“an increasing trend”

From the results as shown in Figure 6 a,b, AgNPs showed an increasing trend of % biofilm inhibition against both strains when the concentration was increased.

Preclinical and clinical findings suggest an increasing trend of FMT in the management of cancer patients, and its use in oncology is encouraging.

Notably, the γ-globulin fraction showed an increasing trend throughout post-vaccine time points although the highest values were observed before the vaccine-booster, coinciding with 4 weeks after first administration, and after 24 h, 72 h and 3 weeks from the vaccine-booster.

Currently, there is an increasing trend to repair structures in order to preserve, rather than demolish them.

This study discovered an increasing trend, especially for males and for both genders in the age group of 25–39 years.

An increasing trend can be observed from 0.11 (oxidized cellulose beads (OCBs)-1), 0.15 (OCBs-2), and 0.23 (OCBs-3) up to 0.46 (OCBs-4) mmol/g.

There was an increasing trend in the degree of author collaboration with time.

In addition, the ADG was significantly greater in the LLE7.5 group than in the antibiotics and blank control groups at 7 to 14, 1 to 21, and 14 to 21 d, with the other LLE supplementation groups also showing an increasing trend.

The concentrations of propionic acid also indicated an increasing trend over 90 days of storage among treatments.

The trends were judged: if the EAPC and its 95% CI were > 0, the ASR was in an increasing trend; if EAPC and its 95% CI were < 0, the ASR was in a decreasing trend; other values meant that the ASR was stable over time.

The prevalence of hypertension showed an increasing trend at 11.8% in 2005, 9.5% in 2008 and 14.3% in 2017.

Furthermore, STV showed an increasing trend conducting a cognitive task with barefoot walking, while the changing tendency became flatter after the application of taping.

Consequently, the combined effect has shown an increasing trend to the average force of infection.

A recent study conducted in the USA showed an increasing trend of emergency department visits and hospitalization for AF (HAF) from 2007 to 2014 in a nationwide level and called for a “need for widespread implementation of effective strategies aimed at improving the management of patients with AF to reduce hospital admissions and the economic burden of AF” ( 15 ).

In this regard, controversy remains about the true impact of restricting antibiotic prophylaxis in high-risk patients, as recommended by NICE guidelines ( 8 ), with some investigations showing an increasing trend of infective endocarditis afterwards.

Interestingly, the FC strength between LPCUN and the altered regions of the brain in the AD group showed an increasing trend compared to the SCD and MCI groups.

Gross inspection of breast muscle revealed an increasing trend in the severity of the pathology rank as broilers aged and grew in weight.

Furthermore, there is evidence showing that the incidence rate has presented an increasing trend because of the optimization of diagnostic imaging techniques such as transvaginal ultrasound scan (TVUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and the increased proportion of young women diagnosed is remarkable [ 5 , 6 ].

Conclusions An increasing trend towards neonatal circumcision observed in the United States is absent in Germany.

In this study, miR-125b-5p exhibited an increasing trend.

The results indicate an increasing trend in the overall seroprevalence among HCWs over the months from February to September 2020.

Worldwide, an increasing trend of the literacy rate has been observed with passage of time.

A significant change point was observed around year 2002–2003 with an increasing trend before that year and a decreasing trend after.

Subgroup analysis according to scanner showed that there was an increasing trend in the proportion of stage changes from PET to PET/CT to PET/MRI (20% [95% CI, 2%–48%] to 25% [95% CI, 21%–30%] to 39% [95% CI, 23%–55%], respectively); however, no statistical significance was found ( P = 0.2154).

Despite the adoption of multiple treatment measures, the prevalence of hypertension continues to increase, leading to an increasing trend in the incidence and mortality of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases worldwide.