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Other than the traditional brothels in the designated red-light districts, there is an increasing trend of heterosexual men who have paid or casual sex with female EE workers [ 22 , 23 ].

Finally, the expression of Unigene29057 and Unigene20441 showed an initial decline followed by an increasing trend ( Fig 4 ); however, since individual WRKY genes have been found to function in both environmental stimuli and plant development [ 27 , 73 ], it may be that these two genes are involved in both cold acclimation and flower development.

Additionally, other minerals, such as Mn and Zn, also appeared to decrease in A17, while Ca, K, and S displayed an increasing trend in DZA leaves (Supplementary Table 1 ).

An increasing trend of adopting QI activities in hospitals in Taiwan may be caused by the effect of coercive pressure, normative pressure, and mimetic pressure.

These results in the BLUP selection scenario are between 16 and 22 % lower than for the random selection scenario, with an increasing trend over time.

However, the current C-section rate in Cambodia, despite an increasing trend, remains at around 4 % of the total number of reported institutional deliveries.

Re-epithelialization was dependent on the thickness of granular cell layer, epidermal thickness extent, maturation and organization of squamous cells and migration of epithelial cells that all these components showed an increasing trend.

Third, prior studies report an increasing trend of GBS colonization over time.

The analysis of time trends (from 2003 to 2010) revealed an increasing trend of female and overall mortality rates in Slovakia (Kendall's τ 0.29 for both) and a stagnation of rates in males (τ=0.07).

We found an increasing trend in the prevalence of obesity across all ethnic groups, but the largest relative increase was among Chinese males.

An increasing trend in cases of rape was observed during 2007–2008.

More specifically, an increasing trend was observed in the Qilian Mountains and Hexi Corridor and a decreasing trend detected in the transitional region between them.

Although HIV prevalence in Pakistan showed an increasing trend from 10.8% in 2005 to 25.2% in 2011 [ 79 – 82 ], our predictions suggest that the HIV epidemic could be reaching saturation with limited potential for further growth.

However, when analysing the warm and cold season datasets separately, these authors found that the results did not demonstrate an increasing trend in air temperatures.

2 shows an increasing trend in the use of the questionnaire over time.

8 An increasing trend in nodule size was observed in naturally progressing/regressing benign thyroid nodules. 2 Although most of these nodules are only monitored, percutaneous ethanol injection or radiofrequency ablation is performed for continually growing nodules that measure >2 cm for cosmetic reasons and to ensure proper functioning. 12 In our study, we confirmed the factors that affect the nodule size by analyzing the thyroid nodules that increased in size during the follow-up period.

Simultaneously, cases of extrapulmonary osteoarticular TB have shown an increasing trend [ 3 , 4 ], with the spine being the most common skeletal site (50 %), followed by the hip and knee joints (10 % each) [ 5 ].

Thailand has experienced an increasing trend of diabetes over the past two decades and nearly a third of the people with diabetes are undiagnosed [ 4 , 5 ].

A large increase in DMS emissions might also act to offset an increasing trend in the global mean precipitation.

Astrom and Sandal 2 reported a reduction in cigarette experimentation with Norwegian adolescents from 1985 to 1997, but with an increasing trend from 1993 to 1997, with the prevalence of this behavior being almost three times greater than what was observed during this study.

In Europe from 2005 onwards, while in some regions macrolide resistance rates continued to remain high with an increasing trend, such as Greece [ 20 ], in others, such as Spain, Portugal, France, and Germany, a significant decrease of macrolide resistance rates was reported [ 14 , 21 – 23 ].

Notice particularly at the end of the horizontal axis an increasing trend in complexity.

There is an increasing trend to study the impact of fatigue in RMDs [ 14 ]: several quantitative studies have explored the causality of fatigue or its relationship with rheumatic disease activity.

aeruginosa cell densities of 1 × 10 8 and 5 × 10 8 cells/mL resulted in similar algicidal rates (of <10%) within 24 h ( p > 0.05), with an increasing trend observed with time from 24 h to 60 h.

In contrast, a decreasing trend has been observed in Japan among women younger than 50 years of age, whereas an increasing trend has been observed among women older than 60 years of age ( Yoshiike et al. , 2002 ).