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We observed a slight trend toward shorter telomeres at the apex of Pocillopora spp. branches.

Regarding PA, as in previous studies [ 18 , 19 , 20 ], at the end of the intervention, there were no differences in PA levels between the groups, although both showed a slight trend towards improvement; this was in line with the improvement trends found in both groups in terms of motivation towards PA (external motivation and amotivation).

3 A–F) in this cohort of rhesus macaques with drusen, although there was a slight trend toward thicker choroid among eyes with more drusen.

A slight trend towards an AS01 dose-response was also observed at these timepoints.

There was a slight trend toward higher white blood cell counts in NHPs following EBOV challenge ( Fig. 4A and B ), particularly in animals that succumbed to infection.

In detail, the InfectoFos ® FOS in elastomer is stable for 5 days from its preparation at a storage temperature of 4 °C, since a slight trend in increasing concentrations of FOS solutions during this study was observed.

A slight trend of increasing average size was observed for the MLs over the days.

reported a slight trend towards higher maximum intensities and area under the curve (AUC) in DLB patients than in PD ( Rossi et al., 2020 ).

Meanwhile, there was a slight trend of increased weight loss of steel sheets in the blank medium, mainly due to electrochemical corrosion.

Statistical analysis of inaccuracy and bias in each method has a substantial contribution to the debate concerning the importance and limits of different age estimation methods; in our study, the dental and skeletal methods showed an excellent correlation with real age, especially under 2 years: in this age range, indeed inaccuracy from all the methods is similar, with a slight trend to underestimation.

Our findings indicated a consistent behavior regardless of the parameter choice, with a slight trend of improved quality at a larger m .

There was a slight trend towards more pronounced day-night differences in non-night shift workers, with slightly higher daytime and slightly lower night-time blood pressure values as compared to night shift workers.

Concomitant diseases showed a slight trend towards decreasing the proportion of respondents.

Time-to-first subsequent exacerbation did not differ significantly according to the timing of treatment initiation, though a slight trend towards longer median time-to-first moderate exacerbation could be observed among prompt vs. delayed initiators (Fig. 4 ).

Additionally, the number of adherent cells remained approximately constant within the considered timeframe, even though a slight trend appears to be present for the 3D setting.

Unlike to iron-biofortified vegetables, in the case of functional foods, there was a slight trend toward preference by younger consumers, consistent with previous reports [ 14 , 15 , 52 ].

To account for a slight trend towards fewer lesions in SLC25A51 knockdown cells even directly following H 2 O 2 treatment, lesions after 2 and 4 h recovery were normalized to the first timepoint, H 2 O 2 treatment without recovery.

A slight trend below 200 cm −1 can be deconvoluted into two peaks at about 107 and 145 cm −1 which are characteristics of Cu 2 O.

For the premolar segments of the Bio-Active ® archwires, a slight trend of increasing Af temperature with increased duration of use was observed.

In line with the short-term real-life study, as well as the approval and follow-up trials [ 6 , 15 , 16 ], the ER-formulation in our study was comparable to the IR-formulation in maintaining the WBC cystine levels in patients with cystinosis, with a slight trend towards a lower percent of cystine levels < 1 nmol during the ER-treatment.

In Manchester, UK, climate injustice could be determined as more diverse communities, people living in rent, and poor quality housing make up for a greater heat risk, while for elderly and children only a slight trend is found [ 44 ].

Its BPSS improved significantly at all three time points after surgery with a slight trend of more improvement as time passed.

However, a slight trend might be visible in AZD5582-treated RD-GFP spheroids in E:T ratios of 0.5:1 and 5:1. 3.2.

Between 2004 and 2019, there was no substantial inequality in smoking prevalence by remoteness, a relatively stable inequality by education, but a slight trend for increasing absolute and relative inequalities by area-level disadvantage (for the middle disadvantage subgroup, a prevalence difference of 4.3 percentage points [95% CI: 1.3–7.4] in 2004 to 8.0 percentage points [95% CI: 5.5–10.5] in 2019, and a prevalence ratio of 1.2 [95% CI: 1.0–1.4] in 2004 to 1.9 [95% CI: 1.4–2.3] in 2019; for the most disadvantaged subgroup, a prevalence difference of 7.5 percentage points [95% CI: 3.9–11.2] in 2004 to 16.8 percentage points [95% CI: 12.7–20.8] in 2019, and a prevalence ratio of 1.4 [95% CI: 1.2–1.7] in 2004 to 2.8 [95% CI: 2.1–3.5] in 2019).

6 B) with a slight trend for elevation with Asn909Lys and also Ile703Val at baseline and in the presence of reducing substrate confirming a general trend for increase with all of the mutations despite clear differences in the O 2 ·- generating activities of these mutations ( Fig. 6 C and D).