“a decreasing trend”

A decreasing trend in antibiotic susceptibility (between 5 and 10%) was observed in the following cases: E. coli to nitrofurantoin, Klebsiella spp. to cefoxitin, Acinetobacter spp. to imipenem, Salmonella spp. to ciprofloxacin and Enterococci to ampicillin (Tables 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 ) (Fig. 3 ).

3 , and the findings indicated a decreasing trend in the five different riparian vegetation buffer zones from the upper parts of the riparian vegetation buffer zone to the river channel.

In comparison, the BDOC/DOC ratio of the other three feeds exhibited a decreasing trend of CM (60.7%) > ultrasonicated SS (54.2%) > SS (37.3%) > MS (33.5%).

Regarding the financial impact of concussion injuries, there was a decreasing trend since the implementation of the 7-day DL rule in 2011.

This is in contrast to patterns observed in many Western populations, for example, a decreasing trend in alcohol consumption levels during 1990s–2010s among adults aged 18–85 years in Switzerland [ 29 ] and in other southern, central-western and western European countries [ 30 ], and a reduction in frequent drinking (5+ days in the previous week) among adults aged over 16 years during 2005–2017 in the United Kingdom [ 31 ].

There was a decreasing trend in malaria test positivity rate (TPR) for every unit increase in month after spraying.

The wear rates and friction coefficients of these Cu-CNTs composites showed a decreasing trend with increasing CNT content.

With the continuous intervention, the FBG levels in OOPs treatment groups showed a decreasing trend compared with the MC group.

When the relative mass loss is higher than 4%, the CC index of PZT transducer #1 shows a fluctuating variation, but that of PZT transducer #2 shows a decreasing trend.

Soil pH displayed a decreasing trend with increased TW application rate, and chemical fertilizer treatment alone was slightly decreased over the control.

A decreasing trend for the availability of natural sand for the past 15 years has been reported [ 1 ].

Analyses of long-term measurements at NHL stations, Point Barrow (BRW, Alaska) and Alert Nunavut (ALT, Canada), reveal that this seasonal cycle has changed over time, dominated by a decreasing trend in the annual CO 2 minimum (Fig. 3a, b ).

When considering the IRs per 100,000 inhabitants by age group and sex ( Figure 2 , panel B), we observed similar IRs in males and females up to the 35–39 years age group, higher IRs in males than in females in the older age groups and then a decreasing trend in females after the 80–84 years age group.

Our results indicated that the relative mRNA level of igf2 showed a decreasing trend to 6 HPO and HPS and then increased until the complete loss of egg viability occurred.

As referred to in Figure 5 a and Figure 5 b, a decreasing trend was observed for all CIP loadings and applied magnetic fields in such a way that the storage modulus steadily decreased as the strain amplitude increased from approximately 0.01% to 1%, and it remarkably diminished beyond these values up to 10%.

Besides, d -Glucose, d -Fructose and d -Galactose showed a decreasing trend in the hull across seed development of MQ 1 and XQ 1.

Seasonal trends of summer mean air temperature (July–September) which is the key for glacier melt, showed a decreasing trend at several climate stations in the Karakoram region during 1961–2000 [ 17 ].

Longitudinal incidence rates of GTD show a decreasing trend in Asia ( Matsui et al., 2007 ; Shi et al., 2005 ), while some European countries have experienced increasing rates ( Joneborg et al., 2018 ; Lybol et al., 2011 ).

A decreasing trend in the levels of NO 2 has been observed in the period 2010–2014.

g the years 2006 to 2015 in the 5-year age groups and in total population were calculated and then the rates forecasted for the next 20 years utilizing the Lee Carter model, as shown in Table 1 . According to the results, the crude death rate in all age groups under 75 years from 2006 to 2015 had a decreasing trend, and this negative trend is expected to continue until 2035.

The percentage of the built-up area increased from 5.11% in 1988 to 9.85% in 2001 and 17.29% in 2017, while the percentage of vegetation cover was 12.45%, 8.71%, and 6.80% in 1988, 2001, and 2017, respectively, with a decreasing trend.

As shown in Figure 10 , for the weight of the splash water from measuring points 1 to 10, the splash weight has a decreasing trend.

As we can see from Table 3 and from Figure 1 , the highest effect size was found in the high-EC group, where the KiVa group showed a decreasing trend over time, and the control group showed an increase over time.

Despite this high value, lead concentration in bones from the same species from other coastal areas in southwestern Mexico showed a decreasing trend up to 10 times lower from 1999 to 2015 [ 19 , 76 , 77 ].

Our results showed a decreasing trend of the exposure duration of reported pneumoconiosis and also the silicosis cases, which implies that the risk of dust is becoming more and more serious.