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The need to collect and recycle batteries varies from one country to another, but there is a definite trend towards stricter control over this aspect [ 4 ].

In response to hypoxia (open circles, pooled data from 3 and 5 h), there is a definite trend for the data to scatter towards high Sv values and, correspondingly, very low cell volume in endothelial cells (Fig. 7A ), while no significant variations, relative to control, were observed in epithelial cells (Fig. 7C ).

Regarding the effect of the AF extract included in the glazing system, differences found were very scarce ( p > 0.05), and a definite trend could not be proved.

No significant changes in IL-1β concentration were observed in the hippocampus though a definite trend was observed, with an approximate 3-fold increase over vehicle control values.

The incidence of BC appears to be growing year by year in recent years, with a definite trend toward younger age.

Table 5 shows that when the original model amino acid frequencies were randomly perturbed, there was a definite trend among all of the model selection measures to select the corresponding '+F' version of the particular model over the original models.

Several reported studies have pointed to a definite trend of increased cell mortality in line with increased dose rates at a constant radiation dose [ 8 , 10 , 11 , 16 ].

The incidence curve of PCa reaches its plateau during the early 2000s followed by a period of fluctuation with a definite trend downward since then.

However, our observation seems to be similar to results reported by Rothenberg et al (2005) , in which they were not able to confirm a correlation between the inhibition of Akt and MAPK and response to an EGFR TKI (gefitinib) in colorectal cancer, but suggested a definite trend for inhibition of the EGFR-driven activation of downstream regulators in patients achieving a longer progression-free survival.

Localization errors and ghost sources of SLF solutions, with or without regularization, do not appear to have a definite trend with source depth – this may be due to border artefacts involved in the SLF iterations which will affect most seriously the surface sources possibly resulting in elevated artefactual errors for the surface sources.

The effect of drug: carrier ratio did not follow a definite trend.

An out- standing example is the large chest clinic of the Henry Phipps Institute, Philadelphia. Beds for the tuberculous in general hospitals During recent years there is a definite trend towards the use of beds in general hospitals for tuberculosis patients.

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With a definite trend towards reductions in the operative time and blood loss, comparable low postoperative complications and zero mortality.

Dynamic profile The males did not show a definite trend of PLT throughout the trial (Slope and Cubic nonsignificant); however, a decline followed by an asymmetrical peak emerged with age (Quadratic*Age Coef. = 0.01 [0.005 ~ 0.02], SE = 0.003; Cubic Coeff = −0.002 [−0.005~−0.001], SE = 0.002); this pattern did not differ by diagnostic group.

A definite trend toward improvement was observed in a phase II study in both joint structure and symptoms in patients with primary knee OA treated with risedronate.

More fluctuations appeared in amplitude without following a definite trend or showing significant differences ( Figure 8 ).

While event rates for fatal cardiovascular disease were similar, there was a disturbing tendency for stroke and a definite trend for heart failure to occur more often in the doxazosin group, than in the group taking chlorthalidone.

For the EM group, there was a definite trend between grain yield and disease scores.

In this study, although a definite trend can be seen in collagen secretion up to day 18 in all tested groups, no significant differences in collagen deposition over time or between groups were seen.

The circulation of H3 or H1 subtypes did not appear to show a definite trend when analyzed by season or by country.

There was a definite trend for the rabbits with the greatest number of arterial lesions to have shown the greatest rise in sedimentation rate in the group receiving whole serum, an observation which we have noted previously 588 CARDIOVASCULAR AND RENAL LESIONS PRODUCED BY SERUM (10).

There is a definite trend of growing darker blue intensity in the diagonal cells and decreasing (or missing) lighter intensity in the off-diagonal cells in these subsequent folds.

In terms of its impact on survival, WPOI, DOI and PNI exhibited a definite trend in predicting overall and disease‐free survival in our study.

Although quantification is not statistically significant, there appears to be a definite trend of fewer α-actinin-positive stripes in the TsUBE2L3 sample as compared to controls ( S7C and S7D Fig ).