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The efficiency in PHC institutions Table 8 presents an increasing trend of input indicators, but outputs do not have an evident increasing trend.

9 , 10 Studies of the accumulation and origin of heavy metals in soil 11 and the potential ecological hazards associated with this process 12 , 13 have revealed an increasing trend.

Moreover, exercise can synergize the functional recovery of the brain which attributes to aging effects.[ 22 ] There is an increasing trend in literature suggesting a positive impact of yoga on neurodegenerative diseases.

Driven by socio-economic and environmental changes, there is an increasing trend of land abandonment worldwide, which underlines the necessity to understand processes that govern vegetation succession in abandoned agricultural areas 3 .

1 Several studies have reported an increasing trend in adolescents being overweight and in the incidence of obesity in Asian and Western countries such as Australia, England, Germany, Iceland, Scotland, Chile and Japan. 2 In Thailand, the prevalence of this problem among 7 th and 12 th grade students is 10.6% and 3.5%, respectively. 3 Previous studies have reported a wide range of causes of being overweight and obese, such as lack of physical activity and unhealthy dietary behaviours. 4 , 5 Psychosocial factors have received increasing attention because of the multifactorial nature of obesity.

Objective An increasing trend of uterine rupture (UR) after laparoscopic surgery of the uterus (LSU) has been observed.

18 MDR organisms as a cause of bacterial infection were not common in our patient population as compared with other reported studies which showed an increasing trend of MDR organisms in kidney transplant recipients. 21 , 22 Our findings are likely due to the overall lower prevalence of MDR organisms in Canada as compared with other geographic regions, and it is likely a matter of time until we see an increase in MDR organisms in our kidney transplant population. 23 The second and third most common sites of infection found within our patient cohort were skin and soft tissue and lung, respectively.

An increasing trend in fold changes was observed from the GBM 50 to the GBM 0.2 tumours.

Discussion Research articles about pain constituted 3.55% of all nursing publications, and this percentage indicated that the subject, pain in nursing, is an intensively studied subject in the related field, and had an increasing trend during the period from 1975 to 2017.

GRb1 cannot alter the change of SOD and GSH in OVX rats, but the results of HGRb1 (high dose of GRb1 group) and LGRB1 (low dose of GRb1 group) presented an increasing trend in SOD ( S2 Fig ). 3. 4 The effect of GRb1 on bone loss in OVX rats The abundant loss of bone mineral density is one of the diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis.

We were eagerly waiting for her culture reports as the leucocyte count showed an increasing trend.

Thus, the lifetime of τ 1 , τ 2 and average lifetime exhibit an increasing trend in Table 2 . 3.2.

Yet, interview data also suggested an increasing trend toward the exploration of more proactive, preventative, and resilience building initiatives within DMH, which, while still fledging in terms of an empirical evidence base [ 17 ], would also be well aligned with broader developments in disaster policy and the move toward the promotion of disaster resilient communities, health systems, and societies [ 18 , 19 ]. 4.3.

After rainy days, SWCTI generally showed an increasing trend (e.g., from August 2010 to September 2010, SWCTI increased).

Gene expression levels of Stromal cell-Derived Factor 1α (SDF-1α) showed an increasing trend over time, but remained lower when compared to native control ( Figure 4 E).

Flesh extract showed an increasing trend as the dosing concentration increased from 4.46 μg/mL to 142.86 μg/mL, particularly when the cells were stimulated with MDP, but no significant difference was observed relative to the control.

The overall trend of soil TN showed an increasing trend, with great seasonal variation.

We can see that although the river flow exhibited an increasing trend in general, the variations in the flow during the spawning period were not exactly the same.

There is an increasing trend to manufacture complex designs using 3D-printing technology.

For example, the nanoscale materials are adopted in the cleaning and consolidation of ancient monuments with an increasing trend [ 5 , 6 , 7 ].

Later, there has been an increasing trend toward publishing in international journals.

Vertically, as the depth increased, Cd, Hg, As, Pb and Zn contents declined, but Cr, Cu and Ni exhibited an increasing trend.

Over the 15 days of the experiment, the degradation rate presented an increasing trend in both media, which means that if the EMBAB is implanted in the human body, the MB sensor can be used to monitor and assess its degradation state and rate from the moment of implantation until it is fully degraded.

Figure 8 shows that gaze tracking errors reduce (and efficiency increases) as the user distance from the eye tracker increases until a certain value, after which tracking errors show an increasing trend, with the best gaze tracking performance achieved between the distances 65–70 cm for the given tracker.

However, there is an increasing trend of oral cancer affecting young people under the age of 45 years (Jay et al., 2010).