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As shown in Figure 3 A, with the increase in LPS concentration, the level of proinflammatory cytokines IL-6 showed an increasing trend.

023A − 0.034B − 2.273E − 0.003C − 0.018AB − 0.022AC + 0.016BC + 0.11A 2 − 0.069B 2 −0.049C 2 (2) As shown in Table 2 , the Model F-values of (Y 1 ) average size and (Y 2 ) PDI were 99.86 and 58.63, respectively, and both had p -values < 0.0001, indicating that both of the two models had reached the highly significant level and had statistical significance.

Generally, an increasing trend in spreadability was observed with formulations containing CP alone.

During the dilution process of NCT/AOT, it was found that the contact angle of the sample showed an increasing trend.

Collectively, 26 differential metabolites in 2-year-old Platycodon roots were found, with the relative contents of 20 metabolites, including 10 triterpenoid saponins, 5 saccharides and 5 fatty acids, showing a decreasing trend for the paclobutrazol-treated group compared with the control ( Figure 2 c).

It is observed that the deviation in the RMSD of HBB is quite significant as compared to the N, H, and NBB.

Cis-MUFAs showed an increasing trend between days 1 and 3, then a decrease between days 3 and 5 ( Figure 4 C).

For example, increasing the PEO content from 10 to 20 wt % showed a decreasing trend of tensile modulus for PL70/PA30 from 1167 to 1017 MPa and 946 MPa for the ternary systems attributed to the substitution of the rigid components (PLA and PA11) with a soft rubbery component (PEO) of low rigidity.

The p -value of 0.0002 and F-value of 7.81 showed that the model prediction was highly significant.

In this case, and considering the DGR, a positive trend can be observed ( Figure 2 ).

The Fe, Cr, V, Pb, and Se concentrations did not show any significant differences, but they showed a trend of reduced concentrations at 14 days of culture in relation to the naturally occurring G. chilensis biomass (except for Pb) ( Figure 1 ).

The obtained values show a clear trend of depuration of the heavy metals in the culture after the first tap water submersion ( Table 1 ).

As shown in Figure 2 , with the increase in duration, the peak area of most target substances showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing.

It can be seen that X 2 , X 1 X 2 , X 1 2 , X 2 2 , and X 3 2 have highly significant effects, indicating that the above process parameters are highly correlated with the iron content of lotus root polysynthesis.

Superoxide-Radical Scavenging Activity The superoxide-radical scavenging activity of LRPF ( Figure 3 B) showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing with the increase of its own concentration.

The infrared spectra of plasma-treated cotton fibers do not show major changes in the intensity of 897 cm −1 , although the intensity of the crystalline absorption band 1428 cm −1 shows a negative trend with the increase of plasma exposure time.

An increasing trend was observed in all the complexes, having diverse RMSD values at the equilibrium state (starting) of 0 to 25 ns in the simulation period.

Independent variables or factors A: amount of lipid and B: amount of polymer depicted quite significant influence on particle size, whereas factors C: surfactant concentration and D: homogenization speed showed a negative effect on the response particle size.

2-Hydroxybenzoic acid β- d -glucoside ( Figure 2 d) was a downregulated marker showing a decreasing trend correlated with the thermal processing intensity.

Pyroglutamic acid ( Figure 2 a) showed an increasing trend mainly correlated with thermal processing.

The viral load in the nasal swabs of the piglets showed an increasing trend in the first five days, peaked at day 5, and then showed a decreasing trend.

In addition, the ROS generation rate in OCI-LY19 caused by the four NPs with gradient concentration was 8–60 fold higher than the untreated groups, showing an increasing trend similar to that of cell apoptosis rates ( Figure 4 B).

The levels in WB enriched with pseudocereals showed a trend (quinoa > amaranth > buckwheat > bread wheat > einkorn) similar to that observed by Hidalgo et al.

The one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) ( Supplementary Table S1 ) revealed highly significant differences for all the compounds analysed. 2.1.

Highly significant negative correlations were determined between the density and the content of fat ( r = − 0.8827 ) and N a ( r = − 0.8752 ).