“a decreasing trend”

as-supplement no pmc-prop-pdf-only no pmc-prop-suppress-copyright no pmc-prop-is-real-version no pmc-prop-is-scanned-article no pmc-prop-preprint no pmc-prop-in-epmc yes pmc-license-ref CC BY issue-copyright-statement © The Author(s) 2019 Background While the occurrence of gastric cancer is showing a decreasing trend worldwide [ 1 ], it remains the third most common type of cancer in Japan [ 2 ].

In fact, we found that as −4.3 °C represents a threshold between the negative growth tendency before the 1978 and the positive one after this year, estimated temperatures from 2010 to 2017 show a decreasing trend that, at least, could temporarily hinder the upward shift of the treeline.

As shown, the oxygen distribution has the highest value at the beginning of the path and traverses a decreasing trend along flow channel due to its participation in the chemical reaction.

In line with morphologic changes, liver triglyceride levels were significantly decreased in 18-month-old Lcn2 Tg mice and showed a decreasing trend in 10-month-old Lcn2 Tg mice ( Figure 7 B).

These payments are about 60%–70% of total expenditures (TEs) in some countries.[ 4 ] OOPP was equal to 55% in 2004 in Iran and had a decreasing trend and was equal to 50% of total HEs in 2012.

The results of environmental information processing showed a significant decrease in the relative abundances of the genes involved in signal transduction and membrane transport when pigs were exposed to gaseous ammonia at 25 ppm and showed a decreasing trend with increasing ammonia concentrations ( Figure 4B ).

The expression of the GLU gene displayed a decreasing trend in the fengycin treatment which was the opposite of the trend in the iturin A-treated flavedo without pathogen stress ( Fig 3C ).

LV longitudinal function showed a decreasing trend as scores increased, while log NT-proBNP showed an increasing trend as scored decreased.

In contrast to other crop models, EPIC depicted a decreasing trend under irrigated conditions.

A decreasing trend was observed for nanoconjugates relative to low molecular weight iron chelators (DFO, DFX, and DFP), although it is not significantly different ( Figure S11 ).

In contrast, the results point to a successful experience with community violence, whose rates suggest a decreasing trend over the years.

A decreasing trend is observed in T c with an increase in the Al concentration, where the 12 at.% Al and equiatomic 20 at.% Al thin film showed a T c of ~850 K and of 700 K, respectively, while the high Al containing 26 at.% Al thin film exhibits the lowest magnetic transition temperature at ~600 K.

Background Although the incidence and mortality of GC showed a decreasing trend globally, [ 1 ], GC remains the fifth most common malignant tumor worldwide and the third leading cause of death (723,000 people die from GC, accounting for 8.8% of the world’s population) [ 2 ].

The HEV infection among African pregnant women seems to have a decreasing trend over time.

Although children in all socio-demographic subgroups showed a decreasing trend of TV viewing, the significant interaction effects with academic year showed the decreasing rates in subgroups were significantly different (Fig. 2 ).

From the proximal to the distal colon, there is a decreasing trend in SCFA concentration which makes the proximal part of the colon the principal site of fermentation [ 22 ].

In view of the lack of a decreasing trend in the prevalence of insufficient physical activity among populations worldwide, strategies need to be developed to effectively educate individuals on the importance of physical exercise.

As shown in Figure 3 and Table 2 , compared with the precipitation during the baseline period at the 17 stations (excepting the Tuole and Qilian stations), the mean annual precipitation over the next 30 years showed a decreasing trend under all three RCP scenarios.

As the immersion time of the sample increases, the R ct value at pH 5 shows a decreasing trend until the fourth day of immersion.

In addition, incubating hepatic HepG2 cells with the conditioned medium derived from CTD-002-treated BMDMs showed a decreasing trend in inflammation compared to control cells.

However, when the MWCNT concentration increased to 1.6%, both the Young’s modulus and tensile strength exhibited a decreasing trend, declining to 8.44 ± 1.10 GPa and 117.70 ± 12.68 MPa, respectively.

There was a decreasing trend in biventricular diastolic function as PEEP increased, which was represented by the E/E’ value of both ventricles.

TA and pH of berry juice at harvest were influenced by thermal regime, expressed by the WI, HI (data not shown), and by the number of days with Tmax > 30 °C, showing a decreasing trend ( Figure 7 a).

As shown in Figure S2b–d , SBA-15/cellulose composite membranes display three characteristic peaks of type II cellulose, but the intensity of those peaks shows a decreasing trend with the increase of SBA-15 content and the corresponding reduction of cellulose content.

Similarly to Iran, in Saudi Arabia, despite a decreasing trend in malaria cases between 1999 and 2010, the proportion of imported increased from 23 to 99% [ 29 ].