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Thus, LCS showed a decreasing trend in sperm concentration and sperm motility in men from secondary infertile couples.

For instance, in measuring the viscosity of different Doogh samples, it was observed that both these parameters exhibited a decreasing trend in viscosity with increasing storage temperature.

( 2015 ), which also discovered a decreasing trend in the ascorbic acid content of fruits and vegetables during storage, attributed to oxidation.

( 2016 ) observed a decreasing trend in WAI with an increase in drying temperature.

However, as cobalt loading increased, a decreasing trend in epoxide yield was observed, possibly due to equivalent oxidation facilitated by greater coordination of Co 2+ ions at high cobalt loading. 50 Increasing the oxygen pressure from 15–44 psi resulted in the highest yield of limonene epoxides, followed by a decrease at a higher oxygen pressure of 58 psi, likely due to subsequent epoxide oxidation or ring-opening.

Our first sensitivity analysis also revealed significant moderation by network gender composition even though we excluded the index, while our second sensitivity analysis showed a sustained, constant trend of reduced risk among women and a decreasing trend of reduced risk among men as the number network females increased.

Between-group differences in supportive care needs at different time points Figure 2 shows that the supportive care needs of the Type D personality group, non-Type D personality group, and the population as a whole tended to increase from presurgery (T1) to 14 days postsurgery (T2), after which the level of supportive care needs showed a decreasing trend.

There was a decreasing trend in hypertension prevalence and in systolic BP as the MQ increased from the bottom to the top quartile across all three models ( p for trend ≤.01), with a 28% difference (OR: 0.72, 95% CI: 0.54, 0.95) in hypertension prevalence and a 1.88 mm Hg (95% CI: −3.56, −0.20) difference in SBP between the top and bottom quartiles in the fully adjusted model.

The length of grain significantly reduced in 2020 and 2021, whereas the width did not change significantly in 2021, only a decreasing trend.

The risk of developing lung cancer demonstrated a decreasing trend as the total activity level increased from 0 to 13,200 MET‐minutes/week, resulting in a 14.7% reduction in risk (relative risk 0.853, uncertainty interval 0.798 to 0.912).

Subsequently, the rate of decreased HDL-C level in PLWH receiving TDF + 3TC + LPV/r fluctuated and showed a decreasing trend, while that in PLWH receiving TDF + 3TC + EFV showed a gradually increasing trend from the 9th month onward.

The ENM projected a decreasing trend in average habitat suitability from 11 to 4.5 ka, whereafter mean habitat suitability values fluctuated around a long-term stable average ( Fig. 4C ).

Conversely, a decreasing trend of FT4 (and FT3) concentration is more consistently reported.

This confirms that the share of affordable housing has experienced a decreasing trend and providing the housing for low-income groups has become out of reach.

Similarly, tray 2, tray 3, and tray 4 exhibit a decreasing trend in the percentage of moisture removal, with values of 75.15 %, 74.16 %, and 72.28 %, respectively.

A decreasing trend in RH has been observed over continents in recent decades, which is mainly attributed to the relatively large rate of increase in q s over land due to the amplified warming over land and the relatively small rate of increase in moisture transport from ocean to land and specific humidity over land [ 35 , 37 , 38 ].

Due to the gradual weakening of the outward light of the urban built-up area and the certain diffusing nature of the nighttime light, the intensity of the nighttime light inside the city is usually higher and shows a decreasing trend to the edge area.

59 However, (Cu 0.5 Cd 0.5 Fe 1.975 Ce 0.025 O 4 ) x = 0.0250 also shows a decreasing trend, but the line is linear.

As well, according to Derakhshani et al., investigations on PBMCs of RRMS patients demonstrated a significant downregulation of VISTA mRNA expression, and further single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of various cell populations confirmed a decreasing trend in the expression pattern of VISTA in monocytes, DCs, and naïve B-cells of untreated RRMS patients compared to healthy controls [ 98 ].

The catalysts exhibit varying concentrations of S vacancies, with a decreasing trend observed in the following sequence: H-NiMo-150–400 > H-NiMo-120–400 > H-NiMo-180–400 > H-NiMo-90–400 > H-NiMo-200–400. 3.1.4 XPS Analysis The chemical composition and valence states in the sulfided NiMo catalysts obtained at different hydrothermal treatment temperatures were further investigated by XPS, and the Mo 3d and S 2p spectra of the six samples are shown in Figure 4 .

The soil bulk density and sand content among different ecological restoration patterns were lower than that in unrestored grasslands, and they showed a decreasing trend with increasing restoration years.

Furthermore, MsOSCA1/-2/-4/-6 showed a decreasing trend expression pattern under JA treatment in alfalfa ( Figure 8A ).

From 2017 to 2022, the comprehensive evaluation ranking showed a decreasing trend, which was consistent with our expectations.

A decreasing trend of ASDR was detected in 19 regions between 1990 and 2019, while the EAPC of ASDR is increasing in only two regions (East Asia and Southeast Asia) (Table 1 ).

As our analysis of bias highlighted a decreasing trend in the latitude of sampled location over time ( SI Appendix , Appendix S1 ), we ran a sensitivity test to assess whether our results were a true representation of temporal trend across elevational bands rather than an artifact of biased sampling.