Although these results align with the literature, they portray a worrying trend that slaps the global energy transition journey, especially when such results are found in a European economy like Bulgaria, an economy committed to both the EU and Paris Agreement on climate change.
Moreover, it will continue increasing worldwide (2030 projection: 28.5% globally, ranging from 7.1% in sub-Saharan Africa to 63.4% in Eastern Asia). 2 Dominican Republic, Brazil, Cyprus, Egypt and Turkey are the worldwide leaders, with CS rates ranging from 58.1% to 50.8%, respectively, which points to a worrying trend towards overmedicalization of childbirth and overuse of CS. 2 Other surgical procedures such as dilation, curettage, myomectomy, and surgical hysteroscopy are less frequent than CS.
Importantly, our results demonstrate a worrying trend of early recurrences, most within 100 days of induction therapy and identified on the first post-induction surveillance cystoscopy, among patients receiving reduced-dose induction BCG.
In particular, the increasing prevalence of cyberbullying in primary schools is a worrying trend that highlights the need for early intervention and prevention efforts.
A worrying trend in recent years is that people with intellectual disabilities almost always have the lowest level of participation ( 71 ).
Therefore, the importance of solid training in basic examination skills, particularly in cardiac auscultation, cannot be overstated. Recent studies underscore a worrying trend of dwindling auscultation competency among medical professionals, emphasizing an urgent need for rejuvenation [ 3 - 5 ].
The dread of the COVID-19 illness among individuals, as well as its repercussions on their health, psychological well-being, and adaptability, is a worrying trend that is being highlighted by these data.
WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY The ART success rate is ∼30%, with a worrying trend of increasing female age correlating with considerably worse results.
This is a worrying trend of global concern as dementia remains incurable and is permanently incapacitating that consequently exacts high disease and socio-economic burden throughout the patient’s remaining lifetime.
While the recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for a re-envisaged NHS ( Anderson et al., 2021 ), the identification of increased healthcare demand over time ( Appleby, 2019 ) and a worrying trend in unsafe maternity staffing levels ( NHS England, 2021a ), more focus is needed on how system pressures affect perinatal populations and the potential for displaced risk within the pre-hospital setting.
Ancestral reconstruction analysis reveals that each species in the genus has gained genes recently, potentially via gene transfer, indicating a worrying trend of rapid acquisition and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes.
Incidence is still rising, and there is a worrying trend of increasing incidence in young adults aged 30–39 years [ 2 ].
Our findings present a worrying trend for the reproducibility of ML-based science.
This is a worrying trend, given field surveys generate essential new information that cannot be obtained through the prism of sequencing, and are ideal instruments for training the next generation.
In general, there is a worrying trend that, although the addition of antibiotics to feed supplements was banned in China in 2020, it has not reduced antibiotic resistance.
This is a worrying trend because men have a shorter life expectancy and are less likely to seek medical care [ 10 , 11 ].
Although mortality related to RHD had appeared to decline between 1990 and 2012, a worrying trend has seen mortality rising sharply since 2017 ( 1 , 8 ).
While many studies have demonstrated efficacy in patients with diabetes and obesity, a worrying trend is interest in Ozempic for cosmetic weight loss popularized by social media and celebrity influences [ 48 ].
1599) describes a worrying trend in science: “reputation based on discovery is no longer the currency.” Although Lazebnik (2015 , p. 1599) mentions several causes, he also mentions how scientists are now frequently assessed by “the number of papers published, the number of citations, citation indexes, impact factors, formulas to calculate their relative values.” Such criteria are not per se wrong, but they are one-sided.
There is a 15–20-year difference between the data collection of the sample in that study and ours and our results possibly demonstrate a worrying trend in the increasing adiposity in children, particularly in UK-born SA children.
Recent epidemiological data show a worrying trend towards higher incidence and potential under-detection of CIED infection. 43 , 44 Certain patient-specific and procedure- or device-related risk factors predispose to CIED infection. 11 , 45 , 46 Various measures have been explored to reduce CIED infection, 24 , 47 , 48 but none has been consistent
Discussion Our study highlights a worrying trend in malnutrition-related deaths among older adults.
Vaccine hesitancy is not a new phenomenon especially among migrants and is not limited to COVID-19 vaccine; studies have noted a worrying trend in general vaccine hesitancy in recent years ( Lazarus et al., 2021 ; World Health Organization 2021 ) and various experts have pointed out that vaccine hesitancy has become a significant factor among migrants and sexual minority populations ( Garg et al., 2021 ; Harrison and Wu, 2020 ; Wang et al., 2020 ; Harapan et al., 2020 ; World Health Organization.
The WHO estimated that over 90% of DM cases are Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and have predicted a worrying trend for T2DM in the future [ 5 ].
Analysis of the intensity of cigarette smoking by female smokers indicated a worrying trend: the number of cigarettes smoked a day has clearly increased.