“a decreasing trend”

In 2017, because the total number of employees increased from 6717 to 7309, which is a large increase, but the R&D personnel did not show a significant increase, so there is a decreasing trend of R&D personnel input intensity in 2017, and because R&D is a long process and the cycle of the R&D process is long, the R&D personnel's R&D results often have a certain lag, and the R&D investment made in the early stage often has to be delayed for several periods before it can generate benefits.

Difference in Pain Degree at Different Time Points VAS scores in both groups show a decreasing trend, and scores in the posterior fixation group are significantly lower at three postoperative observation time points, with statistically significant differences ( P < 0.05).

A decreasing trend in variability (SVI AE ) for wet conditions and a contrasting increasing trend in the same for the dry conditions was evident for most grids in all continents for different intensity levels and APs.

However, a decreasing trend in both weight (mean -1.6 kg; 95% CI −2.6 to −0.7) and BMI (mean −0.5 kg/m2; 95% CI -2.8 to 8) were observed.

From the response dimension, this positive response shows a decreasing trend.

During the treatment, the patient’s chest symptoms were relieved, and simultaneously, CA125 and CYFRA21-1 showed a decreasing trend, especially CA125 ( Figure 3 ); however, the peritoneal effusion with a chylous appearance continued to increase ( Figure 1G2 ), requiring drainage of 1000–1500 ml per day.

The level of carotenoids increased from stage A to B, then later showed a decreasing trend.

(2009) showed a decreasing trend of culturable tetracycline resistant bacteria along the line, yet, in contrast to our study, respectively incalculable or no tetracycline resistant bacteria were found after cooling and cutting, probably related to the higher sensitivity of qPCR, which also detects non-viable bacteria.

In this study, the protein content of the salt-tolerant varieties showed a decreasing trend followed by an increasing trend, while the salt-sensitive varieties showed a decreasing trend.

The annual incidence rate of diabetes among those receiving HCS showed a decreasing trend from 95.4 to 87.5 cases per 10,000 person-years from 2011 to 2014, but when stratifying on age group and gender, was significant only among the oldest women (age groups 85–89 years and 90 +).

Despite the limit of the small sample size of our cohort, a decreasing trend of both length of stay and time to negative molecular NPS in MoAb-treated vs. plasma-treated patients was observed.

In the pre-fatigue state, viscosity computed in flexion and extension did not differ, whereas, after fatigue, there was a decreasing trend of viscosity measured in the flexion direction and an increasing trend of viscosity measured in the extension direction.

In summary, it can be predicted that the check rate of multiple consumption psychology decreases with the increase in consumption psychology type, as shown in Figure 4 , showing a decreasing trend; the recommended check rate of goods of multiple consumption psychology reaches a peak when double consumption psychology and then decreases with the increase in consumption psychology.

These regions report a decreasing trend in infection rates in the groups covered by vaccination.

Overall, most of the regimens were nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI)-sparing (71.3%), with a decreasing trend over time (76.2% to 70.2%).

These findings were consistent with the results of this article that the CC values of wheat flag leaves under drought stress showed a decreasing trend.

Conclusion In this study, a decreasing trend of aortic aneurysm burden was found globally, especially in advanced regions.

We analyzed the gene loss of nine parasitic plants, most MADS-box genes of parasitic plants showed a decreasing trend in each subfamily compared with autotrophic plants ( Figure 4A ).

In a previous study using KYRBS data from 2006 to 2018, experience of depressive mood and suicidal ideation/attempts showed a decreasing trend until 2015, and then showed an increasing trend from 2016 to 2018 (experience of depressive mood: 27.0%, suicidal ideation: 13.3%, and suicide attempt: 3.1% in 2018) [ 21 ].

Serum globulins responsible for blood clotting and immunological functions proclaimed a decreasing trend from lower to higher stocking density.

Collection time effect As the collection time increases, the number of particles formed increases to some extent, and then a decreasing trend is observed.

Acid phosphatase activity showed a decreasing trend with increasing alkali stress concentration, and the alkali treatment was significantly lower than that of the control.

Introduction Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death in most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Brazil [ 1 ], despite a decreasing trend in mortality over recent years [ 2 ].

7 A further meta-analysis by Wong and colleagues 8 in 2017 found the pooled mortality to be approximately 24% with a decreasing trend over the past 3 yr.

Economic Burden The average duration of stay of nasopharyngeal cancer patients showed a decreasing trend, with an average annual decrease rate of 3.3% and a month-on-month decrease of 2.5% ( Table 3 ).