“a decreasing trend”

Results Low back pain was significantly influenced by time and overall there was a decreasing trend of low back pain prevalence throughout the follow-up.

The control knees showed a poor healing process with hypocellularity and cell number showed a decreasing trend in the defect area ( Figs 3 and 4 ).

Conversely, in LM subgroup, following a decreasing trend in weight difference up to the 6 month, started to show an increase in trend from 6 to 24 months.

On the other hand, hospitalization for one night or more had a decreasing trend from 2006 to 2010.

Deviation towards a decreasing trend was less while deviation towards an increasing trend was 3 times higher in WoS in comparison to ISC (60.46% VS 21.43%).

A decreasing trend is observed when increasing the carrier concentrations.

The predicted novel mature miRNAs showed a skewed distribution of expression unlike the known mature miRNAs with the peak at the lowest level Level 1: 1–10 and a decreasing trend toward the higher levels.

Though his serum bilirubin showed a decreasing trend, he continued to be febrile.

Table 5 illustrates that all studies reveal a decreasing trend in the remaining of crop straw/root with time.

This result shows a decreasing trend of radon concentration with height probably due to increased air flushing and ventilation.

In particular, we did not anticipate a decreasing trend in species richness over our study period, as unlike many other locations [ 35 , 36 ], the disease chytridiomycosis no longer appears to be causing declines in our study region, despite previous extinctions and ongoing high prevalence [ 37 ].

The TN concentrations showed a decreasing trend from 2006 to 2012.

Reliability, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Phone-Based Reporting System The mobile phone-based system was used regularly (total of 8,862 phone reports throughout the surveillance period) by all but two of the initial pharmacies enrolled, and we found no evidence of a decreasing trend in reporting frequency suggestive of reporting fatigue, as the study progressed ( S3 Fig ).

Conclusion The SS+TB incidence of Xinjiang had a decreasing trend during 2005–2013, but it still remained higher than the national average in China.

In the hippocampus, p-P70S6K exhibited a decreasing trend after reperfusion.

Figure 2b shows a decreasing trend of yearly number of species, especially since 2006.

At the grassland belt (46°N–49°N), A V displays a decreasing trend from spring to summer as precipitation decreases.

PCT serum level was higher than normal before the treatment and until 48 h after the therapy, and then it was found to have a decreasing trend.

The vast majority of studies to date have focused on BC in developed countries, where incidence and mortality rates have demonstrated a decreasing trend (or at least remaining stable in many countries).

We were surprised to find a decreasing trend for nitrofurantoin, which is exclusively used for UTI and has preserved in vitro efficacy for Escherichia coli over many years of use [ 4 , 18 ].

All signatures showed a decreasing trend in rFA up until 144 h.

Another evidence from Norway showed a decreasing trend in hypertension as physical activity increased from low (50 %) to high (38 %) for those in the age group of 45 to 64 (significant at 1 %) and more than 65 years old (significant at 10 %) [ 17 ].

[ 70 ] demonstrated a decreasing trend of RSV infection hospitalizations in patients receiving prophylaxis with palivizumab, as was already shown by the Delphy study [ 71 ].

From 1968 to 2013, the AP of Shiquanhe station showed a decreasing trend at a rate of -0.423 mm a -1 (R 2 = 0.0352), whereas the AP of Hetian station and Yutian station showed increasing trends at rates of 0.476 mm a -1 (R 2 = 0.0594) and 0.547 mm a -1 (R 2 = 0.0453), respectively ( Fig 2D, 2E and 2F ).

Surface tensions in supernatants from the reactor medium are fluctuating with a decreasing trend indicated by fitting of the data but remain above 40 mN m −1 throughout the process (Fig. 1 c).