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In particular, Sichuan province showed a trend of negative population growth.

Most provinces showed an exponential increase in GDP since 1990, while some provinces such as Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Liaoning displayed a decreasing trend after 2015.

The output values of three industries in 31 provinces showed an increasing trend over time wholly.

Across all study subjects, 74,057 ED visits were recorded, with an increasing trend in the number of visits during the study period.

Similarly, Huanggang city and Xiaogan city increased, respectively, by 92.11% and 78.28%, which showed a trend of substantial growth.

Antidepressant prescriptions show an increasing trend [ 9 ] that has outpaced the rise in the prevalence of CMDs [ 10 ].

The global burden of IDA is mostly driven by females and children, but an increasing trend in males has been reported in numerous studies, most commonly resulting from chronic gastrointestinal blood loss and poor dietary choices [ 13 , 14 , 15 ].

An increasing trend was also observed for the separate results of male and female.

Although Cu was removed from the F2 fraction, the share of metal remaining in this fraction fluctuated depending on the washing sequence, and an overall trend was not obvious.

The results indicate that the dynamic CEELI is ‘inefficient’ overall; it shows a decreasing trend, and the decline of dynamic efficiency mainly comes from technical backwardness rather than efficiency decline.

Results show that there has been a positive trend in active ageing in all regions in recent years.

The cold spots in Changlinhe Town showed a decreasing trend, while the cold spots in Huanglu Town showed an increasing trend.

Model 1 showed an increasing trend in the positive direction except for age adjustment.

Our research determined a positive trend in teaching medical communication and humanization and identified room for improvement, which could be addressed by equalizing teaching volume, content, and methods.

The policy text effectiveness values of the four fields of ecological civilization construction in Jiangsu Province show an increasing trend.

Specifically, more attention should be given to variables that showed a significant trend in the relationship curve with SARS-CoV-2.

The first hypothesis that tests the impact of job insecurity on turnover intention (H1) is supported ( t -value = 7.551, p < 0.001), with a highly significant standardized path coefficient of 0.41, revealing that job insecurity directly impacts turnover intention.

Among them, 3574 had worked in the construction sector, with an increasing trend from 15.8% in the 1993–98 period to 23.9% in 2014–2018 and a ubiquitous territorial distribution.

With advanced age, there was a decreasing trend about BMD which might be correlated with changes in endogenous sex steroid hormones in aging men [ 22 ], low body weight and menopausal status in elderly women [ 23 ].

Consumption of food items from different food groups (grains, roots, tubers; legumes or nuts; dairy products; vitamin-A rich fruits or vegetables; other fruits or vegetables) decreased over time apart from an increasing trend in grains/roots/tubers and meat/fish/egg consumption.

Overall, a decreasing trend was observed in all the complementary feeding indicators except INTRO from 2007 to 2014, but a substantial increase in MDD, MMF and MAD was noted in 2017–2018.

(2) During 2016–2017, except for the decline in information flow in Xianyang and Shangluo, the information flow in other cities showed an increasing trend.

The whole information flow in GPUA showed a trend of increasing fluctuations in the early study period and gradually decreasing in the later study period.

However, the ratio in central and eastern regions experienced a decreasing trend as time passed by while the western and southern regions showed an increasing trend.

Among them, grains and cereals, vegetables, and fruits of plant origin foods showed a decreasing trend over time.