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However, it could be highly significant for research regarding contemplative practices to evaluate and include power analysis and appropriate sample size calculations, since studies point to beneficial effects of meditation and mindfulness on cognition, affect, and social behavior [ 71 , 72 , 73 ] (for review see Dahl et al.

A marginally significant interaction was found for birth weight.

In contrast, the residential distribution showed a trend of suburbanization and was scattered [ 16 , 53 , 54 ].

A reduction in the benefit amount was also associated with lower whole-fruit scores; however, this association was only marginally significant. 3.4.

Hence, the combination of microextraction techniques and atomic spectrometry detectors have set a clear trend in the last five years, giving place to limits of detection (LODs) and sensitivities comparable to those of more advanced techniques, such as ICP-MS, albeit at a much lower cost [ 66 ].

Specifically, researchers showed that the time children in this age range spent in LPA and MVPA may be on an increasing trend [ 27 , 28 ].

However, the South Central construction industry results show an increasing trend in CO 2 emissions instead of other regional construction industries.

The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are important breeding areas for “The four major fish species” and Chinese sturgeon, but, with the influence of human climate variation, the fry runoff of “The four major fish species” and Chinese sturgeon have showed a decreasing trend.

From the perspective of temporal evolution characteristics of RECC, the average value of RECC in Hubei Province during 2009–2018 showed a trend of first decreasing and then increasing.

While differences in age, BMI, and several musculoskeletal complaints between genders were statistically significant, differences in the years of service were only marginally significant.

PSs and LSs are concentrated in eastern coastal areas and exhibit an expanding trend, while ESs are concentrated in western mountainous and hilly areas and exhibit a decreasing trend overall [ 10 ].

In line with the first hypothesis, highly significant differences among environments were recorded.

Though there is an increasing trend of dining out [ 23 ], and food wastage at restaurants is frequently discussed in the media [ 17 ], still it was acknowledged that this sector is discussed less rigorously despite being recognized as a key challenge [ 25 ].

It is not surprising that baseline step averages were a highly significant predictor of 2-week and 6-month post challenge step averages.

While most demographic and occupational characteristics were not significant, marital status was marginally significant.

As technology becomes part and parcel of our everyday life, there is a clear trend that this evolution is taking place in the realm of lifestyle and psychosocial interventions in knee OA.

The decreased intake of total cholesterol recorded at the end of Ramadan is a positive trend.

Results described a positive trend in mobility scores (assessed using the PEDI, mobility items) and in cognitive scores (assessed using the PEDI (cognitive items), and by the Battle Developmental Inventory) after the intervention.

According to Model 1, the i-deal only directly predicts the unsustainable cluster (U-U), but only in a marginally significant way.

Similar to the previous study, we observed a marginal significance (U-P) or good significance (H-U) for the antagonistic patterns.

These results are similar to the world malaria report 2019, which speculated on a decreasing trend of malaria case incidence in the sub-Saharan region with a decrease of 40% or more by 2020.

As a whole, the annual water value in each province, except for Beijing, showed an increasing trend.

When testing the effects of the intervention, as shown in Table 2 , there was a marginally significant effect of time: the mean reaction time somewhat decreased from pre-test ( M = 1.19, SD = 0.36) to post-test ( M = 1.09, SD = 0.30).

It is important to stress that the H 2 O 2 dosage strategy is extremely significant for photo-Fenton process competitiveness because the H 2 O 2 is the most expensive reagent; consequently, reducing its consumption is key to reducing its operation cost [ 14 ].

By contrast, newspaper use, television use, and internet use were negatively associated with SHS, and television use showed a decreasing trend in the association with SHS, while internet and newspaper use showed an increasing trend.