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Our results show an increasing trend in the diversity of exclusive bryophytes in different vegetation types with increasing elevation, suggesting that the increment of some species (such as liverworts) due to favorable climatic conditions may be a cause of the increase pattern [ 52 ].

It seems that the use of smaller and more portable devices, such as tablets and smartphones, is currently preferred to the use of the computer, used for see videos or playing video games in recent years [ 25 ], an increasing trend compared to the Save the Children Association’s recent study [ 21 ].

As frequency increases, the gain shows an increasing trend while the beam steering angles slightly decrease, which is a normal phenomenon attributed to the inherent dispersive characteristics of the metasurface structure.

[ 40 ] reported an increasing trend in GSI of maize seeds treated with ascorbic acid.

The age distribution showed a gradual trend toward aging, and the weighted proportion of people living alone showed an increasing trend.

By analyzing incorporated bacterial genes in phageomes of HV1–HV10 and PV1–PV10, we observed an increasing trend of Firmicutes and Proteobacteria and a decreasing tendency of Bacteroidetes and Verrucomicrobia in the diarrhea group in comparison to the control group.

An increasing trend is evident, with neat SMP recording 63 MPa, SMPC-P reaching 187 MPa, SMPC-5 at 201 MPa, and SMPC-10 achieving 234 MPa.

An increasing trend in shear yield stress was observed with higher agar concentrations in hydrogels, reaching up to 234.59 Pa at 1.5% agar at very low shear rates (0.001–0.1 s −1 ) ( Figure 1 B).

Nevertheless, these outbreaks still rank as the second most common bacterial food poisoning outbreak in the country, and the number of patients per outbreak has shown an increasing trend [ 3 ].

Although the taxonomic shifts in butyrate-producing genera did not reach statistical significance, the relative abundance of genera such as Faecalibacterium , Eubacterium hallii , Roseburia , and Butyrivibrio showed an increasing trend in the LL group.

oryzae , a significant increase in the fungal load in the liver was observed on day 1, which decreased on day 3 ( Figure 1 A); in the spleen, only an increasing trend of CFU was observed on day 7 ( Figure 1 D), while no differences in kidney were observed ( Figure 1 G).

Plant height in all treatments of Sangfen 180 showed an increasing trend from 17 to 97 days after transplanting ( Figure 1 b).

With increasing nitrogen application rates, the mineral element and amino acid concentrations showed an increasing trend, reaching maximum values under the N240 treatment.

Consequently, there has been an increasing trend of conducting studies to evaluate cognitive functions in athletes and identify factors that influence them.

(2) show an increasing trend in the binding energies as: D1 > D2 > D3.

Analysis of Anthropogenic Heat Flux The estimated anthropogenic heat flux (H as ) showed an increasing trend over the years studied ( Figure 5 , Table 5 ).

Although not statistically significant, an increasing trend was observed in tilmicosin or tetracycline residues from sampling points 1 to 10, while a decreasing trend was observed in penicillin or sulfamethoxazone residues during the same period.

Conversely, postweaning piglets and fattening pigs demonstrated an increasing trend in antigen positivity over time, with 100% positivity noted in 8-week-old nursery pigs.

On D27, the number of apoptotic cells within the seminiferous cords in the Direct Adherent group increased remarkably ( p < 0.05), and the interstitial apoptosis also showed an increasing trend in this group ( Figure 3 D,E).

Even though the pyramidal model is widely used because of its structural integrity and extensive applicability, training science advancements indicate an increasing trend towards transitioning from pyramidal to polarized structures, especially in cyclic endurance sports characterized by high training volumes ( Table 8 ).

Specifically, the proportion of patients with advanced T stage, clinical stage, and high histological grade increased from C1 to C2 and then to C3, reflecting an increasing trend in tumor malignancy, indicating that our molecular classification accurately captures and reflects the continuum of HCC clinical aggressiveness.

Lastly, using multinomial logistic regression, with MUD as the reference group given its major representation, we showed haplo and UCB are much more likely to be utilized in non-White patients, especially Black patients (RRR 12.73, p < 0.001 for haplo, and RRR 8.29, p < 0.001 for UCB, respectively), with an increasing trend over time for haplo and a declining trend for UCB over time.

Medication Use There is an increasing trend of prescribing psychotropics to older adults [ 31 ].

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Volumetric ADC histogram analysis showed there was a decreasing trend in tumor ADC values (except for maxADC) and entropy and an increasing trend in skewness and kurtosis from AC, ASC, to SCC subtypes.