE group had a decreasing trend from T-1 to T2 and a slight decline from T0 to T2 in the control group.

However, it is worth mentioning that the eugenol conversion and IEME yield showed a decreasing trend as the proportion of n(K 2 CO 3 ):n(eugenol) increased from 0.09 to 0.15, resulting in the eugenol conversion and IEME yield decreasing to 74.7% and 71.1%, respectively.

The results show that the mechanical properties increased up to a fine aggregate proportion of 60:40; a decreasing trend has been observed at a proportion of 40:60.

The results of this comparison indicated a decreasing trend in body weight for both the AEL and AcL groups, with the AEL group exhibiting a more substantial weight loss and a statistically significant difference when compared to the AcL group (Figure 6A ).

An examination of Figure 9 shows that the loss functions for all six algorithms demonstrate a decreasing trend, eventually converging to a specific threshold.

LBSM treatment showed a decreasing trend in the Fusarium population, while HBS and HBSM-treated soil showed an initial decrease in the Fusarium population, then increased to a later decrease.

Total Lung Capacity (TLC) showed a decreasing trend with the severity of the disease, with the mild group exhibiting a mean value of 119.1 ± 29.0, whereas the moderate and severe groups demonstrated lower values of 109.4 ± 40.6 and 100.8 ± 44.6, respectively.

In the breast cancer death group, the mortality hazard according to age at diagnosis showed a decreasing trend from age 15 to 69 years, peaking around the second year and declining later.

Notably, Gs, Tr, and Ci all showed slight increases at 72 and 144 h compared to 24 h, while Pn exhibited a decreasing trend throughout the whole salt stress period ( Figure S1A–D ).

Notably, we measured the levels of pro-inflammatory mediators in the spinal cord of rats 7 days after injury, and the results showed a decreasing trend of TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 in the P-Exos-138 group compared to that in the SCI group ( Figures 5F–H ).

When the Loss value shows a decreasing trend, Step 6~Step 12 is performed, and the parameters are updated using ISSA global search.

In activated macrophages, the expression of inflammation-related genes CD86 and IL-6 showed a decreasing trend in both Random and Oriented groups.

We observed a decreasing trend of the global dN/dS rate ratio through time, suggesting higher ratios for the exponential phase of population growth (2009–2011) and smaller ratios during the stable phase (2012–2020) ( Figures 4E , F ).

The EdU assay results reveal a decrease in the number of positive DPCs in the proliferation phase after FGF9 expression inhibition, and statistical analysis of the number of EdU-positive cells as a proportion of the total number of cells does show a decreasing trend ( Figure 3 c,d).

However, with an increase in the fractional order, the difference between the differential operators of different orders in the signal enhancement value shows a decreasing trend.

The SOD activity and epicatechin content showed an increasing trend at first and then a decreasing trend, which was likely associated with DPPH-RSA.

On the one-year scale, with dune vegetation coverage increased, the water supply from dunes to lakes showed a decreasing trend.

When analyzing the bridge column as an input–output system from an energy perspective, the ratio shows a decreasing trend with higher energy dissipation, signifying an escalation in the acquired damages on the bridge column.

Baseline demographics between different surgical groups appeared similar, except for a decreasing trend in aneurysm size in the surgical group with more operator experience.

The highest prevalence of drug resistance mutations was observed in individuals treated with NNRTIs (11.2%, 184/1640), followed by those treated with NRTIs (4.6%, 75/1640) and PIs (0.2%, 3/1640), and all of them showed a decreasing trend until 2019 ( Figure 3 a).

From 2005 to 2012, the MMR2 coverage rates had a decreasing trend with a negative annual decrease of −0.69.

The Western blot results showed that the protein levels of IL-1β and TNF-α also showed a decreasing trend, and the decreasing trend was most obvious when the exosome concentration was 10 μg/mL ( Figure 4B and C ).

A decreasing trend in undernutrition among children was observed across all countries, but the prevalence of stunting was still very high compared to the worldwide average level (22%).