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Our data showed a trend-level effect of time for both groups in identifying nonverbal expressions of affect.

Advanced countries such as Canada also face the dilemma of an aging population and an increasing trend of older adult abuse [ 24 ].

A consecutive Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) between 2008 and 2018 showed a trend toward significant decreases in self-reported tobacco smoke exposure and measured urinary cotinine concentrations.

A decreasing trend in urinary cotinine values in nonsmokers was clearly observed between the surveys.

Similarly, DGM concentrations were also higher at SK where an increasing trend was observed during the whole sampling period, from 197.5 to 696.1 pg L −1 .

According to Table 2 and Figure 5 , the experimental data and fitted results showed that the sediment particle size deposited along the river formed by alluvial proluvial deposits in the plain area gradually decreased, which in turn led to a decreasing trend in the permeability of the riverbed along the river. 4.2.

Although neonates with PFO, ASD, small VSD, and malformed aortic valve are considered to have a heart disease without hemodynamic impact and were found eligible for the determination of normal values, the groups were statistically and individually analyzed, but no statistically significant difference was found between the groups, only a difference with a tendency towards significance for the LVpGLS parameter between the PFO group and small VSD groups.

Selenium had its peak in 1996, followed by a sharp decline in 2000, but was an increasing trend towards 2012, the most recent year included in the study.

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 ].

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

After the implementation of the Grain-for-Green Project, the soil erosion showed a decreasing trend over time and from local improvement to global optimization in space.

In conclusion, among the driving factors of the spatial differentiation of soil erosion, the driving forces of the slope and land use factors showed an increasing trend, and the driving forces of vegetation cover and rainfall factors showed a weakening trend.

Temporal Variation in Soil Erosion before and after Implementation of GGP Soil erosion showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing, and especially after 2005, the soil erosion modulus continued to decrease in the Yanhe River Basin ( Figure 2 a).

In this case, ERN magnitudes in the control group did not increase, which may suggest that there was a marginal trend of more efficient processing and control of resources in the intervention group.

Entire homes constituted a considerably larger proportion of the accommodation on offer on the platform than did shared apartments (i.e., private or shared rooms), and there was a clear trend towards the professionalisation of hosts and active rentals on the platform [ 11 , 52 , 54 , 55 ].

The results of the LM test, which were highly significant at 1% and addressed significant disparities across the countries, also verified the use of random effects.

In the most recent study on light physical activity among older adults, land-use mix thresholds showed an increasing trend between 0.40 and 0.65 and a decreasing trend beyond 0.65 [ 17 ]; another study showed that the highest threshold for land-use mix showed an increasing trend from 0.20 to 0.55 and a decreasing trend from 0.55 to 0.80 [ 18 ].

From 1990 to 2015, the vegetation coverage of different slopes and slope directions on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau showed a trend of degradation.

Men who were not economically active showed neutral or negative marriage intentions, while women showed a positive trend when in their late youth (i.e., in their 30s).

Nevertheless, a decreasing trend was found in the number of publications from 2000 to 2003 (314 to 240).

As shown in Figure 5 , in general, the contents of the different particle sizes showed a decreasing trend after the increase in particle size.

The only meta-analysis to date on the QoL of BMS patients analysing six observational studies has unambiguously confirmed a highly significant deterioration of OHQoL and HRQoL, compared to the control groups [ 43 ].

Since energy dropped by 25% every week when full lockdown was active, and with an average decrease of 3.8% from spring 2019 to spring 2020 on the basis of the drop in traffic-related activities and partial or full industries breaks, air pollution settled on a decreasing trend, consisting of a total decrease of 12% in the analyzed period, which is the most significant air quality improvement since the industrial revolution [ 13 ].

From 2003 to 2007, the contribution of the inter-regional net differences showed a decreasing trend, reaching 25.23% in 2007.

The contribution rate of the intensity of transvariation showed an increasing trend until 2007 and decreased to 26.27% in 2012.