“a decreasing trend”

We also observed a decreasing trend in maternal Hg concentration as expected, with the highest in mid-pregnancy (0.75 ng/mL), following by late pregnancy (0.70 ng/mL), and the lowest in lactation (0.59 ng/mL), possibly because of the increasing blood volume during pregnancy and the faster blood clearance half-life of Hg during lactation [ 43 ].

Although their spheroids were viable and active during the 30-day experiment period, the results showed a decreasing trend in cellular response, which was suspected to be resultant of declining oxygen availability.

Instead, the activated cells showed a decreasing trend, and the presence of AM exosomes decreased the expression of IL-1β even further.

The time series of mean nationwide PM 2.5 concentration is reported in Supplementary Figure S3 of the SM , where a decreasing trend can be observed since 2006. 3.2.

In this study, a decreasing trend of the Kappa number was obtained.

There is a decreasing trend in total plasma peroxides in both groups, but it was not statistically significant.

In terms of dependent variables, there was a decreasing trend in the number of smokers and drinkers from 2008 to 2011.

At a certain code value of ridge height, NO 3 − –N loss gradually increased with the increase in row grade when its code value was smaller than −0.51, and then exhibited a decreasing trend.

The composite showed a decreasing trend when the ZnCl 2 content used to surface modify the CWF increased from 2 to 8 wt%.

inopinus , and a decreasing trend for S. tenellus .

We have recently studied [ 35 ] the effect of harvest time monitoring specific trees for a whole period (from September to February) and we were able to observe a decreasing trend.

The H/C and O/C ratios showed a decreasing trend after the chemical activation due to the decarboxylation and dehydration reactions [ 51 ]. 2.4.3.

In the study of Hashtarkhani after 1990, we see a decreasing trend in the incidence of the disease [ 18 ].

Bone scintigraphy revealed improvements in the bone lesions with a decreasing trend in the BSI (Fig. 1 ).

After the 2000s, a decreasing trend in CO 2 emissions was observed due to the uses of more environmentally friendly industrial technologies; however, CO 2 concentration in the atmosphere continues to increase (to a value of 410 ppm (v/v) in 2020.

However, the monosulfated CS disaccharides (D0a4 and D0a6) showed a decreasing trend in three of the four ACN-based solvents, the exception being solvent B, 75:25 v/v ACN:water (Fig. 3b ).

14–17 To the contrary, despite increasing trend of pre-eclampsia risk factors such as pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity, diabetes, multiple births and advanced maternal age at first pregnancy, findings from large-scale studies 11 12 18 showed a decreasing trend of pre-eclampsia as it was observed in our study.

A decreasing trend in the activity of AChE in the AD group compared to the controls was found by Boston et al.

After several years of constant persistence of the disease on the island, a decreasing trend in both virus and seroprevalence has been observed from 2015 in wild boar population (Figure 8 ), and the last outbreaks in domestic pig dates back to September 2018.

After 5 km treadmill running, the ROM of the knee sagittal plane showed a decreasing trend, as well as the sagittal plane of the hip joint during the stance phase of running.

The CP content of E-FTMR exhibited a decreasing trend compared with the TMR before fermentation and the treatment CK; in particular, the additive treatments showed a lower CP content.

It can be seen that the focal length has blueshifted from 380 to 310 μm when the incident wavelength is varied from 800 to 1550 nm ( Figure 8 a), and it shows a decreasing trend with the increase of wavelength.

M 1 D 8 , M 2 D 8 , Max D 8 , Min D 8 , and E D 8 showed a decreasing trend as OSA severity increases.

As “Growing Old,” the ability of the elderly inevitably declines and they generally have a decreasing trend of being involved in the social world.

The trends were judged: if the EAPC and its 95% CI were > 0, the ASR was in an increasing trend; if EAPC and its 95% CI were < 0, the ASR was in a decreasing trend; other values meant that the ASR was stable over time.