It is noteworthy that there is an increasing trend for the NO 2 pollution in 2016, and the contribution of NO 2 pollutants to the haze cannot be ignored.
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The annual change size on the left side of Figure 6 shows that there is a clear gradual increase in the gross gain of built-up land, with the annual change area increasing from 2.2 km 2 (1980–1995) to 16.9 km 2 (2005–2015), while there was an increasing trend in the gross loss of cultivated and forest lands.
The available data indicates an increasing trend for the rate of detection and concentration range of PPCPs in the urban water environments of more and more countries and regions, along with identifications of new variants of PPCPs.
It was observed that the average speed of pedestrians crossing the street is 1–1.8 m/s, and the speed is a decreasing trend, as shown in Figure 4 a.
This study is practically significant because it demonstrates the authority for ethics training in business schools as well as at all levels of the organization.
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.
Besides, a highly significant elevation was recorded in the waist/hip, cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), fasting glucose, LH, LH/FSH ratio, estradiol (E2), and testosterone, while hip circumference, leptin, progesterone, and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) were lower in the obese PCOS subjects [ 57 ].
Regarding the cities, the GDP had an increasing trend, but it fluctuated in the medium term.
In general, Moran’s I index shows an increasing trend, indicating that the spatial correlation of rural hollowing degree in Sichuan Province is gradually strengthened.
The higher hollowing level (0.603–0.674) shows a decreasing trend year by year.
The research units with high hollowing (0.674–0.789) showed a trend of decreasing first and then increasing.
On a global burden of disease study, 40 of the 195 countries showed a decreasing trend in the age-standardized rate, with the most rapid reduction being observed in Mozambique [ 41 ].
The chi-square (χ 2 ) test for trend was computed when one variable is binary, and the other is ordered and categorical, and an attempt was made to assess whether the association between two variables followed a significant trend.
The study observed an increasing trend in ORS use patterns by the AWD-sick individuals at household level living in the Rohingya population camps and nearby host communities.
The first group was defined by highly significant, environmentally relevant variables: TP, TN, BOD, COD, TSS, EC, CHL-a, and built-up area (%).
The organic matter (BOD and COD), algal chlorophyll (CHL-a), and ionic level (EC) in the river displayed an increasing trend; other parameters did not exhibit any trend. 3.2.
The unfavourable effect that these activities have on the health and well-being of adolescents has been proved numerous times, but young people still engage in various RB, and this is an increasing trend [ 9 ].
BIL concentration showed a decreasing trend when comparing the TT supplementation group with the control group and when examining changes from baseline [ 22 ]. 3.4.4.
Examining changes from baseline, 2 studies showed a trend improvement [ 12 , 22 ] and other investigators [ 24 ] observed significant increases in testosterone levels.
During the study period, the average annual rate in Spain was 11.10 elective abortions per 1000 women between 15 and 44 years of age, showing a decreasing trend (annual percentage change of −1.92%).
The rest of the morbidities did not show significant gender differences between years, although a nonsignificant trend toward a decrease or dilution of the gap could be observed in high cholesterol and high blood pressure. 3.3.
Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Changes in Ecological Risks According to the average values and change trend of landscape ecological risk from 2000 to 2020 ( Figure 5 ), the overall landscape ecological risk of the Shaanxi Yellow River Basin is at a lower risk level, and the temporal change showed an increasing trend at first and then a decreasing trend.
The results of one-way ANCOVA revealed significant difference(s) in posttest scores on differentiated teaching, F (1,726) = 6.17, p < 0.05; learning support for regular students, F (1,725) = 6.48, p < 0.05, and teacher knowledge about gifted education, F (1,731) = 3.77, p = 0.05 (marginally significant).