“a weak trend”

In the gtMS2 anterior expression domain ( Figure 2 D), there is synchronous onset of transcription in both sexes and a weak trend showing lower fluorescence in female embryos ( Figures 2 E and 2F).

It has been reported that ghrelin administration increases cortisol and growth hormone (GH), with only a weak trend toward mood improvement in male patients [ 270 ], and that ghrelin can alleviate anxiety after short-term stress by activating the HPA axis [ 271 ].

The composite dietary habits score presented an average value of 2.77 ( SD = 3.79), indicating a weak trend towards positive values on the scale.

Under JLY treatment, we noticed a weak trend decreasing overall diffusion and transport (〈D cross JLY 〉 = 1.7 ± 2.0μm 2 /s; 〈D ring JLY 〉 = 1.5 ± 2.0μm 2 /s).

Variant rs11874 in GOSR2 had nominal association (χ 2 = 3.81; p = 0.051) and rs185531658 an intergenic SNP on Chr 5 [ 39 ] showed association on Fisher’s test as allele counts were low ( p = 0.043) while rs659366 in UCP2 and rs2388896 intergenic SNP demonstrated a weak trend of association (Table 1 ).

26 , 43 - 49 Urinary Mo showed a weak trend to an association with 2-hour glucose in the adjusted model.

Overall, our sensitivity analysis shows a rather inconclusive picture regarding uncertainty and a weak trend towards higher GPR(1%, 1 mm) for smaller voxels.

Indeed, there was a weak trend toward increased iGluR current over time, as revealed by vehicle treatment ( Fig. 4 G ; Table 1 ).

NeuroGaze ( M = 3.2) did not differ from either Eye Gaze + Hand Gesture ( p = 0.129) or VR Controllers ( p = 0.840); however, Eye Gaze + Hand Gesture appeared slightly more demanding than VR Controllers ( p = 0.028), representing a weak trend.

Nevertheless, visual inspection suggested a weak trend ( Figure 3A ), which may be worth exploring in future studies with larger samples.

At Site 3, the expression of PSII core genes PsbD, PsbC , and PsbB increased in August 2022, while the increase in PsbA showed a weak trend toward October 2022 and August 2023.

Body condition was also retained in the best model as a weak trend, suggesting a negative effect of Bd load on body condition.

Furthermore, a magnitude of τ near zero indicated a weak trend, whilst values nearer 1 or − 1 indicated a stronger trend.

Conversely, a weak trend between MW and toxicity suggests that heavier compounds are less toxic.

Dependence of the Effectiveness of γ-Stimulation on Age We observed a weak trend towards decreased effectiveness of gamma stimulation with increasing age in mice ( Figure 8 ).

There was a weak trend for communities collected from limed tree holes after the treatment started (post-liming) to grow better at pH 8.2 than at lower pH values, but this was not significant.

Pocillopora fragments displayed a slight, non-significant decline in growth compared to Pocillopora colonies (Estimate = − 0.060, SE = 0.034, t = − 1.80, p = 0.072), indicating only a weak trend toward slower growth.

The positive correlation suggests that synonymous mutants with predicted less stable RNA had a weak trend to have more activity ( Fig. 4a ).

There was a weak trend for increased risk of revision with hybrid fixation.

According to 54 , an absolute value of Kendall-τ ≥ 0.5 indicates a strong trend; 0.3 ≤ Kendall-τ < 0.5 indicates a moderate trend; 0.1 ≤ Kendall-τ < 0.3 indicates a weak trend.

For low intensity fires a weak trend of increasing pEF as both speed and deviation increased, but with a lot of noise and uncertainty.

identified a weak trend of higher liver inflammation correlating with longer liver T1rho ( 10 ), whereas rats with no or minimal inflammation could still have very high T1rho values amid collagen deposition ( 13 ).

The response of tetraploid HCT116 lines to doxorubicin was also highly heterogeneous: whereas several tetraploid lines showed a weak trend of or a statistically significant increase in IC 50 of doxorubicin compared with diploids, others showed significant reductions in IC 50 (Fig. 6C ).

Notably, tryptophan did not produce effects opposite to escitalopram but showed only a weak trend in the same direction.

For physical health, the overall analysis was not significant, with only a weak trend pointing towards effectiveness.