“a slightly increasing trend”

Regarding MDF, only the TA muscle exhibited a significant difference in slope between groups, with a slightly increasing trend observed in pre/sarcopenic individuals.

The percentage of the three shortest duration NSPT procedures of all NSPT treatments provided performed by dentists (<10, ≥10, and ≥20 min) was similar across the age groups (8%–14%), with a slightly increasing trend for the <10 and ≥10 min procedures from the youngest to the oldest age group.

From 2018 to 2023, mean temperature values indicate a slightly increasing trend. 2.3.

tart cherry, ( Prunus cerasus L.) production is about 1.5 million tons and shows a slightly increasing trend [ 1 ].

Also, we adopt same rVE to all age, which is in contrast to a previous study that evaluated the effect of age on rVE of HD vs SD influenza vaccine (from 2012 to 2018 season) reported that there had been a slightly increasing trend in rVE with age in all seasons, especially was consistently more effective than SD for adults aged ≥85 years [ 34 ].

However, EM4 shows a slightly increasing trend, which could be the result of local sediment deposition by the melting snowbanks along the lake catchment 93 .

One study reported a slightly increasing trend for incidence of hepatobiliary cancer (i.e. liver and extrahepatic biliary tract cancer combined) according to the dose of exposure, with RRs of 1.00 (95% CI: 0.89-1.12), 1.04 (95% CI: 0.94-1.15), and 1.14 (95% CI: 1.03-1.26) for the first (median exposure: 0.01 unit-years), second (median exposure: 0.04 unit-years), and third (median exposure: 0.09 unit-years) tertiles of exposure [ 52 ].

The WSC values for maize were 2%, 16% and 10% in 2015, 2050 and 2100 respectively, resulting in a slightly increasing trend line from 5% to 12% in 2015 and 2100 respectively ( Figure 4 ).

For Northern Ireland a low prevalence (> 1–10%) of test‐positive herds was reported, but with a slightly increasing trend.

Whereas a slightly increasing trend may be seen as underlying the heights of the bars, the highest value of all appears at a relatively short time (4 h).

The calculated microstrain presented in Figure 12 c remains relatively independent of the temperature, apart from the 7 °C·min −1 curve, which shows a slightly increasing trend with rising temperature.

Confronting the estimated means of time spent grazing during each period, a slightly increasing trend can be observed in all time slots, especially when comparing P1-P3 to P4-P5, indeed, both groups showed higher grazing activity in P4 and P5 when compared with the other periods of trial.

However, the strain–energy ratio in the cement mantle remained nearly unchanged or showed a slightly increasing trend.

Although early-onset myopia was more common in children, there was a slightly increasing trend in annual progression; moreover, while the retinal structure did not differ statistically significantly, the ERG changes indicated a steadily decreasing trend.

In detail, at low frequency below 7500 cm –1 there is a mild decreasing trend and above 8000 cm –1 a slightly increasing trend, but in view of sample to sample variations and other sources of uncertainty it is not certain that these trends are significant.

The timing of the change point for CRE did not coincide with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as it exhibited a slightly increasing trend.

The RMS roughness of the annealed AZO presents a slightly increasing trend compared to the as-deposited one, reflecting the increased average grain size which was also observed through XRD analysis. 3.4.

Both genes were similar although Bmp7 showed a slightly increasing trend which was insignificant ( Figures S3 K and S3L).

After LNCFT, the PV and SSA of different coal samples showed a slightly increasing trend in micropores ( Figure 7 a).

Regarding the enzymatic treatment of the samples, ZEN and α-ZEL are not showing any significant change during the applied process in none of the two matrices, although a slightly increasing trend can be observed.

Sperm concentration from samples collected in May were similar to those of March, showing a slightly increasing trend by age ( Fig. 2 ).

had a slightly increasing trend during the study period, while Pseudomonas spp., Staphylococcus aureus , and Acinetobacter spp.

According to the analysis, the results show a slightly increasing trend when n is less than 6, and a significantly decreasing trend when n is greater than 6.

Despite the ongoing enhancement of perinatal care in Poland, in recent years we have observed a slightly increasing trend of preterm births.

Despite this, a slightly increasing trend of the average impedance from 4 h to 24 h was revealed, indicating an enhancement of corrosion barrier properties with evolution over time.