“an increasing trend”

1 In the country, there is an increasing trend of MDR-TB, low notification and treatment of MDR-TB compared to the estimated percentage of new cases, and an unacceptably high level of unfavourable treatment outcomes among MDR-TB patients contributing to the emerging of XDR-TB which is difficult for the health system to manage and the affected individuals to cope-up and survive. 11 , 12 Studies identified different predictors of unfavourable treatment outcomes among MDR-TB patients.

With the advent of global aging, AD patients show an increasing trend, with an estimated number of more than 113 million in 2050 [ 1 ].

The Ace and Chao indices in fungal community richness showed an increasing trend.

Except for the high EF1% value reached by the optimized frame at 100 ns, both sets of calculations reveal an increasing trend in their EF1% values which can be better evidenced when considering the cumulative EF1% means.

Nevertheless, HPV mRNA positivity rates for compliant women were again lower than incompliant ones, despite exhibiting an increasing trend longitudinally for both groups, a finding requiring further investigation.

An increasing trend of the β-sheets content can be seen in the melanin silks (G1–G3), confirming a tougher breaking strength.

Conversely, the EPS decreased when the F/M increased reaching a minimum value, after that, it showed an increasing trend at F/M higher than 0.40 kg COD kg TSS −1 d −1 .

Their literature search was performed on Google Scholar, Science Direct, and PubMed, including works only in English, detecting an increasing trend in the number of articles published along the defined timeline, with the peak occurring in 2016.

Abstract Cardiovascular disease is the most important cause of death worldwide in recent years; an increasing trend is also shown in organ transplant patients subjected to immunosuppressive therapies, in which cardiovascular diseases represent one of the most frequent causes of long-term mortality.

China’s dependence on foreign crude oil shows an increasing trend (reaching 72% in 2021), making the Chinese economy sensitive to international crude oil price fluctuations that is prominently reflected in the Chinese price level [ 2 , 3 , 4 ].

As shown in Figure 3 , an increasing trend in G′ and G′′ value with the addition of LAG increased was observed in all soy yogurt samples, suggesting that LAG could yield more acid, which was beneficial for strengthening a mixed gel structure [ 33 ].

The studies showed an increasing trend in OAB symptoms with age; however, it should be considered that a significant number of the women suffering from this pathology were in the reproductive time of their life [ 3 , 4 ].

Interestingly, a literature report from the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Center showed an increasing trend of the incidence of displaying post COVID symptoms depending on study follow-up, with a median incidence of 17% (non-hospitalized patients) and 50.9% (hospitalized patients) at 1–3 months, increasing to 25% (non-hospitalized patients) and 62% (hospitalized patients) at 6 months+ follow up [ 16 ].

A minimal number of pecans are consumed outside of the Southern and Lower Plains states, even though the US is the largest pecan consumer globally and domestic utilization has exhibited an increasing trend.

Weekdays shifted to an increasing trend, while weekends showed a decreasing trend. 4.

Stress Cardiomyopathy: An Additional Trigger The incidence of stress cardiomyopathy (also known as tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy) during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to follow an increasing trend, with psychological distress and anxiety having a core role in its onset.

ALP activity on chitin nanofibers showed an increasing trend over time and was higher than the control group.

Females had an increasing trend in ASRs (APC: 10.25% and CI 95%: –0.79 to 22.53), and a slightly increasing trend was observed among males (APC = 5.03% and CI 95%: –6.14 to 17.53).

When tissue cells are persecuted by inflammatory factors, the levels of IL-6, IL-12, and TNF-α in cells increase and are released into the blood, and the levels of IL-6, IL-12, and TNF-α in serum show an increasing trend.

Their results showed an increasing trend of sorption percentage with increasing temperatures.

With the increase in altitude, soil C:N and C:P showed a decreasing trend in the broad-leaved forest belt and changed to an increasing trend in the coniferous forest belt; N:P first rises and then falls with the increase in altitude gradient [ 25 ].

As shown in Figure 6 , under salt stress, the H 2 O 2 content and O 2− production rate showed an increasing trend compared to the control.

Results indicated that the tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, and tensile toughness of the PEVA/dolomite composite showed an increasing trend when the dolomite content increased from 1 to 5 wt%.

Under drought stress, the biomass of the tested fungi showed an increasing trend, and the biomass of Ac and Av were significantly higher than that of the control ( Figure 7 a).

Regarding the flower budding rate, there was an increasing trend with the increase in the duration of supplemental UVA exposure, and the maximum flower budding rate of 45-day-old Chinese kale was 66% (UV12) ( Figure 2 F).