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Compared to the control group, the girls with violent behaviors also differed in this respect, but this difference reached only the level of a statistical trend; moreover, this tendency was lower compared to the girls with suicidal behaviors.

Following standardly performed disinfection with disinfection wipes that contain active ingredients such chlorhexidine digluconate and triclosan, the reduction of contamination to zero was achieved in 60.9% of mobile phones, but only in 16.7% of keyboards, which is a statistically, highly significant difference ( p ˂ 0.001).

The results showed that: (1) the TN showed an increasing trend in the early periods and exhibited a decreasing trend from 2004 to 2014; (2) the geographic and RS variables played more important roles in predicting TN distribution than did the other variables; and (3) changes in the fertilization and crop planting structure caused by soil testing and formulated fertilization techniques (STFFT—Soil Testing and Formulated Fertilization Techniques) as well as farmland protection policies influenced the spatiotemporal variability of TN.

Furthermore, comparison of data from two studies in Denmark with sampling in the period 2006 to 2008 or more recent in 2011 revealed a decreasing trend in phthalate exposure [ 32 , 81 ].

The report also pointed out that temperatures at 0–700 m above sea surface showed a positive trend in the period 1971–2000, and the ocean heat content also increased [ 45 ].

The water demands of apple trees in Shaanxi Province, Yuncheng Region, and Sanmenxia Region all show a decreasing trend in the past period.

The effect of inorganic ions like bicarbonate and chlorides was almost insignificant on PIR removal.

However, coal presented a decreasing trend, and its share in UREC was only 4.15% in 2016.

Industrial Pollution Emissions and Carbon Density in Western China There appears an increasing trend between industrial pollution emissions and CD in Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Ningxia and Guizhou (see Figure 11 ).

As a result of ongoing population growth and the economic expansion, there has been an increasing trend in the frequency of disasters and disaster losses in urban areas.

It has become an important trend to focus on and explore disaster risks.

Coefficients of the interaction item in Model 1 ( β = −0.07, p < 0.1) and Model 4 ( β = −0.10, p < 0.05) were negatively, marginally significant, which demonstrates that, compared with participants who had low trust, PCL-C score and arousal among participants with high trust were mitigated via exposure to media coverage about the disaster during the earthquake.

At Kangshan station, the mean water level of droughts changed slightly and the M-K algorithm did not detect a significant trend at different time intervals.

The association between removal of children and food insecurity was very strong and highly significant.

Although a decreasing trend in road injury mortality associated with the implementation of various road laws and preventive measures has been observed in a number of developed and developing countries over the last several decades, it remains an important cause of high disability and mortality that threatens the health and lives worldwide [ 3 ].

Higher socioeconomic status (SES) was inversely associated with BA, but a sex-specific difference was apparent.

At both these λ max , the absorbance showed a decreasing trend at all the three catalyst concentrations.

Average age-standardised mortality rates from neoplasms show an increasing trend in both studied populations ( Table 3 ).

In the three studied sub-periods in the town of Mali Lošinj, a decreasing trend in the number of deaths caused by diseases classified within chapter Diseases of the circulatory system (chapter IX, ICD–10) is found.

It has been stated that there is a significant difference seen in the symptoms presented across geographical locations and between differing race/ethnic group [ 24 ] While current data does remain limited, a number of recent studies continue to show highly significant differences in prevalence of PCOS and its symptoms and co-factors, encouraging the need for increased exploration across all of these domains [ 25 , 26 , 27 ]. 2.3.

verticillata with increasing Ni concentration after 14 days of exposure, while the PAL maintained an increasing trend.

[ 50 ] on the PFASs in Czech adults reported an increase in concentrations of PFOA, PFNA, PFHxS, and PFOS with educational level, which were not (except for PFOA) to borderline significant after correction for co-variables.

As shown in Figure 2 , the annual average surface precipitation showed an increasing trend during 1956–1960.

After this period, it showed a decreasing trend.

A clear trend was revealed in that the arsenic in the groundwater accompanying the CKD/ESRD prevalence in Chiayi city increased with time.