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From Figure 5 b, at the lowest SiO 2 and HF contents, the proportion of flake-shaped Al 2 O 3 structures is maximum, whereas that of rod-shaped whiskers exhibits an increasing trend.

Analysis indicates that under different CFT durations and cycle frequencies, the instantaneous axial strain of the specimens exhibits an increasing trend with the increase in each stress level.

The Young’s modulus ( E ) of the fibers also shows an increasing trend from 7.3 GPa to 17.2 GPa and then decreases to 13 GPa with the further increase in TiO 2 content.

Additionally, some reports have pointed out an increasing trend of HNC occurrence in young patients, even without known risk factors.

However, in recent years, recreational abuse among adolescents has shown an increasing trend, drawing widespread concern [ 3 ].

Moreover, grain size measurements showed an increasing trend in grain size of samples deposited with sputtering power from 80 W to 120 W, but showed a decreasing trend for the sample deposited at 140 W.

An increasing trend in both incidence and prevalence has been described [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ], largely attributable to improved disease recognition driven by greater clinician awareness, broader dissemination of updated diagnostic criteria, and expanded access to high-resolution imaging and other specialized diagnostic techniques.

Benzeneacetaldehyde, an amino acid derived VOC have shown an increasing trend during black tea fermentation thereby significantly contributing to the aroma profile ( Pu et al., 2025 ) The B2J6 showed substantial expression of 17 compounds including 2-Buten-1-one,1-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1.0.3-cyclohexadien-1-yl)-,(E), 5,9-undecadien-2-one,6,10-dimethyl, 2-cyclopenten-1-one,3-methy1–2-(2-pentenyl)-,(Z), trans-beta-ionone and others imparting floral, fruity and minty notes.

Based on the results, it can be concluded that with increasing rubber content, the T BTSV value shows an increasing trend, while the δ BTSV value decreases.

The bond stress between the reinforcement and concrete shows a decreasing trend, whereas the maximum slip exhibits an increasing trend.

An increasing trend in influenza A detection was observed across these seasons, indicating a clear resurgence of seasonal influenza activity following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Combined Effects of NEOs Mixtures The BKMR model ( Figure 1 ) suggested an increasing trend in the posterior risk of low-average intelligence across cumulative NEOs exposure quantiles (0.40 to 0.65), indicating a potential non-linear dose–response relationship.

Following AASL supplementation, IL-4 levels showed an increasing trend, although the change did not reach statistical significance, suggesting that AASL may have a certain tendency to modulate anti-inflammatory cytokines, but that this effect was not stable under the conditions of the present study.

As shown in Figure 3 f, the PDP curve for Metal_Count exhibits an increasing trend as the number of metal types increases.

Although it was reported that direct LC-Plasma stimulation of pDCs led to a significant increase in IFN-α in vitro [ 14 ], there was no significant difference in total plasma IFN-α levels between groups in this study, despite an increasing trend in IFN-α in the LC-Plasma group following CpG stimulation of PBMCs.

Both groups showed an increasing trend in scores over time, but the magnitude of change did not differ significantly between groups in the overall trend analysis, although the point-difference at 2 months was significant (as shown in Table 5 ) (see Table 7 and Figure 2 ). 3.7.

Although human infections are not frequently reported, there has been an increasing trend in recent years, particularly with regard to endocarditis (8) and urinary tract infections ( 9 ).

Overall, an increasing trend in C * values was observed in all three DLGVJs over the 21-day refrigerated storage, indicating progressively darker and more saturated green appearance.

In terms of the abundance, denitrification genes increased but ammonia oxidation genes decreased in nitrogen metabolism, suggested there was an increasing trend in the potential of denitrification function.

The results show that with the increase of moisture content, the stress concentration area of the surrounding rock gradually shifts to the depth, and the extreme value of the principal stress difference increases significantly, resulting in the aggravation of the risk of roadway deformation and instability, and the proximity of the top and bottom slab in the middle of the roadway also shows an increasing trend.

12 and 14 reveal that at the beginning of the gel experiments, the viscosity of DW-based gelant first decreased and then had an increasing trend.

Glial cell proportions exhibited an increasing trend across brain regions, consistent with the perinatal period representing the peak phase of gliogenesis 5 , 48 , 49 (Fig. 4d ).

SSIM and PSNR exhibited an increasing trend, while MAE exhibited a decreasing trend.

The analysis of the long-term mean aerosol optical depth (AOD) map during the spring, which coincides with the soil sampling period, shows an increasing trend of AOD from north to south.

The BT of land cover types shows an increasing trend in the morning (Fig. 7a,e ) and a decreasing trend in the afternoon (Fig. 7c ).