“a decreasing trend”

More interestingly, there were significantly greater numbers of Myosin7a+/Sox2+ cells in the transgenic mice, with a decreasing trend from the apex to the base in the cochlea (Fig. 3l, m ).

In 1990, the annual average temperature in arid region changed from a decreasing trend to an increasing trend.

However, MTO based on pelagic species shows a decreasing trend along the Israeli depth gradient: the MTO at 10-m depth is 17.3 °C, but only 13.6 °C at 40-m depth (Table 4 ), while the sea surface temperature for this area is estimated at 24 °C on average (Avnaim-Katav et al. 2019 ; Castañeda et al. 2010 ; Essallami et al. 2007 ).

With decreasing GW levels, the soil water content showed a decreasing trend.

Notably, C i also showed a decreasing trend, suggesting that photosynthesis capacity might be limited by stomatal and non-stomatal factors ( Singh et al., 2013 ).

This evolutionary pattern was statistically confirmed on the one hand by the p values of the t test which were initially lower than the 0.05 reference value and then became constantly higher than this but with a decreasing trend and, on the other hand, the observed values of the t test which were initially negative but then became positive with an increasing trend (Figure 10 , MED 1_B curve and Figure 11 01 B – left and blue line – right).

2 A, TG levels showed a decreasing trend in patients with Child–Pugh A, B and C, with mean values of 1.8 mmol/L, 1.3 mmol/L and 1.0 mmol/L, respectively.

With the increase in the comprehensive stem thickness and dispersion degree of the combined vegetation, the average streamwise velocity in the vegetated area showed a decreasing trend, while that in the non-vegetated area showed an increasing trend.

The observed features of the GDM group pointed to a decreasing trend in α-diversity compared with those of the control group ( Fig. 2b ).

The WHC of the PPE-added gels augmented significantly with the increase in PPE of up to 1% ( p < 0.05), afterwards a decreasing trend was observed with an increasing concentration of PPE.

Although the root growth rate of both cultivars showed a decreasing trend with increasing salt concentration, the roots of C116 were more sensitive to salt stress than those of C71.

Regarding the effect of age on the model outcome, we found a decreasing trend in the odds of using GA in patients with age brackets of 40-49 years and older ( Table 2 ).

A decreasing trend in total carbohydrate content of chapati samples was observed with an increasing PPF substitution.

The tensile performance of specimens generally shows a decreasing trend with increasing temperature, which is similar to that of the compressive strength.

Increased attention to quality improvements may have reduced the risk of adverse events and thus led to a decreasing trend of malpractice claims.

Concerning epidermal cell length and width, the current study revealed a decreasing trend in both moderate and severe drought stress which are in general agreement with those reported by Boughalleb et al.

As shown in Table 4 , the first-order moments show an overall increasing trend, and the second-order moments exhibit a decreasing trend; it indicates that the average intensity of the image color increases, and the color distribution becomes more uniform.

At the same time as the Mw of KGM decreased, the lightness, elastic modulus, gel strength, water freedom and crystallinity of pea starch showed an increasing trend, whereas the viscosity modulus and WHC showed a decreasing trend.

In the intestine, the expression showed a decreasing trend at 1 day, 3 and 6 weeks ( Figure 1 A–C), increasing at week 9 ( Figure 1 D), and decreasing at week 12 ( Figure 1 E).

Compared with the unfermented samples, the TPCs of all fermented samples showed a decreasing trend at the later stage of fermentation, particularly after 12 h, except for O-Lc.

Conclusions The sales of tobacco products to adolescents by retailers in Taiwan showed a decreasing trend, indicating that the results were achieved through law enforcement by the central and local health authorities.

In addition, a decreasing trend of peak area could be found for the 10 mmol/L treatment group when compared with 2.5 and 5 mmol/L treatment groups.

As of 24 June 2022, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Korea has been on a decreasing trend, but the average daily number of confirmed cases remains high at 7062 cases [ 3 ].

The AICc values of each model also showed a decreasing trend, with the MGWR model also having the lowest AICc value.

The contribution of all five provinces to the overall variation shows a decreasing trend.