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In Sri Lanka, there is an increasing trend in using advanced ICTs, including the use of the internet and mobile phones [ 29 ] and the initiation of eHealth interventions [ 30 ].

Age at smoking initiation (p<0.001), duration of smoking (p<0.001) and most often smoke place (p<0.001) were found to be highly significant with the level of nicotine dependence.

A strong trend of interdisciplinary collaboration and interaction occurs in the field.

The result supported the previous findings that scholars have an obvious trend of collaboration in IDR and network influence [ 70 , 71 ].

Moreover, milk producers who want to buy semen should be aware of the various companies that sell and perform insemination, as there may be significant price differences between them.

Both effects are still positive and highly significant predictors of facility death rates in this smaller subsample.

The results here essentially recapitulate those of the 5-fold cross validation with SUV bw and SUV lbm both having clearly significant correlation to body habitus, SUV bsa showing weak correlation, and SUV fdg having no significant correlation.

When the JRC is constant, but the rock size increases, the shear strength of the structural plane shows a decreasing trend.

When the model sizes were 400, 600, 800, 1000, and 1200 mm, the shear strength of the structural surfaces showed an increasing trend as the JRC increased because the greater the JRC, the higher the undulation.

The impact of typhoon maximum wind speed is almost insignificant, approximately 1% of the total catch in 2018.

Second, under the comparison of the “Online + Offline” innovation mode, the SE showed a decreasing trend in 2018 and 2019.

Fig 8 suggests that there is a weak trend towards higher ITRs over time.

The result shows that the chi-square test of the overall specification of the MNL model was highly significant.

A significant correlation between T1-S1vertebral spine length and body weight was not shown (p = 0.0507) although the correlation coefficient, 0.81 showed a positive trend.

But the RTX effects described here are highly significant even with the low number of 9 rats, and profound RTX-mediated reduction in BOLD signal can even be found on subject-level in every single animal (see Fig 2 ).

Hemipterans were commonest in the autumn while the other orders did not show a clear trend, suggesting an aseasonal pattern that is common in tropical forests worldwide [ 88 ].

The RTF, on the other hand, showed a trend for higher relative consistency at lower loads, although the difference between load conditions was not statistically clear at the 90% credibility level.

In multivariable analysis, there was an increasing trend in length of hospital stay with age.

Although not statistically significant, there is an observed trend towards increase in the prevalence of K13 mutations following introduction of artemisinin agents in malaria treatment.

This pilot study showed a trend toward decreased penetration rate in O-arm-navigated capsulolabral repair surgeries and decreased risks of implant misplacement; however, possibly due to the small sample size, the difference was not statistically significant.

Nitric acid reduced CH 4 emission severely, but treatment with HNO 3 to pH 6.25, which was the lowest dosage of HNO 3 , showed a trend of increasing CH 4 emission by the end of the experiment ( Fig 2A ).

Since then, the disease has been reported in several studies in India and an increasing trend in prevalence is reported, outlining C . burnetii as a potential threat to public health [ 16 , 20 – 25 ].

In recent years, cyber attacks on cars have emerged in an endless stream, and there is an increasing trend every year [ 10 ].

Accordingly, the protein biomarkers with consistent and highly significant associations are well-established markers of kidney function, and our validation in the Third Generation cohort of many of the discovery associations observed in the Offspring cohort emphasize associations of these proteins with kidney function in a younger, healthier population with little prevalent CKD.

Overall, Singapore has the smallest shadow economy size, while Thailand witnessed a decreasing trend from 2000 to 2017.