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Due to the speed of propagation of the sound in solids being greater than that in air, when the cracks are filled, the solid phase of the asphalt concrete increases, the gas phase decreases, and the wave velocities show an increasing trend.

Conversely, no significant differences were observed for cladribine- or IFN-β-treated patients, likely due to the small sample size; however, an increasing trend of anti-RBD-IgG titers was found.

We hypothesized that there would be an increasing trend in the usage of arthroscopy and that there would be no significant difference in the effectiveness of open and arthroscopic management of septic wrist arthritis, as measured by our outcome criteria.

2 , the average hours of vessels waiting at the port (AWT) and the average number of container ships waiting at the port (SWP) witnessed an increasing trend during the global pandemic, meaning the port congestion was worsened.

In the forthcoming years, an increasing trend is expected due to the rising of consumer’ demands, and, consequently, their waste products will also go up.

TVB-N value of beef liver paste showed an increasing trend with storage time, which could be attributed to the increase in alkaline nitrogenous substances produced by the decomposition of proteins in beef liver paste under the action of enzymes and bacteria [ 32 ].

On the other hand, the conductivity showed more significant differences among the different volcanic materials and an increasing trend with time.

In the oSXM group, an increasing trend of storage modulus values was observed (oSHM-2.5 < oSHeM-2.5 < oSHM-5 < oSHM-7.5 < oSHeM-5 < oSHeM-7.5).

As the mass ratio of AL/Fe(III) to PVA increased, the tensile strength and elongation at break of the film initially showed an increasing trend followed by a decreasing trend.

The thermodynamic calculations illustrate that the density and melting point of the HEAs showed an increasing trend with the increase of the Cr content.

We observed an increasing trend of mortality due to pneumonia in COPD patients.

TGFβ2 mRNA levels showed an increasing trend that was not statistically significant, possibly due to masking of the fibroblast response by other cell types ( Figure S1B ).

During the fermentation of FMQFB, the content of all VACs except aldehydes showed an increasing trend in the early stage of fermentation (1–5 d); in the middle stage (6–19 d), the content of aroma substances presented an up-trend followed by a small decrease and then continued to go up; in the late stage (20–27 d), the content of alcohols, esters, and furans exhibited a rising tendency, while other VACs showed a decreasing trend.

Despite the actions taken to remove Cd from and decrease the amount of Cd released into the lithosphere, the contamination of the natural environment with this xenobiotic shows an increasing trend, as this metal is not biodegradable and persists in the environment for hundreds of years [ 55 ].

The number of caves Pyramidal Ceiling top is the largest, it was found that its spatial volume and top slope value showed an increasing trend.

Introduction According to the AIRTUM (Italian Cancer Registry), there were approximately 14,300 new diagnoses of pancreatic ductal carcinoma (PDAC) in 2020, showing an increasing trend in recent years, particularly among males.

Depression is a public health problem with an increasing trend in prevalence [ 4 ].

Among negative performances, there was an increasing trend of test anxiety in school-aged children (Raymo et al., 2019 ).

The volume of the cooked rice showed an increasing trend as MDs increased.

Although the incidence of CRC is stable or decreasing in some countries, Asian and European countries show an increasing trend in CRC incidence [ 2 ].

Thiamethoxam entering spinach could be gradually metabolized under the action of enzymes over time to produce thiamethoxam and other products [ 19 , 20 ] and the δ 13 C value could show a decreasing trend during this process, while the δ 15 N value might show an increasing trend due to the enrichment of 15 N.

The addition of HVT EVs was less effective, with an increasing trend of proliferation having been documented solely for the combination of HVT EVs with 0.1 ng/μL TNFα and INFγ, compared to this dose of cytokines alone.

Particularly, four of these genes ( ScNAC54 , ScNAC28 , ScNAC43 , ScNAC36 ) have high expression levels and an increasing trend at different stages of seed development.

It can be seen that in the early training phase, the F1-score of the attribute inference attack shows a slow decreasing trend, the F1-score of the label inference attack shows an increasing trend, and the overall F1-score shows an increasing trend.

There is an increasing trend towards evaluating the potential value of hematological pro-inflammatory markers in the diagnosis and prognosis of various chronic diseases [ 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 ] given the link between inflammation and changes in peripheral blood cells.