Hence, I would like to share some thoughts that may improve the presentation of data? General: I would strongly recommend the authors to not use borderline significance, unless more stringent discussion on how to interpret the data should be made.
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Emission from iron and steel Assessing the amount of dioxin released per tonne of metal produced, revealed a decreasing trend of dioxin emissions over the period of 1990–2017 ( Fig 2 ).
In low-income, pathogen- and fecal contamination-rich, urban settings where sanitary conditions are poor, our study suggests better sanitary conditions measured via a sanitary survey may be associated with lower measures of environmental fecal contamination relative to poorer scores, though the absolute difference in contamination between poor and better sanitary conditions is minor and the association we found was borderline significant.
Plant traits differed largely among June, July and August of 2017 ( Fig 1D ), whereas the monthly difference in pollinator traits was smaller albeit marginally significant ( Fig 1E ).
Differences among canopy positions in leaf traits Leaf size differed between orientations, with lower values on the west side of the crown in all species ( Table 2 ), although the differences were only marginally significant for Q . faginea .
In the later stages of combustion, the combustible components show a decreasing trend, and the contact area between oxygen and the combustible components also decrease, resulting in a decrease in the DSC curve after the formation of a peak.
Concentrations of DIP in general show a decreasing trend with respect to distance downstream in both surface water and groundwater for the northwest sector, likely reflecting local inputs from OSDS as trends between ( Fig 8 ).
The samples treated at 120 μM were not significantly increased above wild type but were approaching significance.
However, there was a significant trend in hospitalizations over the course of the year ( Fig 1 ).
During health talks, some mobilizers emphasized the incentives that boys will receive (e.g., sodas and/or new underwear) following circumcision—items that may be significant inducements among impoverished children.
An increasing trend was observed for monthly average of maximum temperature.
Furthermore, a decreasing trend was observed for precipitation during the years.
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Simulation of cholera cases indicated that there is a clear trend of increasing cholera cases under the worst scenario (RCP8.5) by the year 2050 and the highest cholera cases observe in warmer months.
However, TUNEL staining showed a trend of increased apoptosis in the indomethacin and vaccine treated groups compared to control.
Except for Oaks and Mix Broadleaves, which have an increasing trend, and Castanea, which remains quite stable, all the other forest types have decreasing trends ( Fig 3D ).
Most of the palatable species have a decreasing trend in RD scenario: Abies alba , Acer pseudoplatanus , Fagus sylvatica , and Fraxinus ornus .
The AAA group showed a trend toward a higher proportion of males and a significantly higher mean age.
Although no significant associations were observed in validation set regarding asthma and small airways response to salbutamol, the results showed a trend that was similar to the development set.
A significant negative coefficient for gender is found in the agreement and compromise models, and a marginally significant positive coefficient in the conflict model.
The change might be significant at higher concentrations than the standard inoculum size.
elbows, hands, legs, knees and feet) although there was a decreasing trend of pain in the intervention group at follow-up.
Furthermore, the balance between the co-stimulatory signals from CD28 and co-inhibitory signals from CTLA-4 in each Th cell subset after ABA treatment may be significant.
In a cohort of relapsed pediatric ALL patients, while pegaspargase demonstrated a prolonged half-life, there was an observed trend towards lower asparagine clearance in the CNS [ 48 ].
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Trends in antithrombotic drug use Large retrospective population-based studies have established a clear trend of increased OAC prescribing in AF patients, driven by uptake of DOACs.[ 6 , 7 ] Our ability to reproduce these findings by applying NLP to unstructured EHR data strongly supports the validity of the NLP pipeline.
Employment status and being worried about disappointing loved ones were marginally significant at p-values less than 0.10; after controlling for other factors, the odds of high versus low or medium PCAC score was 55% higher among women who reported working for pay than those who did not (p = 0.06) and 29% lower among women who were worried about disappointing loved ones compared to those who were not (p = 0.07), respectively.