“a decreasing trend”

Due to the increased risk of ectopic pregnancy following tubal anastomosis, serial quantitative beta hCG assays were obtained revealing a decreasing trend of 496 and 364, during a 48-hour interval.

In Singapore, however, there is a decreasing trend of children (aged <15 years) and an increasing trend of adults (aged ≥25 years) being infected with dengue since 1982 [4] .

More in this group the sensors which are part of the horizontal vector (1, 4, 10) behave similarly for what concerns both the median value and range while on the vertical vector the expected trend can be observed; really, coming down, the graph shows a decreasing trend for both median values and spread as well as decreasing differences between points.

Still, though not significant, we observed a stabilization and beginning of a decreasing trend in younger women (30-39 years).

Effect of rate of reduction of non-high density lipoprotein-cholesterol and apolipoprotein B on clinical outcomes at 12-month Reduction rate of non-HDL-C showed a decreasing trend of 12-month MACE, but it was not statistically significant {43.8% reduction in group A (0-10%) vs. 26.7% in group B (10-30%) vs. 19.0% in group C (>30%), p=0.069} as shown in Fig. 2 .

The standardized incidence during the 15-year period showed great fluctuations but overall, there was a decreasing trend from 10.6/100,000 (95%CI: 8.2-13.9) in 1993 to 9.1/100,000 (95%CI: 7.4-11.1) in 2007 ( Table 1 ).

For females, the mean zinc concentration in the serum showed a decreasing trend with an increase in age interval but without any significant differences among groups (p= 0.787).

Mean exposure levels according to the year of birth also showed a decreasing trend in air pollution concentrations between 2002 and 2006.

The best results came out between 08:00 to 11:00 h for manual out-crossing of AP, while the time from 12:00 to 18:00 h showed a decreasing trend.

We also observed a decreasing trend in systolic blood pressure in response to music in WS but not TC (SOM Fig.

The odds ratios presented in the table of Law et al (2003) suggest a decreasing trend with increasing deprivation, consistent with analysis A above.

After 12 hours of reperfusion, c-peptide had a decreasing trend in the DFX group and did not have significant differences compared to values immediately after reperfusion.

Moreover, intertidal species exhibited a decreasing trend with salinity range, suggesting a lower tolerance of this faunal category to salinity changes [22] .

The resulting papers reported heterogeneous findings (reviewed in Jouannet et al 6 and Merzenich et al 7 ), with some confirming a decreasing trend in semen quality, and others not.

While the two attractant approaches have a relative standard deviation of shortest distances between melanocytes that increases with higher melanocyte density, the repellent approach predicts a decreasing trend.

There was evidence of a decreasing trend in the false-negative rate with increasing tumour grade and stage for both urinary biomarkers.

RT-PCR analysis of other collagens, in particular Col3a1 and Col5a1 , significantly up-regulated in the Frzb -/- mice compared to wild-type mice in the microarray analysis, depicted a decreasing trend at Day 7 in FRZB overexpressing micro-masses compared to the control micro-masses; however, these comparisons did not reach statistical significance (Figure 4A ).

But clone abundance showed a decreasing trend with each subsequent cropping cycle.

Nevertheless, due to the low incidence of cardiovascular events only a decreasing trend in risk of macrovascular complications was observed during the trial.

The age group of '30-49 years old' consumed more rice than the age class of '19-29 years old', and 2001 and 2005 showed a decreasing trend compared to 1998.

The maximum yield of EPS was affected as well by the sample dilution, exhibiting a decreasing trend with increasing dilution factor.

However, an earlier study [30] found the score ranging between 68 and 80 percent on a decreasing trend, while another study [31] found Malaysian banks exhibiting a score of 95.9 percent.

The survey revealed 27 affected dogs, but there was a decreasing trend at the end of the study period.

EPA and European regulations, and of ceased production of PFOS-based products from the world's formerly largest producer (3M), human serum levels of PFOS and PFOA have shown a decreasing trend in studies from the United States and Norway ( 10 , 16 , 17 ).

Concomitantly, a decreasing trend was observed for population doublings as passage number increased ( Fig. 2C ).