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Direct runoff from 1984 to 2015 had an increasing trend when b > 0 and a decreasing trend when b < 0.

There has been an increasing trend in using perceived fatigue to guide exercise testing and also to find onsite exertion levels in individuals with spinal cord injuries and factory workers using manual lifting techniques [ 11 ].

A concentration minimum was observed for all investigated samples; thus, there is a decreasing trend at approximately 60 to 200 days.

Introduction Asthma is a common chronic disease in childhood and has become an increasing problem in the last few decades because numerous studies have revealed an increasing trend of asthma prevalence in both developed and developing countries [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ].

The average change rate of SHDI and ED of the study area exhibited an increasing trend in 2000 and 2015, signifying increased instability, fragmentation, and irregularity of the soil landscapes.

Considering the accumulated line of evidence on the associations of SB and PA with health benefits [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 ], differences in the time spent in SB and PA between drivers and non-drivers may be significant.

In addition, R 2 of the regression equation exhibited a decreasing trend under the conditions of normal, mild wetness, and moderate wetness.

However, it is noteworthy that escitalopram users showed a trend of less neurological deteriorations, despite their higher initial neurological severity.

Improvement of VR-Related Educational Kits There is a significant trend in developing new VR devices in order to further enhance the level of immersion and interaction in the virtual environment and reduce the cost, size and perception burdens of human.

New high-value areas have continued to appear, showing a clear trend of expansion from the east to the central and western regions.

The results showed that the PM 2.5 concentration from the various monitoring sites in the five-year period showed a decreasing trend.

A registry-based study in Finland [ 147 ] found a positive trend in T1D incidence with levels of nitrate in drinking water.

Discrimination and prejudice based on radiation exposure differed between areas: the association with health literacy was marginally significant in the evacuation area but not in the non-evacuation area.

Figure 4 b shows the ratio of the PM 2.5 (fine) concentration to the PM 10 (coarse) concentration, and the daily hourly changes did not reveal a significant trend.

Comparing the mean scores obtained from methods M4–M6 (see Table 9 ), all the scores of accessibility show a decreasing trend, which indicates a need for improved accessibility when simultaneously considering the factors of distance-decay, demand population, and supplier capacity and loading.

The spatial analysis depicted a decreasing trend of PBDEs from west to east Chaohu Lake, consistent with regional industrialization degree.

However, the ORP showed response to the hydraulic shock loading with an increasing trend of ORP from −387 mV to −226 mV.

We observed a significant trend in the exposure doses of ETS in five cohort studies.

The time course of CD notifications showed an increasing trend from 2006 to 2013, when the median of notifications attained the maximum value.

Variables with correlation values in the range of 0.3 to 0.4 meet the minimum level for interpretation of structure, values > 0.5 are considered practically significant, and values of 0.7 are considered highly correlated [ 34 , 43 , 44 ].

This overview of global research in child maltreatment indicated an increasing trend in this topic, with the world’s leading centers located in the Western countries led by the United States.

Cultivated land showed a decreasing trend, especially from 2010 to 2014, and its area decreased rapidly, which could be result of effective implementation of the Grain to Green policy in Jiulong River basin [ 27 ].

NEPL and high interpreter use (>25% of hospital days) showed a trend for an even longer length of stay.

There seems also to be an increasing trend on aflatoxin M 1 (AFM 1 ) [ 65 , 66 ], though it still seems “underrated” given its relevance for infant and general public health.

The results on BC recurrence were of borderline significance.