“a decreasing trend”

The results show that as the degree of oxidation and acidification of tailings sand increases, the overall structural performance and load-bearing capacity decrease, and its cohesion ( c ) and internal friction angle ( φ ) show a decreasing trend.

They mentioned that drought occurred until recently, despite a decreasing trend in terms of its impact, particularly as compared to the past, e.g., 1985, but occurs more frequently now than in the past due to the cumulative effect of changes in major climate parameters such as rainfall and temperature.

A decreasing trend in the Na + /K + ATPase activity in the group treated with combined InsP6 and inositol supplement could reduce intestinal carbohydrate absorption.

On the other hand, since digestive enzymes are partially hydrolysed and eliminated with faeces as digestion progresses [ 33 ], samplings done at different moments after a meal should evidence a decreasing trend in the activities.

As shown in Figure 7 , the ECL signal exhibits a decreasing trend as CEA antigen concentration rises.

However, as can be seen from Figure 1 d, the LEF intensity at point A (in the gaps between adjacent AgNPs at the bottom layer, which is marked in Figure S1 ) has a decreasing trend when the number of layers exceeds two, mainly because the scattering effect of nanoparticles led to the incident light flux gradually decreasing from the top to the bottom, and the plasma coupling effect of the bottom AgNPs weakening [ 15 ].

After increasing the pH to 9, the fluorescence ratio changes showed a decreasing trend.

However, a close look at the recorded trace of the tongue length in Figure 7 of [ 8 ] shows a decreasing trend 20 s after the aspiration.

Due to their physical properties, Mn enhances and Nb hinders densification during sintering resulting in a decreasing trend of the relative density with the alloying elements content.

Exploratory findings on clinical measures demonstrated a decreasing trend in pain and disability in all treatment groups.

Where a is the slope of the linear model, where a <0 indicates a decreasing trend and a >0 indicates an increasing trend.

The overall SMR for suicide was 1.26 (95% CI, 1.24-1.28), with a decreasing trend (from an SMR of 1.67 [95% CI, 1.47-1.88] in 2000 to 1.16 [95% CI, 1.11-1.21] in 2016).

Bone mineral density measurement using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) showed a decreasing trend in bone mineral density and an increasing risk of osteoporosis in both the proband and his mother ( Figure S1E–G,L–N ).

Although the TGC of dried broccoli showed a decreasing trend for all drying treatments ( Figure 2 C), attributed to both enzymatic and non-enzymatic reactions during drying [ 2 , 40 ], the loss of glucosinolates was lesser at high drying temperatures (80 and 90 °C).

Under Cd stress, the total content of Cd in each subcellular fraction decreased after the application of chlorinated amino acetic acid; the proportion of Cd in the cell wall fraction of rice seedlings showed an increasing trend, while the proportion of Cd in the cell fluid fraction showed a decreasing trend ( Figure 3 B,D). 3.3.

Regarding operative treatment, there has been a trend towards RSA for comminuted fractures in the elderly, along with a decreasing trend in HA [ 5 , 6 ].

The conductivity of C-CBPs with the direct addition of MWCNTs showed an increasing trend followed by a decreasing trend.

Both ABTS and DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) assays gave almost coincident results, and total antioxidant capacity showed a decreasing trend from the vegetative to the seed ripening stage, when values (approximately 10 mmol·100 g− 1 DM) were half the initial ones.

The chromium content of safflower plants followed a decreasing trend with increasing Cd doses ( Figure 3 ).

To select the best influence mechanism model, OLS, GWR, and MGWR were performed on the station accessibility and residual factors in turn, showing that the fitting R2 of the three models shows an increasing trend, and the AICc value shows a decreasing trend, and the difference is higher than three, indicating that the models have obvious differences [ 36 ] ( Table 6 ).

With the increase in residence time, the DE shows a decreasing trend first and then an increasing one.

Nonetheless, the 1.5-mm group with a lower density of adhesion layer may show the displacement of woven fabric structure, which is responsible for a decreasing trend in the puncture resistance of the Kevlar/TPU laminated composites of a 1.5-mm thickness [ 28 , 29 , 30 ].

Regarding the molecular weight of chitosan, the viability showed a decreasing trend as the molecular weight increased.

In contrast, PDI and floating rate exhibited a decreasing trend with increasing feed diameter [ 25 , 35 , 37 ].

A decreasing trend was seen for Geotrichum silvicola in both cheese manufactures; Yarrowia lipolytica was among the prevalent taxa exclusively at the beginning of the monitoring process, with relative frequencies of 8.33 and 5.42% in R1_CF_C_t0 and R1_CF_Ot_st_t0, respectively.