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[44] documented a decreasing trend of leaf size with increasing mean annual temperatures within the same species, and argued that this correlation may be a result of optimising steady-state leaf temperatures for maximising photosynthesis.

El-Beltagi and Mohamed ( 2010 ) found that an increase in Pb accumulation in Raphanus sativus leaves and roots was correlated with increasing metal concentration exposure to plants, although a decreasing trend in glutathione level was observed.

TAC demonstrated a decreasing trend in the CR group during the ten-day study period; nonetheless, it showed an increase compared to the SR group in mutual comparison between the study groups, as salivary antioxidant concentration was higher in CR than the SR group although the difference was not statistically significant.

The data presented in this study demonstrate a clear picture of the gut bacterial communities in cholera and its recovery process, showing a decreasing trend of the bacteria belonging to the family Bacteroidaceae, Prevotellaceae, Bifidobacteriaceae, Clostridiaceae, Faecalibacteriaceae, Megamonas, Megasphaera etc., in children suffering from cholera.

Unexpectedly, plasma cGMP level followed a decreasing trend over the same duration despite high CD-NP level.

In a cross-sectional study performed among 878 euthyroid elderly Chinese who took their annual healthy examination, the prevalence rate of ultrasound-diagnosed NAFLD showed an increasing trend as serum TSH level increased, while the rate showed a decreasing trend as serum FT4 level increased [ 6 ].

Together, these findings suggest a decreasing trend in the burden of childhood diseases over the years in this region, possibly due to better access to health care, although the overall disease burden still remains high.

Among singleton pregnancies, a decreasing trend in spontaneous labour was offset by an increase in pre-labour caesareans and labour inductions ( Figure 1 ).

A decreasing trend in HTN among new study participants was observed.

However, a decreasing trend was found as the size of the paddles was enlarged.

In contrast, expression levels of IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-10 showed a decreasing trend in multi-species versus single-species infected wounds.

The current study indicated that over the entire follow-up period more than 3% of CH patients of both sexes had impaired growth and a decreasing trend in this proportion was observed though it was not statistically significant.

The average age at the time of treatment revealed a decreasing trend since 2003 (from 37.3 ± 14.6 in 2003 to 40.3 ± 13.2 in 2011).

Among traumatic causes, there was no change in the most common cause, car accidents, while injuries from falling showed a significant increase and blunt trauma and penetrating trauma showed a decreasing trend.

Regarding the zero-minor severity level (0), all HAs were in the upper right quadrant of the nomogram and showed a decreasing trend in attractions and escapes over the study period.

Several studies from the early years of 2000 showed an alarming prevalence of DRMs to the three main antiretroviral drug classes [2] – [4] , but more recently a decreasing trend has been reported from many countries [5] – [9] .

A decreasing trend has been found for MIP-1 β , IL-18, GRO- α , MIF, SCF, SCGF- β , IL-2R α , SDF-1 α , and TRAIL, showing that these molecules are mainly produced during childhood and youth with respect to adulthood.

The nutrient content for both of the treatments showed that N and K experienced an increase in the percentage at the end of composting while P showed a decreasing trend.

One of these settings is Croatia, with a TB incidence rate of 19 / 100 000 in 2009 and showing a decreasing trend [ 6 , 7 ].

However, the warming effects were less obvious, only fungal PLFA showed a decreasing trend under warming.

Keywords: Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, drug sensitivity, microbiology, peritonitis status released display-pdf yes is-olf no is-manuscript no is-preprint no is-journal-matter no is-scanned no is-retracted no Introduction Peritonitis is still the leading cause of technique failure in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients.[ 1 ] The incidence of peritonitis depends on the factors such as age, race, educational background, environment, and type of dialysis system used.[ 2 ] But the outcome depends on the organisms isolated.[ 3 , 4 ] Several studies have shown a decreasing trend in the gram-positive peritonitis and an increasing trend in the incidence of gram-negative peritonitis.[ 4 ] The microbiological spectrum of PD-related peritonitis seen in patients from developing countries such as India may be different from that observed in patients from developed countries, and

Overall, 24% of the patients received psychotherapy before enrolment, for an overall mean of 1.7 days/patient-month, with a decreasing trend recorded during the follow-up period.

Although statin use was not associated with a significant reduction in all-cause mortality or cardiovascular mortality, we did observe a decreasing trend.

Although a decreasing trend of pertussis cases was observed in adolescents after the introduction of Tdap vaccination, the average incidence among infants younger than 1 year did not change [ 68 ].

The mean ADC values of different stages of CKD were significantly different from each other and showed a decreasing trend with increasing stage.