“an increasing trend”

Recently, there has been an increasing trend in using disinfectants and antiseptics for decolonization of pathogens from inanimate surfaces and the human body [ 3 ].

However, the biomass of the shrub and herbaceous layers showed an increasing trend (shrub significant but herbaceous not), but they only occupied a small proportion (∼1%) of the total biomass.

31 An increasing trend of the F/B ratio was observed in the AD model group compared with the control group.

Conclusion An increasing trend in reserve antibiotic consumption was found in Europe.

Firmness, Lightness(L * ), EL, and MDA Content The firmness and L * of mushrooms showed a decreasing trend, while the ΔE, EL, and MDA content showed an increasing trend in mushrooms during storage ( Figure 1 ).

With the increase in age at diagnosis, the proportion of CVD deaths in male and female MM patients showed an increasing trend, while the proportion of MM deaths showed an opposite trend ( Figure S2E,F ).

The results show that with an increase in the number of main task rounds, the main task completion time followed an increasing trend under the four protection states.

Concomitant with the accelerating ageing society, there is an increasing trend in the prevalence of osteoarthritis, with the incidence of knee osteoarthritis being as high as more than 50% in the population over the age of 65 years.

They observed that TC levels showed an increasing trend in survivor cases, but showed a decreasing trend in nonsurvivor patients [ 120 ].

In recent years, there is an increasing trend towards PoC and home use diagnostics to aid the management of complex chronic diseases.

For instance, data from the Global School-based Health Surveys (GSHS) show that the percentage of Filipino adolescents meeting the global PA recommendation has remained significantly low since 2003, and there is an increasing trend in sedentary behaviors (SB). 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 It is still unclear whether this discrepancy is due to ineffective PA policies or a lack of technical capacity to implement existing policies.

1 The direct and indirect costs of skin cancer and the mortality rates have an increasing trend worldwide. 2 , 3 The incidence rate of skin cancer in Iran is also increasing so it is now one of the most common types of cancer in this country. 4 As specified by the National Cancer Registry System in Iran, skin cancer was the third most prevalent cancer in the country and the second and the third most common cancers in males and females, respectively in 2016.

2 China has 10,9741 new cases and 59,060 deaths annually, an increasing trend. 2 Recently, many articles have shown that effective surgery, technical radiotherapy, and the addition of bevacizumab to standard chemotherapy can significantly improve survival in cervical cancer patients. 3 , 4 Unfortunately, the prognosis for patients with advanced or recurrent cervical cancer remains poor, and the treatment options remain limited. 5 Hence, exploring effective prognostic and therapeutic targets for cervical cancer is urgent.

The coverage showed an increasing trend as the level of educational attainment increased from 2013 to 2018.

On the other hand, although not statistically significant, the number of nuclei per myofiber showed an increasing trend, suggesting that a supply of new myonuclei by satellite cells may have occurred.

Lung cancer DALY rates remain worrisome for men, and even show an increasing trend for women.

Introduction An increasing trend among young individuals nowadays, particularly students, is the use of Electronic Cigarettes (ECs), which has been concerning, as it may potentially associate with worsening of the public health ( 1 , 2 ).

Relatively, the average ERs showed an increasing trend at pH 7.0.

In each PDSA cycle, there was an increasing trend in the percentage of women choosing centchroman (Figure 2 ).

By September 2018, there was a monthly decreasing trend of SARCs while there was an increasing trend of LARCs.

In recent years, with the increasing number of intrauterine operations such as induced abortion and curettage, the incidence of intrauterine adhesion has also shown an increasing trend year by year ( 13 , 14 ).

The growth rate in word frequency (Figure 7 ) shows an increasing trend over time.

Between weeks six and twelve, there was an increasing trend in the lepidocrocite crystallite size of samples from CS and UB soils (from 99 nm to 113 nm and from 73 nm to 100 nm, respectively) which cannot be definitively discerned from the uncertainty of the replicate measurements.

Despite following an increasing trend thereafter, oncologic thyroidectomies and RAI procedures have not returned to pre-pandemic levels.

As polypharmacy is associated with an increased risk of inappropriate prescriptions, the prevalence of polypharmacy and PIM use in our studies were related, showing an increasing trend.